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March was a real nice little lamb, at that.
. Now, let us have the April showers.
Eleven stubborn men can make a lot of
trouble for the one who is in the right on a jury.
An all-year dog pound will create a few
permanent places on the pay roll, so why not
have one?
"The first clear day in May" is set for the
"transatlantic flight. That might mean any day
out here in Nebraska.
. "Sheelytown" streets need improvements, but
for the matter of that, they have needed it for
thirty years or longer.
Harry Lauder fired the first shot for the Vic
tory loan in Omaha, and the bombardment will
soon be. general. It must be victory. , '
John D. Rockefeller, jr., says he no longer
hat interest in making money. ,He can have fun
enough watching what he has multiply.
Townley is facing a serious revolt in North
Dakota, just showing , that any leader can get
into trouble when he overplays his hand.
General Vobd is good enough soldier always
fo show a firm front to the foe, but he doesn't
hesitate to retreat when a politician comes at
him. '
General March's instructions that prompt
ness be observed in discharge of men from the
army is timely, and ought to produce good re
sults, i Demobilization may well be speeded up.
. It; does not require the gift of prophecy to
; predict a bumper winter wheat crop for Ne
braska. Each field in the state is now a living
proof of, what is, to come.
Boys held in the air service at a Texas train
ing camp may be justified in their desire to get
out of the army, but not in raising the red flag
over a field dedicated to Old Glory.
The Corn Products company has dismissed
its appeal from the verdict in favor of the gov
ernment. If it is hit no harder than was the
tobacco trust, or the Standard Oil, its stock
holders need not worry.
The send-off given ' , Admiral Sims on his de
parture from London leaves little room for
doubt of the cordiality, existing between the
greatest navies the world ever saw. It was this
spirit that won the war foi democracy.
The League of Nations p.ict certainly will be
no weaker if amended as suggested by Elihu
Root. It was drawn by a great idealist, and it
will be strengthened if the suggestions of a
great constitutional lawyer are heeded.
The supreme court has denied Eugene V.
Debs a new trial, and now nothing stands be
tween him and prison save the devotion of his
comrades who have threatened to save him or
go to jail with him. Here is where we see the
efficiency of a bluff as opposed to the law.
One of the most impressive criticisms on
present day conditions is accorded by the paroled
prisoner, who asked that he be readmitted to
the penitentiary because of his inability to earn
a living outside. Something is very wrong here.
That sale of Mexican land to a Japanese syn
dicate would look a lot more like a menace to
the United States, were it not being promoted
by a group ot caiuornia capitalists wno nave
long protested their super-loyalty to the coun
try. An investigation may do no harm.
Four German U-boats are on their way across
the Atlantic, not as curiosities, but that they
may be studied for structural design and with
regard to their methods of operating, a sort of
educational exhibit. . They will not excite as
much public interest as did the Deutschland, but
will be of greater service to the country.
Why "Carrie" is "The Boss"
Representatives of the 2,500,000 women in
the National American Women's Suffrage asso
ciation are meeting in St. Louis. Their pro
ceedings up to date seem to indicate that Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt is the dominating per
sonage. She is going to have her league of
women just as President Wilson is going to
have his league of nations. That league will not
affiliate with either, or any, political group,
though the leader graciously accepts an amend
ment that will leave individual women free to
be enrolled republicans or enrolled democrats.
Opposition mutters, but does not break forth.
The identity of the woman higher up is not
qUeWhy, then, is Mrs. Catt "the boss?" She, is,
indeed, a woman of high ideals, of organizing
capacity, of many friends. But three years ago
she was not a paramount figure, or an irresist
ible force.
fr Catt is the trustee of more than $1,000,-
000 under the will of Mrs. Frank Leslie, to be
used for the furtherance of the suffrage cause.
ROOT ON THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
The most notable contribution to the litera
ture of the Leagne of Nations is that of Elihu
Root, experienced in statecraft, not of his own
country alone, but of the world. Mr. Root
makes his position plain in his opening sen
tence: "I am sure that all of us earnestly de
sire that there shall be an effective international
organization to preserve the peace of the world,
and that our country shall do its full share to
wards the establishment and maintenance of
such an organization."
He not only endorses the principle of arbi
tration for all justiciable questions, but would
amend the draft to make such arbitration com
pulsory instead of optional as it stands. More
over, he would bring within the scope of the
league's council questions that are purely politi
cal, and give it jurisdiction over matters that
are not justiciable in the ordinary sense. This
may be achieved through the power of the
league to call conferences whenever political
disputes of a serious nature arise.
One of the weaknesses of the document, in
Senator Root's view, is that it does not make
ample enough provision for the development of
international law, leaving determination of dis
putes to rest on or be governed by expediency
rather than right. His language on this point is
worthy of close attention: - .
No method is provided, and no purpose is
erpressed, to insist upon obedience to law, to
develop the law, to press forward agreement
upon its rules and recognition of its obliga
tions. All questions of right are relegated to
the investigation and recommendation of a
political body, to be determined as matters of
expediency. I confess I can not see why, the
judgment of three generations of the wisest
and best of American statesmen, concurred
in by the wisest and the best of all our allies,
is thus held for naught. I believe with them
that, necessary as may be the settlement of
political questions upon grounds of expediency,
it is also necessary to insist upon rules of in
ternational conduct, founded upon principles,
and that the true method by which public
right shall be established to control the af
fairs of nations is by the development of law,
and the enforcement of law, according to the
judgment of impartial tribunals. I should
have little confide nee in the permanence of
an internaitonal organization which applied
no test to the conduct of nations but the ex
pediency of the moment.
This language gives vitality to the utterance
of the president at New York last September,
when he declared for justice to all without re
gard to the selfish interests of any. That the
United States can not withhold from such a
league is the opinion expressed in these words:
The allied nations in their counccil must
determine the length of reconstruction of
Germany, Russia, and others of the central
European nations. Their determination must
be enforced. They may make mistakes.
Doubtless they will', but there must be de
cision, and decision must be enforcced. Under
these conditions the United States can not
quit. It must go on to the performance of its
duty.
Mr. Root is firm for the maintenance unim
paired of the Monroe doctrine, holding it to be
not inimical to the interests of any European
nation, and absolutely necessary to the develop
ment of the three Americas. He offers some
specific amendments to the draft as calculated
to strengthen it and make it more acceptable
to all.
We commend the letter to those devoted
patriots who have insisted that criticism of the
tentative draft has arisen only from partisan
opposition to the president, and who have made
the swallowing of it whole a condition precedent
to patriotism.
Do the Present Job Now.
There is a disposition on the part of some
members of the legislature, which is reinforced
by outside advice from different quarters, to defer
important legislation because of the constitu
tional convention scheduled for next year. Why
do this, or Why do that, it is asked, when the
constitution-makers may take up the subject
anew and make different arrangements? This is
the explanation for killing the suffrage proposal
and all proposed constitutional amendments, and
it is also being offered as an excuse for opposi
tion to the administrative code bill.
For our part, we see no reason to defer ac
tion because a constitutional convention will
meet soon, any more than there would be to
fail to act because another legislature will meet
two years hence with power to undo everything
accomplished by the present session.
What is wanted is legislation from time to
time to meet present demands, especially since
the constitutional convention's work must neces
sarily depend upon ratification, and the people
may not ratify. Experience in this and other
states is that about as many new constitutions
offered to the people are rejected as are accepted.
Let us do the job that belongs to us as it
presents itself. The constitutional convention
and subsequent legislatures will have plenty of
work of their own.
War Is Not Over Yet.
Two men of vision, widely separated in their
ways of life, brought the one message to Omaha
yesterday. Leonard Wood, major general of
the United States army, and Harry Lauder,
music hall entertainer, each a student, something
of a philosopher, and withal a man of action, told
large bodies of hearers the war is not over.
Looking at the situation from widely converging
view points, they see one common situation.
While the strife on the field of battle has ter
minated, the struggle for democracy is fiercer
than ever. Its foes are not soldiers of autoc
racy, marshalled in arms, but the agents of dis
order who assail from within and without by
their tongues, their pens, and whatever means
they may employ to delude, deceive and destroy.
Americans are amply warned against these. No
reform will be achieved, no millenium set up,
by tearing down all that exists. "The old order
changeth," but the process is not cataclysmic
if good is to result. Beware of the man who
proposes to save society by destroying the fruits
of civilization.
.She is, of course, incapaDie oi maxing wnai sne a bolsheviki
. . o nt rhi amirtea to maintain Rt- May gar DOisneviKi
Cal control of the movement But vtpmen V V armed
vjjenin the'r conservatism. "stick HVikely be
M TUClVj
Sympathy for Poland is more or less dissi
pated by the persistence of the Paderewski-Pil-sudski
government in demanding a large slice
of East Prussia because "access to the sea"
was included in the fourteen points. The course
now followed is more likely to alienate than to
gain support for the revived nation.
A anflMnr rftar-.. ..iiimv. 1
"Vrrmanent Theyrunf
vKfcnt a masculine figVe
are making a strong bid
intervention by the Allies, and will
accommodated. Their course is
uciveAO seace. out stuDDorn diseases
v ar -a-aw
-raiment.
Hot Air Heroism
Start and Stripes, France.
They are getting away with a queer line of
stuff in the atatei these days. Here is a sam
ple, an excerpt from a Brooklyn newspaper:
"The 149 'fighting civilians all wearing
khaki and . attached to the 47th regiment,
United States engineers, who returned Wed
nesday aboard the United States hospital ship
Tenadores, were mustered out yesterday in
the Hudson Terminal building. These men
wear the gold service stripes on their sleeves,
and braved shell fire, gas and machine gun
nests the same as their more military brothers.
Many went overseas never to return. Cam
brai, where scores of the 'fihting civilians'
fought the Germans with picks and shovels,
best illustrates their part in the war.
"At the front the minimum pay of the
'fighting civilians' is $7 a day, equal to the pay
of a major. The detachment that was mus
tered out built about 500 river barges, which
were used for the transportation of troops
across streams and moving ammunition along
the waterways to the front. Barges were
built in record time. Thirty-six hours from
the time the first spike was driven, a barge
would be launched. The men built bridges
over night, and if the German bombing planes
laid them in ruins, they would be rebuilt the
next night.
"The men, all artisans, were exempted
from military duty owing to dependents, but
their patriotism would not allow them to stay
at home, and they volunteered for the skilled
labor battalions and worked with the engi
Now, then, the 149 "fighting civilians" were
the employes of a contracting company who, a
few days after the United States declared war
in 1917, were sent to France to get French ports
ready for the influx of American troops and
supplies. They were supplemented a few weeks
after their arrival, and eventually superseded by
American engineers, hurried from the United
States. They worked at Bordeaux, SS0 kilo
meters from the front as the bombing planes
would (but never did) fly. They never saw a
machine gun nest; they never moved ammuni
tion near the front; they never laid a pontoon
bridge; they never repaired a shell-torn road;
they never got to Cambrai. It was a regiment
of railway engineers that fought there. It is
not on record that they built any bridges at
all. They did build docks and they did build
barges.
Considering that they were hired in an emer
gency; that they got to France and began work
sooner than militarized engineers could be got
here; that they saved several golden weeks in
laying some ot the foundations of tne American
organization which subsequently decided this
war, even the soldiers who in the last year and
a half worked with them never criticized the $7
a day they received. Albeit, the soldiers may
have been a little envious of the $7 a day. since
recently, when they launched a barge which
they themselves had constructed, they chris
tened it the "One Dollar Ten." The civilians
were capable. But they did not have a monopoly
on ability. They may have had the material to
make good fighters. But no one knows. It is
hard to tell 550 kilometers from he front.
However, the quotation on the "fighting civ
ilians" is just a sample of the prevalent evil in
the United States today. Bogus stories of
bogus heroes, grotesque and absurd, are seep
ing back to France from the states in numbers
indicating that they may be enumerated not by
the dozens, but by the thousands.
Friend of the Soldiei
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 The Bee to Answer.
A wpctprn artillprv rpo-impnr rnt nvr ?irrr
during the summer, spent a few montlfs in train
ing and got up to the front two days after the
armistice. It returned home a few weeks ago.
Did its home town paper print anything to in
dicate that the only thing this regiment brought
back was regrets? Ah, no. It was a "tattered,
battle-scarred regiment, returning after the
horrors of six months on the western front."
The list of the wounded printed is suspected
of containing the names or , several members
merely detained by the medical corps.
A magazine of national circulation recently
began a series of stories chronicling adventures
of the air service in France. It quit them in the
middle of the series when it was discovered that
the stories were faked.
The reason for most of the regulations and
laws recently adopted and debated in the
United States regarding the wearing of insignia
and service stripes was the abuse of these marks
of designation. Discharged soldiers and soldiers
not discharged were effecting a weird line of
personal embellishments faster than the War
department could keep track of them. These
fakirs are of the same class as the man who goes
home and lies about what he did over here, or
who allows himself to be lied about.
There is no law against common lying in
the United States, whether it is done, by a
patch of cloth on the shoulder or by giving an
interview to the editor of a newspaper unless
the lying is done to the damage of somebody
else. But if congress, or the state legislatures,
or the county supervisors, or whoever else has
the power, were to pass a law making it an of
fense for anybody to make false statements
about what he did to win the war, verbal or
otherwise, they would be doing a favor to about
2,000,000 Americans, most of whom, with tales
of their own to tell, are sitting around France
just now, and who, while not anxious for mushy
eulogizing of themselves, hate to see somebody
else fraudulently get away with it.
Passing of a Political Landmark.
Reports are again current in Chicago that the
Grand Pacific hotel is to be demolished and the
site occupied by a skyscraper office building.
The hotel stands near the Board of Trade and
was personally conducted by John B. Drake for
many years. In the way-back days of the '80's
the Grand Pacific was to republicans what the
Palmer house was to democrats the meeting
place of men who handled the levers of road
rollers and of the boys who supplied the steam.
Both hostelries have been outclassed, but are
redolent with memories of political hot times.
The Day We Celebrate.
Fred Proctor, mechanical engineer, city
building inspection department, born 1873.
Fred Metz, retired capitalist, born 1863.
Fremont C. Craig, accountant with the
Union Pacific railroad, born 1862.
Rt. Hon. James William Lowther, recently
re-elected speaker of the British House of
Commons, born 64 years ago.
Dr. George Norlin, the new president of the
University of Colorado, born at Concordia,
Kan., 48 years ago.
Brig. Gen. Wiliian. H Arthur, head of the
United States army medical school, borp in
Philadelphia, 63 years ago.
Daniel C. Roper, United States commissioner
of .internal revenue, born in Marlboro county,
S. C, 52 years ago.
Mary Miles Minter, one of the youngest and
most celebrated of photoplay stars, born at
Shreveport, La., 17 years ago.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
" The Libbie Beechler-King murder trial is on
in the district court. County Attorney Mahoney
prosecuting and John C. Cowin defending.
South Sixteenth street property owners met
in C. Enquires' office to devise ways to induce
the mntfag, jornpgrfMto build a street railway to
South oJ0 ""--J thoroughfare.
aid has been laid
Many Questions Answer!.
.. M. H. The 309th Infantry j8 part
or ma 100m Drifrade, Seventy-eighth
division; its prenent address is A. P.
O. 756, which Is stationary with the
Seventy-eighth division; this organi
zation i scheduled to sail for home
in May.
V. W. The 806th pioneer Infantry
is wun me inrst army corps, A. P,
O. 759; no orders for its return yet,
j. u. w. rne nrteenth field artil
lery is part of tho Second brigade
Second division, in the army of occu
pation; address, A. P. O. 710; cannot
ten you what division the marine
unit you mention is with.
R. C. V. We can not give you the
run record or the Seventh d v s on
of any of its units. This division
was not in the front line at any
time.
E. K. K. We have no word as to
when the engineers or any of the
other units of thfe 40th division left
behind will be returned. Some are
coming from time to time, but no
advance announcement of their
movement is made.
M. G. M. We have no record of
the sailing or the freighter Melrose.
The length of time consumed in
passage from a French port to the
United States varies greatly, accord
ing to the character of the vessel,
us maa, tne route it pursues, and
for other reasons. ' From 10 days to
mree weens are required.
Mrs. J. It. J. The address given
by the War department for the 81st
field artillery on February 1 was
Camp Knox, Kentucky.
Mrs. A. C. Headquarters of the
28th division is at Houdlcourt.
A. P. O. 744; this division is under
schedule to sail for home in May; in
all probablity the 110th infantry will
come home with it.
J. I. D. The 330th machine gun
battalion is part of the 85th division,
which as scheduled to sail for home
in March.
J. K. See answer to Mrs. A. C.
You should write direct to the officer
In command of the company in
which your brother served; can not
give his name; a letter to the
adjutant general of the army ought
to bring you more information than
you have received; the Bureau of
Effects, Hoboken, N. J., also could
possibly aid you.
A Soldiers Wife Town you men
tion does not appear on any map
The Bee has. The 91st division was
scheduled to sail In March.
Mrs. A. E. M. Write to head
quarters, U. S. M. C, Washington,
for information regarding the marines.
A Friend No orders for sailing of
Company I, provisional labor bat
talion, now at Le Mans.
An Anxious Mother Your emery
as to "18th company, 14th grand di
vision," is not sufficiently clear; we
must know what branch of the serv
ice is meant in order to answer def-
initely; no troops have been sent
from France to Russia recently; St.
Nazaire is pronounced "Sang
Nazhare," the "a" having long
sound. The 88th aero squadron is
in the First army in Germany.
Anxous Folks The 16th engineers
is assigned to early convoy home.
Miss B. It. C. Write to the
adjutant general of the army, Wash
ington, D. C, to learn the where
abouts of a particular soldier; the
91st division was scheduled to sail
in March, and the 42d is down for
an April sailing.
Very Anxious No orders have
been issued for the early return of
the Fourth infantry.
Mrs. I,. A. Ambulance company
No. 37, Sixth sanitary train, is in
the Sixth division, army of occupa
tion; its address is A. P. O. 777. To
get a soldier released for industrial
or similar good reasons, the applica
tion must be made to the command
ing officer of his company, accom
panied by affidavits setting forth the
reasons; this is the first step to take.
The War department is now moving
to release drafted men from service
with stnading army units.
An Anxious Cousin Write to the
adjutant general of the army, Wash
ington, D. C, for information regard
ing an individual soldier.
Anxious Mother A. P. O. 705 is
at Bordeaux; balloon company 102 is
assigned to early convoy, but no
date fixed for sailing.
Mrs. E. I. J. See answer to Anx
ious Mother, foregoing.
F. C. The 302d tank battalion Is
assigned to early convoy, but no date
fixed for sailing.
Susie No date set for return of
F. R. S. 343.
Interested Sailor Write to regis
trar of land office, Broken Bow,
Neb., who will give you all informa
tion you desire regarding lands open
for homesteading.
J. R. The 111th field artillery is
part of the 29th division, now in the
army of occupation; it is under
schedule to sail for home in June;
present address, A. P. O. 919, lo
cated at Rimaucourt (Haute
Marne.) C. W. K. The last published list
of schedules for sailing we have was
issued at Washington on March 3;
it covers movements up to June, and
does not include the 36th division;
organizations scheduled to sail in
April are the 26th, 77th, 35th, 82d
and 42d divisions, in order given. We
do not know where another paper
gets its authority, but rely on the
announcements from Washington.
A Bee Subscriber The 605th en
gineers is in the army of occupation,
and no date set for its return home.
M. K. C. The 109th engineers is
still officially part of the 34th di
vision, although its postoffice ad
dress has been changed to A. P. O.
788, which is that of the 40th di
vision in France; parts of each of
these divisions were left in France
for some reason, and no time is fixed
for their return home.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
"THE FOUR GOOD DEEDS"
(Whan Balky Bam, Billy Ooat. Johnny
Bull and Judga Owl coma to ba puniahad
for kidnaping tba Boy Who Howlod,
I'cggy lenteneaa each to do a good dead.)
CHAPTER II.
Judge Owl Is Disappointed.
A T SUNSET Peggy and Billy were
waiting on the back steps for
the Black Hoof clan to report tho
good deeds performed in atonement
for the kidnaping of the Boy Who
Howled.
They waited and waited, but it was
not until half an hour after the ap
pointed time that Billy gave a glad
shout:
"Here comes Judge Owl. I wonder
if he carried a line to a sinking ship
as he said he was going to do.
Judge Owl flopped down upon the
porch wearily and heavily.
"Hall, our hero!" cried Billy pleas
antly. "How many lives did you
save?"
"I didn't save any," answered
Judge Owl in a tired, sisunty voice,
out i ended 4s.
"Forty-two what? asked Peggy.
"Forty-two lives, and I'm stuffed
like an owl in a museum," sighed
Judge Owl. "The worst of it is that
"I flew to the bin and pitched into
tnose mice"
was ao busy I didn't have time to
do my good deed. I'm terribly dis
appointed, Princess Peggy."
"What kept you so busy?" asked
Peggy, severely.
"Well, It la a sad, sad story." be
gan Judge Owl. "When I left here
this morning I flew on, and on look
ing f ir a sinking ship to which I
could carry a line, but no ship could
I Me sinking or floating. That
didn't bother me, for I had all day,
and 1 thought that before night I
would find my chance for heroism.
"But as I (lew along I heard a
loud squeaking the squealing of
barn mice. An owl knows that kind
of (iuealing well, for it mean! rood
eats. I was in a hurry to do my
good deed, but I thought that as I
had plenty of time I might as well
see where that squealing came from,
for I might want to celebrate ray
heroism with a feast.
"1 ilropped down to a farmyard,
and there I found a whole army of
mice having a glorious time in a bin
tilled with golden ears of corn.
"'Ho ho,' said I to myself, 'that
corn will hold them until I come
back, and then I'll have a glorious
time myself dining on nice fat mice.'
I started to fly away, when I heard
a child crying out in pain. The cry
came from the house, and It was so
appealing I started to Investigate.
"Looking into a room, I saw a lit
tle girl lying on a bed. She was
very ill. and a doctor was bending
anxiously over her. After a time the
doctor called the little girl's father
and mother into another room. I j
followed and heard him say to them;
Doris is very ill, but if you take her
to tne hospital and have an opera
tion we can save her life.
'How can we take her to a hos
pital and have an operation? We
have no money,' sobbed the mother.
" We must save Doris ' spoke up
the father. 'I'll sell our blnful of
corn. That will give us money.
"While one of my ears was listen
ing to this the other was hearing
those mice squealing in the corn
crib. ;
'What a feast!' they said. 'Let's
invite in our neighbors and friends
and have a party. We will finish all
this corn before the farmer can take
it to town.'
"That made me angry. I made up
my mind to save that corn so Doris
could go to the hospital. I flew to
the bin and pitched into those mice
for all I was worth. It took me all
day to finish them up, and I forgot
all about my good deed. But that
corn is safe and ready to be drawn
to market in the morning. I'll stand
guard tonight to see that no more
mice venture near it, and tomorrow
I'll try to do my good deed."
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We Can't Tell You.
Omaha, March 29. To the Editor
of the Bee: In a recent issue of The
Bee there appeared in "The Bee's
Letter Box" an article from Mr.
Frank A. Agnew. under the caption
Daylight Saving Fraud Again,"
which contained a quotation from
the Orange Judd Farmer, closing
with these words: ' "And meanwhile
it should be understood by all those
outside of agriculture, that this bit
of national pleasantry is definitely
ncreasing the cost of food produc
tion. They may not have to pay it,
yet, but eventually they will."
It would be interesting to me, and
no doubt to many other Bee readers,
to have an explanation as to how
and why the changing of the clock
for one hour, during the summer
months, Is "definitely increasing the
cost of food production," and also
why a law which cuts off one hour's
consumption of artlfical light each
day, resulting in the saving of many
thousands of dollars in the aggre
gate, should be designated as a
'Daylight Saving Fraud.
A BEAUiSR,
About Shooting Prisoners.
Kansas City, Mo., March 28. To
the Editor of The Bee: When the
matter of the shooting of the soldier,
Coleman, by a police officer is
stripped of Its maudllnism and
spite, ' it becomes apparent
that Coleman was shot while
resisting arrest. The fact that the
vintm nf th Bthnntinir wfla a snldier.
and consequently a hero, Is no doubt 1 futed and at least
the fact that the soldier waa not
deserter, but only absent without
leave. The difference between these
charges is only one of time a few
days.
Looking at this affair from a dis
tance and with vision free from prej
udice, it nppears that some people
are trying to "get" the head of the
police department.
C. O. SANDSTROM.
(What Mr. Sandstrom, In common
with many other people, overlooks is
the fact that the law gives to a po
liceman no right to shoot a fleeing
prisoner under ordinary circum
stances, nor to shoot -ope who is
merely resisting arrest and not put
ting the officer's life into immediate
jeopardy. Also, while a military
guard may have a right to shoot an
escaping prisoner on a military reser
vation, he has no such right off.
Military law ends with the limits of
the reservation and that is why city
police are asked to make arrests of
deserters and turn them over to the
rnilita. authorities. Once In Ne
braska, a guard pursued a fleeing
prisoner from Fort Crook across the
reservation line into Sarpy county,
shot and killed him. For this he was
tried and convicted of manslaughter.
In Pittsburgh the guard of a mili
tary storehouse shot and killed a
thief he. detected trying to force an
entrance into the building. He was
tried and convicted, because the thief
was on the public street when shot
and not on part of a military reser
vation, rolicemen have been prose-
one convicted
the cause of much of the emotional
spree being indulged in. Had the I
shooting been done by a member of j
the military establishment, authoriz- ;
ed to make the arrest, it would have j
been deemed justifiable and com- j
ment would have ceased long ere i
this. j
Much stress seems to be placed on :
here in Omaha for shooting escaping
prisoners.)
None Whatever.
Detroit Free Press: The former
crown prince says he would like to
visit America. He's got about as
much chance of doing that as he had
of getting to Paris.
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