THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1919.
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to them. Addreaa changed a often a requested.
Htrry Hawker is a bird, all right.
Who will be next to try for honor of flying
overseas?
Service flags have been "demobilized," but
the service will remain forever.
Friday ought to be some day in Omaha, if
the program goes through as planned.
Nothing that was done at Paris pleases the
Germans. But did you think it would?
An Omaha firm has furnished repairs for a
damaged airplane. Anyone else wishing service,
just apply.
If the "nut" and "monkey" clubs are not
made exclusive to the city council, they ought to
grow fast hereabouts.
Esthonian troops have brought Pskov to the
surface again, just to show you what an un
disciplined army can accomplish.
"Russians" in New York booed the peace
program, heightening the regret that they can
not be sent to Russia without delay.
A Javanese volcano is playing hob with vil
lages around, but it is not yet in the class with
the Hun when it comes to devastation.
. Venturesome bolsheviki in Siberia tried to
hold up a train to see if the American soldiers
on guard would shoot. They, know now.
Hoosier bay rum is almost as potent as the
old-fashioned kind that used , to come from
Medford, but it will never be as famous.
Lenine and Trotzky are reported to have
asked an armistice. There is one outfit the
entire world will demand unconditional surren
der from.
An Indiana woman is reported to have com
mitted suicide after she received a doctor's bill.
Often a patient survives the treatment and dies
from the shock.
The aerial mail service has claimed its .first
victim, a carrier having lost his life when his
machine burned in midair. This service may
now be looked upon as an established American
'institution.
Count Max Montgelas is another of the able
Germans who did not make much of a fus
when the Huns were overruning Belgium and
France. For that reason his present protests
will not carry very far.
A road bond issue will serve as well as any
thing for thet women to try out their voting
privilege on, and as many of them are property
owners and directly affected, the election booths
ought, to look real smart in June.
While all the rest o the flyers were busy at
something else, the Frenchman flew his airplane
157 miles further than the route covered by
the Yankee seaplanes on their" longest jump.
The contest is getting interesting.
Boston democrats petition to the president,
i asking that he reduce the cost of living. That
was one of the promises of the Baltimore plat
. form, on which he was first elected,' but a lot of
pledges then made never were redeemed.
Captain Archie Roosevelt tells his country
men some unpleasant bet wholesome truths
about how the American Expeditionary Force
vas fitted out with clothing, arms, and other
necessary equipment. But it will take a long
time to disabuse the public mind of the Creeliz
ing it had.
Secretary Glass has shown good judgment in
not waiting for the president's signature on the
appropriation bill before sending out the over
due allotment checks. His action may be tech
nically illegal, but it is not likely anyone will
prosecute him for it, and at worst it hardly
constitutes a greater violation of law than the
absence of the president and the failure of the
vice president to act in his stead.
Reds on Both Sides
Mayor Ole Hanson of Seattle says that he
has observed "on the fringe" of capital, as well
as "on the finge" of labor, a small element
preaching or working against the process of
peaceful evolution, which is the touchstone of
democracy and this country's surest guarantee
of political stability and well being. His pre
scription for the cure of differences between
employer and employe is the elimination of
these "reds of both sides" and the franR and
friendly co-operation of other elements.
This is a sensible statement very happily
phrased. It is necessary to recognize that there
are "reds on both sides." The capitalist who
would attempt to obstruct and prevent changes
desired by the majority is as much a red as the
radical agitator who would resort to revolution
to destroy democracy's process of lawful and
peaceful evolution. The sacred right for which
Americans are battling in this critical time is
'not to bring this change or to prevent that, but
to make it absolutely certain that the process
for change written into the constitution as the
keystone of this government shall neither be
destroyed by revolution nor violated by obstruc
tion. To preserve this right the American people
will take whatever measures may fit the case
whenever reds, radical or reactionary, attempt
to defeat the will of the majority. Fortunately
these reds constitute but a small element with
either capital or labor, and their strength cannot
be sufficient to accomplish more than a tem
porary suspension of the process of lawful evo
lution in any case. Where this is done, or at
tempted, whether with the tools of mob violence
or of legislative trickery, a remedy will be ap
feli4 Ji (he. jajqrityWashingtfia ost, .
OMAHA AND THE NORTHWEST.
Touring Omaha business men who have just
returned" from a visit to the region to the north
west are loud in praise of what they saw. It is
a country of wonderful possibilities, of untold
riches, where production is in its infancy, and
to which the world may look with confidence
for the future. But its relations to Omaha are
not newly discovered. The distinctive title of
"Gate City" was not idly conferred on this com
munity, which has served the empire back of it
as a market town from the day of its foundation.
Nor has the limit of this service been reached.
Omaha is not without rivals, ambitious to
secure the trade of the growing northwest, nor
is the competition of other cities of a sort t0
be ignored in any of the calculations that are
made here. But Omaha is in position to con
trol this business, just as in the past. It only
can be done by giving something that can not
be had elsewhere. This has been done and may
easily be continued. Advantages offered by
Omaha as a place to sell all that is produced
and to buy all that is to. be purchased by the
people of the Black Hills, Wyoming", south
eastern and central Montana, and even Idaho,
are too well established to call for enumeration.
But they must be ever presented.
The new life discovered by the Chamber of
Commerce voyagers is swiftly covering all that
region. Enterprise is shown on every side, and
development is proceeding with speed beyond
comprehension of those who do not keep closely
in touch with its progress. The great northwest
region that is Omaha's natural trade territory is
coming into its own. Our interests will not be
well conserved unless our industrial and com
mercial expansion keeps pace with that of the
region that turns this way for its outlet.
Hawker's Failure an Inspiration.
No news since the signing of the armistice
has been received with more of sincere wel
come than that which tells of the safety of
Harry Hawker and his companion, Grieve. Uni
versally admiration had been voiced for the
courage of these adventurous spirits, who un
dertook the flight across the ocean in a little
scout-plane. When they were given up for
lost, the sorrow was just as general. Now that
they have come back, out of the unknown, all
rejoice.
It seems simple enough to say they found
they had to alight, noted a passing steamer, and
came down within reach, so that within an hour
they were safely aboard ship. That tells noth
ing of the cool-headed calculation involved, the
skillful direction necessary, and the prompt
action that brought to successful issue one of
the most remarkable adventures of human rec
ord. Hawker and Grieve possess those quali
ties, just as they had the daring to set out on
the flight, trusting to their little machine to see
them safely through, or their own resources for
safety if that failed.
It may have been but a stroke of luck that
the little steamer was within reach, but they
brought it off. How soon they will be at Tt
again is for them to say. They learned some
thing about the requirements for success, which
will be of service to them in the n'ext trip. That
they did go out and come through in safety will
encourage others, and while the cautious will
continue to look upon it as foolhardy, the at
tempt to fly across the Atlantic will not be aban
doned. If Wilbur Wright had stopped the first
time he got a fall, the secret of flight in a
heavier-than-air machine might not have been
revealed. So the failure of the first serious en
deavor to fly from America to Europe in a land
plane will not end the quest.
Russian "Red Terror" Nearly Over.
Signs increase to support the belief that the
end of bolshevism as a controlling factor in the
destiny of Russia is almost at an end. Forces
of democracy under Admiral Kolchak are mak
ing such headway that the Leni'ne-Trotzky out
fit are said to have asked for an armistice to
discuss terms of peace, which request has prop
erly been refused. No compromise with them
should be thought of, much less entertained.
What part of this desirable result may be
ascribed to the policy pursued by the Allies can
not be told. Intervention was not vigorously
undertaken, so that any effect it may have had
must be valued from its moral rather than its
material aspect. If the hot and cold course
adopted finally stirred to action the sturdier ele
ments of the Russian people, and convinced
them of the necessity of working out their own
salvation, then the result of our otherwise in
consequential efforts has been for good.
Under Admiral Kolchak a government has
been set up at Omsk, to which have rallied the
forces that could be depended upon to fight for
real freedom, and to overthrow the tyranny of
anarchy. These have grown until they now
seem to dominate. At Paris is developing a be
lated sentiment in favor of recognition of the
Omsk government, and when this formal act is
taken, it is expected Russia will really be set
on the way to order and future growth.
It is better, perhaps, that the people shall
have worked out their own salvation, as they
will be th'e stronger for the experience. Even
the most ignorant of them has come to realize
and understand the futility of trying to live
without work, and the utter absurdity of - the
bolshevik program.
Hawker's Daring Exploit
St. Johns Correspondence of New York Times.
The intrepid men who drove their planes out i
over the eastern horizon in an attempt to win
the glory of the first transatlantic air flight left
the ground with doubtful chances of survival,
should their venture meet with mishap in mid
ocean. Harry G. Hawker and Lt. Com. Mack
enzie Grieve, his skipper, who were encased in
full-length, nonsinkable suits, had a further de
gree of assurance in an ingeniously built boat,
shaped so as to form the rear hood of their fuse
lage and proved by experiment to possess con
siderable seaworthiness. It was outfitted with
provisions and signalhnar devices.
Hawker's Sopwith plant had a wing spread
of 46 feet, with a length over all of 31 feet, while
Kaynham s Martinsyde measured only 41 feet
across the wings, with a fuselage Z6 feet long
ootn carried a single motor; tne sopwitn is
rated at 350 horse power, and the Martinsyde at
Hawker's craft, rated at 100 miles an hour,
was expected to attain 106 miles with its under
carriage abandoned by an automatic releasing
arrangement, ror communication with ships at
sea, both machines carried wireless of limited
range, the Sopwith having both sending and
receiving apparatus, while the Martinsyde had
only the latter.
The aviators, contenders for the London
Daily Mail's $50,000 prize for the first transat
lantic flight completed in 72 hours, announced
before the start their intention to land at Brook
lands airdrome, near London. Hawker's navi
gator expected to fly eastward about 600 miles
and turn into the transatlantic shipping lane;
Raynham's steersman, on the other hand, in
tended, before the mishap which wrecked the
plane, to steer directly for the Irish coast, thus
saving, he said, several hundred miles of indi
rect flying.
Both navigators said they would depend
upon their sextants and compasses for bearings,
together with specially drawn tables for calcu
lations. Heading east through the night, Haw
ker expected to meet the sun on its westward
way at a time to give them a good horizon and
opportunity for figuring out their position. Dur
ing the night, he said, he would "shoot the
stars" and from their observations calculate po
sition, while the sun would be their guide by
day. He expected to fly at an average altitude
of 8,000 feet, although the atmospheric condi
tions would vary this plan.
Start of the attempt to cross the Atlantic
through the air found the people of St. Johns
wishing the airmen godspeed, but shaking their
heads in doubt. All the assurances of flying
sons, returned from the fighting fronts, could
not assure them that the men essaying the creat
adventure were not flying into the face of ele
ments that would drive them down to watery
graves. The unknown fate of Andre, who dis
appeared in the far north years ago, in an at
tempt to make a balloon passage over the pole,
was coupled with the failure of Major Woods
in the Shortts machine in the Irish sea recently
as indicating the probable result of the race for
the honor of the pioneer crossing.
Hawker, an Australian, is 27 years old and a
mechanic who rose to the rank of flier under the
tutelage of Sopwith, one of the earliest of the
British airmen. In 1912 Hawker made an en
durance record with a plane patterned after
that of the American Wright brothers, and later
attained what was claimed to be a world altitude
record 28,500 feet. During the war he was en
gaged as an experimental flier, assisting in the
development of Sopwith machines.
Grieve combines the qualifications of navi
gator, wireless expert, and. meteorologist with
some flying experience gained while he com
manded the cruiser Campania, mother ship of
the British air squadron with the Grand Heet
He is 28 years of age.
Raynham, 25 years old, has flown since he
was 17. Like Hawker, he started as a mechani
cian, and during the war was an experiment
aviator with the Martinsyde firm..
Morgan gave up a navy commission to join
the Royal Air force, and lost a leg in aerial
combat. ine Martinsyde machine was
equipped with dual steering control, so that
Morgan could relieve Raynham at intervals
during the flight. He is 27 years old and a fel
low of the Royal Oeogrophical society.
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
' to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask T h e B e e to Answer.
Homesteads for Soldiers.
8. O. D. The last congress failed
to pass the pending bill providing
for the reclamation and opening of
certain tracts of public domain, and
therefore no special legislation for
soldiers' homesteads was enacted.
All entries must be made under ex
isting laws, which include the
original homestead and pre-emption
acts, the Klnkald law, the Carey
desert land act, and other provisions.
If you will write to the registrar of
the land office at Alliance, Neb., you
can obtain full information concern
ing lands that are open to settle
ment and the conditions under which
they may be taken up by a soldier.
It is almost certain that the present
congress will pass the bill prepared
by Secretary Lane, and which did
not get through the last session. It
is Intended to bring under the
reclamation laws of the United
States large areas that are not now
of value for homesteads.
Both Answers Right.
A Reader Both answers were
right. The one which sad "no time
has been set for the return of any
of these divisions" Is still correct.
General Pershing has notified the
War department that the Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh divisions
can be released from the army of
occupation, and the War department
has announced that these troops will
be moved at once, but has set no
date for their sailing yet. An an
nouncement was made from Wash
ington last Saturday that all the
American expeditionary force will be
out of France by June 12, this in
cluding service units, and the Infer
ence Is that it Is the intention to
move the divisions released from the
army of occupation without delay.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
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Let's Say What We Mean
As it is much more than probable that the
future is to see many airplanes making long
voyages over the great waters of the earth, it
is much to be desired that this form of activity
should be provided betimes with a vocabulary
of terms harmonious with its peculiarities. Fail
ure to do this is already giving pam to people
with a preference more or less strong for verbal
accuracies and proprieties.
Again and again, for instance, in the dis
patches of the last few days, they have had to
read that one or another bold aviator was forced
to "land," though the context showed that he
had done nothing of the kind, but simply had
come down to and rested on the surface of the
sea, fifty or a hundred or more miles from any
land.
A single word that would lake the place of
the term made familiar by innumerable centur
ies of another sort of navigation may not be
easy to find, but nobody would dream of saying
that birds like wild ducks "land" on the water,
and, as that difficulty has been met by various
suitable locutions, the problem presented by
the alightings of the seaplanes can also be
solved if it is tackled before it is too late.
Had it not been for a negligence similar to'
the one now threatening new violations of lin
guistic and logical laws, "sail" as a verb would
not have been transferred from the ships it fitted
to the steamers, for which it is an absurdity.
That this is not the most important issue
now confronting the world must be admitted;
still, it is one that might just as well be met,
for accuracy of speech is a great help to ac
curate thinking, and if ever that were needed it
is needed today. New York Times.
Recognition for the Relatives.
When the Nebraska regiments of the Eighty
ninth division parade in Omaha, they will be
greeted by such crowds as seldom have assem
bled on the city streets. This is certain. It is
equally expected that every possible effort will
be made to maintain good order, which is not
very hard to do in Omaha. But the committee
in charge of arranging for the affair, and the
authorities who will be responsible for order on
that day must keep one thing before their
minds. The boys who march will want to greet
and be greeted by the relatives who will be in
the crowds on the streets. These will not care
much for discipline. Natural feelings can not
be repressed by formal orders under these cir
cumstances. So it will be well to prepare for
the thing that is sure to happen. Let some
form of insignia be devised, to designate the
wearer as a relative of one of the soldiers in
the column, carrying permission to pass the po
lice lines. Issue these to the ones who properly
should have them, and make sure that the home
coming of the boys is not marred by any of
the confusion, the - disappointment and the
heartache that might follow if some such plan
is not carried into effect.
Phenomenal Feet in Texas.
When little Virginia Scroggins of Rockwall,
Tex., was born two years ago, her mother says,
her feet were almost as long as her body. Now
they are fully 10 inches long and four inches
across tht instep, so that her baby shoes are
No. 10 (man's size), and now that she is be
ginning to walk she can hardly drag her feet
about the house. If they keep on growing, in
proportion to the other members of the body,
it is figured that by the time she reaches the
marriage age her feet will be 24 inches long.
Texas may join in ousting "J. B.," but it will
cling to its. watermelons as a sacred possession.
The Day We Celebrate.
Mrs. li-'y Wright Sewall, noted peace advo
cate and leader in many civic movements, born
in Milwaukee 75 years ago.
Joseph C. Grew, one of the secretaries of the
American delegation at the peace conference,
born in Boston 39 years ago.
Arnold Bennett, distinguished English play
wright and author, born in Staffordshire 52
years ago.
Harry T. Cory, the engineer who closed the
Salton Sea, born at Lafayette, Ind., 49 years ago.
John Kendrick Bangs, celebrated author and
humorist, born at Yonkers, N. Y., 57 years ago.
Henry W. Taft, New York lawyer, brother of
former President William H. Taft, born at Cin
cinnati 60 years ago..
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mr. Hannibal A. Williams, dramatic reader,
began a course of Shakespearean recitals in Max
Meyer's Music hall.
The Danish society of Omaha has dedicated
their new cemetery, three miles west of the fort.
Thirty-six delegates to the biennial session
of the Iron Hall have arrived in Omaha. They
were met by Mr. George Brush, who conducted
them to the Millard hotel.
Djr. A- & Spmers has gone to Franklin, Neb. J
Locating a Sick Soldier.
Soldier Boy's Friend If you
write to the adjutant of the
Camp Funston, you can get
word regarding the condition of the
soldier In whom you are Interested.
The United States accepts only such
magazines as have printed on the
front page cover the notice from
the Postofflce department. Put a
1-cent stamp on the cover alongside
the notice, and it will be taken care
of by the postal authorities, who
look after the distribution of the
magazines.
(The Mfgftty Bronie Oanle eomea unex
pectedly to answer the call of Percy nd
Billy, when Mlaer Jenklna li about to
clze the (arm of Pat'i mother on a mort
gage.) The Genie Vanishes.
THE Mighty Bronze Genie
scowled fiercely as he led the
way toward Widow Casey's little cot
tage. He unsheathed his scimitar
and slashed savagely at weeds and
bushes, Peggy and Billy wondered
what would happen when he got his
hands on Miser Jenkins, Even
though he had promised not to cut
the miser's head off, he might forget
himself in his excitement over the
discovery that the widow's farm
covered a coal mine and was worth
many times the sum for which it
was mortgaged to Mr. Jenkins.
But when they got near the house,
the Genie grew cautious. He held
back Peggy. Billy and Pat
"Let's listen at the window, and
see what the miser is really up to,"
he said. So Instead of going and
boldly confronting the money lender,
they crept up through the shrub
bery to the open kitchen window.
"The mortgage Is due at 6 o'clock
today, Widow Casey," said the
voice of Miser Jenkins.
"If you will give me a little more
time until my soldier boy, Lieuten
ant Mike, gets back, we will pay
you with good interest," answered
the widow.
"Oh, but I can't wait. I must
have my money today. I need it for
Many Questions Answered.
H. E. B. The address given for
the 11th marines is still Tours, A.
P. O., 717. As an order is out for
the immediate withdrawal of all the
A. E. F. from France, this undoubt
edly includes the marines. We can
not give you the date for sailing of
this unit.
Mrs. M. W. The address you give
for field remount squadron 341 is
correct; at last accounts it still was
at Carbon Blanc. It is possible the
unit has been ordered to prepare for
movement home, and so your son
has neglected to write for that rea
son. Orders are given for the convoy
of the units, and then frequently
several weeks will elapse before they
get started.
A Soldier's Sweetheart Ice plant
301 Is still at Gievres. It is not at
tached to any division, nor has it
been assigned to convoy home.
Anxious Brother Ambulance
company 157 is part of sanitary
train 115, and was attached to the
Sixth army corps, which has been
broken up by the return of all its
divisions save the Seventh, and this
latter is now released for return. It
Is quite likely the sanitary train will
soon be ordered home.
Anxious The 209th military po
lice company .is in the service of
supply in the advance section. No
date has been fixed for its return,
but it will not be delayed long un
less present general plans are scon
changed.
Mrs. C. B. The 23d engineers is
the most widely scattered outfit in
the A. K. V. Truck company No. 7
is at Heippes (Meuse), and its post
office address is A. P. O. 714. No
time has been fixed for its return.
The regiment is in the highway
service.
"Bess" We regret that we can not
give you the' Information you ask in
connection with the demobilization
of the 29th division. This outfit has
not yet sailed from France, and until
it gets started the point for its mus
ter out will not be fixed.. As it is
made up of New Jersey, Delaware
and Pennsylvania troops originally,
it will undoubtedly be sent to oiv
of the eastern camps. i
Soldier's Sister The last word we
had of the 109th engineers it still
was in the service of supply at Mars-sur-Allier,
A. P. O. 788. It was re
ported about three weeks ago that it
was to be prepared for early return
to America, but no definite word of
the movement has come. It is not
possible to tell you what division
will be last out of France.
Mrs. W. M. S. The 308th engi
neers is in the army of occupation,
and no time has been fixed for its
return to America.
"The Scoundrel !" Muttered the
Genie, With a Powerful Stroke
that Laid the Whole Ever
green on the Ground.
other Investments," said the miser.
"The villain!" said the Bronze
Genie, swinging off the top of an
evergreen shrub.
'"Tis but a matter of 1600, and
you have so much money," pleaded
the widow.
"No, no," whined the miser. "1
am a poor man. I must have my
money and today. Your time is
up at 6 o'clock.
"The grasping wretch! Oft with his
head," muttered the Genie, swinging
his scimitar and slicing oft more of
the evergreen.
"Give me until tomorrow," begged
the widow. "Perhaps I can get some
one else to lend me S600. The farm
is worth much more than that and Is
good security."
"Oh, I don't know about that,"
answered the miser. "The place is
ail run down. It wouldn't bring
much at a mortgage sale. But I'll
tell you what I'll do. I am sorry
for you and don't want to see you
lose your property.. I'll buy the
place, paying you handsomely for
it."
Peggy and Billy looked at each
other in surprise. Perhaps Miser
Jenkins wasn't so hard-hearted after
all.
"I don't want to sell. I want to
welcome my soldier boy back to
his old home," said the widow. "But,
maybe if you gave me enough "
"I'll give you more than it's
worth $1,000, that's 1400 more
than you owe me," said the miser.
"One thousand dollars. Geewhil
likers, and he knows there's a coal
mine on this farm worth a fortune,"
whispered the Genie Indignantly.
"The old . scamp!" And the Genie
showed how he felt by slashing
mightily at the evergreen.
"Oh, I wouldn't think of letting it
go for that," said the widow.
"If you don't take my offer,
there's only one thing for me to do
foreclose my mortgage. Then I'll
get the farm any way, and you'll get
nothing," snarled the miser.
"Give me a few hours! If I
could get to town I could raise
$600," pleaded the widow.
"Not one minute will I wait after
6 o'clock!" The miser's voice grew
harsh as he said it.
"The scoundrel!" muttered the
Genie, with a powerful stroke that
laid the whole evergreen on the
ground.
"The neighbors would not stand
for your taking my farm.
They'd"
"Let any one interfere and I'll
fix them," threatened the miser,
stamping his foot so that the house
shook. "Six o'clock is the hour."
"Six o'clock," muttered the Genie,
Just as if he were afraid. "I've got
to be going." And away he went
across the fields.
"Oh! he's deserted us," cried Pat.
"And I thought he was going to
save our farm."
Peggy and Billy had thought so,
DAILY DOT PUZZLE
CXXSW3'S J"
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Eight Old-Time Hoosiers.
Eight men. whose ages total 582
years, met by accident at the same
time in the Putnam county una.)
court house. They ranged in age
from 65 to 90 years. The men were
Uriah Gassaway, age 90; Elijah
Grantham, 89; Robert Harbison, 71;
George Smith, 70; Hiram W. Dicks,
71; Jesse Boyd, 67; James Harlan,
63, and Louis Thillips, 61. The av
erage is 72 years. .
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On Gold Mining.
Omaha, Neb., May 23. To the
Editor of The Bee: Will you per
mit me space in your paper as a
mining man to reply to the coward
ly attack made on the mining in
dustry by the World-Herald this
week, when this newspaper told Its
leaders that it would not accept
mining investment advertising, try
ing to give the impression that min
ing investments should be classed
and branded as fraud. The Auto
crat who s responsible for it can
now read his title clear to member
ship in the Annias club. Blue sky
laws In Nebraska never protected a
single investor from fraud and never
will, but it has given life to many
corporations that have proven to be
worthless, and this blue sky permit,
the World-Herald brags so much
about as such a protection against
fraud, is a joke, snare and delusion,
and protects no one but the stock
and bond brokers, triist companies
I and other Wall street interests, who
! are seeking to control all industry
i in the United States which can not
be attained by any other method or
scheme.
These blue sky laws are being in
troduced in very state in the union
to enable the Wall street financial
interests to control the wealth of
the nation, and violate the consti
tutional rights of every citizen in
the country. Just to remind the
cowards of the press, who are now
posing as the models of Purity, that
the people of Nebraska are not all
ilaniD fools vet. and can see the
Autocratic hand back of the attack
and who is paying for the adver
tising and that they have not de
ceived anybody but themselves. In
order that the people of Nebraska
li, ay be informed as to the true value
of the mining industry, I wish to
liuote the following:
"The president of a Chicago bank,
having become interested in a South
Dakota gold mine, was criticised by
the directors for his wild invest
ment, whereupon he made the fol
lowing reply:
" 'Throughout the Black Hills of
South Dakota, ages ago." said the
banker, " 'God builded stronger
vaults in his granite banks than
nnrs. He filled these vaults with
gold. He gave the prospector knowl
edge and insight and guided him on
his way to the door of the bank
vault. The federal government
handed him his patent title to all
therein It Is no crime, but a vir
tue to enter. With drill, blast, pick
and spade the poor man broke the
combination lock and entered. But
for him our notes of issue would be
as the 'stump tail' currency of 1857.
But for him this government would
be bankrupt. Mines will be pro
ducing millions in that future day
when national banks are unknown.
Remember, a mine is simply a crop,
already raised, harvested and depos
ited in the bin or bank. You check
it out at your pleasure.
" 'This wealth, gathered from
mines, immortalized King Solomon.
Mining made Rome mistress of the
world. Mining maae ureal Britain
the world's dictator. Mining has
made the United States the rlcn
est country in the world. Show me
the country that has no mines and
I will show a people sunk in deg
radation of poverty; and poverty
makes cowards of nations as well
as of men. Mining has transformed
more broken men and tramps into
millionaires, and placed them In po
sitions of honor and trust than any
other business. Without the miner
you would not have any frying pan,
a sDoon or a hat pin. Eliminate the
miner and you wipe out civilization.
A nation's prosperity depends large
ly upon the extent, variety and de
velopment of its mineral resources!"
ROY M. HARROP.
Who Are the Anarchists.
Palisade, Neb., May 2S. To the
Editor of the Bee: I see by the
papers that the director general or
the railroads has brought an appeal
suit from North Dakota, which asks
the supreme court of the United
States to destroy the legal or lawful
rights of the states to fix rates on
their own roads inside of the state.
His course for this atrocious crime
is: "That congress passes a law
(without any right or authority)
that turned the roads over to the
president for war purposes." Has
congress and the supreme court of
the United States power to annul
or destroy the sovereign power or
the states? To fix railroad rates in
side of the state? The constitution
does not give them that power, and
they can only do what the consti
tution says they can do.
A railroad is a state corporation
and under the eminent domain you
cannot take private property for
private use. It must be for the pub
lic. Any person who thinks that the
railroads are the private property of
the railroad companies are very ig
norant on that subject. Tne pro
prietary right of ownership is al
ways In the state; and the state is
the only legal or lawful power that
can fix rates on their own roads.
The states have allowed tne com
1 anies to loan or furnish the money
to build the railroads, on certain
terms. They are allowed to collect
from the persons that use the roads
enough to pay all expenses and a
reasonable return on the money in
vested. But the state has reserved
the legal right to manage and fix
rates so the companies cannot rob
the people.
It looks to me like a grand scheme
of the railroad companies that are
running the railroads for the states
as agents, to rob the states of their
ownership and sovereign power.
Should not the crime of treason be
as great when the government at
tempts to destroy states as lt Is when
states attempt to destroy the govern
ment?
I think that the promoters of the
scheme should be arrested for trea
son and those found guilty should
be given the full extent of the law.
I am in favor of real government
ownership, but not the farce we now
have.
L. H. LAWTON.
Our Sugar Beet Crop.
In 1915-18 only 1,146,207 tons of
sugar beets were grown in France,
but in 1916-17 the production in
creased to 1,595,868 tons, owing to
the average production per hectare
having increased from 18.13 tons to
23.14 tons. The normal production
per hectare was In prewar days,
about 26 tons.
For Skin Tortures
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at any drug store for 35c, or extralarge
bottle at $1.00.
Zemo generally removes pimples,
blackheads, blotches, eciema and ring
worm and makes the skin clear and
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too. They were sure that at the
right moment he would balk the
cruel money lender. But now as
they watched him disappear In the
woods whence he had come, their
hearts sank into their shoes. Why
had he gone? And where? Would
he come back? Was he frightened
by the miser's threat? Had he
abandoned the widow's farm to its
fate? Anxiously they asked each
other these questions.
(In tomorrow's chapter Peiry. Billy and
Pat find themselves mado prisoners.)
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By Dr. G. D. Shipherd, Manager
of the Bailey Dental Co.
More and more am I convinced
that a large percentage of the
present day maladies can be
traced directly to the teeth, and
if men and women would realize
this fact much unneccessary Buf
fering: could be avoided. Most of
the chronic diseases, such as
rheumatism, gout, gall stones,
appendicitis, etc., originate in
septic infection.
Iin many cases the most inoffensive-looking
teeth are the
ones that cause the most trou
ble and for this reason it is very
important to have X-rays taken
before beginning treatment. Oft
en crowns and bridges conceal
infection and afford opportuni
ties for serious conditions to de
velop. Dead, teeth, especailly,
should be carefully and regularly
examined to see that there are no
pus sacs on the roots. When the
nerve is killed, the tooth is apt
to become infected.
When it is necessary to extract
teeth, great care should be exer
cised in treating the gums after
ward. The patient should make
very frequent trips to the dentist
so that the cavities can be kept
perfectly clean until they are
healed.
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