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2.. ... - ') THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER v VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR . MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The AMOclited Preta of wnleh The Hm It number, i. ex 1 elnalvalj entitled to the uk for imbtlc.tlon of all new. disnatcnt. credited to It or not othtrwlM credited In uii pelr. and lo the local n.w, published berttn. All rights of publication of our ape etal dlfpttritet ore a I no reserved. BEE TELEPHONES: Print Branch Kinhange. Aik for tlx Tla 1 00(1 Pepertment or Particular Perron Wanted. JTICr A "WW For Night or Sunday Service Calli Fitltort.l Departmrtit ..... Trier 1000L. Circulation Department ..... Tyler 100IL. drerttatni leiiartmt ..... Trier 1008L. OFFICES OF THE BEEt , Rome Office. Bee Building. 17th and farnam. Branch. Offlcea: ante 4110 North M Park MIS Lea ran worth. Benton tilt Mllltarr Are. South Bide 3911 N Street CouneU Bluff! 14 N. Ualn Vinton 34117 South Htb Uk UK North Uth Walnut 81 North tom Nee; Tort Cltj Chicago Out-of-Town Office t 2fW Fifth Are. Waahlngtoo Seegar Bldf. I Lincoln 1811 O Street 1330 H Street APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65, 830 Sunday-63,444 Ararat circulation for the month tubecrlbed and (worn to b? B. B. Riiu, Circulation Manaier. Subscribers leaving the city thould hay Th Be mall to them. Addrea changed a ofteri aa requested. You should know that Omaha ranks second in receipts of corn, fifth in oats and sixth in wheat among the markets of the 'country. July 28 will be as good a day as any. What about the Wyoming-Omahft pipe line? Is it dead? King Ale's weekly assemblies have lost noth ing in "pep." If you doubt this, try one. It is not the booze that is captured, but the "tuff that gets by, that makes the trouble. If war sends prices up, and peace sends them up still higher, what is going to bring them down? Relief from the extreme heat is promised the sufferers on the Atlantic coast, who long for the climate Omaha enjoys. Silver is selling at $1.14 an ounce, but wheat r it $2.30 a bushel, and there goes the sacred ratio all to pieces once more. Death is the penalty for making mescal in Sonora. Anyone who has tasted the stuff will agree that the'sentence is justified. A brick-paved - boulevard from Omaha to Fremont will be a fine start on the good roads campaign for Nebraska. Push it along. Another bull has been sold, for $100,000, and the Agricultural department has the nerve to tell us the cattle growers are losing money 1 Missouri propos.es to restore the death pen alty, which will lessen the popularity of that state as a place of residence for impulsive persons. If the League of Nations pact is really good, it will withstand all the criticism aimed at it. IT ft crumbles under fire, it deserves to be cast out 1 A "desert rat," 60 years old', has just learned of the war, and immediately set out to fight the Hun. Too bad he didn't get-under headway a couple of years ago. Germany announces readiness to comply with terms of the treaty. The sooner this an nouncement is transmuted into action, the quicker .will the world be relieved. f It U really fortuitous that the Epworth League and the legislature may meet simul taneously at Lincoln, but just where the con nection is may not be clear to everybody. The president's confessions on' shipboard may revive the song of the sailors in "Pina fore," yet no matter what else he might have been, he carefully stuck to his job ashore. The offer of the five sons of the ,ex-kaiser to stand trial in his stead reminds us that this was one German family that was not called on to mourn the loss of a son killed in battle. -Herr Hindenburg also clamors for a place la the prisoner's dock. He need not worry; although his plea 'of guilty as to starting the war nay not be accepted, the indictment will doubtless be broad enough to include several things for which he is to be blamed alone. Arthur Conan Doyle says the life beyond will be all beautiful, especially because each renews his youth after' shuffling off this mortal coil. His picture "of "the spirit world is entrancing, but It will be a long time before it takes the place of that drawn by John from his vision on Patmos. Supporters of the late "champion" may com fort themselves that as soon as he can see from his blackened eyes he will be able to count in cash a sum far greater than the ordinary man gets for his. life time endeavor. This is one of the v features of the so-called sporting event that ought not to be wholly forgotten. China's Reservation -Quite apart from tlie sympathy for China that has been created through the refusal of the peace congress to permit it to make reser vations to the Shantung settlement there is a side of the matter that bears upon the possible experience of the United States. Will the pow ers that refused to China the right of making 'reservations agree to reservations made bv the United States senate? This is a matter easily tested.-. Mr. Root, in fact, has proposed that the several leading powers be felt out in ad prance as to whether they would offer objection to any reservations made by the United States jfof the safeguarding of purely American inter ests .without disparagement to the covenant If there should be expressions favorable the there would be nothing in the way of making such reservations. : ;, But Mr. Wilson is quoted as sayipg that it would be impossible to gain the consent of all the signatory powers. Certainly there would be no reason for any to object if the leading powers should yield assent, unless China should object in retaliation for the debarment of its reservations. Other powers might take similar ground upon the, claim that equity would so prompt Is it possible that China has been played up against the United States and that President Wilson has been a party to such ac tion?' The facts can readily be ascertained, 3aUimore American, - EUROPEAN NATIONS NOT BANKRUPT. Oscar T. Crosby returns from Europe with the assurance that the nations over there are not bankrupt. Mr. Crosby, who was assistant secretary of the treasury and for the last two years was chairman of the interallied council on war purchases, ought to know what he is talking about. He says, further, that affairs in Europe are slowly settling down to a peace basis, regardless of the persistence of numerous little wars and upheavals that amount almost to revolutions. These political disturbances soon will give way to the more important busi ness of reorganizing the industrial and com mercial life of the natons that have been at war or which have emerged from the war. It is good to be assured that none of these is bankrupt in the sense of having reached the end of its resources. Germany is undoubtedly in the worst pre dicament, having been required to assume the enormous burden of the indemnity in addition to its own war debt. Germans are amazed at the taxes they will have to pay, but tacitly admit the capacity of the country for producing enough to meet the bill. France and Belgium are far better off than were the southern states at the end of the civil war, while Russia merely awaits the establishment of responsible govern ment to again become a producer as well as a consumer. The internal problems of the disturbed re gions may well be left to the people themselves to settle. While these are of great importance, none are of a nature to warrant outside inter ference. Americans are mainly concerned over the plans for financing the reconstruct' .i work. Although nothing is said about details, much money will be required to carry on the opera tions of rehabilitation. Whether this is to be provided through government borrowing, or from private loans is likewise undetermined. Wisdom suggests the latter. The government credit of all European nations is strained, and to assume the burden of aiding in the restora tion of private enterprise would put too great a load on the public. Renewal of business life will be slower, perhaps, but more substantial and enduring if it is carried on through private enterprise. Just now the condition of the world requires the exertion of all the powers of all the people in production, that the tremendous wastage of the war may be compensated. It is a task for all, and will not soon be done. "First-Class Accommodations." A group of American army officers, detached from regular command and listed as casuals, were required to take passage home from France with'out "first-class accommodations." This means they had to put up with the condi tions under which the enlisted men are trans ported. And why not? They spent several days and nights acquiring some first hand knowledge of a phase of life, they formerly knew of only by observation. It may do a lot of them good. Most, of the officers of the American army realize the fact that they are constituted of the same clay as the "doughboy," but some affect a sort of superiority that has no support save in snobbishness. They were all soldiers, bent on the same mission. Those who were chosen officers had greater authority and responsibility thrust upon them, and were allowed some privileges that did not extend to the ranks. It must be kept in mind, too, that the watchful care that Uncle Sam gave to his enlisted men did not fully attend those whom he commissioned. In many ways the officer was denied things the soldier had. , Especially was this true in regard to mess arrangements, clothing and the like. Only for the morale of the service was the line drawn sharply between officer and man. Those who ride home from Europe in the bunks between decks should not grumble, because they have learned a lesson of true democracy in the service of their5 coun try, the effect of which will be shown in na tional affairs as years go by. Plight of the R-34. Pending a report from the commander of the R-34 on the experiences encountered during the transatlantic trip, it is idle, perhaps, to spec ulate on his troubles. It is plain, however, that difficulties unforeseen were met. In a trial trip the great vessel was taken over a route of 2,000 miles, principally above the Baltic, and returned with sufficient fuel to have carried on for an other forty hours. Normally, this would have brought the great dirigible safely to a landing on Long Island well within its flight limit. Loss of thehydrogen gas is easily enough ex plained. Balloonists know how bard it is to maintain buoyancy after a day and a night in the air. Whatever may have been the reason for the delay nd the consequent plight of the R-34, students of aeronautics will feel sure that the trip has brought much knowledge of real value to their science. Things that only could be guessed at have been tried by actual contact, and a better understanding of what must be done before regular voyages are practical will follow1 .from this pioneer journey. Hostages for the Hohenzollern. Men whose' lives were devoted to and whose fortunes were bound up in the imperial mili taristic regime in Germany are asking that blame for th great war be placed on them, and that the late kaiser be exonerated. Among these are the sons of the deposed emperor, who appeal to King George of England to be allowed to stand as proxies for thtir father in the prisoner's dock. These young men may learn that it is not King George, nor President Wilson, nor the head of any of the allied gov ernments, that is demanding the trial of the former autocrat of Germany. It is the people of a wbrld he threatened, whose sense of right and justice he -so ruthlessly outraged, whose sensibilities he callously shocked by the hideous deeds he sanctioned, that now insist he be brought to trial. In 1914 the appeal of King George that peace might be maintained went unheeded by the men who were determined "upon war with all its horrors. They scarecly have a right to expect the mercy they did not 'show. The Hohenzollerhs are reaping only that which they carefully sowed. John D. Rockefeller, who celebrates his birthday tomorrow, is described as an "old man at 60 and a young man at 80." He still enjoys golf and simple fare, and exhibits no outward sign of a slipping grip. ' Experts who are reducing the yield of wheat in Nebraska ought to get together. It is a little confusing to be told by ane that heat did it and by another that the cold, wet weather is re No Vicarious Atonement From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat We do not think it at all probable that the allied and associated powers will agree to Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg's proposal that he be placed on trial for the offenses of the German imperial government instead of the former kaiser. There is little doubt that the "scrap of paper" chancellor wilPbe held to answer for his share in the official acts which the world long since condemned, but he will not be permitted to take the sins of his chief upon his shoulders. "As former German imperial chancellor," he says, "I bear for my period of office sole re sponsibility, as regulated in the German consti tution, for the political acts of the emperor." It is true that the kaiser, under the constitution, was not held responsible for his public or pri vate acts. By article 17 of the constitution the chancellor was made the responsible head of the government, an alter ego for the kaiser, whose office it was to countersign the decrees and ordinances of the kaiser and thereby as sume the responsibility that could not be laid upon the emperor because of the sacredness of his person and his supreme elevation above other men. But it is hardly conceivable that the allied and associated powers will base their action upon this subterfuge of the German constitution. They will consider the fact that the constitution made the kaiser the actual head of the German empire, and put into his hands the autocratic powers over its government and people 'that enabled him to direct their course in accordance with his personal will.. They cannot recognize the fiction of divine ordination and superiority to law. It was against that idea that thev fought. The downfall of the autocracy that the kaiser embodied as well as represented was one of the chief aims of the war. The government of which he was the supreme head has been abolished and the kaiser himself is an exile, but von Beth-mann-Hollweg would raise up the ghost of the German constitution, with its pretense of an ir responsible ruler who was at the same time all powerful, and plead its provisions in support of his request that he be allowed to sacrifice him self as a full substitute for his august master. If William II had been such a man as his father and his chancellor such a man as Bismarck, the blame for the war and its atrocities might very well have been laid upon the subordinate in rank, but since Bismarck, says a German his torian, "the kaiser has always appointed chan cellors who were more or less willing to carry out his personal policies. The chancellors, as a whole, have been his tools." And Price Collier writing in 1912 said: "Here is a man who in a quarter of a century has so grown into the life of a nation that when you touch it anywhere you touch him, and when you think of it from any angle of thought or describe it from any point of view you find yourself indluding him." It is not possible for the world to think of such a man as an irresponsible figurehead. The constitution of the empire gave him supreme power, and he used it constantly and domineer ingly. Every utterance of his was an expres sion of the arrogant declaration of Louis XIV, "I am the state." There is sufficient evidence that he was the directing chief in the conspiracy to set the war in operation for the achievement of deliberate purposes, and that he approved if he did not order the atrocities which accom panied it. There can be no vicarious atonement for the kaiser, of Germany. Whatever may be the guilt of the chancellor it is the guilt of a subordinate. William II is the symbol of all that is hateful in the record that Germany has made in this war, and he must be held person ally responsible for all that he did. Teaching Americanism The Americanization division of the bureau of education, mindful of the fact that the federal census is soon to be undertaken in the United States, is calling public attention to the various percentages of people unable to speak English in the population centers of the country at, the time of the last census, for the purpose of im pressing the gains brought about by the educa tional work of the Americanization division when the new figures shall be made known. By the quoted figures it is shown that the city with the smallest proportion of foreign born whites unable to speak English is Jack sonville, Fla., wifch only 4.1 of the total foreign born inhabitants! Charleston, S. C, comes next with 4.2 per cent; Washington, D. C, next with 5.7 per cent; Atlanta, Ga., next with 5.9 per cent, and Seattle fifth with 6.5 per cent. Port land, Ore., is 12th, with 9.9 per cent. The city with the greatest percentage of foreign-born unable to speak English is Milwaukee, with 35.4 per cent; with Cleveland, 31.4 per cent; Pitts burgh, 27.8 per cent; Chicago, 24.4 per cent; New York City, 22.7 per cent, and St. Louis, 18.6 per cent. The teaching of the English language is very properly regarded as an essential in the Ameri canization of the foreign-born. He must under stand the language of the country before he can understand and enter into the spirit of its people. Within the last two years a work of some magnitude has been attempted in this be half. The great population centers and the larger industrial centers have offered inviting fields for this work, and the Americanization teachers have found willing pupils, eager to be placed on a par with American citizens gener ally. It is believed that the coming census re turns will show a marked decrease in the per centages of non-English-speaking foreign-born inthe districts where their numbers were great est. The non-English-speaking foreign-born resi dent of the United States appears to have been more than willing, all along, to be taught Amer icanism and the language of the country. Be fore the 'war he was given little attention by the government. The task of uniting public opinion in America for the defense of the na tion's interests impressed the need of Ameri canizing many foreign-born who were still thinking in European terms. The government awakened to a tardy recognition of this condi tion and it paid the penalties, for a time, of its long-continued neglect. Seattle Post-In-telligencer. People Ytiu Ask About Information About Folks in the Public Eye Will Be Given in This Column in Answer to Readers' Questions. Your Name Will Not Be Printed. Let The Bee Tell You. Jnzz Music at Church. What church is it that offers Jazz music and vaudeville at its services? A Reader. The United, Christian Church of America, Grace Chapel, is encourag ing Sunday baseball as well as intro ducing Jazz music and theater pro grams, through its pastor the Rev. Charles Nelson, at Prospect street church, Long Island City. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. THK WATEK GOBLINS." (Peggy mill Hilly go wlm'mlng In the river. General Croaker brings them ter nymph Krass which make them ti.iv as frogs. They dive Into a deep ho'.i and find themselves in a wonderful forest.) The Day We Celebrate. Dr. Holovitchiner, practicing physician, born 1860. R. C. Strehlow, general contractor and for mer state senator, born 1862. William B. Whitehorn, insurance agent and former councilman, born 1870. John A. Bruce, city engineer, born 875. Eitel Frederick, favorite son of the former German emperor, born at Potsdam, 36 years ago. Rt. Rev. William A. Guerry, Episcopal bish op of South Carolina, born in Clarendon coun ty, S. C, 58 years ago. Rt. Rev. Junius M. Horner, Episcopal bishop of North Carolina, born at Oxford, N. C, 59 years ago. Rt. Rev. Davis Sessums, Episcopal bishop of New Orleans, born at Houston, Tex., 61 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. The annual meeting was held at Unity church, on Seventh and Cass streets. The committee appointed to select a minister and erect a new building was composed of William Wallace, H. C. Aiken, S. R. Johnson, N. J. Ed holm, W. S. Curtis, C. A. Coe, Joseph H. Blair, H. A. Ayrst. C. C. Belden, George A. Joslyn. Dr. Lamar delivered a sermon at the First Baptist church on "Religion in the Home." The resignation of Lieut. Charles A. Harvey of the Omaha Guards has been accepted with expression of regret from the company. Church Howe of Auburn is a guest at the Pa.xton. A special train of eight coaches with about 300 people on board went to Waterloo park for a picnic held under the auspices of the Musical Union orchestra. William Klllott Gonzales. W. C. K. It is William Elliott Gonzales, whose nomination by President Wilson to be first Ambas sador to Peru has raised a contro versy in the United tSates senate. Gonzales has been minister from the United States to Cuba since 1913. As his name implies, he is of Spanish stock, but of a family some' time res ident in South Carolina, and affil iated with the established native stock socially and by marriage. He began his professional career' as a Journalist after completing his stud ies in the Charleston schools. Then he had experience as private secre tary to the governor of South Caro lina. Following this he Joined the staff of a newspaper in Columbia, of which he later became the editor and publisher. Though not a seeker after public office, Mr. Gonzales was an active worker in behalf of the democratic party and with the elec tion of President Wilson his serv ices were rewarded with the Cuban mission. The Merry Siinttsh. OH, this must be an enchanted woods," thought Peggy as she found herself amid branches, lacy vines, and tangled waving under growth. It was unlike any forest she had ever seen .very odd and very beautiful. The trees were tall, slen der and frail, bending and swaying like strings floating in the wind. The grass was high and rank. Queer Conductor Weds Opera Singer. L. L. Mrs. Polacco has been mar ried twice before her recent wed ding' to Giorgio Polacco, former con ductor of the Metropolitan and more recently of the Chicago opera com pany. She was Mrs. Edith Mason, a soprano, who sang two seasons ago with the Metropolitan. The bridal couple were attended by the same witnesses as Signor Caruso and Miss Benjamin last fall. They have gone to Colorado Springs, the home of the bride's mother. A Man Prom Milwaukee. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, who may become the first governor gen eral of Ireland if that country is made a dominion, is the president of the Canadian Pacific railway, and one . of the greatest figures in the entire railway world. Sir Thomas was born in Milwaukee in 1853. He began the battle of life on his own account when 16 years of age, ob taining employment in the purchas ing department of the Milwaukee & St. Paul road. His progress was steady and rapid and promotion fol lowed promotion. In 1882 he en tered the service of the Canadian Pacific as general purchasing agent. Optimism and tireless energy, com bined with unique ability in railroad management, were the keynotes of his success. In 1899 Mr. Shaugh nessv became nresident of the Can adian Tacific and the controlling- genius of the great road. In 1901 King Edward conferred on him the, order of knighthood. During the late war Sir Thomas rendered inval uable services to the allied cause, placing the great resources of the Canadian Pacific and his own won derful organizing and administrative ability at the disposal of the empire. "There's No Danger," Gurgled Gen eral Croaker. bushes, and shrubs grew all about and would have blocked the path had Peggy been walking instead of swimming. The whole scene greatly resembled pictures of tropical jun gles. And to make this Jungle re- 7fe 7 VY I. MUCH IN LITTLE. Among the various uses of cocoa nut oil in India is its application as a mange cure for dogs, for which purpose it is said to be very effec tive. The bee industry in Switzerland Is very large, honey being a part of the daily diet of almost the entire population. An American agent could possibly establish a satisfac tory and profitable business here for bee-keepers' supplies, if he made a careful study of Swiss methods in agriculture. An Oregon girl, who is cashier in a bank, saved $50,000 worth of Lib erty bonds when she was held up by robbers. They made her take pack ages of money from the safe, but they did not see those lying on a table' and she promptly took occa sion to faint, falling neatly upon the notes. As the thieves left she came to and went out another way to give the alarm. An American architect, represent ing a company in Christianla, Nor way, intends to erect a wooden house built of American material at the Norwegian-American exposition in- Christiania, Norway. Thi.i expo sition is to be opened nefct fall. Tke architect, is desirous of getting in touch with American firms interest ed In exhibiting such articles as may be necessary for the complete out fit of this house. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. "That's a wet looking car." "Well, It's got a license, whsssamat ter?" Dartmouth Jack o'Lantern. "Dear," I cried, resolved to change her, "There are words I burn to say!" Then she made this cryptic answer. "All right, Charlie, blaze away." Knoxvllle Sentinel. "Ow did yer git that black eye. Pat?" "Ol slipped an' fell on me back." "But yer face ain't n yer bark." "No naythur was Flannlgan." Nebras ka Awgwan. Mrs. Casey: An' phwat are yez doin' wid thot Income-tax paper. Casey. Casey OI'm thryin' to flgfeer out how much money Ul save by not havln' anny. Life. "They say his wife fairly worships him." "1 guess that's no. I went out there unexpected the other day and noticed she served up a burnt offering." Boston Transcript. "How do you manage tc keep your cpok so long." asked Mrs. Nayfcor. "Oh. that's easy enough." replied Mrs. Suhubs. "1 discharge her every Saturday nnd she stays Just for spite." Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune. . &. DAILY CARTOONETTE THOSE BOYS ooiLk BREAK A-lOlNIlOW PLAYNq- BUU I'LL SPEAK TO THEn,.f j ' HI I I 1 feitpt i 1, r it: j. ..... , dL The New Era. Council Bluffs, la., June 21. To the Editor of The Bee: The stare coach has gone. Modern times de- mant" a more rapid sort of transpor tation, ana so the auto. The dream of Darius Green has come true. The airplane Jumps from ocean's coast to coast. The hour-glass has long since gone into the discard and the street urchin now sports a watch. Barbers are no longer the surgeons and 'blood lettings" has ceased to be a panacea for all the ills flesh is heir to. The husbandman no longer cultivates his acres with the wooden plow. A tractor now drags eight or ten bottoms and the soil Is turned like magic. "The world do move" is a fact, not a theory. There was a time in our nation's history when "Uncle- Sam" and "Brother Jonathan" and "Aunt Sa mantha" had a place in our na tional life, but that time has gone with the stage coach, the hour-glass and the wooden plow. Our forefathers were a simple, common domestic people. They chose one of their number as chief executive of the country and he journeyed to the seat of government in tHe old-fashioned way. He occu pied the White House as he would occupy his own home. Perhaps his good wife prepared the meals and made the beds and dusted the fur niture. The president sat on the front porch, visited with passers by or had some old croney spend the evening with him. But that is old-fashioned and must also go into the discard. The old-fashioned president "sort of figgered" that his job consisted largely in taking care of his coun try's business. Not so any more. Our president has grown to be a world figure. He no longer "bothers his head" so much over home af fairs as world affairs. He no longer resides In Washington, but in Paris. He doesn't sit on the front porch and "gab" with old-time friends. He "hob-nobs" with kings and queens, and princes and prin cesses, popes and other dignitaries. He and his consort are no longer provincial. They are cosmopolitan. THey no longer plod along the high ways and byways as do the com moners; when they go about they move in regal splendor. When they "go visiting" their objective is royal palaces. Perhaps the metamor phosis is for the better. We don't know." But the changed condition is here and let us prepare fo it. Up to this time our executive and his spouse have been "garhei" the same as other well-to-do citi zens. In the throng their identity is lost. This is all wrong. We should provide our president with a crown and his consort with a diadem. And theyj should be no mean affairs, either. The world should be ran-, sacked for jewels of the "finest water" for these articles of head gear. They should contain dia monds and rubies and emeralds and sapphires as ' large as goose eggs. And their robes should be gems of the world's art. Chamberlains and ladies in waiting and masters of the motor, etc., etc should be at hand at all times. ,We do not want our president to have the appearance of a flunkey when "doing" the courts of the world. 'Tis beneath our dignity. And the throne. Make it the throne of the world. Build it of platinum and gold and stud it with the rarest gems the world knows, the size of an ostrich egg. This can be done and should be done. We have grown up to it. The times demand it. A sixth loan coiild easily be floated for the billion dol lars if the people were given to un derstand Its purpose. We can't af ford to send our chief executive and his consort about the world looking like a pair of ordinary mortals. "No nir-e-Bob." Let's fix 'em out as. their position demands. Coneress will be lax in its duties if it falls to ac; in this matter. J. H. BLACK. "Business Is Cmd.Thank You" -WHY, vNOT Ullsp LV. Nicholas Oil Company semblance all the stronger, startling creatures flitted amid the tree trunks and big eyes glared from shadowy places where the unMergrowth was thickest. Peggy didn't want to ad- mit herself frightened, but she chas ed as fust us she could after General i Croaker nnd Billy Belgium. "Where are we?" she gasped, and at once she felt very much surprised, for she was talking beneath the wa- I ter and doing so just as comfortably as though she wove up on land. But it wasn t Just like talking either. lor her words Just bubbled out without making a sound. "Why, we are at the bottom of the pool, of course," answered Gen eral Croaker, in a gurgle that came through the water to. her distinctly th ugh silently like words' over a telephone wire. "Then we'd better swim to the tup in a hurry or we'll be drowned," said Billy, turning upward. "There's no danger," gurgled Gen eral Croaker. "You have eaten of i the water nymph grass, and now you can stay under water like a fish." "Isn't this a marvelous forest?" exclaimed Peggy. "Where is it? We , must have come a great distance.'' "You've come just a couple of healthy hops from the bank of . the . river, replied General l roaKer in a gurgling laugh. j And then Peggy marveled all the more as she thought that this won derful place had always been close by, without her knowing a thing about it. except the fleeting glances she occasionally had from the shore or from a boat. And looking down j the surface, she never had guessed ; that this fairy-like region with its silvery sunshine, its rare foliage and j its strange inhabitant sever existed, j "Hist!" gurgled Billy, suddenly ; grasping Peggy by the. hand and pulling her behind him. "There's something in that cave." Peggy looked Into a shadowy hole beneath a tangle' of undergrowth. She could see creatures moving rap idly about in the gloom. And even as she looked, the dim creatures came forth with a rush, surrounding her, Billy and General Croaker. "Oh." gasped Peggy, expecting in stant attack, and almost before the "oh" was out of her mouth she changed it to un "ah!" of admira- ! tlUII. J1U, I1U WUIIIICl, VI VT lid, MIC dim creatures ' dashed out into the sunlit waters, they seemed to irn into sparkling Jewels, their bodies shining like silver tinged with all the colors of the rainbow. "Angels!" exclaimed Peggy, though she knew the next instant that an gels couldn't be like this with round, fishy bodies and big, staring eyes. "Sunfish!" gurgled Billy, with an odd giggle of relief, for he had been as much startled as Peggy. "Water goblins!" bubbled General DAILY DOT PUZZLE 17 .8 2o lb 15. 14 lfc Zl. 14 3 U 25 "3 12 51 5b IO 26 5 7' eJO 33 31 -31 35. 3 3C 37 ' 5 . 4o 38 39 S Ai 41 43 44 55 47 5o. 45 4V 48 49 Si 52 Of whom is she thinking? Draw rrom one to two and soon to the end. Croaker. "You can play safely with them, for they will give the alarm when the cannibal fish come seek ing you as they are bound to do as soon as they hear there are fat, juicy-looking strangers in the pool." And Cenerai Croaker glanced around among the tree trunks In a way that made Peggy nervous. "We are merry glints of sunshine, Always gay and feelinur JiiBt fine; We dance all day, and ne'er repine Till we're caught on a hook and line." Gurgling this odd, bubbly song, the water goblins swept Peggy, Billy and General Croaker through the under-water forest on a Jolly frolic a frolic that all too soon was to lead into serious danger. (Tomorrow will be told how Peggy and Billy discover a cave and Ket a scare ) 1HE intimate relations between the mot' tician and the family are professional at first, but our service usually means personal friendship as va result of the help which we are only too glad to extend. We take from the family burden many of the little things that are so hard as at that time the hearts are heavy and each detail means an extra effort for the sorrowful. Our service means that all those things so neat to heavy hearts will b& done at the right place and the proper time. LJIVUUJLL1 Ul AVlVlLf TELEPHONE DOUG S25 CUMING ST. AT NWETEENTH WHERE romance and Indian lore, woodland scenes, sky blue lakes and crystal streams form a charming combination for a delightful summer outing. Bright sunshiny days, cool nights, and pine-scented atmosphere Broad sandy beaches where the children may wade. Deep waters where grown-ups can fight it out with bass or musky. Camps, hotels and cottages, where you can take it easy; and other hotels where you can enter into the gayety of fashionable resort life. And lots of places off the beaten path where you can go with an Indis- guide and fish, camp, tramp in the woods and learn the secrets of woodcraft. Summer Excursion Fares Ask the local ticket Bgent to help plan your trip, or apply to the nearest Consol idated Ticket OrBce. or address nearest Travel Bureau, United States Railroad Administration. 618 Transportation Hldg., Chicago; 143 Liberty Street. New York City; 602 Healey Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. UNiiED-SrATES Railroad-Administration Consolidated Ticket Office, ; 1416 Dodge St., Omaha, Neb.