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f. 12 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1918. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORN'ING)EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR THI BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assodaud Frw, of which The Bee Is a member. Is ticluilTili entitled to the um for publtcstlro of til newt dmntchee credited I It or ant otherwise credited In thil peper, end lo th Iocs tews puMlsbed herein. All rlhi of publication of our special aispetches r tlio rwrred. OFFICES' tfcleap-Peor-le's BulHint. iraiht--At B"Bld KiniYark J8 Fifth Art. South Omih 5318 Ji Bt. lJ-N.- H's of feree. Coundl Bluffs 14 N M.ln St. - Wutaniton-im Q 81 Llncoln-Llltlt Building. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 69,418 Sunday 63,095 Terse elrculetlon fnr the month subscribed tnd twora to bj ft. R. Began, Circulation Msnater. Subscribers leaving th city thould have Tht Bm mailed ! to tham. Address cnangea as oiwn THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG llllilllllililW Belated shoppers will have to work all the harder now. Let us complete the present Auditorium be fore we build another. " A dispatch refers to Mr. Bryan as a "former Nebraskan." Have we indeed lost him? One thing the president deserves credit for he is not laying down the law for anybody in Europe. They were just "careless" at Hog Island. Enthusiasts are apt to be when juggling other people's money. London it eager to greet Mr. Wilson, prom ising to outdo Paris in a demonstration. Amer icans all ahare in this. Turkey at present prices will taste like gold dollars, says a local dealer. But we are not compelled to eat turkey. '.' This rain will be gathered into the cribs and granaries of Nebraska next fall, therefore re joice that it is coming now. Washington reports Hun propaganda still at work in this country. It has never quit work ing, but is growing a little bolder again. One New York bank is found by federal in vestigators of German propaganda to have been "painfully neutral." It is certain, though, that somebody handled the money. "Black Jack" now has a distinguished service ' medal as a "token of gratitude" from the Amer . ican people. Wait till they get around to show their real appreciation of him. Nebraska banks are full of money again, de posits being within short distance of high water mark, a natural result of industry, and sure to be maintained by future endeavor. Mr. Burleson does not intend to grab the cable lines, says Mr. Carlton, who has been put in charge for the postmaster general. Far be it from such. He just took 'em. ' Von Hindenburg is going to establish an other line in Germany. If he has no better luck , with it than with the one he put up in France it will be valuable only as a futile experiment. Our own "Bill" Hayward claims the dis tinction of being the first Yankee soldier to cross the Rhine. He and his "smoked Yankees" have made quite a bit of history since they hit the firing line. Officials of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit com pany are held for manslaughter as the outcome of a wreck which happened during a strike a few weeks ago. The finale of these proceedings will be interesting. i Adolph Germer says he and "Vic" Berger talked only "beer and sausage" during their monthly consultations. Their greatest troubb is that they thought only beer and sausage, and in German at that. ' The working force of the Berlin foreign office struck when Dr. Solf resigned. Germany would have been gainer and the world would have been spared much suffering if such a strike had occurred four or five years ago. Omaha is plenty big enough to have an art gallery and museum, and if The Bee's sugges tion that the city and county governments be consolidated and housed in the new court house had been adopted the city hall would have been ivailable for the uses of a museum long ago. It is not yet too late to work out such a plan. Postofjice and Wire Control . If ,the federal administration is determined to press the issue of government ownership and operation of public utilities, it is displaying mighty poor tactics in pressing for the purchase of the telegraph and telephone systems and their incorporation with the postal service. For the question is going to be decided by the American people on practical, not theoretical, grounds, and the argument based on logic for adding government control of wire to postal communications will not have much force as long as the public has before it the flagrant in comptence with which the postal service is con ducted. Moreover, the present postmaster gen eral is the very last person who should have been permitted to put himself forward as the protagonist of government ownership of the wires. For the moment, at least, Mr. Burle son himself is the most powerful argument against the purchase of the telegraphs and tele phones by the federal government. N,o adminis tration in recent years has turned the postoflke so frankly and cynically into a political machine, and under no administration has the service de generated so seriously in efficiency and trust ' worthiness. v Whatever may be the logical basis for adding wire communications to the government postal monopoly, the chief objection to the extension of that monopoly in the manner proposed by Mr. Burleson is that it would put it into the power of partisans like himself to build up a great political machine, with the result of a still more disastrous deterioration in efficiency and reliability. The postal service is vital to the well-being and security of our, mercantile and industrial life. Already the business community is a fanit in its condemnation of the mails and of thfc utter impossibility of securing redress or relief from the present management of the i'ost ojgei detriment Philadelphia, Ledger. " OMAHA'S OWN PROBLEM. The tendency in Nebraska is to grant cities a full measure of home rule.- If Omaha wants to try municipal street cars, the legis lature will doubtless be glad to give it the chance. Lincoln Journal. To be sure, but why should the legislature be bothered about it when our municipal char ter now gives the city full power to acquire and operate any or all of the public utility services, subject only to approval of the people at the polls? As the law now stands, we in Omaha can legally buy the street car system or the electric lighting plant, or the gas plant, any time we want to, providing a majority of us want to do so, and we are ready to pay the price. We are at this' moment in process of acquiring the gas plant; that is to say, we will buy it if the figure fixed by the appraisers is within reason. If we buy we will have to arrange to operate the plant either direct or through lease to an operating company, and the same problem would present with respect to any other public utility service taken over by municipal ownership. But these problems would be our own and not the legis lature's. If our friends at Lincoln will only let us in Omaha work out our own salvation we will try to do it as best we can. Future of the Fuel Industry. A St. Paul expert tells Nebraska coal dealers that the industry is to remain on the same basis for a long time. This is scarcely true. The government control of the industry will pass before the end of another year, and already is greatly slackened. Its principal immediaH modification has to do with the impending abol ishment of the zoning system, by which the shipment of preferred fuels will be made possi ble again. This holds considerable of a menacf for local dealers, because of the fact that they put in heavy stocks of coal, at the behest of the fuel administrator, and under conditions which would seem to justify the continuance of control until the trade can be brought back to its nor mal state again. These are but incidental points, and rest on the present manner of using fuel. One of the beneficent effects of the war in this country has been to turn large users of fuel to looking for better ways of burning coal to get service from it. Many times in the past The Bee has dis cussed this factor and pointed out the wasteful ness of methods in vogue. Every smoking chimney is an advertisement of this waste; it shows that the coal is not being properly burned, for when combustion is well done little or no smoke is seen. The volatile properties of the fuel are lost through the inefficient furnace or by ignorant stoking. When users of fuel awaken to their own in terests, better ways of burning coal will be adopted, and then the industry will be placed on an entirely different footing. It may be maintained as at present organized until then, but the good sense of Americans is going to eliminate this one scandalous waste before very long. Italy and the Jugo-Slavs. President Wilson has discussed with the Italians the aspirations of Italy, and has ex pressed sympathy therewith, but further, has wisely declined to commit himself. One of the really delicate matters that will he brought be fore the peace council has to do with "Italia Irredenta," the "unredeemed" territory seized and held by Austria when Frussia betrayed Italy in 1866. Portions of this are now claimed by the Jugo-Slavs, who apply Mr. Wilson's words with reference to historic allegiance as the deciding influence in fixing'national bounda ries. The point is certain to be an awkward one, here as it ,will be in other places in that region, where intermingling of races for at least two milleniums has not effected the coalition that might have been looked for. While the "melting pot" has failed there, and the fires of tribal antipathy are as fierce today as ever, the difficulty may be overcome if only the sense of justice will be permitted to outweigh racial am bition. The Latin and Slav may compose their dispute with little of real loss to either if they will listen to good counsel. It is curiously in teresting in this connection to note that the Slavs entered that region 1,500 years ago as fug itives, flying from the ferocity of the Goths, who in their turn were driven out of what is now Hungary by the Magyars. What the Nebraska Vote Shows. Returns from the election of 1918 shows the. total vote of Nebraska to have been 225,817, as compared with -302,685 in 1916, a decrease of 76,868 votes. At least 50,000 of these missing votes are represented by men gone into the military service of the United States or with drawn from the state by war activities else where. This would leave a few more than 25,000 to be accounted for. As the vote of 1916 was more than 20,000 above the highest previous vote of Nebraska, that of the presidential year of 1912 being but 259,454, it is rather difficult to see wherein the great "stay-at-home" element has been considerably increased. It is also to laugh when we read in the Omaha Hyphenated that the election of the republicans is due to the fact that the democrats refrained from voting. Admitting the truth of that assumption, it must also be admitted that the unterrified voluntarily disfranchised themselves because they had noth ing to gain by voting for democratic candidates. As the democratic list was largely made up of those candidates who received such tremendous endorsement in 1916, the outcome of the election is not to be taken as especially complimentary to their leadership. The little affair at Tampico is significant of the relations that prevail between the Mexicans and Americans along the border, but the sub jects of Venustiano Carranzo ought to realize that there is a limit even to "watchful waiting." Something is wrong in Paris. The French reporters had to interview Admiral-Doctor Grayson to obtain intimate information con cerning Mr. Wilson. Where was Creel when this was going on? The Bee's free shoe fund went over the top very nicely, and from it many little feet are being shod. The generous donors may have the satisfaction of knowing that every cent goes to the benefit of shoeless children. Promise of a return to the 2-cent postage rate on July 1 is held out by the senate, which will be one reasonably acceptable Christmas gift to the country, paanwr-sMT A V " ! Right In The Spotlight. Rt. Rev. John J. Nilan, who today celebrates the fortieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, has been bishop of the Roman Cath olic diocese of Hartford since 1910. Bishop Nilan is a product of New England, born at Newburyport, Mass,, in 1854, and educated in the schools of that city. Later he grad uated from Nicolet college, Canada, and then went to St. Joseph semin ary, Troy, to complete his theologi cal studies. Following his ordina tion in 1878, and until his elevation to the (bishopric, Father Nilan was rector of churches in various cities and towns of Massachusetts, includ ing Framingham, Amesbury and Boston. One Year Ago Today in The War.. French detachment recaptured summit of Monte Tomba and took 1,400 prisoners. Riots occurred in Buenos Ayres resulting from the popular demand that Argentina break with Germany. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. Pilgrim's day was observed by a New England dinner served at the St. Marys Avenue Congregational church to 250 festive guests, under the auspices of the Omaha Congre gational union. The entertainment of oratory was furnished by Rev. A. R, Thrain, W. J. Connell, Rev. L. F. Berry, Professor Lewis, C. S. Chase, W. H. Alexander, Chancellor Mannatt and musical numbers by Miss Georgia Boulter, Miss Lizzie Pennell, and Miss Reah B. Wilcox. Gov. Saunders and wife are in Indianapolis but will be home for the holidays. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Case, a magnificient baby girl. Mr. Case still retains his position as foreman of the Smelting Works. Richard Breiting, bookkeeper for Troxell & Williams, left for a two weeks' trip to Colorado. The Day We Celebrate. Frank T. B. Martin, of Martin Brothers & Co., born 1876. Prof. Charles H. Haskins of Har vard, who has accompanied Presi dent Wilson to the peace conference born at Meadville, Pa., 48 years ago. Dr. Morton Prince, noted neurol ogist and psychologist, and a leader in war relief work movements in New England, born in Boston, 64 years ago. Harry Irwin, attorney-general of Hawaii, born in Shelburne county, N. S., 71 years ago. Brig. Geni David L. Brainard, U. S. A., a survivor of the Greeley Arc tic expedition, born in Herkimer county, N. Y., 62 years ago. William Church Osborne, noted New York lawyer, recently chosen president of the Texas and Pacific railroad, born in Chicago, 56 years ago. This Day in History. 1848 The Asiatic cholera broke out with great violence among the United States troops at Port La vaca, Tex. 1868 Basil Manly, for many years president of the University of Ala bama, died at Greenville, S. C, Born in Chatham county, North Carolina, January 28, 1798; 1893 Morocco acceded to the de mands of Spain for indemnity and guarantees for future peace. 1901 Count von Blumenthal, the last survivor of the German gener als who fought in the Franco-Prussian war, died. Born July 10, 1810. 1914 The Russians massed their forces before Warsaw. 1915 German Reichstag voted a war credit of $2,500,000,000. 1916 President Wilson warned Europe the United States was brought to verge of war by acts of the belligerents. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Forefathers' day, the anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620. Pope Benedict XV today cele brates the 40th anniversary of his ordination. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati news paper publisher, and brother of for mer President Taft, is 75 years old today. Many warships are expected to assemble at New York today in an ticipation of the reception and naval review to be given in honor of the return of the American dreadnaught fleet from Europe. The Students' Army Training Corps system, under which more than 133,000 students in 565 col leges of the United States were brought into the army this fall, will cease to exist today. Storyette of the Day. During the recent fighting on the Marne front a young Yankee bugler still in his teens was un fortunate enough to fall into Ger man hands. Believing that some useful information might be ob tained from the lad, he was brought before some German officers for questioning. "Who are you, my lad?" said the German officer. "An American bugler," snapped the lad. "Oh," said the officer. "Now for a little test." "Blow taps," said the officer. The lad obeyed. "Now, blow reveille," he com manded. The bugler did. "Sound retreat,'' said the Ger man. "Never heard of it," replied the lad. Stars and Stripes. French Foresight. Brooklyn Eagle "While peace pushers are preparing to paint the town red in Paris, sober Frenchmen are deeply engaged in making other dyes for themselves. Everything but imperial purple will find a ready market. Put Them to Work. Atlanta Constitution "German of ficers in overalls," is the word from Berlin. Fine opportunity for the , people to put 'em to work for an honest living. A Tribute to Pershing New York Times. 'That very splendid achievement" is Colonel Repingtori's description of General Pershing's Meuse-Argonne offensive. The distinction of the American success shines with greater luster the more it is examined and understood. Like Mar shal Foch, General Pershing was not ready for the armistice, because it arrested the develop ment of his plans. Both, however, wanted no more blood shed in the ranks of the allies if the armistice could be effected on decisive terms. Marshal Foch had not fought his battle, accord ing to those in his confidence, when the enemy asked for a cessation of hostilities. The destruc tion or capture of the German army was the object of Foch's strategy, and the enemy was being manoeuvred and driven into a hopeless position. Ten or 20 days more and the end would have come. "My plans for the further use of the American forces," says General Tershing in his report, "contemplated an advance between the Meuse and the Moselle in the direction of Longwv by the First army, while at the same time the "Sec ond army should assume the offensive toward the rich coal fields of Briey. These operations were to be followed by an offensive toward Chateau-balms, east of the Moselle, thus isolat ing Metz." The orders had been given and the American troops were actually assaulting, play ing the game to the last, when the hour struck on November 11 for the last shot of the cam paign. The British military critic testifies that the work given General Pershing was of supreme importance. "An advance down the Meuse," says Colonel Repington, "would be the right and decisive strategy whenever our forces might be strong enough to strike, and at the same time guard themselves from the Metz side. It was to be the matador thrust in the bullfight." The Argonne forest tested the mettle of the Americans, not all of whom had received their baptism of fire. "They fought,' 'says their Brit ish admirer, "silently but grimly, doggedly and fiercely," and they must have lost, in one month, he estimates. 160.000 men in killed, wounded and missing. And what a triumph of soldierly man hood it was "under the most adverse conditions of ground and season and of incomplete service!" And we have from Colonel Repington this ring ing tribute in his dispatch to the World: "To my mind there was nothing finer in the war than the splendid good comradeship dis played throughout by General Pershing, and there was nothing more striking than the determined-way in which he pursued his original plan of making the American army feared and re spected." The credit of the great American achievement in France belongs to all arms; but, although General Pershing is silent about his personal contribution, others will speak for him; and none with more authority and appreciation than our allies in France, who, after four years of fight ing, understand how to appraise merit and know a great soldier when they have seen him in action. They never fail to pay their tribute to his helpfulness, his unselfish activity in every emergency. West Point, its ideals and training, were never more handsomely vindicated in the performance and merits of one of its sons. Brave Prince That He Was From distant Wierinsjen conies the cabled story that Frederick William, lately heir appar ent to the throne of the kaisers," has already dismissed three cooks and fixed a baleful eye upon the fourth. ' These proceedings are open to various inter pretations. The young master may be moved by a desire to make exile safe for autocracy. He may be striving to keep alive in his intern ment the principle of the imperial prerogative. Or he may have a palate in perptual revolt over the fading of a certain fond dream of Parisian dainties to have been spread for a prince of the Teutonic realm in the late summer of 1914. Whatever the impulse behind them, however, the doings at Wieringen reveal a state of daring desperation calculated to surprise the universal mind. Judging by the interviews recently reported, the world that reads the news has felt that Frederick William's personal courage quite pos sibly did not measure up to reasonable expecta tions, he being eldest son to a war lord of brazen tongue. His ex-highness, we have been told, did not w-ant the war; did not believe father wanted it; did not approve of the attack on Ver dun; knew that the fatherland was whipped after the first battle of the Marne. If his. was not the craven spirit of restraint, what then? And yet, at the very peak of his reaction from the spirit of frighffulness, the crown prince that was sits up and fires the culinary chiefs of staff! In the face of such circumstance we are forced to modify conclusions in which we had deemed ourselves right and happy. Until a 100 per cent American reveals himself with courage to oust one cook, let alone three, under present conditions of supply, quality and wage demands not to speak of the cost of roast beef we shall believe that the eldest son of Hohenzollern is a regular bold one in spots. New York World. Shooing the Ahine Ghosts Trails the lance of the Nibelungen knight, his glittering armor fades in the distance, his vis ored helmet sunk in doleful mien; Private Bill Jones of Hicksville drops his pack, shoulders his rifle, and slowly paces the Rhine. Every thing changes but still remains. Through the centuries Father Rhine has held the hopes and prayers of the German people. The mystic figure of the knight waiting, always watching, always silent, grim and awesome, al ways looking into the west, searching the mists for the invader, has been the bulwark of faith in the impregnability of the fatherland. In the west there has come a figure. On its head the squat "derby de guerre" of the A. E. F. On its back the accouterments of a doughboy. The towering knight of the centuries peers keenly into the distance and perceives the lean eager features of Bill Jones. A smile plays about Bill's businesslike face and he says: "I'm the guy you've been looking for. What's your hurry?" The vision of Attila and Theodoric and Char lemagne fades. The great lance falls, but the expected clater of steel upon the rocky cliffs of the Rhine does not resound; the lance is a myth; the knight is a myth; but not Bill Jones. Brunhild and Kriemhiid, out of the shades of antiquity, caper and mince about. Bill Jones winks blandly and observes: "You ladies ought to see Michigan avenue on Easter morning. You might get an idea of something to wear. You look funny." And if Bill has ever troubled to inquire into the Volsunga saga he probably will tilt his trench helmet over his left ear, scratch his pate, and wonder what it was about these ponderous dames made Siegfried lose his sense of emo tional equilibrium. Chicago Tribune. People and Events Mayor Thompson of Chicago let the antj-red flag ordinance become a law without his signa ture. Big Bill expects to run for re-election next spring and is not disposed to take unseemly risks. The new secretary of the treasury, Carter Glass, formerly edited a newspaper at Lynch burg, Va. This fact, however, affords no hope of reduced rates to old subscribers to his new paper. In our restful off hours an insinuating thought occasionally hints that the country fought to ''make the world safe for humanity." Two mil lion or more got in the fight for it and won out gloriously. But not at home. A six-day bicycle race was pulled off in New York City recently, but there was nothing doing for humanity. Startling events are commonplace in war time. Occasoinally one must be underscored to emphasize its novelty and source. A reduction of $2,000,000 in the annual budget of the school board of Chicago is featured at home with an outpouring: of newspaper applause. Doing good I in this way plucks wreaths of fame. In the Wake of War I'ncle Sam's loan : $40,000,000 to Greece promises i . income, in due time, one of the clas.-u s of the coun try. The welcoming oi it ,rs of France are artists in that line As design ers of verbal bouqw, 's they are in a class by themselves. Not the least of the heart wrench es of Germany was letting go the Russian gold, valued at 300,000,000 francs, which Hun suMiers mopped up while Trotzky, Lenine and com pany were looking on. The golden loot is now in the allied treasuries. . The German mark looks feeble and emaciated in the "oriel's marts. It looks like six pence in London, 40 centimes in Paris and less in Perne and Amsterdam. In f inner peace times the mark registered 24 cents, robust and proud at that. How have the mighty fallen! Globe trotters of other days to come will have sounpurt and good company when the khakt boys are home. The distinction of having "been to Europe," and the song that goes with it. is assured respectful at tention, even if the flghiless tourist borrows war literature for a halo. All the machinery of the big Cock erill plant near Liege. Belgium, where 10,000 steel makers were em ployed, was taken to Germany dur ing the war. All other Belgian plants were similarly stripped, but the Cockerill steal Is conspicuous owing to its size, and adds a large item to the Mil the junkers must pay. "The first four letters of the word 'Amerongen,' " says the Christian Science Monitor, referring to Count Hohenzollern'8 retreat in Holland, "compose the French word meaning bitter. One might find in this a fitting reply to the name of the place where, under Frederick the Great, Hohenzollernlsm began its rampant career. The Potsdam castle with its French elegance, Voltaire associa tions and German mechanism for raising the dinner table, the mon arch named in French, 'Sans-Soucl' without care and for nearly two centuries it has shown forth as a brilliant example of Prussian imper tinence. But now the Hohenzollern has his cares and no doubt they are bitter." EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Washington Post: Word comes from the boche that the Americans are orderly and gentlemanly. Much as we hate to believe the boche, he seems to be telling the truth this time. Detroit Free-Press: We've heard a lot about what Freddy Hohenzol lern said to father. Now we'd like to hear, if they're fit for publication, some of the things father said to Freddy from time to time. Brooklyn Eagle "Your deeds were unexampled," says Premier Ebert to returning Berlin soldiers. They were, they were! But who ex pected such a confession from a Ger man, even from a German republic an? Minneapolis Tribune: Fnr from being a grouchy star boarder, the German crown prince ought to con gratulate himself that his eating ap paratus is intact. For less cause many a war monger has lost his from the neck up. Brooklyn Eagle: Let us note with Interest that the rent profiteers in Washington turn out to have more "pull" in congress than the victims of the profiteering, and a restrictive measure is beaten. And, oh, it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king. Brooklyn Eagle: This war has cost $200,000,000,000. Does anyone sigh for more ciphers? Five times all the gold and silver on earth would pay the bill in coin of stand ard weight and fineness. Human Jabor will pay it eventually in com modities. Philadelphia Ledger: If the Ger man propaganda in this country failed it was not tor lack of effort. There never was a more extraordi nary story of a purpose to turn into conscious or unconncfous agents of Germany every person, high, or low, within reach. Brooklyn Eagle: Mexico's pro posed new law about oil lands is guaranteed to protect the rights of American investors. A growing re spect for the American flag has some by-products most grateful to those who have business relations with Latin-Americans. Kansas City Star: The kaiser says he still has some friends in America. But they are hardly worth depending upon for any real service. Some of them are interned prisoners and others are unhung profiteers, but neither set has any social, business or political standing to speak of. Baltimore American: The people of Coblenz. it is said, are encouraged by the clemency of the American troops to open acts of hostility and insults. They are showing that kind ness and moderation are thrown away on them, and that they need a taste of the iron hand they were so fond of using on others. HERE AND THERE. Of the men now sitting in the United States senate 26 have served as governors of their respective states. Luxemburg is a little state bound ed by Germany, Belgium and France and with a population Just over 250, 000 people. t It costs some of the big retail stores in New York City $5,000 to $10,000 a year for the cleaning of their windows and metal signs. By a happy coincidence Premier Clemenceau's play, "Le Voile de Bonheur," was produced in New York on the day when the armistice was signed. i The ancient thoroughfare' which, for 400 years, has encircled Lucca. Italy, on top of the city wall, and which has been officially renamed Boulevard Presldente Wilson, is so wide that 12 horses can be driven abreast In it. The apartment at 10 Downing street, where the meetings of the British cabinet are held, is a solid and plainly furnished room, 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, fitted with double doors, through which no sound can reach the keenest listening ears. The inventor of the Bell telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, has another invention to his credit that very few know of; yet it is in constant use in France. It is called the "telephone probe," and absolutely locates the exact position of a bullet in the hu man body. Jerry Disposes of the l uiul. Omaha. Dec. 18, lit IS. To the Editor of the Bee: A French writer once wrote, "publish the truth If you were to be hanged." While 1 have told the truth In rav criticism of the patrioteers in the in ner circle of this new-fangled society that was recently created to libernte Ireland from her galling spancel and drag-chain, I have no fear of any bodily harm notwithstanding the fe rocious financiers In the organization. Nor have I any apology to make for exposing the camouflage of the phi lanthropists who are passing the hat around. Ireland is not asking for any dona tions nor alms of any kind. All she wants to be allowed to govern her self, thereby to make her own laws. England has no more right to be in Ireland than Germany had in Bel gium. However, I have an idea that the rank and file of the American people who are imbued with a spirit of fair play and a love for freedom do not thoroughly comprehend the justice of Ireland's demand. But there are various ways to bring the righteous ness of the Irish claim for liberty before the public besides passing the hat around. I would suggest to the executive committee of this political club a charitable nnd honorable way to dis pose of the $700 or more collected. Turn It over to the orphans at Ben son and all practical and sincere friends of Ireland will approve of your action; otherwise there will he cause for comment. JERRY HOWARD. THE LAST WEAPON. Qeorie (absently) Open th muffl. reverse th. lever, shut off th power, lu brleaU the bearings and tlshten th wheel cap Cleveland Plain Dealer. "These Yanks don't bear any malice, The olher day I heard one say to a pria oner, "Shake, Jerry!'" 'And did he shake!" "Y., he shook like a blooming- !' London Sketch, "Hobbs la always reminiscing . Ha ml to be living In the past.'' "Well, considering how everything nai none up I don't blame him." Boston Transcript. "Are you aware, my dear, that th tela Phone company has asked us to cut out all unnecessary calls?" "Am I awaro of It! Well, they must have told me that today at least thirty times." Life. "How does It feel to be gassed? "Why, haven't you ever had to listen tt a long-winded bore7 who wouldn't let any. body else get In a word edgeways?' Baltimore American. "He's very enthuslastto about any proj ct he thinks of going Into.' "Counts lils chickens before they an hatched, eh?" "Yes. and flgurea two In a hell, ..oulsvllla Courier-Journal. They have Invoked the sworfj, so by the sword Let them abide. They have appealed to might, and so by mtcht let them be tried. They have foresworn the rence, so talk of peace Be now denied! After the use they've mode Of every ruse. And every vow betrayed Into abuse, Behind the flag of truce Let them not hide! We see the ambuscade Old weapons fall: Traps of fair words are laid Coward hearts quail, And pity Is prayed. Let us beware the snare; Fight to the end Let us not cease to fight; there Is no peace In sight Until they bend Into the dust! Cpon the other side of the Rhine we'll sign Peace when they must. After the wrong they've done. All In the name of Hun Murdered and lied. They don't belong among Those whom we trust. Let us disarm the foe; that Is the debt we owe Those who have died! Leslie's Weekly. LINES TO A SMILE. "So Hack gave up his part. Wasn't It a good one?" "No; he expected to be quite prominent In the cast, but they gave him the role of a cook, and he found he was to be only a feeder." Baltimore American. The teacher of the class In physiology put to Tommy this question: "How many ribs have you?" "I don't know, ma'am." said Tommy, squirming at the very thought. 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