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"Put a bond behind your boyt" is to be the
slogan of the next Liberty loan drive. It is
worthy.
Maine voters did not heed the appeal to give
the president a rubber stamp congress. Why
should Nebraska?
American war savings work spells Ward
Burgesa of Nebraska. If a new head director is
wantedthat's the answer.
Even the short corn crop, translated into
terms of meat, means more than 20,000,000,000
oouhds of beef, pork and mutton.
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. ve way 10 put yuur uuuai iinvj niv
line trenches is to give it to the Salvation Army's
"doughnuts for doughboys" fund.
Cheaper gasoline is promised just at the mo
ment it Is announced that no more Ford cars will
be manufactured. What's the use?
The explanation of the corn crop shrinkage
is easily found in the nearly 12-inch rainfall de
ficiency since March I, according to the official
record'.
"Jimham" Lewis finally encountered a real
thrill nd the U-boat's captain will find his cha
grin greater when he learns what a brilliant vic
tim escaped.
The worst part of the cancellation of the pres
ident's hoped-for visit to Omaha is that it de
stroys the chance of us seeing "Prince Arthur"
again parading his silk tile.
Thirteen million more Americans are about
to sign up to go wherever Uncle Sam needs them.
The Potsdam gang should make a note of this.
Nothing but regular dinner on the dining can
after next month is the new order in the interest
of more modest meals. We did not know there
was any complaint about lack of modesty in the
dining car meal now being served.
Our hyphenated contemporary refers to the
present democratic incumbent representing this
district in Washington as "a peculiarly useful
congressman." He himself says he is nothing but
a messenger boy, and while a messenger boy can
be .useful, are we not entitled to more for our
money?
"No politics in the railroad service" is the de
cree of Director General McAdoo, and then by
his Authority as treasury head, "Artful Arthur" is
to add to his duties as democratic national com
mitteeman a $3,000-a-year job of legal advisor to
the federal reserve banking board passing on cat
tle paper. Did someone say politics is adjourned?
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In the New Draft
Thirteen million American men of ages be
tween 18 and 21 and between 31 and 46 are to be
registered before Thursday ends for service in the
army of the United States. It is estimated that of
these 2,398,845 will be found effective fighters and
subject to induction into active service. With the
2,900,000 men of Class I in the former draft, and
those who had voluntarily enlisted, this will give
the United States an army of 6,000,000 effectives,
who will be in Europe or in training on this side
by next summer. In these calculations all possi
ble exclusions or exemptions have been consid
ered, so that the number is subject to increase
rather , than decrease. If further effectives are
needed, the 1919 class of boys arriving at the age
of 18 will furnish half a million more, while the
combing-out process may in emergency provide
a considerable addition. These imposing figures
afford a most instructive picture of the power of
the United States, as well as the very serious at
titude of our people toward the business we are
engaged in. We are redeeming in both letter and
spirit the promise made the world, that our last
dollar and our last man will' be expended if need
be to win the war and put an end to the menace
of German despotism.
WHY "BIO JEFF- FOR CONGRESS?
The unlimbering of the big gun by the hyphen
ated organ this early in the campaign indicates
that a desperate effort is to be nude to save the
present democratic congressman now represent
ing this district through a tearful plea that "Wil
son wants him,", which is a humiliating confession
that no goOd reason can be offered in his behalf.
What the people of this district want (and what
we believe Wilson also wants when not misled
by the democratic camouflage artists and political
onhangers) is to have someone represent us in
Washington who is, not only thoroughly Amer
ican and stands right on the war, but also pos
sesses real ability to help solve the big war prob
lems, and at the same time to push the interests
Of his constituents and see to it that the claims of
Omaha get due consideration when we have some
thing at stake.
The republican nominee, A. W. Jefferis, is so
superior in his record of straight Americanism,
in mental equipment, in actual public service, in
proved efficiency and in general standing in the
community that no one can riiake comparisons un
less blinded by political partisanship of the nar
rowest and most bigoted sort.
Why then "Big Jeff" for congress? Because
it is high time for the Omaha district, the district
which contains the metropolis of Nebraska and
in which focuses all the industrial, commercial
and financial interests of the state, to have a
representative in congress big enough and broad
enough and brainy enough to-do the job credita
bly and hold his own with the biggest men in that
great law-making body,
Austria's Peace Propaganda.
Something significant, if not exactly sinister,
may be discerned in the attitude of Count Czer
nin, late premier of Austria, who is just now
acting as spokesman for the Central powers in
their renewed "peace" drive. His acceptance of
the league-of-nations policy and his virtual com
mittal of Baron Burian to that idea might be
impressive were it not for some other facts.
Count Czernin and Baron Burian are leaders of
the most notorious school of crafty statesman
ship known. All the traditions of the Haps
burg dynasty of intrigue, deceit, duplicity and
perfidy, have found expression through the oper
ations of this pair of pastmasters at thimblerig
ging. Recent history of the court at Vienna is
not such as justifies any reliance on proposals
for a negotiated peace emanating from that
source.
The German people are just now being fed
on another brand of dope. It is told them that
President Wilson is responsible for the war's
continuance into the fifth year and that America
hopes to dominate Europe" On this line the
Vienna Neue Freie Presse says:
If the Central powers and the Entente now
had the decision to themselves, they would
both perhaps consider that it is time for
diplomacy to speak. But the English
and the French are no longer independent.
Tsar Wilson feeds them, clothes them, sends
them men and money. He decides about war
and about peace, and is bringing Europe under
an alien rule, which is intolerable if only be
cause every European power is forbidden to
interfere in American policy. Wilson is the
obstacle to peace, which might perhaps have
prevailed after the fluctuations of this summer.
The innuendo lie re in contained is the more
potent because of the fact that America arrived
in time to prevent the enforcement of peace on
Uerman terms. Otherwise, the ettort ot the. Aus-
trians to set themselves and their German allies
in the light of being oppressed, and to array
other Europeans against the United States
amounts only to a desperate effort longer to de
lude the people as to the causes and the course
of the war.
Youth Renewed By the Draft
Throbs and Thrills Which Awaken the Bachelor of i0
New York Evening Pott.
Looking Into the Airplane Muddle.
Secretary Baker's present visit to France, with
Second Assistant Secretary Ryan as a companion,
is said to be for the purpose of getting at bed
rock facts on the airplane muddle. The almost
total failure of our great program in this respect
has had several explanations, one of them coming
from General March to the effect that a conflict
of orders from "over there" had brought such
confusion on this side as to render compliance
almost impossible. Mr. Baker and Mr. Ryan are
to consult with the heads of the several airplane
divisions in France and find out just what is
wanted, and ought to return to America with
definite notions of what must be done here to
meet needs there. We cannot stop now to parley
about what has been done; inquiries set on foot
will determine where the mistake was made, but
the big thing is W, get the quantity production
program under way as speedily as possible, that
we may provide the army in France with all the
airplanes it requires for the great forward move
ment that is yet to come. The fact that we have
enough machines flying to protect our men on
the battle line is insufficient America must have
absolute supremacy in the air, as well as on the
ground. With the air service consolidated under
one head, and that head fully aware o! conditions
and needs, the rest is simply a problem of manu
facture. The present visit of the secretary of war
and his, assistant to France is really of vital im
portance in this regard, and should' bring some
results. '
What do the older men, between 31 and 45,
liable to the draft think about their military
prospects? We have read reams concerning
the effect of army life on eighteen-year-olds.
The whole country resounded for a time
with that controversy. Specimens, weedy and
husky, of youngsters loaded down with a
soldier's equipment were exhibited in our
congressional halls to work on the feelings
of our legislators. Did anybody ever think
of exhibiting a bachelor of 40, torn up by the
roots from his old-maid-like environment and
flung into the chaos of war before the eyes
of a sympathetic public? Or did this 40-year-old,
himself, think of making any such appeal
on his own behalf? Most admirable, indeed,
has been his general attitude. Outwardly
you can scarcely observe and evidences of
inward perturgation. To all appearances he
has continued with his daily routine, as of
yore, stoic and unmoved like Wellington's
guardsmen at Waterloo. His schedule of
goings and comings, his accuracy at the of
nee, his greeting to his landlady, his perfect
courtesy to his stenographer remained the
same. Not even the slightest disorder in
his meticulous dress betrayed an inward
agitation. Perhaps the golf game, in that
it developed a sudden, nervous, and erratic
vigor, would have been the only sign of un
usual psychic disturbances.
Yet ne must have been thinking some long
thoughts, while sawing his daily wood. At
first it would be very difficult for him to vis
ualize the complete dislocation of his life
threatened by this new act. Gradually, how
ever, he feels himself drawn nearer to the
vortex. The details of registration, ques
tionnaires, exemotion claims, hitherto sub
jects of only mild interest, become absorbing
realities. And then he begins to worry about
his physical fitness. A man around 40 has
often come to consider himself consigned for
good to a sedentary existence. His life has
become stabilized, as it were; a good deal of
sitting around in great leather club chairs,
a certain emphasis on things good to eat,
though never admitted; a little mild exercise,
walking and golf or riding, very few mental
excitements or upsets, these constitute the
life of the average man of 40, without de
pendents, liable to the draft. In reviewing
his physical condition he will remember that
ankle he sprained in the year 1912, the at
tack of lumbago which laid him up a month
in 1914, the pumping of his heart when he
climbs a flight of steps, his increasing bald
ness, and decide that he can certainly not be
fit for the mud and rain and sleet and bad
food of the trenches. He tries to imagine
himself sticking a bayonet into a German or
getting one stuck into himself
Presently he pays a visit to a doctor who
gives him a thorough going over. He (the
draftee) is surprised to find himself experi
encing a strange thrill when the medico an
nounces "sound in wind and limb, from head
to toe. A little too fleshy, and short t of
breath, but, by exercise, these things will
straighten themselves out." There is a sort
of satisfaction in reaching 40 in perfect and
undoubted health, especially if one has done
everything in one's power to ruin an iron
constitution by soft living. A farmer can
claim no pride in such a performance equal
to that of the city dweller. Your draftee re
turns to his home with a firmer and prouder
tread., Meanwhile, strange thoughts and
impulses pop up to disturb his ego. He re
members his last camping trip of 10 years
before the last one he and his friend, Smith,
took without guides. They both had sworn
never to repeat this performance, that they
were getting entirely too old for such things.
Subsequently they always took guides, tents,
patent ovens and mosquito netting; in, short,
they went, thereafter, equipped like a sport
ing goods shop. Your arattee wonaers
whether it wouldn't be desirable to sleep on
the bare ground again, with one's only roof
the sky, urider the shower bath of a steady
rain, with nothing between one and an empty
stomach! but a few prunes and a hunk of
pork.
Other, and even stranger, avatisms emerge
to worry him. He finds himself appraising
the men of his own age like a schoolboy, on
the basis of combative possibilities. A man
is only as old as he feels. And the drafted
bachelor begins to view with longing the life
of adventure that the army holds out He
wonders what a real fight will be like. It is
20 years since he got arrested at college for
trvmar to lick the local constable. Since
1898 civilization has been standing between
him and the constabulary. Some one sug
gests the irksomeness of obedience to a su
perior officer, probably young enough to be
his son. At first this confounds him. Then
he sees that the most rejuvenating element
in the whole adventure will be just this ir
responsibility begot of being forced to obey
orders. After years of one's own thinking
and ordering, one longs to be ordered about
a bit. Decidedly, the most irresponsible, mis
chievous and light-headed recruits will come
from the ranks of the tough conscripts of
40. They will know best how unwelcome
orders may be safely disobeyed, and they
will be most reckless in their disobedience.
And, on reflection, they will be the last to
ask for service in semi-civilian employments,
the quartermaster's, the medical, or the trans
portation department
Government Operation of Telephone
Creators of the System Put Aside By the Politicians
Montreal Financial Times.
The world's series is in France, not Boston,
this year. ,
"In connection with the operation of pub
lic utilities the people are tolerant of things
done by the administration which they would
not accept without strenuous opposition from
a private corporation, even in war time. Take
the operation of railways in the United
States,' tor example. It is not at all likely
the country would have submitted to the ab
normal rates by the companies, which have
been imposed under government operation
to meet the increasing costs of the time and
maintain efficiency."
The above quotation from so staunch an
advocate of public ownership as the Guelph
Mercury expresses the thought that has been
in the minds of thousands of Canadians for
some time. It is unquestionably true that
under stress of war conditions the public op
eration of utilities is being entered upon with
a jaunty confidence which bespeaks complete
ignorance of the difficulties ahead difficul
ties which, as in the case of increased passen
ger and freight rates on United States rail
ways, are to be passed on to the hard-driven
general taxpayer.
And now comes the announcement that
the Washington administration is to take
over the operation of all telephones and tele
graphs. Soon, no doubt, that matchless or
ganization, the American Telephone and Tel-
People and Events
During July and August revenue agents
poured 30,000 gallons of moonshine whisky
down the mountain sides of Kentucky, Geor
gia and Tennessee. Uncle Sam insists that
"business as usual" is impossible in the moon
shine belt
A marked shortage of teachers fronts
Iowa on the threshold of the school year.
State Superintendent Deyoe expresses alarm
and fears many schools must remain closed.
Special examinations are to be held for the
purpose of gaining recruits from the ranks
of youth. ,
Advices from the briny beds make it clear
that the oyster family flourish as usual in
spite of war alarms and submarine scares.
Early samples of the fall crop along the east
ern coast are the smoothest ever and have
not yet caught the price uplift of the
profiteer.
Let the hay-feverites cheer up and look
pleasant. Prophets of medical science hold
out substantial hope of permanent relief,
provided the war runs the prophets' limit of
seven years. By that time war gardeners
will have destroyed all the odious ragweed
in the country. With the cause exterminated
cure is assured. Hey, there, do you get it?
Trouble brews in Texas as luxuriantly as
in Chihuahua or Juarez. Something is pop
ping all the time to keep the home state of
Colonel House on the map. Just now the
politicians are worrying and perspiring, and
much of the fatness of the pie counter tilts
toward the fire. Women voters are asking
questions searching questions, some of
which impale the sanctity of the democratic
machine. Moreover,' the plaguey quiz grows
in virulence, menacing the peaceful division
of the provender in November. Unless the
doughty colonel hurries home and calms the
new voters a political Alamo impends.
egraph company, unique in its efficiency and
its general enlightenment of management,
will be under government operation, and the
vast fabric of almost perfect public service,
built up through long years of painstaking
labor and scientific research, will be in the
category of "government jobs."
The company has practically created the
telephone, as we know it today. To its great
corps of engineers and investigators is due
whatever of excellence there is in modern
telephone service. Step by step these men
have perfected one detail after another in tel
ephone transmissions, until across the conti
nent a whisper carries to the listener's ear
instant recognition of the speaker. Very few
inventions of importance in telephony have
originated anywhere else than in Bell labor
atories. One phase after another of voice
transmission problems has been dealt with,
and after meticulous study and research the
difficulties overcome. Ana now through the
mazes of underground conduits and high ten
sion electric wires the sound of one's voice
travels unimpaired and for distances well
nigh limitless.
Even the lay mind must realize the diffi
cult technique of the telephone business. It
is a realm wherein the problems are those of
finesse of infinite delicacy. Unlike the elec
trician who plans a high-power transmission
circuit, the telephone engineer deals in faint
electrical impulses that must be protected by
a score of delicate devices lest they fade away
and die amid the ruder forces about' them.
It is only the faintest breath that carries the
sound of one's voice over the wire. That this
delicate impulse can slip unimpaired amid
the myriad noises and cross-currents of great
cities and girdle a continent is one of the
wonders of the age. And yet that is just
what these engineers have achieved. Their
work, unheralded and apart, has been almost
miraculous and their achievements have made
possible the ease and swiftness of modern
business intercourse. There is' nothing like
it elsewhere. Abroad the telephone and tele
graph service as we know them are non
existent. And now it is all to end in government
operation 1 Alas, for individual initiative, for
painstaking research, for work done for the
pure joy of the doing.The experience of prac
tically all .countries shows that these things
cease when the government steps in. Reason
for this is no doubt found in the record of
most governments as employers of labor.
The experience of postal employes generally
does not seem likely to inspire telephone
workers with exuberance in the prospect of
the civil service. Contrast the lot, for exam
ple, of the average Bell employe, well paid,
nappy jn his work, his future and that Of his
family made secure through a wise and libr
eral pension plan, with that of the postal
servicel "
The war is making, necessary many far-
reaching changes, affecting the welfare of
masses ot tne community. But there is more
than a suspicion current that many of the
innovations proposed are made necessary,
not by the war, but by the politician. It is
to be hoped that Canada will not follow too
readily the untried projects of our good
neighbors. .
HQDEZ
One Year Ago Today in the War. ,
British reported an advance of 400
yards on Somme front
General KornilofC, at the head of a
lae body of troops, began a march
on Petrograd.
Russia's Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers' Deputies decided to support
Kerensky.
Tbe Day W Celebrate. .
Dr. Stacy B. Hall, physician and Bur
geon, born 1877. .
Arthur Met, vice-president of the
Mett Brewing company, but now with
out an occupation. b6rn 18(9.
C. I. Ernst auditor of the Burling
ton railroad, born 1864.
Most Rev- John Ireland, Catholic
archbishop of St" Paul, born In County
Kilkenny, Ireland. 80 year ago.
Lieut Gen. Sir Julian H. G. Byng.
born IS year ago.
This Day la History.
1744 Sarah Eache, the only daugh
ter ot Benjamin Franklin, born in
Philadelphia. Died there, Ooctober 6,
1808. -
1777 Battle of Brandywine, in
which the Stars and Stripes were first
carried into battle by the Continental
army. " , - '
IS 00 Senator Daniel S. Dickinson
of w-York, famous advocate of so
ci"d "squatter sovereignity," born at
Goshen. O. Died in New York City,
April 12. llti. .
J ust SO Years Ago Today
Ground was broken for the "new
hospital in Monmouth park in the
north part of the city.
The ponlbltionlsts had a small torch-
light procession and rally at Eleventh
and Pacific streets.
A new police and fire alarm box has
been put in on the corner of Fifteenth
and Douglas.
A marriage license was issued to
John woods and Miss Jennie Watson,
both of Omaha,
The wife and family ot Gen. George
S. Smith left on a visit to irvington,
Alameda county. Cat
General Dodge, one of the Union
Pacific directors, and C. F. Meek of
the Denever and Fort Worth road, ar
rived in the city In a private car.
Over There and. Here
Great Lakes naval training station
reports 100,000 identification tags dis
tributed among an equal number of
men. In the-lexicon of soldier men,
the tag is known as the "blue jacket
lavalliere." v
It takes big money to shelter soldiers-
in the making. The cost of
cantonments ranges from 86,073,000
at Des Moines to 810,518,024 at Tap
hank, both built on the cost-plus plan.
This means shelter at an averoge of
1200 per man, which is not very stiff
as a housing proposition.
Aviator Hitchcock, who broke away
from German prkon guards and
walked 80 mile to freedom in Swit
lerland, IS only 18 years of age. Be
fore he was 17 American recruiting
officers refused to let him into any
branch of the service. Turning to
Canada he got into the fight and was
attached to the Lafayette escadrille
when an accident to his plane forced
him to land within the German lines.
Youthful dash and clear headwork
is not to be balked by misadventure.
On an open wager of 300 francs,
two companies of American engineers
somewhere in France buckled down
to the Job of building two warehouses,
294x80 In six. Sixty-two men in each
company worked as never before and
completed the task in eight and one-
half hours each, to the minute. The
Judges declared the battle a draw and
sent the wager to buy trimmings for
a mess shack banquet of roast pig.
Stars and Stripes says the story, bet
ting, and alt, came from a chaplain
and la straight goo as
Center Shots
Minneapolis Tribune: When does a
man cease to be 45 in the meaning of
the draft?
Washington Post: The Huns have
lost the switch to the Hindenburg
line and the German staff is now ex
plaining how much easier it is to fight
in a smaller trap.
Kansas City Star: The German
crown prince denies that he is a fire
eater, which was quite useless. No
one had accused the crown prince even
getting within eating distance of the
firing line.
New York World: President Wilson
might as well understand first as last
that the senate committee on military
affairs thoroughly disapproves of the
speeches he is about to make for the
Liberty loan. i - . . .
Louisville Courier-Journal: To the
credit of the venders of gasoline be it
said, there is no cry that the request
of the natinoal fuel administration is
an unwarrantable interference with
"business as usual."
Baltimore American:' The allies
are giivng Jerusalem an up-to-date
municipal government And yet to
the average imagination on this side,
Jerusalem with modem improvements
is a very hard image to conjure rp.
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Brooklyn Eagle: Washington co
ders that there shall be no garnishee
lng of railroad men's wages, the money
being government funds until actually
paid over. But all debts will be paid.
Nobody will risk such jobs aa the rail
i readers now hold.
Twice Told Tales
Stopped Praying in Time,
Little Willie, who for some months
had always ended his evening prayer
with "please send me a baby brother,"
announced to his mother that he was
tired of praying for what he did not
get and he did not believe that God
had any more little boys to send.
Not long afterward he was carried
into his mother's room early in the
morning to see his twin brothers, who
arrived during the night Willie
ooked at the two babies critically and
.hen remarked: "It's a good thing I
stopped praying when I did." Farm
and Fireside.
Gathering 'Em In.
A recruiting officer! in Germany de
termined that no prospective soldier
should elude him. One man' said he
was too old, but the officer replied:
"Von Hindenburg is 72 and he's in.
Get a gun."
Another man with one arm came up
to claim ' exemption and the officer
said: 'The kaiser's in. Get a gun."
Finally a woman brought her half
witted son, and the officer said: "No
matter; the crown prince is in. Get
a gun." -Everybody's Magazine.
Aa Interested Supporter.
Senator Simmons was congratu
lated the other day on a recalcitrant
senator who had returned to the fold.
"I'd value his return more highly,"
he said, "if he didn't need my support
Election time is coming on, you know,
and he needs all the support he can
get"
The senator added:
"Any man will look up to you when
he's in 4 hole."
What Hammond's Post Mortem Re
veals. Aurora, Neb., Sept 8. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: I was very much
Interested in, not to say flabbergasted
by, Ross Hammond's "post mortem,"
reproduced in The Sunday Bee. The
confession of Mr. Hammond that he
was more favorable to his own candi
dacy than hostile to that of Norris
sounds rather sordid, coming from a
man whose ambition was supposed to
have been rooted deeply in the soil of
100 per cent patriotism.
How can Mr. Hammond reconcile
the declaration, in the announcement
of his candidacy, that "while the war
lasts all else must be subordinated to
it" with the fact that through his
candidacy alone the renomination of
a man who has opposed the war at
practically every stage was made pos
sible? Mr. Hammond suggests that "such
attacks as those made by Mr. Per
kins" are responsible for Norris insist
ing upon a vindication, and says that
the senator not long ago almost suc
ceeded in enlisting in the marines. If
Senator Norris can extract any satis
faction from a nomination by 85 per
cent or the republican voters partici
pating in the primary he is welcome
to it so far as I am concerned. Inaa
much as he demanded a referendum
on his armed neutrality filibuster, in
dicating that unless sustained by a ma
jority of his party he would resign.
the way now seems clear for him to
seek some other field of usefulness.
The plain truth of the matter Is that
Norris is not the choice of his party,
and his nomination was made possible
only Dy multiplicity of candidates.
His suggestion to Mr. Hammond. 10
days before the primary, that they
were Interfering with each other by
dividing the prohibition vote, was
puerile. Prohibition was not and is
not an issue In this campaign, and any
man who thinks that a considerable
body of voters is i oinar to be stam
peded' by that scarecrow is simply
recKonmg wunout nis nose
I have personal knowledge of many
staunch American republicans who
supported Mr. Hammond because they
believed him to be more zealously for
the vigorous prosecution of the war
than Congressman Sloan. I think he
win nimseir admit that the encourage
ment which induced him to run came
from people who professed themselves
dissatisfied with Sloan's (as well as
morris ) war record. Sloan had, from
the declaration of war, not only voted
for every war measure, but had taken
an active part in preparing some of
them, notably the revenue bill. His
single offense, so far as I am informed,
was a vote against the declaration it
self. Norris, on the other hand, not
oniy maae war inevitable bv filibus
tering the armed neutrality bill to
aeatn, Dut declared that we were plac
ing the dollar mark on the flag when
we took the only course left open, and
has from that day to this consistently
opposed every measure calculated to
strengthen our armed forces, with the
single exception, so far as I am ad
vised, of the new draft bill, which
passed the senate unanimously.
What will Mr. Hammond's true
friendsi those who urged him to run
because they honestly believed he had
a chance, not the tricksters who de
ceived him in the interest of Norris
think of .is open avowal that he is
"scarcely disappointed" by the result?
Mr. Hammond spoke truly when he
said that "post mortems" were not al
ways profitable, for this is indeed a
case where silence would have been
golden. CLARK PERKINS.
Draft Questions.
Crelghton, Neb., Sept. 8. To the
Editor of The Bee: We are asked to
report any irregularities of this draft
law. What is wrong in this case:
A strong man, aged 22, physically
perfect, no dependents (in fact, is a
loafer). Joined the Seventh regiment
last fall. While it was still organized
he filled his questionnaire and was
placed in class 5, because he then was
in military service. Now, since the
Seventh broke up he has never been
reclassified and is still in class 5. He
is the only single man left In town
who Is physically fit and who has no
occupation, and the sentiment is
strong against him, as several married
men have been called lately, while he
stays home and loafs. Should not
this be reported to the draft board?
What can a man who is in class 5
on account of weak eyes do in any ac
tive war work? Can he get into Y.
M. C. A. or Red Cross work, or in any
way get to France? He is an expert
teacher, with an A. B. degree. Could
he possibly get a chance to instruct
the disabled soldiers who return to
the United States? Who could he
write to to find out about it?
INTERESTED.
Answer The facts recited in the
first question should be reported to
the district draft board. It is appar
ently an oversight, for the status of
the young man In question should have
been more definitely and appropriate
ly fixed by the recent revision of the
questionnaires, ordered by the Judge
advocate general of the army, and
which revision resulted in bringing In
a large number of selects whose de-f"-red
classification v.-n.s not justified
by a more careful review of their an-
ewers.
A man situated as described In the
second question. may be useful in
many ways in connection . with the
war. Application should be made
through the local organization of
either of the war welfare agencies for
service. This should bring a review
and a proper assignment
WILLIAM CANT RULE
OVER f ME
(To the tune of "My BonnU L!m Over th
Ocean.")
Great William Ilea over the ooean,
Oreat William Ilea over the aoa,
Great William haa got m fool notion.
That he'd like to rule over me.
CHORUS.
No! No! Oh! Nol
William can't rule' over me, o'er me, '
Oh! No! No! No!
William can't rule over me.
Our bo ye have tone over the eeeaa,
Our Wye have tone over the eea.
Our boys will teach William hli notion
Is rotten aa rotten can be,
CHORtTS.
We'll fight Mr. William with taxes,
We'll fight Mr. William with bonds,
We'll tight him with club and pick azea
We'll fight him with gasei and bombs.
CHORC9.
Our boys will camp under the linden.
Old Olory will float from each treo.
The Sammies will bury old Hlndeai
Our boys will set Germany free.
,LA8T CHORUS.
Free! Tree! Free! Free!
Our boys will set Germany free, yea, trmt,
Free! Free! Free! Free!
Our boys will set Germany frea.
Omaha. C. J. ROBERT
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AGKWARD 60 YEARS
aAn Interesting Bit of History
Everybody Should Know
One of the1 interesting places in Lowell, Mass.,
is the old apothecary shop on Merrimack street,
established n . 1827. This location is still a drug
store, although of course modernized in many de
partaients. The old prescription books, however,
have been preserved and form an interesting record
covering nearly a century.
Perhaps one of the most
interesting books is that of
the year 1855. On one of
Ithe pages of this book, that
dated June 9th, 1855, is
written the orieinal pre-
; " ' scription for Father John's
Medicine. This prescription was compounded
for the Reverend 'Father John O'Brien at the
old drug store on that date, and wis so success
ful in treating Father John's ailment, which
was a severe cold and throat trouble, that he.
recommended the medicine to his friends and
parishioners. In going to the drug store and
Tne Old
Prescription Book
$5 .
calling for the medicine,
they always asked for
Father John's Medicine,
and in this way the nedt
cine got its name and was
advertised. '
Father John's Medicine
is a safe family remedy
for colds, coughs, throat
troubles, and as a! tonic
and body builder, because
it does not contain opium,
morphine, chloroform, and any
other poisonous drugs, or alcohol,
.out is ell pure,
wholesome nourishing
The Old Apothecary Shop
k Established In iSay. '
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