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. 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
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some sort
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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
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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. Itching stops : angry
skin if soothed and comforted. Pimples,
rashes, scalp-scale and minor troubles
usually need few applications. Her is
quality concentrated.
Sold everywhere. For free sample write
to Emergency Laboratories, 24S Wast 7th
St., New York City.
And Poslam Soap, being medicated with
Poslam, will benefit your akin while usee'
daily for toilet and bath. Adv.
Kind of Peace Wanted.
New York Herald: We cannot
know what anybody else means by
"peace with justice," but we do
know that when the American peo
ple say they are for peace with jus
tice they mean a peace which will
see that full justice is done to Bel
gium and France and all other vic
tims of German criminality.
; ; Ends Stubborn Coughs
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You'll never know how quickly a
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trv this famous old home-made remedy.
Anyone who has coughed all' day and
all night, will say that the immediate
relief given is almost like magic. It
is very easily prepared, and really
there is nothing better for coughs.
Into a pint bottle, put 2 ounce!
of Pinex; then add plain granu
lated sugar syrup to make a full
Iiint. Or, you can use clarified mo
asses, honey, or corn syrup, instead
of sugar syrup. Either way, the full
pint saves about two-thirds of the
money usually spent for cough prepara
tions, and gives you a more positive,
effective remedy. It keens perfectly
and tastes pleasant children like it.
You can feel this take hold instant
ly, soothing and healing the mem
branes in all the air passages. It
promptly loosens a dry, tight cough,
and soon you will notice the phlegm
thin out and then disappear altogether.
A day's use will usually break up an
ordinary throat or chest cold, and it is
also splendid for bronchitis, croup,
whooping cough, and bronohial asthma,
Pinex is a most valuable concen
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, the most reliable remedy
for throat and chest ailments.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "2Vi ounces of Pinex"
with directions and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give abso
lute satisfaction or money refunded.
The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Open for the Fall and
Winter season
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. Colfax, Iowa.
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Location Most Central.
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Ratal $1.75 to $3.50 Per Day.
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Pres. and Manager.
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It's Acid-Stomach
That Hakes Erlisons
Sick and Suffer
Life Is dafk not worth much to
the man or wvman with an acid-stomach.
Acid-stomach kills Hope, Ambition,
Energy, Courage. It saps the strength
of the strongest body impoverishes
the blood causes untold suffering
makes millions weak, unfit and brings
on premature old age.
You know what acid-mouth does to
teeth and gums how the acid literal
ly eats through the hard enamel,
causing the teeth to decay. Just im
agine, then, what havoc an acid-stomach
must do to the delicate organiza
tion of the stomach.
Millions of people are weak and un
fit, suffering all the time, in on way
or another, from supcracidity or acid
stomach. They don't seem dangerously sick.
Just ailiiiR. Going through life weak,
listleas, dragging one foot after an
other. They're nervous and irritable;
lack power and punch, frequently
have severe attacks of blinding, split
ting headaches: subject to fits of
melancholia, and mental depression.
And nearly always their stomachs
are out of order, even thouch many
experience no actual stomach pains-
digestion poor never getting any
where near the full strength
the'r food.
So, you see. it's jait this
stomach that Is holding so
people back sap:inT up the strnirth
they should get from their food
fro
id-
many
taking away their vigor and vitality
leaving them weak and inefficient.
Get rid of the axceaa acid. That's
- the secret of good health and is the
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best they can do is to apur up your
appetite. When tha stimulating ef
fects wear off, you are worse off than
ever.
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to remove excess acid without the
slightest discomfort It Is called EAT
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of blotting paper taking up a drop of
ink they literally absorb the in
jurious exreaa acid and carry it
away through the intestinea.
Begin using EATONIC right now
today and gat on th road to bound
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sands upon thouaanda of people who
have used EATONIC are enthusiastic
in Its praise. They say they never
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EATONIC is fully guaranteed. Tour
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In every way, you get your 60 cent
back. You know your druggist and
you can aafely trust him to make this ,
gnarante good. Adv.
