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    THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1918.
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' Turkey is shy, but the end is certain.
To the kaiser: Consider the way of Bul
garia; she needed peace and got it.
But, as we are not at war with Turkey, how
can 'we offer the unspeakable anything in the
way of peace?
is.
The solicitude of the Hun for French works
of art is proven by the treatment accorded the
cathedral at Rheiins.
A vote for Shotwell for county attorney will
be a vote to put some much-needed pep in the
office of county prosecutor.
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With all that confiscated booze distributed
to the hospitals "for medicinal uses," the terrors
of the "flu" should quickly abate.
Potato price-fixers ought to get together and
adopt a uniform schedule. Figures now quoted
vary so as to bewilder the householder.
Another magnificent rotogravure section
with tomorrow's Sunday Bee. The number is
limited subscribe to make sure of getting it
regularly. v
A "messenger boy" is all right in his place,
but hit place is not in the seat in Washington
assigned to a representative of this important
congressional district. ' v
All agree that President Wilson is a fine
letter writer but this is a job for the sword
rather than the pen for big guns instead of a
typewriter battery.
It used to be the price of corn fixed the price
of meat. Now the price of meat fixes the price
of corn. At any rate, the- interdependence of
the two is established.
Mike Clark has made good as sheriff. The
only dissent to this conies from the crooks who
have felt the hand of the law and the democratic
politicians who want control of the patronage.
' Br'er Fleharty groans at fhe prospect of
unhorsing ths southern oligarchy that controls
congress. But the country is weary of sec
tional government, even if it be carried on un
der the sacred name of democracy.
"Nebraska's war governor", hastens to the
relief of the Omaha city firemen and policemen,
, telling them that if they will be patient until
nextJanuary he will help them out. But how
can he guarantee the boys that he will be there
in January?
The governor's sudden solicitude for the
corn tajsers is wonderful, but as more than
three-fourths of Nebraska's corn crop is con
sumed in the counties where it is raised, the
loss incident to an embargo is not going to be
overwhelmingly ruinous. However, it is a nice
play for a man who needs votes.
The fight going on in the Verdun sector
ought to be an answer to any assertion that the
German army has collapsed. The greatest bat
tle of the present offensive has been in progress
there for days", with the Americans slowly forc
ing their way through the desperate resistance
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Mr. Wilson is a trifle inaccurate in saying the
republicans sought to take the management of
the war out of his hands entirely. The measure
looking to that end was sponsored in the senate
by the committee on military affairs, of which
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon is chairman and
Hitchcock of Nebraska is the ranking member,
both democrats. What the republicans asked,
and . all they asked, was that they be given a
share in the conduct of the affairs of the nation
through a place in the tabinet.
The Real Road to Peace
: In the operations of the last few weeks, in
the magnificent victories won by the allied
armies and by American soldiers, we can find
every ground for hope. The offensive has
passed ton, above all things let us not be de
luded by an optimism so natural at this moment.
We cannot get the peace we must have if we
stop" half-way. We can never get it if we stop
at the Rhine. We must beat Germany to her
knees. In the simple phrase of our soldiers and
of the average American, which covers every
thing, weXmtist go to Berlin and make peace
ihere. " ,
The road is long and hard, but we must
march over it in triumph, unless we are willing
to hang our heads in shame and admit that our
best-beloved have died in vain. We must beat
Germany on her own soil if we are to impose
upon her peace conditions which will alone se
cure our future peace and do some measure of
justice to the nations and the people whom she
has wronged. Thisjs no easy task. There is
much sacrifice to "be made, much hard fighting
to be done, and for that we must prepare. If
we do not, if we fail to carry It through to the
point where Germany is rendered incapable of
again entering; upon a war of conquest, our sac
rifice of the lives of our chosen youth will re
main wholly unjustified. We must see to it that
the world shall again be a fit place for decent,
law-abiding free people to live in and we can
only make it fit to live in by rendering it im
possible for Germany to interfere with it In
the words of the great 'American commander,
we must have an' "unconditional surrender.
Nothing else will give us the great objects for
which we fight Nothing else will protect the
world and save humanity and cmh'iation.--Sen-ator
Henry Cabot Lodge, la Scribntr's Monthly.
THE PRESIDENTS POLITICAL DRIVE.
That we were to have a political drive from
the White House to save the bacon for the dem
ocrats was jt:st as certain as that we would have
a peace offensive by the Germans to save the
face of the Hohenzolierns. Both were foreseen
jfnd widely advertised in advance and both have
now been pulled off strictly according to
schedule.
The president as commander-in-chief of the
army and spokesman for the war policy of the
nation, however, is very different from the pres
ident as a partisan political strategist and leader
of the democratic party. As commander-in-chief
he has, and has a right to have, the united
support of every patriotic citizen and to have
prompt and unqualified response to all requisi
tions necessary for the winning of the war. As
head of the democratic party organization, es
pecially in view of the lukewarm and often ob
structive record of the democratic element in
congress, the president's appeal must be' taken
merely as his personal expression as a partisan
subject to the acid test of fitness and loyalty
practically applied to the respective candidates
for house and senate in each electoral district.
No candidate with a bad war record should be
preferred over one with a better war record
solely because he wears the democratic fivery
and covers his shortcomings by crying, "Wilson
wants me!"
It is natural that President Wilson should
be zealous to retain party majorities in house
and senate for the democrats. He is looking
ahead to the perpetuation of democratic control
of thefederal government. We frankly admit
the same purpose would animate a republican
president if political fortunes were reversed.
But let no one, then, fail to see that the political
drive from the White House has nothing to do
with winning the war, but only with winding
the elections.
I. C. C. Back at the Old Stand.
Mr. McAdoo's sledgehammer and broadax
methods of railroad rate-making have encoun
tered a direct challenge from the Interstate
Commerce commission. This body, whose
functions have been in a state of suspension
since last January, now comes forward with a
statement that rates made by the director of
the railroad administration are not beyond its
power to alter, and "without even an affirma
tive showing that they are wrong." Moreover,
the commission announces that the "assumption
that such rates are presumed to be right and
just is incorrect."
This step to halt the arbitrary authority of
the railroad director brings squarely to the
front whatever of merit there is in the Inter
state Cotrimerce law. When Mr. McAdoo was
placed in charge of the railroads he assumed at
once to do things that had been expressly for
bidden to the railroads as independent corpora
tions. Business was pooled, lines were consol
idated, activities co-ordinated and all semblance
of competition, so rigorously exacted from the
privately-owned roads, was wiped out Finally,
a horizontal increase in rates was ordered, af
fecting all-schedules on all' lines. Traffic ar
rangements had been discontinued and adjust
ments that had been intended to equalize con
ditions between competitive shippers disap
peared. In fine, the carefully reared structure
on which the Interstate Commerce commission
had spent so many years was demolished com
pletely. Now the commission proposes to save some
thing from the wreck. Mr. McAdoo will have
to show cause for setting" up his ipse dixit as
the last word in rate adjustments. It is well
that this should be so, for, unless the transpor
tation industry is to remain permanently under
the control of the government the course of the
director is fraught with danger for the future;
while, even if we do continue federal manage
ment of the railroads, freight and passenger
tariffs must rest on a more equitable basis than
now.
Modern Surgery and the War.
Just as the progress of Jhe war upset many
of the carefully laid plans for carrying on de
struction, introducing new agencies and ma
chinery for the whole demolition of defensive
works and the men connected therewith, so it
also wrought revolutionary changes in methods
for salvaging the human wreckage of war. An
tiseptic surgery had given way to aseptic before
the war commenced, but the meticulous care of
approved hospital practice scarcely was availa
ble for battlefield conditions. The problem
was up to the doctor, and he met it. In all the
history of the curative art nothing stands out
grander than the Carel system, developed under
war conditions. Its boldness waS terrifying at
the start, and some of the conservative surgeons
are yet unwilling to accept it, but results are the
best proof of its efficacy. Cures little short
of miraculous are of ordinary occurrence in mil
itary hospitals, and wounds once looked on as
necessarily fatal are now healed with such skill
that only slight inconvenience follows. Ninety
five per cent of cases that survive being trans
ferred from the front line to the evacuation hos
pitals are cured; 80 per cent of these are re
turned to the firing line within two months and
40 per cent within four weeks. These figures
sound incredible, but are given on highest med
ical authority, and eloquently testify to the fact
that surgical science has robbed war of much of
its worst terror.
German View of American Trade.'
Germans are nursing no delusions as to eco
nomic conditions afte the jvar. The Cologne"
Gazette, noting that the balance of trade be
tween the empire and the United States was at a
billion of -marks in favor of this country before
the war, says this condition must not again be
established. Analyzing the commercial rela
tions between the two countries, the Gazette
says plainly that German industry cannot stand
the strain, and therefore must look elsewhere
for the raw material hitherto secured in Amer
ica. It also points out that Germans must pro
duce machinery formerly bought in America,
and also should strive to capture markets now
held by American manufacturers. The "war
after the war" will not be hushed by soft words,
at least insofar as the industries of Germany are
concerned.
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Right in the Spotlight.
John Spargo, who has issued a
call for a national conference of pro
war Socialists to meet today in New
York City, is a leader of the minor
ity which formally withdrew from
the Socialist oartv in the United
Statu biraiise of its attitude in
gards to the war. Mr. Spargo is
native nf Fncland and received
education at Oxford and Cambridge
universities., As a youth he identi
fied himself with the Socialist party
in his native land. In 1901. coming
to the United States, he entered
upon propaganda both as a speaker
and as a writer, ana in a snon ume
he became one of the best know
and most widelv read of the party
adherents. Because he is moderate
and an opportunist he has won for
his books and speeches a wide hear
ing in non-socialist circles.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Resignation of the Italian cab
inet announced.
Brazil declared the existence of
a state of war with Germany.
British and French made a fur
ther gain in their drive in Flanders,
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
The grading of Farnum street
from Thirty-seventh street west to
the city limits has finally been com
pleted after nearly a year's work.
Billy McCune, who has been one
of Buffalo Bill's right hand men
Reality of the threatened strike by Omaha
firemen mightbe educational in more ways
than one. It might teach the city how to get
along, for example, with far fewer members of
its, firs department than at present! on the
payrolls. . . '- y; ., . r(
from the inception of the Wild
West and the camp superintendent
of. the show, r'eturned after an ab
sence of two years with the show.
' T. K. Elliott and Miss Lillian
Ralston were married by Rev. John
Williams.
The newly organized Lutheran
church society has commenced the
erection of a temporary frame build
ing on Twenty-sixth street between
Poppleton and Woolworth avenue.
The Bar committee at its meeting
recommended the following indi
viduals for admission as members
of the bar: John I. Burger, Wil
liam J. Clair, C. J. Greene, W. A.
Corson and G. H. Place.
The Day We Celebrate.
Rear Admiral Charles Fremont
Pond, U. S. N., born in Windham
'county, Connecticut, 62 years ago.
Henry B. Warner, who has at
tained fame on the speaking stage
and in the pictures, born in London,
42 years ago. i
Benjamin L. Jefferson, United
States minister to Nicaragua, born
at Columbus, Ga., 47 years ago.
Sydney Rosenfeld, American dra
matist, born at Richmond, Va., 63
years ago.
This Day in History. v
1800 The royal palace and many
other buildings in Constantinople
destroyed by earthquake.
Liberty, Va., Dec. 28, 1789.
1891 Lieut.-Col. William Hewett,
said to be the last surviving of
ficer who fought at Waterloo, died
in England.
1915 British Admiralty announc
ed sinking of transport Marquette
by submarine in the Aegean Sea,
with loss of 100 lives.
1916 'Austro-Germans under Gen
eral von Falkenhayn recaptured Vul
can Pass. '
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
One thousand five hundred and
forty-eighth day of the great war.
Centennial anniversary of the
birth of Elizabeth Payson Prentiss,
noted writer of juvenile stories.
Under a proclamation of President
Wilson, all i -tie citizens of Porto
Rico between the ages of 18 and 45
must register 'today for military
service.
What is expected to be the great
est aviation carnival ever seen in
America is to be staged today at
Belmont Park, N. Y., for the benefit
of the athletic fund of the United
States Military Aviation service.
Storyette of the Day.
"The profiteers," said Represen
tative Mudd of Maryland, "are
catching it on all sides. When a
profiteer attempts to chide some at
tacking congressman or senator he
catches it as badly as Mrs. Merry
v.eather. "'John,' said Mrs. Merryweather
indignantly, 'why did you tell Har
riet Witherspoon that you married
me because I was such a good
cook?" ,
. " 'Well,' said Merryweather, 'I had
to have some good excuse, didn't
I.'"
EDITORIAL SHRAPNEL.
Minneapolis Tribune: If the
weather man Is right, we .will "keep
the home fires burning" for a while
now. -" '
Baltimore American: Look where
he will, the kaiser can't find a single
friend among nations. Even his al
lies and his own people will pres
ently come to hate him for the
trouble he has brought upon them.
Kansas City Star: A German street
crowd has sung' the Marseillaise in
Unter den Linden and now it only
remains for the Berlin populace to
learn "Over There" to be prepared
to join in the chorus.
Washington 'Post: A resolution
Indorsing the president In whatever
he may do has been introduced in
the senate. Now, If the president
will Indorse the senate in advance,
we shall be a happy family again.
Brooklyn Eagle: The submarines
that sank the "unsinkable" Amer
ican steamer only demonstrated
what we have known all the time
that the submarine will be beaten
by courage and vigilance instead of
by mechanical ingenuity.
Philadelphia Ledger: Bismarck
was a patriotic German, but his
shade must derive a certain degree
of cynical amusement In reflecting
upon all that has happened since a
youthful and headstrong kaiser
dropped the pilot
New York Herald: When some
one expressedfthe opinion that mercy
should be shown to criminals a dis
tinguished Frenchman asked the
pertinent question, "Why don't the
assassins begin?" At the present
moment the query would be slight
ly different or something like this,
"Why didn't -he Germans realize
that they might have to pay for their
Unity on Peace Terms
William Howard Taft in Philadelphia Ledger.
As we approach the settlement of the terms
upon which this world-war is to be ended, it is
useful to discuss the exact function which the
president has in that settlement
As commar, der-in-chief of the army and navy
he mav make an armistice and arrange the de
tails of the suspension of hostilities or a military
capitulation. He has full power and responsi
bility in this. In respect to tne terms or peace,
however, his power is much more limited. What
the limitations are, ought to be emphasized in
view of the resolution introduced in the senate
by Senator Lewis of Illinois.
Senator Lewis proposes that the senate shall
now approve whatever course may be taken by
the president in the matter of his replies and
in his dealings with the German and Austrian
governments in response to the demand for
either peace or armistice. He further would
have that body resolve that it indorses and ap
proves whatever methods the president may em
ploy to achieve the result of victorious peace
and the establishment of the principles for which
we wage war. He would bind the senate to
indorse any determination the president may
reach as to the manner best calculated to pre
serve the dignity of the nation and its complete
vindication in war.
It is within the bounds of moderation to say
that this resolution, if adopted, would be a com
plete abdication of the senate's functions in the
matter of peace. The president is not the
treaty-making power of this government all by
himself. The constitution fixes exactly who
constitute the treaty-making power. The presi
dent initiates treaties, but they do not become
effective and binding until after a two-thirds
vote of the senate. The -senate has sometimes
approved of a definite proposal of a treaty in
advance of its making, but it has never before
attempted to bind itself to approve something
which is left to the discretion of the president
thereafter to formulate.
The president has made addresses and sent
several messages to congress in which he dis
cussed what the terms of the peace should be;
but it must beWistinctly understood that those
expressions of the chief executive were only an
announcement of what at the time he would be
willing to incorporate in a treaty, which could
not become effective until two-thirds of the sen
ate had concurred with him.
The people of the United States have a right
to the independent opinion of the senate on such
a momentous question. Its members would
violate their constitutional duty if, by the Lewis
resolution, they were to surrender to the presi
dent thefr power to pass on what the president
thereafter may do as a part of the treaty-making
power.
Moreover, there are other limitations not
contained in the constitution of the United
States, which the president in his conduct of
our foreign relations in this great crisis must
in honor observe. We have been fighting this
war with our allies, Great Britain, France, Italy
and Belgium. It does not make any difference
whether we call ourselves belligerents associ
ated together in this war or allies. Certain hon
orable obligations growing out of the fact of
the association are the same,
Great Britainsand France and Italy and Bel
gium naa been fighting our battle for three full
years before we came into it. They had made
enormous sacrifices of life and treasure, not only
in behalf of themselves, but in behalf of us and
in behalf of the world. Our coming into the
war has made possible the victory now immi
nent. This is true in the same sense in which
the reserves of an army win a victory after those
who have borne the heat and burden of the day
on the battlefield have.held the foe for this final
stroke.
But the fact that we came in late and turned
the fortunes of the war does not in the slightest
negree minimize the credit of our allies, who
fought so long without us in our behalf, nor our
gratitude to them, nor the obligations of honor
that should weigh upon us in the considerate
treatment of them in settling the terms of peace.
The president, as our commander-in-chief and
as the initiator of inchoate treaties, should take
no step and make no communication with our
enemy until after consulting those who rep
resent our brave, self-sacrificing partners and
comrades. If it be true that the note of the
three inquiries directed to the German govern
ment was sent without consultation with them
this would seem to have been a slip that ought
iiot to be repeated. It would have been wiser
if the president had replied that he could only
act in these matters after consultation with his
allies.
Neither the United States nor the chief mag
istrate is the arbiter in the settlement of this
peace. The nations united in carrying on the
war against uermany are equally interested in
the outcome, and by every rule, being engaged
in a common cause, one of the parties should
take no independent action that may affect the
present or future interest of the others in re
spect to the war or the-peace.
Of course, the obligation is not absolute so
as to prevent one nation from withdrawing from
the war or insisting on different terms from
those which the other nations may seek. But
the obligation of honor reaches certainly to the
point that all must be consulted and heard be
fore any one of them takes action which may
prejudice the interest of all or any of the others.
Not only does honor require this course, but
the satisfactory winning of the war requires it.
The war is not won until the form of its settle
ment is assured. Separate action-.by one of the
powers engaged against Germany without con
sulting the others plays into Germany's hands.
It is the best means of introducing a cleavage
between the nations allied against it. Such a
cleavage would enable it to escape the just pun
ishment which should be meted out to it. The
allied nations, including our own, should present
a united diplomatic, front against their enemy
for the same reasons that led to the glorious
union of the armies under Foch.
Why Fool Ourselves
We are a long way from winning the eco
nomic independence of Germany that we have
set ourselves as en end to be obtained at all
costs, if we are in the mood to accept the non
sense that is being written about the dye situa
tion. It is important that we should get our
minds straight on this subject, because the dye
industry is one of the big factors in the Ger
man commercial effort as it affects the rest
of the world, and it is a good starting point!
for any attempt to shake ourselves free of the
restrictions that a dependence upon enemy fac
tories connotes.
We have made long strides in the dye in
dustry. The best feature of the whole matter
is that the circumstances have induced capital
in a generous measure to undertake the diffi
cult business of production. This timidity of
capital Was the main obstacle in England, where
the dye industries that ultimately grew to such
proportions in Germany were started and lost
because of lack of encouragement. The Brit
ish government found it necessary to supply
a considerable part of the capital invested in
the industry since the beginning of the war and
to give certain broad guarantees of protection
from German competition after its close.
What is the truth Of the matter as it now
stands? In England, as in this country, con
siderable; even remarkable progress, has been
made. But that in either country the manufac
turers are able to stand on their own feet in
the face of resumed German, competition there
is no reason for supposing. It would be a
miracle were it so. The enemy took genera
tions to perfect his chemical industries, ex-
penaea minions oi aonars on trie process ana
turned scores of thousands of trained minds
loose on the difficult businessf research. It
is not to be expected that we can match his
results within the span of a few years, much as
believing otherwise would feed our national
vanity. Detroit Free Press, "
State Political Comment
Beatrice Express: In other words,
Senator Hitchcock and his type of
"patriotic democrats," will back the
president whenever Mr. Wilson hap
pens to want Just what Senator
Hitchcock desires, and at no other
time. That's the senator's record
both In and out of the upper cham
ber of congress.
Fairbury News: Ten members of
the present congress have resigned
five republicans and five democrats.
The five republicans are all volun
teers In the army. Four democrats
resigned to accept more lucrative
official positions and one to better
his financial condition in private life.
The next time anyone tells you to
"vote the democratic ticket and stand
by the president In war," Just quote
these figures to him.
ScottsblufT Republican: One thing
Senator Hitcheock settled when he
voted against the president on the
suffrage bill Is that the democratic
war cry of "stand by the president"
Is only for political purposes. Sen
ator Hitchcock is not with the presi
dent nor has he been, only when he
was seeking votes to re-elect him
two years ago. The senator's vote
has completely killed the slogan, "a
republican congress will bring joy to
Berlin." Norris voted with th
president on the suffrage bill, while
Hitchcock is recorded against It, and
this in the fare of the president's
appeal that equal suffrage was neces
sary to the winning of the war.
"""Friend Telegraph: Before America
was drawn into the war Senator
Hitchcock opposed allowing muni
tions of war shipped to the belliger
ents of Europe. Denying belliger
ents the right to purchase from neu
tral nations that with which to de
fend their homes. A few days ago
he opposed extending the right of
suffrage to the women of the United
States, even after the president had
appealed In Its behalf as a war meas
ure. So splendid had been the work
of the women in this war that the
president deemed this movement on
our part not only'a political neces
sity, but also a military measure.
This measure Mr. Hitchcock aided
In defeating. His opposition to the
president and to the general meas
ures that go to make a solid phalanx
In support of all war measures, have
more than convinced the people of
this and other states that we desire
no more HItchcocks In the United
States senate.
7 S'J.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS '
"Co you belter that animal can rca-
on 1"
"Well, I'v noticed that It my bull
dog one gets a grip on a aubject ha can
hold hi own." Baltimore American. '
"You eem doubtful about woman uf-
frage?"
"I think lt' a great thing. Only I'm
afraid that after they get the vote a
whole lot of women won't care any more
about voting than a whole lot of the men
flo." Washington Star.
Dccriocratio War Record.
Glen wood, la, Oct. St. To the
Editor of The Bee: The democratlo
press and campaign orators are de
veloping: an epidemic of hysteria. It
la growing out of th fact that soma
republican may be elected to con
gress; that If such an event should
take place that congress will be pol
luted with the leprosy of disloyalty.
This, too, In face of the fact that
the history of the war shows that
th worst foes to the administration
have been and are yet found among
democratic statesmen. Where did
the democratlo party stand in 1864?
TWs nation was struggling then to
remain a government The plat
form of the democratic party adopt
ed In Chicago on the 29th day of
August, 1864, reads: "That this
convention does explicitly declare,
as the sense of the American people,
that after four years of failure to
restore the union by the experiment
of war, during which, under the pre
tense of military necessity or war
power higher than the constitution,
the constitution has been disregard
ed in every part and public liberty
and private right alike trodden down
and the material prosperity of the
country essentially impaired; Jus
tice, humanity, liberty and the public
welfare demand that Immediate ef
forts be made for a cessation of hos
tilities." That la the way the democratic
party as a party usheld the hands
of Lincoln and the nation. If the
declaration of that platform had
been carried out Woodrow Wilson
might be president of the Southern
Confederacy, if not of the United
States.
When the democratlo party met
In convention in Kansas City in 1900
this country was at war the same as
it was when it met in Chicago in
184. Ouf boys were fighting about
6,000 miles from home when this
convention sent to them these words
of encouragement: "We condemn
and denounce the Philippine policy
of the present administration (the
boys were fighting on the firing line);
It has embroiled the republic In an
unnecessary war, sacrificed the lives
of many of Its noblest sons and
placed the United States, previously
known throughout the world as the
champion of freedom, in a false and
un-American position of crushing
with military force the efforts of our
former allies to achieve liberty and
self-government.
If there are any two state papers
extant that will show the utter dis
regard for this nation in time of war
that is shown in these excerpts from
democratic platforms I would like to
read them. F. L. PUTNEY.
An Appreciation
LIBERTY BOND SUBSCRIBERS who have made
their subscriptions through The Conservative Savings
and Loan Association are requested to bring their
"DUPLICATE RECEIPTS" to our office and receive
in exchange their monthly payment contract book.
The first monthly payment will be due in November
(obtain your contract book before). To those wish
ing to pay in full we are now prepared to make de
livery of Bonds.
We take this opportunity to thank all for the sub
scriptions entered through our Association, and as
sure our best service in assisting each in so loyally
supporting qur Government. Sincerely,
Quaint Bits of Life
Birds can fly for 14 boors wlthoni
stopping to rest
The king of Bpaln ouvmm an 14
collection of relics connotd wltn
attempt on hi llf. A reminder o
the very first attempt on hia life 11
the teat of a feeding bottle, wlttf
which an attempt waa mad t
poison him when h waa only lfh,
months old. '
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We carry Pictures of every
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