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I J THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1919. The Omaha' Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER i VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR TKB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR I MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TM associates' I1 rati, of whlrh The Bm If t member. U exolniifelr aalKlnl to tbe uj fof publtcaUoo of all newt dUpttahM credited la M r do otHanrlM credited In thli paper, and also the ioral published herein. AU rtfht of publication of out special 4iftCehM an alto reeemd. " OFFICES: CMoafO FanrVi Gas BoUdlnf. Omaha The Bat Bldf. Saw fork m Fifth in South Omaha 1311 N 8t St. Ionia New B'nk nf Commerce. Council Bluffs 14 N. Halo St WaehUitton 1311 O Bu Linooln Little Building. MARCH CIRCULATION , Daily 65,293 Sunday 63,450 Imp circulation for tha month subscribed and iwom to b? E. &. Batan. Circulation Manafar. Subscriber leaving th cltjr should hava Tha Bm mailed U them. Address chanted aa oftaa aa requaated. ' Mr. Wilson almost got down to brass tacks. ' Loan your money to yourself; buy Victory . notes. 1- Recent real estate transfers show no sign of big buyers having lost faith in Omaha. Georgians are restricted to one gallon of liquor. Quite enough, as long as it lasts. ' Those New England telephone operators are not ihowing proper respect for Mr. Burleson's authority. ! Gus Hyers thinks he will have Nebraska "comparatively" dry by May 1. What do you j mean, comparatively? Germany is receiving the "bad news" from the Paris conference, so we may expect another bolshevik upheaval in Hunland. ' Forty-seven more soldier ' brides have reached New York, affording that many more ties to bind the two worlds together. Why the new suffrage law, if woman's ca pacity as an elector is to be challenged as soon as the is appointed to a state office? ,i Under the program adopted at Paris, the United States becomes sponsor for Armenia, a fact of which the Turk had better take notice. i Highways leading into Nebraska will be quite attractive for auto tourists when the new barb-wire entanglement law goes into effect. Demolition of Rhine border fortresses is one good way to make sure of peace, and France can afford to follow after Germany on this line. ' Joachim Hohenzollern talks of coming to the United States to live. He will do well to change hit name and learn to speak English without an accent. j War time prohibition, like a good many other things, was voted for by congressmen with their eyes shut. Sometimes it pays to see which way you are headed. You may puzzle your brain over your in come tax return until June 15, according to the latest ruling, but you will not have mastered the law even then. 1 Eleven "Y" workers were killed in action, three died from wounds, and fifty-six from dis ease in Europe, showing that that service was not "bomb-proof" after all. Some of the tales being recited in Omaha divorce'' courts nowadays not only support the theory that love is blind, but that he is a malicious little devil as well. " One churchman Americans will delight to honor is Cardinal Mercier, hero of Belgium, and his proposed visit to the United States may be put down as a success right now. "Comparatively small increases for dining car and sleeping car employes" are contemplated by Director Hines, meaning that the traveling public will still pay the wages of porters and waiters, who must live. As Nebraska's soldier boys will all be at home by the time the next election is held, no harm is done by repealing the hastily devised "soldier's vote" law, while the way to a constitutional convention is cleared of a techni cal obstacle. ; A supreme court decision forbidding inter ference of a state board to prevent the city of Columbus from opposing an ordered increase in street car fare holds some hope for Omaha, where a similar situation exists. It may be -that some municipal rights will yet be pre served from the aggression of state boards. Australia's participation in the war is set forth in a report of 307,900 casualties out of a total volunteer enlistment of 400,000. In other words, seven out of each ten men suffered per sonally as a result of the fighting. Fifty-eight thousand men were killed in battle, or' died irom wounds or disease. The army came from a land where but 5,000,000 people live, the most eloquently impressive testimonial that could be given of the devotion of the Australians! to the cause of liberty. He Is Needed in Politics , Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt confirms the ' report that he intends to go into politics, but ' denies that he is a candidate for the presidency of the New York board of aldermen, an honor "wished" upon him by enthusiastic but unwise friends. According to a reporter of the New York Sun who talked with him "he feels and admits that he is not equipped in experience for such a place." That shows that he has ' Sound judgment, which in politics would be a better asset than inheritance of his father's ; illustrious name or his own honorable war record. Theodore Roosevelt, sr., began his great . career as an assemblyman. His son may . choose that modest beginning for himself, or he may seek election to congress. But whatever his choice we may be sure he will make his ap peal upon his own merits, and then only after he has become familiar with political conditions d which he now frankly acknowledges himself " :o be ignorant. s He is a young man of irreproachable charac ter, high intelligence, good education and pos essing an honorable record of military service tfhome and abroad. He is the type of man ieded in politics. We may be sure, however, jtrhen the time comes for him to enter that field chat his own woTth will command a large meas ure of popular support. Admiration for his father may count in his behalf, but he could not succeed on the strength of that alone. His own qualities are such as to justify self-confidence and command public respect Brooklyn Eagle. TERMS FIXED FOR GERMANY. The Peace conference is reported to have agreed on terms for final reparation to be exacted from Germany. For the start this is fixed at 100,000,000,000 gold marks, with a pre war value of $23,820,000,000, to be paid within thirty years. The initial payment of $4,764,000, 000 is to come within two years. This may be in cash or kind. In the meantime the interna tional commission will continue its sitting to determine on the private claims that may be presented, and fix the sum that must be paid on this score. It was agreed at the outset that the Ger mans would be required to pay to the limit of their ability. Apparently this has been touched. To understand what it means, some examination of the record may be helpful. In 1914 the German imperial revenue was arpund $900,000,000; at present the interest charge on its several war loans amounts to $1,500,000,004. To this the Allies have added $2,380,000,000 for the next two years, making a charge of $3,880, 000,000 that must be met before anything can be taken for running expenses of the government. The total German prewar income has been variously stated at all the way from twenty-five to thirty-five billions. Accepting the lat ter figure as correct, the indemnity and interest charges alone will take 11 cents out of every dollar of income in Germany for the next two years, if the industry of the country is restored at once to its utmost productive ca pacity. In order that this may come about, Ger many must have raw materials and a market. Its steel industry already has been crippled by the loss of the iron and coal mines. Many years will be needed to get its farm lands back to productiveness again; instead of the 4,500,000 tons of food that was imported prior to the war, it is estimated that for the immediate fu ture Germany will be compelled to buy abroad 10,000,000 tons. Justice has overtaken the people who madly plunged into a war of conquest. Their future depends on the patience of the world with which they must deal, and they will have ample time to develop a penitence they do not now exhibit before they have lifted the burden that has fallen on them. Korea, Japan and Progress. Consideration of the Korean propaganda, now so vigorously fomented in America, should be characterized by a temperate valuation of the facts in the case. Making all due allowance for the suddenly awakened aspirations of the Koreans for political independence, a little at tention to the condition in which the Japanese found them a few years ago may help in reach ing a conclusion as to their present plight and what may be done to aid them. At the time of the Japenese war with Russia Korea was among the most backward of nations. For generations its moral and intellectual fiber had diminished; it was a grotesque left-over from a bygone age, a misfit at the border of two nations, one energetically alive and the other throwing off the sloth of centuries to take on new vigor. The political situation depended on which group of plotters at Seoul had power for the moment. Industry was dead, for no in centive to effort could exist in a country where possession amounted only to an invitation to the tax-gatherer to seize. Corruption beyond our conception existed, the whole social fabric of the country being saturated with dishonesty, in justice, oppression in most repellant forms. Russia had already set its hand on the land, the harbor of Chemulpo being in effect a Russian port. Japan found nothing in Korea to exploit, but did recognize in it a menace because of the like lihood of Russia gaining full control and so having a base too close to the islands for Nip ponese comfort. So the Korean government of incapacity was quietly taken over and a Japanese protectorate established. Reforms of many kinds were instituted; education was offered, property rights established, taxes lowered and laid in proportion to possession, industry re vived and social life greatly set forward. These things were not accomplished without consid erable friction, but they were done and none has benefited from them more than the Koreans, who now clamor for independence. Koreans in America now talk of establishing a republic, under the protection of the great powers. Sympathy with their plans is general, as it is with all submerged nations now coming back into the light. If any question exists it is as to the capacity of this people for self-gov-' ernment, with a fear of return to conditions that prevailed prior to the assumption of con trol by Japan. If the movers can give the world any good reason for confidence in the future of Korea as a republic, they will find plenty of support for their enterprise. It must rest on more than sentimental assertion, however. First Steps in Americanization. Mrs. George Tbacher Guernsey, addressing the Daughters of the American Revolution, sounded a note that has an echo in Nebraska, and that ought to be heard all over the land. It is that speaking the English language is the first step in Americanization. A few years ago a survey of the Pittsburgh district developed the fact that for seventeen miles along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers a man speaking only the language of his country needed an interpreter; almost every tongue was spoken but English. An inquiry by the .United States government followed shortly, developing the fact that for eigners took up American ways very slowly because of their being huddled together in racial groups, where their native language was spoken and where ways brought from the old country were practiced. Every growing city has its "Little This" or "Little That," wherein families of European origin lived. So far as the mem bers became acquainted with our manners and customs, our politics and our practices, they be came citizens of a quality always gauged by their working knowledge of the common tongue. Laws recently enacted in Nebraska will do much to break up these, groupings, or at least to minimize their effect. It is fully realized how, even by the foreign born themselves, that abil ity to express and receive ideas in English is essential to full understanding of what is meant by American citizenship. The war has driven us to take a step that was recognized as neces sary long ago. A thousand aliens a day are leaving eastern ports for European homes, an interesting side light on the future of immigration. America will have to offer something in addition to high wages in the days tp come. American Brag Ed Howe's Monthly. In all American writing and speaking, a cer tain kind of language is used: it is always boast ful and extravagant. If a noted man dies, he is the greatest man the world has ever known, and wore himself into his grave in trying to help the people; If we engage in an enterprise, it is because we are called of God to engage in it in His interest; If we speak of the working man, he is pure, holy, self-sacrificing, ground down under the heel of despotism, and bravely struggling to re gain his God-given rights; If we speak of women, they are lovelier than women ever were. We do the same thing when we speak of a soldier, or of the church; If we speak of our country, we copy every fine thing ever used, and add a good many com pliments never used before. Is an American a candidate for an office be cause of the profit and honor it affords? He declares he consented' to run at great personal sacrifice, and in order that he may be of as sistance to his suffering fellow men. In our personal affairs we are a sensible and worthy people, but in our public affairs we are the worst lot of charlatans the world has ever looked upon. Foreigners do not have our conceited, ex aggerated and boastful ways. An English labor leader of the first class will discuss piiblio-affairs almost with fairness and sense; he will admit the weaknesses of labor men, whereas such a thing was never known in America. I never pick up a piece of foreign writing that I do not observe the modesty and common sense displayed, as compared with our own. I am not able to explain this marked differ ence in foreign and American writing ana talking for the public, but have been observ insr it several years. There is a weekly pub' lished in Boston called The Living Age. It is devoted to renrints from foreien publications and if you will read it, you will observe what I am here calling attention to. Probably you will become ashamed of the impudence, dis honesty, brag and gross and morbid sentimen- . ... ' H' t?r T a. tanty in our puonc me. we are a smart peo ple, but display sense only in our personal and private affairs; everything of a public nature is over-loaded and disgraced with falsehood, dishonesty and exaggeration that has become a monstrous evil. Most of our national mis takes are due to attempts to make good silly boasts we do not privately believe in. I know of no people who are more familiar with the truth in everything than are Ameri cans; around their firesides they are merciless critics, and make exquisite fun of their public manners, but let the shrewdest of the critics attempt to write for print or speak in public, and he will repeat the same old drivel, and elab orate it if he can. "American brag" has long been a byword abroad; it has finally become soaserious that we should be ashamed of it at home. And we only indulge m it in public affairs; as individuals we are as modest as the people ot otner nations. Our Free Legal' Aid State your case clearly but briefly and a reliable lawyer will furnish the answer or advice in this column. Your name will not be printed. Let The Bee Advise You Punish This Guilty One United States soldiers at $30 a month were employed to build roads in southern states. They worked alongside negro civilians who were paid $5 and $o a day. ihey entered the army to be soldiers. They were willing to sac rifice everything for America. They endured the strictest training and discipline. They joined the army as fighting men. They were forced, under army discipline, to become road laborers. Who did this? And why does not the guilty one face charees in a criminal court? Can the company commander of a unit from the University of-Wisconsin be held responsi ble? No. He was under orders from the col onel. Can the colonel be held? Not so; his orders came from the division commander. Then the division commander? No, for he got or ders from Washington. Who in Washington sanctioned the gross misconduct? The trail seems to lead straight to the door of Secretary Baker. Surely it was his business to know if men of the United States army were being used for other than military purposes. There is no doubt of the wrong done because congress has ordered the soldier-laborers paid on the basis of the wages given to negro la borers who worked with them, lhe negroes were paid $5 and $6 a day. The soldiers who enlisted to fight in France got $30 a month The southern states will have to make up the difference. But even this money does not come out of the state treasuries, but out of a federal road gift. But the point is, congress has de clared by its action that the charges of forcing soldiers to do road work are true, it the charges are true it follows inevitably that some one is guilty of the charge. It is not sufficient to pay the soldiers the dif ference between $30 a month and $5 or $6 a day and then let the affair drop. Paying the differ ence is only a confession of some one's guilt and the technical compounding of a misdeed. Does Baker escape the indictment of forcing soldiers to grub as common laborers merely because congress does an act of justice by paying them what anv laborer would demand? Hasn't the United States army had about enough odium heaped upon it by Baker? The soldiers did forced work as laborers; it has been admitted by congress; they are to be paid; here is proof of inquity. The official re sponsible, for such gross maladministration should be fetched into court. We think there should be punishment meted out to the guilty one. Chicago Tribune. Philly Cheers and Waits. On the plea that the Declaration of Inde pendence was signed there the legislature of Pennsylvania demands that all home-coming soldiers be landed in Philadelphia. That's a brand of resolution worth heeding. The Quak er city cheers and waves flags as enthusiastically as New York, Boston or Newport News, and can pinch the leave squads' as speedily as any salt water port. SY The Day We Celebrate. W. H. Thompson, attorney, born 1864. Hon. Thomas G. Mathers, chief justice of Manitoba, born at Lucknow, Ont., 60 years ago. Clarence D. Clark, former United States senator from Wyoming, born in Oswego coun ty, New York, 68 years ago. Dr. Henry C. Taylor, chief of the farm man agement bureau of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, born at Stockport, la., 46 years ago. Samuel D. Felker, former governor of New Hampshire, born at Rochester, N. H., 60 years ago. Charlie Chaplin, one of the most widely known of all players in motion pictures, born in France, of English parentage, 30 years ago. Thirty Years Ago. Fred E. Pickens, chief clerk in the post office, has returned from a sojourn of 18 days in California. A portfolio containing information on the Omaha public library has been prepared by Miss Allan, librarian, for the Paris exposition. The stockholders and directors of the Ex position Building association held their annual meeting last night with Fred W. Gray, William Wallace, John A. McShane, Max Meyer, Thomas Swobe, J. A. Wakefield, Moritz Meyer and I. W. Miner, secretary, present. Building permits issued the first three months of this year represent a value of $400, 076.50. For the corresponding period last year the value was $135,511. The board of public works granted to the Omaha Street Railway company the right to lay a double track on Twenty-fourth street from Grant north to Miami. Descent and Distribution. J. D. F. If a man should die leav ing: no will, does a second wife share equally in the estate with one child of a former marriage? "What is brothers or sisters share and Just what is the Nebraska law on in heritance? Answer. The laws of the atai of Nebraska on the subject of descent and distribution is as follows: When any person shall die, leav ing a husband or wife surviving, all the real estate of which the de ceased was seized of an estate of in heritance at any time during the marriage, or in which the deceased was possessed of an interest either legal or equitable at the time of his or ner death, which has not been lawfully conveyed by the husband and wife while residents of this state, or by the deceased while the hus band and wife was a non-resident of this state, which has not been sold under execution or judicial sale, and which has not been lawfully devised, shall descend .subject to his or her debts and the rights of homestead in the manner following: First. One-fourth part to the hus band or wife, if the survivor is not the parent of all the children of the deceased and there be one or more children, or the issue of one or more deceased children surviving; Second. One-third part to the husband or wife if the survivor is the parent of all the children of the deceased and there be two or more children, or one child and the Issue of one or more deceased children surviving; Third. One-half to the husband or wife, if the survivor is the parent of all the children of the deceased and there be only one child or the issue of a deceased child, surviving; Fourth. One-half to the husband or wife, if there be no children nor the issue of any deceased child or children, surviving; Fifth. If the deceased leave rela tives of his or her blood, the resi due of the real estate of which he or she shall die seized in the cases above named, when not lawfully de vised, shall descend subject to the rights of homestead, in the same manner and to the same persons as hereinafter provided for the descent of real estate of deceased persons leaving no husband or wife surviv ing; and in the event the deceased leave no relatives of his or her blood, the residue of the real estate herein provided for shall also descend to the surviving husband or wife. The same provisions apply to personal property where the value is over J500.00. Citizenship, M. B. If a man receives a dis honorable discharge from the Ne braska home guards is he entitled to a vote and does it cast any reflection on his rights as a citizen. Answer While not entirely fa miliar with the oranization of the Nebraska home uards, I assume they come within the term known as the "reserve militia." The statutes of Nebraska provide that an enlisted man in the National Guard or re serve militia may be discharged be fore the expiration of their term of service by order of the governor, who is the commander-in-chief, on application showing good reasons therefor, -nonresidence in case of re moval from county or state, for dis ability, or by sentence of a court martial or company court of dis cipline; and without honor and the recommendation of all the commis sioned officers of the company. The governor nas a rigni to order a court-martial for the trial of offi cers and enlisted men for offenses committed in viola tion of the rules and regula tions promulgated for the govern ment of the Nebraska National Guards and for offenses committed by them while in service which are not taken cognizance of by the civil authorities, but the complete admin istration of the National Guard or ganization Is under the civil law of the state and penalties inflicted shall not exceed a fine in excess of the pay due the soldier nor be confined ex ceeding the limit of the encamp ment; and provide further in time of peace no member of the Nebraska National Guard shall be placed on trial before a general court-martial except upon duly prepared charges and specifications which have passed the official scrutiny of the commander-in-chief and trial ordered bv him by endorsement thereon. Since you have not given the details of your particular case, it is impossible to give you a full statement of the law relating thereto, and since I do not know the reasons for your discharge, I am not in a position to sav what reflection it might oast on your rights as a citizen, by which I presume you mean your reputation and standing in ine community in which vou ve. Section 7, article 2 of the Constitu tion of the State of Nebraska onlv excepts from those qualified to vote in this state, persons who are non compos mentis and those who have been convicted of treason or felony under the laws of the state or tho United States. Such persons can only vote when restored to civil rights. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY . (Flora. Queen of tha Wild Flowers, la mlsstns; when tha tlma cornea for her to awaken the spring blossoms. Persy, Billy and the mras una her a prisoner in a fountain.) CHAPTER HI. The Queen's Warning. TRUE enough. Queen Flora was a captive. The spurting, splashing waters at the top of the fountain held her as securely as though they had been bars of steel. The queen's dancing, which had caused the Birds to think her at play, was not really dancing at all she was being tossed about by the waters against her will. "Leap high, Queen Flora, leap high!" cried Prince Bonnie Blue Bell. Queen Flora leaped high, a stream in the center of the fountain giving her a strong boost, but her leap was not high enough to carry her to free dom. She was forced back, tumbling down amid the Jets of water, which presently shot her into the air again, turning her over and over. It was plain that the queen could not save herself. "My poor queen! I'll rescue you!" shouted Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, stripping off his coat. The rocky heap which formed the base of the fountain stood in the midst of a pond, with water all around lt. Prince Bonnie Blue Bell boldly plunged into the pond and swam to the rocky heap. There, however, he found himself balked. The water pouring down the rocks from the fountain above made them so slippery he could not gain a foot hold. Again and again he tried to fight his way upward and again and again he lost his grip on the rocks and was carried by the rush ing streams back into the pond. He became exhausted by his struggles, but pluckily kept battling to reach the queen until Peggy saw that he was in danger of being drowned. "Come back, Prince Bonnie Blue Bell," she cried. But Bonnie Blue Bell was ready to die for his queen and did not heed her. Billy Belgium was quick to act. He still carried the clothesline which the Birds had given him and Peggy a lift. Turning it into a lasso by ty ing a noose in one end, he skillfully threw the loop over Bonnie Blue Bell s shoulders just as the brave elf was sinking into the pond. A Jerk tightened the noose and then the prince was quickly dragged back to land. He was in despair because he could not aid the queen. "I'll save her," volunteered Gen eral Swallow. He darted to the top The Prince Was Dragged to Land. of the fountain and plunged into the Je,ts of water. Another instant and he was being tossed and tumbled about as helpless as the queen her self. It was plain that he could not aid her. By a great effort General Swallow managed, after a time, to rise on his wet wings Just far enough to get out of the imprisoning waters and then he planed wearily to earth. "It's no use," he gasped. "The waters hold her fast." "Try to lasso her, Billy," urged Peggy. Billy coiled the loop and sent the noose eplnrling toward the top of the fountain. It struck the water an1 was promptly hurled back. Once more Billy tried, but once more the water tossed the rope aside. The queen could not be saved that way. Peggy's wits were nimbly at work. There must be some way to save the queen. They couldn't get her through the water, but here Peggy gave a shout of joy, for the answer had come to her they could turn the water off. Why hadn't she thought of that befere? "Get the Key, Billy. We will turn off the water," she shouted. But here Queen Flora cried a warning from her watery cage. "Beware the dragon," she shouted in tones of fear. "Beware the dragon who guards the source of the fountain." While they were still marveling at this-warning, Count Weedy's ugly features appeared at the top of the bluff overlooking the fountain. M had heard the words of the queen and he laughed mockingly. "Teg, beware the dragon!" he echoed. "Did you think I was so foolish as to leave Queen Florae prison unguarded? Ho, ho, ho!" (Tomorrow will Billy and tha dragon.) be told how Pntey . Birds encounter Ibi LINES TO A SMILE. Wlfey 'There are tlmea when I wian 1 were a man." Hubby "When?" Wlfey "When 1 paae a milliner's ahuii and think how happy 1 could make m wife by giving her a present of a new hat." Cleveland Leader. Percy (after the proposal) Have you ever loved before? Edith No, Percy! I have often ad mired men for their strength, eotirag". beauty, Intelligence or something Ilka tha'. you know; but with you Perry, lt la loe nothing else! Dallas News. "Tha farmer" self, tells me It Is prof itable to keep a pig to get rid of tho scraps around the house" "I presume so. I find, however, that my huaband will eat almost anything." Ie trolt Free Press. Daily Dot Puzzle DRYS' LAST APPEAL. Boosters of prohibition In New York state offered the lawmakers i ready-made bill for a law which would not leave a loophole for the escape of a snort of redeye. As soon as the lawmakers read and digested tne terms ana penalties of the pro posed measure a revolution of senti ment became pronounced, promising an early grave for the "blue law." Present reports indicate majority support for a bill excluding beer and light wines from the roster of "in toxicating drinks." A merciful dis pensation for the souzed. .20 f ifV .2fe V .15 . .27 11 til 34 1 '' 2 A. 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