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iHE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM Anoelated Preta, of which The Be ll atnMr. t uciiulteif ntlUtd to lae um for publication of all new dlipatcbes credited Vi It or not otherwise credited In till Piper. and l th local VI published nereis. All tihti o( publication of rat ipaciil sispatche an tin ratmd. OFFICESi Hilcato Peonle'l On Building. fimihaTM Bm Bid Nw York m Fifth Af. South Omaha S3 18 N 8t. Bt. Urals New B'a of Comnierc. trancll Bluffs M N. UalD Bt Wtshlniton 1311 Q St. Lincoln Llttl Building. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 69,4 1 8 Sunday 63,095 average clrrulttlon for th month lubeerllMd tai swore U by I. R. Baaan. Circulation Manner. , Subicribar leavlnf the city ahould have Th Bee) mailed to them. Addrea chanted at eftta hi requeued. Happy New Year! Let us make 1919 the biggest and best year in Omaha's history. A la carte meals on the dining cars do not mean that the cost of traveling is to be lowered by the change. It will be a "victory" jubilee in Omaha, all right, but some of the "authority" of past years will be missed. When Montana puts up the bars against booze the drys have a right to expect to carry New Jersey some day. Georgia still holds its place at the head of the lynching parade, having double the number of the next highest states. The new Turkish cabinet is reported to be pro-ally. Even a Turk will learn if the lesson is pounded into him right. Belgium is satisfied with plans made for the economic restoration of that country, a sign that some progress is to be reported. At any rate, no one will say that the new city prosecutor did not earn some sort of re ward by his efforts to elect the mayor. American envoys in Paris say Senator "Jimmy" Reed misunderstood them, but it may be he only placed his own interpretation on what they said. Telephone and telegraph employes get a nice New Year's present from Mr. Burleson in the form of an increase in pay. Trying to equal McAdoo's record. Bolshevik bombs in the City of Brotherly Love is not a special sign that the republic is failing. It just means we are harboring some .1 anger cms criminals. Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are to resist the new express rates, and thereby arc in clanger of being added to Mr. Burleson's list of "blatherskites." The county board wound up its year by rip ping a bunch of names off its pay roll. It might have saved that money long ago with 'ittle or no loss to the service. Open ventilators are all right in street cars luring our normal weather, but when the Med icine Hat variety arrives, folks would as soon ake a chance on flu as on freezing. Admitting all that Senator Chamberlain said about the secretary of war, congress can not .lodge all the blame for the situation. Delay has been as notable under the dome of the capitol is anywhere in Washington. Josephus Daniels is no longer to be listed a "little navy" man, his requests to congress for men and moneey being bigger now than ;ver. It is comforting to note that at least one lemocrat has awakened to the need of rcadi less in some department. Mr. Wilson would better hurry home, if he wants to preserve his cabinet from the furious onslaughts of democratic senators, who have re newed their warfare. Burleson is. showing signs of distress, and Baker has been so completely gassed it will take more than Creel to resusci tate him. The record of lynchings for the United Statjs in 1918 is a disgrace, even in war time. Thai we were making such effort to establish a rule of law and justice throughout the world and yet paid so little attention to it at home is small credit to a people who pretend to enlightenment. Von Hindenburg would welcome British oc cupation of Berlin. So, it might help the crushed and defeated junkers to rehabilitate themselves to have a foreign army holding back the bolsheviki. If allied troops are sent to the Prussian capital, it will be to protect life and property and not to prop up a broken aristocracy. Back to Face the Music Of all the survivors of the war lord and junker period the man who is in the most help less, undignified and embarrassing situation is Heinrich von Eckhardt. He has been holding on by the skin of his teeth to his place as Ger man envoy at Mexico City. The new govern ment at Berlin has been calling for his return with growing insistence, and so, after long de lay, his pinchbeck excellency, with deep regret and growing apprehension, has decided to make the best of a bad business and start for home at an early date. As he is persona non grata in Mexico, that country will probably let him go begging to the United States or Great Britain for a passage and for safe conduct. It was Von Eckhardt who tried to bring about an understanding between Mexico and Japan, with a view to frightening America into . continued neutrality. His activities were merely ludicrous, as far as this country was concerned, but were a real insult to our far eastern ally and deeply resented by her as such. The envoy's position is very like that of cer tain generals who were ordered back to Paris by the committee of public safety in the early period of the great French revolution, for the very good and sufficient reason that they had rommittcd blunders which could not be forgiven or condoned. Some refused to go, while others obeyed with results fatal to themselves. But how will Von Eckhardt get there? It looks as if there would be nothing for him to do but turn up his coat collar and proceed to the fatherland under an assumed name. -Then let his enemies and former friends do their worst New York Herald. THE NEW YEAR AND .THE OLD. Most of us will say goodbye to 1918 with mingled emotions, just as we look forward to the days of the coming year with high hope. The last year was one of the most momentous in human history. It began with a dark cloud of war over all the world; it closes with peace as sured and opportunity for all such as never was presented. Its early months were marked by anxiety and peril for free peoples; its later days brought the triumphant victory of right over wrong, of justice prevailing against might. In all of this is occasion for rejoicing. Industrial and commercial life was subjected to disruption quite as great as that which came to our social life through the war. How ex tensive was this disturbance scarcely yet can be appreciated. The days of readjustment will afford a better measure of its effect, but just as the problems of war were taken up in a spirit of determined co-operation, so will theask of re habilitation be faced with optimistic confidence. Omaha's progress for 1918 is exhibited in The Bee in tables of figures and otherwise, and makes a most gratifying showing. Some of the compilations are not as impressive as in years past, a fact justly ascribable to the war, but others make an even more noteworthy display of the importance of the city's life. While no great war industry had its headquarters here, Omaha's contributions to the food and other supplies drawn on by the government for the support of its armed forces were notable. The fact that local industries were not es pecially dislocated by the abnormal conditions of the year will make a resumption of business that much easier. Programs of the coming twelve months, already outlined, hold the pros pect of intense activity in all lines of commer cial and industrial endeavor. Naturally, with this will go equal growth in the cultural ele ments of community life. Omaha is awake to' its opportunities, and another New Year's day merely means resolve to greater effort. No Party Lines in Nepotism. In season and out, The Bee has crusaded against the evil of nepotism in public office. In the legislature of 1913, The Bee spoke out with its usual frankness and courage in be half of a bill introduced by Representative Ed A. Smith, forbidding any public officer from appointing a relative of the first degree to a place on the public payroll. The 1913 Omaha "home rule" charter, modeled by Victor Rose water in person after the wish of his own heart and the" dictates of his own brain, con tained a similar provision as to Omaha city commissioners. Unfortunately, The Bee's campaign for legal prohibition of nepotism, like so many other of its campaigns, was not successful. World-Herald. Yes, and successful or unsuccessful, The Bee will continue its outspoken opposition to nepo tism by public officers no matter what party banner they may fly. Nepotism is a remnant of the idea that public office is a family snap. It recognizes no party lines. It is just as odious when practiced by a republican as by a democrat. Nepotism knows no geographical location. It is just as inexcusable in the state house as it is in the city hall, in the capitol at Washing ton, as it is in the court house here at home. But whoever heard of this democratic organ denouncing the nepotism of democratic office holders? Its insincerity is self-exposed by the fact that its censure for abuses of official power are deserved only for republicans and never di rected at democrats except when a personal object is to be subserved by attacking them, as fpr example, right now the vicious attacks which Senator Hitchcock is making upon President Wilson and his administration. Nepotism can be stopped but only by con certed action regardless of party. We are ready to welcome every honest-and well-meaning recruit to The Bee's anti-nepotism crusade. Co-Operative Thrift. In round numbers two million dollars was earned and disbursed among the 42,000 non borrowing members of nine saving and loan associations of Omaha during 1918. Viewed in the light of bygone war conditions the record is a notable one and attests the strength and pulling power of co-operative thrift among the people of the city. For the greater part of the time our coun try was in. the war, the business of associations remained at a standstill. Normal increases in assets were diverted to Liberty bonds and War Savings stamps and the sale of both federal saving securities encouraged in every possible way. In spite of this drain on all sources of saving, the associations as a whole advanced materially beyond the peace-time recoVd and now represent in the aggregate 64 per cent of the total resources of the co-operative associa tions of Nebraska. The importance of the growth of co-operative thrift is not limited to the profits and dis bursements. It reaches deeper than the pocket into the well being of the people. It grips the promptings of the human heart, links the hope of a home with the reality and adds to the im mortal song of Paine the dignity and independ ence of ownership. The gospel of association work has its roots in home ownership. Savings members and home getters co-operate for their respective aims, One is essential to the other. Together they accomplish good for themselves and do good for the city as a whole. No other instrumentality approaches the record of. sav ings and loan associations in making Omaha a city of homeowners. Never before has the savings habit been so thoroughly exploited and its value brought home to all the people. Hitherto the voice of saving was heard in spots only almost sub merged in a wilderness of spenders. Uncle Sam's calls for money changed all this and drove home the necessity as well as the duty of saving. Millions of people heeded and prac ticed habits of self-denial never thought of be fore. Herein lies the most attractive oppor tunity that ever knocked at the gates of sav ings institutions. The field is nation-wide, plowed deep and ready for the seeding. The harvest is for those who buckle down to work intelligently and energetically, ever mindful of safety. Most folks will wonder why the war bill for December, after the war is over, is the highest of all. Mr. Baker will perhaps have an elabor ate explanation for this, but it will be hard to convince the public that the figures should not have been less rather than greater than when we actually were fighting, and when it stated from the army office that almost 600,000 men have been discharged from the service. If Jan uary shows a similar increase, the country will do well to go back to a basis of actual hostilities. Right in the Spotlight. Though only 40 years old today, William Fox has the distinction of having been one of the pioneers in the motion picture industry in Amer ica and a prominent factor in the development of this popular form of entertainment to its present colossal proportions. Mr. Fox is a product of New York City. The cloth ex amining and shrinking business first engaged his attention. Wjjh a small capital thus acquired he opened the first picture house in Brooklyn, and was successful from the start. In a surprisingly short time he had es tablished a chain of motion picture theaters and had become one of the magnates in the business. Then he branched out as a producer on his own account, forming a corporation of world-wide dimensions. At the age of 40, Mr. Fox is credited with the possession of a fortune of sev eral million dollars, all of which has been made in the magical motion picture industry. One Year Ago Today in the War. To date Finland, Courland, the Ukraines, Siberia, Bessarabia, and Turkestan had declared their inde pendence, the last two with the in tention of continuing the war. In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today. The much-heralded Solar eclipse was a failure in Omaha so far as ' " smoked glass observers were con cerned. At the Creighton observa tory Father Rigge managed to lo cate it long enough to verify the time schedule of its fight. President Tavlor and his wife headed the line of the Y. M. C. A. New Year's reception. The fire department during the year responded to 19S alarms. Miss Sarah Brandeis gave a leap year party to over 11MJ of her young friends last night at her residence at Nineteenth and Leavenworth streets. Miss Cora Smith returned to the Normal school at Peru. The Day We Celebrate. Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, U. S. N., manager of the cruiser and transport operations during the war, born at Nashville, Tenn., 61 years ago. Maj, Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, U. S. A., now in command of the northeastern department, born at Cleveland, O., 60 years ago. Hon. John D. Reid, Canadian minister of railways and canals, born at Prescott, Out., 60 years ago. Hon. Thomas W. Crothers, late minister of labor in Canada, born in County Trince Edward, Ont., 69 years ago. Lew Fields, well known actor and theatrical producer, born in New York City, 52 years ago. This Day in History. 1831 Faul Hamilton Hayne, sometimes called "the southern poet laureate," born at Charleston, S. C. Died in 1886. 1839 James Ryder Randall, who wrote "Maryland, My Maryland," born in Baltimore. Died in 1908. 1894 A memorial in honor of the landing of Sir Frances Drake on the Pacific coast was unveiled in San Francisco. 1899 Letter postage in Canada was reduced to 2 cents. 1915 British battleship Formida ble sunk in English channel, with loss of 700 men. 1916 Russians captured two lines of Austrian trenches in Galicia. 1917 Berlin reported French bat tleship Verite torpedoed by submarine. Timely Jottings and Reminders. A Happy New Year. Florida and Montana start the new year as bone-dry states. Legislative sessions begin today in Michigan, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. A bone-dry amendment to the ex isting prohibition law becomes op erative today in the state of Wash ington. Alfred E. Smith, democrat, will be inaugurated governor of New York today' in succession to Charles S. Whitman, republican. Negroes in various parts of the south have arranged to celebrate to day the 300th anniversary of the landing of the first negroes in America at Jamestown, Va., in 1619. The first retirement of the year among the officers of the United States army will be that of Col. George H. Morgan, v. ho will be re moved from the active list today on account of age. Storyette of the Day. -"Tommy Atkins" pleaded exemp tion from church parade on the ground that he was an agnostic. The sergeant major assumed an expres sion of innocent interest. "Don't you believe in the Ten Commandments?" he mildly asked the bold freethinker. "Not one, sir," was the reply. "What! Not the rule about keep ing the Sabbath?" "No, sir." "Ah, well, you're the very man I've been looking for to scrub out the canteen." London Tit-Bits. WHITTLED TO A POINT Philadelphia Ledper: With the Krupps works passing a dividend, Germany may yet be convinced that the War didn't pay. .. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The country has learned that it cannot accept every statement of Mr. l?urle son at face value. He is the "fox iest" member of the cabinet. Washington Post: The food ad ministration, having "lifted the food ban," could now perform valuable service by putting the ban on the word "ban" and holding it there. Brooklyn Eagle: Clemenceau's English is said to be perfect, "hav ing learned it while a Bchoolmaster in the United States." Any serious student of languages who unravels English as she is spoken in our pub lic schools for five years is bound to achieve distinction as a grammarian. Baltimore American: The premier of Bavaria threw quite a light upon German diplomacy when he told a correspondent that he did not want to be a statesman; he wanted to tell the truth. To lie, to cheat, to be tray, to use treachery in every way, seems, from recent revelations, to have been the foundation of Hun statecraft The Business Future New York Times. ' It is odd that our nation, which faced the war so unitedly and resolutely, faces peace so irresolutely and distractedly. We come out of the war so much strengthened in all respects that the world recognizes us as a moral and financial leader. Yet few among ourselves see it, and there are prophets of woe who may convince the weak-spirited. This division of opinions where there should be but one is illus trated in the joint debate in which the president of the City bank joined issues with a professor of the Ntw York university. The practitioner of finance saw new problems, but he and his institution proposed to rise to them and find new opportunities of service and profit. The profes sor saw "in the not distant future, crisis and panic, idle labor, bread lines and riot." This contrast between the theorist and the practical man does not stand alone. A profes-i sor whose writings on finance have secured for him a banking connection sees nothing which can prevent a general fall in prices, and his theory prevents trying to alleviate it. But the president of a large industrial concern, long prominent in the Manufacturers' association, finds that demobilization of the army presents "no factor in this so-called problem." The soldiers were all employed before they went away, and they are all needed back again. "The shifting of labor from the work of war to the work of peace will be accomplished with scarcely a ripple." He knew of one employer who wanted 10,000 men. The Pennsylvania rail way wants 8,500. The local utilities need thou sands, so shorthanded are their services, to the point of danger. Other couples could be made of differences of opinion between practical and theoretical men, with the advantage on the side of the de fenders of things as they are and will be rather than of the propounders of theories and prec edents as to what they have been and ought to be. No precedent fits this case. If the facts and theories collide, so much the worse for the theories.- No doubt inflation is bad, and no doubt we are experiencing so much of infla tion that there is need of some deflation. But there are other ways of deflating than by panic and ruin. The admission of inflation does not convict our bankers of error beyond under standing and excuse. Our industries had to de velop both the speed of the greyhound and the strength of an ox. Speed requires waste of fuel, and wages were the fuel used to increase the velocity of the circulation of commodities, something as necessary to consider as the in crease of tonnage. Probably the record in crease of wages was an average of $220 for each working day for four months for one die-cutter to speed shipbuilding. No union would dare to demand such wages. No unionist would be al lowed to take them. There are faults to the debit of the unions, but they have no monopoly thereof. Employers, including government, have their share to bear. The inflation of wages lies at the root of the inflation of all prices and credit. It was waste, for the wages were not economically earned, as appears from the fact that the wages increased more than the pro duction. The excess of wages was and is the burden of the taxpayers. There is no cause for regret, for the speed of commodity circulation was attained and the war was won, as other wise it could not have been. Deflation is the reverse of that process. If skillfully managed the deflation can be bo dis tributed as not to disturb the relation of prices between each other or of wages and cost of living. As Mr. Vanderlip remarked in his an swer to the professor, it is not even necessary that wages should fall if production is given to match the increase. The eight-hour day can be given if the men will produce what is within their power without exhaustion, if the men will allow efficiency to manage the use of their labor power. Mr. Vanderlip met the professor's prophecy of collapse through deflation by suggesting that we grow up to inflation. The world's possibility of profit is not exhausted, and if new profits can be made labor will have its share. More can be allowed to labor in proportion that labor allows more to capital by producing more for general consumption. The world's wants were undersup plied before the war killed or disabled 20,000. 000 of the world's workers. Influenza took millions more in a half year. With that arrears of labor power to be made up, it is not within the power of a generation to supply its wants on the pre-war scale. Wants grow with satis faction, and when the world finds that we, and we alone, can supply its wants, there will be an illimitable demand, only to be met by foreign trade. That is Mr. Vanderlip's prescription of the tonic to tone up our labor and capital to meet the prostration of the war's waste and cost. It is better to maintain what we can of war scale production than to liquidate wages, and to export what we can spare than to allow overproduction to shut our factories. We can find an antidote to domestic inflation in expansion of trade and can earn high wages and good profits by serving the world. We are facing an opportunity rather than a crisis, and have only to choose between listening to the counsels of our practical men or to those of theorists. Hog Island's Failure No one denies that a valuable shipbuilding plant has been created at Hog Island, though the enormous cost can be justified only by the need for haste. But the testimony of Mr. Piez before the senate commerce committee is an admission of the failure of the corporation to carry out its ambitious plans. The 50 ships that were to be completed by the first of January have been reduced to three or four. The famous Quistconck, launched last August in the pres ence of the president, took the water when only 65 per cent riveted, and was not completed for 120 days after that, about twice the average time in American yards. It also appears that the cost per ton at Hog Island has been greatly in excess of the average. The Public Ledger called atten tion to the illusory nature of the promises made by the corporation when the enterprise was in its infancy, and was severely criticized for doing so. Yet the admitted facts now justify everything that was then printed in its columns. Where the major part of the blame lies we do not pretend to say. It has been obvious from the first, however, that too little attention has been paid to the opinions of practical shipping men. The wooden ship fiasco is a convincing proof of that, and now Hog Island emphasizes the futility of the government policy in another respect. Philadelphia Ledger. Missouri Mules Make Good Missouri is signally honored. Her mules "made good" on the western front. They were an indispensable help in winning the war, in making the world safe for democracy. The chief witness in behalf of the Missouri mule is the British army. The witness is un biased by any considerations of neighborliness. He never was in Missouri. Without intimida tion or coercion, of his own free will, he signs the certificate of character. Cambrai would never be what it is going to be in history if the Missouri mule had not been behind the gun. He kept the heavy artillery right up to the front with the attacking infantry. He went without his oats and waded through mud and over filled-in shell holes to show that he was game on the side of peace with victory and justice. The Missouri mule took his share of the gas and shell shock. Te slept out o' nights in the rain and cold. He kept his "hee haw" muffled at critical moments. He pulled and pulled my. how he pulled when put to it! Who shall say that the mule veterans, having proved their stuff by their deeds, are not en titled to roam rich pastures in the good old summer time and to hibernate in warm box stalls the rest of their natural lives? It is back to the land, back to the oats and hay for them. They will tell no tales of their prowess, but on many of them always will be the marks of their stewardship in the struggle of titanic forces for good and ill. Minneapolis Tribune, NEW YEAR GREETINGS. Song of the Dawn. Wak! It la morning! The rose hua la stealing! Wake to th glory ot yonder glad aky! Over the land a brave anthem Is pealing Back to th fait caat your loyal "Uood bye:" Wake to th pleasure of lira that aur round you! Wake to the duties thRt He In your way Hall to the new year whose coming ha found you t'p and alert (or Ita work or Its play! Over the past, with lis bunion of sorrow, Waste no regrets, neither siglilngs nor tear Grasp at the triumphs that lie In to morrow; Cling to th hopes of the on-coming years: Broad Is the highway of noble successes Laurel and bay wait the conqueror'! brow; I.ov la tho guerdon that honor and blesses ; Rise and go forth to your victories now I.URANA SHELDON. Comes the New Year. Comes the New Year, Th bright New Year; With Peace upon her face a-shine. With gladness In your heart and mine; Restoring sons and brothers dear, Comes the New Year. Cornea the New Year. The radiant year; With eager hearts and eager hands, Restoring devastated lands; And long-lost homes shall reappear With the New Year. Comes th New Year, A fresh New Year, With pages clean for men to write The doom of tyranny and might; With warmth to hearts long chilled by fear Comes the glad year. Cornea th New Year, A bounteous year, With greater things to think and do, With higher planes and vistas new, With souls out.feachlng far and near Comes the New Year. Comes th New Year, A blessed year, To those whose sons fell In the fray; Their alorv none can take away, Those stars of gold sad hearts shall cheer Through many a year. BAYOLL NE TRELE. What of the Year? With low-bent head and silent tread The Old Year went in sorrow Unto Its tomb with all the gloom In shadow o'er the morrow. But as it passed there came a blast To break ita silence fleeing. And with a blare of trumpets' flare The New Year sprang to being. The joy bells rang, their mighty clang Mixed with a thousand voices, While whistles shrill blew with a will. As when a world rejoices; With dance and song, the lively throng In happy tumult meeting. With one accord glad wishes poured To give) the New Year greeting. A youngster bright dropped in Time's flight. The New Tear stands before u. All merry smiles, all lively wiles. And laughing at our chorus; But stilled the laugh, and hushed the chaff, As dread thought comes to sting us What more world woe, what trials to show, The New Year comes to bring us? Baltimore American. Adieu to the Old. We part, oh comrade, reluctantly; Long have we trod the winding way. Troublous, clouded, graysome Aye the shadowed way. Adieu! We part, oh comrade! Adieu! Upon thy way I see thee going, Bended low 'neath thy burden; Weighted, bowing, tired, plodding Heavy footed out upon thy newsome path. What hand shall welcome thee? Adieu, oh comrade! We part Thou upon thy way and I upon mine, I hav seen tby brothers slain, I hav watched thine eyes streaming; I have aeen thee atop upon thy way To stanch some bleeding thing Smiling, wisely, bending tenderly, But thou art weary now Bent and weary. Thy steps Are stepped most falteringly. Adieu! With thee upon thy path, Oh, wilt thou take the memory Of my hand's clasp the touch Of one brother upon the other's flesh? Oh, wilt thou then turn And smile me back one smile of fellow ship? I see thy aged form sink low, I would burden thee not, pave of my lovej Nor would I hang upon thy brow A garland of glistening green That flasheth scarlet bud. Nay, 'twould be as a skull Wreathod of victor's laurel A folly-crown upon thy most venerable brow. j Adieu, oh comrade! Upon thy path! Th years that come are beckoning me; But I shall recall thy burdens, , Thy sorrows, thy tendernesses. Aye, and oh, wilt thou turn upon thy ! path I And smile a smile of fellowship, j Oh, parting year? PATIENCE WORTH. .Lynching ltmrtl of 1918. Tuskepee Institute, Aln., Pec. 31. To the Kdltor of The Hee: I send you tho following relative to lynch ings for the year: According: to the records compiled by Monroe X. Work, in charge of records and research of the Tuske Kee Institute, there were 62 lynch ing in 1S. This is 24 more' than the number 38, for the year 1917. Of those lynched. RS were nmrrnsa and four were whites. Five of those put to death were women. Sixteen, or a little more than one-fourth of those out to death, were , ti;.i-o,i with rape or attempted rape. ine onensos rnargrd airalnst the whites lynched wore murder, 2; be injr disloyal, 2. The offenses charged against the negroes were: Alleged complicity in murder. 14: murder. 7; ilinroci with threats to kill. 6; charged with rape, it); charged with attempted rape, fi; alleged participation in ficht about nllocrpi) hncr ntnnlino- Q - killing officer of the law. 2; being in timate with woman, 1; assisting man charged with murder tn escnne 1- robbing house and frightening wo men, 1; killing man in dispute about automobile repairs, 1; making un wise remarks. i; making unruly re marks, 1; killing landlord in a de pute over a farm contract 1 am. saultinir with Intent t.i wounding another, 1; robbery and i enisling arresr, i. The states In which U-nMi intra nr. eurred. and tho luminal in Aui.Vi state are ns follows: Alabama. 3; Arkansas. 2: California, 1: Florida, 2; Georgia, IS; Illinois, 1; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana. 9: MisslsBlnnl Vnrth Carolina, 2; Oklahoma, 1; South Cnrolina, 1; Tennessee, 4; Texas, 9; irginia. i; Wyoming, 1. KOmkrt R. MOTON, Principal. Jerry on the Banquet. Omaha. Dee. 30. To tho TiHitn-. of The Hee: It has been Paid that the world is moved, or ruled, by phrases, and there is much tenth In it. A phrase may mean more to the multitude of men than a bulky vol ume. The phrase quoted by the British press from President Wil son's speech at the state banquet at Buckingham Talnce "Minra n great tide tunning in the hearts of men." I hope will obtain righteous results everywhere. However, your editorial on the banquet and phrase of comment is opportune when you say "Fifteen million dollars' worth of gOld nliltO trlislplllnc nn lha linnrrl and King George following Presi dent Wilson into the banquet hall wnai a spectacle ror democracy tri umphant is there presented." I be lieve, democracy's only hope of suc cess is nnhlieltv Ynn nra rUht That much god at a banquet is a Spectacle to behold. -while nhntn. graphs of babies starving for lack of iinm are on exnimtion. JERKY HOWARD. Democrats and City Salaries. Omaha. Dec. 25. To the Editor of The Bee: Reading In the naner where Jerry Howard, "Dr." Tanner and Dan Butler sent a resolution to the city commissioners to send dele gates to the senate and legislature to ask for a raise in firemen's and policemen's pay. it seems to me like another democratic dream. Dr. Tanner and Mr. Howard have been n Lincoln two or three times of late years, and the democrats for the last 12 years have tried to get home rule and haven't got ft yet, or the commissioners would have had a State Press Comment Hasting Tribune: Since Nebras ka has taken on prohibition mince pies are not as popular in this state as they were. Kearney Hub: Reports of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture lust made public show that there has been a practical gain of 2,000,000 acres in the cultivated area of the state since the world war began. The hay crop is not included. Fremont Tribune: .Nebraska is credited with three representatives at the world's peace conference not withstanding its secretary of state quit his Job before the fnlted States got Into the war. It is an interesting aftermath of Xebraska's one-time strong peace sentiment. St. Taul Republican: Reports from every section of Nebraska are to the etfect that the recent heavy rainfall and the light snow In many sections of the state have put the ground In the best condition for present and future crop prospects that it has been in for years. Al though the hard freeze that followed this wave of moisture has put the roads in far worse condition than they have been for years. Harvard Courier: The three Cherry county men who successfully discouraged the ardor of a suitor fur the hand of a sister of one of the men by hanging him, have all been pardoned from the penitentiary. Governor Morehead pardoned one of them soon after he was sentenced and Oovernor Neville will release the other two this week. They were all sentenced for life. Seems like life term prisoners don't have much to fear nowadays. chance to do something about salar ies and other affairs. There will lie a different kind of delegates go this time and moreover salaries will be raised and not by democrats, as they have had 18 years of it so far. Mr. Butler, the man who dis charged all republicans when he took the street department and is trying to advise the republicans, cut the salaries in his deparment and laid off all men during the month of December. He is the first commis sioner that ever did this in thai department as long as the commis sion plan of government has beer used. Mr. Orotte says republican? are not as capable as democratic men who were In the service fur years. I believe Mr. Butler had bet ter attend to getting the snow cleaned off the streets as damp feet will give the flu, and not try to exe cute the republican party. A REPUBLICAN. SAID IN FUN. "Why did you buy that old doormat when your office furniture is brand-new?" "I think worn doormat outside Is a good advertisement for a lawyer." Judge. "All very well to talk about peace. But what will my husband do?" "Surely he can find something like his present work?" "No, he can't. He' a press censor."- Passing Enow. "You seem very eager for bone-dry con ditions." "I am," replied Mr. Chugglns. "I am In favor of anything that will prevent people from smashing bottles In the road to cut up automobile tires." Washington Star. Hil T.ife My Dear. You are getting on well with the new novel. Eminent Novelist Novel be hanged. I'm trying to order a half ton of coal. New York Sun. "These patients whom you say are so hard to manage, have all of them, I se, lost a leg or two in th war.'' 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