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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 19, 1918. The Omaha Bee UA1LV (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY t'O UN DEO BX COWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOB. Entered at Omaha poetolfiee m oocd-dJU aiaUT. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Bt Carrier. Ml MalL Otilt Ma SvaOat nMk.lta Per rear. Ss.v 0il ntaoul Sunday w Similar ttet oair le 10 Scu4 eollce o) obtoft of vi&rw er IrrefalarlO M tftUftn at oowi Bw ClrolUoo IrtiwrtnwnL MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rbe tanliM Preav ol vblch The Bee It MM, to amies to U aa for nbUotUaa of eU Hfl dlpetebe credited to it er eot otiMrwtM credited la late Pp. aaa ehe ibe tossl aaa cmbliabea tawi AU nuu at aubiiotUoa ol aw spatial eiapetcaei an else reeenea. REMITTANCE Ihdh m drift, ami ar aoatal order. Ontr 1 iM 1-aent atai uvea la Bannaat at anall amaunu. Personal abask, anapt aa Umtbt tad eauera ssoaante. eot astaiaca. OFFICES Omana Tne Bee Balimna. Chleato-People's Ou tfalldlaa. Knot Ontfea-Ull H Sh N. Tort-aM MfU An, Council BlureH N. Mala a St. Uniia-Niw B'k ol Coawersa Liooola-UttM MldlBa. Weabioiue-lin 0 St CORRESPONDENCE ddras, deejsranloettoet relettnf to tnrt and editorial guns (Hnaba aea, Mitoriai unvuioi ' MAY CIRCULATION. Daily 69,841 Sunday 59,602 i, mat etnulatma tot tM aonta. aubewlbea aM snore to M DwiiM (Viilune. OrcttiaUoa Hum, Subscribers leavtas tba city eheuld have Tha Baa malUd ta than. Addraee cheated aa e(taa aa requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG frWW lillll IMij lliiiiM iiiiiiiiiilliiil 014 Sol make the corn sprout also the can I Mrs. Lillian Busch's experience is a proof of the inceasing value of American citizenship. Austrians were promised . food when they reached Italy's plains, but the army still is hungry. :' , ' These are the days when the balloonist has a decided advantage over ordinary mortals, so far as coo! air is Concerned. . Let us hope the weather man tries no more of his freak experiments on this region during the summer. One is enough. TIi use little sparks noted in th city council chamber may be but static, due to excessive heat, but they certainly are signs of life. ' Michigan and Wisconsin boys are holding a sector on German territory; This may convince the kaiser that Americans have reached the front. - The Nonpartisan league does not seem to show up specjally well in the Minnesota primary. Nebraska is as much against sedition and dis loyalty as is Minnesota. ; At least one U-boat will not report to Berlin ou the result of its trip to American waters. It encountered an American submarine, and any doubt as to the outcome was quickly dispelled. Four, democrats in the. senate voted with 19 republicans in favor of open discusion of treaties. But 36 bourbons lined up against the proposal, ihus keeping the party straight on its record of opposition to progress. THE KAISER DRAWS THE ISSUE. "Either German principles of right, freedom, morality and honor must be upheld, or Anglo Saxon principles, with their idolatry of Mam monmust be victorious," said the kaiser in his speech in celebration of his thirtieth anniver sary as emperor. And he drew the issue plainly. "German principles of right, freedom, moral ity and honor" burst into sudden activity in the summer of 1914. Prior to that time they had been busy under the surface. Secret treaties with the czar of Russia, the sultan of Turkey, a system of espionage that encompassed the world, were the expressions of the morality and honor of which the kaiser boasts. In August, 1914, Belgium got a taste of what the German war lords look upon as right and freedom. Liege and Louvain were early exam ples, and the outrages of unspeakable character that turned the happy provinces of Liege-, Lux emburg, Namur and Hainault into regions of deso lation, sorrow and degradation will stand forever as proof of Germany's sense of honor, while out raged maidens, crippled children, murdered men and women provide a lasting monument to the morality of the emperor and his hosts. Intrigue in America, acts of war against our peace and welfare, plots to destroy our govern ment at home, carried on through official agen cies, furnish Americans with ample evidence of how far the kaiser and his kind are to be trusted. Murder on the high seas, bombs dropped on hospitals and sleeping hamlets, every form of savage cruelty practiced with cold-blooded pur pose on helpless victims are forms of expression of the German sense of "right, freedom, morality and honor." As to Anglcr-axon principles, were tbey of the same quality as the German, the victory of the Hunnish horde would have been complete many months ago, and. the world would now be controlled and directed from Berlin. The fact that we are in the war at all is the best possible answer to the sneer of the kaiser, whose effront ery increases as his doom becomes more imminent. Planning River 'Improvements. Hearings are now being had in Washington concerning improvements to be made along the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers, that their waters may be more generally used as commerce highways. At the putset one of the really grave questions is pressed to the front. It has to do with rates; whether the government will guar antee rates sufficient to make the venture profit- iu yiivic investors, or u win permit rail road competition to throttle river traffic as it did once before. This point may" not be settled at the present hearings, which are apt to be con sumed by consideration of other details, but it must have careful consideration later on. Gen erally, the thought has been made to make water transportation supplemental to rail, rather than competitive, so that in combination the utmost of service from the two. Promoters of river im provements who are inclined to look on the steamboat as a rival to the locomotive, rather than an ally, may be required to revise their viewpoint befpre the use of the inland water ways is made general. Co-operation may be possible, but competition would be fatal to one or the other, and the shipper would eventually pay the bill. Rebuilding the Broken Soldier What Italy Is Doing to Brighten Life for War's Cripples Prof. Riccardo Galeazzi in London Chronicle. ' The epistolary exchange between the gov ernor and' the Nonpartisan league would be edi fying under more favorable conditions. As it is, the public it too busy with mors important matters to read either tide. Not that it cuts any figure, but curiosity might be better satisfied if Tom Tibbies, of the hyphen ated World-Herald staff of editorial writers would tell what he thinks of Edgar Howard's scheme ta attach legal tender qualities to the Liberty bonds.- . s Overhauling the "Middlemen." The government seems to'be on. the point of breaking up the most pernicious form of profiteer ing that has developed in connection with the war It it after the "middlemen," agents or brok ers, who, through their pretended influence, ne gotiated contractt between the government and manufacturers. At most of these contracts were n the cost-plus" basis, the matter of including the jbrokerage fee in the cost on which a profit was paid by the government made the transac tion one of comparative flcility for the producer md of equally easy profit for the grafter. It ould be out of all reason to say that all agentt brokers of merchandise or manufactures are jrafters, or that they do not perform a genuine ervice in the huge and complex work of'dis ibuting output, but it is apparent that here is in avenue by which unscrupulous individuals uve found ready access to the pubic treasury, nd which ought to be closed against them. The .... v . .. vvsrviua uiaii nmm niir nn, r,rnmfflMn,MAH . ,VlltlH.lfUIIVIVl .that it admits of speed in delivery, while not the least of itt unattractive featuret it that now eing brought to light Back of the Austrian Drive. The renewal of the Austrian drive against Italy, at a cost of so much more than the em peror can afford in way of men and munitions, has back of it much the same reason that set the Kuide the earliest footsteps of the lambs of uerman army into motion in France last March. It is th desire to present something material and definite Jn the way of military accomplish ment to people whose unrest has become a decided menace to the government. Emperor Karl't case is even more desperate than that of Emperor Wilhelm. Even should the Austrian ,army be tble to win a victory over the Italians, the spirit of revolt within his provinces would not be quieted by such means. Under the weight of German oppression, and with the dis appearance of Russia as a bugbear, the slight ties of mutual dependence between Austrian and Magyar have broken down, while the Czech, the Jugo-Slav and the Latins have increased their determination to be free. This situation cannot be altered by military diversion, no matter how brilliant the spectacle, and victory in Italy will bring but added domestic difficulty for the weak young emperor, while defeat means disaster for him, j Where Omaha Loses Out. As reported by the New York Times, the gov ernment has spent $25,173,417 during the last six months on additional army hospital establish ments. A 500-bed addition to the hospital at Camp Dodge, over at Des Moines, has taken $500,000 of this money. Improvements costing $1,720,000 are going up at Denver and olhers at posts in the south and east, but in this, as in other army activities, Omaha remains a step child despite the exceptional facilities at Fort "Crook easily convertible to hospital purposes. Our senator and congressmen at Washington, must be easy when representatives of states like Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado and Iowa play all around them. i (Prof. GaleazziSs.head of the Milan Insti tut for the After-Care of the Disabled Sol diers. He is famous for his successful in ventions and experiments in furnishing his . l . - . . paucnis wun special types or contrivance which enable the natural muscles to work the artificial limbs that arc adjoined.) What are we doing in Italy for those brave fellows who have been crippled or dis abled in the war? Let me say, first of all, that our fundamental principle, which lies at the root of our organization and of all our laws that have been recently made for the care of disabled men, is that no disabled sol dier must be thrown upon the charity of the puhlic for the rest of his life and allowed to feel that he has ceased to be a useful member of society. Though he receives sufficient kindness now, he must remember that a day will come when the glory of his sacrifice will have lost its pristine appeal, and when the broken soldier will have to depend upon him self. His pension must be looked upon not as his means of sustenance, but as something given him for the sufferings he has gone through. Our idea, therefore, is that the future prospects of a disabled soldier must not be built upon his assurance of obtaining a pen sion, but upon the rebuilding of him physi cally, and the retraining of him technically, to take up a self-supporting' position in life. Therefore there must be no scrapping of the broken soldier. When we bring him from the battlefield and find that a limb, or limbs, have to be amputated, the soldier thus wounded is placed in a special category, and we canont discharge him from the army until every care has been taken to rebuild him physically, morally and professionally. Then, having given him his limbs and his reeduca tion gratuitously, we also give him gratui tously whatever implements of machinery may be necessary for him to practice his new trade, wot until then do we put him on his new road of life. . The organization for the different staeres of this treatment is interesting. In Italy each army corps has its special province or district. And each of those geographical sec tions has a complete organization for the care of the disabled. There is the surgical hospital, the orthopedic institute and the school for retaining the soldier in whatever trade he may be capable of following. When the amputation wound is suffi ciently healed in the surgical hospital w give the soldier a month's leave, fitting him with a temporary limb for use during that time. When the month is out, that is before he had time to get into lazy habits at home or suffer from the effects of misdirected sympathy, he must enter the school for the reeducation of the disabled. To this school is also attached the orthopedic institution. Here he has his definite set of limbs fitted. A plaster castjs taken and each limb is made with particular individual care; and during the first weeks of its use the soldier is under the constant supervision of the doctors, so that they can alter the artificial limbs according asany de fects become manifest. ' I may also say, tor if is an important point, that the limbs made for the common soldier are the same as those made for the colonel, and the one gets them gratis just as the other does. Not only that, but we have a national institute whose duty is to take care of these limbs, "renew them and alter them free of cost, as long as the soldier lives. What are the limbs like? Well, for in stance, even where a man has lost both hands we have fitted artificial ones which enable him to write with pen or pencil, to use knife and fork, to button his clothes and tp shave with a safety razor. Thus we get rid of the constant depression from which a soldier would otherwise suffer were he to feel dependnt upon some friend for every hand's turn in his daily life. One of the great sources of success in ap plying these limbs is the special Italian sys tem, the theory of which was laid down by Vanghetti, of making the amputation so that the muscles from the living part of the arm can be attached id such a way to the artificial limb as to get an organic muscular connec tion. Thus the natural muscles of the living arm actually can be got to work the artificial fingers or leg, as the case may be. I have made several of these connections with full success. And the system is now becoming almost the rule all over the country. It is a special Italian invention, though some of the German professors want to claim the credit for it. , The most important feature, however, of one .Italian system is the insistence on re training. If the soldier's disablement ioes not a)w him to follow his ordinary calling in life and if he be not of independent means, ne is aDsoiuteiy Douna to spend at least a montn or six weeks m the training school There he is asked to choose a trade or call ing in keeping Vith his physical ability. We keep him for at least about six weeks, and snow mm tne whole system in working or der. Of course, if he cannot be persuaded we must allow him to go home, for, after an, we are a tree country. But when he re finer technique of vine culture, wine-making, mains he is put through a thorough course of training. During these first weeks in the school the new limbs are fitted, for the school works in connection with the orthopedic institute. In the school we teach the illiterate peasants to read and write. We teach all sorts of designing and drawing, all commercial sub jects, all the artisan trades and also technical farming. Generally we give preference to these trades that can be practiced at home, and we do not encourage largely such trades as would call for work in large factories. In the case of farmers, or farm laborers, who are too seriously injured to undertake the heavy work in the fields, we teach them the: fine technique of vine culture, wine-making cheese-making, etc. And it generally hap pens that these disabled men return to life better fitted for their work than they were bofore the war. Letter Carriers and the Press. Lincoln, Neb.,"Jun 15.To th Ed itor of The Bee: At the state conven tion of letter carriers held at Omaha, May 30, 1918, the following resolutions of appreciation wero adopted: "Whereas, The press of the Unite 1 States haa ever shown a friendly In terest in matters pertaining to the wel fare of the National Association of Letter Carriers in general, and the Nebraska papers in particula. have at all tlmea espoused our cause for the good of the organization and the betterment of the service, and, "Whereas, We appreciate to the fullest extent their hearty co-opera tion in our laudabu- efforts, therefore be it "Resolved, That we, the members of the Nebraska Association ot. Letter Carriers, in convention assembled, do hereby express our tbnks to the vari ous publl.tions for their assistance." WALTER D. SHEAR, Secretary, 1440 Peach, Lincoln, Neb. On the Section Hand's Side. Bassett, Neb., June 15. To the EcV itor of The Bee: I see there Is a good deal of a discussion about tha increao, of railroad wages and in one of your papers you make a statement that even the section men are included. JJ see where Mr. McAdoo said he waa . going to protect the unorganised laboi I . "Why an you oppoaai a fw the section men and that he waslla"" is. Freight and ' passenger ratea art raised from 2& to 33 1-S per cent it looks as though th j Consumer has tc pay the bill, and the sectldn men are all consumers, so It will cost them even more to llva and thfy will not be abla to lay up anything for their support for the coming winter, and most of them have families of at least four or Ave to keep in clothes and feed, and If any one of them gets tick the doctor's bill, whic- has advanced from SO to S3 1-3 per cent. If you just open a doctor's door anc4 ask a question it costs from $1.50 to $2, and if he pre scribes for you the druggist gives it a boost, and a $S bill looks like nothing. Took you about 15 minutes to hand it over and It took you 20 hours to Eft it in the sun at 104 in the shade. A BEE READER. SMILING LINES. "No," catd tha poaitlve girl. "I will aaver tla myself down to oAa man." "Perhaps," he replied sarcastloally. "If I organise a abdicate you wilt consider our offer." Boston Transcript ' . i Little Miss, three years old, very observ ing, called on bar grandaunt tha other day. "Come again," said grandaunt la farewell. Father next morning said; "Goodbye, "Goodbye. Coma again," aha replied In polite sanes. Detroit Tt Fra "Flubdub's wife doesn't show hint sbim 'Probably sha doesn't feel that she owr htm tiy.M , "Haw'a that?" . . "Seem her mother picked out her hus . band for her,"-Louisville Courier-Jouriw At the Wrong End of Life. It is one of the disadvantages of the posi tion of the New England Protestant min ister that his work, in the long run, tends to degenerate Into a sort of mortuary function. His success in the parish really seems to be measured by the number of people he has managed to bury. The gateway at which he stands is distinctly marked "Exit." in the first place, there are generally more deaths than births in his parish, and in the second, the early days of even such children as are born among his people do not in any way involve his ministrations, as they do those of his Roman Catholic brother, who is always the chief figure at the inevitable and required christening, who may be said to guard and phis flock, and whose later functions at the confirmation of the young Christian are an event in the life not only of the new com municant, but of his entire family. It is a defect of the New England and Evangelical system which, as we have said, tends to re move the minister from the beginning of life and associate him only in a marked manner with its dark decline. This thought is brought to the mind by the publication of some statistics connected with the ministry of a certain venerahle man of God in one of our smaller New England cities. This gentleman, who is now in his 85th year, has occupied one pulpit for 50 years. In that honorable half-century he has baptized 123 children, which is at the rate of a little less than two and one-half baptisms per year. A "very good parish," this re spectable religious flock has always been called; but it bas, in a half-century of ex istence, ben able to bring fewer than three children a year to its altar. There have been more in the parish, without a doubt; it must be merely that they have not been brought in for baptism, for the same minister has during the pastorate officiated at 315 mar riages. But when it comes to funerals, the parish is strong. The venerable clerygyman has officiated at 629, which is at the rate of one funeral for every month of his 'half-century and 29 more worked in at intervals along the way. For him, the pastorate hasi a a . .t . I oeen just one Duriai atter anotner. jso mat ter what cheerful tendencies his theology may have bad at the start, he must at last have felt the shadow of the tomb descending upon it. . " . ' Perhaps this is the secret; of our Puritan ism that we have always associated ,our re ligion too little with the sweet smiles and the innocent babblings of infancy and too much with cold and crabbed age. If the faith of our Puritan fathers ever really is "re formed," perhaps it may be desirable so td re-balance it that it will pick up, the thread of life at the cradle instead of confining its ministrations so closely to the lengthening shadows of later years. Boston Transcript. , "Pitiful Publicity" The other day our pacifist secretary of war sent out a solemn warning to the people and press of the nation against the discussion of the number of American troops in France, lest such a discussion supply valuable infor mation to the enemy. Yesterday, however, in his cantata to the "Blue Devils' 'of France, at the foot of the Washington monument, he proclaimed the fact that our army in France today totals more than 700,000 men, and his figures put him on the front page again. It was artful advertising, but it was not alto gether accurate information, for the reason that it was not the whole truth. Of the number named by Mr. Baker less than half are fighting troops. This is something every German knows, but not every American, and when Mr. Baker functions as a camoufleur he never misleads the enemy, but he is very apt to muddle the mind of his own people. He played the same trick several weeks ago when, at a meeting in New York presided over by Mr. Hughes, he secured publicity for his speech by incorporating in it a dra matic announcement that he "seemed to see" American troops soon in Italy. Again he put himself on the front page as sponsor for the announcement of an expedition to Italy. It is one thing for the newspapers of the nation, in the exercise of patriotic discretion, to refrain from too detailed a discussion of certain military matters in connection with the conduct of the war. It is a different thing for our pacifist secretary of war to take ad vantage of their patriotic self-restraint by using the same information a few days later in order to profit by "pitiful publicity." Roctnn Trancrrm ' i People and Events Hun subs shrewdly keep atNa safe distance from Coney Island and Atlantic City, realiz ing that the 1918 style of bathing suits are loaded. Now and then, somewhere, mere man turns the table on alimony scouts. Out in :an Francisco a judge granted a divorce to Mrs. Esther Kehoe because Kehoe was batty on bugology. Still as Kehoe looked after domestic affairs v.-hile the Mrs. Kehoe "pulled down a salary or $200 a month, Kehoe was awarded $425 alimony. Isn't that perfectly fierce? Have you noticed the growing rarity of silver dollars in money changing nowadays? Time, was when the "cartwheels" rolled on The counters and hummed a lay of opulence, jingled in the pockets when fondled, and lent i:onr.iderab!e "heft" to the consciousness of ,the owner. Now they are rolling homeward to the melting pot of the treasury, easing the utrain on suspenders and conserving the fragments of rubber camouflaged therein. 'War. economies work in strange way their wonders to perform. going to give a substantial raise, see where he gives them a 2M-cent raise. They now are drawing 25 cents per hour. It seems to me that the section men are the goat and also a Joke in the miaxis or tne people as well as.the vumyaiij' uu mo yniy reason is De cause they are loo weak to hold an organization nbw. What is . their work? They have to work when the mercury stands at 110 in the shade, and In the winter, no matter how low it stands even 30 below they have to go over the track and seexif it is safe, and they have the lives of our troops and the president of this glorl ous country and all the public In their hands, and are the only class of rail road employes that everything la left to tneir judgment. As to the speed of trains, they can reduce the SDeed to 10 miles per hour or can stop any train ana noia it till they are satisfied it is safe, without any orders from their superiors, and they have thou sands of Jollars of material in their care eac.h year and the company has conncience enough in them to look after its interests that if a fire burns up the whole country they are sup posed to look after the company's in terest and also if stock is killed they are expected to see that the company is protected. They go out at night after storms and see if everything is saie, ana an or the officers take the section man's report and rely on his judgment or the conditions if safe to run their trains at 60 miles or five miles an hour, and they don't even question his Judgment, and he Is the poorest paid employo on the road. Will give you a partial list of Dricea he has to pay now and what he used to have. Overalls, $2.26, and light weight that could have been bought for 75 cents two or three years ago; $5 for shoes that could have been bought for $2; shirt, $1.25, used to get at 45 cents. What he has to eat: One dollar a sack for flour that now Is $2.90, and not as good; sugar, 1214 cents now, against 6 cents; meat from 50 to 75 per cent per pound more and everything else in proportion. Now it seems as though we would be com pelled to seek other employment be cause we are the lowest paid employes In any branch of business today. There is nothing in the shape or work today but what pays more for a man's time. The boys all are good Ameri cans and loyal to our country and our flag, and we would like to have Mr. i McAdoo remember us with at least enough to live on. He asks us to buy War Savings stamp and Liberty bonds, and we have done so, some of us beyond our means. Part of us only can work about seven months , and then are laid oft for the winter, and if we live through ws have to sure get out and hustle, as we can tot any more tnan keep even through the summer ana pay rent and the increase in price of everything we use. Some of us are going to see mighty hard times this coming winter if we get only a 24 -cent raise. While the train men get practically a good raise, they only get this becaus. of their strength. This country boasts that it is the friend of the weak, but the weak can not see it work on that way, at least in the present wage scale and the de lay of getting what little raise there Because, Judging from her houseclean- 1ng orgies, aha will go In for too many sweeping reforms." Sen franclsco Chron icle. ' Hospe Says: Pictures Give Your Home Atmosphere No matter how well a room may be furnished it is the pictures which give it individuality and atmos phere. Pictures of all kinds have been made a life-time study by us. We are always happy to co-operate with any pros pective purchaser in the se lection of one or more pic tures. . Our stock is the largest And finest in Omaha. All tastes can be gratified from our varied and comprehen sive display. s Our picture framing is in the hands of an expert. Nothing is overlooked to help make your choice of pictures and frames here extremely gratifying. Prices reason able. JUST TRY US! 1813-15 Douglas St. ' J When your nerves are all on edge and sleep seems out of the question take--' at bedtime one or two Lariat Sale of Aar Madidaa Ja tka Wer14 Sold ewrywhera. la aoaaa, lOa 25c ne Year Ago Today in the War. Russian war mission, headed by Minister Bakhmetleff, arrived In Washington. Vice Admiral Sims ' designated to ke general charge of allied naval !orces In Irish waters during absence f British naval commander. The Day We Celebrate. ; Gen. Sir Douglas Halg born in Scot and, 17 years ago. Vance C. McCormlck, chairman of :he exports administrative board, Kirn at Harrlsburg, Pa., 48 years ago. - Dr. Hill M. Bell, retiring president )f Drake university, born in Licking :ounty, Ohio, (8 years ago. . Edward V. Clcotte, pitcher for the Chicago American league base ball Mm, born In Detroit, 84 years ago. This Day In History. 1811 Samuel Chase, ' a Maryland ilgner of the Declaration of Independ ence, died., 3orn In Maryland, April 17, 1741. ' ; ; .. : Hit The Saxon army, king and . rovernment. Joined the Austrians igainst the Prussians. 1EJ7 Henry Dodge, first United States senator from Wisconsin, died at Burlington, la. Born at Vlncen nea, Init, October 12. 17S2. vl89S Rt Rev. Maurice F. Burke. f rat Catholic bishop f Cheyenne, was transferred to the see of St Joseph, MV" . , Just 30 Years Ago Today ' The prohibitionists held a meeting at Dr. F. D. Wilson's office. There was a full attendance and measures were taken to make an aggressive campaign, Charles Crelghton won the S00 yard race, John Mler the 100, Jim a Hart the running Jump, Bolen and Connors the three-legged race and John Ennis and Miss Nellie Kiley the waits prise at the plcnlo of the Du rant Hose company at Fremont J. B. Brewer, grand patron of the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, left fcr Lincoln to pre side over the 13th annual conclave which opens there. Charles P. Taylor, president of the Louisville, Ky., pressmen's union, was given a reception at the residence of Thomas Granville. - 143S Twenty-second street by pressmen, stereotypcrs and elestrotypers' union Io. 33, Over There andOver Here John. Purroy Mitchell, former mayor of New York, lost no time in demonstrating that he Is a 100 per cent American in fact as well as In politics. Jack is now a graduate avi ator and will soon make a try for a place among the "aces'' on the west ern front. State control of railroads In Eng land resulted in an advance of 10 and 20 per cent In passenger rates, the lower figure applying to purely local business. There, as here, the object was to check travel and turn the saved power to essential war work. Kxperlence In 1917 showed opposite results. An official report states that travel increased on short and long dis tances and indications, point to a pro portionate advance this year. Similar results are unlikely in this country because of restricted train service. T To some fighting Americans over there full performance of duty causes discomfort and warm wordss Trenches and dugouts were planned and built before taking the measure of Amer ica's giants. As a consequence Q. M. ergt. Pat Orealy has worry to bum, Stars and Stripes. theiA. E. F. organ, pictures Pat as the biggest man in the marine corps. Trenches are too nar row for him and dugout door and ceiling Impose undue strain on his spine. Though he unbends, from ne cessity. Pat will not be real happy until the Hun fights In the open and gives him a chance to straighten out and exert the reserve 'force of his pus - . . . Whittled to a Point Minneapolis. Journal! Cotton looks like a big crop. Will the price there fore be reduced? It will notIf the south's grip on congress holds. Washington Post: The trouble with a plea to the Hun to spare a sacred edifice is that he doesn't understand human speech unless It 'is accented by a bomb. Brooklyn Eagle: I Is a fine notion to put 40,000 negro conscripts to Fether. for camping and for fighting. Race pride has increased men's valor ever since wars began, and whoever thinks the negroes have none of this is gravely mistaken. Minneapolis -Tribune: The $5,000 pold cup given by the . kaiser to an American wmner of a yacat race thirteen- years ago turns out ho be a $40 pewter imitation. Well, that's About-the way everything" that has come from the kaiser during the war assays. ' - ' , New York Herald: "Mother and father told me .to get them, and I did." raid a New York marine wounded at Bouresches-Veuilly. The 'them" he pot were bocjtes, and a-plenty. The moral of the story Is found in the fact that the father and mother to whom he refers were born in Ger many, s ' New York World: "Senator La Fol lette's' St. Paul speech, from beginning lo end, is an earnest exhortation to his hearers to maintain and defend at alfl costs our. constitution and our insti tutions," says his counsel. Bring on the whitewash! The Wisconsin states man stands ready to look like a pa triot . . .. r ... Twice Told Tales Too Much For Him. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather of "Old Bill" fame tells an amusing story of a soldier who thought he would take advantage of his chum being on sentry duty at the barracks gate, to slip out after tatoa in order to visit his best girl. That's all right," said ' his chum, "but I may be relieved before you re turn, so I had better give you the pass word to enable you to get back Into the barracks in any case." "Right-o!" said Tommy. "What's the word?" "Idiosyncrasy." "What?" ' y "Idiosyncrasy.", "I guess I'll stay in barracks for this evening," said Tommy. Chicago Post Have You $1,000? It will buy ten of our shares. If yoli have not this amount, start with less and systematically save with us until you reach your goal.' No better time and no better place. Dividends compounded semi-annually. The Conservative Savings & Loin AsYn 1614 HARNEY STREET. Resources, $14,000,000. Reserve, $400,000.00 Battle SouTenlr. Private Jenkins, home from France, was seated in the village Inn one evening surrounded by a group of admirers. "I suppose," said old Farmer Wur xel, "ye had some narrow escapes out yonaer. "Well," answered the Tommy, "nothing to speak of much, but I re member one night I felt like a drink, so, I goes down to the estamint I'd Just got me 'and on the door-knob, when Just then old Frita sent one of 'is big ones over right on the house, and, believe me, it knocked the 'ole blooming show down, and left me standing there, silly like, with the knob of the door in me 'and." Lon don Tit-Bw." Look in the Directory Alleys Before Yon Tefopfcc: 0 i To get the right number, do you look in the telephone directory first ? Do you think it is quite fair to take an operator's time from other subscribers by caning people whose num bers have been changed since yon put them down in your memory ? It's so easy to look up the telephone number in the directory, and it saves time and prevents annoyance for you and for others you may call by mistake. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY Sara root Bay War Saviatra Btaaaa aa Liaortr Boa da f! t