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THE BES: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1913. j i The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY-EDWARD ROSEWATEB VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th Aisoctifed Prrm. of vtilrh Ths Bn tt a nembar. Is axcltulTaty mtnita to io9 mm ror puMti'.uoa nr all news difiwtrbea credited to it at not frtherwiu ereiltted In this paw. and alao Uw local (iea nuMiahnt Benin. All rlihti of publication of oat spams! i.jwum ara aiw reaeriea. OFFICES: - Ditcapv-PatirH'i !u BllUdln. Omaha Tha Bee Bldf. New York 2S Fifth Aea. Boulh Omalia J3U K 8t ."i, Inus Nw B of Gunmen, Council Bluffs II w. Mala St nuiunnoi mu u m. unosin uitla Bulldmi. I , DECEMBER CIRCULATION , Daily 65,219 Sunday 62,644 Arertr clmiHHnn fnr" the month aubaerltejd and swore to by it. satao, i IrvuliUin Manager. Subarribart Icavtnr tha city should hava The Baa Ballad to them, Addraaa chaniad aa oftas aa r equal tad. Come across for, the Near East sufferers! Sign the petition to give the returning soldiers extra pay they deserve. Wool prices indicate that the sheep know the war is over. Starving babies should not ask in vain for aid in Omaha, so help make the Near East drive a winner. Secretary Glass says the fifth Liberty loan will be the last of its kind, which glad informa tion will be duly noted. f Invoice time is nearly over, and real plans for spring work are being laid out Watch Omaha grow this year. The "Tiger of France" will sit at the head of the peace table, the world's tribute to the great leader of a great nation. One big Omaha corporation has announced that it has I job for every man that left its service to go into the army. This jought to be the rule. Last year's coal output is reported at .14, 000,000 tons in excess of the year before, and yet we were told the miners were laying down on the job! ' , Quite an extension will have to be provided to the home at "Shadow Lawn," if it is to ac commodate all the "junk" now being accumu lated by the Wilson family. More of Nebraska's fighting men are back from France, and ready to greet the home folks as soon as Uncle Sam says the word. They will find a real welcome1 waiting for them. Art Austrian bank is suing the ex-emperor for 8,000,000 crowns, which the imperial "wclcher" subscribed to a war loan and failed to make good on. What will you give for the judgment? With a boy in custody accused of stealing fifty automobiles, the police feel they have a real case against the juvenile authorities." It may develope on his trial as to which side is in the right. ' ' Produce commission men say the public market in Omaha is a failure. No doubt it is at present, to far as the householder is. con cerned, Dut it mignt be made a success it cor rectly managed. How big should a policeman be? Well, if the day is at hand when we will no longer be menaced by crime or criminals, almost any sire ought to serve. Until then, he should at least be big enough to protect himself. , Nebraska can afford to be lenient with he escrped convict who ran away to go to war, and who was wounded three times in battle. He may have violated the confidence reposed in him, but he showed himself a man. A Polish officer was executed by the bol sheviki because he wore epaulettes. Some of the comrades sought to prevent the carrying out of the sentence, but were reconciled when it was set forth that in addition to his uniform the officer could both read and write. That un pardonable offense sealed, his doom. "Liberty's a glorious feast!" i Insurance and Influenza Furtial reports from the life insurance com panies of the United States, printed in the Jour nal of Commerce, show the deaths from the in tuierua epidemic of the October-to-December period in 1918 of more than 120,000 policy-holders. These deaths caused claims against the companies for more than $52,000,000. It is ex pected that complete returns will show a loss at least of 200,0000 lives and of $100,000,000 in claims. , These reports constitute a reducfion to plain f" sures of some portion of a national calamity to which we are accustomed to refer in terms of limi-an sorrow and bereavement. Such statistics of a f !ague are unusual. As quoted here they are amazing. To guide us in an estimate of the : - : Tiion of the loss in insured lives of the total number of deaths from the epidemic we may know that something more than 11,500,000 Policies were in' force in the United States in 191 7. or a little better than one to every ten of population. To policy-holders generally, and to business interests in any way related to insurance con cerns, the word will be reassuring that in a Voad way the companies are meeting the lia bilities strongly. The call upon their resources .(si unexpected but is not staggering. Agreeing with the observations of health au thorities and others who watched the progress of the influenza, the insurance men report lhat an unusual percentage of victims died in years from 33 to 45, covering thus an age period or dinarily robust. This occasioned calls on many policies on which but few premiums had been paid. Beyond the insurance consideration, it is a matter of considerable pathologic concern. The insurance data in full may prove of great value in the post-facto medical study of the epi demic. Xew York World, I SIX MONTHS' EXTRA PAY FOR SOLDIERS. Congress has been approached by the secre tary of war to enyt laws that will take care of capital invested in war enterprises. Orders that were given over telephones, said to amount to billions of dollars, are to be validated and made the same as if written contracts had been signed. Schemes for amortization or depletion of plant expenses are to be worked out, and in some cases unnecessary work is yet being done, that the end of the war may not too seriously disrupt business and bring disaster. In this there is wisdom, but why should not the same consideration be extended to the soldiers? These boys invested their total capital in the great adventure, and certainly they are entitled to have an equal chance with the munition makers. A soldier's life ought to weigh quite as much as the corporation's dollar. Some bil lions are to be paid out in the way of letting business down from a war to a peace plane, and it surely will square with the American sense of justice that a few millions be allotted to the young men who gave up their prospects, jeopardized their lives, and all at the demand of their government. This wonderful land of wealth and opportunity, that is giving unstint edly to the relief of suffering abroad, ought not to hesitate at an act of simple justice to its own soldiers. Six months' additional pay to the men as they are discharged from the service will not be a very heavy drain on the general coffers, but it will inspire each recipient with a better notion ot how his countrymen feel on the point. Sweet Charity Pickled Mrs. Allen's idea of a memorial building for service is a good one. Now let somebody take hold and give it definite form. Progress is being made in the parley at k Paris, but people are wishing the job were com plete, so we may know exactly what to do. Rules to govern golf in public parks ought to take into consideration the fact that the parks are owned by all the people, and not by a few. The dance hall is again coming to the front as a topic for social discussion, if you want further proof that peace is once more with us. Democratic View of the War Department. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Congressman Gallivan, a democrat from Boston. Congress man Mann has just finished speaking in the house of representatives, presenting some in formation as to delay in soldiers' mail. The gentleman from Massachusetts followed him, and these phrases are taken from his remarks: we nave heard ot more outrageous things when he said the War department had failed to function, he told the truth re lieved of his regiment to make way for a dandy pet of the Leavenworth clique if you ask the secretary of war for information, he gets peeved the chief of staff and his up- ' start aide General Pershing and his numer ous and highly tailored staff so-called great generals, who . were abroad and who have never seen a combat what is congress going to do about it J Is it going to allow the secretary of war to pass the buck to Persh- 1 ing? Is it going to alLow the hbndsome chief of staff to pass the buck to Pershing? What were we elected for? Given to a regular army pet most of these petted favorites" would run away from a baked apple. Mr. Gallivan did not stint his praise of the officers and men who di4 the fighting, the real work of the army. His criticism was entirely for the secretary of war and the bureaucrats at. Washington. The incident is of importance only as illustrative of what is in the minds of many people with regard to the office manage ment of the war. The peppery, address of the Massachusetts representative was warmly ap plauded in the house. What will the public say, when the lid is taken off, and the incorrigi bility of the secretary of war entirely exposed? . -i , Delicate Work for Tax Collector. The proposal from Lincoln that "a tax be levied against the surrender value of life insur ance policies looks like approach to a situation in which some danger may be discerned. It seems entirely foreign to the purpose of life in surance, and evinces the extent to which the impulse for discovering revenue-producing novelties may lead the legislator. Life insur ance is primarily for the benefit of the 'sur vivors. In its most popular form it has the quality of encouraging thrift, by promising a definite return to the assured, in event of his surviving the term for which the insurance is written. The "surrender value" of the policy is the amount of . premiums paid and dividends earned in excess of cost f carrying the risk. It is unquestionably a form of property, an asset sufficiently tangible to be definitely lo cated. Butt just as the federal government ex cludes from "income" the proceeds of life in surance policies, so can the state afford to ex empt from taxation the accrued value of policies in process of maturing. The federal govern ment, by its experiment of war risk insurance has undertaken to inculcate a wider application ' of the principles of life insurance. The benefit that will flow from the more general adoption of this measure of protection is undeniable. Nebraska scarcely can afford to Undertake any thing that may tend to discourage life insurance New York Evening Post When medieval church relief flourished, the first trick taught a thief was to put a penny in the poor-box and extract a crown. In the days of Mrs. Jellyby's project for teaching the natives of Borrioboola-Gha to turn pianoforte legs and establish an export trade, there were neither scientific principles of charitable relief, elaborate auditing systems, nor inquisitive law officers. The crop of war charities that sprang up alter 1V14 was certain to show many descend ants of both the medieval thief and Mrs. .Fellyby. The district attorney estimates that lU.uw relief agencies have been active; and in 1916 a single foreign relief body reported that 3,000 charitable organizations north of the Mex ican line were co-operating with it. The district attorney's classification of New York's relief roster is simple. There were honest and effi cient societies, wastrel charities, foolish chari ties, profiteering societies, frauds and "hundred per cent boys." The distinction between the last two -is that the frauds maintained a vir tuous look by pouring only 99.44 per cent into their own pockets. The public has no one but itself to thank if $3,000,000 was stolen here in less than one year, and much greater ,sums wasted. Ever since rum and Bibles were given to the Indians, Americans have thrown the gates wide to im postors. Two years ago Robert W. Kelso of Boston remarked that our manner of licensing charities implied: "Go ahead with your enter prise. You need never report to this govern ment what you do or how you do it, how much you beg, how much you spend, or the result. It's nobody's business but your own." And how delightful it Is j for the charity or ganizerst iso one can feel aught nut indignaii at the "hundred per cent boys." But the agen who insists that, as general benefactor of th race, he should have his oernuisite what o him? He collects hundreds weeklv for Peruvian aborigines or Igorrote orphans; should such a pnnanthropist not live at the best hotels on porterhouse, truffles and wine? He can take his 60 cents out of every dollar; what no one knows hurts nobody; and in the end the Igor- rotes oo get something. Another area in the field is the exercising' ground of society aspirants. The Rhinegelts ano vvestergouids are acting as patronesses and honorary vice-presidents to this or that rharity, are they? Well. Mrs. Asnirant, who nas money, too, will start her own charity. She can talk. so soulfully about it to her friends; can have so much put in the papers about it, and so.'martvr-like, will eniov the labor of ar ranging benefit teas. Spending much money and taking much, she is vastlv relieved when it proves possible to send to Europe a small check witnout bothering her husband to meet a deficit. In even the humbler social circles this game is played. The district attorney found one pic ttiresai'e lady who had a delightful time poing in .....II e ' siren unmix pidics wuu a group oi satellites, having a good meal followed bv a harangue on her dear charity to all in the room, and paying rne commneu meal cnecK out ot what she col lected. Election Day in Germany. Proceedings have just been varied in Ger many by holding a general election. Its result will not be known for some time, but "for the moment some interest may be' found in the de tails. It is the first, election ever held there under popular auspices, and therefore marked by many innovations. The riot of posters, fa miliar enough in this country, was a distinct surprise to the German, accustomed to seeing only formal announcements displayed in offi cial positions. When the dead walls bloomed with big type displays, appealing in favor of one or the other of the candidates, then the former subjects of the autocratic kaiser knew a new day had, dawned for the fatherland. So cialists showed energy in the pursuit of votes by distributing 30,000,000 dodgers in Berlin alone, or at the rate of about fifteen to each inhabitant in prewar times. One other feature was the participation of women, in one pre cinct it being reported the nuns marched in a body from their cloister to the polls, thus show ing how far into the discard "kinder, kirschen und kuchen" have been thrust by the march of events. Early returns show the "maioritv" socialists to be winning. This is a set-back for the bolsheviki- and may mean good for the people. , Neutral nations are disappointed at the provisions made for them in connection with the peace council. This is natural, when it is now recalled how they planned to take an equal share inthe proceedings with the belligerents. They are so few, compared with the crowd that was in the fight they will not be able to do much more than remonstrate. Our robust American definition of the lowest meanness is that it would steal pennies from a blind man. Of such meanness are those guilty wno wouio roD tne war orphan ot his bread and the war-maimed of his crutch, by thievishness, ignorance or carelessness in conducting a char ity. Before the war state laws for the bettef supervision of charities were being warmly urged. A. G. Warner's standard work on "Char ities" estimates at least 10.000 charities normally in me united states, collecting iiu,UUU,UUU an nually. Only seven states have made any proper renuirement as to an investigation of worthiness oetore incorporation is granted. Only ten states require the licensing of even charitable agencies concerned with the care of children. Proper state demands for initial investigation and continuing supervision should spread over the entire union. The cities also can do much; and such private aeencies as the chambers of commerce, neatlv ZOO of which now investigate and approve or disapprove local charities, ought to extend these activities. But the chief re sponsibility lies with the state legislatures. Till they meet it, men can only be careful to. give to none out tne reputable and approved chanties, Secret Diplomacy The love of the professional diplomat for secret methods of diplomacy dies hard. The fresh revelation of this fact, on the very eve of the opening of the peace conference, has un doubtedly come as a shock to public opinion. It is net merely the fact that the British govern ment should have made the proposal it did re garding the admission of the bolsheviki to the peace negotiations that has caused public un easiness, but the zeal shown by all the cabinets to cover it up and prevent any knowledge of the proposition from' becoming public. The in terested parties succeeded in the conspiracy of siience ror nearly a tortnignt, and it is only the day before the peace conference meets that an astonished world learns what has been going on behind the scenes.. f The public r.sks anxiously what fresh revela tions ofpreliminary.discords are in store for it. The. curious thing is that sooner or later all such intrigues and understandings' end by becoming known. A few days before the Berlin congress met the London Standard published the text of a secret agreement between Mr. Disraeli and Prince Gortshakoff showing that most of the ouestions pending between Russia and Great Britain had been privately settled before the congress met, and that the discussion in the council chamber of the Radziwill palais was lit tle better than a solemn comedy. Such incidents shake public confidence in the men in whose hands are -the national des tinies and cause the decisions taken by them to be regarded with suspicion and distrust. Such suspicion and distrust is apt to lead .to recrimination between peoples, which can only be profitable to the enemies of yesterday, who are only too ready to take advantage of them. Washington Post. The Day We Celebrate. Conrad H. Young, real estate man, born 1874. Theodore Starrett, of the building firm of Starrett & Thompson, born 1865. Surgeon General Sir George Ryerson, founder and president of the Canadian Red Cross, born 65 years ago. James J. Storrow, the Boston banker who served as tederal fuel administrator for New England, born in Boston 55 years ago. . Frederick Madison Smith, head of the Reor ganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, born at Piano, 111., 45 years ago. Francis E. McGovern, former governor of Wisconsin, born near Elkhart, Wis., 53 years ago. ' Dr. James Henry Morgan, president of Dick inson college, born near Cpncord, Del., 62 years ago. . In the Wake of War Over 20,000 French, priests car ried arms in the late war. ... v President Polnre of the French republic, who has signified an in tention to vlBlt America next sum mer, is paid a salary ot 1120,000 a year. If placed in line three abreast, the railroad locomotives and cars surrendered by the Germans under tne terms or the armistice would reach from London to Paris. Louise Kaufman, a 13-year-old high school girl of Cove, Ore., llimbed in a raging windstorm near ly to the top of a 108-foot flagpole to rescue Old Glory and a service flag from certain destruction. So vast is the work of the British graves registration committee, which looates and marks the last resting-place of theBritish soldiers who fell In France, that in an aver age week the commission staff has had to deal with 6,000 letters of in quiry and thanks; and at times the number has been little short of 10,000. An armv airplane went fmm Tnv- ton, O., to New York City in four hours and 10 minutes, or at tha rata of 132 miles an hour. A machine flying at that rate could cross tha Atlantic in less than 24 hours. An airplane trip from Boston to Lon don will be made presently in less lime tnan it takes to iro bv tra ns from Boston to Chicago. uia .Necessity stages a strange somersault In the Krupp plant at Essen, Germany. The greatest of all war factories turns from war pro-1 moting and war goods to implements or peace, ror half a century the Krupps waxed fat on producing tools or destruction. The downfall of might switches the plant to oaths or rignteousness ana progress. In most great wars there has come a turning point which has vir tually decided everything long be fore the actual fighting has ceased, When, for Instance, General Bur- goyne surrendered at Saratoga, in 1777. the United States had won their independence without knowing it. Peace was not made until 1783 but all the blood spilled after Sara toga was shed for nothing, since the Issue was really settled there. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. RIGHT TO THE POINT Washington Post: Why not have two leagues of nations and then ar range a championship series? St. Louis Globe Democrat: Could an old Andrew Jackson democrat ever have believed that prohibition would corna during a democratic administration. New York World: Coals to New castle? An old story. It will be r& aerxed for January, 1919,, to see Bpaghetti start from New York for Italy. Minneapolis Tribune: No good American wants a huge standing army, but there are a lot of them who want the ready "makln's" ot one. They, can get it with universal military training. Baltimore American: A German financier says that heavy indemnities will ruin Germany. Of course, the ruin of Belgium and Northern France is an entirely different mat ter and ought to be condoned. Kansas City Star: Under certain conditions the ex-kaiser might properly be restored to rulershlp over certain of his former subjects. For instance, ne might be allowed to boss the gang of German prisoners who are to be put to work cleaning up the devastated regions of France. New York World: In six years President Wilson has made five cabinet changes. In seven. President Roosevelt made nineteen. Includ ing McKlnley incumbents holding over, he had six secretaries of the navy and five postmaster generals, the veteran Wilson of the Depart ment Of Agriculture alone holding through. Cleveland. Harrison and McKinley made few changes; Arthur ten in 3 Mi years. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Psy and Billy Belgium ara called to Europe by Homer and Carrie Plfeon to prevent Balky 8am. tha army mule, from atartlng another war.) CHAPTER II. Snnibo Again Meets Balky Sam. " TTEE-HAW! Form in columns of fours," brayed Balky Sam, placing himself at the head ot the troup of mules The mules lined up like a com pany of soldiers, and started on a brisk trot toward the east. But they were no going to get away as easily as they thought. Negro guards came running to head them off. These guards were under command of a fat corporal, whom Peggy Quickly recognized as Sambo, the colored soldier who had been kicked by Balky Sam for grabbing the Frog acrooat when her Bird circus enter tained the men at camp. Sambo bravely ran out ahead of his men, waving his gun to scare the mules back. But the mules didn't scare. "Hee-haw! Charge!" brayed Balky sam. making straignt ror sambo. "Ho, Ho!" laughed Sambo, using nis gun as a club, and setting htm - Ar "wow!" yelled Sambo. self to meet Balky Sam. "Now Ah got yo yo' ol' rascal. Ah been waiting ever since we don' lef de States ter get a chance ter smash yo' head to de way yo' kicked me, come on an' get yo' medicine. Ho Ho! nut eamoo laugntea too soon. As he swung his gun to give Balky Mm a mignty wnack on the head Balky Sam dodged to one side, Sambo had swung so hard that when he missed he whirled around with his back to Balky Sam. That was Just what Balky Sam wanted, for he spun around as quick as a wink and his powerful heels flashed out. Wham! He caught Sambo Just rignt, and the negro, fat as he was went sailiing through the air smack into the branches of a thorn tree. "Wow! Wow!" yelled Sambo ns the' thorns pricked through his ciotnes. "Hee-haw! Hee-haw!" chorused the mules, sending the guards scat tering in all directions. "On to Berlin!" braved Balky Sam triumphantly, and the mules gal loped arter him toward the German lines. The noise of the affray had been heard by white officers and soldiers, who came running to the scene. "Hey, get down out of that tree ami round up those mulos," shouted a Captain to Sambo, who was busy picking out thorns. Sambo saluted but made no effort to get down from the tree. uap'n, ' ne said. , "Ah 11 fight a million ob dem Huns, if yo' say so, an' do if wid gladness, but when it comes to tacklin dem n'my mules again,! all dis' niggah can say am, Fare yo wen:' " By this time Balky Sam and his fellow-mules were out of sight over a hill. The officers ordered out a cavalry troop in pursuit, but the white soldiers were so busy laughing at the battered negroes. and the cavalry horses were so reluctant to tackle the mlues, that they were a long time getting readyy, and Balky Sam had a good start. Billy and Peggy in their airplane, and Carrie and Homer Pigeon on their wings, sped after the run aways. "Stop," shouted Peggy to Balky Sam. "Halt " brayed Balky Sam, and the mlues halted. Bulky Sam nat lee's Ireland's Prosperity. Omaha, Jan. 15. To the Editor of The Bee: The following is an ex? tract from a speech by Sir Edward Carson, unionist candidate for Bel fast in the recent general elections at Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland: "In 1916 Ireland's total exports and imports amounted to 212,000, 000 sterling ($1,060,000,000). In 1917 the Irish people had in their banks deposits amounting to 105,- 000,000 sterling (1525.000,000). Let Ireland never again be talked of as a poor country. I do not believe that any other country in the world possesses sucn relative figures as these, and it all came under the union. If prospertiy is in the north of Ireland, it is because they worked in Ulster while they were agitating in the south. Ireland has the great est freedom, prosperity and inde pendence of any nation, and it is all nonsense to talk otherwise." I most emphatically idorse the last sentence of this extract, having re sided in Ireland for over 20 years, coming to America a few years ago. C. E. M. OX empire. Beware, then, of paid Eng lish emissaries who are wolves in sheeps clothing. I am glad Germany is defeated, but I should have pre ferred to have America hold aloof from the war and allow Germany and England to eat each other up like the Kilkenny cats. We would have been well rid of them both. No one country should be allowed to possess the power that England does today and while I love the Eng lish as individuals and respect them, I hope to see the end of the British empire in my time. MARION A. CLARK. 1553 South Twenty-fifth avenue. Daily Dot Puzzle 51 38 2 37. 33. Hi' ,4S sa. ! 60 'V. u v ',vllil 1-l 17. alio -a ? .eo fe7 ( 17 ' .4 6.9 wL vr & 75 . What is Johnnie trying to catch? Draw frcm one to two and ao on to thi end. djwn and wrinkled up h.'s nose li a delighted grin. "Hello, Princess Peggy and BIlli Belgium," he brayed. "You re Jurn in time for my war." "The war is all over." replies Peggy. 'Not until I've had a chance t become a hero," brayed Balky Sam you re a hero already," spok up Homer Pigeon. "Everybodyj knows how bravely you brought uj the ammunition that whipped th Huns. If you hadn't got through that awful ehellflre there mighl have been no peace." Aw. that was nothing." braved Bulky Sam in nit embarrassed way, 'That wasn't fighting it was Just doing my duty. Now I'm going into real scrap. Come on, if you want to see the fun. Forward march!" t With that Balky Sam started away again on a gallop. "ThiB is madness!" declared Peg gy. "We must go along and keep them out of mischief." (Tomorrow will be told how Balky Sara geta more recruit.) IV -3 Wally You aay her husband la atone' deaf? SBlly Tea: ahe wants Imore diamonds and he won't hear of It. Town Topics. a pugljlst needa li vituperative "What power. -Kecuperative power, I suppose you mean. But you ain't so far wrong, eye. mer." Kansas Ulty Journal. He married moKey." Wasn't these a woman attached to 117" "Too much attached to It, he found out later." Minneapolis Tribune, The Btairestruck girl who has been haunting the theater for K chance to act, tells me she has had a 'fat' part given ner." So she has; she looks after the star's grease paints." Baltimore American. 'I shuddered when Tom proposed." 'Was he so awkward?" Oh. no: he did it ao well." Rnntnn rramcript, THE TROOPER'S LAMENT. Dear old Bill, your bit Is done! Alas! You too must ko! , llany'i the time you've carried me in battle s ebb and flow. How gay you pranced, proud head on high io music on parade: How fleet you raced but yester eve rne roe s rear guard to raid. You swam the river through the hell or lead from lUddeft guns. By Georgel How bravely -up the bank xou ruaneavthe fleeing Huns. Not once you flinched through screaming Biiuna Buret on the very ground O'er which, full apeeU, the flanking host xou cnargea witn mighty bound. Blighters! They've got you In tho leg Bmasnea nat, oia cnan. no none Ne'er again o!er dusty plkei You'll take me at a lope. 1 I What's that? You'd like to aay goodbye f w am- me to lire your race? with all my heart Here! Look this way! xou ve earned a lent embrace. God knows I hate to leave you. Bill. 1 nopea you a see It through. 11 mourn you when the bugles blow .Adieu, brave heart, adieu! JOHN B. FOSTER tn N. Y. Sun Daily Cartoonette, Packers and stock yards men are now tefiing their side of the story to the committees of congress, and the affair looks quite different from Mr. Heney's picture. A real inquiry may yet have to be ordered in order to determine the facts. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence appeared at the Boyd in a piece new to Omaha. ''Heart of Hearts." The critic declares the play does not permit these noted actors to show to best ad vantage. At the meetinr of the school board Fred McConnell occupied the chair. Col. Alexander H. Forbes died after two weeks in an unconscious condition. He is said to have been the most popular of Omaha's saloon men. I. J. Dunn, who succeeds Mr. Shea as justice of the peace, has been of late in the employ of the Republican Printing company, devoting his spare hours to studying law in J. J. O'Con nor's office. He will apply for admission to the bar in a few months. The , Prince-Knapp bicycle race has been postponed until next month. IU MAlrlT"5HAVINff Ml RRfie? AM THIS UDDR TMEW I CflN SEE T&&MAVE MlW J j better; 1 ElB rMD HEDIIlr i ' League of Nations. Omaha. Jan. 16. To the Editor of The Bee: In all probability, the world will not return to its former condition, for, as a result of the world war, the whole aspect of the world has changed and revolutions never roll backwards. One large result of the war, al ready becoming apparent, will be the drawing together into a close union of all the nations of the world, regardless of their status during the war. The war itself began the work of drawing the nations together. They are already united by an invisible bond the personal interest that every natiop felt in the war. And now arises the shadowy out line of a nearly-born state. It comes to meet the needs of the new era, the conditions evolved by the war. It embraces the whole world, for all the different countries of the world will, in time, become simply individual states in this one grand patriae the United States of the World. It is Indispensable that this World Country should have a gov ernment. Legislative, executive and judicial bodies must eventually be formed, a president, a king, a head? God forbid! Human nature is too weak to bear such a burden, to stand such a test. We want no world ty rant.. It should be made treason at the outset for anyone ever to sug gest making a head to this world country. It should be plainly stated In the constitution whether or not mem bers could stand for re-election and a limit definitely set .to the number of terms one Individual could serve It would be advisable, of course, if all the states in this great country could De near of a size. . But this would necessitate the breaking up of all large empires the British and Russian empires, for instance and this, perhaps, could not be brought about without additional bloodshed, even though the general good of manklnd should demand it. It has been said that "colonies are fruit which only clings to the tree until ripe." (Turgqt, quoted by Katherine Cohan.) It seems to me that Canada and Australia ought to be ripe by this time. If the Canadians are not ca pable, qualified and fitted to gov- em themselves by this time, they ought to be ashamed to acknowledge it. Both Canada and Australia pre sent the ludicrous phenomena of full- grown men still being carried In their mothers' arms. Why should that little race,' the English, whose country Is about as large as the state Of New York, rule over about one quarter of the earth? , ("Growth of the English Nations" gives the one quarter rate.) It is preposterous! Down with the Teutons, I say, for the English are Teutons. 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