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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER' 4, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BtE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Til Ataorisied Press, of wtikn Tta Bm Is number, ! uclostMl, asttllad to Um um for publication of til Bern diapatcbM credited lo It or ant oUerwiM credited In tbls ppw. and alao tbs local as onMltbad herela. All rights of publication of out special dispatches are tin reaertad. OFFICES: Chlcato Paorla'a Ou Balldlng. Otpaha Ta Be Bldj. N Yort 8 ririb Af. Souin Omaha Ml 8 N St Ht. Urals New B'k of Commere. Ununcll Blufft 14 N. Main Bt Wuttotfoa-UU Q 81. blocoln LilM Rulldlna. OCTOBER CIRCULATION Daily 68,570 Sunday 60,405 Arena circulation for tb montb aubacrtbed and aworo lo M B. R. Baaao. Circulation Manager. Subscriber leaving th city should havt Th Be mailed to them. Address chanfed olteo at requested. ' . THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG Plllllliiilillillilllli if ! AAA . 1 A lllll l.:. i . i. .. -n un ins rciuru mayuc inc (jicsiuciii win icu us why he went. j Even the kaiser foozled when he tried to spare the whole world. . Well, the pikers are finally up to congress; what's next, another investigation? . Denmark modestly declines to furnish the Germans all they want to eat. It's too big a job. A little of the spirt of give and take may be serviceable to both sides of the street railway dispute. Cha'mp Clark waxed loquacious in comment ing on the president's address. He used five whole words. ; Up to the present Pancho Villa has not asked for a seat at the peace table, but the entries are not yet closed. The ex-kaiser is to .be indicted as a pirate, which will make Blackbeard, Morgan and all that crew turn over in their graves. Another certain evidence that the war is over may be found in the fact that New York i again watching a six-day bicycle race. . The soldier vote leaves the republican dele gation from Douglas to the state senate un broken, 'a not wholly unlooked-for result. A new comet has been discovered by the Hamburg observatory. A few days ago it might have been the kaiser coming down. Accrediting Dr. Solf to the peace council as delegate from the German-Austrian republic is all right, but who vouches for the republic? ; One of the great difficulties in Europe just now is that everybody realizes that work must be done, but each wants somebody else to do it. Governor McKelvie and the legislature are urged to be liberal with appropriations, that the democrats may have campaign thunder two years hence: The peace party now on its way to Paris, ii . i r o. ii 1 i iikc me one mat saneu ior oiocKnoim inree years ago, is quite as notable for those who are not in it as for thpse who are. The democrats talk of the president being confronted by an "angry republican" congress. What could be more pregnant than the sullen silence of some present democratic leaders? Aside from whatever qualifications he may have as a railroad man, Judge Lovett possesses the most'valuable asset of hailing from Texas --a sure winner with the present administration. .The crown prince declares he has renounced nothing, and does not intend to sign the papers. That is all right; his chances for facing a jury in criminal court are far better than any other right now. . It ts a little difficult to welcome the Polish heroes with glad acclaim and accommodate their conduct with the tales of pogroms from Galicia. Liberty seems to have many degrees these days. . Mayor Smith is right as to requiring each commissioner to accept responsibility for sup plies purchased for his department, but the work ought to be carried on through a single agency, itself responsible to the entire commission. Scattering the work will not make for good results. Unscrambling the Railroads When Chairman Warficld. speaking for the association of railroad securities the other day, pointed out that "what is done from now on" in the management of the railroads "must be taken as indicating the railroad policy of the adminis tration" he voiced a truth which will be im pressed upon the public with increasing empha sis from day to day. The act authorizing the taking over of the transportation facilities of the country was distinctly a war measure, and the provision for their return to the owners was a specific acknowledgment of this. It is there fore proper and timely for the owners to take the initiative, as they are preparing to do, to ask the federal government for an early announce ment of its policy. Does it still regard the war emergency requires a retention of control, or does it intend to maintain that control as long as possible to demonstrate a theory of govern ment ownership? If the latter, the federal au thorities cannot be too often or too insistently reminded that they have as yet no mandate from the' people for such a policy. And they must realize that the problems involved in relinquish ing control are going to be far more difficult than any encountered in the taking over of the roads. Changes have been made in the direction of greater efficiency of operation, in the elimi nation of duplicated service and waste, etc., which the public will be unwilling to see un done. A new status will have to be created. How far the admitted improvements introduced as war measures shall be secured on a peace basis is a pretty intricate problem, for the solu tion of which sound counsel, genuine co-operation and some legislation will be necessary. The Security Owners' association has called to its aid a formidable array of legal counsel, and their talents could be put to no more useful work than the untangling of the railroad situa tion in the interest, not solely of the security owners, but of the whole nation. Philadelphia Ledger. CITY AND COUNTY CONSOLIDATION. That a great deal of needless duplication of effort can be cut out and an immense amount of now wasted time and money can be saved by a consolidation of the governments of Omaha and Douglas county requires no argument Such consolidations have been effected with most satisfactory results in many places, such as Denver and San Francisco, and their example has been held out to us from time to time, but to no purpose because of seemingly insuperable obstacles in our constitution and laws. The revived talk of annexing Sarpy county to Doug las county, like the talk of cutting Douglas county in two, is part of the same problem it is feasible only if a plan could be first worked out to give a unified co-ordinated government to whatever territory and population should be included in the municipal subdivison. What stands in the way of city and county consolidation, or of segregating city from county? It is the constituitonal provision mak ing separate consent of both parties pre requisite and the further provision for uniform taxes within each taxing area. The first really turns upon the second, for if an equitable way were attainable of apportioning taxes so that city property would pay at the rate necessary to maintain the benefits of city conveniences and the strictly farm property would pay at rates corresponding to the lesser benefits, the objections hitherto encountered would be re moved. Can the road to merger of city and county governments be cleared? It surely cannot by the legislature, but by the coming constitutional convention, which is now not so far off. It would be well for the official authorities of the two local government jurisdictions to begin to look into the experience of other cities and study the question with a view to having some thing definite to present at the proper time. Let Both Sides Be Cautious. The conflict between the Omaha street rail way company and its employes has flared up again and is assuming threatening aspects. Each side should be warned in advance as to the re sponsibility it assumes. It is not proposed here and now to pass on the merits of the case; what The Bee wants to emphasize is that the dispute contains no ele ments that will suffer through being held in abeyance. The issues were once submitted to the war labor board, and there must be some authority capable of determining whether its decision still applies or should be modified. Neither the company nor the men have a right to involve the great third party in the dis pute and throw the whole city into turmoil. Interrupted service on the street railway lines at this time would be felt in every avenue of our activity. The hundreds of thousands who daily patronize and depend on the street railway lines have rights which are above those of either disputant, and neither will gain by recklessly disregarding these rights. The directors of the company and the lead ers of the union ought to let this thought sink in deeply. Edmond Rostand: Poet and Patriot. France has lost another eminent citizen and added another to its long galaxy of immortals, Edmond Rostand, poet, dreamer, dramatist and moralist, who has just passed in his fiftieth year. It is impossible in a few lines to sum up the life work of this man, nor to more than faintly indicate his influence on his day. Rostand was an intense patriot, and by his contributions to the contemporary stage litera ture he greatly aided in the preservation in France of that wonderful spiritual unity which has so inspired the civilized world. Perhaps it is correct to say he is better known in Amer ica through "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Chan ticler," for it is with those Americans are more thoroughly acquainted. His love of France, glowing with patriotic fervor, is far more effec tively shown in "L'Aiglon." No one who has heard Sarah Bernhardt declaim the eloquent lines set down for the Eaglet can fail to under stand how its thought must have uplifted the French and given them strength to face the day they knew must come, when again in arms they would battle to preserve thetr liberty. The son of Napoleon, beating out his wings against the bars of the Austrian cage set around him by Metternich, was France, under the shadow of Prussia. The intensity of its appeal is the more to be appreciated because it was forbidden to be presented in Berlin. Rostand long ago had won his permanent place in the world of letters, and may now be given something of permanence in the greater world of politics because of his admitted influ ence on th French mind when it needed a stimulant. Progress of a President. Several expressions in the president's ad dress to congress deserve more than momen tary consideration because of their unexpected quality. One of these is his admission that he does not krrow exactly what to do with the rail roads. This is a gratifying evidence of progress, it being the first sign he has ever given of willingness to hear from others as to a policy. Another utterance that must arrest attention is that "leading strings" cannot tie applied to Americans in pursuit of their own affairs. This discovery may date back to the election of last month, but whether or not it is an echo of that event, it shows a reversal of opinion amounting to an about face. In his work on "The New Freedom," which signalized his en trance to the presidency, Mr. Wilson outlined views that tended not only to leading strings, but to check-reins and blinders as well for American business. He has changed his mind before, and probably will again, so that aspect of the situation is neither novel nor alarming. The fact that he has ceased to be dogmatic and has come to recognize the futility of meticu lous regulation of the ordinary affairs of life, in dicates his six years in the White House have not been wholly in vain. Luxemburgers who raided German shops ostensibly because American soldiers had been overcharged were very likely striking two blows for themselves to one for the strangers. Most Yankee soldiers were used to being over charged before they left this country. A remarkable thing has happened in Omaha the juvenile authorities have reached the con clusion that a half-grown, ill-behaved boy de served the whipping his mother administered. This sign of returning sanity is certainly refreshing t Right in the Spotlight. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, who has announced his candidacy for the next presidential campaign in Cuba, is a former president of the repub lic, having filled the office of chief executive from 1909 to 1913. Gen. Gomez is allied with the dominant faction of the co-called Liberal party, as opposed to the Conserva tives who are now in power. Both as a soldier and politician he has long been prominent in Cuban af fairs. He won some distinction as a brave general during the last Cuban insurrection of 1895 against Spain, which terminated in the American intervention of 1898. He served acceptably as governor of his native province of Santa Clara, un der the American military adminis tration, and was afterwards elected to the same position when Presi dent Talma was inaugurated, in 1902. One Year Ago Today in the War. President Wilson announced the war aims of the United States. Sinking of British passenger steamer Apapa with loss of 80 lives reported. French foreign office announced the creation of a supreme allied naval committee. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. According to an agreement made between Peter Goos and Julius 1 Meyer, the musical union orchestra will give concerts every Sunday af ternoon at the Winter garden. Mrs. Joe Wells of Hamilton, 111., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. L. H. Bacr. Mr. and Mrs. William Fullweiler of Clay Center, Kan., are in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lou H. Baer. Augustus Gilchrist of Red Oak, la., arrived in this city to visit his brother, R. Gilchrist, the commis sion merchant. G. W. Doane, 2024 Chicago street, is advertising for a competent man to take care of his horses and cow. The Day We Celebrate. Frank J. Carey, manager of the Carev Cleaning company, born 1882. Lillian Russell, long a star of the American light opera stage, born at Clinton, la., 57 years ago. Sir Alexander Rutterworth, head of the British arbitration and con ciliation board for government em ployes, born 64 years ago. Charles Holmes Herty, eminent leader of the American chemical profession, horn at Milledgeville, Ga., 51 years ago. Rear Admiral Royal R. Ingersoll, U. S. N., retired, born 'at Niles, Mich., 71 years ago. This Day in History. 1808. The Inquisition was sup pressed in Spain by Napolean. 1829 Abolition of the .rite of suttee, or the burning of Hindu widows on the funeral pile of their husbands. - 1868 Steamboats United States and America collided in the Ohio river, with great loss of life. 1892 First section of the Congo railway was opened to traffic. 1914 First news of the sinking of the British battleship Audacious published in London. 1915 Kitchner, Asquith and Bal four met French chiefs in war coun cil at Calais. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Parliamentary nominations will be made in Great Britain today in anticipation of the general elections which are to be held ten days hence. One hundredth anniversary of the birth of William W. Loring, a cele brated confederate general, who be came a pasha in the army of the Khedive of Egypt. Two thousand industrial leaders are expected at Atlantic City today for the opening of the special con ferenfe called by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States ta determine a definite program for closer co-operation between indus try and the government in the work of industrial reconstruction. Storyette of the Day. "France's success in this war," said Gen. Oscar L. Standish of San Francisco, "has been due in great measure to the readiness of her come-back. No matter how hard Germany has hit her, France has always returned the blow with speed and vigor. "France, in fact, has been as ready as the young fellow who proposed to the school teacher. The school teacher said scornfully: 'Do you suppose, Mr. Doolittle, that I'd ever marry a man so be nighted as to carry a horseshoe in his pocket for luck?" "Doolittle paled. Then, recover ing himself quietly, he took out his horseshoe, laid it on his knee, pat ted it and said gaily: 'Well, old fellow, I guess no body'll ever doubt your efficacy af ter this!' "San Francisco Chronicle. SUNNY GEMS. "When I went home last nlRht I found my wife devouring a novol." "That's nothing. I discovered my wife this morning eating a cereal." Baltimore American. "Occasionally there gets Into congress a man who tells some new Jokes.,' "I know. Usually he doesn't last long." Louisville Courier-Journal. "I wonder why none of the men In that particular ward show any Improvement. Can the doctor In charge be In fault?" "Sure, for letting the prettiest nurses be always, on duty there." Indianapolis Star. "Would you say that she Is good look ing?" "That depends." "On what?" "On whether I was speaking of her face or to her face." Detroit Free Press. "My wife Is trying to teach me to knit." "So is mine, but I have rebelled. There's about as much to be gained by trying to teach the average man to knit as by trying to teach the average woman to sharpen lead pencils." Washington Star. "Now, here's a snappy suit," said the glib salesman. "Just the thing for you, I should say." "Young man," replied the dignified per son. "I don't wear Snappy clothes. There's nothing snappy In my make-up, and I hate the very word. Why, I even carry an open-faced watch so there won't be any thing about me to snap." -Birmingham Age-Herald. Napoleon and William New York Times. The story that William II intended to give himself up to the British when he abandoned his army was short-lived. Holland, whose reigning sovereign was a woman, offered a tempting asylum. Internment was better than arraignment before'a criminal court in England, where a coroner had found the kaiser responsi ble for murder on the high seas, a pronounce ment that had ugly possibilities. It was at least symptomatic of the temper of the British peo ple. He could not have brought himself to fol low the example of Napoleon, who from the re treat in Rochefort, and before going on board the Bellerophon, addressed the following letter to the prince regent: "Exposed to the factions which distract my country and to the enmity of the greatest pow ers of Europe, I have closed my political career, and I come, like Themistocles. to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your royal highness, as the most popwerful, the most constant and the most generous of my enemies." Has the kaiser thought of exile in the United States? It was in the mind of Napolpeon after his downfall. He planned a voyage to Amer ica, and sought a permit from the British gov ernment. To the Bellerophon, cruising between the islands of Olernn and Re, came Savary and Las Casas with a letter from Napoleon asking whether the permit had arrived, and, if not, whether his departure would be prevented. The reply was that Captain Maitland had orders to intercept the fugitive. Then it was that the ex emperor dictated the letter to the prince regent and made preparations to hoard the Bellero phon. According to report, William II has con sidered Corfu as a place of dignified and agree able residence, and it is rather curious that Corfu, as well as St. Helena, was discussed as a penitential, life-long retreat for Napoleon. Nothing but an island would do. Elba, so near France, had proved too much like a prison house without doors. St. Helena commended itself as a place for exile because it was remote in stormy seas and all the landings were protected by batteries. It may be recalled that before Captain Maitland set sail for St. Helena with his renowned captive a futile attempt was made to serve a subpoena from the court of king's bench in a trumped-up suit for libel, in which the ex-emperor was wanted as a witness. Na poleon's friends had a high opinion of the con venient processes of English law. If William were to be brought before the accusing coroner the defendant would have no trouble in retain ing an adroit king's counsel. Rail as he might at his imprisonment on St. Helena, Napoleon, who had been declared an outlaw by the congress of Vienna, must have learned that upon his surrender England had decided to treat him as a prisoner of the allied powers, and that his detention was approved in a convention signed on August 2 at Paris, the associated powers engaging to appoint com missioners to witness the custody of the illus trious enemy of society. On July 31, before Napoleon saw the shores of England fade from his sight. Sir Henry Bunbury, secretary to the admiralty, and Lord Keith, in command at Plymouth, exhibited to him a document, the purport of which was that to insure the peace of Europe, which he had violated from his re treat in Elba, he was to pass his remaining days in St. Helena. "Peace with him would be only a truce," Alexander of Russia had told Caulain court, pleading, before the first abdication, for the basis of the old frontiers, with Napoleon promising good behavior. Exile to Elba had been insisted upon, but even exile had proved a truce. The cases of Napoleon and the former Ger man emperor are parallel in some respects, in others not. If William II has not been a great Soldier, he has been the cause of far more blood shed and misery, which he could have prevented by refusing to exercise his war powers. Both Napoleon and William planned to set up a vast empire, to dominate the world. Napoleon made war many times to realize his ambition; Wil liam thought to accomplish his object in one desolating conflict. He failed ignominiously and meanly, after falsely professing himself a friend of peace for 25 years. Military glory makes no halo arothid the head of William. He was not a hero to his own army, for he shunned the perils of the battlefield. He has not been dis tinguished as a legislator nor as an educator. He has had no conception of human liberty. His mental qualities are commonplace. Pos terity will regard him as more responsible than any other human being for the sacrifice of mil lions of lives in the great war, as a ruler who might have been beneficent and wise, but at tempted to destroy the liberties of mankind and to raise on their ruins an odious despotism. To forgive him and to forget his terrible transgres sions would be to condone them. It can never be said of William's career what Prof. J. Holland Rose has said of Napolpeon's: "The man who bridled the revolution and re molded the life of France; who laid broad and deep the foundations of a new life in Italy, Switzerland and Germany; who rolled the west in on the east in the greatest movement known since the crusades, and finally drew the yearn ing thoughts of myriads to that solitary rock in the South Atlantic, must ever stand in the very forefront of the immortals of human history." William can be immortal only in his "bad eminence." An American Soldier An incident that will linger long in the memory of those who took part in the gallant; advance of the Second division in Champagne came when, as will happen sometimes in all bat tles in all armies, the artillery was falling short. The advance had been so swift that there were no wires by which the warning could be sent back. The need for action was so imme diate that there was no time to send a runner back and no certainty that a runner could get back. ' Then, abruptly and on his own initiative, a signal corps sergeant started to shinny up a telegraph pole. Under the crossing fire from the two artilleries, in full sight and within wickedly easy range of German snipers and German ma chine gunners, he went up that pole and, from that high and conspicuous place, signaled the message back. When he came down an officer congratulated him warmly and asked for his name and outfit. The sergeant grinned and started to fade away. "But you don't understand," the officer ex plained. "I want to recommend you for a D. S. C." "Yes," said the sergeant, just before he faded away entirely, "that's just what I thought." Stars and Stripes, France. They Took No Chances That the British naval men. have not gained since the signing of the armistice any confidence in the honor of the men who so recently were conducting a ruthless warfare against them was shown plainly enough by the elaborate precau tions taken by Admiral Tyrwhitt while receiv ing the first flotilla of German submarines to be surrendered. He eliminated all possibilities either of injury to his own vessels and their crews or of losing by a last piece of character istic trickery and desperation the prizes that were coming at last into his hands. Instead, the British admiral met the under sea boats with a force of British ships of over whelming strength, and he compelled the Ger man crews to remain on board, with the engine room staff at their posts and the others on deck, till they were well within Harwich harbor. Guns had to be pointed fore and aft necessarily i narmiess mat is, to tne entisn convoy neet and it was not until British officers had exam ined each submarine and found it in the good order required by the terms of the surrender that the German crews were allowed to trans fer to the destroyers that came along to take them home again. New York'Times. The IVneo Commission. Omaha, Pec. 2. To the Editor of The Hee: No fair-minded citizen can but view with regret the parti san action of the president in his choice of fioiosates to the Versailles peace convention. With a single exception, the dele gates are practically unknown as statesmen and diplomats and have never been heard of as leaders or in the shaping of public opinion. The exception is Secretary I.ansing, who is recognized as having no superior and but few equals as a student of international law, with its practical application by years of experience in the State department, and who has had entire charpe of all diplo matic correspondence since the be ginning of the war. But as to tho other members of the commisison, perhaps the less said the better. "Kunnel" House, totally devoid of experience in statesmanship or diplomacy, un known and unheard of until he be came the political valet of. the pres ident; never chosen by the people for any important position of trust, all history will fail to produce a par allel case in which such as he was chosen for such a duty. Henry White, mentioned as once ambassador to France, and also to Italy, which description was neces sary that some other "Henry White'" miKht not be Riven the ticket. It is claimed that Henry Is. or was once, a republican because he was ap pointed by President McKinley. We have had our Benjamin Franklin, our James Russell I,owell, our An drew D. White and our James W. Gerard and many other brilliant liithts in our diplomatic corps, but whoever heard of Henry! But, as he has the entry to "society" at the French capital and knows the differ ence between the flunkies and the host, he will be very acceptable to the lady members who aeompany the commission. To complete the list is an ossified army officer who reached his senior ity by way of the armchair brigade, who seems to have been chosen at the last moment as a dernier resort. What objection, other than purely partisan, could have been had to William Howard Taft, of world-wide acquaintance and experience as a statesman and jurist, and who, as a sort of a lone peace commissioner, went to the Philippines to establish tranquility and made a record that has never been excelled as a peace maker; or Elihu Root, the recog nized nestor of international law yers, at home and abroad; or Henry Cabot Lodge, the seer of Massachu setts, who stands the peer of any living statesman; and last, but not least, why overlook the redoubtable Roosevelt, who would have com manded the utmost attention aaad re spect and brought home a full share of the bacon? The president seems to have for gotten the United States senate, chosen by the popular vote, which alone has the power to ratify and give effect to any treaty made with a foreign nation. Not a single mem ber of the senate was chosen to serve, although it Is a well estab lished precedent fhat the chairman of the committee on foreign relations shall always be a member of anv commission that has to do with the framing of a peace treaty. Under this rule Senator Hitchcock was en titled to recognition and should have ,had it. While we do not admire the senator from a political standpoint, ho is so far above the three unknown members of the commission in brains and ability that a comparison would become odious. If ever a sovereign of a constitu tional government was rebuked by the people, after making a personal appeal for support, such a rebuke was administered at the last elec tion, with such force as to be almost brutal. The opposition minority in the lower house of congress was changed to an overwhelming ma jority and the senate was likewise changed by a smaller majority. If the government of England had gone before the people and been so rebuked and King George should ignore the verdict, he would soon be hastening on the first boat for Hol land to meet up with his cousin, Wil liam Hohenzollern, glad to save his head without his crown. It is to be most sincerely desired that no ruler in America will ever adopt as a motto the remark of the irate rail road magnate when he said, "The people be damned." All good Christians offered up many fervent prayers for the speedy ending of the war, with victory for the allies, and their prayers seem to have been answered. They should continue to pray that all the great sacrifice of blood and treasure shall Editorial Snapshots Minneapolis Tribune: While they are discussing the place for the peace conference, what is the matter with Hammerfest, Norway? Detroit Free Press: But then, Tom Marshall said once that he would resign rather than undertake the duties of the presidency. Baltimore American: Mr. Mc Adoo confesses he Is a victim of the high cost of living. In this respect he differs from the average man only in that the latter cannot resign to a better job. i Washington Post: The prize ru mor hatchery in the world outside of Copenhagen will be the steamer car rying special correspondents to settle the affairs of Europe and adjoining continents. Kansas City Times: If it's Just the same to the ex-kaiser, would he mind having his press agent omit giving out the statement that the royal family attends a religious serv ice every morning? New York World: In December, 1914, Cardinal Mercier received a question from the Associated Press. His reply has just come through: 4 "Yes. Hissing treated me as a pris- i oner for lour days. in prompt ness German postal and telegraph arrangements lacked something of efficiency. not have been made in vain: that no selfish desire for a commanding place in history shall prevent such a final rdjustnient around the table at Ver sailles that shall bring forth com plete Justice and lasting peace. C. F. McGREW. Around the State Ashland's new auditorium, with a) capacity of 600 seats, started on it career of usefulness with a warm) picture show. "To Hell with th Kaiser." j Central City Nonpareil launches a drive Into everybody's land and raw lies a post of happy followers under a banner Inscribed. "Let's Have an. Old-Fnshloned Christmas." Go t it! Forget the expense! "Pull Nebraska Out of the Mud is the slogan of forward-marching people. State papers as a whole em phasize the need of permanent roads and their practical value to produc ers and business generally. One of the first tasks the leglsla. tuie should perform, in the opinion of the Nebraska Printer, is the en actment of a-, law prohibiting ths printing of legal notices in foreign language newspapers. A bill for that purpose has been drafted. "Ws are coming to realize as Americans," says the Printer, "that people who abide in this country should learn to speak and write the English Ian- guage. Talk of airplane mail service sends no thrill to the red currents of the Falrbury News, usually receptive to the pulsings of progress. As the News views the innovation tho tima saved will not compensate for the life hazard. Besides, present facili ties for speedy mall service are not utilized to the full. But "speed, speed! That is the demand of com merce," concludes the News, "and commerce is the god of the present generation." "When a Child Droops" Hurry, motherl Relieve the little 6tomach, liver and bowels of souring food, bile and poisons. 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