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THE BEE:. OMAHA. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AMoclued i'nu, of wtlch Tht hm li member, to enhulfeli mtiUtd to the tut rot publleaUoa all news diipetcliet credited U It Of eot otnrwtM credited In this paper, and also the local nMn mhllthed herein. All rights of publication of our ijwiii ... diepatekas ere also marred. OFFICESi rkleage'-Peepte's Qee Bulldlo. Omli The Bm Bide. ' fork JM mflh At. Boulb Omh J31S N St. , M. Louie N B'nk of Conuneroe, CounHl Bluff 14 N. Mela St. i WahlBton 1311 a St Lincoln Lit U Building. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION Daily 64,976 Sunday 63,316 , Aaraa drealtttoa for Um month tubwrlbwl and mora to !j MB. R. Btgin. ClrenlaUoa Manatcr. Subscriber leaving the city should have Tha Boa mailed I ta than. Addreea changed as oftaa as requested. "All dressed up" is the order of the day. Out of business in Omaha the "For Rent" sign. ' A Department of Commerce expert says he , see cheaper food coming. Where? ; Afc-Sar-Ben's new fair grounds look like the real thing. Something doing next fall, all right. j Seven children will be required to keep a i district school alive in Iowa hereafter. The ' number is low enough. "Dress Up" week is a good stunt, and ought to spread from the store windows to the popu lace without delay or effort. ; The younger Colonel Roosevelt's advice to T.turtied totdiers to grab a job before the hero business is played out is sound. If the soldier had shot the policeman, how long do you think it would have taken the chief of police to get all the "facts?" ' ; A gas expert of the United States army is just being put to court-martial for disloyalty. Maybe it is well the war is over. , What better use could the president make of his emergency fund than to help the war risk bureau pay soldiers' allotments? Whether or not the Germans are back of the bolshevik outbreak in Hungary, the condition is one that threatens peace, and therefore serious to all. "Jerry" O'Leary had better luck than some of the, other seditionists who were placed on trial, .but he probably will not be so blatant hereafter. Anaconda copper has also reduced its dividend by 33 1-3 per cent, so the stockholders share with the miners in the effects of the low- 1 ered price of copper. Soldiers are warned to pay no fee to lawyers in connection with claims for the $60 bonus. But the shysters will keep right on looking for the graft, just the same. Carter Glass is just now beginning the pleasant little job of takir.g up "I. O. U.s" to the amount of $613,000,000. Nothing like having i real uncle in such cases. ".. .Germany has apparently won one point at the peace council, that of Danzig. Looks like some interesting swapping were going on be hind the closed doors over there. v; That cavalry captain who led his men across die border and overhauled a band of Mexican bandits will find himself in bad standing at Washington if he doesn't watch out. ' The new schedule of pay for the police force is not going to be adjusted as readily as some thought, A sliding scale in such service. is too fulr of chances for favoritism to be acceptable. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is being mentioned as a candidate for president of the New'York City assembly. His illustrious father started much the same way. It is hard to keep the Roosevelts down. Pancho Villa has announced himself as a candidate for president of Mexico, via the usual route, that of insurrection and assassination. This means more watchful waiting along the . Rio Grande. President Masaryk of the Czecho-Slovak re public is reported to have resigned. This will be sal news, for the good sense and orderly behavior of the Czechs have been looked to as as an insurance in that part of Europe against the general madness. However, as the report comes by way of Berlin and Copenhagen, it may be discounted until verified. i J- 1 : f Espionage Law Sustained l Tn refusing to review four cases of convic tion under the espionage act the supreme court of. the. United States in effect sustains the con stitutionality of the law,, which has been at tacked, at least in so far as it affects persons whose use of Supposed freedom of speech or publication had the motive of preventing enlist ments in the United States army or in promot ing resistance to the draft. The opinion by Jus tice Holmes says: , "When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hin drance to its effort that their utterancewill not be endured so long as men fight, and no court could regard them as protected by any constitu tional right." . The first amendment to the federal constitu tion, one of the "bill of rights" series, on which the party of Thomas Jefferson insisted, declares that "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the peo ple peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The supreme court has already repudiated the notion i that conscientious religious objectors to military service can plead the first clause against the iraft It now declares the other clauses in operative in war time. "In war the laws are silent," "The safety of the people is the su preme law," old Roman maxims, prevail. Of course, a lawyer might plead that thet espionage law is justified on another ground. A crime may be committed in the doing of an act legal in itself, with a purpose of treason. The purpose make the crime. And this is the Doint behind the argument of Attorney General Gregory against a general amnesty for persons convicted under the espionage law. He holds that in each case of conviction the purpose to hamper the defense of the United States was established to the satisfaction of the court and the jury; that no one was convicted for a mere "expression of opinion," and that justice de mands punishment except where errors in the proceedings are proven. Brooklyn Eagle. BOLSHEVISM: A REAL MENACE. Hungarian proletariat having united with the Russian extremists, declaring for the support of all that bolshevism contains, challenge the world anew. , Civilization is no longer confronted merely with the passing fury of isolated groups, but a great region that is blazing with social discord. The fact that the Hungarian peasantry; as that of Russia, has been backward, that the Tatar strain is but slightly diluted through the ages that have passed since first the Magyars , in vaded the region of the Vistula and the Danube, explains the readiness with which the delusion of bolshevism takes hold. This does not point the way to a settlement, however. America and western Europe are in less dan ger of being overwhelmed by the madness, for the people -are of different stock, have been tried more thoroughly in the fires of adversity, and are more completely trained in self-discipline. It is not likely, therefore, that government and order will be overthrown among the great na tions. More than this is involved, however. General Hoffmann, who dictated the treaty at tJrest-Litovsk to the Lenine-Trotzky group, professes to see the present Allies united with Germany in a war against Russia to quell the hordes now gathering under the banner of bol shevism. Not much imagination is required for the moment to visualize such an event. Fifteen centuries ago Rome was confronted with much the same situation, facing the ancestors of the present bolsheviki, and later was overwhelmed by them, and Europe was plunged into the Dark Age. Civilization can no longer temporize with this social insanity and retain security. A definite policy should be outlined and put into force at once. Whether we are to conquer them with kindness or with force, we must set about the work with little delay, for the longer the job is put off, the harder it will be to finish. Why the Long Delay? Almost a week has elapsed since an unarmed soldier was shot down by a city detective, and the heads of the police department say they are unable to determine a course of action because they are not yet in possession of all the facts. Why the long delay? To an outsider it would seem that only a few hours of careful inquiry by the chief of police would be sufficient to determine whether the officer was justified in shooting the boy he was attempting to arrest. If he was not so justi fied, he should be treated as any other offender under the law. Merely because he is a police man, and clothed with authority and power of arresting other citizens, does not lift him above the law. v The majesty of the law is not sustained when the police become parties to delays and apparently connive at shielding offenders from punishment. If the officer involved is guiltless, the fact ought to be established; if blameable, he should be punished. But the excuses now offered by the chief of police, that the case has not been entirely investigated, are mere quib bles, and do not satisfy either side. Limiting Acreage of Cotton. A gathering of cotton planters is being held at Memphis just now to finally conclude as to the extent to which the acreage of cotton is to be restricted for the coming season. Since early in the year the movement has been under way; county and district conventions have been held all through the south, and generally the de termination is expressed by the planters that they will not grow more cotton than reasonably can be absorbed at the market on the basis of 30 cents a pound. What would these men say if the farmers of Nebraska, Iowa and others of the great food producing states were to unite in a move to restrict the output of wheat, corn, pork and the like to a famine basis, and exact famine prices? Suppose the steel mills, the coal mines, all the great basic industries were to adopt a similar policy? Who can comprehend or ex press the harm that would result, the calamity in general that would overtake the world, if the policy adopted by the southern cotton planters were to be made general? Yet each of the other underlying groups has an interest exactly ss intense from a selfish standpoint as the cotton planter. ' The ethical aspect of the case is too obvious to deserve discussion, while its moral phase is quite as plain. It might seem spiteful to recall that only four years ago the whole country was being enlisted in an effort Jo help out the cotton planters. Now that they are banding to gether to hold up the people who then assisted them, ordinary indignation is too mild to reach the offenders. Their plan may succeed, but the hereafter surely will overtake them.' Wages for City Policemen. The dispute in the city council over the pay schedule for policemen seems to turn on the choice of one of two principles as a basis for compensation. Chief Eberstein and Superinten dent Ringer have advocated a sliding schedule based on merit. This is to be determined by service, and is open to one great objection, that finally the determination of merit will be left to the chief of police. Thus, the man below would be made to realize that his opportunity to secure an increase in pay would depend on his standing with the head of the force. Not very careful analysis is needed to disclose the danger that lies In this. Meritorious service should be rewarded in some other way. While a standardized pay has some features L that are open to objection, the basic plan of giving each man similar compensation for simi lar service, with added pay for continuous serv ice up to reasonable maximum, and holding out to all the opportunity for advancement through promotion to higher grades, is the one that will operate to better advantage for all con cerned in the long run. It gives to the man on the beat assurance that faithful service will be recompensed by pay advances accruing because of seniority, and that his ability will be his test for promotion. It relieves him of any impulse or inducement to try for more money through currying favor with a superior, and also from any danger that might threaten his place on the payroll through the displeasure of the man above him. Our police force should not be demoralized through the subtle influence that might flow from control of the rate of pay by the chief or his assistants under the guise of recognition of merit. All the facts in the case wherein a soldier was shot to death by a policeman have been before the public several days. The heads of the police department ought to have found them out by this time. The Attila of the South New York Times. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Mexico City, the government forces under General Gonzalez have pretty nearly cleared the state of Morelos of the Zapatist bands that have raided, looted and possessed it for nearly 10 years. Emiliano Zapata, grandiloquently dubbed "the Attila of the South," with General De La O and General PaJofax, his chief cap tains of banditry, and a few hundred retainers, is said to have been driven into "almost im passable mountains" in the southwest. Their capture "is expected almost every day." It will be prudent not to be too hopeful, since Zapata is a hard bird to catch. His submission and the pacification of Morelos have been reported too often. His forces seem to have been on short ra tions for some time. Many have had to surren der for want of drinking water. At the rate of 50 a day they are said to be giving up their rifles. In some previous pretenses at surrender, these precious tools, which raise a peon to the dignity of a robber, were mostly withheld. Zapata, though some accounts call him a small landholder, is essentially an Indian peon with a gift of leadership, great cunning, and relent less ferocity. Madero furnished him with arms in 1910. He harried not only Morelos, but Oaxaca and Guerrero. His program was the expulsion 'of foreigners, land for the Indians. Like Robin Hood, he "robbed the rich.". The poor were robbed later. In his native state of Morelos a score or so of great proprietors held most of the land. He plundered, burned, killed. No prisoner was spared. He left a track of ruin in hacienda and village. His work of de struction in the south largely forced the collapse of Diaz. Playing his own hand, keep ing apart from Madero, from Huerta, whom he threatened to hang, and from Carranza, twice in 1914 master of the capital, this Indian agrarian reformer, despoiling all the time the country he pretended to be so eager to divide among his people, nursed the ambition to be president and lord of Mexico. Ready to treat ambiguously with the government when too hard pressed, raiding and hiding secure in inaccessible-"fast-nesses and bursting out in rapine so soon as oc casion offered, blackmailing the mine owners and foreigners generally, massacring railway passengers and pillaging ammunition and other trains, Zapata, with forces varying at different times and probably always overestimated, has been master for years of a region naturally rich. His state of Morelos, only a part of his domain at times, has been a sugar country since the day of Cortez; and it produces coffee, rice, and so on liberally. Under the sway of Zapata it has suf fered losses that long years will hardly make up, even if the government carries out success fully its plan of breaking up the great landed properties into little farms. It is a sufficient testimonial to the character of Zapata's reign that children 16 years old stare in wonder at a civilian. Zapata's ragged, cotton-clothed fol lowers or the government troops in uniform are the men they have been used to see. Zapata seems to belong to some other cen tury. Savage, boastful, fond of loading his per son with diamonds and gold, polygamous, a patriarch of banditry, he fulfills the book-and- boy idea of a robber. It is comforting to hear and good to believe that he used to live in a mountain cave "10 miles long and stored with supplies and ammunition." Friend of the Soldier Replies will be given in this column to questions relating to the soldier and his prob lems, in and out of the army. Names will not be printed. Ask T h e B e e to Answer. (Questions directed to tills col.unn will be answered In the order of their receipts. Please dotiot ask for In formation by telephone or mail.) Military Police Units. A Soldier's Mother With the A. E. F. in France are 251 companies of military police; these are grouped into 25 battalions unattached to di visions and three battalions attached to the First, Second and Third arm ies; there are also nine corps com panies. Some of the companies are attached to divisions directly. These will very likely be returned with the divisions as they are ordered to sail. A. P. O. 902 is at Bourges (Cher), southeast Of Paris. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY i Debate on the League President Wilson could hardly have expect ed that his request of congress to abstain from a "debate" on the league of nations, until he re turned to explain it, would be literally complied with. It is impossible it is undesirable to prevent representatives and senators from ex pressing themselves. To emit "views" is their long suit If they had to lock them up in their stuffed bosoms the consequences would be as dangerous as to suppress any other natural se cretion. Symptoms of auto-intoxication -would surely be displayed. Anything like a formal congressional debate on the league, in the sense of trying to discover where the majority opin ion, or majority vote, lay would, of course, be ill-timed. But men will say what they think, in and out of congress. It is well that they should. One of the objects in giving out the text of the proposed constitution of the league of nations must have been to invite discussion If there are grave defects in it they ought to be pointed out and corrected. If there are foolish objections to it, an early airing of them will do not harm, but good. The way is open and can not be closed. When it is a question of "match ing minds," what is in the divergent minds must be freely disclosed. Only so can we find out4 whether it is true, as the president asserts, that there is a good and sufficient reason forthecon stitution of the league of nations having been drafted as it was. New York Post. German Disarmament Behind the entente decision to make Ger many's army of 100,000 men a long-term army, with enlistments for a period of 12 years, is, of course, the memory of what Prussia did after Jena. The Prussian army was restricted by Napoleon for a period of 10 years to a maxi mum of 42,000 men.- By a system of short, in tensive drill, Scharnhorst succeeded in passing through the cadres nearly four times that num ber of men. It may be assumed that the en tente will look for safeguards against a repe tition of this maneuver, but it is also to be as sumed that German resourcefulness will en deavor to find a way if the will persists. , To speak, therefore, of Germany's perpetual 'dis armament is premature, at the same time that we may concede her military impotence for a good many years to come. Welcome as this first step towards the disappearance of con scription everywhere must be, it is to be re membered that as yet the change is not away from conscription to the, ideal of a national militia, but towards a professional army. For the purpose of maintaining internal order a German army of 100.000 men is large enough. Both in Russia and Germany it has latterly been shown that not numbers count, but discipline and resolution. New York Post. The Day We Celebrate. Dr. Charles R. Kennedy, surgeon, born 1882. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor, born in Idaho, in 1867. Yvette Guilbert, famous French comedy artiste, well known to the American stage, born in Paris, 50 years ago. George Sutherland of Utah, former United States senator, and also a former president of the American Bar association, born in Eng land, 57 years ago. Cleveland Abbe, jr., noted geographer and meteorologist, long connected with the United States weather bureau, born in Washington, D. C, 47 years ago. Dr. Simon Flexner, director of the Rocke feller Institute for Medical Research, born in Louisville, Ky., 56 years ago. Charlie White, well known Chicago light weight pugilist, born in England, 28 years ago. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. Boiler Inspector Standeven has resigned, giv ing Mayor Broatch as the reason too much work for too little pay. Edward Wersell, the Millard hotel hatter, isback from a pleasant trip to Denver and the mountains. A scheme is said to be hatching to reorganize the city council by deposing Councilman Lee as president and J. B. Southard as city clerk. General Traffic Manager Mellen of the Union Pacific has returned from the west. State Representative Benjamin S. Baker is slated for the job of United States district at torney, i It is announced Evans' laundry will build a branch in South Omaha. Status of Enlisted Men. M. H. No decision has yet been reached with regard to the status of men who have been transferred from the National Guard or national army units into regular army organiza- tinna' It 1a tifl nnlntAn thmicrh that they will be dismissed at the end of their enlistment term, which comes six months after the termination of the "emergency period." If the sol dier desires to bo discharged for in dustrial or dependency reasons he may make application to his com manding officer, setting forth the grounds, which will secure him con sideration. In the case you men tion, the three-year period for which the guardsman enlisted will probably expire before the emergency mds, and he would then be held under the order that inducted the National Guard into the service for the emer gency period. Muny Questions Answered. A Soldier's Sister The Third corps artillery park is part of the Third army, and is riot attached to a di vision; address A. P. O. 914. E. V. K. The 496th and 497th aero squadrons are in the service of supply; no orders for their return yet. The address you have is cor rect. C. S. Orders for early return of the 30th ballon company have not been recalled. E. H. The number is that of the army postofflce; each unit is reached through the office to which its mail is assigned, and the number must appear with the address. The ad dress of the Second division is A. P. O. 754; if your brother has not re ceived your letters It may be for any one of several reasons, but the latest reports were to the effect that the mail situation in France has cleared up, and that all letters are now be ing delivered. Cannot tell you when any of the marines will be sent home. write to the commander of tha com pany in which your brother is serv ing with gard to his discharge. Sister of One of the Boy3 The Twelfth balloon company is assigned to early convoy home. A Soldier's Mother The Twenty fourth engineers is in the supply and shop service of the Second and Third-armies, A. P. O. 784; no or ders for their return. Any soldier who served overseas is entitled to wear the chevron; it is not furnish ed by the government. I. R. Aero squadron 227 is in the service of the supply, A. P. O. 723; no order for its return. Isedora The Twelfth engineers is in railway operation service of the Second army; its return is likely to be delayed for some time. S. A. C. Convalescent camp No. 1, A. P. O. 780, is at Mars-sur-Alier (Nievre), southeast of Paris, and is not attached to a division. V. F. W. Aero squadron 4C4 is in the service of the supply, A. P. O. 917, and is not assigned to early convoy. A. H. Z. Evacuation hospital No. 9 is not attached to any division; its address is via A. P. O. 914, which is located at Heippes (Meuse); nc or ders for immediate return. The Eighty-ninth division is scheduled to sail for home in June; this includes all its units. A Soldier's Mother No orders lhave been issued for the return of headquarters motor command No. 23. Mrs.F. P. The present address of the Thirty-ninth railroad trans port corps is A. P. O. 717, located at Tours. Mrs. D. V. The Fourth balloon company is assigned to early con voy. Miss C. T. M. The Eighteenth balloon company is assigned to early convoy; no orders for either the Thirty-first engineers or the Fourth company, transportation corps; ad dress the latter at A. P. O. 718. lo-J cated at saumur tAiame-et-iyire). S. G. The initials properly should be "P. W. E. S.," as they stand "pris oner of war escort service;" with the A. P. O. number added and A. E. F. the address should be suffi cient; no orders for return of these units, no German prisoners having yet been returned by the allies, nor has any date been fixed for their liberation. This will probably not be decided until after peace has been declared. i L. A. B. Write to the war risk insurance bureau, War department, Washington, D. C. with regard to your son's insurance; the govern ment has made very liberal arrange ments to continue soldiers' insur ance. In making application for the $60 bonus address the zone finance officer, Lemon building, Washington. Certified copies of discharge papers will be accepted. H. S. At last reports the IS 8th infantry was still at Chilles, near Paris, A. P. O. 702; no orders for its return. H. S. Write to the central dis bursing officer, quartermaster's de partment, with regard to your travel allowance. A Soldier's Wife No intimation as to time for return of field remount squadron No. 843; it is in the service of supply, and its address is Carbon Blanc, via A. P. O. 705, the latter place being Bordeaux. Mrs. J. J. S. You do not mention the medical unit to which your brother is attached, therefore canno' give you any information. An Anxious Sister The Second balloon company is with the army of occupation, A. P. O. 914, and no in timation is given as to when it will return: it may be sent to Omaha for demobilization. M. G. Company B, 530th engi neers service battalion, is with the French forces at Toul; address A. P. O. 784; no orders for its return. CHAPTER II. The Creature in the Dark. (Reggie- Jones-Brown, who 'Uvea next door to Peggy, l kidnaped by the Black Hoof clan. Peggy and Billy go In aearob of him.) DARKNESS hid the road as Peggy and Billy hurried out into the country to seek the kidnapers of the Boy Who Howls. But up above the stars glowed comfortingly, sending down Just enough light so that they could see the dim forms of the trees that bordered the highway. It was very quiet and scary out there, away from the lights and noises of the city, and Peggy felt nervous and Jumpy until Bobby took her by the hand. Where are we going?" asked Billy. "I don't know exactly," answered Peggy, "But I have an idea that we t "No," whispered Billy, "Listen "again." will find the Black Hoof clan some where near Judge Owl's home in Birdland." "What makes you think that?" asked Billy. "Well, you see, the kidnapers sent that ransom message by Judge Owl. It must have been early in the even ing when they gave it to him. And if it was early in the evening Judge Owl was probably not far from home. Do you see?" "I surely do," answered Billy. "You are a regular girl detective, Peggy." His praise made Peggy thrill with pleasure, for Billy was a pretty good detective himself as he had shown upon a number of their adventures. "I hope we are on the right road to Birdland," added Billy. "Listen," said Peggy, halting quickly. Away off In the distance ahead of them a cry, "Whoo! whoo! ' "We are on the right track," de clared Peggy. "That's Judge Owl." She started forward, but Billy held her back. "Don't you hear that other noise?" he whispered. Peggy listened intent ly, and presently the gentle breeze brought to her the sound of a far away howl. "The Howler!" "No" whispered Billy, "Listen again." Once more the breeze brought the faint howl then a howl far to the right, and a third howl far to the left. "That's not the howler's howl. There are three of them," whispered Peggy back to Billy. "Howling animals of some kind," answered Billy. "They are far away and perhaps their howls do not mean anything. Come on." They started ahead, but as they went along Peggy couldn't help feel ing that the howls did mean some thing. After a while they came to a place where the trees seemed thicker than they had been. "We are alongside the woods of Birdland," declared Billy, "but it's so dark I don't believe we shall be able to find a path into them.", Peggy agreed with him, for the woods were Just a solid, black mass. Cautiously they made their way along, . their eyes trying to pierce the darkness. Suddenly Billy stoped still and held Peggy back. There was some living creature in the road ahead of them. They could scarcely see it rather they seemed to feel that it was there. Presently, in the intense stillness, they could hear something breath ing, a deep, rumbling, raspy sort of breathing. Peggy relt Billy s nana go to the pocket where he kept his shooter. Then "puff" she heard him send a bean into the darkness. There was no result. A second bean, a third, a fourth and a fifth. Billy shot at the mysterious target without the slight est effect. Then Billy sent his sixth shot a trifle higher. The result was a startling, a quick grunt, a squeal, a frightened roar. "Woof! Woof! I've been shot In the nose," snarled a familiar voice. Then they could hear the creature dashing off into the woods. "After him!" cried Peggy. "It's Lonesome Bear. We must get him to guide us through the dark paths." Daily Dot Puzzle IT l . s ear I 2i 7 4 i& - 5 Op (In tomorrow'i chapter Peggy and Billy hear more of tha strange howling.) CENTER SHOTS Detroit Free Press: Not all of us can be heroes, but all of us can be patriots. Paying your income tax helps to make you one. Baltimore American: Having sign ed the new revenue bill with its tax on the necessaries of life mislabeled luxuries,, perhaps Mr. Wilson deems it the part of discretion to return to France as soon as possible. Washington Post: "Americans are treated like other foreigners in Mexico," says Venus Carranza. The old man means "mistreated," of course, but since Germany was beat en his wits go wool-gathering some times. Brooklyn Eagle: Champagne at $100 a quart is now threatened. That is dry champagne. There's a bit of dry humor in the suggestion that we would be glad to pay the price if the money were going to poor French vineyard folks and not to rich extortioners. New York World: Anthracite jperators are showing signs of fear that under the law of supply and de mand they may be compelled to re duce prices. Now that the fuel ad ministration has suspended its regu lation, there is no one to hold up prices. Minneapolis Tribune: The admin, istration bluff about turning the rail roads back instanter if congress didn't agree to a five-year govern ment operation was "called," and now it has been recalled by the ad ministration. The tenure of one-man rule seems to be drawing to a close. HERE AND THERE THIS QUESTION AND ANSWER COLUMN Sunday Advice As to Health. Monday ' Questions About People. Tuesday Friend of the Soldier. Wednesday Free Legal Aid. Thursday Friend of the Soldier. Friday Questions About Fcople. Saturday Friend of the Soldier. Ask Our Help-Watch for Replies The Roman signal for battle was the unfurling of a red flag. , In Portugal the ability to read and write is one of the requirements for voters. , An Indiana bee-keeper has suc ceeded In breeding a race of sting less bees. It takes the constant labor of 60,000 people to make matches for the world. It takes 17 hours for the con tents of very high clouds to reach the earth. Jamica is said to contain about POO species of ferns, or one-sixth of the ferns of the whole world. Bombay averages more than 72 inches of rain a year and gets most of it within four or five months. In proportion to its population Switzerland spends more on poor re lief than does any other country. The largest gold coin in circula tion is the gold "loof" of Annam, a flat'round piece worth about $275. Men and women who work among lavender, gathering it or distilling it, reldom have neuralgia or nervous headache. Chicago has a Norwegion popula tion larger than that of any Nor wegian city except Bergen and Christlania; about 75,000. Borneo yields the most remark able range of colored diamonds found anywhere In the world. From thence come not only yellow stones, but rose red, bluish, smoky and pure black stones. DAILY CARTOONETTE I'll let the baby play l AROUNH THE ROOM-WHILE, 1 REAIi MY PAPgft? f AND HE DID- f NO MAN'S LAND The same sun shines on No Man's Land That shines on us today. The tender grass is springing up, And Just one daring buttercup Has boldly pushed Its way Through blood-stained mud and tangled wire, To view the havoc wrought By bursting shell and scorching fire, Where peace was dearly bought. For Nature waves her fairy wand To right the wrongs of No Man'a Land. The wind that blows o'er No Man's Land The scent of blossoms bears To us. But there the naked trees Lift tortured branches to the breeze; No budding joy is theirs. But here and there from ravaged root. Withered and brown and dead, There springs anew a tiny shoot. Raising Its timid head. The resurrection God hns planned To right the wrongs of No Man's Land. The wraiths that people No Man's Land Are watchTbg us today. They cannot rest until they know If that grim task I hey tried to do Has failed or paved the way To holding nations side by side In peace and unity. We do not wonder that they died To keep a whole world free. So let us not withhold our hand, But right the wrongs of No Man's Land. Helen Combes in Now York Herald. The sat in an apple tree And a pretty song for me. Draw from one to two and so oa to end. always said he took after me. All that I hope is that his mother will still say Josh la a chip off n the old block." Washington Star. "He has an abiding faith la human na ture, hasn't he?" "I should say ao. 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