liiK ELi!: OI.iAHA, THURSDAY; MAY 15, 1919.-
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T Te Germany: "Eventually why not now?"
"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw with good
opinion of the law."
.The Germans at Paris are busy little note
writers, whatever else they may be.
The League of Nations may be inadequate,
but it will work till some better way is found.
We hope that Mr. Bryan's boom for mod
erator of the Presbyterian church does not col
lapse. ,
Get behind the movement to have part of the
gallant Eighty-ninth stopped in Omaha and Lin
coln on the way to Funston.
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Good roads boosters are straining, ready for
the start Getting the program under headway
now is only a matter of action. '
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- We hope "Doc" Macrea did, not have to go
to war in France to find out that a woman can
beat a man when It comes to nursing.
. Promotions in the fire department do not in
volve such spectacular proceedings as when a
policeman goes higher, but the effect is quite
as satisfactory. i
J Chinese delegates to Paris are promised
death if they sign the treaty giving Shantung
to iht Japanese. This 'is stronger than any
Italian expression of Fiume.
.. "Gus" flyers thinks Omaha -lacks sympathy
with his work. Perhaps. It is hard" to work up
interest locally in his plan for putting a gate
cross the Douglas street bridge.
Adding a "division of morale" to the army
may or may not improve its efficiency. What
.we need more is some assurance as to whether
we are to" have an army in the future.
The postmaster says, the mayor is a "nut;"
the mayor said of the postmaster that he is a
public calamity. Both are democrats, and maybe
' each knows what he is talking about.
The governor ahd Fred Ayers may not meet
on the platform, but their epistolary exchange
is assuming the form of a joint debate. Only
they have not yet reached the code bill. .
Women are credited with having determined
the choice of mayor of Lincoln, a fact on which
the incumbent will ponder when he comes to
make appointments and shape his policy.v
Five hundred airplanes are to be bought for
the army to keep the industry alive. One might
be pardoned for asking what has become of the
thousands that were ordered and not delivered.
A 'New Yorker has concocted a synthetic
cocktail to be eaten with a spoon. It is said
to have the "kick," too, but we fear it will
never be as popular as the drink now about to
vanish. , '
Republican leaders have declined to stage a
Kilkenney cat fight to oblige the democrats,
therefore the ghost dancers of the down and out
crowd will have to invent some new plan to
check progress.
Duplicate bids proffered by steel founders to
. the Navy department may or- may not be evi
dence of collusion, but to an outsider it might
be taken' as establishing that the estimators
know how to figure.
Liquidation of the war account between
. England and the United States brought us out
$35,000,000 to the good. Now, if a similar issue
could be had with some of the home contrac
tors, say the airplane builders, it would be for
tunate for Uncle Sam. . v ,
The railroad deficit for March is only $60,
000,000, or nearly two millions a day, which is
not a causelor disturbance for the democrats,
who have seen the country run Behind at not
less than a million dollars a day ever since Mr.
Wilson took office in 1913. Getting into debt is
the best thing they do. ' i '
China, Stand Up .
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i ' China is much fussed up over'what has hap-'
pened to its province of Shantung in the peace
conference. Germany had virtually appropri
ated the province before the war. And now
, Japan has taken it away from Germany and no
body is on hand to get it back for China. If
this fireside companion were conducting a little
class on international relations it would call on
China to stand up and would then address it as
follows: - I
- "It's pretty tough, China, and we Americans
.. are sorry for you. We had much rather Japan
hadn't done it. But that's as far as our sym
pathy goes. We remonstrated with Japan in
the secrecy of the peace conference and said
the grab didn't harmonize with" the 14 points
at all. But that's all the good it did. Japan was
-polite, but firm. -
"While we sympathize deeply with you. we
don't see our way clear to go out and get shot
at on your behalf. That sort of thing would be
noble; but it isn't being done this season. In
, the , long run Heaven helps those who help
themselves. When you have developed suffi-
ciently, as you will some day, you will take back
- Shantung and we shall all cheer. Meanwhile we
should advise you not to put too much con
fidence in what the league of nations or any
. other philanthropic organization will do for you.
' "W hat you do for yourself you can be sore
of. What you expect somebody else to do for
you -well it won't fetch' much on the market
We might be mnch more consoling if we should
discuss the brotherhood of man. But we think
in the long run you will be better off to face the
facts as they exist And the facts mean that the
millennium hasn't arrived, at least not so that
anybody would notica it" Kansas City .Times.
HARMONY AMONG REPUBLICANS.
News that Senator Cummins has been chosen
by unanimous vote of the republican caucus to
be president pro tempore of the senate in the
Sixty-sixth congress will not carry any comfort
to the' democrats.' Nor will the retention of
Senator iodge as leader of the senate.
This action by the republicans is significant,
for it means that personal likes and dislike 'are
to be set aside for ' the general good of v the
country. Senators are not asked to abandon
positions taken and held on certain matters, aor
to yield their convictions under pary pressure.
They are animated by a patriotic desire to serve
the nation, and to present a solid front to 'the
opposition, which has abandoned all consider
ation of the country's welfare in a scramble for
personal and party advancement.
Differences as to details of policy, either for
the nation or the party, are not finally disposed
of by this agreement between the republicans',
but whatever they may be, they are not to be
pressed to the end of disrupting the party at a
time when its existence is such a distinct ad
vantage to the country as a whole. Problems
of : utmost gravity, not only to America, but
affecting the world in general, will be before
the-congress that meets next Monday, and it is
vitally essential that it be organized and con
trolled by the party that is to be responsible
for its acts. The selections announced assure
unity of action by statesmen who are devoted to
the great task of reconstruction and not with an
eye to party 4chances for the future.
Lower Prices on Wheat
The first ray of hope for those who have
found the cost of living burdensome and who
has not? is furnished by Food Administrator
Barnes, who says lower prices on wheat, all the
way from the farm to the dining table are in
sight. This does not mean that the farmer is
to suffer, for the government guarantee protects
him, but the new crop, soon to, start fwm the
Texas fields and prbceed progressively up to
Canada, will bring a lower level to the con
sumer. . Millers and bakers have agreed they
will not profiteer as grain becomes cheaper, but
will give the public the benefit. This, will in a
measure affect all , prices on staple products.
How, far the recession from the present high
level will be carried may not be guessed at, but
it is certain that dollar will be worth more
than its weight in food before a great while.
Once the process of readjustment is well set in
operation, activities now suspended or held in
check will be liberated, and the compensating
effect of the demand will be sufficient to check
any tendency to panic as prices find a new
balance.
Ebert Turns to America. '
1 Just why President Frederich Ebert of Ger
many should turn to America for help at present
is not clear. His direct appeal, in which he sets
out the hope that the peace treaty will not be
ratified in this country can not be mistaken.-
By some peculiar process of reasoning Ebert
and his associates have read into the Wilsonian
fourteen points a meaning not given them else
where. This is the more remarkable, in view
of the fact that only a short time ago a con
certed effort was being made by German pro
tagonists in this country to discredit that col
location of ideas, they insisting that Mr. Wilson
took his cue from Lloyd George and therefore
the fourteen points were of British origin.
This may be laid aside, however, for the
peace formulated has been based as nearly as
possible on the famous fourteen points. They
have not been defined exactly ( as Ebert,
Scheidemann, Lichnowsky and others of their
mind would have done, but they have been
given vitality in the preparation of a document
looking to the enforcement of substantial jus
tice on the greatest offender of all history.
Herr Ebert says never has a nation been sub
jected to a sentence such as is passed on Ger
many. The plain reply to this is that no other
nation ever merited, such treatment.
( Chief of the fourteen points, so far as af
fecting the Central Powers, was that which
called for restitution, and reparation. The ex
action of this to the limit of German ability
to pay is loudly resented by the element that
in its moment of triumph took without sparing
all it could discover in possession of its vic
tims, or destroyed with ' diabolic persistence
what if could not remove. Lille and Lens are
hot forgotten, nor the orchards of northern
France. The sign arrogantly displayed in
wrecked Bapaume by the retreating Germans
read: "Do not be angry; wonder,"..
And now that this has returned to smit,e
them, they should bless the patience that has
spared them, instead, of begging America to
intervene and save them from justice. What
ever debate may ensue when the treaty is pre
sented to the United States senate will , not?
arise over its terms to the Huns. v
Why Omaha Should See the Eighty-ninth .
Not all the soldiers in the Eighty-ninth di
vision are from Nebraska, but many of them
are. This is the great" fighting organization
Leonard Wood trained and headed as far
as the seaboard, where he was turned back
by an order from Washington. Bitter as was
that disappointment, he went to Funston again
and took up the work of making soldiers from
new material, while the men he had worked
into shape traveled to Argonne forest and
helped make a name for the American soldier
Europe will forever remember. This is but a
glimpse at the record of the division. In its
ranks march boys from. Omaha and from the
farms arid villages of the state. Omaha fol
lowed many of these to the station when they
set out -on their road to glory; it would like to
have the opportunity of showing them how
their work is honored. Other soldiers have gone
out and come back, and the city has tried to
make plain its attitude to them. But the Eighty
ninth holds 'something peculiar tor the com
munity, and it would be most appropriate if
some portion of it could be sent along this way,
and give the boys' a chance to find out just
what the home folks are willing to do in the
way of getting up a celebration for them.
Senor Pancho Villa adds spice to the presi
dential campaign in dear old Mexico by burning
a few railroad bridges and menacing some im
portant towns. The effects of this ought to
show in the tote for Carranza's candidate.
The Arabian prince who says the League of
Nations idea is not a new one is right But his
incident of sixty years ago is antedated by sev
eral other similar projects, none of which went
through.
Better Furnishings for Better
Homes
By Dr. James P. Haney, President of the Na
tional Association of Decorative
Arts and Industries.
. No appeal reaches a wider audience than one
which invokes a keener interest in the home.
Twenty millions of American homes serve to
house 100.000.000 inhabitants. Eaeh of these
homes is a potential center in which the move
ment for better furnishings may be carried for-
wara. More tnan iuo trades cater to these
homes, and more than 100 trades should there
fore lend their aid to carry forward the society's.
service, i
Our standard of taste in woman's dress
have reached high levels. The American woman
is held to be the best-dressed in the world.. She
realizes that her taste is judged by her dress.
No long step is -required to show her that the
home-maker is .truly judged by the taste dis
played in her home. While not long, this will
be an impressive step forward. Once the great
mass of American women decide that their
homes shall declare their good taste, there will
come forward a movement in the art trades
such as these trades have never known.
This proposal may to some give pause, be
cause of the numbers it contemplates. Yet in
these very numbers lies its importance. It need
be no vain wish. It is something which can be
directly stimulated and governed. It is an end
which can be definitely brought about. Indeed,
it is amazing that so obvious a step has not al
ready been taken. The home is recognized as
the first center of interest with the American
family, yet the thousands of agents which cater
.to the home have never set about joint-action to
enable them 1 to help the home-maker. Each
has gone about his own business and, seeing no
mutual interest in mutual service, has viewed
his neighbor in trade1 with jealousy and appre
hension. This harmful and distrustful attitude
this organization seeks Jlo destroy. It preaches
union in peace as in war.
It stands as an axiom of this society that any
one activity that helps develop interest in better
h.me-furnishings helps all other agents work
ing toward the same end. Thus those who make
fine furniture and arouse an interest on the part
of many to possess it, aid in their way those
who make fine hangings and fine carpets, and
also aid those who furnish china and silver
which go into the finelyfurnished home. ,
One home-maker has her interest developed
in one way and another in a different way, but
the interest once created leads both to better
and still better decorations in many different
lines. Every one knows the effect upon the
householder of introducing a single good piece
of furniture into a room otherwise badly fur
nished. The pride in that which is good has
acted - in innumerable cases to cause the re
decoration of a room, and even the refurnishing
of an entire home, as standards of taste have
been raised. -
In many cases our manufacturers have
still to raise their own standards of taste.
Often in the past they have confused novelty
with excellence and have attempted to capture
markets by the creation of bizarre and unusual
forms. This is style madness. It is an effort
to achieve originality not by adherence to the
principles which make for fine design, but
by an attempt to stampede the public into
purchasing furnishings which are bound to be
come a burden to the eye. The history of the
art trades is filled with lamentable stories of
store houses filled with "out-of-date" styles, of
capital locked up or lost forever in material
which had .its brief day in the market and then
ceased to find a purchaser.
Better standards of taste in the home can
only proceed through merchants and manu
facturers who have learned the fundamental
lessons of what makes for better taste in the
manufactured product. When this lesson is
learned, there will be a demand for American
designers which will bring into existence the
needed schools. It cannot be too often re
peated that these designers can never be
brought into existence until the manufacturing
art interests of this country understand this
national need, and act unitedly to work for
the creation of the necessary schools. We have
talent in this country, but talent without train
ing can aid the country not at. all. If our art
industries are to depend, as they should depend,
upon the creations of our own gifted designers,
then these designers must be early discovered
in the high schols and Jed toward the indus
tries. Now in many cases they are led away
from them. They should be aided by scholar
ships founded by the manufacturers, and should
be given opportunity in trade studios the coun
try over, to display their talent. Our manu
facturers have plain responsibility in this mat
ter. They have shirked this in the past, but
they must not and cannot be allowed to shirk
it in the future. One of the functions of this
association is to point out this responsibility
and to insist upon it in every possible way, until
those responsible see their interest in the estab
lishment of sources of supply from which they
can draw home-trained talent into our art industries.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this '
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob-
. lems, in and oat of the army.
Names' will not be printed.
Ask Th e B e to Answer.
Another point for which the association
stands is more advertising and better advertis
ing. This is needed to waken the interest of the
public in the better home. Pointed lessons are
to be learned in this direction from the auto
mobile industry. Its advertising is omnipresent
everywhere. It has taught the American
people what fine design and fine furnishing
mean in automobiles. The veriest street boys
knows the pattern of famous cars, and lads and
girls, in their, teens talk knowingly of the good
points of this tonneau or that. This action on
the part of the automobile trade has raised the
standard of taste in this industry for the entire
country. The home furnishing trade can do the
same if they ;will but join forces in co-operative
advertising. ' -
The power of graphic illustration good pic
tures in connection with good reading matter
has been underestimated by the trade. To raise
public standards of taste, one must continually
show better forms or better arrangements. The
public must also be shown why the better is
better. The lesson to be learned must be re
peated over and over again. But every little
helps. Even a single shop keeper who
is wise to i recognize what a well-dressed
window can do, and repeatedly - fills his own
with well-designed rooms, can affect the point
of view of an entire town.
Advertisers also learn much from one an
other. Every one has seen how one great
tobacco company, through its own well-arranged
windows, has caused thousands of local compet
itors to seek to reach the standard thus set for
them. For the same reason, one interior dec
orator with an attractive display will lead every
merchant in town to seek to emulate such show
ing. , Good taste in this sense becdmes con
tagious. The lesson is passed from merchant to
merchant and from customer to customer.
I 1 Ol )AV
The Day We Celebrate.
Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, a famous veteran
of the British naval service, born 61 years ago.
. Rear Admiral George A. Bicknell, U. S. N.,
retired, born at Batsto, N. J., 73 years ago.
Dr. Edward A. Alderman, president of the
University of Virginia, born at Wilmington, N.
C, 58 years ago.
Henry A. Doherty, New York capitalist and
a noted leader in gas and ejectric arts and in
dustries, born at Columbus, O., 49 years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. ,
Senator A. S. Paddock is at The Murray".
A nest of timber wolves was found about
two miles north of the city by Lew Price. He
captured six cubs and sold them for pets.
Ex-Govenor Dawes is in Omaha.
Hon. J.- T. Paulsen and wife left for Europe;
also Charles J. Karbach and wifa-
Technical Pablioatlons.
Mrs. G. W. H. We are unable to
find the address of one of the pub
lications your son has asked for.
The Newspaper Directory for 1919
does not disclose the name of any
such paper as "The Automobile
World." The Motor World, which
is very like the paper your son Is
looking for, is published In New
York City, Its address being 2S1
West Thirty-ninth street The Aerial
Age also Is published in New York
City, Its address being 280 Madison
avenue. Thank you very much for
your commendation of our efforts to
be of servlca to soldiers, their famil
ies and friends. ,
Lost Discharge Papers.
R. T. If & soldier has lost his
discharge nrnwn win HnA it mi
difficult, if not impossible, to secure
a duplicate set. He may get from
" ttujuuuu general or tne army a
certified copy of his service record,
Which Will atnnif In llai. ,Ym.
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discharge 'papers. Even this will re
quire considerable time and the un
rolling of much red tape. The sol
dier who has lost his discharge
papers should lose no time in get
ting into communication with his
late COITIDanv onmmonrlor that tha
business of replacing them may be
oeiore tne circumstances or
his service and discharge have been
forotten. The 88th AivlalAn am nnt
reach the, firing line; at least it is
not mentioned in General Pershing's
report as having taken any part in
the ODeratlons on th frnnt. Tt
one of the late arrivals in France,
Dut we can not give you the date of
Its landing.
Southern Department
Mrs. F. W. P. Fort Sam Houston.
San Antonio, .is headquarters of the
Southern department of the army,
and all requests for discharge ot
men from service for industrial or
other reasons must be sent there for
final approval. The commander of
the department at this time is Major
General Holbrook. -He is under the
orders of the general commanding
the, army at Washington, this being
Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff.
Letters intended for him should be
sent to the Adjutant General of the
Army, Washington, D. C. All ap
plications lor release from the serv
ice must be directed to the comman
der of the company in which the sol
dier Is serving, who will see to
sending them forward through
proper military channels.
Many Questions Answered. ,
D. D. Several units of the motor
transport corps have been sent home
for demobilization, but as you
neglected to mention the one ,. in
which you are interested, we can
not tell you if it be -on this side ..or..
In France. '
J. V. The 26th division was on
the April sailing schedule, and is
now on its way across the Atlantic.
No time is noted for the arrival of
the transports, but none of the units
of this division have yet landed. An
nouncements should be made very
soon.
Miss F. M. We regret that we
are unable to give you' any definite
information with regard to the
109th ammunition train or the 12 2d
engineers, beyond the fact that
neither is in the army of occupation.
Dates for sailing are frequently an
nounced and then changed for rea
sons that are not made public. Im
provement in transport service is
making it possible to ' bring home
many of these detached units, but
no word Is given of the movement
until they reach this side.
B. K. The 21st engineers is in
light railway service, company H
being stationed near Gondrecourt at
last accounts. Its postofflce address
is via A. P. O. 703. It is not in the
army of occupation, nor has it been
assigned to early convoy home.
F. P. Military police company
235 has not yet been assigned a date
for sailing from France. It is still
at Bordeaux, attached to base sec
tion No. 2 of the A. E. F.
R. R. K. The 89th division Is on
the schedule to sail in June. Plans
are being made to hold a great cele
bration at Camp Funston when this
division reaches there for final de
mobilization. A division in the
American army at full strength con
tains a few over 28,000 men, being
about double the size of a division in
the French or German armies.
Lost Bonus Check.
Soldier's Mother The first step to
the recovery of a bonus check lost
in the mail is to notify the postmas
ter where you mailed it, that he may
properly report it to the postofce
authorities; then write to the Zone
Finance Officer, Lemon building
Washington, D. C, giving him an
account of the circumstances, that
payment may be stopped on the
missing check. A duplicate may be
issued in time, but only on the fur
nishing of bond to protect the gov
ernment against double payment of
the claim.
Novel Fence in Michigan.
Years ago on the big road- near
Monroe, Mich., somebody built a
fence by forcing split boards be
tween saplings. Then the trees
grew. They kept growing until now
they are of Immense size, and deep
ly embedded in them are the ends of
those old rails. It Is .Impossible to
tell how far they extend Into the
tree trunks. They are weathered,
yet they ring as true under a ham
mer as if just hewn.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
P"OHK HENRY "YOU
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HOUSE WITH THOSE IAFT
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Pastr and Billy ara takan by Smiling
Taachar on a flyinlg trip to tha Sahara
daaart aboard a Oeography-plana. They
ara attacked by llona when a younf Ba
douln comai to tha reacua.) . i
CHAPTER V.
The Dance In the Desert
rn HE lion was so kee,n to catch
L Peggy and Smiling Teacher that
he did not see the Bedouin gallop
ing toward him. When he did awak
en to his peril, he was taken entirely
by surprise, the Bedouin being only
a few yards away and coming like
the wind.
The Hon halted his rush, and tried
to gatther himself to meet the at
tack of the Bedouin. He was too
late. Before he could do more than
crouch' back and raise a paw to
ward off the blow he saw coming,
the spear , of the Bedouin was at his
throat One powerful thrust and the
spear was deep within him. It was
a death stroke, and quickly the great
bealt sank lifeless upon the sands.
As this happened the lioness,
roaring in fury, came dashing to the
aid of her stricken mate. The Be
douin wrenched his spear from the
throat of the Hon and whirled to
meet the lioness. She launched her'
self fiercely at him, but he reined his
horse sharply to one side and thrust
with his spear, catching her in tne
flank. The sharp point struck home
and the lioness fell dead.
- The Bedouin gave a shout of vic
tory, then brought his horse quickly
up beside Peggy and Smiling Teach
er. He looked them over with
pleased surprise, while they looked
back in frank curiosity.
"You have saved our Uvea. We
thank you," said Smiling Teacher.
"It was but a bit of sport," an
swered the Bedouin in excellent
"You shall wed me at once, and this
child shall become a slave of the
harem."
English. "From what far land comes
such a beautiful houri?" And he
looked at Smiling Teacher with bold
admiration.
"We are f n America," replied
Smiling Teacher. .
"I had heard that its women were
fair as the moon, but not until now
did I know it was true." answered
the Bedouin. "Welcome to our des
ert camp. My people are here."
Up, galloped other Bedouins,
dressed like the first, in flowing, gai
ly colored robes. Behind them came
laden camels. In almost the twink
ling of an eye the tents were pitched
and camp-fires were started, for
night was falling swiftly, as it does
closer to the equator.
Smiling Teacher and Peggy were
treated with grave hospitality by
Vie iseaouins, being invitea to par-
taice or supper, a strange meat maae
up or unfamiliar dishes. v
The younar Bedouin who had res
cued them quickly revealed himself
to be the son of the sheik, the gray
bearded leader of the .tribe. He
talked much to Smiling Teacher, up
on whom the romance of the .place
seemed to be working a spell.
After supper the boys of the camp
put on a regular circus, somersauii
ing, tumbling, building pyramids,
and turning cart wheels. They were
followed by? a man dancer, who
danced and whirled around and
around until Peggy and Smiling
Teacher were dizzy watcning mm.
Then came women dancers tn an
exhibition so odd that it made Peg
gy gasp.
"Why, we can dance better than
that!" she exclaimed to Smiling
Teacher.
"Halt!" cried the eon of the ehelk
to the dancers. "The fair strangers
ara going to dance for us." The wo
men drew back, flute players began
to sound a lively air and quickly
Peggy and Smiling Teacher found
themselves dancing. .
Romance was in 'the air, and
Smiling Teacher danced a dance of
romance. Petrmr caught her spirit
and danced with her. The flickering
fire, the rising moon, the walling
flutes and the shadowy tents and the
dark-faced audience sitting in a cir
cle about them seemed to inspire
them. Happy, gay. adventurous,
they put all the surging feelings into
the poetry of motion.
Suddenly the young Bedouin ran
forward and began a wild, leaping
dance. It was swift violent and
quickly over.
. It ended with his grasping Smiling
Teacher in his arms.
"My bride from America!" he
cried. "This night we shall wed."
"Ah. ah. ah! Happy bride of the
son of the sheik!" chanted the Be
douins.
"No, no, no!" cried Smiling Teach
er, pale with fear.
"You shall be queen of my har
em!" exclaimed the young -Bedouin.
"No. I am promised to a sweet
heart in America," pleaded Smiling
Teacher. ,
"America Is far away," declared
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Opposes the Referendum.
'' Fremont, Neb., May 10. To the
Editor of The Bee: I am Just in re
ceipt of a circular letter from a law
yer in Lincoln, asking not to circu
late a petition for a referendum on
the new primary law. I am opposed
to going to the expense of a refer
endum. I see nothing so wrongful
in this law that we should spend any
money in an attempt to repeal it.
The legislature heaped a $19,000,000
burden upon us and with the war
burden will make our taxes increase
fast enough.
If the reformers who are insti
gating the move will put up the
money to pay for it why let the
people vote. If these reformers
would get a spade and a hoe and
raise something to feed a hungry
world they would do more to retard
the coming bolshevism than they
are now doing. It is a shame to spend
so much money for a useless cause
when the starving people of the
world need the money.
We need more equality and
less law more workers and less
schemers. '
CLARENCE RECKMEYER.
( About the Detention Home
Omaha, May 12. To the Editor
of the Bee: I read the article on
the Detention home by Col. Wuest
of Fort Omaha. The colonel Is an
able officer and his interest in this
matter does him credit, but he is
handicapped in forming a clear judg
ment in these cases by the very
training that makes him a good
soldier. The Detention home
idea is splendid in its inception.
Any safeguard thrown around our
boys against the social evil is worthy
the unlimited support of every citizen,-
but the Bee's investigators have
shown the home under the present
management to be an incubator for
drug addicts. No one has heard of
any of the city's doctors asking lor
a public Investigation. These doc
tors have refused these women the
privilege of examination by any
other physician. They have refused
an appearance bond by which the
city physician could observe the
progress of the case under private
treatment They have obstructed
the legal process of habeas corpus to
prevent women who are not diseased
from being confined. Tho colonel's
Informant admits that addicts use
as much as ten grains daily. Where
do they get it? We know the in
"mates of the home get four "shots"
daily, but where do they get it sfter
being released? Did the . captain
report that there were only twelve
women at the Home? Did he re
port that these women are sent to
the county jail to be cured of the
"dope" habit? Did he report how
many women have been treated
sinco the home was started? Get
some real information, Colonel.
MEDICO.
High Cost of Dying.
Investigation into undertakers'
charges in Chicago made by the
Tribune indicates clearly that the
morticians know in advance of the
tuneral, how much "the traffic will
bear" among the poorer classes. Of
ficial records of courts show that
bills absorb from 75 to 90 per cent
of the modest life insurance of the
deceased.
the young Bedouin, his face stern
and cruel. "I am master here. You
shall wed me at once and this
child" pointing to Peggy "shall
become a slave of the harem."
(Tomorrow will ba told how Billy ahowa
hlmaelf a hero.)
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