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THE BEE: OMAHA,- THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919,
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Once more talute the soaring porker, who is
out to break all former altitude records
Japan it sending its army to. Siberia again,
which newt ought to be welcome in California.
No more "sailing days" for local jobbers, a
relief that will be welcome to all but the railroads.
April showers not only bring May flowers,
but have a great deal, to do with October corn
fields.
It's not a bad sign when a railroad company
is unable to- sell a consignment of caskets at
auction.
"Home-made hootch" it just as deadly as
the other variety, and is getting to be far more
Common.
Whatever other effect the tornado had on
Omaha's housing problem, it did not make it
any lighter.
"Market Tuesday" is all right, but Omaha
will serve customers, on any other week day,
just the same.
A Chicago judge hat just decided that Mr.
Burleson has no voice in fixing Illinois tele
phone rates. The end is not yet.
"Orderly" Germany exhibits a splendid pic
ture of what happens in a country governed
from the top when ths top flies off.
i That Council Bluffs boy may not have won
a medal of honor, but he surely did not suffer
in flesh by reason of being in the army.
Germany is to be asked to make an im
mediate payment of $5,000,000,000 on indemnity
account. This will show who won the war.
Thirteen speeders were fined in police court
in one batch. They will have regard for the
"hoodoo" number in the future, if not for the
law.
Mount I.assen has resumed its interrupted
eruption, or dearth of other news has admitted
it to the front page again, whichever way you
.ike it.
Egypt furnished many good models for
mausoleums, but if Ak-Sar-Ben is going that far
for ideas, why not keep on to India and copy
the Ta Mahal?
Wealthy women are now accused of financing
,tlie bolshevik propaganda in America. After
boJshevism is fairly established, there will be no
'wealthy women, here or elsewhere.
Red Cross relief is promptly offered in
Omaha, where so much has been done in this
line for others. It just serves to give our people
in idea of what the institution stands for.
, The senate has definitely disposed of the
boxing tjill, '"1 Nebraska will have to put up
A-ith wrrstling. foot ball and other similar
forms of legalized manslaughter under the guise
of sport.
Another industrial conference is about to be
called, to meet "in Chicago, its object being to
clarify the present domestic situation, as if we
had not already had sufficient talk. Action is
needed now.
, If some of those European strikers were to
expend a little of their surplus energy in trying
to help instead of hinder the work of rebuilding,
America's job of feeding them would not only
he lighter but much more pleasant.
. Estimating the winter wheat crop at this time"
"of the year is harmjess entertainment, if the De
partment of Agriculture cares to indulge if? it,
but the more reliable figures will be given out
in August, after the crop has been harvested.
Le Matin is firm for France at all times, but
hardly is helping the situation by its harsh
criticism of America. Fortunately, the friend
ship between the two republics is too deep to be
seriously disturbed by any one paper or group
of men.
End of the Casualty Lists
At last the end of the American war casual
it lists is in sight. After four and a half
months the military records have been made
as complete as possible. - From time to time in
formation may come to light that will require
further corrections in individual cases. In the
aggregate they will probably be relatively few.
The greatest difficulty has been in checking
up the entries of missing men. Here have arisen
what have seemed to many persons intermin
able delays. But to nrake a thorough search,
in thousands of cases, of all available records,
to -run down every clue, has necessarily "con
sumed much time. In every war many men
. simply disappear, never to be accounted for
'again. They may be killed in action and no
means of identification be found. They may
rlrop out 6f sight in -ways unexplained. After
the confusion of battle, others reported missing
may be traced to distant hospitals or turn up
with organizations other than their own.
Among the prisoners in enemy hands there are
always a certain number wjio have betn classed
as "missing in the absence of definite informa
tion. The French alone have had between 300,000
and 400.000 missing. It is one of the worst
tragedies of the war. What became of them
nobody knows whether they were killed in bat
tle or died in prison.
With the closing of the war casualty lists the
final count can be made. They are far lighter
than might have been expected after the United
State.. sentered the war, and far more so than
they inevitably would have been if the armistice
had not been signed last November,, as certain
noncombatants still deplore. New Yak
World
THE CONDEMNATION OF MAYFIELD.
After a gruelling investigation, helped along,
as such investigations usually are, by dis
charged or dissatisfied employes, the legislative
committee has brought in a severe condemna
tion of Commissioner Mayfield of the State
Board of Control, coupled with a call upon the
governor to demand his resignation.
Though our only interest in the matter is for
a square deal for all concerned, analysis of the
report and the evidence as published from time
to time, discloses nothing to our mind reflecting
upon Mr." Mayfield any more than upon the
other two members of the board, or warranting
picking him out for special displeasure. The
charges which affected his personal conduct and
integrity are dropped, seemingly as unfounded,
and Jhe indictment goes to solely questions of
bad judgment or unbusinesslike methods on the
part of the board as a whole; yet the other two
members are practically exculpated because one
of them has tendered his resignation to take
effect next month, and the other's term will
expire in July. This we maintain is unfair dis
crimination. Commissioner Mayfield's chief misfortune lies
in the fact that he was appointed as a repub
lican by a democratic governor pursuant to the
so-called "nonpartisan" plan of the law. This
enforced nonpartisanship inevitably makes
trouble when the political balance turns and
creates a new authority to be answerable to.
What has been accomplished in such cases for
the public benefit for Mr. Mayfield has admit
tedly done much good work is entirely over
looked in the quest of a victim, and that is
the plight Mr. Mayfield will be in without re
course, should thegovernor comply with' the
committee's recommendation.
Is the President Coming Home? '
The report that the president has sent a
hurry call for his transport may be accepted
only as a good omen. If Mr. Wilson really
plans an early departure from France, it must
mean that substantial agreement has been
reached in regard to the peace treaty, and that
it will soon be ready for signature. We scarcely
can believe the president would leave Paris in
a fit of pique, nor that he would give over the
task there in an unfinished condition. He had
to choose, as he phrased it, between two du
ties on March 5, when he left America the sec
ond time for Paris. To him the call of the
Peace conference seemed imperative and para
mount. If he now finds he can be spared from
that cbnclaye long enough to give attention to
domestic affairs, the inference is plain that
things are going well. Immediate departure
of the George Washington and an equally
prompt return might land the executive at the
capitol in time to address congress in extra
session on May 1. .The outlook holds hope.
Was the War Won
Japanese Pride in Evidence.
Baron Makino, head of the Japanese .peace
delegation at Paris, is before the public with a
statement of the position of his country as to
its relatidns with the outside world. He plakily
states that Japan will no longer be content with
a secondary rating. In his carefully phrased ex
pressions, the baron makes a special plea for
the abolition by the United States of restrictions
against his countrymen. Classification with the
Chinese, Hindus, and other Asiatics is very dis
tasteful to the Japanese, who consider them
selves not only a more progressive but actually
a superior race.
What the baron overlooks is that while po
litical equality may be readily granted, and in
the case of Japan it has been, social equality is
another matter. All that he says in support of
his contention may be admitted, and the point is
not yet established. American laws on the sub
ject of immigration do not rest on racial
prejudices, but on experience not altogether
pleasant. If the Japanese merchants, students
and others of that classification are at a disad
vantage, it is because of attempts to evade the
law by introducing coolie labor under guise of
students. For that matter, the bona fide seeker
for knowledge from Japan has little trouble
gaining entrance to America, nor does the mer
chant on legitimate business encounter great
difficulty when he wants to visit here.
Efforts by the baron and his associates to
wipe out reasonable laws of the United States
through the threat of holding aloof from the
League of Nations, or by delaying the peace
treaty, will come to naught. His threat that
Japan is not too proud to fight, but is too proud
to accept a secondary place in the league, car
ries little force with it. The traditional friend
ship for America he refers to has been recog
nized for its value, and will doubtless continue,
the stronger perhaps because it does not rest on
a false premise.
New York Evening Post .
Foch, of course, may not be an impartial
judge. Still, a year after Ludendorff plunged
forward from Cambrai and La Fere head down
for a knockout victory, it may not be amiss to
cite Foch's opinion of the outcome. "We signed
the armistice in spite of the certainty of crush
ing the German armies, to avoid killing one
more man, and because it gives us everything
necessary to an allied victory." More than four
months after the armistice the failure of the al
lies to secure a "military victory" is still de
plored in various quarters. Yet "deplored" is
not the proper word today. It did describe the
feelings of a great many Americans last No
vember who wished to see German defeat writ
ten in the most concrete terms possible; half a
million German soldiers laying down their arms
inside of a cordon of entente troops. There
were other Americans who thought it necessary
or desirable that the allied armies should have
marched into Berlin. The man in the street is
not a chess master. He can not clearly visual
ize victory with the king and queen and a good
number of pawns still on the table. For him
the board must be swept clean.
This feeling of disappointment has by this
time worn away. The man in the street is'no
fool; and when he sees the German fleet sham
bling out to a shameful surrender, the German
army demobilized, and the nation dis
armed, the kaiser a fugitive, and Ger
many prostrate in a military sense for a
hundred years, according to her own Luden
dorff, it is borne in upon him- that, after all,
something quite serious happened to the Ger
man armies before the armistice. ' Elsewhere
than in the street there is still an unmistakable
tendency to insist on the absence of an allied
military victory; almost there is the will to be
lieve that Germany was not defeated in the field
and by Foch. The Germans were defeated by
themselves, or by the revolution at home, or
by Lenine, or by allied propaganda leaflets, or
by anything else except the hard fact. The
assertion is made directly, or given out off
hand as a matter of course, as in a recent book
review: "If some of the hypotheses the ne
cessity, for instance, of beating Germany on
the field of battle have failed to secure veri
fication in the event "
Into the various reasons that may account
for this desire not to think of the German
armies as defeated, it is not necessary to enter.
Perhaps it is only the familiar human trait to
look for a metaphysical explanation when a very
simple and obvious explanation will do.
To be sure, there came from one unexpected
source last week an argument against the real
ity of Germany's defeat by the allied armies.
General Hoffman, of Brest-Litovsk fame, de
clared to an American reporter that it was Le
nine who defeated the Germans; that bolshevik
propaganda undermined German morale on the
eastern front, and that consequently it was im
possible to transfer the necessary troops to the
west. But the facts are all the other way. Bol
shevik propaganda did not keep the German
troops from marching into the heart of Russia;
and it did not prevent the transfer of at least
half a million men to the west! And far from
undermined in morale, it is admitted by the al
lies that the German troops fought heroically
the kind of battle which most severely tests
courage and discipline a retreat against su
perior numbers to an inevitable defeat.
Presumably the legend will persist, though
the facts are clear enough. Into the attacks
which began a year ago Ludendorff put every
ounce of strength. His blow failed to get home
and left him exhausted. Then Foch fell upon
him with numbers which every day of the battle
grew overwhelmingly superior. Gemany sur
rendered because the British were entering Val
enciennes; because tthe French were near to
Sedan; because nearly 900,000 Americans,
thrown into the mud and jungle between the
Meuse and the Argonne, hacked away and away
at the nerve strings of the German line of com
munications, until the last strand was about to
snap; and because another great army of, Amer
icans and French stood around Xancy waiting
the word to jump for Metz and the knockout.
Instead of receiving the blow on the jaw around
Metz, the German preferred to throw up the
sponge in the Ardennes.
Those who really believe that bolshevik prop
aganda and revolution at Berlin defeated the
German army might ask themselves what would
have happened if Ludendorff had hot been
stopped by the Americans at Chateau Thierry
and by Gouraud arosrad Rheims. If Ludendorff
had taken Paris, Lenine would presumably have
been the victor over France and Great Britain,
devolution would have broken forth in Paris,
Dublin. Cairo, and possibly London. Also of
some value, perhaps, are the words of Luden
dorff and Hindenburg in the matter. Luden
dorff explains his defeat by his predecessor's
mistakes. Hindenburg asks pathetically what
good it would have done if William II had put
himself at the head of his troops and ridden
forth to meet death. This sounds very much
like a military decision.
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.
Ak T h e B e e to Answer.
(Questions directed to Uila eol imn
will be answered In the order of their
receipts, rieoae do not ask for In
formation by telephone or mail )
Service Chevrons.
An S. A. T. C. Man Service
chevrons are not authorized for less
than six months" service; the honor
able discharge chevron must be
worn by a dlncharged man when in
uniform: these chevrons may be pro
cured at any department store, or
from the quartermaster; two are
furnished to each man on release,
one for his coat and one for his over
coat; they are red and are worn in
verted on the, left sleeve above the
elbow.
Drafted Men.
Gus Drafted men who are serv
ing with regular army units will be
held only till the end of the period
for which they were drafted, four
months after the declaration of
peace; volunteers are now being en
listed to replace these men aa rapid
ly as possible.
Uncle Sam tc Enforce Prohibition.
The country is going dry on July 1, if the
federal government can encompass the result.
It behooves the. bibulous, therefore, to prepare
for the drouth, and to accustom themselves to a
great change in the way of living. Unless some
thing unforeseen takes place, the war-time pro
hibitory measure will become operative, and
revenue agents are being especially trained to
see that it is observed.' This news is not wel
come in certain circles, but the die is cast. It
does not do to say that if the soldiers had been
at home a different story would be recorded.
Most of the states had voted for prohibition
before the soldiers went away, Nebraska among
them. Nothing that has occurred since then
justifies a belief that the boys who went to war
from this state would vote differently now than
in 1916, when the dry amendment went through
whooping.' Michigan furnishes a straw in this
regard, a proposal to modify the state law in
favor of permitting the sale of light wines and
heer being rejected by the voters there last
-Monday by an overwhelming vote. The signs
all point to the retirement of the rum devil.
He may be consorted with privately, and at
considerable inconvenience, but his face will not
be visible on the street corners after July 1.
You can find no occasion to complain of the
law's delay in getting a suit started when you
view the case of the victim of street accident,
who was knocked down by an automobile on
Monday afternoon and had his petition asking
damages on file in the-clerk's office on Wednes
day morning.
The general staff says all American soldiers
will be out of France by the end of summer;
the secretary of war says some will be held
there indefinitely. More bad team work.
Efforts to standardize prices, now in progress
at Washington, are up against the anti-trust
laws. It is pretty hard even for Uncle Sam to
J violate his own rules
Pioneer Drinks
Some old things are coming back under new
names. The shadow of prohibition now creep
ing steadily on the people who hold that stim
ulating is one of the elements of healthful life,
they are searching the records of the past for
the names of drinks which can be home-distilled
and home-brewed without violation of the let
ters (no matter about the spirits) of the law.
Rye, barley, rice, most of the cereals used
in the making of breakfast foods, and other of
the products of nature will ferment as readily
in a house, or a barn, as in a distillery or brew
ery, when subjected to a fermenting process.
With fermentation, an alcoholic content m crude
drinks which even the nonfastidious wouldn't
take in ordinary times will bring such drinks
into greater favor after the ban on the more
perfected products is put on. The pioneers know
how to make many of these drinks. They gave
to them names which do not persist as well-as
do the stories of how they are made. The for
mulas, judging from many contemporary re
ports, have been handed down from one genera
tion to another.
But names have changed. What is now
called the "humdinger," and which ere long
will be more popular than now, was what was
known' in pioneer days as "cider flip." The
drink is made by thrusting into a glass of hard
cider the heated end of a hot poker. Even
should the "humdinger" fail for want of right
handling, there will be a multitude of yeast
compounds for use in emergencies, any of
which may be trusted to ferment and give out
alcohol, if nothing more, or worse. When com
bined with grape juice and water, and given the
needed time for results, yeast, it is said, can
"get a rise" out of heavier things than home
made bread. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
AV
The Day We Celebrate.
Max Sommer, grocer, born 1884.
George Arliss. one of the foremost actors of
the English-speaking stage, born in Louden, 51
years ago.
Purley A. Baker, general superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League of .America, born in
Jackson county, Ohio, 61 years ago.
Henry P. Fletcher, United States ambassa
dor, to Mexico, born at Green Castle, Pa., 46
ears ago.
Eugene D'Albert. celebrated pianist and
composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 35 years
ago. , ' .
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty
in the Libby-Biechler-King murder case, which
had riveted local attention for a week.
The Bohn Sash and Door company has been
organized by Conrad Bohn, William G. Bohn
and William B. Birge.
Hoyt's "A Bunch of Keys" amused an audi
ence at Boyd's opera house.
Kansas City took the last game in the series
from Omaha on the home grounds
Many Questions Answered.
Waiting No sailing orders have
been issued for the mall division at
Camp Pontonzen.
Soldier's Friend The 19th balloon
company is on the list for early con
voy. A Soldier's Mother Xo sailing
dates are given for casual organiza
tions, although many are being sent
home; watch, The Bee for news of
the company to which your son be
longs. A Reader The 312th field signal
battalion was a part of the 87th di
vision, which returned some weeks
ago; we have no word of any of the
units left behind.
Another Reader Xo order3 for
sailing of military police unit you
refer to.
Mrs. I. M. A. P. O. 712 is at Is-sur-Tille
(Cote d'Or); you do not
state what branch of service your
son is in, so can give you no word
as to his probable return.
Anxious Sister Xo word as to
date of sailing of provisional infan
try company at A. P. O. 706; men
there are being held for replace
ment; the 39th infantry is in the
Fourth division, in the army of oc
cupation; no time fixed for its re
turn. W. I. B. The 35th balloon com
pany was waiting for transportation
at last word.
H. L. The 105th ammunition
train is part of the 30th division,
which was on the March sailing list,
and most of which has reached
Amerira.
X'. K Xo orders for the early re
turn of 234th military police com
pany. J. F. T. The 338th infantry Is
part of the 85th division, and was
on the March sailing list.
Soldier's Mother Xo orders have
been issupd for the immediate re
turn of the 13th company, Second
air service mechanics regiment.
Mrs. F. B. The Sixth division is
in the army of occupation; write to
the captain of the company in
which your brother is serving, send
ing affidavits setting forth reasons
for his early discharge; also have
brother make similar affidavits and
file with his company officer; this is
the first step to take, the others come
through regular military channels.
Mrs. O. H. Xo orders have, been
issued for the Immediate return of
the 45th company, 20th engineers;
see answer to Mrs. F. B. foregoing as
to how to proceed to secure release
of soldier.
L. S. I,. Regret we can give you
no date for the return of the 13th
regiment, marine corp.
A Soldier's Mother The order for
the return of the 8ath division in
cluded all its units, and the 340th
machine gun battalion ought to be
on the list.
Soldier's Mother The 309th field
signal battalion was attached to the
84th division, which sailed for home
some weeks ago; the last address
given for the battalion was A. P. O.
925, at Cour Cheverney (Loire-et-Cher);
the Bignal corps units are
generally waiting transportation.
"Mary" Last word of the 109th
field signal battalion it was wating
for transportation, being assigned to
early convoy.
A. M. A. P. O. 762, was the ad
dress of the 83d regiment, most
units of which "have been returned
to this country; can not give you
any word as to when the Second
depot motor corps or the rifle range
detachment will be sent back.
A Soldier's Sister-According to
the "Organization Directory" of the
army, issued by the War department
on February 1. the 119th field artil
lery is attached to the 67th brigade,
field artillery, and Is part of the 32d
division, which is now under sched
ule to sail in May; the army post
office number you give is correct.
Soldier's Mother The 115th engi
neers is attached to the Sixth army
corps, and not under orders for early
return; the present address is A. P.
O. 783.
Soldier's Wife The 342d labor
battalion is not attached to a di
vision; headquarters is at Rouge
mone (Belfort); company A, A. P. O.
714; company B, Maatz, via A. P. O.
714; company C, Luxy, via A. P. O.
708, and company V, A. P. O. 712;
no orders for early return.
Mrs. E. M The 103d aero squad
ron is in the service of supply; no
orders for its return; see answer to
Mrs. F. B., this column.
A Soldier's Sister The Second
ammunition train is attached to the
Second division In the army of occu
pation; headquarters at Prum; no
word as to when this division or any
of its units will be returned to
America.
M. O. h. Base hospitals and camp
hospitals are different organizations:
base hospital Xo. 67 has arrived at
home; camp hospital No. 67 is at
Chemilly (Yonne) and is not as
signed to early convoy; the army
of occupation Is likely to be engaged
indefinitely in Germany.
Mrs. A. H. The 102d field artil
lery in on the April sailing list as
part of the 26th division.
Anxious Sister Evacuation am
bulance company Xo. 26 is sta
tioned at Bordeaux, A. P. O. 70j, and
we have no word as to when it will
be returned; regret we can give you
no information as to base hospital
210.
A Sister Most of the 40th division
has returned; a detachment of the
157th Infantry reached Xew York
on April 2. but can not tell what
units it contained.
Anxious Sister The 105th ammu
nition train is part of the 30th di
viid n, and is on the April sailing
list.
Soldier's Sister The 3Sth engi
neers is in the transportation serv
ice at St. Xazaire; no word as to
when it will be sent home.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY
(Whan Jack Sparrow revolte. seeking to
destroy all rula and order In Blrdland, a
mysterloua knight cornea to belp Peggy
act things right )
CHAPTER IV.
"Comrades: Comrades!"
PEGGY thrilled with pleasure at
the gallantry 0f the knight
when he kissed her hand, yet she
was a bit frightened at his words.
She wondered If he were going to
raise an army to put down the revolt
of Jack Sparrow by force.
! "It dould be a shame to plunge
Birdland into war now," she ex
claimed. "The birds would be so
busy fighting each other they
wouldn't have time to rear their
families, or help protect the farmers'
crops, or enjoy the beautiful sum
mer weather."
"This shall be a war of wits," re
sponded the knight. "Trust me, fair
Princess."
At this, the knight's gallant steed
turned his head and winked at Peg
gy. That wink puzzled Peggy and
it set her wondering where she had
seen it before. But at the same time
it made her feel more comfortable,
for it was a friendly wink, and it
seemed to tell her that she could put
full confidence in the mysterious
knight.
Messages speed fast in Birdland,
and it seemed less than no time be
fore hundreds of male birds came
flocking around Peggy and the
The Knight's (.allant steed Turned
His Head and Looked at Peggy.
knight in answer to General Swal
low's call. Among them were King
Bird's band of feathered fighters.
"Hurrah:" shrieked King Bird.
"We're going to have a real row."
"Xot the kind of a row you're
thinking about," answered the
knlfht. "We are going to settle this
revolt without a war." .
."Oh, shucks!" said ths King Bird
disappointedly. "Then what do you
want us for?"
"To Join the revolutionists," was
the knight's surprising answer. Peg
gy looked at him in amazement
Was he an enemy in disguise? Was
he seeking to betray Birdland into
the hands of Jack Sparrow's shift
less, stealing mob? But even as she
asked herself these questions, the
gallant steed turned his head and
gave another wink. It seemed to
say: 'Don't worry trust the
knight."
The knight's words startled the
birds.
"Hey, what do you mean?" de
manded General Swallow. "I'll die
before I'll join a gang of lawless
thieves."
"So say wt all of us," chorused the
birds.
"Ho, ho: That's the spirit."
laughed the knight. "I don't want
yoi to Join them in preying upon
others, but I want you to become
grabbing revolters with, them to
teach them a lesson. When they find
food you grab it first and gobble It
up; when they protest, you Just yell,
'Everybody for himself,' and keep on
grabbing. They'll find their lazy
bird Ideas aren't so fine when a
strange bird goes after what they
have or want."
"Hurrah: What fun!" cried the
birds, who now saw the knight's
plan.
"I'd rather fight 'em," protested
King Bird.
"You'll have plenty of fighting,"
laughed the knight, "but It will be
bird against bird, instead of an
army against an army. In that way
we will save a war, and give those
brain-klnked birds a taste of what
life would be if every one did as he
pleased without regard to the rights
of others."
As the knight finished speaking
shrill, challenging cries sounded
from the forest and Jack Sparrow's
mob came to meet the loyal Bird
land forces.
"Comrades! Comrades! Come
and join us!" screamed Jack Spar
row. "Comrades! Comrades! Every
body for himself! What belongs to
one belongs to all!" answered the'
other birds.
The revolters were surprised at
this answer, but they eagerly ac
cepted the loyal birds into their
ranks. They thought the revolt had
won. ,
The knight and a bunch of loyal
birds concealed Peggy while the
greeting was going on. As the com
bined forces flew away toward Bird
land, the knight set Peggy upon the
ground.
"You had better keep out of
sight," he said, "for the revolters
know you are too honest to approve
of their unfair ways. When we have
lees
Official Joyriding.
Omaha, April 8. To the Editor
of The Bee- A news item gives to
taxpayers and Liberty bond buyers
past and prospective, the glad news
that 15 congressmen and their fam
ilies will accompany Secretary Bakei
to Europe on a junket, ostensibly to
see the schools, or some other B. S.
(bum steer).
A week ago a small and inconspic
uous item mentioned that 24 con
gressmen and their families landed
at X'ew York after an "inspection" of
the Panama canal. It is said that
Wilson ha3 300 "attaches" over
there with him.
A hick congressman recently stat
ed that all members of the senate
and hoi'se of representatives who
had not already been over there on
some pretense (with their families,
of course), would go; a grand free
excursion at the expense of the pa
triotic taxpayers. If it should be
wrong to use this as a text before
the next campaign for $6,000,000,000
for these worthies to blow it may
come hnndy AFTER the bond cam
paign a a plausible theory as to why
the dear people failed to show their
prior enthusiasm.
It may still be said that one-half
the world does not know how the
other half lives but, believe muh,
a lot of people are getting a near
Idea of how a lot of Washington peo
ple live. ( C. W.
Kgypt at Ak-Sar-Ben.
Omaha, April 8. To the Editor
of The Bee: Here is a suggestion for
the architect who may be chosen to
plan the buildings for the exposition
grounds on west Center street as
contemplated by the Board of Gov
ernors of Ak-Sar-Ben.
While these buildings need not be
expensive, they must be widely dif
ferent from the common run of ex
position buildings. In my opinion
the architect could make a hit by re
producing the general effects of the
great structures of the ancient Egyp
tians, for instance a replica of the
pavilion at Thebes. The front eleva
tion of this magnificent creation
could be used as the model for the
main entrance to the exposition
ground:). Other buildings could re
flect in a general way some of the
more oeautiful designs of these old
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's gone, I'm in a fix,
Guess I'll trace to fifty-six.
Draw from oaa to two and so oo to and
freed Birdland we will com for
you."
But Pegy wasn't going to sit
waiting there while exciting things
were happening in Birdland. Be
sides, she remembered that the mob
said it was going to wall up Judge
Owl, Blue Jay and Reddy Wood
pecker and leave them to starve.
She resolved to find them and save
them.
(In the next chapter thing! get more
exciting than Peggy expecta.)
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templss and particularly the great I
temple of Karnak, and one of the
beautlft:! structures at Luxor.
This is enough to convey my idea.
I can name a dozen architects in
Omaha, any one of whom could use
this moiif In designing the buildings
for the exposition which would pro- j
duce an arra of structures so beau- '
tiful and so attractive within them
selves as to give the new enterprise
a distinctive character which It must
have if it would sueceed.
JAMES B. IIAYXES.
t.V. Nicholas Oil Company
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
An Englleh militant erusader atrolled
Into a barn where a young man was mllk
Init a cow. With a snort she asked:
"How Is it that you are not at tha front,
young man?"
"Because, ma'am," answered the milk
er, "there ain't no milk at that end."
"I hear you've had quite a apell. Aunt
Jemina."
"Yes, honey, dey done tuk me to de
fcorsepltal and glv me a epidemic inter-
JectMtit. Baltimore American.
Where the Locomotives Went.
Of the 3,343 locomotives built by
the Baldwin Locomotive works last
year 62 per cent were for the United
States, France and Great Britain for
war purposes. The average weekly
number of men employed during the
year was 19,632, exclusive of the sub
sidiary companies.
"You make life a burden to me," said the
busy man to the persistent life Insurance
ag-nt.
"In that case you can't take out this
policy any too soon." Louisville Courier-Journal.
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