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THE BEE: OMAHA TUESDAY," DECEMBER Iff, 1918.
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. ..Thfi bolshevik conception of peace appears
y.to be eternal turmoil.
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Now, Mr. Weather Man, stay with. us at
least while we have to walk.
Governor-elect McKelvie evidently appre
ciates the sentiment of Yuletide. ,
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Looks as if it would take more than' a talk-
.fest to settle our street car strike.
" Oh, yes.vvalking is a healthful exercise, but
; still it is .possible to have too much of a good
thing. ' " , " - " '
New auto license plate styles for 1919 are
i on view at the .treasurer's office. Now watch
the rush.'
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All quiet in the trenches occupied by Vice
President Marshall. s,And Wilson two thousand
miles awayl , 'if'
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;' Maximillian Hardin says the kaiser should.
, Ijave been a showman, a nasty dig at an hon
orable profession, v '
f A French general has just 6pened headquar
ters in Berlin, if further proof were, needed as
to how the war went. , ''' v
''There is no despotism left in Erope'.is
X'the'braish assurance of our hyphenated contem-
J porary. We wish we could believe it, but we,
.. can't , t
i Canada has piled Vp a war debt of $1,300,
100,000, which is going some for that country.
nd the Canucks also furnished some real he
en. . a , ,
"Careless America" is to be exhibited oft the
screen, but why go to the rqovies to see it when
it is shown free of charge on, the stfeets every
tour? ' r- V. ". '. .
s .The political plums shook loose by the re
' pubTxan capture of, the state house are begin
v njng' to drop. It's a Merry Christmas ,for the
-gcyoiTeV , ,
: 1 a ooisneviKi disturbance in faneuu nail is
; ;no"ugh to arouse Paul Revere, Israel Putnam,
John Adanisr Ben Franklin and a lot of other
1 '"atherswho hailed originally from that vicinity.
,' Health conditions i the American n'avy also
i.yir paft-plus, '(Toe to the close 'observance of
sanitary regulations. Wthafve learned some-
thing. ;: '
A .TOO-SLOW. REMEDY.
I'd like to havt you pre-
"Doctorr I'm sick.
scribe for me." ' I. .
"All y'ght. Take this," replies the doctor,
handing the patient a small phial. V
"But, doctor, I haven't told you yet where
my trouble is." . "
"Never mind. Just take that. It will give
you fits, and I cure fits." ' s
It seems "fitting" to recall this stale story
in connection with the proposal to cure our
present street car strike malady by setting in
motion the condemnation machinery so the city
may take over the street railway property and
operate it as a municipal ownership venture.
The strike is on right now, and whatever
remedy is required must be applied without
qeedless delay.- ' v- :
It took us ten years Jo effect compulsory
purchase of the water works even after the pro,
cedure had all been agreed on by stipulation?
The. work of appraising the "gas plant has
been under way for a year, and it tvill be a long
time yet before the final steps are taken.
Municipal ownership of the street railway
lines at the quickest, if all were unanimous
that was the thing to do, could not be brought
about for many months, whereas the strike is
a present-day problem that must be spetfUily
solved.
Neither would municipal ownership settle
the question of open or closed shop. The union
would still insist dn a contract excluding non
union nienand this could not be accorded em
ployes of one branch of the city government
without being given also to the others, the po
lice and fire and water departments, for example.
."No, the municipal' ownership prescription
will not cure our present street railway ills it
is altogether tob slow and too far off. ,To para
phrase a once well-known slogan Omaha wants
car service, jiot next month, nor next year, but
Jiow. ' , I -
K Governor.McKelvie's list? of forthcoming ap
I pomtments conveys the gentle' warning that a
' former sheriff of the Lancaster county dry belt
, will soon be state booze sjeuth. Do your Christ
v mas shopping early. , i
' ; " France started into the war without a mar-v
shal, and winds up with three, thebatdn having
i- been' slipped to Petain' at Metz. No one will
'bicatlidge either oi its holders the honor, but all
l; will hope they are never asked to take the field
7 agai; ( '
; Suppose' Senator Hitchcock's effort to carry
! 'out'V the kaiser's scheme to cut off American
supjes froni our Allies had succeeded, where
i S would we have been? 'To be sure, through .4
t Hun victory the war would be over over there,
I " but it wfuld then have come over here and We
would be lett to hght it out by ourselves. Any
wonder the Huns helped re-elect Hitchcock?
v Secretary Houston pays a high tribute to
the farmers of the United States, but not more
than they deserve. These men came to 'the
;) front' at the time they were most needed, and
J enthusiastically contributed theif share to the
saving of the world. As thebasic industry of
: -civilization, agriculture has ,higlrrank every
: v where, but in' no .country is it of greater national
Jinportancevthan here. . -
" Too Many Bosses at Law
The Federal Trade i commission's report
against the five big meatpacking concerns of
the country relates particularly to collusion in
) ' the buying of live sjock. and it relates to a sit
r ;-uation alleged to exist as of today and not as of
j some other time. " : ' ' .v.
J' These companies liave lately been and are
now operating under the supervision of the fed-
eral food administration. What thev have been
doing has been largely or entirely done under
, the sanction of this administration, which has
v invited concert of action and imposed a re
! tramt upon praes, as in mapy other industries
I deemed essential for the prosecution of the war.
It is the general impression that they have co-operated
heartily with the government in this
work of provisioning our people and armies and
. those of our allies,, and if it is not a. fact that
-'they havejaeteej fairly and effectively the food
administration is in the best position so to in
- form the country. . u .
' The World holds no brief for the beef trust,'
" .as ought io b well known. But. .the beef trust
would seem to be entitled to know about where
it stands in relation to the anti-trust law and
its administration. T , . i - ' '
: . ' The Federal Trade commission WaS created
'rather as an advisory body to Big Business that
had been duly chastened than as a prosecuting
body' to business that has riot been chastened.'
It is here appearing, however, as a prosecutor,
iif which case its findings should be referred not
to congress, but to a federal grand jury by way
of the Drartment ' of ' Justice. New York
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feight in the Spotlight
Sixty years old today is Asle J.
Gronna, United States senator from
North Dakota, and one of the prom
inent republican members of "pro
gressive tendencies. Senator Gron
na is a Scandinavian-American, native
of Iowa, and educated in the schools
rof Minnesota and of North Dakota.
He began his political career in the
territorial legislature. Later, when
the state began to select her repre
sentatives to congress, he found his
way thither, having' von the votes
of electors by his ability and by his
success as a farmer and business
man. He soon made a reputation for
aggressive independence as a parti
san, and when, in I9ll. he was named
r for , the senate to fill out an unexpired
term ot senator Johnson, he simply
transferred to the senate the same
attitude which he had shown as
representative.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Cossacks in counter-revolt aimed
to seize authority in- southeastern
Russia.
Roumanian officially reported the
conclusion of a three months' armis
.tice with the Germans. ' "
Italians retook i observation
t trenches they had lost to the Austro-
uermans on the Lower i'lave line.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
Pupils of Charles Baetens have
, ' International Status of the Cables.
When Mr. Burleson took over the trans
oceanic cables he proceeded without being fully
advised in the premises. Regardless of his mo
ItiveS, his action has brought this government
face to face with a question of such gravity as
will not be easily disposed of.
No civilized government disputes the right
of another to lay an embargo on all means of
communication as alnilitary precaution for pro
tection in time of war. But the cables were not
seized as a war measure; they were taken over
after an armistice had been igned and the con
summation of peace made reasonably certain.
Necessity fortified control of the wires was
urged principally in defense of the act.
What Mr. Burleson chiefly overlooked is the
InterSt of foreign governments in those same
cables, and this phase is now coming forward.
In the case, of the Postal, a number of Its lines
are admitted to landings in South American
countries on a specific agreement that they will
not pass into ownership or control of the United
States.' It may be that our altruistic aspect at
present is such as to disarm or quiet any appre
hension these other republics may have, yet they
will, feel better if they know they are to have
access to the cables on exactly the same terms
as other patrons. If Mr. Burleson were to be
permanently at the head of the great depart
ment he now adorns perhaps this assurance
would be easy, but the vicissitudes of national,
politics may remove him some day, and this is
What our( neighbors have in mind.
, Then our Canadian friends set up another
point. Citizens bf Canada are stockholders to
a considerable extent in both the Western Un
ion and, the Commercial Cable companies, and
they rather incline to look upon the course of
Jhe postmaster general as being high-handed.
They will Slot object to his seizing the-property
of an .American citizen, if he cares to, but feel
that it- is going a little too far to grab theirs
when no war emergency exists. Viewed from
any angle, it looks as if Mr. Burleson had blun
dered again.
Going Around the Circle.
, Liebknecht slept in the kaiser's bed at the
palace in Berlin, and now we are told that a
Yankee( general nightly takes his well' earned
rest on trie bed whereon von Hindenburg lately
stretched his aged, giant frame and tossed in
broken slumber. ' - . , ' -
, So turns Fortune's wheel. In either cafe
the be is quite as responsive to the pressure
of th 'form of one as of the other, and sleep
surely comes as sweet to the class-conscious
socialist; as it did to the arrogant, haughty
despot, while' a warrior is glad to seek his ease
wherever he may find it, conditions of duty permitting,-'
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'. In many old homes abroad, and some in this
country, rooms have been kept sacred after once
being occupied by distinguished guests. Per
haps the cited instances may denote a breaking
away from that sentimental practice, sometimes
servile, sometimes reverential, but never wholly
justifiable. Humanity still goes around the cir
cle and the victor succeeds trrevanquished every
day. Omar may have been right when he
mused: "Methinks that never blows the rose
so red as where some buried Caesar bled," and
however high our waves of democracy may roil,
we will still with something of awe "shake the
hand that shook the hand .that shook the hand
of Sullivan." . ! '
Irvin S. Cobb in Saturday Evening Post
On the day before Decoration day of this
year I was in a seaport town on the northwest
ern coast of France, which our people had taken
over as a supply base. The general in command
of our local forces said to me as we sat in his
headquarters at dinner that evening:
"I wish you'd get up early in the morning
and go for a little ride with me out to the ceme
tery. You'll be going back there later in the
day, of course, for the memorial services, but I
want you to see something you probably won't
rbe able to see after 9 or 10 o'clock."
"What is it?" I asked.
"Never mind now," he answered. "To tell
you in advance doesn't suit my purpose. But
will you be ready to go with me in my car at
7 o'clock?"
"Yes. sir; I will."
I should say it was abouthalf past 7 when
we rode in' at the gates of 'the cemetery and
made for the section which, by the French gov
ernment, had been set apart as a burial place for
our people. For more than a year now, dating
from the time I write this down, a good many
thousands of Americans have been stationed in
or near this port, and many, many times that
number have passed through it. So, quite
naturally, though it. is hundreds of miles from
any of the past or present battle fronts, we lrave
had some deaths there from accident or disease.
Some very distinguished names are being
brought into unpleasant light as inquiry. into
the activity of pro-German propagandists pro
ceeds. .'Some of these have recanted since 1916,
and others are indignant now hat the discovery
is. made public. The main point is that when
the Germans" were mosf vociferously accusing
American newspapers of selling out to Great
Britain they' were most -energetic in .their ef
forts to purchase publicity for themselves.
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Returned Bavarian soldiers show some grasp
of the- German military idea. They stuck a re
volver to- the. head of an offending minister of
state, giving "him two minutes to choose be
tween resignation and 'death, and then demanded
jthat he sign a statement that his resignation
wasvoluntary, .If that is not businesslike, show
us! , . " . .;.
The German appeal for pity keeps up, but
why they should expect it is not so plain., Jus-,
tice and a charfce to go to work is all that is
now coming to' them.
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' ' General Crowder reports few death sentences
passed in the American army, and none laid for
purely military reasons' executed This is an
other good reco ; - . 'fc "
formed a juvenile orchestra of IS
pieces.
"From Sire to Son" was presented
at Boyds by Milton and Dollie
Nobles.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Tukey have
the sympathy of their friends in the
loss of a little daughter, Elizabeth
Todd Tukey.
Millard hotel waiters have donned
new dress suits, whicji look very
nice, and Col. Plummer has an extra
curl on his moustache.
The flag of the Union Pacific
headquarters was placed at half
mast when the announcement came
of the death of Elisha Atkins of
Boston, formerly second vice presi
dent of the road.
The Day We Celebrate.
Edward P. Boyer, manager of the
Boy'er Van Kuran Lumber and Coal
company, born 1879.
Charles A. Goss ol the law firm of
Switzler, Goss & Switzler, born
1863.
Prof. Francis E. Nipher of the St.
Louis Academy of Science, who
claims to have proved that gravita
tion can be nullified, born at Port
Byron, N. Y., 71 years ago.
Countess of Warwick, one of the
most beautiful and versatile women
of the English nobility, bbrn 57
years ago. , i
Thomas P. Gore, United States
senator from Oklahoma, born in
Webster county, Miss., 48 years ago.
Jouett Shouse, representative in
congress of the Seventh Kansas dis
trict, born in Woodford county, Ky.,
39 years ago.
This Day in History.
1783 Gen. Henry Leavenworth,
the American soldier for whom Jhe
city of Leavenworth was. named,
born in Connecticut. Died in Indian
Territory, July 21, 1834.
1837 At Mobile, Ala., Rev. P. J.
M. Loras was consecrated first
bishop of the new Roman Catholic
diocese of Dubuque.
1843 The, Princeton, the' first
screw vessel of war ever built, was
launched at the Philadelphia navy
yard. ,
1856 Dr. I Livingstone arrived in
London after an absence of 16 years
in Africa.'
1864 Dr. Henry R. Schoolcraft,
probably the foremost authority on
he American Indian, died in Wash
ington, D. C. Born at Watervliet,
N. Y., March 28, 1793.
1873 Marshal Babaine was con
victed and sentenced to death for
surrendering Mctz to (he Germans.
1916 New British waf council,
headed by David Lloyd George, of
ficially announced. 1
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Twenty years ago today saw the
signing of the peace treaty ending
the war between the United States
and Spain.
s Hartford, Conn., is to be the meet
ing place today of the annual ses
sion of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions.
A state conference is to meet at
DeSvMoines today to perfect plans
for a campaign of education to en
courage the farmer '-in the use of
woman labor and to encourage wo
jnen and girls fo seek these new
channels of service. "
Storyette of the Day. '
A colonel of a colored regiment
coming in about 10:30 was duly
challenged by the sentry, and re
sponded: "Colonel , officer of
the camp." The sentry tried his
best to pierce the darkness, gave it
up. and finally said:
"T.nnlf Vali. mail. vO-all ah de foth
man what's done tried to make me
think he's Cunnel . Go away
wid dat stuff."
The colonel pretty warmly re
affirmed that he was Clonel -
and demanded immediate admission.
The guard, unabashed, told him to
step so that he could see him.
The colonel walked up to him in a
rage, and you can imagine his con
sternation when the sentry took
hold of the silver eagle pn his
shoulder, looked up at him with a
grin on his face and said:
"Oh, Lawsyl Tis de ole bird,
ain't it?" The Bayonet.
.Tip to the Lawmakers.
Sound and pertinent advice to the
next legislature comes in increasing
packages from the public sentiment
molders of the state. Broad com
prehensive measures for general
public betterment are urged. Good
roads rank first among the measures
pressed for consideration and action.
The Kearney Hub expresses the
prevailing demand for . Intelligent
legislation in these words: "The
character of ,travel has greatly
changed by the automobile, requir
ing better highways, but the advent
sf the truck and the tractor neces
titates still better road Jmprove
nent and stronger country bridges
.nan haf heretofore- been neces
ary." ..
American Graves 'in France
As we left the car to walk through the plot
I found myself taking off my cap, and I kept it
off all the while I was there, for even before I
had been told the full stcry of what went on
there, I knew. I stood in the presence of a most
high and holy thing, and so I went bareheaded,
as I should have done in any sanctuary.
We walked all through this God's acre of
ours, the general and I. Some of the women
who labored therein were old and bent; some
were young, fiiK all of, them wore black gowns.
Some plainly had been drawn from the well-to-do
and the wealthy elements of the resident
population; more, though, were poor folk, and
evidently a few were peasants, who, one guessed,
lived in villages or on farms near the city.
Here would be a grave that was heaped high
with those designs of stiff, bright-hued immor
telles which the French put upon the graves of
their own dead. These are costly, too, but there
were a great many, of them. Here would be a
grave that was marked with wreaths of simple
field flowers, or with the great fragrant white
and pink roses which grow so luxuriously on
this coast. Here would be merely great sheaves
of loose blossoms, there a grave upon which the
flowers had been scattered broadcast until the
whole mound was covered with the fragrant
dewey offering; and there, again, I saw graves
where fingers patently unused to such employ
ment had fashioned the long-stemmed roses into
wreaths and crosses, and even into the form of
shields. I
All About Peru
Peru became an Independent re
public In 1821.
The whole nf eastern Peru is un
developed, bin in the coast country
agriculture has been developed to a
high degree.
Peru has l.R o miles of railway in
operation, witi. several thousand
miles additional projected or under
construction. ,
The Peruvians are a pleasure-loving
people and in Lima, especially,
there are many amusements and
k many sporting events.
Callao, which is the great depot
for the commerce of Peru, is one of
the most Important ports on the Pa
cific side of South America, f
The climate of Peru embraces
every kind- from the tropics to per
petual snows. There is no known
plant or animal that will not grow
here.
A territory on the Pacific ocean
approximately 1,400 miles in length
and 700 miles in width is occupied
by Peru. The territory extends over
679.600 square miles, with a popula
tion that is estimated at 4,500,000,
or approximately 6.6 to the square
mile.
Lima, the capital of Peru, is one
of the most romantic spots of Span
ish America, vieing with the City of
Mexico in historic Interest. At one
time it was the center of govern
ment for all South America. ' It is
one of the most beautful cities of
the western world, and enjoys a
climate which, without exaggeration,
can be called perpetual spring.
Mining is the great industry in the
mountain area of Peru and on the
Pacific slope of the mountains. The
principal metal now mined is cop
per, often mixed with silver. Lead
and gold are also mined in .large
quantities. More than a score of
other metals are found in rich de
posits. In addition the country is
rich in coal, asphalt and oil,
Peru has one great advantage
over other republics of South Amer
ica. She is a transcontinental coun
try, having a coast line on the Pa
cific of 1,600 miles, from which the
whole world can be reached, yet one
of the great commercial centers of
Peru is Iquitos, an inland city on
the Atlantic watershed. From Iqui
tos ocean steamers pass -2,000 miles
down the Amazon through the Bra
zilian port of Monaos and proceed to
New York of Europe just as they
can come from a coast town on salt
water.
Grass grew rich and lush upon all the graves.
White sea shells marked the sides of them and
edged the narrow graveled walks between' the
rows. We came to two newly-made 'graves.
Their occupants had been buried there only a
day or so before, as one might tell by the marks
in. the trodden turf, but a carpeting of sod cut
from a lawn somewhere had been so skilfully
pieced together upon these two mounds that the
raw clods of clay beneath were quite covered up
and hidden from sight; so now only the seams
in the green coverlids distinguished these two
from graves that were older by jveeks or by
months.
Alongside every grave knelt a woman, alone
or else a woman with children aiding her as she
disposecj her showing of flowers and wreaths-to
the best advantage. Mainly the old men were
putting the, paths in order, raking the gravel
down smoothly and straightening the borderings
of shells. There were no soldiers among them;
all were civliians, and for the most part humble
appearing civilians, clad in shabby garments.
But I marked two old gentlemen, wearing the
great black neckerchief and the flowing black
broadcloth coats of ceremonial days, who
seemed as! deeply intent as any in what to them
must have been an unaccustomed labor.
Coming to each individual worker, or each
group of workers, the general would halt and
formally salute in answer to the gently mur
mured greetings that constantly marked our
passage through the burying ground.
' When we had made the rounds we sat down
upon the edge of the flag-dressed platform, and
he proceeded to explain what I already had be
gun to reason out for myself only, of course,
I dd not know, till he told me, how it had
started.
"It has been a good many months now," he
said, "since we dug the first grave here. But
on the day of the funerals delegation of the
most influential-residents came to me to say
that the people of the town desired to adopt our
dead. I asked just what exactly was meant by
this, and then the spokesman explained:
" 'General,' he said to me, 'there is scarcely
a family in this place where we live that has not
given one or more of its members to die for
France. In most cases these dead of ours sleep
on battlefields far away from us, perhaps in un
marked and unknown graves. This is true of
all parts of our country, but particularly is it
true of this town, which is so remote from the
scenes of actual fighting (
"'So, in the case of this brave American who
today is to be buried here among us we ask
that a French family shall be permitted formally
to undertake the care of his grave, as though it
were the grave of one of their own flesh and
blood who has fallen as he has fallen, for France
arid for freedom. In the case of each American
who may hereafter be buried here we ask the
same privilege. We promise you that, so long
as these Americans shall rest here in our land,
their graves shall be our graves, and will be
tended as we tend the graves of our own sons.' "
The general --cleared his voice, which had
grown a bit husky; then he continued:
"So that was how the thing came about; but
it doesn't altogether explain what you see hap
pening here today. You see, the French have
no day that exactly corresponds in its spiritual
significance to our Decoration day our Memor
ial diy. All Souls' day, which is religious rath
er than patriotic in its purport, is their nearest
approach to it. But weeks ago, before the serv
ices contemplated today ere even announced,
the word somehow spread among the towns
people. To my own knowledge some of these
poor women have been denying themselves the
actual necessities of life in order to be able to
make as fine a showing for the graves they have
adopted as any of the wealthier sponsors could
make.
"Don't think, though, that these graves are
not properly kept at all times. Any day, at any
hour, you can come here and you will find any
where from 1Q to 50 women down on their knees
smoothing the turf and freshening the flowers
they constantly keep upon the graves. But I
knew that at daylight this morning all, or nearly
all. of them would be here, doing their work
before the crowds began to arrive for the serv
ices, and I wanted you to see them at it, in the
hope that you might write something about the
sight for our people at home to read. If it helps
them to understand better what is in the hearts
of the French you and I may count this time as
having been well spent."
He stood up, looking across the cemetery all
bathed and burnished as it was in the soft, rich
summer sunshine.
"God!" he said under his breath. "How I am
learning to love these people!"
Noted Home Builder Dead
-The building and loan association movement
throughout the country suffers a distinct loss
in the death of Michael J. Brown in Philadel
phia, last week. For more than half a century
Mr. Brown was a directing power among the
hundreds of associations in the "City of
Homes, - and was one of the founders and
fourth president of the United States league.
The progress and prosperity of associations
east and west is due in no small degree to his
energy, wise counsel and newspaper work on
the Philadelphia Ledger, - ; "-
CENTER SHOTS
Washington Post: Wonder if the
German navy was too proud to fight.
Washington Post: The German
people will never forgive their
faithless leaders, ivho failed to de
stroy the allied nations.
Minneapolis Tribune: The Ameri
can army of occupation now has
Prussian terrain on the menu for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Baltimore American: Foch's
headquarters are at Luxemburg.
Only he quickness of the German
nation in calling Kamerad! pre
vented them from being in Berlin.
Baltimore American: This coun
try is willing to feed the world, but
the general sentiment seems to be
that while we will send bread to
Germany, that nation, need not ex
pect any pie.
Kansas City Times: The soldiers'
and workers' council at Leipsig has
decided to seize Field Marshal von
Hindenburg. The Lord moves in a
mysterious way, His .wonders to perform.-
Brooklyn Eagle: If Henry Ford
spends his millions teaching the
people how to utilize water power,
he might easily add billions to the
wealth of the world. Give Ford his
way and many towns will be a dam
site better oft thaft they are now.
Minneapolis Tribune: The vice
president is in ft pickle. He would
like to run out and hide.' in an In
diana cornfield where they 'couldn't
find him. He dosen't want to be
president and he won't, unless con
gress or some court just makes him
do it.
New York World: Reports from
France indicate that a tide of Ule
tourist travel would only "serve to
embarras that country. Americans
eager to visit war scenes should re
strain their impatience, as they have
done for a long time and will have to
do for some time to come, whether
they like it or not,
New York Herald: The Germans
proposed "the other day that, some
neutral should investigate and re
i port as to who was responsible for
starting tne war. It appears, how
ever, that they have burned all the
documents bearing on the case. It
looks as if the dear Huns still
thought that there were some idiotic
pacifists left in the allied nations.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"My wife told me ahe was going to
get my cigars for a Christmas present."
"Well?'' t
"And then she got furious because 1 1
said I was going to select her new hat"
Baltimore American.
Questioner Now, have you a mother or
father r wife or child or anything or
that sort?
The New One No, sir; only flat feet
Trench and Camp.
"How do you feel on getting over the
grip?"
"Like a two-year-old.'' ,
"I thought the grip left you weak."
"It does. ,1 feel about as strong as a
two-year-old kid.' Kansas City Journal.
Magistrate Great Scott, officer, how
did these men come to be so badly bruised
and battered up? '
Offlcer-rPlease, Tour Honor, they were
discussing the peace settlement. Chicago
Post.
"My husband moves among the best
families here."
"That so?" t ' i
"Yes; he's the leading furniture mover
of the town.'' Detroit Free Press.
"The carrlerlon our K. F. D. route is
not very obliging." '
"What's wrong ?"
"I asked him to rather me some wild
flowers as he came a'ong, and he merely
grunted." Louisville Couriar-Journal.
Are the Street Cars NccetsiaryT
Omaha, Iec. 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: In view of the present
sad state of-Ttrfairs existing in the
transportation system of the city and
the resultant inconvenience and dis
comfort to. the public, it is interesting
to speculate on what could bo done
to remedy these conditions, and pos
sibly to improve them.
The franchise of the present com
pany has expired and there is talk
of the city of Omaha buying the
plant and operating it under mu
nicipal ownership. I understand
that Mr. Wattles claims that the
company Is operating at a loss and is
asking that fares be raised let us
hope that Mr. Wattles and the other
officers of the company will not need
to have their salaries reduced as
otherwise the company is facing
bankruptcy.
Does the city wish to buy a trans
portation system that will not pay
expenses and at the same time allow
the public to be transported at a
reasonable price? If under mu
nicipal ownership the system could
be operated 'at a profit, why cannot
the present company show a profit?
Why not let the present company
become bankrupt and sell its junk
to the highest bidder? The city
could then tear up the tracks and
with its fine, smoothly-paved streets
could put on a system of omnibus
lines such as are operated in London
and Paris, and such as are run on
Fifth avenue and Riverside Drive
In New York City. The appearance
of the streets would be much im
proved and the comfort and conveni
ence of the public would be much
enhanced. ONE OF THE PUBLIC.
What Might Be Done.
Omaha, Pec. 9 To the Editor of
The Bee: Is it necessary for the
public to be put to the continued in
convenience and additional expense
while the street car company and
the union are threshing out their
old differences before coming to an
agreement? Why can't these differ
ences be adjusted without this de
lay? We were living in Chicago when
the street car strike occurred there
several years ago. Two days after
the strike was called Mayor Thomp
son summoned the heads of the
street car companies and the union
to his office, locked the door, placed
an officer at the door and said, "Gen
tlemen, we will settle this strike be
fore you leave this office." By B
o'clock next morning it was settled
and all cars were put in motion. If
this could be; accomplished in a city
like Chicago, with its many conflict
ing interests, what is there to hinder
an early getting together here tif the
contending parties and bringing mat
ters to a normal condition again?)
S. S. SWITZER.
m
State Press (Jomment -
York News-Times: Omaha has a
terrible time. First it was war, then
it was flu, and now it is a street ca
strike. Just one thing after .an.
other. i ' '
Friend Telegraph: Now thai
profiteering is being Indulged In on
almost every article that we use or
consume the next move will be to o
depreciate the outstanding govern
ment bonds being held by almost
every family in tne wnoie couuurm
such a degree as to be able to gobble
them up at a profit. .
Kearnev Hub: Chancellor Avery
has returned to his post at the Ne
braska State university after a year
spent in war work at the national
capital. Meantime the university
has suffered immeasurably, the low
to the institution more than offset
ting any benefits that the govern
ment has derived from his service.
Burt County Herald: It would
be a great Joke if the negroes of the
southern states would send a delega
tion to the peace convention to in
sist on their rights to vote in their
respective states, which control the
Wilson administration. "Self-determination
of the peoples" is just as
necessary in the United States as In
Europe.
Kenesaw Progress: We knew
more than a year ago that a victori
ous American army would somo day
plant the Stars and Stripes on tha
other side of the Rhine, but we were
not prepared for the "yellow streak"
the Hohenzollerns displayed in th
face of an Invading army. The
Huns in this country repeatedly told
us to "wait and see just what would
happen when Germany was forced
to fight on its own soil." We have
seen, and our respect for the fight
ing qualities of the Hun is not en
hanced a single iota.
"bli6hty."
Sizing Them Up.,
Brooklyn Eagle: The Spartacus
'roup, which has seized control in
'.he lower Rhenish provinces will do
well if it adheres to the program of
the original Spartacus when he made
the slaves free. But knowing the
Germans as.we do we may reasona
bly fear thaf the Teutonic Spartacus
will follow the original when he was
a brigand. When Cato enlisted un-J
tier Spartacus in the servilesar he
found his - comrades an unkempt
and tough lot. Since 73 vears P. '.
we can see there has been little
change for the better in Sp.u ai-cussedness.
I fouRht at "Chateau Thierry"
And the battle of Verdun.
In tha early hours of morning
Under sunny skies at noon;
And when I think of "Blighty"
I long for peace and rest
But I kpow I'll never see her
For I am going west
And In my restless sleep oftlmes
I'm In that land" once more. ,
There seems to be no turmoil
No sound of cannon roar. v
But the vision Is not lusting
Only moments am I blest
Oh! hi I long for "Blighty"
But 1 am "going west.''
But I have fought for "Blighty.'
The land which gave me birth,
Could I again be called to serve
The sword again I'd girth.
But I am growing weary ,
Deprive me not of rest
There's one who soon will guide ma
To that home, "When I go west."
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"My husband and I share equally the
financial arrangements of the family.''
"That's fine."
"Isn't it? ,1 hand him the bills and he
foots them.V Baltimore American.
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"She broke off her engagement."
"Yes, but I don't blame her In
least."
"What was the trouble?''
"After she hod said 'Yes' the mercen
ary wretch she promised to marry tola
her how much it had cost him to win
her." Birmingham Age-Herald.
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