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12 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, '1919 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWABD ROSEWATER VICTOR EOSEWATER, EDITOR THB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rfce Assoelaied t'nu. ot whlcb The li la member, U elclnslTele auitled u tu w for pubnotloQ of 1! news dlipatchee credited a It or ant otHrwIie credited In Uili pevwr. end also taa looel em published twain. All rlftita of publication ot out spatial lllMKUl are IKS OFFICES i JMrsto Parole's Cm BuIIdlni. omUe The Bee Btdt. Hew fork St Hflo An. BouUi Omaha J3U N St v K. Lnuxt Ntw B'n of Commerce. I'ounell Bluffs 14 N. Mala St SaaklnjloB 1811 O tit. Lincoln LitUs Building. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION , Daily 64,976 Sunday 63,316 iTCrsse circulation for the month subscribed and mom to fej I. B. Riiui. Oreulatlm ldanacw. Subscribers leaving tha city should have Tho Baa nulled : thorn. Address chanted aa often aa requested. Looks like the referendum might work both way. No minimum wage legislation for Nebraska this time, either. Oh, well. "Boat drill" disturbed the president's slum ber; but we thought the U-boat danger had passed. "Health of the troops in the United States" continues very good, says the surgeon general. Keep it so. The experiment of the French government la aelling food to cut off profiteering is working well in Paris at any rate. " Harness makers have received solemn warn ing from the Federal Trade commission. This will end the trust maybe. Peace is urgent, and all agree to that the argument is over tying peace up with possi bilities of future disagreement. Now the county is going into the ice busi ness for itself. This ought to encourage the "muny" plant to greater activity. It will take stronger testimony than that of Raymond Robins to get much credit for Lenine and Trotzky in this country. John Bull proposes to keep right on watch ing the Rhine until peace is determined. France thinks a perpetual watch there will not be., wasted. "Nick" Longworth at least is not afraid to voice his views as to the make-up of the house committee list In time merit will win over seniority. Judge Gary thinks the price of steel might be "stabilized" without any effort on part of the government, but he will get' some assistance, just the same. Crop experts look for a bumper crop of wheat in Nebraska this year. And at $2 the bushel, it ought to just about top off the state's prosperity right. The Germans tried to hold an election in Bo hemia, with the result that might have been mticipated. The Czechs reminded them it was no longer German territory. A little self-restraint might not go bad with the senators who are investigating state institu tions. Display of temper does not carry con viction with thinking people. The bolshevik idea of stamping out an epi demic by killing all who become infected puts :!ie medical practice of the cult on a par with is notions of politics and business. The Manchester Guardian says the Irish res olution adopted by the house is a "friendly warning" to Great Britain, and the Sinn Fein leaders denounce Mr. Wilson as a dodger. Take your choice. The New York World, dismissing the Sixty fifth congress, says a third-rate lawyer will still be a third-rate lawyer after he, is sent to con gress. No allusion, we hope, to the gentleman from Scotland Neck? The Germans still see a way to starve Cen tral Europe by refusing to allow their ships to be used to carry food across to the hungry. In time, if they keep on, a German ship will be a most unwelcome sight in any pprt. Foreign war decorations to the number of 9,38.1 will come home with the boys who went over, "over there," but this does not mean that every lad who deserved one got one. Among so many heroes it was hard to make a choice. Idaho is hunting for trouble. The same day ths legislature went on record-against a league of nations, one of the big towns of the state offered a purse of $160,000 for a prize fight. Senator Borah probably knows his constituents' collective mind. " Medical Views of Objectors After being under the observation of psychiatrists of the medical department of the irmy the 3,000 prisoners in the disciplinary barracks at Leavenworth who recently went on strike have been duly classified and ticketed. Most of these men called themselves "conscien tious objectors" with the purpose of escaping military service. Relatively only a few pleaded religious scruples. Virtually all of these military offenders, from the viewpoint of medical experts, were of ex ceptional types. After their mental condition had been studied they were divided into three groups. First came those nearly fwo-thirds of the whole number who defied the law "from an excessively eccentric personality;" in other words, men who were "individualistic, opinion Jted, self-willed or vain to an extreme degree." Presumably in any circumstances where they tvere subjected to discipline or authority they would be found in conflict with those about ;hem and justifying- themselves as of superior intelligence. They are af a type of which our parlor bolsheviki and soap-box school of orators furnish many examples. The two minor groups among the prisoners at "Leavenworth comprised men "of extreme emotional instability" and others of "inadequate intelligence." The medical examiners of the oral boards and the army doctors at the camps rejected hundreds of men for these very rea sons. In the main they were unfit for military service because of psychopathic conditions. Upon the "conscientious objector," in the honest sense, much sympathy has been expend ed since the beginning of the draft, as the vic n rf of a harsh and cruel system. In the light f the investigation made at Leavenworth by tee medical department of the array, it might seem that false sentimentality has played too large a par in the campaign. New York World. CONCESSION OR RECESSION. Senator Hitchcock, according to the Chicago Tribune, has approached Senator Knox with a proposal that the republican senators formulate the amendments they would have made in the League of Nations constitution and forward them to the president at Paris. When pressed as to whether he spoke with consent of the president, the late chairman of the senate com mittee on foreign relations declined to give a satisfactory answer. The incident is significant, in that it shows that the single-track mind of the president is probably seeking a terminal. His petulance has passed, and he would prob ably be glad of an opportunity to compromise on some line that will preserve for him the prestige he has risked iff a controversy with the body he deliberately ignored. The senate is part of the treaty making power of the United States, and must pass on any document coming from Paris. Mr. Wilson was well aware of this, and also was well ad vised that the senate to which the treaty must go would be controlled by the republicans. He chose to ignore the plain situation, and asked endorsement for a document that leaves too much to implication that should be plainly ex pressed. In simple words, he failed to note the difference between stating aspirations and mak ing a contract He did not receive the support he asked, because he did not state the terms on which the bargain is to rest. It is not opposition to his hopes or his plan to ask that Mr. Wilson make his proposal defi nite and specific. The senators of the United States are quite as high-minded, as patriotic' and as devoted to liberty as the president. They have equally a duty to perform. Is he now ready to make concession to them, or to recede from his position of dominance? The New Grand Amy. One of the young menf who served well and faithfully in the army has' written a suggestion that will quite likely find many echoes in the hearts of the boys who wore the khaki, and in not a great while will be crystallized into beiug. It is that an association, nation-wide, be formed of the soldiers. In his letter the writer refers to the associations of camp and cantonment, of field and trench, of friendships formed and brotherhod born under such conditions as prom ise permanence. To give this expression, he would have the national army men formed Mnto another great body for feace-time perpetua tion of the ties that bound them in war. No one who is familiar with the story of the Grand Army of the Republic will question the feasibil ity or desirability of this movement. It will supplement the Grand Army, now passing to the close of its career, and the Spanish-American War Veterans will welcome it as well. We may be very sure that the general organization will come, and Omaha is a mighty good place to start it. Another CrisisWith Germany. Germany has broken off negotiations for the use of German merchant ships by the Al lies, demands for 2,500,000 tons of food stuffs to be delivered between now and the next Ger man harvest having been declined. In other words, because the victors will not agree to feed the vanquished on a scale the latter deem adequate, the bargain fails. While any intent to starve Germany has been disclaimed, the fact remains that other countries come first and must be served before; the inhabitants of kaiser land can receive supplies sufficient to content them. Millions in the regions ravished by the German armies, are starving, and the ships that are idle at Bremen, Wilhelmshaven and other German ports are needed to carry food to these hungry. This stirred the delegates from Hun land to demand more than the Allies could see their way clear to giving. Without the Ger man ships, succor for suffering Europe, will be delayed, and the return of American troops will be hampered, but in some way the emergency can be met It will not help the German cause, however. Postal Receipts and Business. Postmaster General Burleson points to the increased receipts pf the postoffices as an unerring indication of improvement in business conditions. He is justified in this, for when the public begins to use the mails it is a sign of interest in affairs, of commercial activity, and all that that means. After we have congratu lated the head of this great governmental de partment on his acumen, may we not venture a suggestion? If he were to try to improve the service of the department along with the increase in the public's use of it, the effort would win approbation. It might be possible to establish" such conditions as would insure the delivery of a letter from one part of the city of Omaha to another in not less than 24 hours; sometimes it takes 43 or even longer now. Also, we might get back to the old days when mail came through from Chicago in one or two days at the outside, although now letters , are fre quently six days on the journey. Air mail routes, and all that sort of thing art fine for advertising purposes, but many of the plain peo ple of the United States would rather see ef forts directed to the expedition of the mass of mail than to the fancy frills that secure illus trated publicity. Brigadier General Ansell gets back to his status as a lieutenant colonel in the army, but retains his position as chairman of the commit tee to review courts-martial sentences. This may or may not end the row he precipitated by his attack on General Crowder, but it shows fhat discipline still prevails in the army. The Omaha Hyphenated persistently over looks the fact that a very considerable, "bloc" of democratic senators also are unwilling to take the League of Nations 'as the president proposed it, so that the group consisti of 52 instead of 39, as it would have its readers believe. Lloyd Georg'tf admonition to British labor deserves an echo here. No class can per manently prosper at expense of another, and if the world is ever going to get ahead, it will be when folks are willing to look at things now and then through the other fellow's eyes. General Sam Hughes made a mighty good record as minister of militia, and he will not add to its luster by attempting to tarnish the names of the generals who led the Canadian army he did so much to raise and equip for overseas services. A "League of Mayors" ought to help some, but it may check the present practice of one city exiling its undesirables to another. Next Speaker of the House Washington Letter in Brooklyn Eagle (dem.) Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, the next speaker of the house of representatives, is known as the "fairest man in congress." He has not anncmy within his own party nor that of the opposition. His personal popularity is largely responsible for his securing the lead over Representative James R. Mann for the highest gift within the power of the house to bestow and his personal popularity is due to the fact that he has always been fair- minded in dealinn with matters in congress. But few people beKeved in December, 1917, when the republican steering committee selected Mr. Gillett to act as floor leader of the minority during the absence of Mr. Mann, be cause of illness, that he would a little more than a year later be the leading candidate of the re publicans for speaker. Any number of persons would have at once declared that Mr. Lniiett was not aggressive enough. But the reverse has occurred and all because Mr. Gillett, while acting as minority leader, conducted himself so that he made no enemies, but, on the other hand, made many friends. Mr. Gillett is a partisan, but a first class American. Ihe history of his leadership in .the house during the period of the war is one of which not only his party may be proud, bnt his country as well. Partisanship disappeared in the house under his direction in all measures relating to the war. He co-operated harmon iously with Claude Kitchin of North Carolina, the democratic leader, in arranging for the speedy enactment of all war measures. He was a member of that small but responsible sub committee which formulated the great bulk of the appropriations for all branches of the gov ernment during the war. These great war budgets, which ordinarily would have gone to the military and naval com mittee!, came in deficiencies from the com mittee on appropriations, of which Mr. Gillett is the ranking republican member. The work was done without partisan feeling or display. Mr. Gillett voted "right" on all issues affecting the war and co-operated loyally at every point with an administration controlled by the opposing party. Being a modest man and never spectacular, it is hard to realize that Mr. Gillett has been a member of the house for 26 years. He came to Washington as a member of the Fifty-third congress and has been here ever since. He rarely makes a speech. But when he does he always prepares his remarks in advance and has-come' to be known as one of the best ana lytical speakers of the house. Tall, slender, with clear blue eyes and a short-cropped beard now rather gray, the smil ing Gillett is a pleasing figure on the floor and a welcome one throughout Washington society. Mr. Gillett was a bachelor until a little more than three years ago. During his early career as a congressman he became the intimate per sonal associate of the late William H. Moody. He was one of the members of the party whieli Mr. Taft piloted to the Philippines. Three years ago he married the widow of Congress man Rockwood Hoar of Massachusetts. A view of the man among his friends gives one a glimpse of the congressman among his colleagues. In the days when Roosevelt was president, Root was secretary of state and Taft was secretary of war, they were known to Washington as the "Three Musketeers." In the same days there lived in a house across from the Department of Justice another trio of friends "The Three Bachelors," as they were known. One was the chief of -ordnance, Maj. Gen. William A. Crozier; another was succes sively a member of the house, secretary of the navy, attorney general and associate justice of the supreme court, William H. Moody, while the third was Mr. Gillett. Representative Gillett was the oldest of the three, General Crozier next and the many-titled Mr. Moody was the junior. There was no table in Washington where day in and day out more questions involving all branches of the govern ment were threshed out than around the hos pitable Gillett-Crozier-Moody board. Then, as now, Mr. Gillett was known as a wise counselor. In the days of the Roosevelt administration "The Three Musketeers" rode or walked for exercise, and in addition, Roosevelt played tennis and boxed, and Taft played golf. Of "The Three Bachelors," General Crozier and Mr. Moody rode horseback, while Mr. Gillett played golf and tennis. In recent years he has played more golf than tennis, and is often to be found on one of the several golf links about the capital. ' He is a believer in protective tarjff, but not a rampant p'rotectionist. There are more ag gressive men on the floor, there are harder workers in committee; there are more brilliant debaters and more gifted orators, but there is not a man in congress today with a more in fluential personality. During his early days in the house, Mr. Gil lett gained the enmity of many government em ployes in Washington by requiring them to work every day until 4:30 o'clock, instead of 4, as had been the custom from time immemorial. The clerks have never quite forgiven him for this, although he has gained many . friends among the governmental workers, because he later drafted a workable bill for the retirement of aged clerks on a pension, and has been its strongest advocate in the house, although not successful in having it adopted. Mr. Gillett, during most of his service in Washington, has served on a committee that does not receive much recognition for the work it does, yet it is the busiest committee in con gress. Many years ao he was made a member of the appropriations eommittee and has main tained this membership up to the present A Beer and a Sandwich When Bismarck enunciated the principle that the best place to have a war was in somebody else's territory he said a sage and far-sighted mouthful. And Germany sagely and far-sightedly did Its best to follow that principle from 1914 to 1918, with the result that only its fringes have been touched amid the smoking ruins of its neighbors, its own hearth, for all its sorrows, is clean-swept and unmolested. The Chemin des Dames is gutted and black with the ugly aftermath of war; the Rheinstrasse is as neat as ever. In Coblenz you will walk along a clean street (that was never splattered by a Bertha's iron scales) into a neat cafe (that never shook from a Gotha's bomb) and drink a tall one from a brewery which has been assaulted by nothing worse than a war tax. It is good. It is com fortable. It is clean. With its roofs and walls intact, why shouldn't it be? Stars and Stripes, France. 1 I ODAY The Dav We Celebrate. H. CBrome, attorney, born 1856. Oliver Wendell Holmes, associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, born in Boston, 78 years ago. . General Bramwell Booth, world head of the Salvation Army, born at Halifax, England, 63 years ago. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. Rev. F. Fitzgerald of Fremont and Rev. W. Wolf of Grand Island are here confering with Rev. John Jennette, the three constituting the board charged with caring for Catholic priests who may be sick or superannuated. Christie & Lowe, Omaha contractors, are constructing nine and a half miles of cable rail way in Denver. Chief Seavey has issued an order declaring the playing of marbles on the public streets a nuisance and commanding the police to stop it. The Union Pacific has put on a train that runs through without change of cars from Oma ha to Mankato, Kan, Friend of the Soldier Replies will be given in this column to questions relating to the solJier and his prob lems, in and out of the army. Names will not be printed. Ask TheBee to Answer. (Questions concerning soldiers should be sent by mall, and will 1ms answered In order of receipt. Floaso do not call tor information over the telephone.) Many Questions Answered. Mrs. M. M. S. Can give you no Information respecting the unit you inquire for. Would suggest you write to the" Navy department, Washington, D. C. Worried Mother The 85th com pany, transportation corps, Is sta tioned at Gievraa (Loire-et-Cher), southwest of Paris; A. P. O. 71 S; no orders for Its early return. Mrs. D. M. B. The S4th balloon company is assigned to early convoy home. Miss K. M. M. The 21st engi neers' regiment Is in the army of occupation; headquarters, both regi mental and battalion, headquarters company anil Companies A. B, C, D, E and F are at Commercy (Meuse), A. P. O. 747; Companies G, H, I, IC, L and M are at Gondrecourt (Meuse), via A. P. O. 703. This regiment Is In the light railway service. Mrs. McA. Sanitary train s 15. Held hospital 360, la part of the 90th division, scheduled to return some time In June; headquarters of the division are at Bettembourg. Mrs. M. L. B. The 806th pioneer infantry is at Toul (Meurthe-et-Meuse), In the army of occupation; A. P. O. 784; no date set for Its re turn. L. J. The machine gun company of the 160th infantry is still In France, no date set for its sailing; part of the 40th division has al ready started for home. The 349th infantry is in tne za division, a. P. O. 768, and is in the army of occupation; no date set for Us re turn. Mrs. M. J. Oan not tell you- loca tion of motor section you ask-for; If Vour brother was transferred Into that unit, he will very likely not De sent home with tho artillery com pany he went over with. Mrs. P. M. V. On February 22d 170 officers and 1,980 men of the 67th artillery landed in the United States. M. C. The 24th balloon company is in the Second army, A. P. O. 784: it will probably return with the 35th division in May; the 351st machine gun battalion is part of the 184th brigade, 92d division, Sixth corps, Third army; A. P. O. 766. The 361st infantry is in the 88th division; A. P. O. 795. No date fixed for its return. Mrs. S. B. G. The 335th supply company Is In the service of supply at headquarters of the FirBt army; A. P. O. 774; no date set for its return. Miss L. S. Q. M. C. 340 is in the service of supply, Third division; A. P. O. 740. The 102d field artillery is in the 26th division, A. P. O. 709; under schedule to sail for home in April. F. J., 652 The 132d infantry Is part of the 8 4th division yet remain ing In France; address, A. P. O. 912. A Reader The 47th aero squadron is in the service of supply of the army; address, A. P. O. 731A, which is at Colombey-les-Belles (Meurthe-et-Meuse). No orders for its early sailing. M. H., Grand Island we have no record of the landing of the Tour- aine on February 27. The First di vision of the army will be held in Germany indefinitely. A Boldier"s Sister The 13th vet erinary hospital unit Is addressed via A. P. O. 747, which is at Commercy (Meuse). No orders for Its return. A. P. O. 781 is at Vichy (Allier). A Subscriber The field remount service is part of the quartermas ter's corps, and Is not attached to any particular division. A. P. O. 701 is at St. Nazaire. Mrs. H. H. R. Mare Island hos pital is at San Francisco; can not tell you when soldiers stationed there will be released. No orders for re turn of coast artillery units from Philippines. H. E. The 48th coast artillery Is part of the 38th brigade, C. A. C, and Its address is A. P. O. 708, which is at Nevers (Nievre), south of Paris. Soldiers Wife The address for the 33Sth machine gun battalion is A. P. O. 795, which is stationary with the 88th division. Sailing date for this unit not yet announced. Mrs. O. S. The 44 th service com pany, signal corps, is In the service of supply; not attached to any di vision; A. P. O. 713 is at Gievres (Lolre-et-Cher), southwest of Paris. M. V. Li. Advance overhaul unit 310 Is at headquarters of the Third army, at Bitburg-, and is not at tached to any division. Mrs. M. P. M. No "provisional base hospital unit" listed in army record of February 1, 1919; base hospital No. 8 Is addressed Savonay, via A. P. O. 701. This postofflce Is at St Nazaire; no word as to when it will be returned. A Mother The 130th machine gun battalion is part of the 35th di vision, under schedule to sail in April; address, A. P. O. 743. u. J. The S55th Infantry is Dart of the 178th brigade, 89th division, Seventh corps. Third army; its ad dress, A. P. O. 761. This unit is slated for early return. For in formation concerning wounded sol dier write to Central Records Office, Department-Cher, Bourges, France. w. h. c. Company B. 26th engi neers, la under order for early con voy nome. This may account for your son's not writing. Nebraska Base hospital No. 81. at Baioilles, France, is not attached to any division; its address is via A. P. O. 731, which is at Neuf chateau (Vosges). The return of quartermaster corps units will not depend on the return of hospital units. DREAMLAND "ADVENTURE By DADDY FUNXAXD. (Peggy and Billy, dropplnr Into Fun land, find that mean aprltea have hidden Kins Fun aa a Joke. Billy locka up tha mean sprites In a tar pot to force them to tell where tha King la.) CHAPTER VI. King Fun Is Found. V OURB a 'wise boy to keep "- these Good-Tlme-Spoilers In the tar pot until they tell the truth about King Fun's hiding place," said Policeman Sense to Billy. And Billy Just grinned. Joker s joke was hurt ing the mean sprites more than it was him. As they returned to the tar pot they heard groans and yells from within. The heat was driving the mean sprites wild, as Laugh had said it would. Billy didn't say a word, but threw open the firebox door, shovel ed in more ooal and opened the drafts. "Itere, what are you doing?" shrieked Mocker. "Making the fire hotter to thaw "King Fun bobbed up jovlully, out your brains so you can remem ber where King Fun is," answered Billy, calmly. "He is In the new baking dish Peggy's mother got-for Christmas," yelled the mean sprites In a chorus. "Is that true, Joker?" asked Billy, Btirring up the Are. "Joker can't answer. We've push ed him down into the hot tar and are standing on him because he Rot us into this trouble,"; yelled the mean sprites. A roar of laughter went up from the agreeable sprites over this pun ishment of the bully, and they kept on laughing all the way to Peggy's house. Sure enough King Fun was In the baking dish. The mean sprites hadn t dared to tell another fib. As Peggy lifted the cover King Fun bobbed up jovially his crown perched on the side of hla head. "Hello, everybody!" he shouted. "Wouldn't I have had a hot old- time in this baking dish if Fegffy's mother had started to cook any thing?" "Not so hot a time aa the mean sorites are having in Billy's tar pot," answered Chuckle, and then they told King Fun about It "Ha. ha. ha!" laughed King Fun, who was in the jolliest kind of humor dosnito his imprisonment. "I guess they'll be good now. It was worth boing shut up in the baking dish to have the Joke turned on tnem like this. They'll be mad when they find I had a nice nap all the time I was in there. Ha, ha, ha!" Billy's fire was blazing merrily and the mean sprites were howling lustily when they again got back to the tar pot. "Ha, ha, ha! Is It hot enough for you?" laughed King Fun. "Let us out we'll. be good!" beg ged the mean sprites. "And you'll quit playing pranks that harm other persons?" asked Policeman Sense. "Yes! Yes!" promised the mean sprites. "Then we will forgive you," laughed King Fun. Billy threw open the cover to the tar -pot; out came the mean sprites like a burst ot steam; and away they flew aa fast as they could. "Good-by," laughed King Fun, waving at them. "Now let's have a lot of fun." At that they began to play and frolic and laugh In one of the hap piest times Peggy and Billy had ever known Games, dancing and funny doings of all kinds wade the time lly swiftly. Peggy 'enjoyed every minute of It every minute right up to the moment when a heavy sleepi ness came over her and she sank Into a deep slumber that lasted until she woke up in the morning safe in her own bed. DAILY CARTOONETTE WATCH ME SCftRE THE IlrYYU(jHT5 OUT OF THAT Opposes Cordcal's Bill. Omaha, March 3. To the Editor of The Bee: I noticed in your paper some time ago, a request by a mem ber of the Nebraska State legisla ture that he be given some informa tion in regard to Senate File No. 116, a blue sky law, introduced by Senator John F. Cordeal, which would give the present Nebraska State Railway commission Increased powers and authority and would practically take away from the present management of corpora tions in the state of Nebraska any powers or authority heretofore granted them by law. In connection with this bill, which in my opinion is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever introduced in the Nebraska state legislature, having a destructive rather than a constructive tendency, an element whioh is much needed at this time in order to develop Nebraska's re sources, I wish to recall the story told by the Arabians, who knew what they were talking about when they said, "If a camel gets his nose into the tent, his body will soon follow." Many camels have been nosing about in the various state legisla tures In the form of blue sky laws. They have gotten their noses in the tent, and unless something is done to check them there will be no room for anyone else under the kindly covering, as their whole body will fill all the available space. There is a school of economic re formers who instst that the people should not be trusted to make their selections In buying securities for fear they would buy worthless stock, but that a blue sky commission should control their selection. Pa ternalism will, work with children, but our present stage of develop ment In the west would never have been attained under such a plan. Our future industrial activity will greatly depend upon the laws which are passed, and it will be for this legislature to decide whether or not the people of Nebraska will be per mitted to further develop our own industries or whether our surplus capita will be spent in the develop ment of the resources of other states whose laws are more encour aging and less domineering. Swindling Is not the rule of bus! ness, if it were no business could be possible. We have already on our statute books criminal laws which deal with the man who gets money under false pretense. If these laws were enforced it would not be neces sary to have blue sky laws to pre vent the slick promoter from separ ating the investor from hie cash. The blue sky permit issued ey tne Kail- way commission has had the effect in the past f putting the stamp of approval of the State of Nebraska on the sale of securities, some of which have Droven to be worthless. There fore, what protection has the blue sky law given the people? It has, on the contrary, cost the state or Ne braska thousands of dollars to ad minister, and has afforded a lucra tive position for a. few political wire pullers which should not be permit ted any longer. ROY M. HARROP. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS St Louis Globe-Democrat: Con gress is ever alert in- its search for new sources of revenue. Tne nouse voted to levy a franchise tax on the Federal Reserve banks; Detroit Free Press: Hindenburg says he was forced into -the war against his will. He'll be telling us next that he never invited himself to eat Christmas dinner in Paris. Brooklyn Eagle: Let's for once follow a sensible example of Eng land. She is selling her shipyards to private owners now that the war Is over. Hurleylsm means hurly-burly-ism in the long run. Minneapolis Tribune: From abroad we are informed that the league of nations constitution is a tentative document, and from home we are told it is virtually impossible to amend it. 'yhaddaya mean, ten tative? Washington Post: Pancho Villa has filed a demand on American con cerns for $1,000,000 on pain of death. Pancho's methods appear quaint to the bolsheviki, but they rmrst bear in mind his scanty educational oppor tunities. New, York World: Like a good many other people, the leaders of British labor are expecting perfec tion in all matters, social, industrial and political, at once. In this frame of mind the military party in Ger many, which hoped by war-making to establish its autocratic ideals in a few months, encountered nothing but failure at the end of four years, an example which ought not to be lost sight of by the most ardent and arro gant disciples of peace AROUND THE STATE. Beatrice looks for a boom In home building as soon as the season opens up. A shortage of homes makes new buildings a necessity and the only escape from doubling up. "Methodist Shower a Mighty Wet One," said a headline in the Sidney "Telegraph. The shock hit the com munity In a tender spot, and con jured visions of liquid evils. Nothing more than rain moistened the sur rounding dust. Take the word of the Press for it "Nebraska City is to be reborn commercially and Industrially. That much assured." That's the talk. The next order of business is mak ing good. Editor Breede of the Hastings Tribune softpedals a note of Joy over the federal Job provided for James C. Dahlman, at the same time remarking that Jim "ought to make good aa a gumshoe artist" Edgar Howard of the Columbus Telegram rallies to the support of Colonel Buck, editor of the Harvard Courier, as the best man In sight for secretary of the Nebraska Edi torial association. "Ole Buck," says the Columbus scribe, "is recognized by all save Old Man Young as the handsomest Swede In America," and Edgar is some Judge of Swedish beauty. No doubt the colonel wel comes support from that quarter with certain reservations, knowing wnat happened to the "free demo crats' last fall. Editor Vance of the Hemlngford Ledger announces a booster edition for -the first of each month. The idea is to supply an abundarice of pep to keep the live ones going SO days at a stretch. Just as quickly as Crete completes Its 1919 paving project and sweeps away tne rubbish, a new competitor for the municipal beauty prize will hop into the Nebraska ring. It be hooves rivals to start something quickly or drop out of the beauty race. t;rete is a speedy one, equip ped with a self-starter, , It is a waste of breath to assert out In Oshkosh that the war Is over, Local conditions refute It The Her ald and the News are engaged In deady combat and go over the top each week with barrages of lower case ana capital artillery. Great losses are reported on both sides, but Oshkosh doesn't stop to count 'em, apparently maitierent to windy gore. ODD BITS OF LIFE Wealthy Russians are often buried in glass coffins. The deepest known lake ia the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia. Seamen the world y-er entertain tne Dener mat re-named ships are uniucKy. More tnan z,oo operations are necessary in the manufacture of a good watch. South American ants have been known to oonstruct a tunnel three miles in length. There are twice aa many blind people in Russia as In the whole or tne rest of Europe. The oldest banknotes in the world were issued In China 2,897 years be fore the Christian era. Butterflies sleep head downwards, and their closely-folded wings form tneir Dea-quut so to speak. India holds the record for Images, It has been estimated that there are quite 300,000,000 images of the var ious gods there. The highest telephone system In theworld Is installed at Sonata, Bo livia, 16,500 feet above the sea-level. Daily Dot Puzzle ! -It 22. 25 ' .J4a i ill j A i - A y v -a. 15 .:, $ t - ; i f s ' 45 , Trace from one to sixty-five And the will arrive.. , Craw from ana to two and so an to thi : end. j down with tha erowi and eeoape if I wanted to than alt up there and ba an- tlrely at the mercy of any lonr-wlnded orator who might want to talk until mid night." Detroit Free Freaa. WHEN PERSHING COMES HOME. . Oht what a day that day win be. From the rocky coaat of Maine To Callfornla'a Golden Gate And way back aaat again From tha orange-grovea of Florida To tha froaen enowa of Noma, And tha blue Paclflc'a aummer talaa. When Perehlng cornea anlllng home. We'll atand In rowa along tha eurba. -And tha air will throb with hand. And the welkin ring with wild hurraha And tha clap ot a billion handa, 'A And the Stare and Strlpea wilt bleieora . out ,. 'T-l From every tower and dome rj And window In tha U. I. A., ' When Pershing cornea aalllng home. "' Prlratlona, lonallneaa and pain. And aacrlflcea made To win the war beyond tha aaaa, Tjlke trouble dreania will fade, And busy wbeela of trade will ham, And plowe will turn the loam, t And Peace and Freedom rule the world, ' When Penning cornea lalllng home. Tha pick of everything on earth. Tha flneat brand of eata, Tha greeneat kind of laurel wreath, . . ' Tha beat theater-aeata, , The blggeet chapter aver typed 3 In Hlstnry'a ancient tome, -Are waiting for him over here, ' When Pershing cornea Bailing home. ' MINNA IRVINO. in Leelle'a. LAUGHING GAS. "I wouldn't klsa that dog It I were you." "Oh, Fldo la washed every day." "That may -be, but aa 1 cama up the walk he had Juat caught a rat." Judge. "The Germans will have to resort wlrelesa fighting." "How do yon meant" "Hasn't Foch Just ordered them to atop stringing tna roieai" Baltimore Amerl "They ottered ma a place at tha speak er's table." "Did you take It 1" "1 di not I told them I'd rather sit "Business Is Good.ThankYoiT IV. Nicholas Oil Company III 1 i 1 'ixsi a smp or paper with, mean ingless holes here rid there. butpuUt en a player-piano, and it comes to , life. 'No matter what music you prefer, it's on some pUyer-roll, ready for you here. 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