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iflE BEE : OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918. The Omaha Bee Daily (mor n ing e yen i n g-sun d ay I - FOUNDED BY EDWARD BOSEWATE& ; : VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING) COMPANY. PROPRIETOR . MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'the Associated Pnee. of wtilch Th Bm la t aaantier. la ucluttely anilUat I lb im for publication of all nswe dupatchee indited to M ar not etaanrlee cradiud ta ttali paper, ud 4lto th local m aabUahad serein. All lifhta of publication of oar apeclal elspatohaa at alw reamed. OFFICES! hlcaa Faerie's Oes Balldtna. Omaha Tbs Baa Bid. Pew York 284 Fifth Am South Omaha 331 J K St. fu Uuia Ma Us of Commerce. Council Hluffa 14 N. Mala St Watiilnrton HH Q 8t. Lincoln Llttla Bulldloi. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 69,4 18 Sunday 63,095 Amass circulation for the nonta subscribed and awora to by B. 1. Kagaa. Circulation Manager. ubscrlWe leaving th city ahoulal have Tea Baa mailed tm thaaa. Address changed aa ejaf tea aa requested. ' THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG 8 A A A " PRRinritx;; N AA A A A, A A . Now, altogether for a greater Omaha! Get busy now on your interrupted Christ mas shopping. Back to the barn for the "jitneys," but they helped out a lot. , If the flu heads off a city council meeting, things must be in bad condition. Dr. Solf has stepped out of the German cab inet, but the whine will still torment the world. Suicide would be an easy way out for Ho henzollern, who lacks the nerve to face the music t Judge Grosscup also finds that hastily spoken words return in time to haunt the speaker. Friday the 13th was avoided by all hands to the controversy by settling the strike on Thurs day the 12th. v Corn shorts and cotton longs have some thing !n common, but will get no sympathy from the public. ., The bolsheviki seem able to find a Russian general or two every now and then to shoot, but the supply will not last forever. As long as "Deutschland uber alles" is con- lined to Berlin, no harm will come; the danger is when they try to spread it in other lands. , The president will not invite the hodoo by landing at noon today. The ban runs only igainst starting a journey on Friday the 13th. Various estimates of the bill to be presented Germany for war damages suggest the total ft ill be high enough to hold them for a while. The president will not visit Germany on the present, trip, and it will be a long time before any ftther American goes there, save on official business. ' Frau Schwimmer has had as bad luck with her diplomatic mission as she did with her peace enterprise. She is now ready for the chautauqua service. " A London paper denies that King George is coming hither on a visit. He would be very Welcome, and might get quite a bit of entertain ment out of the trip. Air routes are to be "surveyed in the JUnited Kingdom, but some false lanes might result just now because of the political hot ir being liberated over there. 'Another "government" is being formed in Russi, where -hope not only springs eternally Jbnt joyously. They will get one to stick some day if they keep' at it long enough. Sir "Eric Geddes holds to the opinion that other wars will be fought in the future, and warn England to be ready for defense. His words may well be heard in America. . ! Presence of trolley cars on the street again will be welcomed, if for no other reason than that they will restrain some enthusiasm of r.ompeting "jitney" drivers at the intersections. Pans will be required to stand at attention orty-eight hours, that being the duration of the "official" visit of the president. The rest bf his stay will be spent in having a good time. : Dr Manning should show little consideration and no mercy to the profiteering doctors. If in is uuormation can be vended, he ought to f4U - . - i . r uiuig me uiiciiucis tu a swui puinsiiiucni 01 some sort 'i The wraith of "watchful waiting" will not nnly confront the president at the peace table, W bids fair to rise up across our home path way. Seeds sown in 1913-14 are bound to come o harvest. Food Supplies in Germany Conditions in all the parts of Germany now occupied by the allies apparently justify the assumption that the population is not in any degree suffering from lack; of food. There is tnllen 'arnmVfipnr tn th" new rtil hut- the assurance that order is to be preserved and no reprisals are to be taken relieves the conquered pi the worst apprehensions. It would have been E range indeed if, in a region untouched by the vages of war. the necessities of the inhabi nts in their daily lives were as pressing as those of the devastated parts of France and Belgium. ,The Germans have had to live on a strict regimen, no doubt, but the French and Belgians )rave had to do this too, and to suffer many torse things. , I ; No one would have Germany plunged into aarchy by reason of starvation, of course, but .he prospect of that seems to be remote. It is i sound instinct, however, which leads the American people to protest against that sort of naudlin sentiment which would coddle our :nemies and neglect our friends. If Germany in get Along with what food she has, we had setter turn our attention to Italy and Roumania, lor example, where the crisis is acute, and where great suffering will follow unless we act womptTy.-' So far as the central powers go, rustria is obviously far worse off than Ger many, partly because of the selfish attitude of .iungary during the war. There is much more 'anger of a starving Vienna than a starving Berlin. Philadelphia Ledger, . . ' THE STRIKE NEEDLESS AND -INEFFECTIVE. With the men back at work and the street cars again running, people will ask themselves why Omaha should have been the victim of such ah eight-day affliction. The wind-up finds everything exactly where it was before the trouble was precipitated, back to the War board for adjustment of grievances, on terms which could have been had all the time. From this viewpoint the resort to a strike was un necessary and wholly ineffective, costly to all concerned and without benefit to anyone. The great patient public, which has so un complainingly borne the inconvenience and on which has fallen the losses incidental to the in terruption of service, is entitled to fuller con sideration than it has had. While the people have succeeded in holding the scales fairly level as between the disputants, forbearance should not be mistaken for mere indifference. When the points in dispute are laid before the War Labor board in the future for adjudica tion there should be a full and fair understand ing that it is incumbent on both company and men that the street cars be kept moving. In the present strike no warning was given, and no regard shown for the rights of public. Fopular sympathy may be divided as to the merits of the dispute, or any of its points, but there is no division of sentiment as to what the rights of the people include. Settlement of grievances or disagreements affecting the con ditions of employment should be so carried on as not to interfere with the continuous running of the cars. Omaha folks want to see justice done to both sides directly in conflict, but above this is the matter of justice to the public, and this will be required. Dealing With the Railroads. Director McAdoo's valedictory address to the congress, advising that federal control of the railroads continue five years longer will serve to open discussion of what has been done and what reasonably may be expected. It is admitted by all that while the service of the roads as means of transportation was made more effective for the single purpose of war through the methods adopted by the director, other factors in management were sadly in terfered with. Notably this is true of the most important feature, that of finance. All agree that large sums of money must be expended on extensions and betterments if the railroads are to efficiently serve ths commerce of the country. It is equally plain that this money will not be forthcoming from private sources with the lines held by the government. Pres ent stockholders are secure, but the conditions are not such as readily invite further invest ments. Mr. McAdoo, the Interstate-Commerce com mission and the railroad managers agree that the roads cannot be returned to their prewar status. The Adamson law and its extensions have raised a bar on one side and the absolute necessity for continuing in some form the co operation forcibly established despite the Sher man and Clayton laws has set up a barricade on the other, so that any attempt to compel operations of the great transportation lines under the rules and regulations that prevailed when the federal government took charge as a war measure would inevitably result in whole sale bankruptcy. ' ' With that point clear, the question for de termination is what may be done whether the roads are to be returned to the owners under such conditions as will not only permit their successful operation but will assure them capi tal needed to carry out their purpose, or if the general government is for an indefinite time to assume responsibility for the lines. The at titude of the president is understood to be in favor of continuing control; it is for congress to say if this is to be carried on or if corporate ownership and operation is to be restored with such relief as will make it efficient. Between the United States and England. Colonel Roosevelt announces himself as favoring a perpetual arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain, for the peaceful settlement of all disputes that might arise between the two governments. Such an agreement might serve to notify the world that the great English-speaking democracies were committed to the principle, but it could hardly more firmly establish the practice. Since the Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1814 peace has been maintained between the United States and England by the simple expedient of carefully considering all matters of difference and adjusting them to the mutuat satisfaction of both parties. When such questions as the Canadian boundary, the Alabama claims, the Newfoundland fisheries, the seal fisheries, the Alaskan boundary, and any one of a number of potential causes for war have been settled in conference or by arbitration, the likelihood of resort to armed conflict seems to be so remote as to be entirely outside consideration. Identity of language and customs, the simi larity of aims, institutions and ideas, common alty of laws and a community of all material in terests have united to preserve the peace be tween the countries, and may be expected to so continue. It has been with modest pride we have pointed to the line between the United States and Canada as the longest continuous border in the world, and without a fortification. Why, then, should it be necessary now, after a century of co-operation and intimacy, marked by the most wholesome of rivalry and service, for these nations to asseverate their union by a formal treaty? However, the chairman of the foreign rela tions committee (by right of seniority) did not tell his colleagues that it took him a little over two years to change his mind with regard to Germany, and that it was only after the United States had gone into the war that he really gave up playing the kaiser's game. Naming a board of appraisers to view and report on the value of the gas plant may remind the citizens that we have actually started on the big job of acquiring the works. This ought to satisfy the craving for public ownership for the time being. Herr Ebert may cling to the notion that the German army was not beaten in the field, but he will have a hard time making Hohen zollenv Hindenburg, Ludendorf, Mackenzen and a few others think that way Right in the Spotlight Miss Christabel Pankhurst, who is one of the fourteen women candi dates for parliament in the British elections to be held tomorrow, is a daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pank hurst, the well-known militant suf fagist. Like her mother and two sisters, Miss Christabel has 'been prominently identified with the suf frage cause. She is said to be a most brilliant young woman. She took her degree as a lawyer at Vic toria university, but was not allowed to practice under British law be cause of her sex. For some years she held the position of organizing secretary in the Women's Social and Political union, and many of the most daring and ingenious devices of the militant suffragists were the direct product of her brain. With her mother and sisters she has been arrested several times in her de votion to the suffrage cause. One Year Ago Today in the War. Funchal, Madeira, was bombarded by a German submarine. German envoys arrived at Brest Litovsk to sign armistice with the Russians. Berlin reported a further advance of the Austro-Germans in Northern Italy. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. Michigan university graduates in Omaha organized an alumni associa tion at a meeting attended by twenty. Those enrolled included: Isaac Adams, 74; L. A. Merriam, 73; B. F. Crummer, 79; Levi F. McKenna, '69; H. A. Sturgess, 73; G. W. Ambrose, '63; J. B. Shearer, '85; R. C. Walker, '64; William Gillie, '86; F. L. Weaver, '86; L. F. Crofoot, '88; F. D. Wilson. '81; T. J. Tooley, '85; J. W. Carr, 77; J. P. Davies, '85; George Fisher, '80; T. N. Sadler, 74; G. W. Ayers, 77; Howard B. Smith, 76. ' Blind Boone, the colored pianist, When Rogues Fall Out played to an audience that filled the First M. E. church. Frederick Doll pioneer citizen, died at the residence of Leopold Doll in West Omaha. He had been one of the '49ers in the California gold rush. The Day We Celebrate. Rt. Rev. John Cragg Farthing, lord bishop of Montreal, born at Cincinnati, O., 57 years ago. Dr. A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard university, born in Bos ton, 62 years ago. Arthur George Perkin, one of the world's foremost color chemists, born at Sudbury, England, 57 years ago. Edwin 0. Excell, celebrated evan gelist and composer of gospel songs, born at Uniontown, O., 67 years ago. This Day in History. 1 1560 Duke of Sully, the famous chief minister of Henry IV of France, born at Rosny. Died at Chartes, Dec. 22, 1641. 1769 A charter was granted for Dartmouth College. 1810-North Germany was annex ed to France. 1818 Baron Ellenborough, who was leading counsel for the defense in the trial of Warren Hastings, died in London. Born November 16, 1750. 1880. The Thames embankment in London was first lighted by elec tricity. 1893 House of representatives passed a bill for the admission of Utah to statehood. 1914 British submarine entered the Dardanelles and torpedoed a Turkish battleship. 1915 Berlin announced Anglo French forces had been entirely ex pelled from Macedonia. 1916 Dutch section of League of Neutral nations issued appeal to people of America to intervene in behalf of Belgians. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Friday, the Thirteenth. An emergency conference on re construction plans has been called by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing, to be held in Chicago today. At the seventh annual meeting of the National Drainage congress, which is to begin its sessions in Chicago today, a large government appropriation for the development of drainage systems and water power, flood control, and river regu lations will be considered. Storyette of the Day. Robert W. Boynge, president of the New York Republican club.said the other day: "k's a good , thing to write a square deal for little nations into the peace terms. Little nations in the past have certainly got the small end of it. "They've been treated, especially by Germany, as Jobbins was treated by Battling Bill. "Battling Bill borrowed Jobbins' best black trousers from him, and then, on one excuse or anothef, wouldn's give them back. A month passed, and Jobbins sent an urgent messenger to Bill. 'He must have them trousers back today, Battling said the mes senger. 'He's going to a funeral.' " 'They ain't fit to wear to a fu neral now,' said Battling Bill. 'I've been workin' in the boiler-shop in em, " 'Oh, dearl' sair the messenger. 'What is poor Mr. Jobbins to do, then?' " 'Do? said Battling Bill. 'Why. let him do the same as I done bor row a pair.' " Monument to Soldiers. A Washington man propose! that as the United States was In the war 584 days, a Liberty monument to the memory ot our heroes be erected at the capital, one foot In height for each day, making- it 584 feet high, with the names of all who gave their lives engraved on bronze tablets to be placed in the interior of the monument New York Evening Post Charges of blundering and angry recrimina tions usually follow lost wars. France spent years in investigating the disasters of 1870.- But never before, we believe, has there been wit nessed the kind of ignominious fault-finding, with desperate attempts to shift the odium of failure, now going on in Germany. If the Hohenzollerns in victory would have been in tolerable, in defeat they are contemptible. What whining, what abject appeals, what falsehoods 1 We are glad to see that the former chancellor, Bethmann-Hollweg, has plucked up sufficient spirit to give the lie direct to the former kaiser. The latter, in his ignoble exile in Holland, had taken to whimpering about his incompenent ministers, and asserted that they sent him off to Norway in 1914 in order to prevent him from interfering with their plans to bring on the war. The ex-chancellor publicly' declares this to be not the truth. Indeed, the taunts and accusa tions have flown back and forth so thick that one can hardly bi-.nie the German socialist who says the readiest explanation is that all hands are lying. In the long interview which , the Associated Press has just got from the former crown prince, there is a fine mixture of impudence, un likelihood, and blurting out of probable facts. The babblings of this boy who never grew up would not be credited by any serious inquirer without confirmation. Parts of his story are flatly unbelievable. His chief quarrel is not, like that of his father, with a stupid government, but with an incompetent general staff. It seems that Moltke and Falkenhayn and Hindenburg and Ludendorff thought that they knew more about war than the unlicked Hohenzollern cub who had been sent away in military exile and disgrace, before the war, for insubordination and general folly. If the veterans had only listened to the youth, they would have sur rendered in October, 1914, after they had lost the battle of the Marne; they would have "properly supported" the crown prince when he was disastrously beaten in battle. There may be some truth in the military observations of this young man who succeeded in making him self despised when his father was only hated, but his word cannot be taken for it, or for any thing else in his interview, unsupported by other evidence. It is clear that all this hurried and rather disgusting washing of German dirty linen in public will strengthen the demand for some kind of international tribunal to pass upon the ques tions involved. Military matters would be sec ondary. Not till skilled critics have all the orders and reports before them, can they tell us what really happened at the first battle of the Marne. The ingenuous crown prince vows that the German general staff would have won it had they not fallen into nervous fright. But this does not explain exactly what it was that got so badly on their nerves. All this is a matter for long investigation in the future. There need be no delay, however, in probing into the responsibility for the war. That whole question has been raised by the ex-kaiser in his pitiful endeavors to exculpate himself. If he were built in a large way, he would demand a hearing before impartial judges, so that he might establish his innocence. To do that he would have to produce the official, dispatches of 1914 which neither he nor his government has thus far ventured to make public. Vague report is that many of them have already been burned to avoid exposure of guilt. If that is true, it would be only another form of that suicide which Daniel Webster declared to be confession. A strengthening purpose on the part of the allies to demand the delivering up of the former kaiser for trial is manifested in the news. The haling of him before a high international court m,ay come. Even short of that, we have in the falling out of the German rogues revelations of the most illuminating kind. What a light is already thrown upon the supposed superman of Germany! Their infallible system, their absolute knowledge, their perfect teamplay all these old superstitions look pretty foolish as we now see the mask torn off them. So does that other Commonplace of two years ago that autocracy may be inconvenient in peace, but that it is incomparable in war. The flounder ing of democracy does not today appear so much worse than the floundering, as it is now dis closed to us, the Prussian autocracy. And democracy at least floundered through! Two National Ideals A German army officer who saw the French enter Alsace, after nearly 50 years of German occupation, expressed his astonishment at the conduct of the native population. "I would never have believed it," he says, "yet the evidence is incontestible Strasbourg really seems delighted to have the French back again." He searches rVs Prussian mind in vain to find reasons for this. The Alsatians, he is con vinced, owe much more to the Germans than to the French. "We have developed industries, brought in capital and. so far as Strasbourg is concerned, nearly doubled the population and increased the business turnover tenfold. Yet nine people out of ten are genuinely glad to welcome the French." Not only have the Germans made Alsace "wealthy and comfortable," fie argues, "but they have benefited the country by making it speak German, which, being "the business language," is "obviously more profitable and convenient." And yet those silly Alsatians prefer to speak French. He would never have imagined that mere "sentimental considerations" could prevail over practical and commercial advantages. Here we have a neat little picture, drawn by an artist ignorant of its value, of the essential difference between the French and German types of civilization. One is "business." the other is culture; one is "profit" and selfish com fort, the other is sentiment and humanity. France and Germany, though neighbors, are worlds apart. Norfolk News. Silence Becomes Senator "Latterly I have been using the Embargo association," Count von Bernstorff reported to his government on November ,1, 1916. Herr Reiswitz, then German consul at Chicago, gave to Herr Doktor Albert details of financial as sistance rendered to that association, with an estimate of the amount that would be needed to keep it alive. A report of the work of the conference was made to William Bayard Hale. Chicago reporters had become inquisitive. "When," the report said, "we were able to assure them that such men as Senator Hitchcock, Sen ator Works and Senator Hoke Smith were aid ing us we were able to assure them that we were an American organization." Under the circumstances, silence becomes a senator. New York Herald. People and Events The first boost for public improvements as usual has been launched in New York, where the public service asked $26,500,000 for subway building next year. Andrew Carnegie has just passed his 83d milestone, enjoying good health and all the com forts desirable. Moreover, his peace palace at The Hague has several good prospects for a tenant after a long run of idleness. Bootlegger bulls are on the rampage in West Virginia owing to the aproaching drouth in Ohio, arid whisky prices are soaring to $15 and $18 a quart. Prices in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas are reported less than half the West Virginia scale, which puts the Missouri valley runners in the class of cheap skates. Down New York way, grandfather lawyers show up as giddy as grandfather doctors. ' A local medic of 75 who recently took to his bosom a bride of 32 Slightly leads the lawyer of 73 pulsing years who took a bride of 40. The lawyer, however, showed commendable thrift in the deal, inasmuch as the marriage e.ided a $100,000 lawsuit in which he was the defendant State Press Comment a Grand Island Independent: Oma ha is experiencing one of the bless ings of the private ownership of the public streets. Norfolk Press: Prices were boost ed because of the war and then boosted again leeause the war stopped. Where are we atT Grand Island Independent: The Bee is calling for a censorship on the Omaha health department, because of the coinage by it of the phrase, "Cover up each cough or sneeze." Possibly it thinks someone has a sinister design on the Omaha news papers? Friend Telegraph: During the days of slavery Abraham Lincoln was an onlooker at a slave market in New Orleans and after viewing it for a time turned aside with the remark, "If I ever get an opportun ity I will swat that thing." The country well knows Lincoln's oppor tunity and how well and effectually he did swat it in after years in his emancipation proclamation. Governor-elect McKelvie has almost an equal opportunity among the china shop tax eaters in this state. We shall see what -ve shall see. Harvard Courier: Another Job the Nebraska legislature might as well attend to Is to repeal the anti cigaret law. It is almost never en forced and when it is the object us ually is to gratify a private grudge. The use of cigarets has increased to such an extent that it isn't likely that it will ever be possible to en force the discontinuance of their use. As it now stands, almost every dealer in tobacco must handle them in or der to hold his trade, and when he does handle them he has the club of the law hanging over him all the time ready to be used by anyone who wants to do so. CENTER SHOTS Washington Post: The world bears with wonderful resignation the news that rioters are about to break loose In Berlin. Minneapolis Tribune: The odds are big that the peace conference will not permit Germany to go into voluntary bankruptcy and get off by paying 10 cents on the dollar. Philadelphia Ledger: With for eign armies on their soil, the Ger mans are first beginning to know the bitterness of defeat. Fortunately for them, they will be spared the untold agonies their armies have in flicted on others. Kansas City Star: The queens reigning in Europe seem to be weathering the revolutionary period well. Queens generally hang onto their thrones longer than kings. But then queens aren't always starting something, like kings are. Brooklyn Eagle: Hope springs eternal in the brewer's breast. The New York interests decide to keep their plants intact and retain most of their employes till January. Maybe Micawber never dealt in malt, but, like the beermakers, he was always waiting for something to turn up. New York Herald: The country's farm products this year, as shown in the report of the secretary of agri culture, exceed all previous records. Products of the soil and value of live stock on the farms approximate $25, 000,000,000, being more than $3,500, 000,000 greater than last year. Wheat production was 919,000,000 bushels, the largest ever with the exception of "billion bushels year" 1916. SMILING LINES. "Mayme's baby must be the smartest child, to hear her talk, on the block." "Yen, I was fully prepared to hear her say when the child swallowed a tack, ti was because he heard the doctor aay he needed more Iron In his system." Balti more American. Mrs. Nuritch Edith, what are you reading-? Daughter Petrarch's poems, ma. Mrs. Nuritch Edith, haven't I warned you against the vulgar habit of shortening men's names? Say Peter Rarch. Boston Transcript. Nicker I say, old chawple,' that's a deucedly bad cold you have. How did you come by It? rocker Sudden change of atmosphere. Rushed right out of a warm smile Into a cold shoulder and a frigid look. Indian apolis Star. "The Idea of the moon Influencing a person to lunacy! Ridiculous!" "Maybe so. But have you considered the honey-moon?" Browning's Magazine. "What are you going to give your wife for a Christmas present?" "I don't know. She hasn't told me yet." Washington Star. Tilda Pass the 'lasses. Lizzie (who has attended school) Don't say '"lasses." Say molasses. Tilda How come I to say mo' 'lasses when I ain't had none yet? New Orleans Picayune. "All the little boys and girls who wiah to go to heaven." said a Sunday school superintendent, "will please arise.' , Whereupon all, with the exception ef Sammy Scruggs, arose. "And doesn't this little boy want to go to Heaven?" asked the superintendent, In surprise. "Not yet,'1 said Sammy. Harper's Msgs-slna. THE LORELEI. There once was a Siren with long golden hair Who lived on an Isle In tha Rhine. Who lured to destruction the fishermen there With a cruel and vicious design. She sang of the kisses she'd five to the bold Who dared to come near to her side. And she promised caresses and silver and gold. And she knew very well that she Had. ' But closer and closer the fishermen came Till their boats on the dark rocks were tossed. But hers was only a vampire's game. So tha poor simple creatures were lost. Now, lately, a siren sat by the Rhine, Many lovers she lured from afar. For she seemed to the duped ones gracious and fine. And the name of the lady waa War. The Kaiser had wooed her for many a yean For he thought he would share In her spoils. But his hopes gave way to a terrible fear, For at last he was caught In her tolls. And Just like the fishermen long, long ago, By the Lorelei robbed of all sense. Both he and his armies were wrecked with the blow On the rocks of the Allied defense. FRANCES STUART In Leslie's. JT. Plan for Public Schools. Seward. Neb.. Dec. 10. To the Editor of The Bee: Our experience during the last two years has demon strated that the proper education of American children is not only of vital Importance, but absolutely es sential to American citizenship. The school children of today are the cit izens of tomorrow, and in the inter est of that true citizenship which gives birth to national unity and sta bility, we are convinced that legis lative action relative to our present educational situation is imperative. We respectfully submit the in closed resolutii ns to your attention, and if you are in sympathy with this movement we request that you give them the widest publicity possible, together with any editorial comment you may be prompted to make: "Recognizing the Imperative need for remedial legislation along cer tain lines pertaining to the stand ardizing of our elementary schools, we, the Seward County Council of Defense, in regular session assem bled, unanimously adopt the follow ing resolutions: "First That no discriminatory or preferential consideration be here after given by law to any public, pri vate, parochial or sectarian elemen tary school. "Second That all schools wherein pupils amenable to the compulsory attendance law are Instructed shall be subject to the supervision and control of such officers as are now recognized by law for the adminis tration of our elementary school system. "Third That we favor the enact ment of a law prescribing, within certain limitations, essential subjects to be embodied in every elementary school curriculum, particularly his tory, both national and state; a course In civics and good citizen ship; physiology, including anatomy and hygiene. Such courses to be outlined and prescribed by the state superintendent of public Instruction. "Fourth That no person shall be hereafter permitted to give instruc tion in any elementary school, whether public, private, parochial or sectarian, unless such person be cer tificated by proper legal authority. "Fifth That all instruction in el ementary schools shall hereafter be given in the American language. "SEWARD COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE." Quaint Bits oj Life The Cunard liner Britannia, wnien was the first steamship to start a regular passenger service acroaa the Atlantic, waa not aa big aa the tend ers which now take passengers t and from liners. The Victoria fall on the Zambesi are 2,000 yards wide and 460 feet deep. It is estimated that there la enough waste energy running ther every day to run half the machinery of the world. A few years ago a New Zealandef on a visit to England entered a well known auction room in London JU6t in time to bid. had he so desired, for the mummy of a Maori chief who had once dined as a guest at his own table. Napoleon waa very uperstitloua, particularly In regard to broken mlr. rors. Once, in Italy, he broke a lookingglass over Josephine' por trait, lie immediately dispatched a messenger to find out whether she was safe, and fretted until he knew that she was well. LEAVE ALL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES TO POSLAM "Get things done" in the quickest, most efficient way. That's the demand of to day. Because Poslam is so well able to combat skin troubles, goes at there n ergetically right at the etart, and finishes what it begins, it shoud be first aid to any sufferer from ecaema. 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