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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER z, 1918.
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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG
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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.'
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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
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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-
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We Carry
New Pianos
From $275 Up.
Refinished Pianos
$150 Up.
Cash or Terms.
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1513 Douglas St.
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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. Our buyers
scoured the Eastern mills and markets and were fortunate
when they secured three big lots of splendid high-grade
Comforts and three big lots of very select Wool Nap
Blankets.
The contract price for this big purchase was very low,
considering the present market conditions. This fact enables
ns to put the entire purchase on Special Sale for one day
only at less than present wholesale prices. Come to this big
sale expecting extraordinary values and you wiS not, be
disappointed, and, as always, you make your own terms.
COMFORTERS
Sixty Dozen
Quilted or yarn tied, assorted col
ors; both sides alike; filled with
sanitary cotton; winter QQ AtL
weight. Sale Price.... Pv1w
COMFORTERS
Forty Dozen
Fine quality covering; quilted or
yarn tied; big range of colors;
both sides alike; filled with sani
tary cotton; heavy win- 7"l
ter wpleht. Sale Price.. Vlt I W
COMFORTERS
Forty-eight Down
Filled with the finest of sanitary
cotton; quilted or yarn tied; extra
good covering: a big variety of
beautiful colors and both sides
alike; heavy winter CC QC
weight Sale Price P3iWU
BLANKETS
Eighteen Hundred Fairs
Extra Fine and Heavy Wool Nap
Cotton Blankets, with thread
whipped edges; plaids, in a big
assortment of colors. n fiA
Sale Price dQg
BLANKETS
Twenty.flTe Hnndred Fab
Extra Heavy Very Select Wool
Nap Blankets; extra large size
anH in n snlpndid shade if frSV.
with assorted borderB 3d thread
whipped edges. Sale
Price
BLANKETS
Twentr-three Hnndred Pairs
Extra Heavy Very Fine Wool Nap
Blankets; plaids ana neat diock
chcks in a big assortment of col
ors, and with thread whipped
edges. Sale fC
Price .Mtlil
$4.25
Get a Service Frame For
HIS Picture
If you have a boy in the service,
you will certainly want one. They
are made of dull mat-gold, burnished
gold trimmed, surmounted by an
eagle and with the red, white and
blue emblem. The picture can be
easily put in. Assorted sizes, 6x9;
7x9; 7x10; 7x11 and
8x10 inches. Limited
quantity, while they
last, only
$1.49
Buy Your Range or Heater Nov
Ton Hay Not Be Able to Get One Later On.
THIS IS THE ONLY STOKE IN OMAHA WHEBE T0U CA1T SEC t EE
A GEMLE HOWARD OYEB-DBAFT HEATER.
The most wonderful heating stove
ever constructed. Its over -draft
feature is entirely exclusive with
Howard heaters. This feature enables
you to get every bit of heat out of
the coal; hence you get twice the heat
with one-half the fuel and one bucket
of coal goes as far as two in the or
dinary heater. Ask your neighbor
about the Howard Over-draft heater.
Many styles to select from all mod
erately priced.
Soft Coal Heaters
Better get your heater tomorrow
while 4he assortment is complete and
before the sizes are broken. Many
styles to select from. Priced at
S6.95-S12.50-S17.50
$24.50 to S39.50
Cook Stoves and Steel Ranges
The largest showing of guaranteed cook stoves and steel ranges
Is the city. Every one bears our positive guarantee to be a first class
baker. Priced at
$21.50-$27.50-$34.50-$39.50 to $59.50
High Grads Dresser?
In all tbe different woods and
finishes. Priced at
S14.50, $19.50,'
$27.50, S34.50,
COLUMBIA
GHAFOHOLAS
Secure your Grafonola now
while our stocks are complete.
Many styles to select from.
Priced from
$20 to $160
Full line of Columbia Double
Disc Records to select from.
The People's Store
Opposite Hotel Rome