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    ' THE BEE; OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.
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Loyalty in Nebraska means loyalty.
The weather man's mislaid "cold wave" turned
tip just in time.
, "Cash for trash" la good slogan for others
than thi Red Cross, and It will surely spread.
Patronage at the city swimming holes is
good evidence of the need of additional facilities
in this line.
The superintendent will not havs to argue
long with the firemen these days to get them In
favor of conservation of fuel,
Austrian efforts to enter Venice art getting
along about as well and no better than Hinden
burg's attempt to take Paris.
The Anti-Saloon league reports that our men
abroad art "clean, sober and efficient" This
makes it unanimous, for all the rest of the coun
try knew that long ago.
Nebraska Is willing to resign the distinction
' thrust upon it and let Texas and Arizona corj
, tinue their ageold contest si to which Is the
' hottest place this side of Tophet .
Omaha may continue to dream of the union
depot until after the war, but the magnates may
as well put that item pretty close to the top of
the list of improvements to come then.
'Alsace and Lorraine are-so intensely devoted
to the kaiser that lie has been compelled to de
nationalise several thousand citizens of the two
provinces for refusing to fight under his flag. '
Senator Fall's suggestion that the committee
on foreign relations be reorganized In order to
get rid of the chairman is reasonable proof that
all the members of that august body are not
satisfied with the way the seniority rule works
out " '
Commenting on a report of our Chamber of
Commerce that attendance has increased some
what the Lincoln Journal concludes that the
twilight games are to be the saving clause for
' base ball during the war. Perhaps, and perhaps
not I The Journal overlooks the fact that the
Chamber of Commerce took upon itself the job
of persuading people to buy 10,000 books of
tickets ae a patriotic duty. It ia free tickets
rather tha twilight gamea which is speeding up
'the lurnstne.
Settling e Bugaboo,
The vote at the primary election in Minnesota
disposes of the great Nonpartisan league buga
. boo for the moment at least Governor Burn
qtrist is renominated by the republicans "for the
; office by more than 50,000 over Lindbergh, his
chief opponent who had the support of the "non
parts" and all their numerous side issues. In
tense Interest in the outcome of the contest
brought out a very heavy vote, so that no claim
f. will be made that the people did not express
themselves in making the choice. Outside of Min
nesota the election was closely watched, be
cause of the claims that were made by the Non
partisans, whose strength could only be guessed
at and who had put' forth their utmost endeavor
to sweep the Gopher state. Whit ihe ultimate
disposition of the voters will be must await
further developments, but the measure of the
Townleyites has fairly been taken, and they have
not capture. Minnesota. ,
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY.
The Bee has been reluctant to comment upon
the disloyalty charges against the professora of
the University of Nebraska while the hearing
upon them was pending lest we might be regarded
as attempting to exert an outside influence upon
the decision, but now that the regents have
brought in their findings, the time is at hand for
some very plain talk.
Regardless of any camouflage put out by the
board, the fact is the University oi Nebraska aa
a whole did not "front" in the various war ac
uities at the start as it should, nor in the degree
that have other state and privately endowed uni
versities. Most of the institutions of higher edu
cation in tin's country have the annearanr-r? ff
army training camps with schools of instruction
in different lines of technical military service
maintained as their contribution to the war. The
University of Nebraska is now doing something,
but was slow in getting at it.
The reasons are not chargeable solely to luke
warm professors. We do not want to say any
thing that will impair the good work of the unt
versity, but candor compels the admission thai
the faculty, in point of aggressive leadership, is
not above the average as it ought to be. The
youngr enthusiastic, promising, growing teacher
has not been kept and the staff is heavy with left
overs and mediocrity. The explanation is the
lack of "future" at the University of Nebraska for
the ambitious professor.
Say what we will, our short-sighted refusal
to qualify for the Carnegie pension fund at the
time the door was open has had a detrimental
effect The salaries paid our State university
professors and instructors are ridiculously low,
ranging, as recently pointed out, from less -than
$500 up to $2,500, with the exception of the deans
of 10 schools, who average $3,000. The only
wonder is that we have been able to retain so
many good, competent and conscientious men
along with the freaks and time-servers that no
other university wants fo take away from us.
The great majority of the faculty have been ac
cumulating debt of gratitude which unfortu
nately they cannot cash in or convert into the
substantial necessary to meet the high cost of
living.
One other line of thought applies more partic
ularly to the men under fire: Why it is we do
not know, but professors with a certain type of
mind are frequently imbued with the notion that
they are in duty bound to uphold the principle
of "academic freedom," and their conception of
this principle is wholly vicious and wrong. They
imagine that academic freedom means not only
the license to do and say and teach what they
please, regardless of its pernicious effect upon
the young people studying under them, but also
that academic freedom consists in saying things
,and doing things that ere at complete variance
with the commonly accepted views, or that even
outrage the feelings of the less highly educated
in other words, to be different just for the sake
of being different
On subjects of abstruse science, such an idea
of academic freedom run riot may do no great
harm, but when it comes to being different from
the average patriotic citizen on the question of
loyalty to this government it crosses the line of
sedition and treason. For a professor in a state
university, who is an officer of our government
drawing his pay from, public funds, there can be
no academic freedom that stops short of whole
hearted, undivided, active support of America
against all enemies at home or abroad, and the
sooner those who fall short of these requirements
are gotten rid of, the better.
War Against Turkey.
- Whatever reluctance President Wilson may
have entertained in regard to declaring war on
Turkey seems to be falling awav as orovocation
to such a course increases. It is well understood
that the president because of high humanitarian
purposes has sought to avoid extending our hos
tilities to include Turkey and Bulgaria, although
these governments are at war with our crnt
soclates in the European wan Through form
that thinly veiled the facta we have sought to
preserve the fiction of peace with the sultan, al
though really in arms against him. It is incon
ceivable thaf we would withhold assistance to
England, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece or Rus.
sia against the Turk. It is just as certain that
sooner or later we will have to back away from
the attitude of being merely "associated" in this
war and take a full share of responsibility with
those who fight by our side and become allies.
Decimation of war op Turkey will be quit as
popular as anything the government has yet
done, and is inevitable. No nice considerations
have operated to stay the sultan's hand at any
place; not a Jew nor an Armenian has been
spared because of our friendship, while mission
aries are exposed despite their American nation
ality. The sooner the Turk is put on Our "bad
list" the quicker he will come to know what his
future holds.
Uncle Sam will gladly train his South Ameri
ean nephews in the art and practice of modern
warfare, and will also give them aome lessons,
both by precept and example, in how to behave
in battle. He is occupying some of the kaiser's
time just now by his efforts in this line.
How Democrats "Adjourn" Politics
Theory and Practice Illustrated in Michigan
Senatorship
Mr. Chase S. Osborn, former governor of
Michigan, declines the invitation of a demo
cratic state conference to withdraw his candi
dacy for the senatorship in favor of Mr.
Henry Ford. .
The invitation was a naive disclosure of
the democratic point of view on the con
gresional campaign. This seems to be that
because the administration is democratic-
and very persistently partisan democratic
it is at that republican candidates for the
legislative branch of the government should
retire in favor of democrats. It may be ob-
jectea urt Mr. ord has been a republican,
but this does not impress us, since he was
one of the most active and substantial of the
advocates of Mr. Wilson's election.
The theory, at any rate, is a novelty in
our politics, we believe. Colonel Harvey
indeed has proposed a treaty to preserve the
status quo on the around that in wartime a
harmonious co-operation between the execu-
a m J il. . i' r .
nve ana inc legislative functions ot govern
ment is highly desirable. Inasmuch as more
discord between congress and the president
has had its rise in the democratic ranks than
in the republican, Colonel Harvey's sugges
tion has not struck us very forcibly. But the
current democratic notion goes Colonel Har
vey's rather more than one better. We do
not think republicans, either candidates or
voters, will think that turning congress over
to the democratic party could be classified
as a war measure. The pacifism and pro
vincialism which have been, and continue
to be, powerful influencea. in the, democratic
party will not assist the American people,
or even Mr. Wilson, to win the war. In the
view of the Tribune, and, we are confident,
of republicans generally, it is of the greatest
importance that republican principles shall
have expression in American policies in this,
the most critical period of American history.
Doubtless the Michigan democrats were
encouraged to make their remarkable pro
posal to Mr. Osborn by the fact that Mr.
Ford, their party aspirant, is a man of enor
mous wealth, powerful financial and other
influences, whose employes, with their con
nections, are numbered by the thousands,
and whose businesl organization in its ram-
Chicago Tribune.
ifications and interrelations is doubtless as
good as a ready-made political organiiation.
Added to this, Mr. Ford is? reported to have
the prestige of the presidential indorsement;
he has been given much publicity for his
contribution to war work and he has the
great advantage, which every politician ap
preciates, of being one ef the most talked-of
individuals in America.
These are formidable qualifications from
the standpoint of partisan availability. But
Mr. Osborn does not seen; to be daunted by
them. He remarks with candor that he
"does not consider Mr. Ford a fit person for
United States senator," and he strikes from
the shoulder at what is obviously Mr. Ford's
weak spot, his pre-war record. Undoubtedly
Mr. Ford's campaign will , make much of
what he is doing to win the war. Mr. Os
born evidently thinks it pertinent to recall
what Mr. Ford did to prevent the country
from going into the war or to be ready for
it in case war came in spite of his effort.
We do not see how the voters of Michi
Cut Out the Politics.
Omaha, June 18. To the Editor of
The Bee: Report are beginning; to
come of the decoration of our boys
with the "Croix Da Guerre" by the
frencn generaia ror bravery and
heroic service on the Held of battle,
These reports are Inspiring and cheer
ing to the friends back home. Some
of us are doomed to remain at home.
but we are not shut out from service
to our country, for we may all of us
who have our health and faculties
render some service. This is the sreat
now ana now. xnere never has been
a time like the present in all history
and never will be again, and politics
is or ought to be taboo. We are fight
ing the Hun. It makes no difference
to him whether it be man or woman.
or little babe, or even babes unborn
he win strike them down in his lust
for power. EDWIN M. SEARLE.
Death for Spies and Traitors
Time for. Moderation to End and Relentless Policy Started
Brooklyn Eagle.
Germany with atronhled conscience can
see no difference between spy-plotters and
prisoners of war. That is the meaning of
its insolent suggestion that Captain Franz
Rintelen, now wearing stripes in Atlanta, be
exchanged for an American citizen accused
of espionage in Germany and sent to prison
for a term of 10 years. Civilized nations do
not "exchange" criminals. And the kaiser
msy as well understand now as later that the
United States will turn an absolutely deaf
ear to his threats of "retaliation," a game
that two can play at, and will proceed with
renewed vigor and the ultimate of severity
to cut away the entanglements of pro-Teuton
plots which have delayed our progress
towara tne maximum ot war efficiency. We
trust that no false sentimentalism will pre
vent the execution of spies of the Rintelen
type or of traitors-in collaboration with
spies and taking German money.
If Jeremiah A. O'Leary of New York,
his aid, Willard J. Robinson, and John T.
Ryan, a Buffalo lawyer, posing as agitators
for the independence of Ireland, got cash
irom tne Kaiser s treasury through the Bar
oness Marie de Kretschmann and Herman
Wessels, sent here by the Berlin foreign
office, and worked with Albert Paul Fricke,
t-mii Kipper and tne late Hugo bchweitzer,
me cncniisi wno inea to paralyze our mak
"Phony" Is As t(Phonyn
Does
The kaiser's cup, awarded Wilson Mar
shall of New York in 1905 as a yacht race
trophy, was then estimated to be worth
$5,000, in the pure gold of which it was be
lieved to be composed. Recently it was sub
jected to the crucial test of being broken
into pieces to be sold for the benefit of the
Red Cross, after the cup, passing through
many hands in successive auctionings, had
already realized $125,000 for that great work.
It was an impressive spectacle staged in
the Metropolitan opera house, with the presi
dent of the United States among the specta
tors. United States Marshal McCarthy, in
the immediate presence of many who had paid
$5 for stage seats, struck the beautiful trophy
a powerful blow with a hammer, under which
it crumbled like the base metal it was. No
crucible was needed. The dealers to whom
the remains were offered varied but little in
their bids. The highest bid was $40 for the
pewter, gilded with a very thin veneer of
gold making up "the kaiser's cup."
Toward Americans, as other and more his
torically important evidences have since
proved, all of the kaiser's outward semblance
of friendliness has been but such veneering
as that upon the pewter cup awarded to the
victorious American, in a friendly contest
In some other instances the gold has not
been entitled to be called plate or even wash.
It is not likely that an English yachtsman
would have had a squarer deal, but Sir
Thomas Lipton might have ordered an im
mediate assay. The kaiser is not a game
sport. When he cannot load the dice or
stack the cards he reneges or welshes, after
the form and manner of the tinhorn gam
bler he is. But we -may indulge a suspicion
that, in 1905, recollections of Manila bay, and
of Venezuela, still gave a flip to his bitter
drink. Like the poor sport always does, he
played a losing game in playing that trick,
for the "phony" has yielded nearly $150,000
to the American Red Cross before being so
unsuspectingly tested. St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Grand Island Harvester Reserves
Grand Island. Neb., June 18. To
the Editor of The Bee: The short
js-am. 1. mi - i
Kan can fail to consider Mr. Ford's record on ! " """" 7?.ur
ic .. .v L , imj uuomcro jiiou neiping narvesi ine
public questions lri assaying his fitness for wheat crop reminds us that over 90
inc nign oract 01 senator. Mr. roros sup- per cent or cards were signed in Grand
port of the hysterical opposition to theJ Island by business men volunteerlne
movement in favor ot putting the nation in tneir services ror the entire harvest,
a state ot detente wu the mnct valnahl . oven to picKing corn, tor natriouam
set that opposition had. The consequences SfewSnriti, IV'r.,?,'! !'
o that opposition are telling today'in the
hlonrt nt the rlerennrt nf amp aifc T ! .. . ....v.,
... . w. w. v.u.v. h i rioover ana anvintnr tn nut- An
4b. - u r. j:j ... i - - . " - " .- v " "
- , - ... - I - - " - v.u.j,
onset tne influence ot tne pacifist crusade A. B. HAGBMAN.
by a reductio ad absurdum. but that was not
an intentional effect, and Mr. Ford's general Esperanto for Everybody,
capacity ior oeaung witn tne complex ana riamview, Nab.,June 18. To th
critical international proDiems of the war Editor or The Bee: The German na
can hardly be judged without reference to tlon 18 ut another name for the
the peace ship farce. Hohenzollern clan, the Austrian em-
Altoeether. it seems ta us that Mr ft. ine Hapsourg clan and the Turk
horn'i rnnrao-e in ennfrnnrW tV.. r.., K,r. ?n empire the Osman clan. NOW If
talions of Mr. Ford's monv conn ctio
"u vui I'j-wiuc uuiunciy uucs not rcacn u c tnn r nwn rintiv mMtM v.,n
point of temerity. Michigan is a republican up a barrier about themselves, allow-
state, and an intelligent state. Earned good ing as little intercourse with the others
opinion, olain talk and nolitiral ponsiH era. and the world at large as possible, and
tions of the greatest weight in respect of the ?nI?" P8"iiitting their own languages
tuture ot these United States should go far "Z. , ' .T
toward redressing the balance in favor of te'l!'0" consld-
(r n.1ini. - I 6"" vaiiiuiiam, lur meso con-
..... v.uwH. i niTinrta aomi t nfavati iM .tm
... v v--. f.wva.1. JAl llilO io-uut
when small foreign nationalities were
maintained throughout the country.
To even succeed in a measure with
this plan of exclusive construction
under the Stars and Stripes would
not only be suicidal, but lead to the
provoking of the mob spirit; for we
must recognize the larger nation and
Ryan deserve death as traitors just as the
baroness, Wessels. Fricke and Kipper de
serve death as spies. Indictments have
come. Prosecutions should follow. Pun
, , . . ... iinuot icuukiuzo in larger nation ana
ing of explosives by cornerinar the earbo he th rn ..h i kJ.....
acid supply, then O'Leary and Robinson and attempts to root foreign ideals upon
democratic boh is reaping its just re
ward. The larger iu..iotlsm demands
the world language, and after we
pledge allegiance to our flag and prove
ishment ohnnlH no h. 1nrr rl.l.rl Tf " wu" Aai?r ana sacrince, we must
nt h. ri.rTr.vr tuirjz-z rznr:." ca.rry 0'a . ry to The Hague tribunal,
""r,."w " "- wnere tne international medium he
uauinc wun ireiann against r-ngiana, even comes the form of intercourse, for
mougn tne crmsn empire is our ally in a it can be mastered in hours where a
great war. But even these Americans will national language would take years,
not oitv the end of the wretched hvhrirl vihn Our demand should be English first
steals the livery of Irish patriotism to serve andL ,then the universal language, the
the devil in, who dishonors the memory of mddum .0.fBOnhkva-Se"Ff? Tg2S
feW t0 ,iv in ?nr on fuds Tmy coTntJyTnd eecond I belong
. . ' - --w-w w- . iu ig TVU11U.
civilization.
Furthermore, if the United States senate
military committee has discovered so many
names oi oermans on the payroll of the Lur
tiss alrplant as to suggest a sinister ex.
CHARLES P. LAtfG.
THE MARINES.
floldltri whan you need 'am
, .. . , . , , I Sallora In a pinch,
planation Of paralyzing changes of program, (Laathernec Donatol Leatharnaok Mc
oi oiner aeiays tnat are not tuliy explained,
of gross waste of spruce for which the whole I" ',m-
Knnntn, .o v, . a i . u a I n avery Inch.
ww k.wu kuuiiu iu wa.in.ua uumireo, (Leathernack Lavlmky of tha ol-ol-ol!'
men me prope snouia not De withdrawn till Hooting It on hot toea
some plotters have oaid with their lives the u bl" "!
t . . .r jsayonatinf ottoa,
Vw.o ijr Vl uuwii ur vi espionage. wha tha bullaU bit.
inen a Bra in. it a uerman trno on our aun- Don't fnrmi th. mnttn-.
Dlies Ot nlatinum anH rarlm-artitr. nhtanel Alw.v. "irirt tn (i.kin
has been developed by the Engelhardt firm f'ti"rne:kl Leatherneck boy!)
ana tnar nrm is financed ifl Berlin, as Rep- w..r, th, ,afI, ,prea(,ln.
icscmauvc iainey jnumaiea in nis Startling
speecn in tne house, the Department of Tus
tice should do its dutv.
It is purblind optimism to assume that
tne pern trom uerman plotters is a past peril,
It is a present menace.- There has been dia
bolical ingenuity in keeointr un the nlota
Our production of the things we need to
prosecute the war has been hampered in
many ways; apparently it is still beine ham
perea. a seit-respectincr nation can meet
that sort of menace in only one way by
severity, more severity, dwavs severity. The
heaviest punishment of Criminal plotters is i-tnrnck Oonialai, from a mill hi Troy.)
the h ffhest mercv tn nnr m.n in Vr.n t noheJ era tacit at Thierry
our aine.s in the helq, to the civilian popula
tions of Europe that depend on the food we
can send in ships now being launched, to the
world of the future which has its interests
now in our keeping
Ihis issue is brought to a head br the
impertinence of Berlin in re Rintelen. That
Kintehn is still alive is an evidence of Amer
ican moderation which Americans are e-etv
erally inclined to regret We shall not give
mm up. vve snail sendsome minor offend
ers to join him in stripes. But master-nlot
ters and ringleaders in plots, whether citizens
or tnis country or subjects of Germany, or
Wa'ra tha anchor nigh.
(Leatherneck, attention! Leatherneck, ahoy!)
Aak ua where wa re heading 7
Let tha globe reply!
(Leatherneck, my aide-kick, full of Yankee
Joy!)
Wa, forever aerappy
Since tha daya ot yore
Swatting Spanlarda anappy
On tha sugar ah ore
Boy! we can't ba happy
Till we acrap aome moral
(Leatherneck! Leatherneck boyi)
Oot tha Bochei acary,
Hammering 'em good.
And by Bellaau Wood!
(Leatherneck, Juat aching the gasaera to
deatroy!)
Bouraachea, eaay getting!
Torcy, cinch to win!
While wa'ra bayoneting
Germane fat or thin.
Oura tha job of letting
Tankea daylight In!
(Leatherneck! Leatherneck boy!)
JOHN u KEiEFB in New York World.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Judge Tou are charged with profanity
Prlaoner How can that be. Tour Honor,
when I waa arreated for getting rid of It T
.Tnly T.n ilav. tnr .WA.rlr w TMrt
nationals or neutral powers, are not likely to 'or tn Joke. Boaton Tranecript,
wwvfw ww- t-aaitjr uuill uun tunc lurtn. uur
government backed by solid public sentiment
nas virue powers which it has abstained
irom exercising through a worthy, if Quix
otic, humanitananism.
People and Events
Walter hinting for a tip) And how
did you find your ateak, air?
Dinar Oh! I Just moved that little pteoa
of potato and there It waa Bora Lira.
'I don't Ilka to aend out weddtng cerdi,"
aid Flubdub. "Tou know, I married the
day after I got my divorce."
"I understand. Suppoaa you announce
r . . J 1 . i, . .
Mexican Deons are rertnrten mm mo- tn the I fh.f "T.nni.vin. muri.r.Joumai.
United Statpe hv thnna.nrt. tn ,a.Ii .... I
tion handa rin the r.UrAYrl. Th. "a Sinn Fain movement b reaponelble
tion nanas on the raiiroads. The experience foP ths worit pun of th, iteiif. x prteet
IS DOUna to be Satisfactory in one respect of Dublin began his dlscourae aa followi:
that of connecting with moderate Packages "There hava been many eraa In Irish hte-
rsf r.,t 6 tor. We hava had the Pagan era, the
The fiat has gone out in araM Philadel
phia that women conductors of street cars
must dispense with high-heeled shoes, short
tkirts and rainbow hose. The company will
not toierate scenery that might distract at
tention from the beauty of the pay-as-you-
enter casn oox.
Chrlatlaa era, aad aaw wa are having the
Dartl era." (Da Valera) Boston Transcript,
'Tour wife managea to torn out tasty
dlshea."
"6ho doea."
"And yet ahe atlclce closely to meatlesa
and wheatleas daya."
Tea, shea very Ilooveraatlle." Louisville
Courier-JournaL
Phyllis (reading): What made this re.
lorter aay that tn the battle the German
line waa shaken? 1
George: It waa tha 'Atg you know. Car
toons M-gazlne.
"You've been to the altar three times.
I believe T"
"Yes."
"And I twice. The minister Is an old
llmer. I guess we won't hi i to rehearse."
Kansas City Journal.
"But as he never ealrt he would marry
you, where doea the breach of yronili-a pine
tn?"
"When I proposed to lilm." said lhe l-ap-year
maid, "he promised to be a brother
to ma, and he hasn't been anything of the
'sind." Boston Transcript.
Hospe Says:
Bay It Now!
They Will Not Be
CHEAPER
Net Cash Prices
But Teyme If You Win.
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PIANOS
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Bailey, Mahogany $165
Haines, Ebony 35
Boston Piano Co., oak.... 135
flickering. Ebony 185
Erbe & Co., Mahogany... 1(J5
Camp 4b Co., Ebony Jg5
Bennett & Co., Mahogany 19j
Hlnze's French Walnut. . 225
Steger & Sons, Oak 235
Hospe, Mahogany 250
rrinceton, Mahogany..,. 2S5
Princeton, Mahogany
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Weser Bros., Mahogany. . 135
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One Tear Ago Today In the War.
British made further gains on Ar
, ras front
President Wilson called for f 0,000
volunteers for the regular urmy.
Federal trade commission proposed
government eontrol of the railroads.
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles P. Murphy, head of Tam
many hall, born In New York City 60
years ago.
Francis B. Warren, United States
senator from Wyoming, born at Hins
dale, Mass., 74 years ago today.
Kt Rev. Nathaniel a Thomas, Epis
copal bishop of Wyoming, born at
Faribault Minn., tl years ago.
Hugh Duffy, base ball coach at Har
vard university, born at River Point
R. L, 4 years ago.
v ThU Day la History.
17S2 Conyrese adopted the rt!e
for the great seal of the United States.
1S2S Gen. Jesse X Reno, noted sol
dier of the Mexican and civil wars,
born at Wheeling;, Va. Killed in battle
at South Mountain, September 14,
i860 Hesse-Darmstadt withdrew
from the Prussian league because of
the insidlot ambition of the king of
Prussia.
1893 Trial of tdxale Borden at Fall
River, Mass., on a charge of murder
, iiry her father and stepmother, re
e,:ted in a verdict ef not guilty, .
Just 80 Years Ago Today
Forest King-, Belle K. Trouble and
Miss Edwards, the famous runnlnr
nurses, wr snipped to Chicago via
the Burlington As Missouri today.
Miss Lou Gimpson, daughter ot Capt.
John Simpson, wan surprised by her
friends with a supper party at the
Millard hotel,, the occasion being her
lh birthday,
Euclid . lartln, accompanied by Mrs.
Martin, started on a 10-da. trip
through the mountains ot Colorado',
Lieutenant Arrasmlth ot the Second
infantry has been granted a leave 'of
absence of 15 days.
A number of prominent women ot
the city, among whom are Mrs. Wil
son, Mrs. Carter, Mrs, General Brooke,
Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Orr, Mrs. Shiverlck
and others, are arranging; for a moon
light picnic, to be held at Hanscom
park,.- v
Round About the State
B. W. McCoy, retiring publisher of
the Beaver City Sun, in the current
Issue says goodby to his patrons, and
commends his suceasor, Fred W. An
heuser of Omaha to the people of the
town and all Furnas county.
Grand Island Independent sub'
scribes to Colonel Roosevelt's motto
of one language for all the people.
"Every American youth," sayg the
Independent, "should be made fairly
a master of his own language before
learning the language of any other
nation." r
Along in the middle ot May, the
Valentine Herald reports, the owner
of a section of land In Cheyenne
county turned down an offer of 564.-
000 for the farm with improvements
costing $7,500. Back in 1905 Bob
Overfelder of Sidney bought this land
for $950, selling it six months later
for $2,500. The latter sum looked
big In its day and made such a bulge
in Bob's hip pocket that he was afraid
to go home in the dark.
The startling confession Is made by
the "Buckshot" editor of the Harvard
Courier that three times In his life he
has been "beautifully skinned In busi
ness deals" by church members.
"They were the real sanctimonious
sonsofguns," he adds, femlniscently,
"the kind of fellows who whoop it up
generally in the amen corner." Other
details of the skinning suggest a
Hmoother and more artistic Job than
the heathen la capable, cf. That's
some compensation. 1
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Peppery Points
.Kansas uity Times: uenerai von
Stein eeems to eontatn the usual
amount of froth, and it has the usual
tendency to run over. They ought to
put nia 11a down.
New York World: Even the Ger
man army is now to hatve three meat.
less days a week. When the eatless
dava for tha German arrive, nerhnna
wa snout nave peace, auu inoy seem
to be on the way.
Minneapolis Journal: What's the
mntt.r with annlvlns tha "wn.li
tight" formula to those busy parasites
on the farmer, the Nonpartisan l.no-ua
solicitors? Make 'em run tractors in
stead of subtracters.
New York World: A pewter .mug,
arnM.nlatarl. waa mi It a ennd .nn.it.
for the kaiser to offer the "blodsin
nlge" -Yankees for a yacht race prize.
The honor of Imperial notice was
enough. The dated cud was nniv a
symbol.
Louisville Courier-Journal: It will
he horn In mind alsn that tA
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Franz von Rintelen would not have
any enecr. upon Germany's treatment
rtf AmpHftAn nrlonnaM ln...Hu
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Germany la a foreawnrn nut inn
word Is a scrap of paper when it is
uui a pun 01 wina.
New York Herald: Recognition of
work well done rirnmnta th r. nomi
nation of Paymaster General Mc
Gowan, head of the bureau of supplies
and accounts of the navy, for another
four-year term. Kn other nnrtnoni
of the government shows a more nota
ble record for initiative and accom
plishment .
Twice Told Tales
Incurable Optimism.
Irvln S. Cobb-was banaueted In New
York by a group of admirers a few
days before his departure for the war
zone.
"I'm an optimist" he said, on rising
10 respond to the toast of his name.
"Yes, even in times like these I'm
an optimist Perhaps It's silly on my
part. Perhaps It makes me resemble
wasti White.
"Wash White, an incurable obtl-
mlst, killed a friend at a gin party,
and the Jury duly pronounced him
guilty of second degree murder, and
the Judge sentenced him to Imprison
ment ror are. '
"As Optimist Wash, laden with
chains, clanked cheerily down the Jail
corridors on the way back from the
courtroom to his cell, he passed his
mend and fellow-captive, Calhoun
Clay.
" 'Wash,' said Cal. 'how lont has ye
got to serve?'
"Wash waved his manacled hand
airily. ,
" 'Jes' from now on," said he."
New York Herald.
May Account For It, w
"Why Is the publio so fond of rap-'
ping congress?"
"I figure it thla way," answered the
congressman addressed. "We are the
servants of the people."
"Well?"
"And when people even think high
ly of their servants they'll seldom ad
mit It" Louisville Courier-Journal.
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