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THE BEE: OMAHA, 3ATUKPAT, AUGUST 5, 1918, 8 tThe Omaha Bee ; DAILY (MORNING) EVENING - SUNDAY '! FOUNDED BY EDWARD BOSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR l THB BCB TOBUSHINQ CO MP AMI. PROPRIETOR. & MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS if roe Awxdmm mu. m Tat e a .'ffi Uwtltlsd to tM loc iwbllesMoa of alt Hoj m'm iS to It or otaenriel orbited t this nw. and IU cobllaM krllL 41! HM of boMMH"t -m ' ft ! mrrirrs Council Bluffe-H F. aUl St Umts-Nej Bh of Coametwe. Liaools tittle Balldlna, WasalBtto--UM 0 St " '. - iinsiir rmruuiTlON Daily 69,021 Sunday 59,572 ' nM (Sfeaittiea for m moots, nnwtun Km . I W J mt '3rcolaU Huns Subscriber leamg the rity shanM hava Tha Be mailed to them. Addresa change ofwo i rrgneXod THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG- II ll'llillllllllillllllllllilil mi!iii!!iii'!i:iii!t.m;!:a Nebraska democrats seem to be worried. it t j Doubling taxes on little things is -not going to 's hit the profiteers. ') The Hastings convention may have saved i'Keith Neville's face, b'tit it did not gain him many 'g votes. ' july, so the leather bureau tells us, was nor j rial, We know it was too darned hot and dry 'jo be enjoyable. fi ' SUL " .-' 11" ' . f, P!itr nr rinth MVS. will lJI VI Uwwii w . I w - J ,'make' little- difference to the country. What is - .4 t i... t.f ! Mini Kpfrtr jienry Know "w iw v - if the people, and seldom does he overlook a bet in f the publicity line. ( One of the local' wonders is why prices on j green stuff are going up every day. Has Hoover lost his influence? Americans are watching the map of France jf with keen interest these days, as our boys rescue f foot by foot from the Hunnish noraes. Ill . ' " . . ' A German general now wrathluny aamits that they bragged too much about their drive last spring. So they did, so they did. ' - "ig" runn also has a "holler corning" on the w6rk at Hastings, which aroiises wonder as to who, besides "Brother Charley," was" pleased bjr the outcome. Tint to think t Only a few days agd the head- it lint writers of the Omaha Hyphenated were for ' bidden to employ the word "Huns" under pen s' atty of dismissal! ; tit .' ' ., I Henry Ford may think the Nebraska farmerl tare idle i the winter, but that only shows how1 Uittle he 'knows of the real problem of how to make a farm pay. , - a;.. IS - v rrnrdinir to the Omaha Hyphenated, the filemocrats, having called the kaiser 'the foul jbeast of Berlin," they have won the war for free f rldm. i To cinch the victory they must have time to. coin anomer epuiict. : Cost of managing the state has advanced 125 V'fpcr centv in eight yean o! democratic control, as ishbwh'by expenditures. And this Is the basis iCof their boast of efficiency and economy on which ;,lhey seek" votes this coming fall. , Two years ago the Omaha World-Herald -if -was not calling the kaisef ny nimes, but was 'sttenuously seeking to keep fclm before the ,fw6rld as a pure and high-minded ruler of a ifgreat people, whose beneficent purpose had been :j grossly maligned by a lot of republicans. But ;iti owner needed the votes 6f the Getman-AmeN :Jicn Alliance at that time. ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREAT BATTLES. The affair of July IS, when the Americans suddenly sprang forward to counter attack the oncoming German raiders along the banks of the Marne, has developed into one of the greatest battles of the war. While it still is confined to a comparatively narrow front, its importance is attested by the stubbornness with which it is being carried on. The German high command has massed there an enormous army, holding practically a millon of the kaiser's best troops against the American, French and Scotch divi sions that have been swiftly cutting their way across the ground from the Marne to the Vesle. Discovery of great quantities of war material of every kind, distributed over the area taken, the location of newly built emplacements for super cannon, and other similar preparations, all indi cate that the Germans had planned not only to hold the sector involved, but to make it the starting point for another thrust against Paris. The loss thus inflicted on the crown prince's army is more than appears on the record of men and material, for it includes the disarrangement of his plans. Operations for the last three days have taken the form of efforts to protect the flanks of the wedge driven into the German center by the Americans. These have been so persistent and so successful the enemy has had no opportunity to attempt the squeeze that might have made trouble for our boys. No end is visible yet, and the righting may go on for many days. It is going well for the Allies, however, and a the opening stage of the general offensive is most effectually proving to the Hun his real peril. Only the defeat of von Kluck four years ago and the failure of the crowri prince of Prussia at Ver dun can be compared to this, which is one of the great battles of the world's history, as well as the turning point of the war. Moving on the Russian Matter. Renewal of the report that Japan finally has accepted the American proposal for interven tion in Siberia indicates that the long delayed mov in direction of restoring orderly govern ment in Russia is at last under way. We still are in the dark as to details of the plan, as Mr. Wilson has not yet confided them to his coun trymen, but this is to come in good season. The 6pportunity is clear, however. Czecho-Slovak forces are? holding control at Vladivostok and have been credited with success in eastern Rus sia, warranting the assumption that they can give real assistance1 to any expedition sent by the Allies to restore brder in the wrecked empire. That the bolsheviki are tottering to their end is quite clear, a natural outcome of their tyrannous excesses. Lenine has found that paper roubles and resounding proclamations are poor suste nance for a starving people. However compre hensive or extensive, Mr. Wilson's plans, accept ed by Japan and our other allies, will not be known until they are published, but the urgent need of the Russians fo food, clothing and other relief they can get only from the outside is ad mitted. Americana can and will help and the sooner we get about it the more lives we will save from among those doomed to miserable death if we do hot intervene. On the Prohibition Plank. A l tnitrfit Ttiva trn rxnrripA. thft democratic f 7r .dodgers are now priding themselves on the itrad Udlt of prohibition by the convention at Hast- ,;ings. The World-Herald interprets it to mean ifthat I referendum must be taken on the question . . J .1- . 41 1. - ;ot national promoiuon, ana mu uum iuvu vcr - ;dict i returned the "matter must remain lus upended. Such a quibble is worthy the demd 'fcratt whose pretense 'of 'observing th will of i'thl people is now, and always has been, , the sheerest sham. Why should the people of Ne braska be asked to again register their convic Jtions'as to prohibition? Did they not give un mistakable answer to this question two years hgo1 .And who il there to hopelessly biased as ito think that answer would now be changed? T0 split haira Over the proposal that the vote (Hhen was on state prohibition only is ridiculous. i'The few remaining "wets" may take what cold iScnrnfort thev can from the evasive and eauivoca :lank of the Hastings platform, but the next leg islature will give Nebraska's endorsement to the prohibitory amendment to the federal constitution Judge Bryant Dodges the Issue. Keeping in step with his democratic brethren, Judge Wilbur F. Bryant is executing with grict and energy all the intricate evolutions required by his party .in its effort to escape from its rec ord. Thus only can we account for the remarka ble letter from his unusually able pen." No one knows better than Judge Bryant that the repub lican party is not seeking the pro-German vote, if by that he means that it has abated any of its historic devotion to pure Americanism. In Ne braska the record for many years has beert quite the opposite. The democrats have openly and shamelessly truckled to and connived with the German-American Alliance. A democrat now misrepresents the state in the senate because of coddling the kaiser and assisting to deceive Americans as to the menace of Germany. y To make a virtue out of the presidential recommendation that the democrats oppose neither Senator Kenyon in Iowa nor Senator Nelson in Minnesota for re-election is straining the point almost to snapping. Any opposition the democrats would present to Knute Nefson, or to so popular and efficient a republican as Senator Kenyon, would be a waste of enefgy. This flimsy device Cannot Serve to cover up the pro posal that in such republican states as Michigan and Illinois the republican have been asked to abandon their campaign in the interest of such democrats as Jimham Lewis or a pacifist of the type of Henry Ford. The war is not a partisan affair, and any pre tense in that direction is unworthy. However, the only apparent "adjournment of politics" SO far in evidence is found in the, request that re publicans give over their reasonable activity and let the democrats have a ctear field. Mme. TroUky reached Sweden in safety with more than a million of dollars. If Leon ever overtakes her, he will not again be forced to jump town without paying his board. Chances are, though, the East Side in New York has Seen the last of him. Mistakes aj War Optimists Experienced Australian Soldier Still Foresees Long Fighting Captain W. J. Denny A young American officer, due to leave for France shortly, remarked to me this week, "I'm afraid the war will be over before I get to the front." I soon disabused his mind. I told him that more" than three years ago I left Australia for Egypt; that the Australian troops held the same opinion as he; that a false spirit of optimism then, as now, pre vailed; that no American officer at the front would indorse his view. The widely diffused opinion that the war will soon end illustrates how history! repeats itself. The Australian1; like the American troos, were full 6f anxiety to reach the field of battle. They felt likf coursers straining at the leash to capture their prey. They wished to avenge their comrades; to smash kaiserism. THeir pioneers, like the first Americans, had made their country famous. The heroic landing" at Gaflipoli had fired their imagination, and those in camp counted the days till the tim of embarkation. And they were afraid they wOuld be too late. Then came the necessary but regrettable evacuation of the Dardenelles. The troops returned to Egypt and were reorganized. I was camped m the Egyptian desert at Tel-el-Kebir, the scene of a famous British victory of long ago. Like others, I hurriedly applied to join a division that was shortly to leave for France. The "unfortunates" who had to remain in Egypt cursed their fate. There appeared to be no prospect of further fight ing, and they dreamed of idle days in the inhospitable desert. Yet they were des tined to see Some of the hardest fighting of the war. At El Arish, Gaza, and Palestine they fought the good fight, earned an imper-' ishabte record and fell in thousands. Not a single soldier was too late! The same remark applies to the divisions that landed in France in 1916. There was no need for our anxiety. At PoziereS, Fleur baix. Bellecourt. and recently at Morlan- court, theYe was tremendous fighting, with consequent heavy sacrifice! When we ar rived in France the great attack on the Somnic was being organized. The Germans were thrown out of their carefully prepared intrenchments and before winter was over were pressed back to the Hindenburg line. The Hun, ever prepared, even constructed another huge defensive System at the rear, emergencies. It was" felt that now, at last. the German power was broken, and I well remember a sergeant in July, 1917, calling us at 2 a. m. with a message from headquar- in New York Times. ters, "The Hun is ott the run and we're after him." Bat again we were mistaken. The German did indeed retire, but only to acquire added force and energy. The drives of this year conclusively show that he is still a determined and implacable foe. No British officer eveV dreamed that important towns like Bapaume and Albert would ever return to the hands of the Hun; or that he would ever retake the old line on the Somme from which we had displaced him. It is difficult to comprehend the cause of the mfsplaced optimism which leads so many to think the war will shortly be over. No reason is vouchsafed. Let us consider the facts: Germany has subjugated Russia, Finland, Poland, Roumania, Serbia, Montenegro and the Ukraine. It has secured enormous ter ritorial and economic concessions. It has gained all and more than it set out to achieve on the eastern front; it has relfftsed millions of seasoned troops for stvice on the western front; it has in its possession practically the whole of Belgium and the best part of north ern France. Is Germany likely to give up these tangible evidences of victory without the fiercest, most tenacious and long-drawn-out struggle? Why should it? On the other hand, are the allies prepared to allow Germany to maintain the extraordinary re sult of its victory and fraud? There can be no peace without a peace conference, and what possibility is there, with such divergent and conflicting views, of reaching finality? Besides, the allies have pledged theihselves to victory, and Germany, although most cer tainly doomed to eventual defeat, is still far from vanquished. It is, therefore, absurd to refer to war weariness, to diminished morale, internal revolution and financial disintegration. These are exploded myths which have done duty since the very begining of the war. There is only one sure way to victory to be prepared for a long and sacrificial war. The American soldier is up against 40 years of military preparation of the most efficient and ruthless character; of terrorism carried out with system and deliberation; of atrocities defended by philosophical as well as practical grounds. There is terrible fighting yet to be done; there are many young Quentin Roosevelts wHo will pay the supreme pen alty; but America has a fixed and definite re solve, and few of the millions of American soldiers who are to carry out that noble re solve will arrive on the' field of battle too I late! Wall Street and Washington Pals New York Financial World, The Financial World is in a position to state that never at any time since the United States entered the war and the Wilson ad ministration came into power has there been a more perfect understanding between what is known in Wall street as the big interests and the administration at Washington. It has not been alwavs possible to make this statement, since there have been times when Wall street and the administration have been at loggerheads. All this has been changed. Big banking interests and Washington are now known to have co-operated cordially in the legislation affecting the following: The law for the control of the railroads of the country, which were taken over by the government after the enactment of legislation which was hrst "o. k. a Dy tne panxers. mis Fighting Men In France New York Times. TOTAL NUMBER OF MEN MOBIL IZED TO AUGUST 1, 1917. Germany 11,200,000 Killed ,....l,138,6Ul Wounded 2,922,820 Missing 710,375- 4,791,375 Total, effectives August 1, 1917.. 6,408,625 Losses from August 1, 1917, to January 1, 1918 (Karl Bleib- tren's figures).... 367,450 Total remaining in Russia 300,000 667,450 5,741,175 Remainder of Class '19, and all of '20 800,000 Approximate German to tal in the west 6,541,175 British Empire . 7,500,000 Service outside Eu rope 900,000 Casualties to Au gust 1, 1917 2,259,000 3,159,000 Total in -France Aug. 1, 1917.. 4,341,000 Casualties officially reported tO(June, 1917 565,000 Additions to January 1, 1918. Approximate total in France. 4,026,000 French effectives in France August 1, 1917 3,500,000 Additions since 600,000 4,100,000 Belgians on the west ern front 180,000, Portuguese on the western front ... 65,000 Italians On the west' ern front 250,000 Americans on the western front 1,500,000 1,995,000 British on the west- ern front 4,026,000 Total Allies in the west without counting recent casualties legislation, as a whole, satisfies Wall street and removes from bankers shoulders a big burden. The War Finance corporation the legis lation creating this eorpOration was actually initiated in Wall Street, accepted by the Treasury department and promulgated as an administration measure and passed through congress as such. The mild criticisms that have been heard against the policy of the officials who are managing the War Finance corporation, have never been meant t6 be serious. The Wall street interests are un qualifiedly satisfied with what has been done for them and their corporations by the War Finance corporation. Wall street, in return for the enactment of the above two measures, acquiesces in the price-control legislation, but it has been en abled to secure the appointment of men whom it can trust to be fair to all interests. Especially have the steel, iron and coal in terests been satisfied with the course of events at Washinton with respect to price fixing. The copper interests also have not suffered at the hands of these committees. "Dollar Diplomacy" will have a friendly reception in the State department. Secretary Lansing, who was never anything of a radical like his predecessor, Bryan, has been won over and it is understood the president will acquiesce. It has been repeatedly dinned into the ears of Washington officials that the problem of readjusting conditions to a peace basis after the war is by no means an easy one and that unless government support of the strongest kind is given to American capital seekintf opportunities abroad, it will be difficult to keep employed the great mari time fleet the government and private agen cies are now turning out. The Chinese loan of $50,000,000 is expected to ultimately ex pand to $500,000,000 and with the co-opera tion of Japan, there will be a vast exploita tion of China. American capital will pre dominate and the great bulk of the steel sup plies, railway cars and engines intended for Chinese development will come from Amer ica. Japan will Supply the labor and only a moderate amount of the capital. It hasn't the capital in the first place and it must ac quiesce in the American plans, as it needs American capital for its own internal de velopment. Wall street was consulted freely on Ihe freight rate advantage of 25 per cent and acquiesced ifl it. Wall street has representatives in omcial places in Washington who keep closely in touch with-developments and they are ex pected to have something to say with respect to the forthcoming tax legislation. They have obtained the cordial co-operation of im portant interests in the Treasury department. In the matter of the enormous purchases that are being made for the War and Navy departments there is now perfect co-operation between the big corporations and the administration officials. Wall Street was in strumental largely in bringing about this better understanding and co-operation. If anyone is so simple-minded as to im agine that the Wilson administration hasn't toned down the views it held with respect to Wall street just prior to the re-election of Mr. Wilson, they had best look into the sit uation a little deeper. Both Wall street and Mr. Wilson and his friends haveearned a .10,121,000 whole lot about each other since 1916. 3,776.000 ' 250,000 v ,xne tear Ago Today til tn War. ' !! Ciernowltat,' capital of Bukc-wlna, ioccupled by the Austro-Oermans. American mission to Russia, headed y Elihu Root, returned to United ?ta tea. Russian provisional government de clared Illegal Finland's declaration of Independence. Day We Celebrate. & O. W Dunn, aecretay of the C N. . iet Lumber company, born 1870. i Kin Haakon VII. the present oocu- 'want f the Norwegian throne, born In Denmark 4 years ago. ;(L Earl of Aberdeen, former governor ' general of Canada, a recent visitor to xhe, united States, born 71 years ago, 'Thl bar til History. ; 1830 The first vessel by way of the - l AVeiland canal arrived at Oswego. -.: 1850 Captain Jacob Jones, who : commanded the United States sloop i of-waf Wasp in its famous battle with 'v I the Frolic died in Philadelphia. Born - ?Jn Delaware Jn 1760:. 1868 Gen. Charles- G. Halpine, (author ef the "Private Miles O'Reilly" kings of the civil war peridd, died In !"ew York City. Born In Ireland in I, lMt-AAn fact was passed by con ingress , to Increase the United States , jiavy. - . v .:' .- " ' M 1 89 J Lieutenant Peary's expedition f-eathed Bowdoin Bay, Greenland. , , E14 Germany maa i eciaraiinis , .pi war against France and Belgium, Just 30 Years Ago Today The contract for building another story to the Omaha . National bank has been let to J. F. Coats. The work will be commenced almost im mediately, one of the features being a marble vestibule for entrance of great richness and beauty. An admirer of Sheriff Coburn has presented that gentleman with a hand some puppy pug. Articles of incorporation tor the First Welsh Calvlnistlc Methodist church have been filed with the county clerk. . Councilman Alexander has fathered a Dew ordinance requiring telegraph, telephone and electric light compan ies to paint their poles and keep the same well and neatly painted. Major John W. Barrijjer, subsist ence department, has been detailed as Inspector of" India supplies to le -delivered undef contriH at Omaha, fteb. fur sundry Indian agencies. Round About the State Hartlngton Herald: Who said that the democrats had adjourned politics during the period of the war? Scottsbluft Republican: Why Is it hat in ever; case where the president has shown a preference for a candi date, that candidate has most invaria bly been a pacifist? There is not a case of record where the president has endorsed a candidate who is not smeared with a record of being against America entering the war. Aliance Times: If "Gratla'i L. Shumway will explain why he does not accept the Brigg's offer of 810.000 cash bonus and an agreement to work th lake within SO days, as against the $1,000 bonus and the Indefinite promises of the state house potash llnarda, then we can listen to him with better grace. He prattles about the big savings he makes for the state, but ne does tint xpiain this. St Edwards Advance appears leagues in advance of the most ad vanced advocates of government own ershlp. "We firmly believe," aaya the editor, "that at this time the govern ment ought to take over pool halls, shows, soft drink parlors, saloons, dance halls and all places of amuse ment. and run them during the re mainder of the war." Well and wisely said. Having adjourned politics the administration needs some exercise 5 ' Fn and Downs. ' " "Their boy was brought up by his mother." , "So I see, and It's about time tor his father to bring him down " Browning a Mac asine, - -. Editorial Shrapnel Brooklyn Eagle: The German gen eral staff thought It knew the road to Paris, but it seems to have missed the way. Minneapolis Journal: Germans thrown into the Marne by the Yankee counter-attack had the Order of the Bath conferred on them. Minneapolis Tribune: You are for bidden to speak German over a tele phone 1ft South Dakota. No wonder Townley didn't make much headway in that state. Minneapolis Tribune: The simplest way out of it is for the Teuton swash bucklers to report back to das vater- land that the offensive has been de layed in transmission. Louisville Courier-Journal: Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said since Wil- helm'a armies turned to flight: Would that I were la that fight? Brooklyn Eagle: Ouentin Roose velt was buried with honors by the German aviators. This chivalry will be appreciated, but it will in no way hold back the reprisals for shooting noncombatants at Cape Cod and in countless other instances. Baltimore American: American wounded When lifted frnm the hos pltal tralna taking them to Paris, told the Red Cross workers to tell the folks at home they were all right That Is the real American sDirit and the SDirit which Is goinit to win the war. Minneapolis Journal: Now is the time for Emoeror Karl tn nffer to send aA Austrian general to take command itjl tne crown prince's army. - ' 7fl3& Twice Told Tales Spotted By the Cabman. During a lecture tour through the United States, Sir Conan Doyle arrived one day in Boston, and was consid erably astonisned when a cabman ac costed him and addressed him by name. "HOW did you know who I was?" said Sir Conan Doyle much in terested, and not a little nattered by the recognition. "If you 11 excuse me saying so," said the cabman, "the lapels of your coat look as if they had been grabbed by New York reporters, your hair looks as u it naa Deen cut in rnuaaei Dhia. your Lat looks as If you had had to stand your ground in Chicago, and your right shoe has evident Buffalo mud unaer tne instep, ana ana "And what?" queried Sir Arthur. "Well," replied the cabman, "I saw Conah Doyle in big white letters on your trunk." Boston Transcript. Military Indecision. A sergeant was trying to drill a lot of raw recruits, and, after working hard for three hours, he thought they seemed to be getting Into some sort of shape, bo decided to test them. "Right turn!" he cried. Then, be fore they had ceased to move, came another order, "Left turn!" One hoodlum left the ranks and started off toward the barracks room. "Here, you!" yelled the angry ser geant "Where are you going?" "I've had enough," replied the re cruit, in a disgusted tone. "You don't know your own mind for two minutes runnin!" -Harper's Magazine "For Services Rendered." Lexington. Neb., Aug. 1. To the Editor of The Bee: Your issue ef this day shows the pictures of Sena tor Hitchcock and Senator George W. Norris adorning the front page ef George Sylvester Vierachs' "Father land." What many people In this neighborhood would like to know is Just how did Nebraska come to be singled out as the recipient of such signal honors? We want to know how it happens thai, the "Fatherland" became so interested in our distin guished senators from Nebraska. Certainly no part of that $100,000 furnished Viereck by the kaiser could have gone into this enterprise. Perish the thought. But what everybody here wants te know is how did it hap pen that Norris and Hitchcock should become such pete of the Fatherland. Can you give us any information on this question? GEORGE BIRD. Hard Blow at England. Papillion, Neb., Attg. 1. To the Editor of The Bee: I see the countess of Kingston is again posing as Irish. These medals and trophies she ia ex hibiting remind me of the lines of Thomas Davis: Too lofts we fought for Britain' eauM, And of out blood wa never ehary. 8h paid u back In penal law. And wrecked tha homes of Tipperary. About one year ago, when the Brit ish recruiting mission Was here, they tried to coerce some young Irishmen Into joining their army.. I went into their office and took them away and made them go 'into the American army, where the Irishman belongs. RICHARD EBBITT, Who Will Hoot First? ' Omaha, July 3i.-To the Editor of The Bee: I have been in the West just two weeks. Being a Philadel phian, I had to travel 1,500 miles to get to Omaha, I know by the gigan tic fields of corn and wheat; the thou sands of cattle and hogs being raised, that the west is just as patriotio as the east, with Its gigantic shipyards and ammunition arsenals. But for the west's sake, get up and blow your horn. No one will blow it for you, and there Is no danger of your blow ing ft too hard. The east is aflame with patriotism. The west is quiet I was present when "The Star Spangled Banner" was played at one of the theaters. The fir3t verse was entirely played before even one-half of the audience was standing; some never stood up, and all sat down before the song was finished. In the east everyone is standing before the first three notes are played, and they even remain standing when the last note is finished. I see by the papers you are about to have important primaries and elec tions. The west will be Judged in great part by the men they elect to congress to back the president. Men who must be 100 per cent Americans. Let the war take first preference In everything you all do. Because with the war lost, everything would be lost. Wake up! and let the world know where you stand by blowing your horn. l. L. Here and There There are only five parts to a gas motor invented in Holland. Government investigators having found proper soil and climatic condi tions, Chile hopes to become an im portant sugar-producing country. An Englishwoman has invented a flreless cooker which Is supplied With all the heat that it needs by an ordi nary incandescent electric lamp. Russian soldiers are described by army surgeons as Ideal patients. They are accustomed to live fn the open air, inured to extremes of heat and cold, and able to undergo operations with a minimum of shock. Mrny trainers of Carrier pigeons are included in the personnel of the Brit ish navy. These men wear the navy's uniform and are commissioned officers, chief petty officers and petty officers, although many of them have never been to sea in their lives. There are many great forests still standing, but for the most part they are in parts of the world not easy of access. Central Africa has a forest region 3,000 miles from north to south, and of unknown width from east to west. Charles Travitz, 18 days old, was operated on recently at the Harris burg hospital in Harrisburg, Pa., for appendicitis. The operation was suc cessful. The child' is the youngest patient to go on the operating table at that Institution. The vase sacred to the relics of Buddha. In Buddhist temples these jars often contain the ashes of the priests after their bodies have been burned. The shell Is the e-nblem of a prosperous journey. The lotus is the sacred flower of th Buddhiat3, and Is the favorite type Of creative power. The cotton crop of the United States lor 1317, urc rding to the re turns of tie ginners, amounted to 11,248,242 running bales, counting round as half bales, luivalent to 11,302,375 bales of 500 pounds gross weight With onj exception It was the smallest crop produced since 1909, that of 1915 amounting to only 11,. 068,173 bales. SUNNY GEMS "Will you kindly placa thli clfar In my mouth and light It for me?" "Oood heavens, man! Ara you too laiy to lift your arm?" "No. I promised my wtfa I wouldn't pot another cigar in my mouth for alx months. " Birmingham Age-Herald. Hiram (reading the paper) Do you know what they mean by a Stradlvar'ue? Silas Gawsh, but you'rt Ignorant! A Stradlvar'us Is tha Latin name far a fiddle. Boston Transcript Mrs. Smith Really, Mr. Giles, your prices are getting exorbitant. Farmer Giles V11. mum, It's this way: When a chap 'as to know the botanical nam of what 'e grows, an' tha aoologlcal heme of the hlnsect wot eats It, an' th chemical nam of wot kills the hlnsect, someone's got to pay for It! Passing Show. !1 didn't want tha girl 1 loved to bs In fluenced by a knowledge of my clroum stances, so I took a sure way of testing her affection." "What was that?" "I wrote her an anonymous letter asking her to marry me." Baltimore American. "jwkat'a tha matter with your maiden auntt" "Well, she wants to do the fashionable, thing, but she has difficulty In finding a brand of cigarettes " that she can smoke. They all make her cough." LoulsvlUa Courier-Journal. -VHY- NOT tlUuskew ii Oood--uuak Yt? Over There and Here- Over S,d aircraft inventions have been submitted to the British wax council in the last nine months. The number found practical is a state secret Herr Karl Rosner, imperiat press agent, has not mentioned for a whole week the unwavering altitude of the kaiser's moustache. The royal barbel probably had his pastepot shot tp. The Sixth Presbyterian church ol Chicago scores heavily In fighting membership. Its service flag carriet 102 stars ovtt Of a total 38 2 male mem. bers. Besides, there are 30 cadets is training to Join the colors later on. s ; Diagrams of base call diamonds are appearing in British newspapers. T the average native the rooter is the most curious part of the game. They say it Is a fair son of a game, don't you kBOw. but not nearly so exciting as cricket and croquet Arthur C. Burgess, 47, of Marshall town, la., followed his six sons into the service and is doing his bit as a shipwright at Great Lakes naval station. Mrs. Burgess and daughter are in Red Cross service, thus com pleting the family circle around Old Glory. , HIS WISH. '! wish I had half a dozen Ice eream sodas to drink all at one time." Sol dier's Letter from Franca. The shells are flying thick and fast, Around me roar the guns, I'm pumping streams of hleetftf ee Like olockworn at the Huns. My threat is Ilka a -tinder box, I Haven't time to think. And more than anything oil earth 1 want a nloe, edld drfnk. I?e Souf red wine or eambrld tea, No coffee- black and vile. Nor tepid water brought la cask For many a dusty mile, But fee eream sodas fizzing up All dreamy whits and pink, And sweet as nectar to tha taste, Tha finest kind of drink. Through heat and smoke 1 seen to See The drinks I sipped at home, Vanilla, lemon, strawberry, A-drip with fizz and foam, Each with a dewey, silver spoon Against the glass to clink, And generous lumps of frozen ereanV Oh! what dandy drink! When we have cleaned the Germans ap, Which w are here to d, And brdugfet-the kaiser back with as And put him In a zoo, Give me no1 medals, Uncle Sam, To make beholders blink. But all the sodas, frothy eold, That I can ever drink. Minna IrvlnS In tt. Y. Herald. Hospe Says: Civtv piety perfect music, wltk no previous train ing, on a player pi aiio. TKertf are music-rolls pract' ically for any piece ' ever composed. Come fn and hear your favorites take Kome some new rolls today. Get on to our Player Roll mail ing list. New music monthly. See our player roll cabinets. Iil0' 1513-15 Douglas St sCnrionioiis Service t Our harmonious Undertaking service has earned for us host of friends. 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