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We've got the ilun on the run.
The man who prepares the daily war map is
a busy boy these days.
It's the "Spanish flu" over here, but the
"German flee" over there.
Omaha is winning the fight against the "flu,"
so be patient but not a doctor's patient.
The weather man responded very promptly
to the notice that his re-election depended on
rain.
The Austro-Hungarian government, like the
democratic party, sees passing events from the
rear platform.
Why should the dollars hang back when the
men are going to the front? Get them out for
Liberty bonds.
, Your money is safe in Liberty bonds, but
will be worthiest if we do not win the war.
Just remember that.
j The war and the Liberty loan alike are at
the stage of the hardest pull, but both will go
over if we do not weaken.
It is results that count. If quarantining the
town stops the "flu" speedily, there will be less
cause to complain of the cost.
Reparation and restitution are not yet ad
mitted by the reckless plotters of Potsdam,
but i they will get accustomed to the words in
time.
Do not fear that the president intends to
' abandon Belgium, or the submerged peoples
.. under the heel of the Hun. Justice will be done
: to- all.
Still altogether too many automobile acci
dents. One would think the high cost of re
pairs, if nothing else, would stimulate more
, careful driving. ,
' Stockholm, as usual, guessed wrong in an
' nouncing the kaiser's abdication. But he might
as well give tip, for his job will not be worth
much after the war.
General Haig finally reports the capture of
Cambrai. He could have read all about it ten
days in advance in a fake "extra" issued by one
of our Omaha contemporaries.
Austria is now talking of autonomy for a lot
of people who have determined to be' free. We
. have more faith in the Czechs and the Slavs
than in the tricksters of Vienna and Buda-l'esth.
' It will be pretty hard for democrats to con
vince the average citizen of Nebraska that he is
not paying more taxes now than he did four
.years ago.
Bulls and bears are having a merry time
nowadays, chasing one another around the pit,
! but the public is iot giving much time to watch
' ing-them. The stock market is no longer
looked upon as a vital indicator of how the war
js going.
: The Germans are now making love to the
Bohemians, after centuries of oppression but
the sturdy race that has stood for centuries
against the alliance now proposed is not likely
to succumb to such blandishments when its lib
erty is in sight.
" , "Only military reasons," says the Cologne
Gazette, "could compel us to accept President
Wilson's conditions." And that is just why
they will be accepted, and with some extension
that will make them very binding on the Hun,
!; tvhen he awakens from his present orgy.
The German Fix
"Armentieres and Lens were evacuated by
us on Tuesday night without fighting," says the
- latest Berlin bulletin. The hope must be that
Hans has forgotten with what a flourish of
. trumpets the first German occupation of Lens
? was announced a few years ago. The grapes
;; of Armentieres were sweet and juicy then. Now,
i says the German fox, for the continuing delusion
of Hans, "they are sour."
'' "We occupied rearward positions to the east
ol both towns," continues the bulletin. West
ward the course of the German empire was tak
"ing its way not so long ago, but now it is every
dy "filling its belly with the east wind" be
cause, perforce, it has to keep its face set stead
ily in that direction, and suck in all the noxious
ness for which, of old, the east wind was cred
' ited. And now the facing to the east has to be
admitted. In earlier retreats the German com
muniques spoke ot rearguards as 'advanced
lines.- Today they are referred to as "rear
ward positions."
But the fox is losing some of his cunning.
In the beginning of the great continuing, re
Tirtat he referred to the enemy as "following," an
admission which moved us to inquire if the Ger
mans were chasing themselves. The latest
emanation says: "In the course of the day the
enemy, after strong artillery preparation placed
against the abandoned positions (Lens and Ar
mentieres), followed over the Fleurbaix La
Ssee-Hulluch line."
following whom? That is a question which
j ye puzzling Hans just now. St. Louis
fft Democrat. :i "
WHY THE PREFERENCE FOR WILSON?
Why did the German chancellor and the Aus
trian premier address their peace notes to Pres
ident Wilson rather than to one or all of our
Allies?
Bulgaria surrendered to the French military
commander and Turkey has directed its nego
tiations to Lloyd. George, but, then, the United
States has not been at war with either Bulgaria
or Turkey, which may explain why we are left
out on that side.
So far as Germany and Austria are con
cerned, they could as well have communicated
with Lloyd George or Clemenceau, or have sent
identical notes to each, but, as we know, they
did not. Is it possible they looked upon Pres
ident Wilson as the easiest mark or, because
less experienced in European diplomacy,
thought he could be more readily taken in by
their sophistry? If so, they have already been
disillusioned.
Or did the note-writers imagine the pressure
of the people for peace would be exerted more
strongly upon the president than it would be in
Great Britain or France or Italy upon the gov
ernments of those countries? If so, they were
again reckoning falsely.
Or did they f.eel that the determination of
the Allies' attitude really rests with President
Wilson and that he would not only treat them
more fairly, but would also bring the others
quickly in line" for whatever plan he favored?
Such inference might well be based upon the
accepted fact that the entrance of the United
States into the war was for the Hun the de
ciding adverse factor and that without the
American forces the gage of battle on the west
ern front might have been the other way.
Whatever the German inspiration, however, we
may be sure of this that President Wilson will
not act except after conference and agreement
with our Allies, and that the peace of justice,
whenever it comes, will make justice to Bel
gium, to Serbia, to France, to Italy, to Great
Britain, to the Czecho-Slavs and to ourselves
pre-requisite to justice to those who started
the world-war and who must be held culpable
for all this destruction and slaughter.
Unwise Optimism Dangerous.
Is the war still 3,000 miles away from Amer-,
icans? We have sent millions of our sons to
the army, and thousands of them have made the
last great sacrifice. Yet with the first sign of
reward for the tremendous effort we have put
forth may be noted a tendency to relax. Men
talk to one another on the street, saying, "Well,
it's pretty nearly over now," and agree that
only a little effort will bring full victory. Such
optimism is unwise and dangerous. We must
have unwavering faith, but we must support
that faith by deeds. Words will not win this
war. The Hun is fleeing before the Allies in
France, but has been driven from his strong
holds only by the utmost endeavor of a mighty
army. The war is not over, and if we relax
now the end will be postponed. It is our duty
at home to go on as energetically and enthusi
astically as we did in the beginning. Our soldier
boys must know that every man, woman and
child in America is working without letup to
win the war. It is all right to talk victory, but
talk will have to come second to action if we
achieve victory. Danger exists that the Ger
man peace drive is producing the effect it was
planned to have. Counteract this by keeping
your determination strong; show the Hun that
we know the war is right at our doors. Buy
Liberty bonds and make certain the triumph
that ultimately must be ours.
Potash and Free Trade.
No, indeed; it was not the McKinley bill
that brought about the vast wealth now pouring
into Nebraska through the potash spout. On
the contrary, the good fortune arises in the ad
ventitious combination of a democratic admin
istration and the "alkali" lakes. Aeons ago,
when the Gulf of Mexico stretched as far north
ward as the Canadian bolder, and central Ne
braska was an abyss at least two miles below
the turbulent surface of the primeval ocean,
this had been planned by an All-Wise Provi
dence. When the water failed from the sea
certain pools remained, vestiges of the decayed
flood, clear and pellucid, but bitter as the waters
qf Marah. Aboriginal and enlightened man
alike avoided them as accursed, and the cattle
of the plains died of thirst in their presence.
In the fullness of time the "war governor"
came to preside over the affairs of Nebraska,
and the Omaha Hyphenated s editor shed the
effulgence of his erudition across it all, a .d
then the potash came forth. Only through this
blessed combination could it have been possi
ble. Thus it is that we have gained something
because of the war with the Hun, but it yet re
mains true that had the democrats had their
way back in the beginning of things we would
still be buying our tin plate from the mills at
Swansea, instead of making all we use and hav
ing a surplus of 400,000 tons a year to export.
"Autonomy" in Austria.
A report from Vienna that the Austrian gov
ernment is moving to put into practice "Pres
ident Wilson's plan of autonomy" will excite
some little interest on this side. In his address
to congress on January 8, last, the president in
cluded in his fourteen requisites for peace one
which reads: "Freest opportunity for the au
tonomous development of the peoples of Aus-tro-Hungary."
At the time this was commented
on as being something short of the aspiration
of the Czechs, who long had struggled for po
litical independence. Since then the president
has modified his views to the extent of recog
nizing the Czecho-Slovak republic and dealing
with its provisional government. Here, then,
will -no longer be found any room for the ap
plication of any scheme for autonomous polit
ical recognition of Bohemia or the other prov
inces -of the empire hitherto under subjection.
Austria has not moved sufficiently fczt to keep
up with the procession of freedom, Snd is, there
fore, to be the loser through its own neglect.
"Trust the president!" shrieks the Hyphe
ated. tight months ago it was arguing with
utmost ability to have the management, of
war taken out of the hands of the president
placed under a board. '
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No matter how big a hurry the Hun may be
in on his retreat, he finds time to pillage and
burn Some day he will see the beauty of jus
tice, when he is paying for all the damage he is
now doing. v . - -.
Right in the Spotlight
A most remarkable personality in
the public eye at the present time
is Mr. Branting, the famous Swedish
socialist and statesman. His un
tiring work on behalf of the en
tente has been the means of expos
ing the fickleness of Germany's
friendship towards the Scandinaivian
people, and has incidentally brought
about a more friendly understand
ing between the governments of the
entente allies and Sweden. Mr.
Branting has led a most strenuous
life. The only son of a distinguish
ed Swedish university professor, he
received his early education in
France. While a student his tastes
lay in the direction of mathematics
and astronomy, but after completing
his studies he threw up the promise
of a scientific career for journalism.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
German emperor arrived in Bul
garian capital on his first visit.
Count von Luxburg, former Ger
man minister to Argentina, arrested.
German Reichstag passed a bill
providing for rebuilding of German
merchant fleet. '
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
"Two Old Cronies" will be the
fun-making attraction at the New
Grand this evening.
Forty-four out of fifty-six horse
cars have been flitted for stove
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and all of them are to contain some
heating apparatus.
, W. L. Dayton, a brigadier gen
eral of the uniform rank of the
Knights of Pythias in this city, was
in Omaha and conferred with local
members of the order with respect
to the holding of a brigade en
campment. Ten companies of the second in
fantry command of General Whea
ton, have returned from Kearney,
where they spent a month in camp.
L. E. Overton, of Marshalltown,
la., has decided to make Omaha
his future home.
General Crook arrived from Chi
cago in excellent health. He will
spend two or three days visiting
friends.
The Day We Celebrate.
Dexter L. Thomas, attorney-at-law
and real estate man, born 1841.
Dr. Harry A. Garfield, federal ad
ministrator of the United States,
born at Hiram, O., 55 years ago.
Harlan Fiske Stone, dean of the
Columbia university law school, born
at Chesterfield, N. H.; 46 years ago.
Arthur L. Williston, principal of
Wentworth institute, born at Cam
bridge, Mass., 50 years ago.
Willie Hoppe', world's champion
billiard player, born at Cornwall-on-Hudson,
N. Y., 31 years ago.
This Day in History.
1746 Marshal Saxe defeated the
allies of Austria at Rocoux, and
completed the conquest of the Aus
trian Netherlands.
1777 Casimir Perier, the minis
ter of France who died from chol
era contracted in hospital visits,
born at Grenoble. Died in Paris,
May 16, 183-'.
1796 Spain fn alliance with
France declared war against Eng
land. 1797 British defeated the Dutch
in great naval battle off Camper
down. 1870 The French city of Orleans
was taken by the Germans after
severe fighting.
1914 German Taubes dropped
bombs on Paris, killing three per
sons and injuring 14.
1915 Russians broke the Austro
German line on the Strypa.
1916 Italians launched general at
tack on Austrian positions on Coast
al district front.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
One thousand five hundred and
thirty-third day of the Great War.
Sixty-five years ago today the
first clearing-house in the United
States was established in New York
City.
The president and Mrs. Wilson
are to start for New York today fo
attend the great Liberty Day cele
bration in that city.
London has prepared a rousing
welcome for Marshal and Madame
Joffre, who are to arrive there to
dy on a visit to the British nation.
Wartime problems affecting the
electrotyping industry are to be
considered at the annual convention
of the Master Electrotypers' Asso
ciation of America, meeting today
at Cincinnati.
Storyette of the Day.
"The play was rather shocking,"
said Playwright Avery Hopwood,
discussing a rival's production. "Yes.
it was as shocking as the lament
of the soldier's bride.
"A soldier's bride on a roof gar
den burst into tears, and a letter
dropped from her limp hand into
the champagne bucket on the floor.
"What's the matter?" her friends
asked.
"'George!' she gasped.
'"What is it? Is he killed?
Gassed? Wounded? A prisoner?'
"'No!' And she wept more bit
terly than ever. 'No!' Coming
back!'" Detroit Free Press.
HERE AND THERE
The ram is trte most ancient of
ship weapons.
Five out of the last nine czars of
Russia have ben assassinated.
The Vatican contains 1,000 halls
and rooms and covers 14 acres of
ground.
In 1872 Prof. Mltscherlich, a
Swede, first produced paper from
bleached wood pulp on a commer
cial scale.
One of the largest confectionery
establishments in the world, employ
ing 2,500 hands, is located in the
Japanese city of Tokyo.
Crabs are pastmasters in the art
of caraouflagingr. One of their fa
vorite devices is to take advantage of
their natural resemblance to certain
rocks. Sponges cling to these rocks,
so the menaced crab, providing that
even the lowest form, of animal life
possesses a certain degree of intelli
gence, diligently collects sponges
and attaches them to its back. The
illusion rarely fails to deceive.
With the Yanks at the Front
Stars and Stripes, Published in France.
The Yankee troops who played a small but
eminently satisfactory part in the early stages
of the third battle of the Somme have, as it hap
pens, spent the greater part of their soldiering
in France in close comradeship with the soldiers
who volunteered for this war from under the
Southern Cross. If the feelings and experiences
of this trrouo are any guide, it may be said now
that Aussie and Yank are, and until the end of
the war will be, thicker than thieves.
Visit any American colonel's dugout during
a lull in the hostilities and you will find some
Australian officer has dropped or rather
crawled in for tea. Visit any sheltered haunt
of the enlisted men after pay day and you will
find the Yanks staking the residue from his in
surance and Liberty bonds on the breathless
hazards of "two-up," the Aussie's favorite game.
They even favor the same terms of rough lan
guage. They have a bond in the use of the
same favorite cuss word.
"Yank," says Aussie, reflectively removing
his pipe for an historic utterance, "you're a
dinkum bloke. That's Australian for "regu
lar guy."J Yank, you're a wonderful soldier.
Why, doggone it, you're as good a soldier as I
am."
While the units that had been engaged in
the recent fighting were blissfully enjoying a
well-earned rest, 135 members of the first com
pany of railway engineers to arrive in France
celebrated that victory by establishing what is
believed to be a new track-laying record, com
pleting 2.69 miles of narrow gauge railway in
even hours and three minutes.
The work marked the completion of an im
portant railway line from one French town to
another, upon which the company had been
working for several weeks. Officers present
when the record was made were outspoken in
their conviction that the gang could have easily
completed four. miles during the full working
day of 12 hours had there been further track to
lay in that sector.
A captain and a lieutenant were in charge of
a1. - J..-I All . i e ' . t
me ucian. aii necessary materials tor tne joo
had to be brought up from behind, two 60 em.
steam locomotives pushing the rail cars forward
as soon as a section of track was spiked down.
Two motor trucks were used for hauling ties.
The amount of material handled gives more
than a hint of the magnitude of the task and the
tremendous amount of labor involved approx
imately 105 tons of steel rails, 7,100 ties, 1,830
pairs of fishplates, eight kegs of bolts and 37
kegs of spikes, making a total of over 230 tons.
A platoon of Americans were advancing on
a machine gun nest near the banks of the Vesle.
The advance was being made in an open field
where the Germans had planted their machine
guns on a high bit of ground which enabled
them to deliver a sweeping fire on the Amer
icans. Try as they might, the Yanks could not
flank the German position. They covered them
selves the best they could and waited in hopes
that they would get a pot shot at Fritz and then
they would continue their advance.
But Fritz was not inclined to expose himself
to. pot shots and kept his gun working.
"Say, sergeant, gimme that gat of yours,"
said Corporal Browne.
The sergeant handed it over.
Corporal Browne drew his own nistol and.
with an automatic in each hand, he got up on.
his hands and knees and took a peep at FritzJ
'C.. k.. ..11 .1.. ...:. t .i. t
jay, uujs, ten me wire jur rac mat x was
one game guy! So long to all of you guys!"
After saying all of that Corporal Browne
went out after the boches. He got them, too
four of them and a perfectly good machine gun.
When his comrades came up Corporal Browne
had loaded the machine gun onUo his back and
was ready to go on. All four boches were dead
in the pit.
"How'd you do it?" someone asked him
after it was all over.
"Darned if I know," he answered. "It was
awfully easy; kind of surprised myself, in fact."
He had been pretty badly bunged up, up on
the line, and had had a tough time pulling
through. He wouldn't have pulled through at
all if it hadn't been for the devoted efforts of a
certain nurs,e in the base hospital. Finally he
won out, and it was a happy and smiling boy
who "sat attention" in bed as his captain came
in to see him and congratulate him. As they
were talking in came the nurse, with his hourly
ration of medicine. He looked up and grinned.
"Miss Blank," he said, "this is my captain.
Captain, this is Miss Blank. She's an awful
mean girl she cheated my poor family out of
$10,000 life insurance."
Pat and Ignatius were lying on the green
sward sreading a daily paper's account of the
fighting of the day before. Pat, reading out
loud, got as far as "The French troops under
the command of General Mangin ." Then he
stopped and scratched his head.
"Mangin? Mangin?" he repeated. "Say,
Ignatius, phwat th'hell license has a man with
a Harp name like that got commandin' th'
Fnnch?"
t Even in war there is such a thing as poetic
justice. Witness the case of the Hun aviator
who bombed an American funeral party not far
behind the lines. Not long afterward that same
aviator was brought down and himself buried
in that same cemetery, not 50 feet from where
his first bomb had dropped.
Dimes and Snowflaks,
The snowflake is a little thing, but it makes
the drifts that block traffic. The dimes and
quarters that Americans are putting into thrift
stamps are blown on the mighty wind of patri
otism and heaped up in front of the march of
kultur until they must look to the dismayed
Germans like a green blizzard blocking the way
to the west. The government's win-the-war
fund has been increased, through W. S. S., hun
dreds of millions of dollars. Figures of August
1 gave the total as $572,435,737.81, and showed
that the sale of "savings stickers" had increased
the per capita savings of the country by $5.74.
If a list of the patriotic investors'. names could
be made it would be a good start toward a com
plete roll call of Uncle Sam's younger nieces
and nephews. St. Nicholas Magazine.
People jind Events
"On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand" is a
soulful hymn, but unsuited to Turkish music
just now.
No matter how the profiteers rig up the gob
bler market for next month, the allied armies
in Palestine are assured an abundance of Turk
and trimmings for Thanksgiving.
It's a neck-and-neck race for the topnotch
-between high-flying rents and taxes in New
York. This year taxes leaped forward $36,912,
448 in the municipal budget, but rents have sev
eral months to gather steam for another burst
of speed.
Thrift and enterprise and relentless 'squeeze
combined to rear the Tolman loan shark fortune
of $7,259,344, as reported in the probate court
of New Yoik City. Tolman touched a number
of Omaha people on the 10-per-cent-a-month
nlan. and cat awav with it fnr t;il ho
did not have any pockets in his shroud and died
Within a few hours following the adjourn
ment of the Safety congress at St. Louis a
motorcyclist with a woman riding jbehind him
drove into a moving street car, injuring himself
and killing the woman. Preaching safety to
the heedless is time wasted unless the main
points are hammered in.
Some elderly men appear happiest in the
role of joykillers. The worldly wisdom of ripe
years in most cases imposes little restraint. Take
the case of Charles Edward Russell a knowl
edgable man, though painfully indiscreet. Com
ing back from "over there," he tells out loud
that "man v nf rmr antrfiprc ar tnarrvincr Prrrxeh
girls." .Charley is too mean for anything, . . J
Over There and Here
Berlin raised its flour ration on
October 1 to seven ounces per head,
besides the 10 per cent ot admix
tures. About the Bame- time the au
thorities built high barbed wire
fences around the municipal flour
stores, in order to protect the stores
against thieves. x
Seven thousand base balls was one
big item in the athletic account of
the Great Lakes station during the
season. In addition were boxing
gloves, foot balls and athletic uni
forms by the carload lot. Making
45,000 boys fit for a fight or a frolic
takes considerable training gear.
The five civilized tribes of Indians
down Oklahoma way subscribed for
$2,600,000 of Fourth Liberty loan
bonds and Philippine residents re
ported $3,650,000 subscribed the
nrst day. With Poor Lo and the
brown tribes setting an inspiring
example, the paleface millions can
not afford to hesitate. Dig up, and
do it quickly.
Some 20 miles north of the Ameri
can sector of St. Mihiel and a like
distance east of Verdun lies the
Hriey basin, with Its field of Iron
ore of surpassing quality. These
rich resources, taken from France in
1871, enabled Germany to become
the second steel producing nation in
less than 40 years. Brley basin is
the pillar of German war power.
Without its product Germany could
not, as experts view It, maintain war
on the present magnitude for six
months. Once ousted from the ore
fields militarism is as good as lost.
WHITTLED TO A POINT
Washington Post: Now that Bul
garia has caved in, there will be no
shortage of nuts for gas masks.
Minneapalis Tribune: The khaki
boys have a very good right to ba
cocky these days, seeing what is hap
pening to Fritz.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: The
German people already suspect what
has been happening. When they
find out for sure they will Junk the
Junkers.
Kansas City Times: "There is no
reason to give up the game in Bul
garia," says the German foreign sec
retary. And that seems to be the
view the allies took.
Detroit Free Press: Von Hertling
expresses surprise that the dear Ger
man people who have been fed on
a diet of glorious victory should be
come disgruntled on the starvation
ration of failure and defeat.
Baltimore American: The Ger
man chancellor admits the defeat of
the German armies, but tells the
people there Is no real cause to
worry. Mark Tapley was a con
firmed and hopeless pesismist beside
this exhibition of hopeful cheer.
AROUND THE CITIES
Municipal improvements during
the war are almost at a standstill
in London. Last year the big city
expended only 41,449 in street
paving.
Des Moines and other Iowa cities
have been warned to conserve sugar
more rigorously, on pain of losing
out entirely for the last month of
the year. Heavy drafts for canning
purposes far exceeded the state's
quota for September.
The Tennessee federal court
turned down the application of the
Knoxville Gas company for in
creased rates. The court ruled that
a franchise constituted a contract
with the city which cannot be al
tered without the consent of both
parties to it.
A recall petition carrying the
requisite number of names, 4,000, is
about to be filed against Mayor Short
ofNSioux City. Mayor and council
constituting the city commission,
rode into power on a refom wave
last spring. One commissioner has
been ousted by the courts and the
toboggan now awaits the mayor.
Kansas City, the big end of Jack
son county, Missouri, regards county
road building Jobs in that locality
as fine specimens of graft and waste.
Before the final payment was made
on what is known as the Woods
Chapel road the entire south end of
the macadam Job went to pieces and
must be repaired. It is said in be
half of the contractor that he- Is
"fully reliable," being- able to de
liver a democratic majority from his
ward nine times oat of ten.
THE ANSWER.
Peace? Never!
Hun, your little trick is clever.
But we will not rive up the fight
Till we've avenged the Belgians' plight;
Till we have stayed your hellish greed
And given your vandals all they need;
Till Uncle Sam'a right arm they feel
In all Its strength, and backward reel; '
Till you are made to bite the dust
And beg your betters for a crust:
Till Into your dense skull Is drilled
Remorse for all the blood you've spilled;
Remorse for all the homes you've wreck
ed Till you are weak and limber-necked;
Till your home land has felt the brunt
Of your famed favorite fighting stunt.
But never shall your babies feel
The Impact of our nations steel;
Never your helpless women shriek
From wrongs too horrible to speak;
Never your frail and feeble pay
For your base crimes. Secure are they,
For our brave men shall put to shame
Your creed of lust. In Christ's dear
name
They'll render Justice over due
And free the world from the clutch of
you.
For never peace your land shall knowv
Till your high places are laid low;
Till your historic works of art
Of dubt and mold are made apart;
Till from the dust you rise and see
In God a righteous Pelty.
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About Uie Court House tawn.
Omaha, Oct. 8 To the Editor of
The Bee; I would like to take a
"poke" at the fellow who sinned
himself Old Inhabitant in your Let
ter Box on Monday last. Whoever
he Is. I am a little skeptical about
his beint? pro-American. I would
sooner believe him one of those
freaks with a yellow streak, mas
querading; as a conscientious objec
tor. Spoil the lawn; what of it?
This fellow .ought to get a view of
the shell holes on the western front
and observe the way the lawns in
No Man's Land have ibeen disfigured.
When the war 13 over an l wo have
"ll-iked the tar" out of th kaiser it
will not take long to replace the
lawns. (There is only one Job in this
world at the present time, and that
is war, and the all Important thlnu
now is the Fou-Ui Liberty loan, that
is going over with a whoop, and Old
Inhabitant had hotter get busy and
help. Yours f r the Fourta Liberty
loan. "SHELL HOLE."
Objects to the Color.
Omaha, Oct. 7. To the Editor of
The Bee: Am enclosing clipping
which upholds a great many peo
ple's views as to the recent "yellow
streaks" being painted by the street
railway company on every other
block of this city. Strange indeed
that this company could not select
some other color Instead of the
"one" generally detested by the pub
lic at this time.
This town has proven Its patriot
ism by "going over the top" in every
drive, so why paint our town yellow?
A BOOSTER.
The clipping enclosed tells of how
an Ohio merchant caused a yellow
sign to be changed.
Mr. Holaday Explains.
Omaha, Oct. 7. To the Editor of
The Bee: Would you kindly print
a few lines of explanation to my let
ter in today's Bee, where I say, "you
see I am a pacifist, but I don't want
peace until," should be followed by
another line thus, "we have made a
pacifist out of Kaiser Bill?" Then,
"America has lots of experience," is
the beginning of another sentence.
I flatter myself that someone will
smile at my lines, and I would like
to hand it to them straight.
After this I will try to review my
letters before they are mailed, then
you will be able to translate my
scrawl if I have to write them over.
D. HOLADAY.
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MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
General Peyton March interrupted one
of his weekly colloquies to crack a joke.
"It isn't true," he said, "that the Ger
mans' swift retreat fqbm the Kolasons
Rheimg pocket was made at the goose
step. It was a Foch's trot." Detroit Free
Press.
"They say." remarked the morallier,
'that aggressive and Impulsive people
usually have black eyes."
"That's right," rejoined the demoral
izer. "If they are not born with them
they manage to acquire them later." In
dianapolis Star.
Professor Now, suppose that the moon
Is full.
Voice (from rear) How can the moon
become full?
Professor It's out all night, isn't It?
Voice Tes but Is Intoxication possible
on four quarters a month 7 -Medley,
First Private (over there at a rest sta
tion) There's a bishop coming to preach
to us at 9 in the morntnng and a vaude
ville star to dance for us at 10.
Second Prlvate Wake me up at 10.
Life.
"So your friend, the baker, has en
listed. What part ' tne eervlce has he
joined?"
"I don't know, but I guess he's gone
with the doughboys." Baltimore American.
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SATURDAY-HOLIDAY
Columbus Day-Legal Holiday
This Association will not be open for busintss. How)Tr,
keep buying bonds.
The Cjnservative Savings and Loan
Association ';
Resources $14,350,000.00.
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