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THE - BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1919.
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.Almost every important coal pro
ducing field from Illinois to the
Rockies has direct railroad con
nection with Omaha.
Cooler days are coming soon.
. Words without reasons carry no convictions.
The world may yet thank God for the senate.
s Brewing is another home industry that is
'meeting with some disfavor.
"Black Jack" got a big send-off
York, but wait till he hits Nebraska 1
New
Whatever else may happen, the president
is having av fine ride through a splendid country.
. Be very patient, for the hot weather is put
ting the finishing tbuches on a magnificent corn
crop.
Japan does not like the attitude of the
American senate. Well, the feeling is mutual
just' now.
Ukrainia has dr-'eed death a punishment for
leaders in anti-Jewish pogroms. This is a sign
of progress.
! ; v Well, the senator finally got a
the president, but think how hard
to .work for it.
boost from
he has had
RETURN OP GENERAL PERSHING.
Some quality of unusual interest attends the
arrival of General John J. Pershing at a home
port. It is not alone the leader of a victorious
army who has come back to be again a dweller
in the home land. Were he only that, the fact
would be occasion for public demonstration.
He is a simple American soldier, who has just
completed an assignment, and returns to
carry on.
Twenty-seven months ago he slipped away
from his native shores secretly, his departure
guarded by every device for preventing its
being known. To the world he was an experi
ment, but embodied its hope. On him rested
tremendous responsibility. A country of un
limited resources bus without an army, had en
tered a war in the making of which were em
ployed the resources of great nations, and the
engagement of millions of veteran troops.
-Pershing could only expect to lead men un
trained in the art and science of arms; his task
was complicated by all the possible drawbacks
that might confront a great strategist. An army
had to be built from raw material, equipped and
mantained from hurriedly contrived supplies,
and then taken across an ocean through the
obvious terror of the U-boat and mine fields.
Once there, its bases must be organized, com
munications established, and all the features
and elements of the field campaign set up de
novo, with the single exception that the enemy
was present in force wherever the leader
turned. ) I
Only an American, thoroughly imbued with
the spirit of his country, could have' calmly
undertaken so stupendous a job. Pershing went
across unknown, he returns a world figure. No
leader of armies has won higher honor or de
serves greater praise. Just as Americans are
honestly proud of the wonderful army they as
sembled and sent abroad, so are they rejoiced
that its able, modest leader has now come
home in safety, with his work well done.
Monroe Doctrine Amendment
; jOld King Ak showed the visiting merchants
a merry time. Too bad the president could not
have stopped over and enjoyed the real show.
. ','Wilson's militant style stupefies foes of the
league," says the W.-H. headliner, but it does
not appear to be getting him any votes, and
that is what he set out to hunt.
Shutting .down the street cars deprived a
great many people of a chance to see the presi
dent, and did not materially add to the im
pressiveness of the parade or the safety of the
distinguished ;' guest.
- If, as the Brooklyn Eagle insists, the con
stitution carries sufficient reservations on Ar
ticle X,' why not have the same expressed'with
some formality, so that other nations may un
derstand the point the same as we do?
. : Again The Bee demonstrated to the people
the, difference between a newspaper and an
organ. Its extra edition, first on the streets,
contained a fuller account of the president's
address than was given by the others in their
later( tries.
Chairman Hays is right when he tells the
country the vote on the treaty will come as
soon as the president tells his democratic sup
porters when. Republicans have no desfre to
delay it a minute longer than is necessary to
let the "swallow-it-whole" crowd say their say.
:. Omaha' mobilized a real honest-to-goodness
army- yesterday of 25,000 public school chil
dren, who are marching along to make the
world a better place to live in. We have as
much pride in these soldiers as in those who
tramped the- hills and plains of France a year
tgo. '
Another point in connection with the presi
dent's Omaha speech. His deliberate effort to
discredit congress with the people is unworthy
f him. 'The congress of the United States is
elected by the people, and the "voices most
audible in Washington" are those of the repre
sentatives of free Americans, in this instance
chosen against the expressed wish and earnest
appeal of , the president of the L'nited States
that some others be selected.
Brass Tacks, Mr. President
President Wilson didn't debate the peace
treaty in Columbus. He says he is not going
to debate it anywhere. He will expound it
that is, tell what is in it and why it was put
there. : If he sticks to this program and we
have his own word for it in the Columbus ad
dress he will not dwell on what is left out of
the treaty that a host of American citizens
would like to have in it, or at least in reserva
tions .accompanying its ratification by the
senate. '
While Mr. Wilson was sermonizing beau
tifully on the league covenant and peace terms
at the Ohio capital the foreign relations com
mittee of the senate was approving such reser
vations. We take it that the very thing the
thinking people of this country want just now
is a aeoate ana not a sermon, iney wtsn to
have it cleared up in their minds whether the
thing the senate committee is undertaking to
do is the right thing or the wrong thing. Mr.
Wilson's opinion is solicited. They desire that
the president get right down to brass tacks on
the merits of the whole reservation contro
versy. He didn't get within gunshot or "naked-
eye vision of the tacks in Columbus. Can it
be that he is deferring that till he reaches
Minneapolis next Tuesday?
The senate committee -has now given pre
cisely the kind of text the people would like
to have Mr. Wilson talk to in his subsequent
speeches. Do we or do we not need reserva
tions as to domestic questions, as to the Mon
roe doctrine, as to withdrawal privileges, as
to Article X and as to other matters upon
which the draft of the pending treaty has been
challenged in the senate and out of it?
Brass tacks, Mr. President, brass tacks.
alinne.aRolis Tribune . '
Bolshevism and the Treaty.
Gen. Jan Smuts, who prepared the draft for
the League of Nations covenant which was
accepted by the Paris conference, does not
share the views expressed by the president that
it will end bolshevism. He gave it as his opin
ion when leaving London for South Africa that
Russia's future, rested with the Russians alone,
ard that the world would have to accept what
ever form of government they adopted. This,
he anticipated, would be a modified form of the
soviet republic.
Nothing in the treaty, expressed or implied,
will operate to settle domestic questions, and
the spread of the "red revolution" is one of
these. America is not seriously menaced by
this lunacy. Popular government is too se
curely founded to be shaken -by such a storm.
An insinuation that unless we follow the presi
dent implicitly we may be engulfed in the
chaos that overwhelmed Russia is fit only to be
put alongside the "He kept us out of war"
slogan. As far as Europe is concerned, we can
not interfere there, nor could we, were the
treaty and the league adopted fifty times over.
By it we would yet be bound to permit any
people to establish the government it feels will
meet its needs.
No plea yet made for the League of Na
tions is weaker than the suggestion if it be
swallowed whole that the political Storm
clouds will clear away at once, the angry waves
that disturb the economic life of the world will
be stilled, and the beautiful rainbow of uni
versal peace will span the heavens.
European peoples, long submerged, are
struggling to find their feet; we can help them,
but will do so better by not trying to force
on them any prescription of our own for their
government. When they are able to stand up
we can and will deal with them, but first of all
they must help themselves. Our own affairs,
which still hold something of concern, even to
the most philanthropic, will prosper just as we
give them careful attention. Social discontent
that finds expression in anarchy is not a
novelty, nor is it likely to be cured by a super
national combination whose ultimate powers
are only human.
President Losing Ground.
In spite of the persistent barrage of opti
mistic predictions laid down by the fuglemen of
the administration, the president's cause seems
to be losing ground. At any rate, reports from
Washington indicate that it is losing votes.
Instead of having the democratic group solidly
behind his plan to adopt the treaty and the
covenant it contains just as conveyed at Ver
sailles, Mr. Wilson is confronted by the fact
that some of the most influential of his party
associates have declared themselves in favor
of the reservations. Others who are not ready
to come out into the open as yet have declared
that the assertion that they are for the treaty
as presented is unwarranted. The small block
of "mild reservationists" is breaking up, some
of its members expressing themselves as ready
to accept the report of the committee. Thus
it begins to look as if the confident predictions
of Senator Hitchcock that the president would
triumph were made without sufficient informa
tion, and that instead of being "stupefied" by
the president's speeches, the careful considera
tion of what is contained in the treaty has led
the senators more certainly to the conclusion
that it should not be swallowed whole. It will
be ratified, as has been stated from the first,
but with definite reservations.
From the Chicago Tribune.
When the president was answering the in
terrogation of senators at the recent confer
ence he made the following statement in regard
to the provisions supposed to cover the Mon
roe doctrine; -
"There absolutely was no doubt as to the
meaning of any one of the resulting provisions
of the covenant in the minds of those who par
ticipated in drafting them, and I respectfully
submit that there is nothing vague or doubtful
in their wording. The Monroe doctrine is
mentioned expressly as an understanding which
in no way is to be impaired or interfered
with by anything contained in the covenant."
A reader of The Tribune and, by the way,
he was an officer and shows the reluctance so
common in the A. E. F. to our involvement in
European politics has submitted a significant
parallel to Mr. Wilson's remarks, quoted from
Lord1 Robert Cecil by the London Mail:
"The amendment respecting the Monroe
doctrine does not specifically recognize what
is commonly understood to be the American .
conception of that feature of American for
eign policy,- but the amendment was frankly
accepted in order that the occasion for cer
tain opposition to the league covenant in
America might be removed. The amendment
may be described as vague in its essence. It
leaves the Monroe doctrine where SO years
or so of international practice has left it, and
one gathers that it is regarded as fully satis
fying American susceptibilities about the car
dinal features of their international policy."
We think this statement of Lord Robert,
who was the member of the conference for
Great Britain held chiefly responsible in the
matter of formulating a covenant, should be
read and pondered by every American who is
inclined to accept the assurances of advocates
of ratification without reservation.
Lord Robert's statement of his understand
ing is in flat contradiction of the president.
Mr. Wilson says "there is nothing vague in
their wordings." Lord Robert says: "The
amendment may be described as vague in its
essence."
But the most serious consideration arising
from this deadly parallel is derived from Lord
Robert's 'disclosure of the real purpose of the
amendment.' as he understands it. It does not
recognize the American conception of the doc
trine, but was acceped "frankly" to allay cer
tain American opposition to the covenant. Mr.
Wilson declares there was no doubt as to the
meaning of any provision, that there was noth
ing vague, that the Monroe doctrine is named
expressly as "in no way to be impaired or
interfered with by anything contained in the
covenant. Lord Robert declares our con
ception of the doctrine is not recognized and
that the amendment is vague in essence and
accepted only to allay opposition to the covenant.
If this is a meeting ot minds our eye
sight is poor. Either Mr. Wilson does not
know what Lord Robert understood, or, know
ing, is concerned only to allay American oppo
sition by giving a false, impression of the
amendment.
We should hesitate to make the latter
charge, but the necessary alternative is the con
clusion that Mr. Wilson has been deceived and
that his assurance to the senate that all was
pertect understanding at the conference is a
dangerous error.
The parallel demonstrates, moreover, the
absolute need for clear reservations not only
as to the Monroe doctrine, but as to all essen
tial points of America's vital interests. Lord
Robert's statement is warning of what the
future will develop in the way of misunder
standings, mutual incriminations, and danger
ous friction.
In fact, it emphatically points to the wisdom
of demanding an explicit recognition of the
Monroe doctrine by the principal powers which
propose to lean so heavily upon our unweak
ened arm. America has asked nothing from the
peace conference or the associated powers and
she has got exactly what she asked. This is
false altruism.
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Labor's Sovereign Remedy
There have been many treatises onthe cause
and cure of high prices, profiteering and social
unrest more recondite than that presented by a
comrriittee of the New York Federation of
Labor, but none stronger in common sense,
economic truth and homely philosophy.
The immediate cause: Uncertainty as to
government regulations, uncertainty as to new
legislation, uncertainty as to labor's attitude
and uncertainty as to future market conditions.
In such a situation the stage is set for specu
lation, extravagance, indolence and demogogic
arts.
The first remedy: There must be suspension
of class and party struggles for advantage, a
determination at once to increase production
of all essential commodities, co-operation be
tween employers and employes to accomplish
as much in eight hours as formerly was gained
in 10 and an absolute truce as regards strikes
and lockouts for six months at least, so that
the people may have a breathing spell and the
president be given the same loyal support in
meeting the problems of peace that was ac
corded to him in time of war.
Noble principles these, patriotic in every
word of them and statesmanlike in their saga
cious grasp of conditions seen and foreseen. It
is organized labor that is speaking in further
ance of the policies of a president whose acts
and utterances in these matters have been char
acterized as extreme if not revolutionary. But
if this is not true conservatism, where are we
to look for it? New York World.
Great American Educator.
Few leaders in American educa
tional circles are more widely known
than Dr. James H. Klrkland, Chan
cellor of Vanderbilt university, who
celebrates his 60th birthday anniver
sary today. Dr. Kirkland comes of
a family that has been conspicuous In
religious and educational work for
several generations. His early edu
cation was received at Wofford col
lege, in his native town of Spartan
burg, S. C. After graduating from
that institution In 1877 he went
abroad for post-graduate study. Upon
his return he became professor of
Greek and German in his alma
mater. The years 18S3-86 he spent
in further travel and study abroad.
His connection with the Vanderbilt
university dates from 1886, when he
became professor of Latin in the
Nashville institution. Since 1893 he
has been chancellor of the univer
sity. In addition to his education
work Dr. Kirkland has written ex
tensively for the educational and'
philost phlcfjl reviews.
Canadian Conservative Ix'ader.
Sir James Ixnitfhead, who has just
celebrated his 65th birthday, has
Rerved as the leader of the conserva
tive members in the Dominion sen
ate ever since the retirement of Sir
Mackenzie Bnwell during the ses
sion of l!06-7. Sir James was born
at Brampton, Ontario, and in early
life removed to Toronto, where he
received his education In the law
and was admitted to the bar in 1881.
The next year he went to western
Canada, stopping for a while in Win
nipeg and then taking up his per
manent residence in Calgary, where
he scon rose to high prominence In
the legal profession. He was made
a queen's counsel by the Dominion
government, and was summoned to
the senate in 1889. In 1911 he be
came a member of the Dominion
cabinet and in the same year he was
one of the representatives of the
senate at the coronation of King
George and Queen Mary.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE PRINCE OF DOLLARS."
(The Prlnco of Dollar U out In a rac
ing auto to find tho lost mermaid. Peggy,
Billy and Judge Owl go with him. They
hear a voice In the mountain and follow
It through a gathering atorm.)
DAILY DOT PUZZLE
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Champion of the Cattle Men.
Senator John B. Kendrick of
Wyoming, who has lately passed his
C2d birthday, has been one of the
most candid and forceful critics, in
congress and out, of the business
methods and monopolistic tendencies
of the packers who control the meat
trade of the United States. His home
is in Sheridan, and he comes from a
legion where the raising of animals
used by the packers is an important
industry, and where he can gain
first-hand information of the effect
upon producers of the middlemen's
tactics. He owns large ranches in
northern Wyoming and southern
Montana. He grew up in Texas,
lived for a time in Colorado, and
then settled in Wyoming. In 1910 he
began his public career as a member
of the Wyoming senate. In 1915 he
became governor and continued to
fill thnt office until his election to the
United States senate.
CHAPTER III. '
Tlio Fleeing Voice.
OOM - ur - ur - boo - oom -boo-
oom! roared the thunder
among the mountains. And then
as the lightning flashed bllndlngly
close at hand the roar turned Into
a sharp crash-sh-bang-rippety!
Fast and still faster up the moun
tain road drove the Prince of Dol
lars, following the sweet voice that
sped on ahi d of the racing auto.
"My merrnald love, wait for us!"
cried the prince. "We will save
you from the fury of the storm."
But the sweet voice did not stop.
It went on and on as swiftly as the
flying motor car. Peggy and Billy
grasped each other's hands and
wondered what the end of this
strange race would be.- No girl or
boy or man not even an Indian
could run as fast as the auto was
going, and yet the voice was float
ing on ahead up the mountain road
without any sign of strain or ef
fort. And how the mermaid could find
her way in the pitch-black darkness
and among the trees of the moun
tain forest was a mystery to Peggy
and Billy. The auto had lights, but
there was nothing to show the path
to the singer except the frequent
flashes of lightning.
Again Peggy whispered to Billy:
"Perhaps she is a witch."
Now the wind came rushing and
shrieking over the mountain top. It
made the auto shake and threat-
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Hoo!
Hoo! I've Got Her," Hooted
Judge Owl.
The makes a splendid dish,
In fact, it's quite a favorite .
Draw from one to two and ao on to the
ena. i
ened to sweep the big car back
down the road. It swirled among
the trees, bending them over as if
they were reeds.
The prince stopped the machine
In the shelter of a great cliff. "She
will be swept away by this storm!
I must find my mermaid," he cried.
But as suddenly as it had started
the rush of wind stopped. There
was a brief pause and then down
came the rain in sweeping sheets of
water.
Above the pelting of the rain came
the voice again, pure, sweet,
melodious.
"She is calling- me. I come! I
come!" shouted the prince, and he
dashed away in the dark woods.
"If she is a witch, she may carry
him away," cried Billy, leaping after
the prince.
"I'll go with you," screamed Peg
gy, and she ran after Billy, while
Judge Owl came flying on behind.
Flashes of lightning showed them
the prince standing under a tall tree
In puzzled confusion. The voice
was no longer ahead of them. It
was not at either side, nor behind
them. Yet It was very near.
"The mermaid is up In that tree,"
cried Billy.
"How In the world could she get
there?" gasped Peggy, for the trunk
looked far too smooth for climbing.
"Come down, come down, my
belovfl mermaid." shouted the
prince. But the only answer was
another trill In the song.
"Hoo! Hoo! I ll go up after
her," hooted Judge Owl, flapping
into the darkness. For a moment
the only sound heard was the rum
ble of thunder, the beat of the rain
upon the leaves, and the song from
above. Then abruptly the song
ended In a shriek.
"Hoo! Hoo!. I've got her,"
hooted Judge Owl, and a flash of
lightning disclosed him fluttering
with something clutched in his
claws.
Another flash came, and there
was Judge Owl beside them, with a
small bird struggling in his talons.
"Why, that's only a bird. Where's
the mermaid?" cried Peggy.
"Sing!" hooted Jude Owl to the
bird, and from Its throat poured the
song they had been following all tkr
way up the mountain.
"The song of my mermaid love,"
shouted the prince.
"She has turned into a bird,"
exclaimed Billy.
(In tomorrow's chapter
them Ktrange thlngn.)
the bird telle
Japan's Grab in Shantung.
The language of the president's address
leaves the impression that 'Japan gets rather
less in Shantung under the treaty than was held
by Germany. Here is the language of the
opening paragraph of article 156, section viii
of Part IV of the Treaty of Versailles:
Germany renounces in favor of Japan all
her rights, titles and privileges particularly
those concerning the territory of Kiaochow,
railways, mines and -submarine cables which
she acquired in virtue of a treaty concluded
by her with China on March 6, 1898, and of
all Other arrangements relative to the prov
ince of Shantung.
How could Japan possibly have gotten more
than is awarded by this? It is true that Eng
land and France were bound by secret compact
to give this to Japan, but in what sense was the
United States bound to any such arrangement?
And how does this assent by our president
square with his firmness in ' refusing to give
Fiume to Italy? And, while he was rearranging
the boundaries of central Europe, why did he
not give some heed of China's plea for simple
justice?
Belated Passing of the Buck
A correspondent of The New York Evening
Post has taken the trouble to interview as
many as possible of the 93 representatives
of German "kultur" who in 1914 issued the
manifesto absolving Germany from all guilt
or wrongdoing, but can find only one who
still defends the document, and that is Her
mann Sudermann, dramatist, who is supposed
to have been the author of it. Prof. Lujo
Brentano, a scientist, says he consented to
the use of his name by telegraph, and did
not see the text until he received a! venomous
protest from Yves Guyot, but having once
put his name to the document had to de
fend it as best he could. Prof. Max Rein-
hardt, musical director, gave his consent by
telephone without seeing the text, and refused
to sign the answer made to the tnglish pro
fessors who protested against the document.
Felix Weingartner, a famous musician, makes
a similar excuse. Max Liebermann, an artist,
defends his signature on the ground that all
the information at his command was what the
German government gave out. And so they
go! Toronto Globe.
Great Iioer Soldier.
Lieut. (.Jen. Jan Christian Smuts,
who ha.s been invited to become pre
mier of the South African Union is
succession to the late General Botha,
has a record of past achievements in
many directions, as student, lawyer,
soldier and statesman, such as few
men ran show. He is a native of
Cape Colony, and began the practice
of law in Johannesburg, arter a bril
liant career as a student at Cam
bridge university. At the outbreak
of the South African war he joined
the Boer forces and rose to the su
preme command in Cape Colony.
After the conclusion of peace he
ployed a most important part in the
work of reconstruction. During the
world war he rendered most valuable
services to the empire, first as Gen
eral Botha's able second in command
of the campagn in German South
west Africa, and later as commander
of the imperial forces in the East
African campaign. In the latter part
of the war he was called to England
to serve as a member of the im
perial war cabinet.
The Wrong Idea.
Where do people get the idea that
destroying property accomplishes
anything good? Y,et when a man
has a grievance or a reform is de
sired the first thing is to go out with
an ax and bump something. There's
nothing to it. Los Angeles Times.
Vacuums Are Convincing.
If the sum total of investigations
is to be a whitewash of profiteers the
people will lose confidence in their
institutions and representatives, for
any man knows when his pocket is
Picked even though sophistry confuse
him Baltimore American.
IN A GARDEN.
If you want to see bathing girls, the beach
is the place. On the stage clothing is required.
The Day We Celebrate.
Maj. Gen. Guy Carleton. U. S. A., one of the
recipients of the distinguished service, medal,
born at Austin, Tex., 62 years ago.
Victor F, Lawson, well-known Chicago
newspaper publisher, born in Chicago, 69 years
ago.
Marguerite Snow, widely celebrated as a
motion picture actress, born at Savannah, Ga.,
27 years ago.
What can they know of the thlnge I
know
Or see of the thinpa I ee.
When I climb to the height of the garden
at night.
And they will not climb with me?
They npver shall catch the tinkling tune
Of the foxglove's rosy bells,
Nor see white candy-tuft like lacee
Framing the purple pansy faces.
They never mav learn the bedtime song
Of the thrush that trills in the Jasmine
vine.
Nor watch the sweet peas' drowsy
bonnets
Nodding down from the trellis line.
While the paic-hued phloxes' whispered
call
To the blue delphinium by the wall
Is a thing they never can hear at all.
And yet it Is not hard to be
A part of the garden pageantry
If the heart climbs too, set free.
But what can they know of the things
I know,
Or see of the things I see.
If I climb to the garden's end alone.
And they will not climb with me?
EDNA MEAD in the New York Times.
What Redress for Rent Raising?
Omaha, Sept. 7. To the Editor
of The Bee: Our lease expiring
September 1, our noble landlord has
suddenly and without warning
raised our rent $75 per month, be
ginning October 1.
Inasmuch as we supply and have
continually supplied our own heat,
light, janitor service and repairs,
the gentleman cannot fall back
upon the hackneyed alibi, the high
cost of fuel and labor.
During the nine years we have oc
cupied the premises we have helped
greatly in making the property. The
landlord has not aided so much as
to supply a screen door or a coat
of exterior paint, although in the
nine years, for the 12 feet fac
ing Farnam street, we have paid
him over J2,000.
This raise has not been peculiar
to us. but has gone all the way up
the line from 1607 to 1617, from
Mogy's to Geisler's Bird store, and
has affected the various tenants in
strange ways. Mogy is found dead
under distressing circumstances, the
Wolfe Electric company is cruelly
forced out at a high cost of moving,
Myers-Dillon is up in the air. Bar
ker Bros., that's us, are debating
seriously whether to suffer the
stings of an outrageous landlord or
to fly to others; Moyer Stationery
pays with the grace of a victim of a
gentleman burglar. The House of
Menagh, raised $150 per month.
quit business. The Pig and Whis
tle, a newly stalled enterprise, is
forced to yield or suffer the added
expense of moving and re-establishing
themselves; the barber shop
raised hair cut to 50 cents and
shaves to 25 cents and then can
hardly make it go. Geisler's ex
clusive bird store is affected, too.
Canary birds and dogs go sky high
and why? Our landlord, residing
somewhere in or near Boston, wants
more return on his holdings.
The question is this, Mr. Editor;
Must we yield and is there no re
dress? Must we sacrifice our little
business which we have been build
ing up day and night for nine hard
years? The landlord says, "Pay or
get out." What can we do?
GEORGE BARKER.
Barker Bros. Paint Co.
" SUMMER DRIED WIT.
Judge: I understand that you prefer
charges against this man?
Baker: No, sir. I prefer cash, and
that's what I had him brought here for.
Pearson's Weekly.
Hokus: Doollttlo seems to have am
bitions, but Is too indolent to carry them
out.
Poltus: Yes, If he should ever begin
anything he'd be too laiy to stop. Life.
He: Why la Adeline so angry with the
photographer ?
She: She found a label on the back
of her picture saying, "The original of
this photograph Is carefully preserved!"
Harrington: What Is that blank space
on the menu?
Carrlngton: That Is where you drink
a silent toast to the stuff you used to
drink a toast with. Cartoons Magazine.
"Do you know Jones?"
"I lent him a tenner this morning. X.
should aay I know him."
"You lent him a tenner? Then I should
say you don't know him." Edinburgh
Scotsman.
"You must have said something dread
ful to Mr. Bestseller."
"I merely suggested that he hire the
fellow who got up his advertisements
to write his books for him." Browning's
Magazine.
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Willis: This paper says that the num
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Gillls: I don't believe It. There's as
many of them calling on my daughter
as ever. Town Topics.
"So your daddy's got a new set of
false teeth, has he? What'a he going
to do with his old ones?"
"Oh, I expect mother will cut them
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"They say the kaiser Is spending 11.000
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"Whew! They must be paying wood
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DAILY CARTOONETTE.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
H. B. Coryell was elected to succeed Mr.
Millard on. the board of education.
C R Scott was granted permit to build
a three-story brick store at S14 South Thir
teenth, for $11,500.
The young men of tKe Y. M. C. A. held a
social and business meeting. W. R. Carlson
'?nd the Cramer brothers sang, and W. S.
Heller amused the audience with dialect read
ings. Five new mail carriers went to work: An
drew Peters, William Mores, William ' Maher,
W. Westergard. George Anderson. i
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at,
ERIC J. HALLGREN, President.
W. B. BURKETT, Vice President.
RALPH F. CLARY, Sec'y-Treas.
2404-6 AMES AVENUE
PHONE COLFAX 175.
OMAHA, NEB.
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