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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tht AteorUted Vtnt. of win, h Tin llee l! member. H eirlualtelt entitled 10 tlie h fur rubin-sUnn of all ne dispatches credited to It Of not otherwise credited in Um ad lo the local itwi puhllalied herein. All Hi',, 'J o( subnotion of our special liiPklcbM ara ilao reamed. OFFICES: rhlcairo Peopled Oaj rmlldmg. omjha The Fee TlldK. New York smi Kifth H..11U1 Omaha rilS N St. t LouisNew H'k of IVmmHM. (Vwnnl Hlutti 14 N. Maiu St Washington IM XL Lincoln Littls Uuildlng. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 69,4 1 8 Sunday 63,095 Awaft clnuIaiioM fr tha month ubserlbcd and a worn to by K. R, Bagan, CiivuIatioD Muutgfr. Subscribers leaving the city should have The Bee mailed t them. Addresa changed as often at requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG I . I ! MBiitf iiiiiiifciiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiilll , Over the top for the Red Cross? Sure. Hurryl It will soon be too late to shop ?arly. 1 . Poland suffered long enough to justify tol erance now. Our Red Cross membership is a cross we all cheerfully bear. Clear track is asked for the revenue law. Let a know the worst at once. Uncle Sain had a mil lion civilians on the line behind the armv. Some little fighting force itself. Plenty of jobs are waiting for the dis charged soldiers, and business has just com menced to revire. Ebert says the kaiser is beyond the law. That is what Hohenzollern thought, but he has changed his mind. For a most acceptable present that will be a daily reminder of the donor, give a year's paid subscription to The Pce. At any rate, Omaha will not suffer from the cancellation of war contracts and the dis mantling of war factories. Buying the street railway is next in order. It will be a great bargain for the company at present cost of reproduction. While the charitable inclination is upon you, remember The Bee's free shoe fund, which buys shoe for shoeless school children. The "Sandstorm" boys are to be kept abroad for a while. After a year at Deming the Rhine region ought to seem like heaven. If the president does eat his dinner with the " private soldiers on Christmas he will at least have a good meal in good company. for x Making nu masks tor Uiicago is a new ,15iraha occupation. It also puts an emphasis 1 on the difference between the two cities. I '. ' ' The president lost his way, hunting for the golf Jinks at Versailles, but he will not wander far when he gets into the Hall of Mirrors. The valuable lesson of conservation will not vbe worth the cost if it is discarded at every op portunity just because the war necessity is past. China did not look good to Dr. Connolly when he got a close-up. Here is a chance for some deserving democrat who wants to go abroad. Clubs are trumps in Omaha. Not a city of our size in the country is equipped with as many flourishing clubs installed in their own hand some quarters. "Jerry" Howard is some coiner of phrases. His "invisible in war, invincible in peace" will fit a number of others besides the ones he was .directly aiming at. Nebraska doctors are going to unite forces for fighting the flu, and may in time reach a common opinion as to the nature and probable cure of the disease. Rather tardy after-thought to question now the constitutionality of the occupation tax which has lieen paid by our public utility corporations for more than ten years. The London Times says America and Great Britain are in substantial agreement as to the freedom of the seas. With the exception of a few minor points, such as which is to control. An Old Sport Comes Back NOT MORE BUT BETTER GOVERN MENT. A conference of governors, now in session at Annapolis, is repeating the experiences of former gatherings of the kind. Planned as clearing house for ideas, and to facilitate an ex change of views, with hope of arriving at more feasible and beneficial methods of administer ing the affairs of their several commonwealths, these assemblages are disappointments as a rule. Instead of bringing forth reforms of moment's, or outlining ways of real service, they resort to the obvious and ineffectual remedy of "be it en acted." Social ills, arising from whatever cause, are to be treated by the application of statutory enactment, the theory being if we have a law to cover the case the irritation will disap pear. Some day a governor will arise in one of these gatherings and immortalize himself by proposing that what is needed is not more gov ernment, but better government. Fewer laws and more efficient administration will serve to remedy some of the troubles that vex society, and when people are taught so that they will have a greater reverence for the laws most of the difficulty of enforcing them will vanish. Some states of existence are beyond the reach of man-made law, but even these may be miti gated through the temperate application of the simple principles on which all law finally'must rest. Jefferson's aphorism, that "the world is governed too much," ought to be revived right now-. The Royal Ulster Yacht club's challenge for a 1919 America's cup race is on its way across the Atlantic. Virtually, of course, it is Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge, as in the past. The informal announcement is made in Belfast that Sir Thomas is relying on the Shamrock IV to win the cup. Shamrock IV has lain in drydock for more than four years at the yards of James Shewan &"Sons, foot of Twenty-seventh street. South Brooklyn. No Teuton plotter has put it in peril. In 1914 it crossed the Atlantic by way of Ber muda, convoyed by Lipton's steam yacht, but without any towing, in 21 days 23 hours. That year the challenge had been accepted and the first race was to have taken place on September 10. But the beginning of August saw England engaged in a life-or-death war, and the propriety of Lipton's withdrawal was ques tioned by no American. This country had built three rival defenders the Resolute, designed by the, Herreshoffs; the Vanitie, designed by William-Gardner, and the Defiance, designed by George Owen. Of these the Resolute had won 13 of the test races, the Vanitie had won six, the Defiance had had hard luck in every race it sntered. Both the Vanitie and the Resolute were laid up af City Island. It is announced chat the latter, the leader in 1914. is at least as ready for a race as the Shamrock IV. So it may it a case of one five-year-old boat againstan other of the same age, a novelty in sloop-yacht ; racing. None of Lipton s yachts has ever won a sin gle race against a chosen American defender of the America's cup; there was a clean score in 1890, in 1901 and in 1903. But that eternal vigi lance is the price of safety has always been the creed oi American yachtsmen. Brooklyn Eagle. Get a New Map. Forced because of the "flu" to postpone again the big convention of the Nebraska State Teachers' association, this time indefinitely, the officers are thoughtfully distributing the pro gram pamphlets to the members to enable them to study its contents embracing the topical dis cussion subjects, pictorial biographies of speak ers, proposed new constitution, information as to meeting places and accommodations and a guide map to Omaha. We suggest that before another document of this kind is permitted to go out, whoever is responsible for it get a new map. The map in this folder is a back number that fails to record the wonderful progress Omaha has scored in the past few years. It does not even locate the half dozen fine new hotels we have erected to take care of visiting guests. It does not indi cate where the University club or the Commer cial club is to be found, much less the new Athletic club. It shows one church which has not stood on the spot thus marked for three years or more. It still plants the old Board of Trade building on the most conspicuous corner of the business district where the magnificent new First National bank structure rises sky ward. The streets, it is only fair to note, are correctly inscribed, but otherwise it is not a guide to present-day Omaha, but to Omaha be fore its reconstruction renaissance. Let's have a new and up-to-date map made for convention booklets and keep it up to date if we have to have another one every six months. "Out of the Mouths of Babes." The parade of the children of Berlin under the red flag is so typical of the socialistic cult that it might easily escape notice beyond that given as a tribute to the childish character of the whole movement. A grave and reverend spokesman, who has had seventeen years in this vale of tears, harangued the multitude and sol emnly presented the program of the children. Their demands include, quite naturally, full par ticipation in the affairs of the government, with details sketchily outlined that there may be no embarrassing limitations, should a question as to their'rights arise. No more of absurdity attaches to this parade than to the bolshevik movement in general; it is only a demand that the important business of managing the government of a great nation be turned over to the immature and inexperi enced. Under bolshevism the ignorant and un fit are given authority, while the intelligent and well trained are excluded from any voice in the administration. If a man possesses property he is condemned as bourgeoise; if he has brains and knows how to use them he is banned as an "intellectual." In Germany the movement is kaleidoscopic at present, bewildering in its divisions and sub divisions, these usually resting on the person ality of some leader who has assembled a group about him, utterly without cohesion or definite program, save the smashing of things. And, if the Teutonic destiny leads in that way, the chil dren may as well share in the work as any, for they can destroy with less of ruth because they will feel smaller sense of loss or responsibility. Individual character, so long suppressed in Ger many, must assert itself before the salvation of that country is secure. In the Building Industry. How completely the routine of our national life was interrupted by the war is shown by the condition of the building industry. This was so completely under control that it was almost ex tinguished. Figures compiled by the American Contractor, based on reports from 1S1 cities, shows that for the month of November, 1918, building permits taken out were for construc tion valued at only $6,598,857, compared to $45, 623,885 for the preceding year. This business is not stagnant; it was simply dammed up, held back by the need of all sorts of building ma terial for the war. The checked stream will not suddenly be released, but will soon be flow ing along its normal channels, with all its forces occupied on construction for peace uses. Omaha has suffered in common with the rest of the country, but has before it a well organized cam paign for improvement, in which may be noted elements of solid growth.. Revival in building is sure to come with the spring, and we will not soon again be asked to review so disheart ening a tale as that told by the figures now offered. Farmers of an Iowa county have given a beautiful illustration of how "mony a mickle makes a muckle." Their promise of a pig apiece last spring is now redeemed in a train load of porkers, bringing above $75,000 for the Red Cross. The Agricultural department experts are raising another bumper crop of winter wheat for 1919, but final estimates will not be at hand for at least a year. yyiw I A y Right in the Spotlight. Jules Cambon, who is expected to be one of the representatives ot France in the coming peace con ference, is well known on this side of the Atlantic, having served as the French ambassador at Washington from 1898 to 1902. M. Cambon is in his 74th year and has spent more than half his life as one or another cog in the great wheels of French administration. He served in the Franco-Piussian war and a few years later became secretary to Gen. Chanzy, Governor General of Al giers. He succeeded Gen. Chanzy in 1891 and remained in Algiers un til assigned to the Washington em bassy. After leaving Washington he served successively as French am bassador at Madrid and Berlin. During these years of service he es tablished a reputation as one of the ablest diplomats in Europ;. At the present time he holds the post of general secretary to the ministry of foreign affairs in Paris. One Year Ago Today in the War. Ten persons killed in a German raid on London. Austro-German forces stormed Monte Asolone, guarding the San Lorenzo valley. Maj.-Gen. George W. Goethals ap pointed acting quartermaster gen eral of the U. S. army. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. An ordinance was approved by the mayor granting to C. E. Yost, E. M. Morsma . and associates a franchise to lay pipes in the streets to supply heat and power to the inhabitants. The council ordered the proposi tion to build a new city hall sub mitted to the voters. To meet the motor fare, the price of a ride between Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs on the "dummy" train has been reduced to 10 cents. Frank Selee has been re-engaged to look after the management of Omaha's ball team for the 1889 sea son. P. T. Barnum sends The Bee an autograph letter correcting a state men that lie has abandoned the show business. W. H. Hall, assistant manager of the water works left for Detroit to spend Christmas there. The Day We Celebrate. L. M. Whitehead, chief clerk of the Burlington railroad, born 1879. Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, U. S. A., organizer of the Philippine Scouts, born" at Constantine, Mich.. 54 years ago. Dr. Lyman Abbott, noted clergy man, author and editor, born at Rox bury, Mass., 83 years ago. Nathan B. Scott, former United State senator from West Virginia, born in Guernsey county, O., 76 years ago. Dr. S. Tarkes Cadman, noted clergyman and eloquent pulpit ora tor, born in England 54 years ago. Rt. Kcv. John Grimes, Catholic bishop of Syracuse, born in County Limerick, Ireland, 66 years ago. Tyrus R. Cobb, the famous out fielder of the Detroit base ball club, born in Royston, Ga., 32 years ago. This Day in History, 1708 Charles Wesley, who is known as "the poet of Methodism," born at Epworth, Eng. Died March 29, 1788. 1812 Bonaparte arrived at Taris from his disastrous campaign in Russia. 1843 Smith Thompson, President Monroe's secretary of the navy, died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Born at Stanford, N. Y., January 17, 1768. 1852 Horatio Greenough ,the founder of the colony of American sculptors in Italy, died at Somer ville, Mass. Born in Boston, Sep tember 6, 1805. 1893 President Cleveland sent 10 congress a message defining his po sition in the Hawaiian controversy. 1915 Ford peace party arrived at Christiansand, Norway. 1916 British premier announced in parliament that allies rejected German peace offer. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Centennial anniversary of the birth of William Moon, an English man who was one of the first to devise raised type for the blind. The National Council for Indus trial Defense has called a meeting to be held today in New York City to formulate plans for industrial re construction following the war. The first of the public auctions for the disposal of the surplus wool held by the United States War de partment is scheduled to take place today in Boston. Six million New Yorkers and their guests from everywhere have been invited to attend a Christmas-victory-peace reception and dance to be given tonight by the Ameri can Red Cross along fifty blocks of Fifth avenue. Storyette of the Day. In an Irish court house an old man was called into the witness box and, being infirm and just a little near sighted, he went too far in more than one sense. Instead of going up the stairs that led to the bo, he mounted those that led to the1 bench. The judge good humoredly said: "Is it a judge you want to be, my good man?" "Ah, sure, yer worship," was the reply. "I'm an old man now, an' mebbe it's all I'm fit for." London Globe. THAT FLU STUFF. ! . Major General March i 1 ! In the Wake of War Mr. Wilson's official visit to Taris is at an end, but he will be there or thereabouts for some days to come. Brooklyn Eagle. There were a half dozen of them, all stand ing over six feet, sturdy of mind and limb. So when came the call to go a-soldiering a family conclave was held and the second brother cho sen. Then the waiting, for how could they be quite sure he'd pass the exams at West Point? Tass them he did. gloriously. In such man ner was Gen. Peyton C. March set upon the ca reer which took him up and up through various posts to his present rank of chief of the army general staff. Youngest of the generals, he was summoned from France to become head of the military establishment at the-capital, outranking every other officer in the army in Washington?) Such colorful romance as is shot with sikIt den violent change and the tread of marching feet threads the woof of his story. It began in Easton, Pa., where he was born 53 years ago. Faston backgrounds Lafayette college. High on a hilltop the college stands eternallv brood ing over the roofs below. Best known of the professors there was the great philologist, lit terateur and linguist. Francis Alden March. It was to him that Representative William Mutchler, well known character in his day, went stamping his way on the fine morning be fore General March's appointment to West Point. "Professor." the representative growled, "this West Point business gives me no peace. Boys whom my local political friends recom mend go there and flunk their exams and can't bold their places. I'm going to give up the democrats and try the republicans. I want to apopint one of your sons. I guess they'll pass!" And this was the beginning. March was an active student of infantry, cav alry and engineers. His interest was in the army as a whole, not in its separate branches, and consequently bis ability to perform the du ties of rhief-of-staff. He spent 10 years in the army before the Spanish-American war. When John Jacob As tor gave a battery for service in the Philippines he was advanced from the rank of first lieuten ant to that of captain of volunteers and given command. It was a notable organization, com posed mostly of college men. With Roosevelt's Rough Riders it shared the limelight. Richard Hardin? Davis has told the story of his capture of Mrs. Aguinaldo. Examining her luggage of perfumes, fans and finery, he came upon a box of soaps. "Its fragrant, clean aroma rose to the men's faces," Davis wrote, "and they suddenly stopped. Major March stopped, too, and looked with eager tempted eyes. The men looked at their officer, the offi cer looked at the soap then well, it was Madame Agtiinnldo's soap, not theirs. Major March ordered them not to touch it, and looked away while thev wrapped it up and nut it bark. Surely the brilliant young West Pointer de served the tribute which Madame Aguinaldo paid him while in Manila; 'I do not like Amer icans she said, 'hut as for Major March, he is the nicest, kindest man I have ever met.'" General March went to the Russo-Japanese war as an observer, not to spy, but to learn. When the United States entered the present war he was merely colonel of artillery. He went abroad with Pershing as chief of artillery and laid the lines on which the American artillery became a thing of terror to the Huns. He assumed his duties in Washington with the sad news that his son and namesake. Lt. Peyton C. March, jr., was killed by a fall from an airplane on one of the southern training fields. Knowing as he does that the real cost of war is to loved ones at home, his policy is one of human sympathy with fathers, mothers and wives who search the papers each morning for news from "aver there." Giving information about the army is one of General March's duties, and he is described hv newspaper men at the capital as the most effective publicity man the United 'States has had since this country went to war. He meets newspaper correspondents twice weekly, and so perfect is their mutual un derstanding that the public is hearing more au thoritative facts than ever in our history. Of interest is the story that in Washington General March frequently is referred to as "the man of smiling eyes." The smile, it is said, ex presses his attitude toward life. The 'Ouse oj 'Anover A huge airship passed over our little street in the heart of London one morning, cruising slowly about in the sky above us, performing propaganda work for Red Cross or war bonds, dropping small parachutes, no doubt carrying literature bearing upon the particular object in hand. It was a very beautiful and impressive sight, and the denizens of our street rushed forth to view it, including, of course, the American whose rooms are on the ground floor of this most comfortable English hotel. All the por ters and maids came running out on the pave ment, and from the windows on every floor heads popped, looking upward. Even Peter, the catwho lives in the Haymarket theater next door, a well-known neighborhood character, scampered from his snug lair and, with arching tail, mingled with his freinds in the street. The burly custodian of the stage entrance to the theater stood in his doorway, gazing heaven ward. I spoke to him about the beautiful ma chine above us, and he responded civily: "I beg pardon, sir, but aren't you an Amer ican?" I said I was. "Well, sir, if you will excuse me, T just want to say I take off my hat, sir, to your president." President Wilson's final answer to Ger many's armistice proposal had just been pub lished that morning, and all London was de lighted with its firmness and wisdom, particu larly its reference to the "king of Prussia." m I cordially acknowledged his sincere and honest compliment to my country, agreeing with him th at our president had taken exactly the right stand. lie continued, with much earnest ness: "Wot I say is. sir, that after this war we 'ave got to forget 1766 (sic), sir. Why, wot was we fightin' when your minute men stood up against us. sir, in 1766? Englishmen, sir. And who was fightin 'em? Not the English government, but a German king we 'appened to 'ave at the time, sir. We must forget all that, sir. Wot I say is that it never should 'ave 'appened at all, sir; and never would 'ave 'appened if it 'ad not been for the stultified 'ouse of 'Anover. sir!" To all of which I most heartily agreed. Wil liam C. Edgar in the Bellman. The central enip.i, Rill hi in his own i big Bill is on tho v.i the peace conferee , renal comedy, t lit? -. longed scrtvim. The Whiffet war proved their worth drive, promise to it traction in France that tests in tit aw .:. were a jrreat sueeos fry will relegate h-'. power and blow off u inanre of rural tnwp.i' Allied occupation heads scarcely v:irrv mor, but an unsoemh in among monarch, pendent Ciilias tells guard pacing on the h lern bridge! at t'olo.m:, , preached by a native w mark, in good KiikHsIi. wound up the w itch mi A Missouri soldier, vr home folks, notes that lost one bis ind. Another coming from ' The 11 rst a -coiid a pro tanks, which the finishing 'lationize canal Paris reports iu canal hunts The discov ' c ami niiilo oach of the ro- K'llnc bridge s' native fi ii kcr oft slips War ('orrcs "f a ISritish :;o llohenzol- . being ap v;t!i the re "So, y,m have e Rhine. UK to tho t to tho national anthems of tin- allies the natives of a Kronen vili:io celebrat ing the armistice, seemed particular ly taken with the ribald American ragtime, "Hail, Hall, the bang's All Hero," and save the wunls us much emphasis as election nisht eelebra tors at home. A monument to the men who were trained at Camp I'tinst. n is to he erected in a central location in the camp. It is to be 40 feet high with a base LTi feet square, tapering to six feet square at the top. Iluee bould ers scattered around the i amp will be used for the monument, which will be decorated with bronze tab lets carrying suitable inscriptions to the men. tine of the many "gnbs" in service abroad, with six years before the mast to his credit, and esteemed the champion boxer of the squadron, was persuaded to enter a "three round go" with a British sailor. Our champion considered six rounds nec essary to do his best, three rounds beinK too brief for real work. So it proved in this instance, the "gob" coming out of it second best. While nursing a black eye, he was asked what he thought of the Britisher as a sport. "Say," he answered, "they are the best ever. They are tnore'n just gentlemen. Take it from me, they are reg'Iar fellers." EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Minneapolis Tribune: With egps already at 80 cents and in view of what has happened to railroad rates, we would be mighty sorry to have the government take over the hens. New York Post: Hoover has been demanding conservation of pork for a long time; and yet a lot of fellows at Washington come rolling forth projects for a new batch of post office buildings. Washington Tost: While we are working up pity for the hungry hordes of Germany, we mustn't for get the poor Bulgars, who are starv ing after having killed 40,000 Greeks by starvation and tortured to death 78.000 more. Philadelphia Ledger: None of the great figures of the war will have a warmer welcome in this country than Cardinal Mereier. He shares with King Albert the glory o" keep ing the Belgian soul alive. 7Ae& Ko i lt "Till Ik Hoys Come Home." Superior, Xoi. To the Kditor of The liee: The question is being asked: When is the proper time to take down the service (lag in our homes and public places? 1 would like to suggest not until peace is signed and our city or town has given its reception in honor of their soldiers' return home. A WAU WORK Kit. ;oorimionl of I'miico. Omaha. Hoe. It!. To the Kditor of The lice: i'lease write us in The Bee uu article on the governmental plan of France. We read about pre miers and presidents and parleys, and don't know, but arc ashamed to ask. Hon't be afraid to write lt kindergarten. C. K. 1 1 KRH1NG. Answer The government of Krance may best be described as a centralized parliamentary republic. The Kronen constitution is a brief document, containing only the bare framework of government; it is sub ject to amendment or change by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Senate and Chamber of Peptides, and is made operative by the stat utes that may be passed by the Par liament. The Chamber of Peptides consists of one member fo.' approx imately each 70.000 inhabitants; at present it has t S 4 members, who must be citizens of Krance and at least 23 years of age. These are voted for by districts and are elected for terms of four years. The Sen ate consists of 300 members, elected from districts, but not by direct vote, the electors consisting of the deputies, the local council of the district and members chosen by the councils of the several subdivisions of the district. Senators, who must be at least 4 5 years of age, are elect ed for nine years, and that a con tinuing body may be had, one-third of the membership retires each three years. The president is chosen by the senators and deputies and must have a majority of the two bodies for elec tion. His term is for neven years and he is eligible to re-election, as are the senators and deputies. The ministry consists of heads of the administrative departments and consists of deputies who are mem bers of the leading or majorit. fac tion of the Chamber of Peptides. While ostensibly chosen by the pres ident, they really are selected by the leader of the group, or combination of groups, in power, the head becom ing premier or spokesman, and the government continuing until over turned by vote of the deputies. Baws may originate in either body, but the deputies have control over all revenue and appropriation meas ures. .The president has the right to review, but not to veto, laws. In case he makes objection to any measure it must be reconsidered by I both houses, and if passed again by I a majority vote it becomes a law. I He has other duties corresponding to those of the American president, and some that ar" even more impor : tant. For example, most of the laws j enacted by tho Parliament are made I operative through ordinances pro- If you have tummy-ache. It's the Klu! If you're weary when you wake, It's the Flu! Is your memory off the trark? Is your liver out of whack? Ar there rlmples on your back? It's the Flu! Are there spots before your eyes? It's the Flu! Are you fatter than some guys? It's the Flu! Do your teeth hurt when you bite? Do you ever have a frlcht? Do you want to sleep at night? It's the Flu! Are you thirsty when you eat? It's the Flu! Are you shaky on your feet? It's the Flu! If you feel a little ill, Send right off for Dr. Pill, He will say, despite his skill: "It's the Flu! He won't wait to diagnose, "It's the Flu! Hasn't time to change his clothes, "It's the Flu! Q For two weeks he's had no ret. Has no time to make a test, So he'll class you with the rest It i the Flu! Cincinnati Enquirer. Murdered Belgian Priests Shocking as it is to hear from Cardinal Mer eier that no less than 49 Belgian priests were tortured and slain by the Germans, it is not sur prising. From the very beginning of the war i heir animosity to the shrines and ministers of leligion was conspicuous. "In the sack of a village," says one witness, "the worst treatment is always reserved for the priests and the churches." The number of the dead does not represent the total of brutality; hundreds of examples of it can be cited. The German sol diers forced his own parishioners to beat the cure of Pont-Brtile. Members of the Louvain clergy were forced to lie naked in a pig-sty. Here is one tvpical case: "On the 30th of August, 1914, the Germans arrested the dean and vicar of a village in Bra bant, under the pretext that they had made luminous signals from the church tower. Now '.he priests had been prisoners since 2 o'clock of the afternoon; how then could they have ascended the tower at 5:30 p. m.? Despite their protestations they were taken to Lntivain, whence a so-called council of war sent them to Germany. ... A German major sent for them and informed them that they were about to be shot. The vicar asked that he might con fess. 'No.' he was told, 'hell is good enough for you. They were led away to die, but were afterwards sent to a seminary, where they re mained prisoners until January, 1913." And vet only 49 priests were actually mur dered! The Germans must be astounded at their own moderation. Philadelphia Ledger. W,' J. ' Everything in Art and Music sir 0 1513 Douglas St. The Christmas Art and Music Store mulgated by the president, who also may enact ordinances having m effect of law to govern In easel where no law has been passed. anO which ordinances are not repugnant to the constitution and statutes ex hting. Manhoo suffrage prevail, in Krance. the legal age for voter being 21 years. CHEERY CHAFF. "You must admit that Germans have written seme pretty voetry." Yes." replied the obdurate man. rui vou can t believe a poet any more than ou can the rest ot 'em." Washington St.tr. llnkus Before, they were married be used to pav her compliments !'..kus Yes, but now lie pays her bins. - Mfe. "When a Kill she never could be mad to held her tongue." "And now . Why. now she gets a thousand dollar! e week for sinning Into a graphophone Florida Times I'nlon. 'There is no use In enforcing the lawl to strictly." , That's so. Where would thts country have been If they had arrested rul Re. vere for exceeding the speed limit T Baltimore American. "Hullo, old man." "Cut that oi l man business. I m tryin for a commission and my chance r Mood luck, my boy." Kansae city Journal. HGSPE'S XMAS SUGGESTIONS Electric Piano Lamp Mahogany, Walnut and Gilt Standards, from $12 up. Shades, 12-inch, 18-inch, 20 inch, 24-inch, from $8.50 up; all colors. Desk Lamps, electric, $2.50 up.' Great assortment of Shades, from $1 up. Art Flower Many new va rieties never shown before; prices, 25c up. Candlesticks Mahogany, Poly chrome, Ivory carved, from $1 up. Candles in the latest patterns from 25c up. Cordova Leather L a dies' Purses, Bags, Card Cases, P o cketbooks. Cigarette and Cigar Cases, Fold ing Frames, Memo Booklets, $1 up. Work Basket For children and adults, in many shapes and sizes, $1.50 up. Mirror ',.. .i I'" ' 1 1 I. 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