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You should know that
Omaha is a big commercial center
because it is the gateway of an
immensely wealthy empire with
a high class citizenship organ
ized for big business.
Somebody's getting it, but who?
Omaha ought to be unhealthy for the male
masher, too.
What would the sugar men have done for an
alibi if the country had not gone dry?
Andrew Carnegie is credited with having
given away $350,000,000. Only a few enjoy this
sensation.
Columbus is first stop on the president's
westward swing. Omaha's name has not yet
been drawn.
Poor old John Barleycorn is also blamed
for the high cost of living. Nothing like hav
ing a scapegoat.
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Si
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Lenine proposes to make peace with Rou
lnania. Must envy the record the little country
made in Hungary.
We thought a rule of the police department
forbade the assessment of policemen for any
purpose whatsoever.
If the flat dwellers are able to prove half
they charge against the landlords, they will
have made out a pretty good case.
California is to have three speeches, and
Nebraska is not yet on the schedule for any.
Why does the president thus discriminate?
Late Colonel Ansell says the secretary of
war and the judge advocate general of the army
"framed up" to beat him. At any rate, they won.
Attorney General Palmer also assures us
that the h. c. of l.iis on the wav down.. Now.
fjjVif he f-n just conifnce the dealers of this, all
t WiW "be well.
If a few of the bandits who are prospering
in Omaha were overtaken, the public might be
inclined to forgive the momentary escape of a
bootlegger.
Jupiter Pluvius was not very kind to the
soldier picnickers, but the boys who stood to
, in the trenches learned not to mind a little rain
water long ago.
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Omaha is not only leading in the automo
bile race, but is going in for fine horseflesh
.again. Such a thing as a revival of the horse
show may yet be possible.
i If enough "picture brides" can be landed on
the Pacific coast, the Japanese will have solved
the problem of "peaceful penetration" so far
as the United States is concerned.
Ambassador Morris urges haste in the
recognition of Kolchak. This is wise, if he is
to be recognized at all, for at last accounts his
invasion of Russia was moving rapidly in the
back motion.
Nothing makes an old man madder than to
have a younger one express deference for his
age in an argument. Senator Fall should have
known this before he made his break at Knute
Nelson, who was a grand old warrior in his day.
The dispute now raging over who has the
l most beautiful legs on the stage is beside the
i? point. How do we know the most shapely un
V derpinnings belongs to an actress? And why
') get excited over the stage when the bathing
beaches are open?
if enator Kenyon's bill has brought out some
'I ' very interesting information for those who have
, thought the packers were solely to blame for
' the high price of foodstuffs. There are other
'? combinations at work, some of which escaped
Mr. Colver'sfattention.
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Abominable Doctrine
OMAHA'S INCOMPETENT POLICE.
One salient fact stands strongly forth in
connection with present life of Omaha. This is
the utter failure of the police to furnish the
protection citizens should receive. In all our
history no such carnival ' of crime has been
recorded as has prevailed for several months.
Not alone the petty offenses, but the major
crimes of violence against person or property
have increased to a point that is .well nigh un
bearable. Responsibility for this must be assumed by
those who are in high authority over the police
force. Its operations have not been intelligently
directed, nor have the spasmodic "raids," so
spectacularly staged, produced any material ef
fect. Desperate men and women, even boys,
engage nightly in predatory ventures, and rob
bery and murder, criminal assaults and other
outrages fill the news columns of all the papers
as the result.
It is not necessary to resort to recall pro
ceedings to remedy this. The city commission
has ample power to deal with the situation as
it exists, and acquiescence jn the course now
being pursued with relation to the protection of
the city necessarily implies that the seven com
missioners are willing to divide the blame for
failure to check the crime now rampant. ,
The present police management of Omaha
is incompetent. Will the city commission try
to better conditions?
In the Case of Edith Cavell.
A minority group of a committee of the
American Bar association has given out a re
port in which it finds that Edith Cavell was
executed by the Germans in conformity with
the laws of war. This statement is made, ac
cording to the signers of the report, after full
consideration of all the facts. Americans gen
erally will be astonished that such a con
clusion has been reached by able lawyers.
Brand Whitlpck, more familiar than any
other American with the exact facts surround
ing the arrest, trial and execution of Edith
Cavell, has told his countrymen it was an act
of cruel murder. According to his version, the
act for which this victim of German military
brutality was slain was not a recognized of
fense under the laws or military rules of the
kaiser's army, but an order intended to cover
the point was actually promulgated after she
had been shot to death. All the circumstances
as related by Mr. Whitlock show premeditation
on part of her murderers.
The bar association minority group reaches
its conclusion in connection with the consider
ation of woman's status as a spy, and uses the
Cavell case to support its argument in favor
of doing away with death sentence for women.
The humanitarian sentiment back of the report
will be appreciated, but the wisdom of dis
torting the truth to bolster up compassion for
female spies is questionable. Women engaged
in the work of spies with full knowledge of
the penalty. They took all the other
risks, and it is hardly likely they would shrink
from the greater. At least they incurred it, and
many suffered accordingly when overtaken.
Americans may console themselves, if they
will, with the thought that no spy was put to
death in this country. Many were caught, and
some of the more dangerous and disreputable
were sent to prison, but not one faced a firing
squad. This may be good policy,, but a lot of
honest folks consider it mistaken. Edith Ca
vell, however, was not a spy, nor was she ac
cused as one. She was a nurse, and her offense
was that of helping sick and wounded men,
who afterwards escaped to their own cquntry.
She did not deny this, although her admission
cost her life. To project the legal aspect of
her case into the realm of pure reason, where
its ethical and moral elements disappear, may
serve to support the technical point the bar
association committee aims at, but humanity
will ever regard her as the innocent victim of
military brutality.
Future of the "Gas" Engine.
Petroleum producers have served notice on
makers of automobiles to the effect that a new
type of engine must be evolved, to meet the
lower quality of gasoline. This ought to present
no insuperable difficulty. A few years ago,
when the possibility of alcohol as a fuel was
under consideration, some technical trouble
was encountered in the engines then designed
for consuming high grade gasoline. Different
adjustment of the carburetor, and wider intake
and exhaust parts were the principal suggestions
then made. The success of the Diesel engine,
which uses crude oil for internal explosions to
generate power, points the way to modifica
tions that may be needed. Engineering skill
will surely meet the new problem, and the con
struction and operation of self-propelled
vehicles may perhaps be simplified as a result.
It is not for the automobile alone that the future
of the internal combustion engine is important,
but for industry in general, and any improve
ment made in its form and use will be of wide
service.
Hero Given Barren Land
Testifying before the house interstate com,'
merce committee, Glenn E. PJumb, counsel for
: the railroad brotherhoods, said on Friday that
the members of the Plumb Plan league, which
has been organized to further the proposed
control of the railroads by a directorate of IS,
to be selected by union labor, the operator?
and the president, "believe they have come to
. a new day." They will press that plan "law
fully and through the constitution by ballot."
But in case these means fail, other means will
be tried. Questioned closely by Representative
Saunders of Indiana, Mr. Plumb said: "If the
forces of ftaction prevent the adoption of this
program by lawful means, we know the way
of history."
If this means anything it means revolution
revolution as an undesired alternative, but,
nevertheless, seriously contemplated as a pos
sibility. Mr. Plumb hopes "never to live to
. see the day when the methods necessary go
further than those I have outlined," but he
hints at a menace of riot and bloodshed never
theless. o This is, of course, abominable and un-
American doctrine. It reverses the basic
principle on which the republic rests the rule
of the majority. We cannot tolerate such a
doctrine in a democracy like ours, where the
.will of the people is freely expressed at the
' ballot box. -Providence Journal
The American Legion.
An anonymous correspondent writes to The
I Bee, inquiring: "What is the American Legion?
' Who are its sponsors? Who desire it? Who
craves to rear it on its legs? What's the big
idea?" The American Legion is composed of
men who wore the uniform in 1917, '18 and '19.
It is composed of those who served in the
American army in any capacity. It is Spon
sored by these'men alone, and by no one else.
Those who did the fighting, and who believe the
lessons of patriotism taught by the war should
not be forgotten, nor that treachery then un
covered should again be allowed to go un
checked, are the ones who desire it. " They
"crave to rear it on its legs," that it may be
come a powerful agency for the perpetuation
and propagation of true Americanism. , Its
"big-idea" is to uphold American institutions, to
preserve our liberties, protect our flag at home
and abroad, and to keep alive the spirit of
freedom unsullied. And this is why it is suc
ceeding, in spite of hidden opposition.
Commission men say Nebraska apples and
potatoes are not properly prepared for the
Omaha market. This ought to be remedied,
for while home grown products ought always
to have preference, inferior goods are not en
titled to consideration. Good apples and po
tatoes are grown in this- state, and should al
ways be present for local buyers.
Another shortage of freight cars is antici
pated by the railroad administration, but that
will make no difference if the brotherhoods
decline to run the trains.
From the New York Times.
"Give the returning soldier land," has been
the slogan of many an ambitious legislator.
The slogan, too, has been carried out to some
extent by the federal government. Many sol
diers have taken land grants offered in the
west, and varied and curious have been their
experiences.'
One returned soldier, who had been severely
wounded in action, was given land by the gov
ernment in the state of Washington. With his
$60 bonus and back pay, and a little that he
had saved, he went to the west from Camp
Meade, where he was demobilized. He found
that the land that had been assigned to him was
on top of a barren mountain, and doubted very
much if a goat could have scaled to the heights
where he was supposed to begin cultivation.
This soldier was Sgt. Hugh J. Follette, who
served overseas with the 301st battalion, 305th
brigade, Tank corps, and was wounded in the
assault on the Hincjenburg line, when the tanks
went out ahead of the 27th and 30th divisions.
A shell struck the front of the tank Follette
was driving, and he was. wounded by splinters.
After weeks in a hospital in England he finally
went back to his company and later returned to
the United States, where he was discharged.
In a letter to a friend in this city Follette
tells of the experience that he had in taking
up the government's offer for land:
"I was given a grant of a plot of land in
Washington," wrote Follette. "I went out there
expecting to find a fairly wild spot, but one
where I might make a living. After hiking
through the woods for miles I found that the
place assigned to me was the top of a moun
tain and a goat couldn't have reached it. I
did an about face and beat it for the coast with
what little money I had left. On the way I
bumped into two other ex-soldiers who had
been 'stung' as I had, and we threw in together,
and are now fishing at Doebay, Washington."
It takes a great deal to dampen the ardor
of a soldier, for the fishing, according to Fol
lette, consists of getting up every morning at
5 o'clock and rowing 10 to IS miles a day
after salmon, which nets him about 15 cents a
pound. He has also found time to plant a
sizable garden. He adds:
"I have plenty of ambition in the morning,
but by the time night comes I am ready for
bed. Seven o'clock by the sky, for that is my
timepiece and my roof, finds me tucked away
for a night's rest. I never felt better in my
life and I am glad now that Uncle Sam tried
to tuck me away on the top of a mountain
which I couldn't climb."
Reminders for Posterity
France will preserve some of its war ruins
as monuments. No other nation ever made
such a long and desperate fight for its life and
liberty. The alternative was to put in every
man and all property or to be wiped out as a
government and submit to bondage as indi
viduals. The examples of invasion to be kept
as they are, include the debris of the City of
Bapaume, the smashed columns and statuary of
Peronne, the devastated chateau of Thiepval,
the underground maze of Comblez, the Giv
rency battlefield, and numerous dugouts and
ravaged landscapes. A'-tommission has se
lected these permanent memorials, and as soon
as restrictions on travel are removed the pub
lic may visit the places. Tourists will un
doubtedly flock to these scenes. All who kept
track of the great conflict are already familiar
with the awful destruction wreaked upon an
enlightened and thrifty country by a wicked
neighbor. There are in France worse ruins
than those to be preserved; those of Reims, for
instance, but the story of horror and ruthless
ness will be sufficiently expressed by these ex
ceptions in the work of restoration. Battle
fields have always interested visitors. In the
world struggle of 1914-1918, all of northeastern
France was a battlefield, and swept by a tidal
wave of blood and fire. ' " .
The lesson will be one of unholy ambition
and merciless arrogance in government holding
itself to be warranted to slay and rob for its
own aggrandizement. No doubt future genera
tions will ask: "Could such things be in the
twentieth century?" A period so far removed
from what are called the dark ages. No es
cape will be possible from the grave facts. The
policy of frightfulness was worked to the limit.
It spoke its last curse against mankind before
it collapsed.
France's relics of ruin will plead powerfully
for permanent peace among the nations. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
U. S. Dollars and English Lords
The marquis of Blandford is on the personal
staff of the prince of Wales for the Canadian
and American visit. The marquis is the eldest
son of the duchess of Marlborough. The duch
ess of Marlborough was Consuelo Vanderbilt.
Consuelo Vanderbilt was a daughter of W. K.
Vanderbilt. with Vanderbilt millions.
These American millions, the proceeds pro
ceeding to England, have made it possible for
the marquis of Blandford to be on the personal
staff of the prince of Wales and in that dis
tinguished company get a glimpse of the land
in which the Vanderbilt ( fortune originated and
from which it emerges. '
In these days the personal staff of a prince
has few of the duties of personal attendance
which formerly dignified the nobility to perform.-
But even thus shorn of duties there is a
distinction in attendance upon the person of
royalty.
Americans will concede this honor to the
nice looking boy who represents an achiev
ment of American dollars far removed from
their ordinary and sordid accomplishment.
Americans also may find in the marquis of
Blandford, in personal attendance upon the
prince, a reason for insisting that vast inher
itances in this country be so hit by taxes that
the heir who wishes to take the proceeds abroad
could not buy 10 acres of English countryside
and become even a squire. Chicago Tribune.
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The Day We Celebrate.
James J. Fitzgerald, secretary of the Com
mercial Savings and Loan association, born
1869.
Alfred G. Ellick, lawyer, born 1878.
Willard Eddy, attorney-at-law, born 1845.
Most Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer, archbishop
of Milwaukee, born in Switzerland, 72 years
ago.
Byron P. Harrison, junior United States sen
ator from Mississippi, born at Crystal Springs,
Miss., 38 years ago.
Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher, former prime min
ister of Australia, born in Scotland, 57 years
ago.
John H. Small, representative in congress
of the First North Carolina district, born at
Washington, N. G, 61 years ago.
Charles J. Glidden, one of the first makers
of automobiles in- America, born at Lowell,
Mass., 62 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The Omaha Chess and Whist club met in
room 308 New York Life building, to elect
new officers.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Westminster
Presbyterian church gave a pink social at the
home of Mrs. William Randall, 820 Park ave
nue. The lawn was lighted by Chinese lan
terns and every guest was presented with a
bouquet of pink flowers.
The marriage of Dr. James W. McKean and
Laura B. Wilson, both of Walnut Hill, took
place at the residence of the bride's parents.
J. A. McDougall and Miller Borglum have
gone on a hunting trip into western Nebraska.
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 The Bee to Answer
Wearing the Uniform.
Discharged Soldier The law of
the United States with reference to
the uniform reads: "It shall be
unlawful for anyone not an omcer
or enlisted man of the United States
army, navy or marine corps, to
wear the dulv prescribed uniform
of the United States army, navy or
marine corps, or any distinctive
part of such uniform, or a uniform
anv part of which is similar to a
distinctive part of the duly Pre
scribed uniform of the United States
armv, navy or marine corps. Pro
vided, that the foregoing provisions
shall not be construed so as to pre
vent anv person who has been hon
orably discharged from the United
States army, navy or marine corps,
regular or volunteer, from wearing
his uniform from the place of his
discharge to his home within' three
months after the date of such dis
charge." An order has been issued by the
War department which permits
wearing of the uniform for three
months after discharge. Service
and wound stripes should be worn
only with the uniform. The Vic
tory button is to be worn with civ
ilian garb.
Many Questions Answered.
V. H. If you write to the Re
cruiting Officer, Army Building,
Omaha, sending him a certified copy
of your discharge or of the order
releasing you from the service, he
will forward you a Victory button,
to which you are entitled.
A Soldier's Friend Drafted men
serving in regular army units, as
with the regiments in the Third di
vision, may be held four months
after peace has been declared.
However, these men are rapidly be
ing released from the service, being
replaced by volunteers, who are
being enlisted steadily.
A Soldier's Sister Portions of the
First division are to be held in Ger
many indefinitely: no announcement
has yet been made as to which of
the regiments will be kept there.
The latest statement is that 5,000
combat troops will be held on the
assignment. Definite word vl
probably be given out early in Sep
tember. J. B The 134th infantry has
been demobilised. For information
with regard to an individual soldier,
you should write to the adjutant
general of the army, Washington,
D. C, who can supply you with the
service record and time of discharge
from the service of the soldier you
inquire about.
Inquirer If the soldier you refer
to will take his discharge papers to
the naturalization examiner at the
federal building, he will get his
final citizenship papers.
Herself The 13th infantry was
due to arrive in New York City on
Saturday of last week.
Doughboy Write to the commis
sioner of the general land office,
Washington, D. C, for detailed in
formation concerning public land
that is available for homestead
entry.
LIKE THE FRIARS OF OLD.
Buddhists Priests Have the Easy
Going Ways of Chaucer's Pilgrims.
Nirvana 'and the sutras and the
attainment of selflessness do not
seriously concern the happy-go-lucky
follower of the Buddha pne
often meets in China. He is en
dowed with much the same spirit as
Chaucer's "Frere," and indeed there
are striking points of resemblance
between certain priests of present
day China and members of various
Christian clerical orders of the mid
dle ages, immortalized in Chaucer's
"Prologue."
A none too rigid observance of
monastic etiquette, a rollicking Ra
belaisian sense of humor, a frank
preference for the flesh pots to the
serene tranquility of paradise all
these things malte a wandering
priest trudging through the dust
of a Chinese village rnad a blood
brother of the friar off to Canter
bury. The average uneducated
Buddhist priest does not probe too
deeply in to the tenets of his re
ligions. As a matter of fact, Tao
ism, Confucianism and Buddhism,
the three central religions of China,
are all tangled up together in his
beliefs and practices. And the same
thing is true for the majority of
the Chinese people. I
In the sixth century there was a
learned scholar, Fu Hsi, who went
about in a curious attire, consisting
of a Taoist cap, a Buddhist scarf,
and Confucian shoes. His costume
aroused the curiosity of the em
peror, who asked him if he were
a Buddhist. Fu Hsi only pointed
to his Taoist cap. "Then you are a
Taoist?" Fu Hsi simply pointed to
his Confucian shoes. "Oh, you are
a Confucian?" said the emperor.
But this time he pointed to the
Buddhist scarf. Elsie F. Weil in
Asia.
Carefully Distinguished.
Regrettably, the theatrical busi
ness has suffered. But a glance at
the play bills will show that the
drama has not been harmed. Chi
cago Tribuae.
FOR THE FALLEN.
Lift not the fallen from the rest
They bravely won. Let them be blessed
By rammer rains and mingling soil.
Blithe children's feet and harvest toil,
Give golden souls to blowing wheat.
And lives to keep the white bread sweet
For thosa who saw four Springs of red
Yield up a harvest of the dead.
Let graves be lost; let each marked
mound
Wash down to meet the level ground.
Let bodies blend, and cannon rust
Into the brotherhood of dust.
Bring back the dead? Nay, let them stay,
Our kinship bound in blood and clay.
Pray God, the lands where our lads fall
Shall be of us, and we of all.
Hubert Kelley In Kansas City Star.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"CLOUD LAND.'
(Teggy an1 Billy sail to Cloud Land In
soap bubble balloons. Peggy nd Print-ess
Rainbow are captured by Storm King. In
a battle between Storm King and King
Sun, Billy helps the Sun to win.)
The Bubbles Burst.
EGGT and Princess Rainbow,
held prisoners in the court
yaard of Storm King's castle, eager
ly waatched the battle between
Storm King and King Sun. When
the fighting turned in favor of King
Sun, thanks to Billy's attack on
Storm King with tightly packed
cloud balls, Peggy saw a chance to
escape.
She whispered her plan to the
princess and the two made many
hard cloud balls. Then they crept
toward the guards, and when the
latter turned about, biff, bang, bing!
hard cloud balls hit them in the
eyes, blinding them. They roared in
pain and the guard at the gate came
rushing up, leaving the gate swing
ing open behind him. Slam, whang!
he was greeted by a ball in each
eye. He was hit so hard he saw
stars. Before he could recover from
the shock, Peggy and the princess
darted through the gate, dodged the
retreating Storm army and rushed
on toward the rainbow. There they
were joyfully greeted by the Rain
bow dancers, who at once began a
frolic of rejoicing, with the result
that the rainbow arch burst out into
wondrous beauty.
Storm King's soldiers, seeing this,
and knowing that 1t was a sign of
their utter defeat, surrendered to
the hosts of King Sun.
"My, wasn't King Sun glorious In
battle," whispered Princess Rain
bow to Peggy. "I couldn't watch
him long, because I was blinded by
his dazzling brightness, but what I
saw made me love him more than
ever."
"If you love him, why don't you
marry him?" asked Peggy.
"Why, then I'd have to wear
dark glasses all the time and he
couldn't enjoy my beauty."
"As it Is now, you can't look at
him, and can't enjoy his beauty,"
argued Peggy. "And I tell you, if
you have a chance to marry him
now, you'd better take It, for he is
so handsome that any other lady
would weir dark glasses to look at
him, and you may lose him."
"My stars! I never thought of
that,' 'exclaimed Princess Rainbow.
"I'll get a pair of dark glasses this
very minute,"
When King Sun conquered Storm
King he was very sorrowful, for
he did not find Princess Rainbow in
Storm's castle as he had expected.
With Billy he was returning sadly
to the rainbow arch, when the song
of the rainbow dancers came to
them:
"Rslnbow fairies, one and all.
Come and dance at King Sun s call.
Come to dance and merrily sing,
For he has whipped the bold Storm King.
Our princess fair rules us once more,
We sins "1 dance as In days of yore."
King Sun and Billy raised their
eyes and saw that the arch was
again glowing with color. And
they saw on the throne at the top
Princess Rainbow and Peggy seated
side by side. King Sun gave a
great shout of Joy, for Princess
Rinbow wore a pair of tiny dark
glasses and her two arms were
stretched out in welcome toward
him.
"Hello, King Sun," cried Peggy.
"Your Problem is solved. Your lov
ing princess awaits you. Our work
is done and we must be going
home."
"Can't you wait for the wedding?"
cried Princess Rainbow.
"I'm sorry, but it's Bupper time,
and I'm hungry," answered Peggy.
"And here are our soap bubble bal
loons ready to carry us home."
True enough, there were the bal
loons, waiting like taxicabs to bear
them away. They stepped in, and
slowly floated downward.
"Good-by!" cried King Son and
Princess Rainbow.
As they dropped through the
misty clouds into the clear air be
low, Peggy and Billy looked back.
The rainbow was glowing with a
rfresh beauty as the Rainbow
Dancers danced for the wedding pf
their princess to King Sun.
Down, down, floated the bubbles,
until that bearing Peggy reached
the roof of the house. Instantly it
burst, and bump) Peggy landed
on the porch. But she wasn't uurt
and, waving her hand gayly at the
shimmering rainbow in the eastern
sky, she ran in to supper.
Pfggy and the Princess Darted (in the next Installment will be told the
Through tne uate. I story of a jolly race in uiraiand.
Plea for the Girl.
Omaha, Aug. 26. To the Editor
of The Bee: Two women. How
often It happens when some woman
fills her husband or some other wo
man's huband, or some one else, full
of lead, is placed on trial, the "sob
squad" gets In its work. There is a
full account as to her, her looks,
her wrongs, and especially as to the
becoming manner to which she is
attired. Result, she gains her free
dom, an example maybe for others
to copy.
Recently a young woman of 17
was placed on trial in our city,
charged with forgery. From all ac
counts she had had little of home
life, her first marriage being at the
age o9 14, and since contracting two
others. Her plea was not one of
emotional insanity or brain storm,
but "I done it, I am guilty." Her
sentence was from 1 to 20 years.
Friends, upon the whole, is not this
girl, a mere child in years, more an
enemy of self than society?
Her name has been published
broadcast. What good has it ac
complished? Upon the first offense
were it not better, especially in the
case of girls and women, that their
names be kept from the public?
Should we not be merciful and make
their pathway to a better life eas
ier? All in all, are there not too
many, both men and women, whose
lives have been blasted, having made
a mistake? The current of public
opinidn has lots of times carried
them down, when it might have
been otherwise. Such at least
are the views of
CLAUD F ELLISON.
1609 Califprnia Street.
EXPERT'S CAR VERDICT.
Automobile Is Responsible for De
creased Revenues.
The street railway lines of this
country have not been flourishing
these last few years and we have
reference to no particular line. Their
costa of operation have been increas
ing and their traffic has been falling
off. But it isn't anybody's fault. It
is due simply to changed conditions
in this country to the advent of the
automobile. At reast, that was the
testimony recently of an expert
transportation man in Boston.
mere are 186,000 motor cars in
Massachusetts," the expert said, "and
5,000 street cars, and more than the
European war and the rising costs
of labor and material, the motor car
has been responsible for the down
grade tendency of the street car sys
tem of the United States."
The motor car certainly has had
a bad effect upon the traction lines
of the country, but it has not been
figured as affecting the street rail
way system to any great extent by
the casual observer. However, the
street car people themselves have
been realizing the changed condi
tions for some time, although this
is probably the first time arn expert
has ventured to give the facts offi
cially. Columbus Dispatch.
Right You Are.
In the face of a sugar shortage, or
a boost in the price of butter, how
far awy seem the spiritual affairs
of the Jugo-Slavs and the duck
billed Ruthenians, how remote the
territorial integrity of Andorra and
Patagonia. We are an altruistic
people, if you let a certain party
tell it, but we must have sugar In
our coffee. Chicago Tribune.
Miss Emily Hubeny
Tells How Cuticura
Healed Pimples
"Being forced to perform outdoor
work I was troubled with heat pimples
over my hands, face and
neck. The pimples wen&
very hard and red and were
in great blotches. I became
a sufferer of severe itching
and lose of sleep. Scratch
ing burst the pimples and
a coating of scales came
over the irritated places that caused
great disfigurement.
"This trouble lasted two months
and then I used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. I found that they relieved
me and I used four cakes of Soevp
with three boxes of Ointment when
I was healed." (Signed) Miss Emily
Hubeny, Rolling Stone, Minn.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal
cum are all you need for all toilet
uses. Bathe with Soap, soothe with
Ointment, dust with Talcum.
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c. Takora
25c. Sold throughout the world. For
sample each free address: "CstkiM Lab
oratories, Dee. H, Maiden, Maes."
9S5TC Ml icura Soap shane wftnout mug.
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is indicative of a
superior musical
natureVsays Melba
Words, arguments,
reputation count
for little. HEAR the
Mason & Hamlin
and you will
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prices are
our time
prices.
We take Liberty
Bonds at par.
1513 DOUGLAS ST.
The Art and Music Store.
Solving the H. C. L.
, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of
Columbus University, at a recent luncheon in
San Francisco, in discussing the high cost of
living said :
"Violent denunciations of the economic sys
tem will have little or no effect. The real rem
edies are to be found in government economy
and private thrift."
You can help bring about the former by uni
versally demanding economy on the part of the
National government and also State and Muni
cipal authorities.
You can aid in the campaign for private
thrift by opening an account in the Savings De
partment of the First National Bank and making
regular weekly deposits.
And remember that individual thrift is the
basis of all prosperity.
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First National
IBank of Omaha