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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG I i I1'""""""""" MMimiM Thii is real Ak-Sar-Ben weather. But we'll hear no more of "brown October ale" till the war is ended. Be ready when the Liberty loan salesman calls don't keep him waiting. You may remember the case of the William F. Frye. It is yet to be settled. - When the Berlin Tageblatt admits that the situation is critical, it must be so. The way to the Rhine is long and hard, but it is getting shorter and easier every day. One country Bulgaria will not have to sue for peace is the United States. Ditto Turkey. However, Ferdinand of Bulgaria will get as much out of the war as any of the kaiser's ac ' complices. Your Liberty bond is a guaranty that you mean it when you cheer the flag or say "Bully ;or Pershing 1" That ring of steel around Germany is not only drawing tighter, but it is spitting fire at tvery point. Let us hope the Japanese soon get away from Blagiovestchensk and reach a place that is asier to pronounce. The blessed bolshevik still is a good foot runner, when it comes to fleeing from the rep resentative of law and order. From Dunkirk, to Verdun the Hindenburg line was smashed and shaken to its depths in a tingle day. No wonder the Huns are dizzy. Maybe politics had nothing to do with the downfall of the unlucky Seventh, but its history is apt to have something to do with politics. A Turkish official report says: "We are re tiring as planned, taking each step in order." -Ye8j--ihd4r-il-some of them are long ones, too. " ' ! McKelvie; is giving the people something to think about, and that is the main reason the democrats are jumping onto him with such vigor. Mr. Hitchbranch apparently thinks the peo ple regard the Hyphenated's liaison with the traitorous German-American Alliance as a good joke, but he may learn better some day. Prince Charles of Roumania, who went to jail rather than give up his wife of humble birth, showed good judgment. A good wife is better, than a chance at a shaky throne any time. St A panic was experienced on the Berlin stock exchange when news came that Bulgaria had thrown up1 the sponge. "War babies" in Ber lin respond as quickly as elsewhere to such influences. The Pennsylvania preacher, who looks after nine churches in three states, is also a coal miner and a farmer, has a wife and three small children to boot, seems to have enough rea sons to exempt one man. Wonder what he does to kill time? Dr.1 of Ion , I N. Iny fofi .4 Ch po I chU II snei p ciai y the a and? r live ? wh i whf I tion 5 me I 9tl!I I tat 1 evet ! 3 ? Br is a, i nei : Bib mil. . tow and Soukhomlinoff, traitor to Russia, has escaped the sentence of death passed on him by court-martial, but never executed because the bolsheviki abolished capital punishment, and now is a free man in Finland. Later on he will enjoy whatever of comfort can be had in Germany, safe from the indignation of the people he betrayed, but tasting the ignominy that goes with his treachery. While he was being aved, because of the "merciful" charac ter of the lords of misrule, thousands were butchered because of being classified as "bour geoise," which means they could read and write, or had been thrifty. Here is a solemn lesson in applied socialism for you. Profiteering in Food The federal food administration reports that the wholesale cost of the foods required by American families was IW per cent higher in . the second quarter of 1918 than in that of 1917, 4aver prices for vegetables and "reduction of . profiteering ' balancing tne tiigner cost ot meats and sugar. The conclusion will be questioned. Upon the figures given we make the increase per capita 3.8 per cent. But a more vital commentary is .the Department of Labor statement that retail prices grew IS per cent from August. 117, to August, 1918, while from August, 1913, the in crease is 7ft ner cent. These are the prices that hit the family. Going back to 1913, we find (Labor Bulletin 226, page 277) that retail prices for foods had . by the end of that year risen IS per cent above the five-year average of 1901-5. A dollars worth of food in that far-away time cost $1.15 in "1913 and'- costs $1.59j4 now practically double, as most housewives would agree. From contemplation of that distant time one turns with a siph to the present proVem. Why is it that, in spite of all the care taken to stop profiteering, an increase of i'A per cent in wholesale rates should be announced by one department on the same day a IS per cent in crease in retail rates is announced by another? -New York World. , , ANSWER FOR YOURSELF. Every American must now stand before his own conscience and answer a momentous ques tion. The government is asking from its people the biggest sum of money ever involved in one loan in all history. It is so great that the thought staggers those who try to conceive it Every cent will be used to carry on a work to which we have pledged our good faith to the world. Two million American boys are in France, engaged in the deadliest of struggles, that their home land may be secure from kaiserism. Two million more will be with them in another year. Men and women not in the army, but sharing in its dangers, are back of these lads in the war zone. They are doing their utmost Can you afford to quibble now, to count the cost in money, or will you get right behind these soldiers with every dollar you own? This ques tion is for you to answer. The kaiser is much more concerned in the outcome of the fourth Liberty loan drive than he is in the election. What will you tell him? Ak-Sar-Ben and the War. The Bee believes that Ak-Sar-Ben has more than justified its unbroken existence of 24 years. It has ceased to be a mere agency and has become an institution. Whatever its orig inal purpose may have been it has long been outgrown, as the city has expanded beyond the hopes of those who sponsored Ak-Sar-Ben at its birth, and the state and all the territory sur rounding Omaha has progressed in ways not dreamed of back in those discouraging days of the nineties. When last spring a suggestion was made that Ak-Sar-Ben put up the shutters until the war is over, The Bee protested. Our argument then and now' is that if ever the institution had a mission, if it was to serve a good purpose, now is the time. Just as the governments have recognized the necessity of entertainment for the soldiers in the field, so must some form of divertisement be provided for those that re main at home. Thus, if the only function of Ak-Sar-Ben were to entertain, it has good rea sons for existence. But its real end goes a great deal deeper than merely to provide for a rollicking good time at the Den, a weekly moment of relaxation during the summer, and a few days of more or less boisterous fun-making in early fall. Under all this is the true spirit of reunion that has so wonderfully supported the organiza tion throughout its life. It provides not only a meeting place but a common ground for those whose diverse interests keep them apart; brings together men in such a way as to revive old and establish new connections in both friendship and business, and affords the fluent in which difficul ties and perplexities are easily resolved and cleared up. Ak-Sar-Ben, therefore, is not a waste of time and effort, and really is a help in war work, and its continuance is wholly reasonable and worth while. 4 - German Treatment of Prisoners. No count in the indictment civilization has drawn against the Imperial German govern ment contains more of severity than the one dealing with the treatment accorded prisoners of war. Outrages against civilians, savage and horrible as they were, may have a foundation in the military plan of the empire, which was to terrorize as well as to conquer. This can not account for the cold, calculating, even scientific cruelties inflicted on helpless, wound ed prisoners of war. Authenticated accounts have been published from time to time of in cidents that surpass credulity, but these are now being backed up and duplicated by prisoners re leased from Germany or who have escaped to Switzerland or Holland. No imaginable hor ror can excel the outrages committed by guards and officers against prise ers under care, but the most damning pages of the record are those that tell of the share surgeons, nurses and wom en have had in the unthinkable 'things done to the wounded. Starvation may be explained by shortage of food in the land, but what will be said to extenuate the willful neglect or criminal malpractice of the doctors, who deliberately in creased the physical sufferings of unfortunates in their care, and who purposely crippled men while pretending to practice curative surgery upon them? "Save your last bullet for your self," is the advice returned prisoners give to men now in battle line. And Germany must answer for this, too, to all the future. Over the Top on Food Supply. Did the American farmer make good? He did; in spite of disastrous drouth, which involved an enormons area in the crop-producing region, the harvest shows a wonderful supply of food stuffs. Almost 250,000,000 bushels of wheat more than 1917 were garnered in 1918. This surplus alone is quite sufficient to take care of our Allies' needs, although we are charged with supplying the hungry in other European nations. Corn is 100,000,000 bushels below the five-year average yield, or just about the loss in Nebraska due to the unfavorable season. Oats, barley, rye and buckwheat show healthy increases in totals, while potatoes fall off slightly. Meat animals also are plentiful, government estimates being that on September 1 the number of hogs in the country was 65,066, 000, or 108.1 per cent of the number on the farms on the same date in 1917. On this item Nebraska can take some pride, being second only to Iowa, having 4,580,000 hogs, or 110 per cent of the 'count on September 1, 1917. Our farmers have made good, and the world will be well fed because they did. The rush to get away from the Alaskan gold fields is almost equal to any of the stampedes for which the annals of the region are famous. High cost of living is given as the cause, but how those deluded miners expect to improve their condition by coming "outside" will puzzle the average householder. Nothing equivocative or evasive may be noted in the Entente's reply to the Bulgar's pro posal for an armistice. In effect it amounts to a call for unconditional surrender, and this is the basis on which Germany may also have peace. Admiral von Hintze "explained" the Bul garian defeat to the Berlinese, and we suppose he was as happy as when he explained how the American transports got by the vigilant U-boats. n J TO DAS Right in the Spotlight. Anne Henrietta Martin, who cele brates her 43d birthday today, re cently attracted attention to herself by announcing her candi dacy for the United States senator ial nomination in Nevada. A native of Nevada, she completed a course at the State university at Reno and then went to Leland Stanford, Jr., Columbia, and Leipsic universities. After completing her studies she became a teacher at the University of Nevada. Before long she began to be interested in equal suffrage and other important civic problems. Her administrative ability and her vigor in due time brought her to the post of president of the Nevada Equal Suffrage league, and it was then a matter of course for her to enlist in active support of many na tional organizations standing' for civic reform. One Year Ago Today in the War. German airship. raided London for the fifth time within a week. Italians captured heights in Isonzo sector with 1,400 prisoners. British under Marshal Haig be gan a great offensive in Flanders. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. George Hoagland, William Pres ton and Charles Harvey, left for a month's bear and elk hunt in the mountains of Wyoming. Will Simeral and Fred Billings spent yesterday at "Devil's Lake, la., m pursuit of the finny tribe. A new secret order, the V. A. S. fraternity, has been organized in this city with J. A. Morgan, rector; C C. Carr, vice-rector; J. J. Marsh all, chaplain; L. A. Hammond, scribe; J. Meyer, treasurer; Douglas C. Blake, usher, and C. S. Long, guard. Mr. Louis Danbaum and Miss Mary Goldman were united in wed lock at the residence of the bride's parents on Sherman avenue and Sixteenth street. The Day We Celebrate. Henry B. Liggett, of the Pantor ium, born 1844. Max Rosenthal, proprietor Palace Clothing company, born 1869. Cyrus Northrop, president emeri tus of the University of Minnesota, born at Ridgefield, Conn., 84 years ago. Meriwether L. Walker, brigadier general, national army, bom in Vir ginia 49 years ago. Winthrop More Daniels, chairman interstate commerce commission, born at Dayton, O., 51 years ago. Thomas VV. Lamont, banker to whom the New York Evening Post was recently sold, born at Claverack, N. Y., 48 years ago. Rt. Rev. Joseph G. Anderson, Catholic I'shop of Boston, born in Boston 53 years, ago This Day in History. 1812 Edward Shephard Creasy, author of "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World," born in Kent, Eng land. Died January 27, 1878. 1836 Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard, a celebrated ordnance ex pert of the United States navy, born in New York city. Died at Westernville, N. Y., in 1900. 1868 Phineas D. Gurley, who preached President Lincoln's funer al sermon, died in Washington, D. C. Born at Hamilton, N. Y No vember 12, 1816. 1870 The German army entered Strasburg on the anniversary of its surrender to the French in 1861. 1894 Nearly 200 non-commissioned artillery officers of the Ger man army were arrested on a charge of anarchism. 1915 British fleet and French bat teries pounded German defenses on Belgian coast. 1916 Roumanians invaded Bul garia' between Rustchuk and Silis tria. - Timely Jottings and Reminders. Fifteen hundred and twenty-second day of the great war. The men of ,the far-off Yukon territory will register for military service today under the Canadian conscription act. The saloons and other liquor es tablishments of New Mexico will be permanently closed tonight, when state-wide prohibition is to come into effect. Wartime service will furnish one of the principal subjects of discus sion at the annual convention of the Christian churches of Kansas, which is to begin its sessions today at Dodge City. Increased agricultural and live stock production will be the key note of the dairy cattle congress and industrial exposition, which is to be opened today at Waterloo, la., and will be continued through the week. The governors of all the states have been asked by the war labor policies biard to s?ml rirefnta tives to Washington today for a conference on federal and state co operation in dealing with industrial problems. Ry proclamation of President Wilson the use of any foodstuffs except barley, malt and hops in the brewing of beer and near-beers in the United States is to be prohibited after today. Storyette of the Day. Father was sitt:nR in the den tak ing a peaceful smoke, when there came from the parlor a noise that sounded like a cross between the sigh of a pine tree and the wail of a locomotive. With something akin to strong language he rose and went downstairs. In the hall he met his daughter. "Say, Bessie," queried the old man, "what is the agitation in the parlor?" "Charley." was the response of Bessie. "He is singing "I Wonder If He Will Miss Me?" "Yes," answered dad, regretfully, "I can't see to shoot straight at night, and I am too rheumatic to kick." Philadelphia Star, American Labor in France "The spirit of American labor in France transcends anything that can be imagined on this side of the water. It enables our unskilled as well as our skilled labor to perform miracles. C. Frank Reavis, representative in congress from Nebraska, brings this message from the battle front. In the seven weeks' tour from which he has just returned Mr. Reavis con fined his attention to 'France, where he visited everv American hospital, every American base of supplies and every part of the line in which American troops are engaged. He went over seas to study conditions, military, industrial and social. He talked to boys in every branch of the service. He saw our soldiers on duty in the humble as well as in the heroic tasks as signed to them. "Our industrial achievements have astonished the allies quite as much as our military attain ments," said Mr. Reavis. "France is amazed as it beholds warehouses and hospitals rise as if by magic, railroads extended, many miles in a day, and bridges thrown across rivers in places where difficulties appeared insurmount able, ihe fact is that, at the beginning of the war, France had no labor-saving devices in com mon use, and although progress has been made in the introduction of machinery, our appliances that belong to our everyday activities are still a marvel to them. "As an illustration of the situation even now, I think the unloading of ships furnishes a fair means of comparison between French methods and American methods, I watched the unload ing of two big vessels at the docks of a port in France. From the French ship walked the blacks from Algiers and the Singalese steve dores, carrying on their shoulders heavy loads, to be sure, but after all little compared with the immense cargoes to be thus handled. Carts waited for the bundles dumped into them and when 1,000 pounds had been placed on them, the vehicles were slowly drawn up the street leading away from the wharf by five horses hitched tandem. Near the French ship one of our freight vessels was discharging its cargo by means of an electric crane that dropped a three tonned burden, every time it moved, into a three-tonned motor truck, which speedily rolled away with its muffler wide open and an Ameri can negro driver at the wheel. "This same difference in methods of work may be seen in all lines of industry, and right here I want to say that it looked as if every man working here in any form of labor had his duplicate over there. One felt this close broth erhood of toil for the war, this constant co operation between the workers behind the army lines in France and the workers, who are just as much behind the lines, as they use all their energies in workshop and factory here at home. "One of the noticeable things about the work ers in France is their complete concentration on the job that engages attention. Each man as he, labors with what appears to the allies an almost superhuman energy attends to his own special work and pays no attention to what is going on even in his immediate vicinity. For instance, many of the men who are laying rail roads had never taken time to question who supplied the ties and when I mentioned the 20,000 soldiers working in the woods far away from the scenes of actual conflict they were sur prised. They had never heard of the forestry service and I want to say something about these heroes who will win none of the glory and honor that is accorded the soldiers that do the actual fighting. "I visited the camps of the forestry service, which is seldom if ever mentioned in the news papers. There I found as fine a lot of boys as can be found anywhere in the army, splendid specimens in physique, in character and train ing. These young soldiers from all parts of the United States are most anxious to go into the front lines, but they must obey orders and so they do with a will their part. To them the army must look for all the timber for its hos pitals, its cantonments and its hangars. Our warehouses and our railways must wait for them, but their service gets no headlines in the newspapers. They are to be numbered with the millions of workers here at home on whom our armies must rely for the support that means victory. But our soldiers are serene in the abiding conviction that our industrial supremacy which so astonishes our allies will enable them to overcome every obstacle in the way of com plete triumph over the enemy. "While the mobilization of industry here at home has been accomplished on a scale never before attempted, the thousands of factories and the miles of moving motor transports are scat tered over vast areas of our country. But in France activities are concentrated. Even an American who goes to France is overcome in the contemplation of the vastness of our in dustrial enterprises, the stupendous darings of our great preparations and present day achieve ments for supplying every possible need brought about by the war. "I saw armies of mechanics and carpenters as well as armies of infantrymen and artillerymen. Think what it means to build hospitals with a capacity of from 10,000 to 16,000 beds. Imagine miles of warehouses, hangars covering acres and acres and barracks that will house troops by the hundreds of thousands. It is well not to forget for one moment that our workers make possible our fighters, but no one can reallv feel the significance of this until one has beheld the marvels of industry behind the lines. "Because I saw the miracles performed by every class of labor now engaped in France I have predicted that the war will end within a year, for with such workers as we have sent to support such soldiers as we have trained the final miracle, speedy peace after a comolete vic tory, seems to me probable. When I looked into the faces of our boys over there I recog nized a power in them which is different from that of any other nation in the world. We are so accustomed to our American types that we do not take account of the fact that our young men are different from the young men of other lands. They have a rilled strength, a splendid virility, a fresh enthusiasm and a reckless cour age that make them stand out among the great armies of the allies. They wear the same khaki, the same steel helmets, but no one can mistake them; no one hesitates in classifying them. Even thousrh the soldier serving under our flag may be of foreign birth, he has become an American after sojourning in our republic and he hears the stamp of the free country. He has the buoyancy, the confidence, the kindliness, so much commented on by the allies. "'Your boys have an incredible rourasre, hut thev are so gentle said a famous French gen eral who was talking to me. He pointed down the road as he added, 'Your democracy produces wonderful soldiers.' An American private was carrying a bundle of faggots for a poor old French woman and whistling as he walked I'on!". Another foreign commander commented n the fact that he had seen an American ma jor general lose precious t'tne by stopping his au!omob;'e for fcr.r he might run over a peas ant's child. The fact that, according to our in terpretation, military rights do not carry tbe privilege of ignoring other rights astonishes foreigners, hut they are beginning to understand what it means to live under a democratic gov ernment that respects the rights of the indi vidual. "With both our soldiers and our workers im bued with the spirit born of the highest ideals, it is not strange that they are performing mir acles. They have already rinde our allies re joice and our enemies tremble." Round About the State Campaign stumps are tikingr on the rainbow radiance of the politi cal long; bow. Nebraska continues far In the lead In Thrift stamp sales, while Iowa drops from second to fifth place in the procession. Gage county's quota of the fourth Liberty loan la $1,370,000. What will the people do about It? "We'll eat It up!" says Chairman Kllpatrick. The phiz of John Morehead blooms all by Its lonesome in some of the weeklies. Johnny doesn't care how many see It, providing It is Kept out ot range ot tne ciocks. C. L. Beacham, a typo on the Em erson Enterprise, has become owner and manager of the Winnebago Chieftain, formerly owned by Jeff Taylor. Beatrice Express cordially agrees with the food authorities that Ne braska consumers should not pay more than Si. 35 or $1.40 per bushel for potatoes this winter. Sounds mighty good in these parts. Now get the dealers In and the deal is unanimous. Editorial Joyriding scores a new high record on the highways around Norfolk. Editor Huse boasts of clipping off 63 miles an hour driving a D.zuo-pound car. Oh, boy, some speed. Will Norfolk stand for It? Considering the government's ur gent calls for strong, virile youth, patriotic Norfolkers should grip the maternal swatter and bring young sters to a safety pace. The most aggravating of pro-Ger mans m Nebraska City is not a Ger man at all. "So far as is known," says the Press, "he hasn't a drop of uerman Diooa in nis noay. But he has gone out of his way to criticise the govrnmt whenever the od portunity presents. One of the most Ditter call downs he has received came from a man who was bon in jermany, Dut it didn't penetrate. Why not try a nutcracker? The Albion Weekly News enters upon Its 40th year with the rare dis tinction of being under the same management it started with. Edi tor Ladd modestly disclaims achiev ing great things or making a for tune. Neither of these outweigh a record of unswerving devotion to the weii-Deing of the commun tv. In all the little affairs which make up the routine or lire the News has been a faithful helper, cheerful in times of stress, loyal and encouraging at all times. Here's hoping Mr. Ladd will realize his wish "of a full half cen tury as publisher," and some over for good measure. Editorial Shrapnel Washington Post: The German soldiers may skedaddle, but the forts of Metz must stand and take what's coming. Brooklyn Eagle: "The one and only Colonel Roosevelt" will soon have a rival. Theodore, Jr., is al ready a lieutenant colonel, and he's going up rapidly. Minneapolis Tribune: The Brit ish in Palestine have nabbed so many of the Turk's tail feathers that he is not bothered with that kind of excess baggage on his hike north. .Baltimore American: German nf. flclals in Belgium are being called up for military services, with their places taken by women. Now we shall see if Inhumanity permeates the male and female Teuton alike. St Louis Globe-Democrat: Our enemy in the Meld complains that Americans "yell so barbarously when they charge." You bet they yell! But that's not barbarism; that's "shouting the battle cry of freedom" something that needs to be heard in Europe. Washington Post: "The German people huddle together, as people al ways do before a great disaster," says a 'neutral traveler. These same Germans were lately huddled to gether like wolves in anticipation of feasting upon the body of France. New York World: On the Mul hausen front says Karl Rosner, "His majesty was again told by his gen erals, as by simple musketeers, that they will never let the enemy pass." The "simple musketeers" will not, if holding up their hands and crying "Kamerad!" can stop the accursed Yankees. Over There and Here Prank Simonds describes Field Marshal Foch as a little man, about the size of Napoleon and he has Grant's fondness for a cigar. Fourteen states have abolished teaching the German language in the schools, and drives in the same di rection are making progress in 16 other states. A Capronl airplane with a wing extensibn of 120 feet is being made somewhere in this country. It will carry 16 tons of destruction. Oh, boy, the air line to Berlin Is mapped. Ralph Benson, 32, left Idaho for New York 10 years ago. His younger brother, Jack, Btuck to the family fireside. Unknown to each other the brothers Joined the colors. Recently they met as wounded soldiers in a French hospital. Minor injuries were forgotten in the Joyful reunion. Americans in the big push at St Mihiel no doubt appreciate the ac commodations and comforts left by the Huns. Correspondents report capturing miles of buildings contain ing Bleeping quarters for 100,000 men. Stolen pianos adorn officers' quarters, and much fine loot from French homes made things quite comfy. Owing to the unexpected coming of the new landlords Hun tenants skipped with their clothes only. WHERf THE WSST BEGINS. ((With Apologies to Arthur Chapman.) Out wher the cannona roar and rattle, Out where our boya In khaki battle, That's where the West begins. Out where the Stars and Stripes grow brighter. Where the home ties bind a wee bit tighter, Where Freedom's skies are becoming lighter, That's where the West begins. Out where Freedom's wedre has entered, Out where the hopes of the world are centered. That's where the West begins. Out where the Hun's fond hopes are blighted, Whue Christian hands have been united, Where Liberty's torelii'S have been lighted, That's where the West begins. nut where the Prussian throne is shaking. Our. where a new world's in t ho making, That's where the West begins. Out where the Allies' (lags are blended, Where German "Kultur" Is forever ended, Ard Ood'a laws cannot be transcended. That's where the West hesrlns. X. liTh, Neb. JOHN CTHT1S JENKINS. 0 j-VtVV fJJW Asks Protection for the Lawn. Omaha, Sept. 27. To the Editor of The Bee: I see now the Liberty loan committee is going to build a tower on the court house lawn. There won't be anything left of this beautiful lawn pretty soon the way they are cutting It up for all sorts of things. The big and un sightly food sign was the first th)ng. Then they constructed all sorts of little buildings on it. and now comes this Tower of Liberty. I understand they are going to dig holes in the lawn to plant big poles around which to build the structure of boxes to form the "tower." This will be the worst damage yet done to the lawn, and I want to protest. Have they secured a building per mit for this structure? And, if not, why not? The lawn looks bad enough now without putting up this tower besides. I am not pro-German, but I am pro-American, pro Omaha and pro-court house lawn. OLD INHABITANT. Our Army Generals. Ponca, Neb., Sept. 24. To the Editor of The Bee: Please put in formation a to how many generals there are in the United States army in The Bee's Letter Box. LOIS BUTLER. Answer: We cannot give the num ber 'of general officers In the army definitely, aa that Information Is only to be had at the War department which Is keeping it secret Roughly, however, the new army will consist of at least 100 divisions of 45,000 men each, a major general at the head of each division. These will be grouped into 20 army corps, each commanded by a major general. In each division will be at least three brigades, commanded by a brigadier general. Over all will be one general commanding in France ana one in America. Then we have the quar termaster general, the paymaster general, the surgeon general, the general commanding the air service, and the general In command of the signal corps, besides a number of others of this rank on staff duty. Wooster Impeaches Neville. Silver Creek. Neb., Sept 26. To the Editor of The Bee: In your edi torial of September 25 on "The Ger man Language Question" you say in conclusion: "The German language must be treated In this country henceforth Just the same as any other foreign language certainly no better." In taking that position you are on absolutely solid ground; and It is to be hoped you will resolutely main tain it until the close of the war, and after. But to say that the German lan guage must be treated Just the same as any other foreign language Is to say that it shall not be treated at all; for, until our entry into the war, the right of a man to speak, preach, teach or write in any language he pleased had never been questioned, and should not have been questioned since that time. To do so is to do violence to our much boasted con stitutional right of free speech. No good has come of It, or will come of it, but only harm and harm con tinually. Notwithstanding our Ger man fellow citizens have been do ing their full part In buying bonds, paying taxes and In freely consent- ng that their sons should go to war, we have been continually nagging them and persecuting them in a manner no less unlawful than shameful. And who are these persecutors? Primarily, and mostly, our State Council of Defense, and the 90 or more county councils under them. And the worst feature of this nefari ous, rotten, utterly un-American work of these councils In this matter is that it Is entirely without au thority of law, and not only that but in violation of the constitution and of the most sacred rights of the American citizen. There is not one word in the act of the legislature creating the State Council of De fense, or In the sediJJon law of the extra session, giving them any au thority, or power whatever, as to tne use or the German language on the streets, over the telephone, In the schools, or In the churches. as i puonciy statea a year ana a half ago, the State Council of De fense is an abominable nuisance and ought to be abated. "But," Bomeone may say, "have you forgotten that the governor is a member of the State Council of De fense?" I have not, and so much the worse for him. He is sworn to see that the laws are duly executed. But he not only does not do that but as a member of the State Council of De fense, Is a party to their violation in scores of different ways. And for this he should be Impeached and put out of office. I am, however, of the opinion that he is being im peached at the bar of public opinion and that his present term of office will be his last term. . CHARLES WOOSTER. Wants National Police. Omaha, Sept. 27. To the Editor of The Bee: Why don't you advo cate national police, and do away with municipal police? Also advo cate the printing of all school books under authority of a national commission and sell all books at or below cost so that children can keen their books. S. G. STEVENSON, 823 South Twenty-second St Wages of City Firemen. Omaha, Sept. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: How can a city fire man drawing the magnificent sum of 65 per month take care of his family, pay rent, pay for a telephone which they are requested to have, buy coal, clothing and numerous other incidentals which are abso lutely necessary, and then after that buy Liberty bonds, War Savings stamps, and also contribute to the various donations which they are re quested to do? It makes no differ ence how a man feels fn his heart toward his country, when he draws such a salary, he cannot possibly show his patriotism, by buying Lib erty bonds, etc. Is it not enough that these men are compelled to contend with this small wage without having their pa triotism reflected upon? Now when our country is in such a critical nrni if la th blftrkest reflectio possible, upon his character when hl patriotism is questioned. A SYMPATHIZER. From An Early Riser. Wayne. Neb., Sept 25. To th Editor of The Bee: It la rather amusing to see some of the letters in print in your Letter Box and espe cially letters written by Frank A. Agnew. It does seem to some, no doubt, that they know enough to run our government hut at the same time never get anywhere. -1 for one believe there are men In congress that know how to help run thleov ernment and with the help of Wood row Wilson I believe we can yet along without criticism from Frank A. Agnew. If the law sayi get up at 3 o'clock a. m. and it will help lick the kaiser, let's all get up. Being a man that works from 10 to 14 hours per day, I for one am ready to stay up all night It It will help the boys over there. I trust Mr. Agnew will read thle and get a little pep In him and get out in the morning and be like the folks at Wayne, Neb., B. MEEKER, Against the "Paper P10." Ragan, Neb., Sept 20. To the Editor of The Bee: In the Issue ot Septemper 8 you take occasion to rather frown down the "earnest and sincere person" who arises to protest against the use of clgareta by our boys in khaki. To my mind a deplorable condition has come upon us In this matter, that the publlo press will throw the weight of Its ln fluence against the best Interests of our brave men. It may be all right to place tobacco where the man who is addicted to the habit may buy tt, but when a great monopoly Is able to subsidize the press of the land so that consciously or not they en courage men and boys who never touched the weed to become addicted to the habit then it Is time every father and mother, and those who have the best Interests at heart should stir themselves. What If some do complain If they lack clgarets? On the eiime ground you would have to provide some with bnpr flnH whlNlrv narmlt lh,m .- . - . . w . . J , ..... M.V... access to women of the streets and all the defiling and debauching in- iiuences mat aoouna. wny7 Be cause some have become addicted to th government, realizing the undermin ing Influences of these things, has made them taboo in the camps and amonsr nnr nnlriler.q' that la hv are being protected, not only from the following of those habits that degrade, but the beginning of such habits Is provided against; the temptation is kept away as far as it is possible to keep It away from those never taken in by such vile practices. We all recognise the good that comes from such protec tion, and that Is why we have an army that we can all be proud of. Now as to tobacco, and especially clgarets, can you cite a case where cigarets made a man or boy more manly and dependable, made him more of a man? Helped him to be come a better man physically, men tally or morally? You cannot They are the source of much physical de generation and loss of mental power, besides the crippling of the moral senses. No man can be as alert and capable when addicted to the use of clgarets as he would be if he did not use them. Medical science Is not slow to speak out on this matter. The man whose system is saturated with nicotine when injured by accl dent or by an enemy bullet does not stand the chance to recover as does the man whose blood is clean and wholesome. When we encoiirno-a our men in the use of tobacco we are really helping the kaiser; we are fighting for him. We are making It harder for our surgeons and nurses as they strive to restore the wounded to health again; we are really stab bing our brave men In the back as thev bo forward in tha lntn - - w " .M.V. SM humanity. And who Is getting the benefit t The American Tobacco company. For gain they are willing to de bauch and cripple our boys, and every agency that encourages the folks at home to contribute to to bacco funds Is in like manner play ng into the hands of this trust, help ing the kaiser cripple and maim our : , o nicii uimnces or com-' Ing back home whole men less.' Think of the tobacco nicotine-soaked wrecks that will come home to the bosom of family and loved ones, per haps incapacitated for any worth while occupation. Why not protect our boys and at least make it pos sible for the one who does not crave the defiling and crippling weed to keep from it rather than to encour ?&e e forminS of the habit? Think this through and realize what influ ence a great paper like The Bee would have if lined up on the side of clean and virile manhood. M. E. PORTER. , MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Kind Old Gentleman Hello, and whoa tittle boy are youT Little Boy I won't know till tha dl. jore. preceding, ar. over.-lndlan.polU "Well, well!" exclaimed Hoifon. slanda bp from hi. paper. "They have JXi 51 - - rt v uavo CsLUvn r t cleverest hotel robber in th countrvl" indeed! said Haynes. "Which hotel did ue keep?" Life. wZLtda,'Jfhter. " otn t0 Profaaaor wombat, the eminent pianist" "How's his touch?" "Pretty strong. Four dollar, a lesson. -Kansas City Journal. Sue Sa Vmi r. . . . u uu v marry mm bafora he went overseas? " . ....... ioia mm It was time !"uth ' after he got throurt fighting the knl.er Trf,. -WHY-; NOT Some Secret. One John MacCrate is reported down New York way to have won a two-big party nomina tion for congress at an expense of only $1,227. Xo finer bid for an investigation ever hopped up to congress. MacCrate's secret revealed is wo.J:h the cost WAYNE STATE NORMAL Has Been Recognized for Students Army Training Unit THIS MEANS Free Tuition, Free Beard and $30.00 a Month. Any high school graduate is eligible. Members not now in attendance will be called on or before October 6. The unit will be limited to about 150, thus giving greatest advantage to the individual. Barracks will be in one of the school's fine new fireproof buildings and not in a temporary shack. This is one of the best equipped schools in the west An un usual opportunity is offered young men. Organization on Monday, October 7. For fu'l particulars and enrollment card white U. S. CONN, Prmident, Wayne, Nebraska. a.Vi. I il 1 LtW'l "Suine is Ctood J3iA&It rV less FOR CONGRESS He Will Stand by Your Coy in the Trenches. i-WW'
