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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY . FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR -A. THE SCB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIKTOB MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tttt AMucKlaa i nw, of ililrli il lum U i,..iibw, is .cliuln nulled it Uii PubllctUou ol ll atw dWsUtiM crad.trd to II ut ad. utliwuiM credjua in this mint, uid alio Un local uni uIMtil litrcin. All riflil (4 nuuiicaUou of our siwcial d,ulcliM tit sue rtMned. ' OFFICES i CMe Psopls's U Bulldiuf. , v,.ht Ths B Buildlna. N.w lora-a flflb An. buum Oiuli gils S bu fit. Loul-K B'k of Coawm Council Ulurfs 14 N. Uala St. Muliiniua U Ht. Lincoln lutll Uulldiiig. AUGUST CIRCULATION Daily 67,135 Sunday 59.03C Anns rlrrulatloa fur tnt einnth, ui Merited aad (worm la b Pwtfhl nnuaui.. vuiwwiw .auer. Subscribers leaving tbt city shou!d hava Tba Baa (Balled to them. Addreea changed aa often aa requested T"E BF.E'S SfV'R F " 1 I I AAAAAAA AA AA ,1 Get ready for the Fourth Liberty loan. The Omaha Hyphenated is worried, to say the least. Even ttie Berlin papers see the humor in the Austrian peace move. "The Blue Alsatian Mountains" now take on different hue for the harried Hun. "Deutschland uber alles" has shrunk con siderably within the last few weeks. Nebraska is basking in golden sunshine, and 11 that sort of thing, but really needs rain most of all. ' . Austrian troops got the worst of the fight ing at St. Mihiel, which may account for their sudden desire for peace. - Lloyd George is taking his turn at "Spanish flu," but finds time to give merited praise to the American soldiers for their great work. Haig is also giving the Hun something to think about on the Flanders front. It is a busy time for the boche, no matter where he turns. Bulgaria will soon feel the separate peace impulse stronger than ever. Activity on the Saloniki (rout proves that Focli is not playing favorites. Serbia is back on the firing line and has made B good start against their ancient enemy, the Bulgars. This ought to help in solving the Balkan question. The unanimity with which the Austrian feeler has been rejected must convince Emperor Karl that he picked a poor time to start. He heard his master's voice, and that is all. Secretary Lansing had little need to fear newspaper' discussion of the Austrian peace note; the press of the country beat the State department to the repudiation of the approach. W Alberta farniors suffered, as did Nebraskans, from a drouth that did tremendous damage to their wheat crop. Misfortune was discrimi nating in' its visits last summer. Still, we will have plenty to eat for we have far more wheat than was available last year. The efforts of the Vienna conspirators to make the pope an accomplice in their plot of International burglary will shock Catholics and churchmen generally throughout the civilized world. His Holiness earnestly desires peace, but no one will accuse him of aspiring to share with the Teutons any of the shame they have brought to civilization. ' ! ; Wood Alcohol as a Power Fuel Exigencies of war have driven Sweden to a revival of an almost totally abandoned industry, the distillation of waste wood, such as stumps, that the content of oil, tar, alcohol, etc., may be obtained and utilized. Of even greater im portance is the recovery of the alcohol from the sulphite lye of paper mills, hitherto abandoned. This tatter product is being adapted for internal combustion engines, through a specially de signed carburetor, and Volume for volume is equal to gasoline. Many years ago The Bee urged the use of alcohol as a power fuel, and experiments demonstrated its worth for such purposes. Scarcity of gasoline, with its soaring price, pay yet bring us to imitate the Swedes in this regard. It will be necessary to so mod ify our ridiculous law governing the manufac ture of "denatured" alcohol, but once that is accomplished, the farmers may secure a plenti ful supply Of power fuel from the refuse of the farm, whileV the pine and fir stumps, now burned to cliif the ground of their incubus, will be distilled ItojL millions of dollars saved. We have far fromhausted the possibilities of our land, and the waAmay yet teach us to make bet ter use of our &ieat wealth. Conservation is just getting a foothold in America. Hypocritical Wails . Krupp's principal shareholder has been hav ing a heart-to-heart talk with the workers in that company. Of the many remarkable ut . terances of the kaiser his latest is in many re . spects the most astound ng. As a mixture of fear and falsehood it would be hard to beat, and it will go dOwn to posterity as one of the most unregal speeches ever made by a monarch to his people. Ignoring his own responsibility for starting the war, he sententlous'.y says that it takes two to make peace. It mijht be answered that it took two to make the war, Germany and Austria, the latter instigated and impelled by the "former. , Inexpungable records and incon trovertible facts, penned by his own ambassa dors and statesmen, as well as, incidentally, one af his former partners in Krupp's, have proved ' v the kaiser's guilt beyond a shadow of doubt. The kaiser protests that he has done every- - thing in his power to shorten the war and re'ers to his peace oiler of December, 1916. He then proposed that, after violating Belgium, destroy ing; its cities and' robbing its people, and a'so ravaging northern France. Gerr any s':ou'd hold kthe forn-.er in. fee and re'ease ti e latter on pay- ; ment of hue indemnifies, ritalnln.", of cou.ee, ' Alsace-I orralne. Cut why repeat this o-Jtrr.ce-' us proposal, whirl incited Belgium, France, Russia, Serbia. Italy and every other country concerned? They were all to go unrcstorcd f."!iji-rc:ompen;ed, wM'e Cern-r:.y v zt n ic-ti-i3n e-iorrous galrer by the r.r.r it had forced or the world. New York hetaid. BIDDING FOR THE PRO-GERMAN VOTE. The piteous appeal of the Omaha Hyphen ated for the pro-German vote of Nebraska, on behalf of the democratic ticket, comes naturally from an organ whose principal owner wrote "My Dear Viereck" and made other interesting contributions in behalf of the kaiser's cause. That organ yet relies on the order sent out two years ago by the German-American alliance, that the first duty of its members must be to vote for Hitchcock. This alliance has been dis solved by act of congress, its charter revoked and all its public activities ceased because of the disloyalty of its leaders. Nebraska repub 'icans recognize the indisputable fact that the arge majority of the voters of German ante cedents of the state were not in sympathy with the secret moves of the German-American alli ance, but were and are loyal to the United States. Any political appeal made to them by the republican leaders is mfde on the basis of their American citizenship. The deliberate effort of the World-Herald, tcting for the democratic inner circle of Ne jraska, to excite prejudice against the voters of German descent is despicable, but it is quite in keeping with the shifty record of that publi cation, which has continually sought to deceive its readers. The loyal voters of Nebraska are not so gullible but they can see behind the out burst of the Hyphenated its ?;nister purpose. Co-Operation in City Council. City Commissioner Ure has touched squarely on one of the weaknesses of tlie city commission plan of government. It is lack of close and careful co-operation between the departments. While each commissioner is rightly charged with responsibility for the conduct of the de partment of which he is the head, public service requires that perfect understanding and abso lute team work prevail at all times. Flans that affect the entire city originate in one or the other of the separate departments, but should not be carired out without consultation at least, and agreement where possible. In the present discussion the case of the street cleaning funds is cited as an illustration. Here the commis sioner, acting on his own authority and paying no attention to the others, spent five-eighths of his yearly appropriation in three months. That he was a candidate for re-election may have had something to do with his prodigality, but theeffect on the service is just the same. Other experiences of a like nature might be cited. The point is that consultation between the commissioners will not hamper any and may assist some, white it should bring benefit to the whole community. Bulgaria on Our Enemy List. Reported presence of Bulgarian units on the western front brings up again the question of the relations between the United States and this ally of Germany. We have occupied the equiv ocal and somewhat paradoxical position of being at war with Germany and Austria and at peace with Turkey and Bulgaria, although the latter are closely associated with and under control of Germany, and actually declared at war with our own allies. To maintain this situation longer might reasonably be considered as com promising our actions in other regards. It is not improbable that later we will be asked to dispatch troops to the Saloniki front, as we have sent forces to Italy, where they are cer tain to come into contact with Bulgarians and perhaps Turks, fighting on the Austrian side. Mr. Wilson has steadfastly sought to main tain at least a semblance of friendly relations with Bulgaria and Turkey, waiting for an overt act on part of either before declaration of war. This humanitarian spirit has characterized his every step so far, and well reflects the attitude of the American people. It is not certain, though, but continuance of the policy will lay us under the disadvantage of being misunder stood in our war aims. If we are to apply all that has been pronounced for, the process will ' involve steps seriously affecting both Bulgaria and Turkey. We cannot aid the Czecho-Slavs and the Armenians without upsetting settle ments forecasted by German arrangements. Our people will not welcome the addition of Bulgaria to the enemy list, but they will see the justice of the act, and the president will have in this, as he did in the case of Austria, full approval from the country. No temporiz ing or hairsplitting should intervene to retard the progress of justice in this war. Soldiers and Cigarets. In the course of our strerucus endeavors to make the world safe for the democratic party we encounter quite a few bumps. One of these, over which the car of progress has jolted' sev eral times, is the cigaret for the soldier. No army ever marched surrounded by home Com forts and safeguarded as have the Pershing crusaders. Not only has the physical well being of the boys been provided for, but their mental and moral needs have been given es pecial attention. And it is well, too, for they ; are representing the home life of America in a land where it has been little understood. Of the way they have behaved when off duty we are as proud as we are of their fine courage and great gallantry in action. But some of the home folks cannot reconcile themselves, appar ently, to the fact that the boys want cigarets. Now and then some earnest and sincere person rises up and protests loudly against the furnish ing of the "fag" to the lads in khaki. But what do the boys say? A correspondent who has been with the army over there from the first writes: "A soldier who may 'ace death a dozen times in an hour complains because he lacks cigarets. or because he cannot find his rations." With this testimony, and it may be multiplied many rhr.es, cannot we af'ord to let the lads have their " smokes," and give our full attention to some of the greater things involved? Up. to' the present Pershing's men hold one record for tie war. They captured intact an entire German reglr.ientjjcolonel and all, ca'led the roll, noted the few absentees and then marched the outfit to the rear under command of its own oncers. This exploit wes topped off by taking the entire artillery equipment of a German division. Such job-lot operations will increase tie rerpect the Lui'encor.7 out't is gathering for t" e Yankee who would not fight. Secretary Baker ays the srnl'es on the faces of the Yankee boys is the most wor.tlcr.'ul thing he has seen in Earope. Also t'e rr.crt d-rcr- ous for Frit?.. look cut for thcra when they I smile, for then they mean business. One Year Ago Today In the War. House of representatives unani mously adopted the war deficiency bill. Germans reached French lines on Ncufchatel road, but were driven back. Kerensky, as commander-in-chief, left for Russian general headquar In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. A meeting of the Young Men's Republican club was held at the Millard, W. F. Bechel presiding. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President. D. J. O'Donohoe; vice president, J. P. Hreen; secretary, George A. Jop lin, and treasurer, R. C. Patterson, to Kansas City, where he is wanted to shoe a number of race horses entered for the coming races.' The Cable Tramway company have let the contract for material tor about a mile of track, which will be used for an extension of the Dodge and Harney street line. A telegram called VV. B. Watson' Miss Stella Mount left over the Wabash, accompanied by her father for Chicago, where she will enter Miss Grant's college. A. Straight, a veteran Hfw York fireman, is in the city and Chief Galligan drove him around the city and exhib'ted Omaha's sights. Alfred Millard was married to Miss Alice Brown of this city. The marriage took' place in Geneva, Switzerland. The Day We Celebrate. Loyal S. Mole, clerk in the Omaha postoflice, born in 1858. John H. Clarhe, associate justice t-f the supreme court of the United States, born at Lisbon, O., 61 years ago. William S. McNair, one of the new major generals of the Uniied r-'iatcs army, born in Michigan, SO yerrs ago. Sir Richard Tatley Glazehrook, who has been awarded the Albert mednl for valuable services in the application of natural science to in dustry, born 64 years ago. John L. Bates, ex-rovemor of MasT."'iusetts and presiding officer of the recent constitutional conven tion in that state, born at North F.p.ston, Mass., 59 years ago. Walter Evans. United States dis trict judge for Kentucky, born in Barron county, Ky., 76 years ago. Sea Gives Up Sunken Ships m ul .i j j w Owen Conner in New York Herald. Mastery of 1 : sea, with all its fascination and romance, has become a passion so strongly bred in the bone of the Briton that he refuses ever to confess defeat whe a problem of the ocean's depths confronts hi 1. So firmly im bedded in his nature is this trait that he simply could not accept the record of his losses in steamships by German submarines as final, even when his ships had been sent to the bottom of the green waters that surround his isles. He started in methodically, with the dodged pluck and inability to confess defeat which have shown in his character so markedly in this war, to seek practicable means of recovering at least part of what the enemy had taken from him by the torpedo and the underwater mine. What has been accomplished forms one of the most amazing chapters of achievement in the history of all human endenvor. In one year and a half, since January 1, 1917, the British ad miralty has raised from the depths 417, cargo steamships and has succeeded in recovering more than two-thin'j of the freight they car ried. Some perishable portions of the cargoes were ruined by their long immersion, but one giant steamship torn from its ocean grave for a new lease of useful ' life h been laden with merchandise valued at $15,000,000. and every penny's worth of that loss was recovered. An other hute vessel was raised and a $10,000,000 cargo recovered. Some of the story of the admiralty salvage corps and its accomplishments has just been permitted to be made public by the British gov ernment, and it reads for the rreater part more like a fanciful tale by Jules Verne rather than the matter-of-fact official record that it is. Im agine the magnificence and brilliant daring of the exploit of recovering from loss two steam shins, laden with o:Is. both pirtly sunk and with their cargoes in fames, wherever the hulls were above water. One of these vessels was of American regis ter. Before the war it wott'd not have been accounted as of great value, for it was the once despised tanker. But in the conditions that have prevailed since 1914 it was a prer'ous adjunct to the rjreat sunply fleet needed by Great Britain to maintain adequate fuel stores for ships of the navy. When this tanker, the name of which is withheld, of course, was found to be in fames and all but a total wreck, tumbling about in the waters of the English chanel, with dense vol umes of smoke rising from its hold, the salvage corps went out to it, took one goo(f look and then summoned a destroyer. At the request of the salvage corps the destroyer fired two shells into the derelict and put all of its hull beneath the waves. The tanker sank in comparatively shallow water. Just as soon as it was reasonably cer tain that the fire had been quenched divers were sent down to repair the gaps in the hull, torn by the destroyer's shells, and when this work was finished friant pumps were stink into the hold to clear the water that held it down. S'owly it rose, foot by foot, a little erch day, until after more thnn a month of labor it was aain sufli- cietnly above the level of the sea to permit of! its being towed to port. But the fire-biasted and twisted i -on of its upper works bore little resemblance a ship that was yet to have a career of usefulness. Th. Dry In History. 175? The city of Quebec surren dered to the English. 1854 Great Britain protested against the proposed annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the United States. 1S61 Bowling Green, Ky., was occupied by the confederates. 1863 An insurrection started in the fleet at Cadiz and spread through nearly all Spain. 1874 Nebraska Relief and Aid so ciety organized to relieve sufferers from famine caused by drouth and locusts. 18?3 The earl of Aberdeen took office as governor general of Can ada. 1914 Belgians made a gallant stand against a Germany infantry attack at Termor.de. 1915 Entente allies presented a joint note to Bulgaria, asking it to take a definite stand. 1916 British forces advanced within three miles of Bapaume. Timely Jot'ings and Reminders. 1,510th day of the great war. National independence day of Chili. - Centennial anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Mary A. Vincent, one of the most popular actresses in the annals of the American stage. One hundred and twenty-five years ago today the cornerstone for i the national capitol in Washington was laid by President Washington. The organization of the War Mothers of Amerxa is to be com peted at a national convention I which has been cal'ed to meet to- I dav at Evansville, Ind. 1 The second annual convention of the South Dakota Employers' and ! Manufacturers' association is to 1 open at Huron today and will con tinue in session over tomorrow.' Storve'te of the Day. Speaking at a recent dinner, Sen ator Henry C. Lodge of Massachu setts referred to the technical auto mobile terms and told the following story: One afternoon some time ago two young girls were sitting on. the ve randa knitting for the soldiers when one of them turned the conversation to an auto ride she had the evening before. "Mr. Jones' ability in running an automobile is simply wonderful," de clared the pretty one. "I never dreamed that it was possible to go quite so far without machinery." "Go wi.hout machinery I" was the wondering rejoinder of the other. "Do you mean to say that such a thing happened?" "Yes," promptly replied the first. "We must have gone at least 12 miles before Mr. Jones discovered that the engine was missing." Citiir Shots St Lou!s Globa-Demo?rat: The Ce.ma::3 r.re craciualty improving. It ctcea net ta'.ie t'.iem as lens as formerly to d.ccover when a salient is tco hot to hold. VTarhtngtcn Pest: Boche newspa pers cortices t'.iat they can't lathi,m Fcch's strategy. Iiu'.i! It's simple, it's mere y to tarry the war into the ena:ny's country. Kew York Herald: Apparently tho:e Germr.n ne.."p.i3ers t.nt are t'ubb.'nj Count v..n llertltng 'V.rave-tJ'-rr i.f th3 Ko.ensolrn dynac.y" a a bcrt u;i:.n mi'tln? the count tne hero it future Ge. many. Ea'tlmore mrri an: At least the new' 1 r.ia wi:i be helpful in tai;.nr I into tlie r.n!:s a larrjo number if rm-tcur s.ra:cj.us wao have ro Ions 1 r--en te'V'm t'.ie'r neighbors the enly J absolute way of w.un.ug the war. The apparent hopelessness of the task before them didn't deter the salvage corps for a mo ment. They got the battered hulk into port and, first of all, examined its oil tanks to find out if any of the valuable fuel was still fit for use. To their surprise, and to that of all who had seen the old tank ablaze out in the channel, more than half of the oil was pumped out in good con dition, and then expert shipwrights went to work to replace the damaged plates in its hull and to build new upper works. In less than three months their work was finished and the vessel was once more put into commission. It arrived at an American port late in July and is once more in regular service, carrying American fuel oil to the British navy. It is decorated with the puzzling camouflage de signs adopted by English experts to make the U-boat's task more difficult and it carries 16,003 tons of oil on every trip it makes eastward across the ocean. The official report of its salvage states that the oil recovered from its wrecked hull amounted to mo-e than 8,000 tons. Another vesesl found to be in fames in the English channel was of British register. It was of the regulation steamship construction, not a tanker, and the problem of saving it from total destruction was greater than in the case of the American tanker, for practically all its hull above the water line was in dames. It was laden with a shipment of munitions from the United States and the fire had made its way into the magazines where these were stored. From time to time it was shaken by explosions and then finally the fire gained such headway that its hull was completely concca'ed by the smoke. As was done with the tanker, it was deliberately sent to the bottom by a British destroyer, but before this was done the flames had almost com pletely destroyed all of its structure above the water line. Again divers were sent below the surface. They made such repairs as they could and then the wrecking tugs towed it into an English har bor. There the unexploded munitions still in the hold were taken out and were found to amount to almost one-half of the entire cargo. Rebuilding work has been carried out rapidly and the steamship is now ready to go out again to brave the German and' his submarines. In the fire which wrecked it 31 men lost their lives. Details of the saving of these two vessels were made public by the British government so that the public might know the value of the tasks accomplished by the admiralty salvage corps. Astonishing as were the results in tiiese two instances, it is a fact, nevertheless, that King George's ministers regard them as relatively unimportant. That is why publication was per mitted. Of the other facts, such as the saving of one giant steamship, whose cargo was valued at $15,000,000, and of another with freight on board worth $10,000,000, there is silence. To tell what was done to save them, where they were sunk, or even to tell their names, might give information of value to the enemy, and Great Britain is not running that risk. Salvation Army Drive. Omaha. Sept. 17 To the Editor of The Bee: Answering an inquiry by an anonymous contributor in The ilee, every cent of the money raised In the Salvation Army drive here Is deposited with Mr. t W. Clarke of the Nebraska National bank, as treasurer of the local war fund com mittee, and on the completion of the drive will be transmitted to the Salvation Army war fund in Chica go, to be sent Intact to Europe for use In war work. Not one cent of the expenses Incurred by the Salva tion Army in Bending Its organizers here, nor their expenses while here, nor even the preliminary cost of but tons, etc., will be taken out of the contributions given by the people of Omaha, but are provided by the Salvation Army out of its own funds not derived from Omaha. Moreover, the Salvation Army haa diverted to use in war service hun dreds of thousands of dollars of its own funds not collected from the public for war purposes, even mort gaging its property to raise funds to serve the soldiers. Mr. Editor, 1 question the propri ety of publishing anonymous sug gestions of that character. Their ultimate source is unmistakable. The same attacks have been made upon e ery other war fund here, but not heretofore given place in the public prints. The Salvation Army Is pe culiarly susceptible to unfair attacks of this kind, for the reason that It dees not have locally as many per sons of standing in the community as the other organizations. The Salvation Army war fund committee in Omaha comprises such f.rst-ciass business men as Mr. John A. Monroe of the Union Pacific, Mr. A. B. Currie. Mr. Sam & Caldwell. Mr. F. W. Clarke and many others of like standing, and the public may be assured that the funds so gener ously contributed will be accounted for with due regard to the proprie ties of the situation. FRANCIS A. Bo.0GAN, Chairman General Committee. Opposes Xorrls for Senate. Brownlee, I.b., Sept. 12. To the Kditor of The Bee: Totay every male citizen of the United States between 18 and 45 Is required to give up his work Ion? enough to reg ister for service in the war. Before the primary you disclosed the fact I think it must have been a fact, be cause 1 have never scon it contra dicted that United States Senator Norris not only opposed the declara tion of war, but persistently anr :n slstently gave his vote and his i- ence to hinder and retard the ministration in its efforts to pre.. ..-e for and prosecute the war. I have no personal feeling against Senator Norris. I would not kn w him If I should meet him, except for his photographs. I could forgive him and overlook the fact that he oted against the war, though 1 think he made a mistake, but his vote on subsequent measures, es pecially his vote against the revenue bill from which the administration was to derive the funds for the pur pose of prosecuting the war already upon us is Indefensible. Will the patriotic people of Ne braska endorse th's record? I doubt it. Senator Ncrrls was re nominated by about one-third of the republicans voting at the primary election, less than 10 per cent of the voters of the state. Will he run on his war record, or will he becloud the issue by an appeal to the preju dices of the people? It Is not neces sary to say to the readers of The Bee that I am a republican. I be lieve in republican principles. I have never voted for a democrat for nn Important office, but when once the constituted authorities have de clared war I stand where every other citizen, be he republican, democrat or what not ought to stand, squarely behind the administration charged with the prosecution of the war, and I care not what party may be In power. I was disappointed that Cenator Norris received the nomina tion. But there Is still another chance for the people of Nebraska to repudiate his record. I hope they will rice to the occasion and say to the world that no man who has tried to hang a millstone about the neck of the administration in such times as these can ever represent them in the United States senate. F. M. CURRIE. about the security for the money leaned to the allies. The biggest part of the loan has been made to Great Britain, which in turn loaned the money to Its allies. Great Britain's record for stability and honesty j makes Its word as good aa a bond. As long aa the British navy main tains its position it can and will meet its financial obligations. THOMAS HENRY W ATKINS. State Political Comment Norfolk Press: Congress quickly squelched the bill making congress men subject to draft. Isn't a con gressman as useful as a movie actort Scottsbluff Republican: The state ment of Arthur Mullen that "the election of republicans would caune bonfires to be lighted In Berlin" was the most seditious remark made by one who claims to be an American citizen, and comes nearer being .the utterance of a Sinn Felner than that of an American. But what more can you txpect from the offiling of a distinguished bog-trotter? Beatrice Express: Railway Com missioner Tom Hall, who attempts to nullify the action of the state council of defense relative to the speaking of the German language over the telephones, was given the boot instead of the key of the city when he landed at Auburn a fow Cays ago. It is fortunate for Tom that he doesn't happen to be a can didate for election this fail. Aurora Sun: The most liberal spender In the recent campaign, ac cording? to the statements published, was Congressman Sloan, of this dis trict, who was one of the republican candidates for United Stales sena tor. According to the expenre state ment died by Mr. Sloan lie disposed o more than $4,000 of legal tender trying to win a hopeless battle. Tho people if the fourth district have ion-; known that the Sloans are good spenders when political honors are at stake, but the cash could not be macle to reach Ir.e persimmon this time. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "I came acrora a mm the other day who had cleaned out a bank and nothing waa done to hlra." 'Why not?"' ' Drrnuae he waa the Janitor and bad to do It." Baltimore American. A Child can optrate this Player "Pon't you m'sa your husband very much, now that he I at the front?" "Oh, no; at breakfaat I Juat aland a nrwspaper up In front of a plate and half the time 1 forget be lan't there." The Bjatander. 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Can be plaved manually (just like nny ordinary piano). Can be played simultaneously by ha"d and feet. Demonstrations constantly to see it and hear it means to pur:hase. Ju:t realize that you have music, vhen you want it Jind whit yo.i want. Thousands of rolls ready to play in our Player Roll Depart ment. You can buy the Player Piano on most convenient ternw monthly or weekly. Our lare assortment of Pianos is now complete. Select your instrument now, if wanted by Christmas. We will store it for you. r . . I'm I . veryrmng in sirr mna lutn 1513-1515 Douglas St Used Pianos from $150 up Easy Payments. The VICTOR Store 1 . tn9 British Loan Secure. Omaha, Sept. 13. To the Editor of The Bee: Representative Sloan does not need to show any anxiety Real Wonder -Worker For Wrinkled Faces A Sure Way To End Dandruff Those who have tried all aorta of so called "wr.nkle-removerj" in va.n effort to lose those unwelcome traces of age, illness or worry, can scarcely find words to express their delight with the wonder ful saxolite formula, once th-y hive g.ven it trial. The success of this method is due not alone to its marvelous effective ness upon the deepest lines and crows feet, as well as upon the very fine ones but also to its surprisingly quick action and its ent're harmlessness. Its simplic ity and its inexpensiveness are other com mendable features, for one need only dis solve rn ounce cf powdered enxo!lfe In a half n'nt witch hazel, and bathe the fire In th;i so'ution. At once remarkable trrr.'-formr.t:on Is beh'd. It Is nt only the effect on wrlnk'es and cre"es that fa ro not'eeshle. but fae'-.l contour Is re-arhsVy Improved and the f"e looks rt'-h yonnTr. One h-uM be erre ti asV h? I'mrg'it f"r the powHored rnxoVt. Th1" InMon. he'n"? so r"freh:ng, particularly grateful to tired faces. Mv. There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need), apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entire ly destroy erery single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find all itching and dig ging of the scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lus trous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times bet ter Adv. IjBJgSJ Farms for Returned Soldiers Brooklyn Eagle. About the sr.nest of the after-war plans so far put before the country is that of Secreiary of the I nterior Lane for putting returned sol diers upon farms, a twentieth ceniury adapta tion of the old slogan of the freedman's bureau, "Forty acres and a mule" for the freed negroes. Most of us have the idea that the government lands in the west have been taken up and that the prosperous era of free land for every settler has passed never to return. We got that diea before the days of scientific agriculture and irri gation. Secretary Lane 'has made surveys and worked out p'ans for the reclamation of 15.000, C03 acres of arid- land by irnsafon, of 70 000,000 to 0 C00 030 acres of swamp by draining and for clearing 2C0 0C0.C00 acres whith have been cut over by lumbermen and le.'t to grow tip to scrub. He asks an appropriation of $1.C0J,000 from congress for this work of rec'awation in order that farms may he ready for such soldiers as may wish to make their homes on them when they come tack from thrashing the Germans. Aside from t':e patriotic aspect which nave to the p'an its impu'se, it should be valuaVe as brir-j-irr under cuit'vat'on larc rrc;is of land w!"ch is now waste''. The need of rtore farms ?id better farming has been shown by the war. T!:at reed is not likely to decrease, because our war shipping will ettend t''e n:rr'.:et for our crops and t';cre will I e s'ead'ly r.'ore and rrore rr.outV.s to be fed. The Lane p'r.n is sound so far p.s the so1d"ers are concernd, and it vvi'l be neet'ed for the development of a greater food supply. Bell lSiv Owned Exchange Only One-Fourth of American Telephone Exchanges Are Bell Owned or Controlled Of the 21,703 telephone exchanges in the United States, only 5,400 or about 25 per cent, are owned by the Bell System. Tho Bell System, composed of 37 associated companies, does not seek univenal ownership of tha telephone. It doss, however, encourage the connection of all the telephone sys tems in the country with each otter so that connmication be twecn any two telephones in the nation will be possible. In addition to 9,129 independent t:laphone companies in the United states operating 16,300 er.clrrs, there are 22,000 mutual telephone associations of farmers with 1,400,000 rural telephones. The Unit:d States today has over '11,700,000 telephones, or mora th:.n all the rest of tha world combined, and the service ia the test and cheapest given anywhere. Ho cinle telephone organization can cbim the credit for the ma "niflcentJ showing mr.de in this country. Every telephone com pany, lare and small, Bell owned, independently ownrd or a mu tual association, is entitled to its full share of the credit mmU TELEPHONE COMPM Hava Toei Bar War Partnr Mas and Ubattf Mate (i ! 1 1 IT- 1 vci c -3 "1 bi .3 3 w4 i A p4 wl b G ve r th .obe Bf - 1 nil th Is de si