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1Z THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER z, 1918. The Omaha Bee BJULY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWA&D ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR IHK BEK PUBLISH INQ COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tt iwuM Pmo. ol -h TbtllMlii member. U clw)Tlr !. Jri HtollMcwUl credited la tWl PM. .1) U loci J? tfrtSS. Wl titbu or publtttUon ot our .! dupttclw. in ilw wtned. OFFICES! Bt Uu'-Ktw B'k o Commerce Ooun.il Bl uWi-1 U,,B 8t WufclSJton-1311 0 St. Unoola-Littti Buildlo. AUCUST CIRCULATION Daily 67,135 Sunday 59,036 Anm. etrculMloa for U. rath .ubKrtbed ind iwom to b Swuht WiUim... ClrtcultUoo Mmum Sbicribr le.vinf th. city ihould h.T. Thi B r.IW t thorn. Addreii cb.nged i otten roquwtt. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG l!l'HllWi'.llili V . A A A A. W k k Saturday night will be some night in Omaha. Henry Ford's "loyalty" also might react to the acid test. ' ' .Well, how does it feel to breathe air on which no quarantine is laid? "Your war governor" apparently is not riding as easily as he was a year ago. A good messenger boy is all right in his place, but his place is not in congress. Copenhagen rumors are quite as numerous and about as reliable as Copenhagen snuff. A vote for Mike Clark, "the sheriff on the job," is a vote to keep the right man on the job. 4 Just remember, too, that the Omaha Hyphen ated found its superstatesmen in Berlin four years ago. Whatever you do on Tuesday, do not forget the constitutional amendment to stop the kaiser- vote in Nebraska? "Dan" Stevens is finding out that a congress man is likely to be held quite as responsible for what he did not as for what he did do. "Who would sup with the devil must have a long spoon," and Bulgaria, Turkey and Aus tria do not seem to have been so equipped. ... - ! ( The democratic Hyphenated scolds The Bee for giving preference to candidates of its own party. What republicans is the W. H. favoring? "Your war governor's" letter to the Home Guards, asking them to vote for their "com mander-in-chief," is taking reverse English, all right. Nobody questions how the local pro-German vote is going, and that is another reason why loyal Americans should vote for "Big Jeff" for congress.y The 'president also explains that he did not mean free trade, but most of his readers, and the British socialists in particular, think he did, and have concluded accordingly. WAS POLITICS EVER "ADJOURNED r ' Senator Thomas of Colorado last week let the cat out of the bag in the course of one of the sudden storms of debate that occasionally sweep through the senate chamber. He said politics should never be "adjourned" in this country. Records of the administration at Washington support the conclusion that no such adjournment ever took place. In October last year, as a war measure, a bill to create the office of federal inspectors of explosives was passed. It was hailed by Sena tor Pittman of Nevada, an ardent administration supporter, as a measure to "crush out anarchy." It turned out to be more serviceable as provid ing employment for "deserving democrats." Senator Penrose stated in the senate on Janu ary 21, last: I called up the Bureau of Mines and asked them how these appointments were to be made, whether by a civil service examination or from graduates of a technical college, or from men experienced in the manufacture of these articles. I was told in cold blood by some gentleman at the other end of the tele phone, and I have two witnesses to the con versation my secretary was one of them that these men were to be appointed in states where there were two democratic senators upon the recommendation of these two sena . tors; and in states where there was one demo crat and one republican upon the recommen dation of the democratic senator; and in states where both senators were republicans upon the recommendation of the chairman of the democratic state committee. Pursuant to this policy Charles F. Clark' of David City, editor of a democratic newspaper there and a supporter of the Hitchcock-Mullen machine, was named as inspector of explosives for Nebraska, although he had no experience in connection with the business. Similarly, in each state of the union, a manwas selected be cause of his ability as politician and without regard to his fitness as an expert, to look after explo'sives. In New Hampshire a shoe mer chant was chosen, in New Jersey an automobile salesman, in Nevada a newspaper editor, in New Mexico a live stock man, in Minnesota a lawyer, and so on through the list No wonder they want to clinch their hold on congress 1 For University Regents. Without disparaging other candidates, The Bee bespeaks the favor of friends of the Uni versity of Nebraska for Frank W. Judson and John R. Webster, two public-spirited and ex perienced business men who, in response to' urgent request of those interested in the wel fare of this institution, consented to run for places on the board of regents. To those who know these men personally, or who have had business relations with them, no word of commenaation is necessary. For the past year Mr. Judson has been giving his whole time and valuable services to the direc tion of the Red Cross organization in Nebraska, and Mr. Webster -has been well in the front ranks in everything for the support of the war. Of course, the war will eventually come to its close and the university will be restored to a peace footing, and it is here that the need of just the kind of ability these men possess will be obvious. Through the location of the Medical school here, Omaha has a direct interest in its rep resentation in the management, but the state as a whole is just as much concerned in securing the very best men available for the regents' positions. All may rest assured no mistake will be made by voting tor Judson and Webster. TODAY. Right in the Spotlight. Count Julius Andrassy, who is re ported to have been named Austro Hungarian foreign minister in suc cession to Barion Burian, is a Hun g.rian statesman who for many years has been prominent in theo litical world of Europe. He was in the revolutionary movement of 1848. then went into exile, and was not able to return to Hungary until the general amnesty of 1857. Sub sequently he was elected to parlia ment, and succeeded the famous Count Beust as foreign ' minister. It was while occupying this osition that he issued the famous Andrassy note to Turkey, setting forth the ir reducible minimums of reform de manded by the Christian powers. Count Andrassy' is very popular with the Hungarian people. One Year Ago Today in the War. Germans abandoned first line po sitions north of the Aisne. Austro-German patrols advanced to the banks of the Tagliamento river. Eight lives lost when transport Finland was torpedoed homeward bound from a French port. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. The roofing material for the new county hospital is enroute to Omaha from Indianapolis. The building on the corner of Ninth street and the Union Pacific track, which has recently been oc- House of Hoherizollern Doomed Let the Voters Answer. Omaha, Oct 31. To the Editor of The Bee: Here is a news item: Washington, Oct SO. An engi neer training camp with accommo- mt ri.nnr. CRACKER COMPANY cupied by the Pacific Hotel com pany, has been rented by the Mc Clurg Cracker company. The man ager of the company's office will be W. J. Cartan. C. J. Smyth addressed a mass meeting of 300 to 400 persons at the council chamber. Edward Goodman, for the last two years treasurer of the Grand opera house, has resigned and leaves for Lincoln to accept a similar po sition in that city. The Horse Railway company has received bids for everything neces sary to construct a cable line on the American system. The Day We Celebrate. Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of the treasury of the United States, born at Morristown, Vt., 70 years ago. Fox Conner, brigadier general United States Army, born in Mis sissippi, 44 years ago. James F. Watson, junior United States senator from Indiana, born at Winchester, Ind., 54 years ago. Rt. Kev. trancis K. Brooke, epis copal bishop of Oklahoma, born at Gambier, O., 66 years ago. Dr. Clyde A. Duniway, president of Colorado college, born at Albany, Ore., 5i years ago. Agnew 1. Dice, president, of the Philadelphia & Reading railway, born at Scotland, Pa., 56 years ago. Pershing's boys still have the honor post on the battle front, and while their work does not fill so large a space in the press reports, it is interesting the kaiser mightily. The main point in the war is that the kaiser still is in the saddle and the German people are following his lead. Until the Hohenzollern has been definitely unhorsed we will have no peace. Attorney General Gregory "concludes" that the Hughes report on the aircraft situation does not disclose anything to justify a charge of bad faith, but it does show an enormous waste of money. Residents of German towns in the Rhine valley are fleeing in prospect of being held as hostages for good behavior of the Huns. They give little evidence of confidence in their countrymen. If anyone has any doubt about the German alliances of Herr Endres, just step into the county treasurer's office and take an inventory of the little Germany he maintains on the public payroll there. , The Omaha Hyphenated solemnly pro nounces its anathema on the man who dares to make political capital out of the embargo on corn shipments, but as its preferred candidate for governor is the only one who has openly done so, we do not quite get the connection. What Army Medicos Do The medical department is one of the largest and most complex machines connected with the army. Its routine functions are arduous at all times, but in addition to these it is called uoon to meet emergencies greater and more cataclys- mal tharfc those which contront any other branch of the service. Its officers must be versatile, resourceful, quick-thinking, knowing how to make war as well as to repair the ravages of war. "Unarmed combatants," a French officer recently called them, and the phrase was happy one. .... As an example of the manifold duties of the medicine man, an instructor tells us that during a campaigrrthe medical department on erating along the line of communication, which is the connecting link between the zone of ad vance and home territory, is charged with four important tunctions. 1 It is charged with the maintenance of such a sysem of sanitation that there may be no un due loss from preventable causes among troops oassinir en route. . 2 It must maintain such a system of care of the sick and wounded that .these may as quickly as possible be returned to the firing line. 3 It must maintain such a system of trans ! portation that the wounded from the battle zone may be promptly sent to the proper hospitals i farther in the rear. . v V 4 It must maintain a never-failing system of supply of sanitary material to the troops in the tone of advance. Here are four distinct incumbencies; sani tation; medicine and surgery, transportation and ( supply, and all this in addition to the care of ,- the hopelessly crippled as well as the disposal of the dead. A. F. Harlow in Century Maga- Fliwer Brand of Loyalty. Henry Ford was selected by the president to be his anointed candidate for the United States senate from Michigan because of his "intense loyalty." Flivvers and loyalty go to gether, and the fact that the immense Ford plant has been engaged on war work exclusively at a remunerative price has been paraded as a proof of the sagacity of the head of the dem ocratic party in determining his choice. Now comes the Hughes report on the air craft scandal, and discloses the fact that the Ford plant is a hotbed of pro-German activity. One of the employes was fined $300 at one time for insulting remarks made in reference to the president. He was returned at once to his place on the Ford payroll. The head of the drafting department, where plans for the Lib erty motor were prepared, and where vexatious rtfelays occurred, is German-born, an outspoken sympathizer with theTcaiser and notorious in his' attitude. When this was called to Mr. Ford's attention by other department heads, asking for the removal of the disloyal man, who had so much power to harm the government and hold up its aircraft program, the great pacifist said, "Nay!" and the kaiserite remains in charge. The report tells it this way: Mr. Ford deliberated and stated he had heard numerous rumors, but in speaking of all he had heard there had not been one thing shown him which would make him change u ?eseLnt head oi the drafting department He felt that it was a time of sacrifice that m the next few years every man would be called upon to make some sort of sacrifice, and that probably Mr. Emde. German-born, was mak ing his sacrifice now when making drawings for the Liberty motor to be used ultimately against Germany. , A friend of Eude, caught with photographs of the Ford plant and copies of motor drawings. has been interned. Judge Hughes mildly char acterizes the situation as "laxity," but plain peo ple will likely regard it as something far more serious. Jt is a queer form of loyalty, to say me least. When Wilson Was Not So Great The president does not want the commit tee to report the war cabinet bill. If reports be true, he objects even to a discussion of this legislation in the senate. This attitude on part of the president is unfortunate, but not altogether unnatural. In the first place, the president belongs to the school of political philosophers who adhere to the belief that all important legislation should originate with and be proposed by the executive. I cannot subscribe to this scheme of government Congressional Record. Now, you are wrong. Those words were not uttered by a republican senator, vigorously op posing me democratic president. They are taken trom a speech by Senator Hitchceck. de livered last February, when he was heading the movement to take the management of the war out of the hands of Mr. Wilson and bestow it on a war cabinet to be created by the senate, Contrast this attitude with that of his Omaha Hyphenated now, when it is beseeching the peo P 'eto vote for democrats underthe pretense that only so can "the greatest statesman of his day" be preserved in his work of saving the world, ' , This Day in History. 1755 Marie Antoinette, the ill- fated queen of France, born in Vi enna. Executed by the Jacobins, October 16, 1793. 1841 Sir Alexander Burnes and others murdered in a rising against the British at Cabul. 1914 Russians continued their progress toward the German border in Poland. 1915 Great Britain gave conduct of the war into hands of a small cabinet committee. 1916 Germans evacuated Fort Vaux, one of the principal strong holds at Verdun. Brooklyn Eagle. The House of Hohenzollern is tottering, and great will be the fall thereof. It is a structure reared stone by" stone throughout many years, its builders spurred on by towering ambition to a xeal.that in the end has nverrparherl itslf. ... . I vi iuiiis vaiiip w.wi n.uminv- . icn by its cations for 18.000 men is to be built magnitude would overshadow all others in the at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The War world. Obsessed by their aim, they lost all department announced today that sense of proportion. They defied all laws of hu- work will begin at once and will rep man architecture. The inevitable crash is im- Je0ent an estimated cost of $5,000, minent, and threatens to involve all the contem- -here wa8 our mes8nlfer boy" porary builders tn the wreckage. congressman or Senator Hitchcock The word Hohenzollern comes from the and his gTeat "lnflooence" as head name of a castle which stood on the hill of Zol- of the committee on foreign rela lern and gave its name to the family which the tlons (by seniority), when this dell emperor of Germany today represents. It is f'0"8 P'c of pie was being dls ,;a v,,.,. k.. .k. ;.u t!,r., tribnted. aaiu w nave uu uuill 111 LUC ilium vvmuij.i . , , , . . . 4 v,. Au;n. 4 i: ;th f,m .. Why should Omaha, with two of 6 - wnHtH u ...iv ..... tne best equlpped fortg centrally lo llies of .Rome and Lombardy; but the first his- cate(li spacious buildings already toric reference is found in a chronicle dated completed and a large area of unoc 1088. It makes reference to two counts of Zol- cupied land now growing up to lern, or Zolorin, who died in 1061. The line of wet'ds be thus neglected while mil one of these died out, it appears, and from the J1?"8 are e'ng spent elsewhere, nttipr nrvh,rA A.iZnjA k rcnt Will Omaha and Nebraska continue rnVan ,,i; T i7: "'r. to stand for such evident neglect or German ruling line. His grandson, F"d'ck, acknow,edged incompetency on the who died in 1145, was in great favor with two part of tnelr representatives? This German powers of that time, Lothair the Saxon question can be answered. at the and Lonrad 111. His son, also rrederick, polls next Tuesday. VOTER. through marriage, obtained, in addition to his ' own estates, some lands in Austria and Fran- itoI'-lL Edl c .i. i- , .. tor of The Bee: Of course this is the oo inc line continued, witn new acquisitions people's war and nobly are tfcey re of territory from various sources, ind constant sDondin with blood and treasure. divisions amohg lineal descendants, until in 1361 This is a country "for the people, by rrederick (titth of the name) was sole ruler of the people and of the people." ah Nurembere. Ansharh anH Ravnnth Fmm his soldiers are to be honored and de- close friendship with Emperor Charles IV came serve care alike, whether red, black, Ha fnrnul inmti,,.. ,,,:- t ,u or white. The peace all nations de- his formal mvesture as prince of the emp re in 8i i8 wh.n H.n'd.nhllP, -,, T.uden- 1 rS W m nrMrrf om K1 ..Ta. A,. 1 ' . ww. aav uiwylu ail OUIC 1UICI, UlllUUULiHK m I rlnrf oho H oh&nH thai, ba H ara onrl regular system of public finance into his lands, parh hand his swnril tn Pershinir and One of his sons married a daughter of the em- Foch and sgiy they began the war peror, thus definitely linking the line with roy- like heathens, but will end it like alty,, though he died without sons. gentlemen and never will war any more. Any one wno lives 10 our TTrm 14K 17m u. fw...o t,. u cosTituuon is a patriot, and anyone i.v a v nit luiiuiica UI ilic iiu I i j a -r j j henzollerns are identified with those of Bran- our soldlers because they are our denburg, and from that time until the present defenders. Our elections are near with that of Prussia, the occasion of the change and don't forget for a minute if any being the coronation of the Elector Frederick one holds an office for which he is III as king of Prussia. In 1848 two princes of not flt. elect one who is. the Hohenzollprn line bran ni nnliriral Hif. MARY A. SUMMERS. ..8.cu w.c.r p.. utipaiii.es. iii ac- Vote Republican Ticket lands reverted to the king of Prussia, who duly g: fr&lpTnZl took possession on March 12, 1850. By royal republican party has been a party ucjcc uic uuc oi mgnness ana tne preroga- of patriotism and of loyalty to the tives of younger sons of the royal house were flag. No republican has ever shot conferred on the two abdicating princes. The at the American flag. No traitor to suggestion to raise Prince Leopold of the house our nation has ever been found of one of thpm tr tin. ;n3n;ch tk,. i is7n within the ranks of that historical precipitated the Franco-Prussian war. ElItlK t SrS" ?h r i . . .. been traitors to our nation, yet the In one of his messages President Wilson only disloyalty to our flag at any f1rlarjl that in ,Vi a 14rViA,11A-nn . TV . - ? ........... ... mv. iivuuiunuui guvem- time in me nistory oi our country ment the United States can never have a friend, has come from democrats. and that in the presence of its organized now- We are told that our armies in ers, always lying in wait to accomplish we know France are fighting for what is not what purpose, tliere can be no assurance of fal,e1 democracy, yet at the same security for the democratic government of the time hundr?,ds of thousands of white u-nrl1 - j i '"' - ..... rr . . . I south, who are now fighting for de loaay pracucaiiy tne whole non-leuton mocracy in France, are not allowed world is lined up with the president in support the right to vote in their own states of that dictum. The present representative of of this nation. I hope that those the Hohenzollerns, Wilhelm II, stands before men when they gft back from the the tribune of civilization. 9mH f Kr.ai. war will demand the right to vote faith and unwarranted disturbance of the neace. and. that an unw.uling d?m0(;r.a"0 ..j th,, : ui u. l . t j,': party in every soutnern state win dc f Tw verdlcVS thf3t he ,S,the 8reatst bandit impelled to give them that right in history, guilty of an outlawry never before under our flag. Before giving equaled. women the right of suffrage, the wrone to hundreds of thousands of in the war of liberation in 1813 FrrirV men ought to be righted Wilhelm III of Prussia had no alternative nth.r When we were finally forced into than to offer self-government and a constitution war. with Aermkany the rePubUcan tn hie ; j . . party stood by the democratic presi- Zu.! ?te.Pl 01 order . t0 enllst their support. Sent with unflinching loyalty and u -i J . j camf. 10 maKe gooa' n0wev", compelled a lagging war effort to be ne tailed to do so disregard for given pledges roused to a speed that is resulting being a salient feature of the Hohenzollern in the complete overthrow of the blood. A liberal party was the outgrowth of kaiser and his barbarians. Yet with this, and its ranks included not the masses, but 0X1 itB !yalty t0 the president, he the cultured and wealthy middle classes. They noS ask,8 that lhe J1 .nevlr demanded a nmm,nt L ,, t tr' ending loyalty be defeated in the i,,i . Foao M y- . i . . r:"8 elections for congressmen and sena I..'""" OTO' "y.Q? 01 strong revolution- tor8 on Tuesday of next week ly measures, wrestea it irom tne reluctant rul- Let the loyal . republican party ers. The first Prussian Parliament was strongly stand with firm determination that liberal, and continued so until 1861. Iti onnn- the war shall end only with the most sition to the ruling house was so strong that the signal victory of the allies, and let us r-russian King, wno subsequently became Em- oe1,r ,L "mi ,i . i"5 tt,,u ,c SfSLffiS"" upon one occasion was vlXliTtTOm 5ri....i, .... . . . FRANK A. AGNEW. jjui uuu cuuara ieopioa von Bismarck, des- Timely Jottings and Reminders. One thousand five hundred fifty- fifth day of the great war. Centenary of Thomas A. Tenckes, known as ''the Father of Civil Ser vice Reform" in the United States. All Souls' Day. which will be ob served in France by the decoration of the graves of the soldier dead. A notable wedding in Washington today will be that of Miss Lucy Burleson, daughter of the postmas ter general and Mrs. Burleson, and Ensign Charles Green Grimes of the United States naval reserve. Added importance will be given today's observance of fire preven tion day throughout the United States and Canada because of the necessity of conserving both labor and material for war purposes. Storyet'.e of the Day. Ruth, 6, was much interested in the visitor who engaged her in conversation. "Have you .any children? the child inquired. - "Oh, yes, I have three." "How old are they?" "One is 9 and one is 11 and one is 14." "How much is nine and 11?" "Nine and 11 are 20." "And how much is 1 . more?" "Twenty and 14 would be 34." Gazing in admiration at the pretty face of the visitor. Ruth exclaimed; "Well, nobody to look at you would imagine you had been mar ried 34 ; ears." Youngstown Tele gram. WHITTLED TO A POINT. Baltimore American: Thekaiser Is vociferously ready to shed the last drop of everybody else's blood in de fending himself and his family, alias the fatherland. Minneapolis Tribune: A Nebras ka Judge has decided that there is no law, human or divine, forbidding' a woman to wear pants wnere sne is doing a man's work. What if there was? She'd wear 'em anyway. Washington Post: Matt Erzberg er. one of the kaiser's dachshunds, says he is pained over the torpedo ing of the Iinster. but that it is the hand of fate. The hand of fate will give him .still greater pain before long. New Tork Herald: The point of Marshal Foch's sword la doing pretty well in "arranging the details" of the evacuation of Belgium and France. The situation doesn't need any round table suggestions from Huns. -' Kansas City Star: Probably the kaiser didn't mean to be prophetic, but merely pathetic, when he closed his speech to the Krupp workers, but if he hasn't forgotten those 4 word were; "And now farewell.' ,.11 , ie skilled niani:r L " J. I -. Dccomcs rne mosr en thusiastic admirer tfie after he has mvejtiq. ated, witk open mind H$ unique construct ioa He tnen understands why its famous tension resonator, producing a tone of imperisKablo beauty, makes it tkey world's finest piano oar none ' v tmed to play a vital role in the historv of Ger- many, persuaded him not to do so, and pledged his assistance in effecting the restoration of the absolutism of the house of Hohenzollprn anrl the consequent overthrow of the power of Par liament. Bismarck himself was a member of that body, and was one of the strongest spokesmen of what was known as the junker party, de fending always the power of the kii and fight ing against its curtailment by the new constitu tion. He was the most trusted adviser of the king, and to him were riven missions of a moist important and delicate nature. He was person ally responsible for the struggle with the Danes in 1864, and with Austria in 1866, acting in the latter case entirely upon his own responsibility and braving (as he himself admitted in his memoirs) the wrath of Parliament and the dan ger of forfeiting his life. L By the war of 1866 Bismarck inHirprtlw ,e the power which established Prussian domina tion of Germany. It sounded nut the aim nf Frederick the Great, creating through the power of the Prussian sword a unifiedGermany. Yet i me sdine tune, witn almost uncanny tore sight, he insisted upon no annexation of Aus trian territory, and aimed in every way to re store Austrian friendship, looking no doubt toward a time like the present, when Germany wouiu neeo. us .teutonic neighbors as allies. Frederick William IV. habituallv ate, has to his discredit the sending of 100,000 Prussian prisoners, manv of them noli tiraL tn Siberian prisons upon the "friendlv invitation" of his Russian brother-in-law, the czar. Lrranda 0fO u Throughout his reign of 21 years he was the fflW butt of the humorists at home and abroad, the lavorue portrayal or mm being in a state of dis gusting inebriety. He keot uo ruthless warfare gainst the exponents of constitutional govern ment ana unaer nis regime can ichurz and other well known German lovers of freedom left weir nomes tor tne greater opportunities of the comparatively young country across the seas. He was a sufferer from the same ear malady with which the present emperor is afflicted, and from it he became insane in 1858, and had to be placed under restraint. His brother William was made regent, re maining so until the emperor died, whereupon he became; Emperor William I. It was during his reign that Bismarclt was the power behind the throne. Many question able deeds, explicable only on the ground that "the end justifies the means," had been adoptd as 'a motto and the "end" was the glorification of the house of Hohenzollern, were perpetuated under his rule. The duchies of Schleswig-Hol-stein were seized, though this was in violation of treaties. Personal fortunes were confiscated. Deliberate falsification ofa telegram by Bis- marcK precipitated the frranco-i'russian war. This reminds one of Liebknecht's contention "that in the outbreak of the present struggle the German militarists lied not only to the rest of the world, but even to the Reichstag itself. Bis marck in after yearsirtSt a whit repentant, but rather glorying in what bluntly was forgery, admitted that were it not for that falsification the war would in all likelihood never have taken place. 1 William's son, Frederick, father of Wilhelm II, was his successor. After a few brief months of rule he succumbed to cancer of the throat Yet even in that short period he demonstrated a breadth of political outlook and a beauty of character quite unlike that of others of his house, and made it evident to students of history that had he been spared the subsequent history of his country would have been far different. Of Wilhelm II nothing need be said. The pages of contemporary history are filled with tui ottensea, f- six 'Uprigklt 65Q up We Carry New Pianos From $275 Up. Refinished Pianos $150 Up. Cash or Terms. gvtrjthfog In Jjrt ind I us ic 1513 Douglas St. WHY NOT 7CT SSI 1 111' 1 I "" .V I tiJ BIG LOTS BLUETS and COMFORTERS On Special Sale ONE DAY ONLY Saturday, Nov. 2 Blankets and Comforters are very scarce, for the reason that the Government has taken over nearly-all that were available for the use of both the boys that are in Europe and those that are in the service in America. 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