THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919.
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Subscrlbera luvlnf th city ahould hav tho Bo mallad
to than. Addreee changed efUn u roquoated.
You should know that
Omaha is the third largest farm
implement distributing center in
the United States.
Now, if Kelly will only surrender
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V Renti art not going quite 10 high, thanks
to The Bee.
It remained for the navy to give the presi
dent a thrill the army never approached.
Discharged British soldiers are being em
ployed as housemaids in London. "K. P."
training is coming hancjy now.
A shoal of mackerel is reported to have
driven a bunch of bathing women out of the
waters. Generally it is suckers.
An "ace of aces" it to edit a woman's paper
in Paris. Bayard Taylor wrote long ago that
the "bravest are the tenderest."
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Two Texas grain companies have paid the
penalty for "unfair and deceptive" practices,
which fact ought to warn others that the law
has teeth.
Venustiana Carranza has renewed his
promise that he will not be a candidate for
president. .You recall old Omar's remark, "But
was I sober when I swore?"
Hoover does not want to go back to Europe
nor to run for president. He is looking for the
quiet life of an American citizen, which he has
well earned bv his war services.
The state authorities are getting ready for
a possible recurrence of the "flu," which is wise
enough. No such shortage of doctors as was
encountered last year will prevail again, however.
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The case against the packers is to be laid
before1 a federal grand jury in Chicago. If the
. overnment does not make out any better there
than it has in the court of public opinion, it will
rfl
(i-i be .wasted effort.
' Steel mill unions srfe putting a tremendous
responsibility on the president. He will scarcely
be able to get another Adamson law passed, so
if they mean business we might as well get
ready to face a strike.
General Obregon declares his readiness, to
lead an army for Mexico in case that country
is invaded by the United States. If he makes
no more headway than he did against Villa,
the Yankee boys should worry.
The remarkable thing about it is that neither
the state agent's nor the "morals squad" had
anything to do with unearthing the headquar
ter! of a band of auto thieves. Sheriff "Mike"
Clark and his men attended to it, and it is a
clean job all the way through.
The president says he saved the right of
congress to declare war. Maybe, but can you
imagine what would have happened if he had
undertaken to assent to somebody else doing it
for us? As it is, the ambiguity of the clause
he approves demands clarification.
Germany is stirred up over the order from
the peace conference with reference to Austria,
but will very likely comply. It is not an
auspicious time for the building up of another
Teutonic alliance in central Europe, although
that ..will very likely come eventually.
The Lesson from Boston
" What is happening in Boston can happen in
any other large American city in like circum-
.f stances. The great majority of the people there
as elsewhere are predisposed to law and order
and never need the restraints of law trans
lated into terms of physical force. But it is
-equally true that a numerous minority are held
in respect for the personal and property rights
of others only by compulsion, and when that is
withdrawn they revert at once to the control
of primitive instincts.
; For this situation of general mob rule and
riot and looting and murder the Boston police,
organized as a labor union and acting as such
in affiliation with other labor unions, stand
forth as wholly responsible. They knew ex
actly what would result from their action.
They deliberately invited such a result. They
made the certain consequences all the more
' immediate and widespread by the very publicity
and concert of their action so carefully and
" showily calculated. They not only deserted
their sworn duties in the face of the enemy
but they did their best to inform the enemy
of the precise time when the city was to be
, disarmed and delivered over to the mob.
The developments in Boston are the im-
' mediate concern of every city in the country.
The fire there started demands precautionary
measures everywhere against its spread. And
what started the fire there will start it wher
ever tolerated.
The police of a city can no more be allowed
to organize in allegiance to forces and interests
outside the constituted authority than regi
ments of an army can be allowed to do so.
This is obvious. It is beyond all thought of
toleration. The intelligence of the personnel of
the average American police force should make
this clear to themselves. Their interests held
in common with other citizens should be com
manding. " - Soon or late the Boston police union as a
' militant strike organization will have to give
, way and dissolve. It is incumbent upon other
cities to see that -such unions are not allowed
; to start New York World.
ECONOMIC PRESSURE.
Advocates of the League of Nations lay
great stress on the method of enforcing the
mandates of the league's supreme council on
refractory or delinquent nations, that of "eco
nomic pressure." In plain words, this means
the boycott. Whenever a nation falls under the
displeasure of the council, it will be subjected
to the inconvenience of being isolated, deprived
of all commerce and communication with the
members of the league, and caused to endure
whatever of suffering may thus be entailed.
Conceivably, this is a terrible punishment
With all the nations bound up in a close agree-,
ment, only one completely self-contained could
hope to withstand the pressure so exerted.
Therefore force of arms would not have to be
employed to bring the recalcitrant back to har
monious relations with the steadfast.
Several questions suggest themselves in this
connection. In time of war and especially un
der modern conditions, the establishment of an
effective blockade is all but impossible. In
1915 the combined navies of England, France
and Russia were not sufficient to perfectly bot
tle up Germany. The British council resorted
to the expedient of a "paper blockade" in order
to cut off supplies that were being sent in to
the central powers. When the "economic
pressure" is employed, will ships of war be less
necessary or more efficient? It may be ad
mitted that the sequestered nation would be
ready to pay liberally for necessaries, and it is
just as certain that venturesome traders would
undertake to supply them. Could such a sub
stitute for war, which is war in another form,
bring the offender to terms?
Would the League of Nations be permitted
to set aside the mail service, established and
maintained under another form of international
association? Even in war times, the passage of
mail under scrutiny is permitted, but the pro
ponents of "economic pressure" threaten to
suspend even this privilege.
For the practical workings of such a scheme,
the present case of Germany affords an excel
lent illustration. Six months ago resolve was
high never to resume commercial relations
with the Germans, who were to be forever out
cast. It has been discovered, however, that in
order to enable the Germans to pay their debts
4md meet the exactions of the Allies, they must
be permitted to sell their goods somewhere.
Will not a similar condition arise in connection
with the boycott? Experience has .shown that
only in a limited way has the boycott ever been
effective, and even then its success has been
more apparent than real.
In a world where ideals and aspirations
vary o widely, where the sense of right and
wrong is so elastic, and wherein selfish con
cern so often blunts the sword of justice, mere
"moral obligation" is less than a rope of sand
for holding nations to their duty when interest
runs counter to obligation.
End of the "Morals Squad."
The "morals squad" of the Omaha police
force has been abolished by the chief of police,,
acting with advice and consent of the commis
sioner. This is the first concession to accent
government made by the present regime. It
shows that even the stiff-necked may be con
vinced by ugly facts when argument or reason
fail to move them.
The career of the irresponsible body of
specially ordained police detectives just dis
banded provides the most disgraceful chapter
in the police annals of Omaha. Clothed, not
by law, but by orders of the heads of the de
partment with unusual powers, the squad en
gaged in what seemed to be a deliberate effort
to terrorize the community. A series of un
thinkable outrages, culminating in the brutal
murder of an inoffensive and unoffending hotel
bellboy, has marked its course. Even its de
fenders are compelled to admit that its mem
bers engaged in many disgraceful affairs.
The moral situation in Omaha has at no
time been such as to warrant the existence of
the "morals squad," nor has the situation been
in any way improved through the activities of
that agency. Readers of the newspapers cannot
fail to get the impression that too much crime
and disorder exists here. This is the strongest
possible indictment of the police, as at present
organized and directed. The city commission
has a distinct duty before it. Public safety re
quires greater efficiency than the present police
department can afford, and the needed protec
tion should be supplied without delay.
"Seeing Things."
The bishop of London is reported to have
recounted to a gathering of 100,000 people the
reappearance- to a mother of her son, who had
just been killed in an air flight over the battle
field. He was clald in full uniform, and em
braced her tenderly, whispering words of con
solation. The incident will gain great currency
and credence because it is vouched for by a
bishop. Whether it will convince the skeptical
is another question. Men of science are fa
miliar with the hallucinations indulged in by
persons under great mental stress, and have
not been seriously moved by the testimony of
Sir Oliver Lodge or the more recent assertions
of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who once rested
his claim for fame on his ability to create fic
tion with such semblance of verity as to almost
make it appear real.
"Now," wrote Paul to the Hebrews, "faith
is the substance of things hoped for, the evi
dence of things not seen." Such faith has sus
tained many through all the trials and tempta
tions of an uncertain life, and doubtless will so
serve until all the world is brought to a fuller
knowledge of the eternal 'truth. It has even
been potent to support the believer in persis
tence against the evidence of senses. But Paul
in the exposition of his postulate gives no oc
casion for the thought that supernatural mani
festations are now and then made to give sup
port to that faith. His argument seems to be
directed to the thought that the trust implied
by faith must accept all things as they come,
looking to a realization beyond this life when
the "things not seen" will be the real and not
the hoped for.
As to the resurrection, Paul's first letter to
the Corinthians gives an outline that has been
used ever since by Christians as a foundation
and a consolation. Nothing in the language
he employs would seem to justify even a
bishop in suggesting that a soldier killed in
battle goes to glory with his uniform on.
Psychic research has been immensely quickened
as a result of the war, and some greater knowl
edge may come of the inquiry, to the develop
ment of which each individual experience, no
matter of what nature, may contribute some
thing. Therefore, folks are "seeing things."
Redfield on Foreign Trade
From The Brooklyn Eagle.
Secretary of Commerce William C Red
field stated that he had received no offer to
head an organization to be known as a Foreign
Credit Clearing House, though he agreed that
he had had conversations with Mark O. Pren
tiss concerning the need for some tort of a
credit organization in connection with foreign
trade. He took the publication of an article
in New York that he was to head such an or
ganization as an occasion for issuing a state
ment telling of the need for some sort of a
credit clearing house.
"There is no basis, in fact, for the statement
Fublished in a New York paper," he said, "that
have been selected as the executive head of a
foreign credit clearing house. So far as I am
informed no such organization exists, no one is
authorized to extend such an invitation on be
half of any organized body and no such invi
tation has, therefore, come to me. One can
hardly accept or decline a proposition until it
is made, and none has been made.
"I have had one interview and some cor
respondence with Mr. Mark O. Prentiss in con
nection with the plan for the so-called foreign
trade clearing house and I am informed that
the idea has been approved by prominent men
of affairs to whom it has been submitted. So
far as my own action is concerned, however,
nothing further can be said than was stated by
me last week, that I am considering several
matters which have been suggested to me, none
of which has reached a decisive stage."
Mr. Redfield then declared that the subject
of foreign credits having been raised, it was
proper for him to give his views on this subject.
"The first great need of the country today
is peace," declared the secretary. "The energies
of our industry and commerce are choked at
the source, so far as their outreatfh into the
great world is concerned, because we are still
at war. There arises before the United States
a unique opportunity both to serve the world
and to earn great and deserved rewards for
itself, but we cannot take up that opportunity
in an adequate way until we have peace."
Although he did not include it in his issued
statement, Mr. Redfield stated that there was
no middle ground for business, between war
and peace, and that in every sense of the word
business was still at war, and would remain
until the treaty of peace was ratified.
"When peace has come," continued Mr. Red
field, "we need what we have not an adequate
organization for furnishing the credits which
the world requires."
He then explained that in a small way indi
vidual institutions have credit bureaus, but
these were quite inadequate to release the pro
ductive power of America.
"There ought to be, and in some way there
must come to be," continued the secretary, "if
we are to do the job right, a great corporate
unit, or units, either under government super
vision or possibly government participation
certainly with the government's approval and
with great capital, say a billion dollars. This
body should take the securities of nations,
provinces, cities, corporations, private and pub
lic enterprises, in various parts of the world,
and then secured by these and by its own vast
financial strength should issue its debentures
to be sold all over the United States on a
basis of a commercial return for small and
large investors alike.
"The task is great. The $1,000,000,000 will
not be sufficient. Probably several billions
must be raised. Investors cannot search for
themselves into the foundations of foreign se
curities, but such units as are proposed can do
so and their own securities will find ready ac
ceptance. Through this means the savings of
America can be made of service to the world
and through this service three-fold profit will
come to reward the capital and the labor of
this country."
The three-fold reward, says Mr. Redfield,
will be, first, the direct interest return from
investment; second, the business normally aris
ing from the operations of the concerns or
enterprises in which the investment is made,
and third, the enrichment of the country in
which these operations proceed by reason of
those operations so that it is better able to buy
and what is important now, is better able to
pay its share of the vast sums owed us from
abroad. The secretary then laid stress upon
the important factor in our foreign trade, this
important factor being credit information.
"The existing means of credit knowledge
are insufficient," he said. "Credit arises from
commercial life and that life is a changing,
growing thing; therefore, credit knowledge
must itself change and grow with the mercan
tile life of which it is the fruit. It must arise
from actual knowledge of transactions, not
from hastily obtained opinions. It must not
depend upon individual and partial judgments
but upon ascertained fact. It must, therefore,
record coming from the sources of transactions
of such a kind, that credit not only may not
be misused, but that there may be no tendency
to misuse it because it will be known that
knowledge exists where it can act both as a
helper and a check."
Summing up the whole business situation,
Mr. Redfield said:
"These three things we need: First, peace,
then organization, then knowledge. When
these are once had he would be a bold man who
would put limits to our usefulness and our
growth. The door of opportunity is open now
it will not always stay so."
Still Like the King Business
It is not only in Hungary that people are
said still to have a hankering after royalty, for
hopes are being expressed in Austria, Prussia
and Bavaria that, perhaps, after all, some of
the royal exiles may "yet come back." But
even nearer home than that, up in democratic
Canada, the visit of the Prince of Wales has
led to a suggestion that he ought to be sent
over to act as governor general and so train
himself for the business of being a king. But
perhaps, when the revived hopes of the Haps
burgs and Hohenzollerns get too near the
active or boiling point, Mr. Hoover will be
unkind enough to repeat his famous "nothing
doing," which overthrew one archduke in Buda
pest. And one would think that this was not
a happy time for Canada to suggest that it is
the one exception in the western hemisphere
to the universal rule of republican institutions
or that it needs an apprentice hand, albeit it be
a royal one, to practice government at this
critical time in the world's history, when stock
in the "imperial and kingly" close-corporation
business was never so far below par and when
nations and peoples are looking for strong men
who really govern, as well as rule, to lead
them. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Day We Celebrate.
William Howard Taft, former president of
the United States, born at Cincinnati, 62 years
ago.
Prof. John Adams Scott of Northwestern
university, president of the American Philo
logical association, born at Fletcher, 111., 52
years ago.
Dr. Edmund Otis Hovey, curator of the
American Museum of Natural History, born
at New Haven, Conn., 57 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The pulpit of Southwestern Lutheran
church at Twenty-sixth and Poppleton avenue
was occupied by Miss Kughter, a medical mis
sionary from Guntoon. India.
The largest crowd of the season, estimated
at 5,000, watched Omaha and Denver divide a
double-header base ball game. "The carriage
area was a perfect sea of vehicles."
Members of Zion Baptist church and their
friends held an old-fashioned picnic at Water
loo. A number of noted colored ministers
were present from neighboring states.
Motor trails were put in operation over the
Sixteenth and Vinton street line.
tetter
Some Inconsistencies.
South Side, Omaha, Sept 11.
To the Editor of The Bee: When
President Wilson first assumed office
he was strongly opposed to our
mixing up with other nation and
atood on that question apparently as
did Washington, Adams and Mon
roe. But after mixing with the royal
personages of Europe he seems to
have comoletely changed on the
question as he does on any other
question and aays that we aa a na
tion should mind other people's
business. When Wilson gets back
to Washington, he will find that the
sentiment of the people or me unit
ed States has swung strongly against
his league of nations, for we do not
believe in making this country piay
second fiddle to any other nation.
Then the president must think
the people of this country are idiots
to try to make them believe that
me nign cost oi living is on account
of the delay in ratifying hia treaty
or peace.
The high cost of living comes
rrom the incompetency or the pres
ent administration to meet the sit
uatlon that faces it and from the
holding of supplies for the army
that are needed and in this way aid
ing the profiteers of the country to
keep up robber prices. A few days
ago the National Republican con
tained an authenticated photograph
of the tremendous waste of cotton
at Just one place. That place Is
Nitro, W. Va., where 62,000 bales
of cotton have been piled up for
over a year and the cotton is sim
ply rotting- nearly 30,000,000
pounds of cotton.
That vast pile of cotton going to
waste is just a sample of the waste
that has been going on all over the
country on account of the incom
petency of the national administra
tion, in every line pertaining to the
army preparations that were made
last year.
Then when we go into the stores
to buy anything, we find prices
higher than we used to pay for the
finest silk fabrics, all on account of
the criminal waste that has been
permitted all over the southern
states. Wilson had better have
stayed in Washington and looked
into the situation that confronts
every person in the United States
today and see that measures for
relief from the present situation are
found, if they can be found.
What do we care for any league
of nations when such frightful
waste is going on today for which
we have to pay? It is time the
president would take a tumble to
himself and make every effort to
relieve us from the present almost
Intolerable situation. He had bet
ter stay where he Is supposed to
remain most of the time, instead
of skylarking over the country try
ins to force upon the people of the
United States, what few are asking
for. The high cost of living prob
lem is of far more importance than
a hundred leagues of nations.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
j(t&e qJ?o-66s' Qom&r
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE CHARMING MERMAID."
Strong Drink and Communion.
Sterling, Neb., Sept. II. To the
Editor of The Bee: I do not make
it a practice to write to newspapers,
but my attention was called to the
"bit of news" in today's Bee, en
titled "Wants 'Real Stuff' for Com
munion Services," and I could not
refrain from expressing my con
tempt through your valuable paper.
Some people will do anything in the
name of religion, and then wonder
why the "other side" questions the
religion of the one licensed. Shame
on a church that allows license to
all sorts of questionable procedures.
It is no wonder that some preach
ers (myself among the number)
have quit the ministry simply be
cause they could not give license to
the so-called communion table.
PHIL R. LAN'DON.
Opposes the Lane Bill.
Omaha. Sept. 13. To the Editor of
The Bee: Now, when there is so
much talk about the generous re
turn which our government is about
to make in the way of a favorable
land bill for its honorably discharged
soldiers, sailors and marines for the
noble work which these brave lado
haVe rendered to their country in its
hour of trial when dark days and
uncertainty were hovering over our
homes, let us consider the cheap
ness of the bill which is being forced
upon congress for adoption and with
which the committee of investiga
tion of the various land bills pro
posed has presented to congress for
oonsideration and approval. This
bill is known ,as "the national sol
diers' settlement act," or "the Lane
plan," and was introduced into the
house by Representative Mondcll of
Wyoming, but was conceived by
Hon. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of
the interior.
Its purpose is to reclaim swamp
lands, arid lands and cut-over tim
ber lands under the pretense of aid
ing the ex-service man. It provides
employment for the honorably dis
charged soldier, sailor and marine
while they are reclaiming the land,
provided that the men will consent
to be corralled in groups until the
land is reclaimed and improved.
When the land is cleared it is al
lotted to the men by the secretary of
the interior, provided that these men
who proved tip on the land can
make the initial payment of 5 per
cent of the total value of the land.
These men will also be loaned an
amount not to exceed $i,500 for im
provements, provided that the
amount asked does not exceed 75
per cent of the improvements Thus
it Is seen that these men need from
$1,000 to $1,500 to undertake such
a project, for if the men, after re
claiming the land, were not able to
meet the initial payments of 5 per
cent of total value of land, 25 per
cent total value of improvements
and 40 per cent total value of stock
and equipment, then it would be no
matter of concern to the government
(Judge Owl tail- Peter about a mermaid
and a prince. With Billy Belgium and
Balky Sam ah goes out to ae them.)
.CHAPTER II.
Out In the Lake.
CLEAR and sweet over the waters
of the lake came the sound
of a guitar. Peggy and Billy could
hear It even above the thumping
splashing of Balky Sam's hoofs as
the army mule bore them swiftly
along the shore toward the spot
where Judge Owl said the handsome
young prince was making music for
the mermaid.
"Do yon believe in mermaids,"
whispered Peggy to Billy.
"No, there isn't any such thing,"
declared Billy out loud. "Maybe
there were mermaids In fairy tale
times, but now there aren't anv ex
cept In circus side shows and those
are humbugs," Judge Owl snorted
and hooted:
"Wait and see, then you'll agree,
That I'm as honest as can be."
"Hee-haw! I'd like to go swim
ming with a mermaid. I'd show her
what a fine swimmer a mere mul
is," brayed Sam, kicking up his
neeis so irisKly tnat Peggy and Bil
ly nearly pitched over hia hrK
Only by making a quick grab at
oam a long ears aia Billy save them.
And Sam didn't like it a bit to have
his ears pulled. He kicked and he
bucked, and he bucked and he kick
ed until Billy went pitching over his
head and upon the soft beach sand,
and right on top of Billy pitched
Peggy.
"Hee-haw! Hee-haw! That's
funny!" brayed Balky Sam.
"Hoo! Hoo! Keep quiet: You'll
scare the mermaid away," hooted
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Judge Owl, making a lot more noise
than Balky Sam.
They were now verv near the
strumming guitar, which seemed to
be out upon the lake.
"Is the handsome young prince
sitting on a rock like a mermaid?"
asked Peggy.
"No," hooted Judge Owl. "He Is
sitting at the end of a dock with his
feet in the water."
And that is where they found the
handsome young prince when they
quietly crept out upon the dock to
take a look at him. There he was
a line, manly, but sad-faced young
chap playing his guitar while his
eyes peered eagerly through the
moonlight toward a rocky island in
the middle of the lake.
"My mermaid love!" they heard
even should they lose their entire
labors.
Therefore, it is auite ulain that
this bill discriminates against the
poor, the disabled and the man with
dependents, and the man who wishes
to live in tlio city in favor of lh
rich, who could without great sacri-
nce leave tneir families for a time
and who could easily meet the Initial
payment, therefore it, if passed, will
be about as beneficial to the great
body of ex-service men as the voca
tional education bill was to the disa
bled men. Besides, this bill will re
quire an appropriation of $500,000,-
000 annually by congress, which
must be entirely met by the tax
payer of the present day. Approxi
mately 80,000 men can avail them
selves of this bill if approved by con
gress. Therefore, it is a most ex
pensive bill with least benefits to the
needy men. Since this bill is so ob
noxious in its dealings with the ex
service men who most need its aid,
1 trust that every loyal citizen will
give the bill his careful study and
Inform his local congressmen of his
opinion of the same.
I regret that I have not space to
outline the Morgan bill, whose mer
its is just to all, and includes all, and
which deserves the support of every
citizen who has the good of the ex
scrvice man at heart and who wishes
to keep off the burden of excessive
taxation.
CHARLES M. MURPHY.
Head Work Pays.
Many barbers are making $40 a
week; college professors make $18.
Ambulance chauffeurs In Kansas
City make $110 a month; ambulance
physicians are paid $S5. A college
education pays, and apparently much
better if it is a motor college or a
barber college. Kansas City Star.
You will find the Dyckrnan, Min
neapolis, convenient to the shops,
theaters and points of interest. Rea
sonable rates. The Elizabethan
Room and the Coffee Shop of the
Dyckrnan are ideal places to dine.
Adv.
THE SPICE OF LIFE.
A pioneer newspaper editor harl a rep
utation for always assuming infallibility
and superior enterprise. On one occasion
the paper announced the death of Wil
liam R. Jones, who. It turned out, was
rot dead. Next day the paper printed
the following note: '"i'estenlay we were
the first newspaper to puhllsh the death
of William R. Jones. Today we are the
first to deny tho report. The Morning
Star 13 always in the lead." The Continent.
DAILY CARTOON ETTE.
THEREfTHE ICE-CREAM 15
FROZEN! I'LL LEfllEITOUT here
UNTIL JINNEft TIMEjj
WHEDID-
5 JL J4
Willis: This paper says that the num
ber of financial failures is decreasing.
Glllts: I don't believe it. There's as
many of them calling on my daughter
as ever. Town Topics.
"They say th kaiser Is spending 11,000
a week."
"Whew! They must be paying wood
choppers a lot In Holland."
He: Why Is Adeline so angry with the
photographer?
She: She found a label on the back
nf her picture eaylng, "The original of
this photograph Is carefully preserved!"
"How did you get the turkeys the of
ficer found In your possession ?" sternly
asked the police maglstrat1.
"I 1 I raised 'em, your honor." stam
mered the prisoner.
"Tell me the truth.'-
"That's the truth, your honor." per
sisted the crime-stained creature. "I
reached down through a hole in the
roof." The Continent.
THE MENIN WAY.
Workingmen's
Hotels
where poor men find
clean beds at nomi
nal prices.
"A man may be down but he's
never out."
The Salvation Army
Visits All Helps All
Gives all.
We Need Your Help to Help
Sept. 21st to 27th.
"Business IsCooo.ThankYou"
-WHY-
s sunt
LV Nicholas Oil Company
him murmur. "My mermaid love,
are you real or are you a spirit vial
tor from unknown regions?"
"Hoo! Hoo! What did I tell
you? Don't you hear him talking
about his mermaid love?" hooted
Judg Owl so suddenly that the
startled prince would hav. fallen
Into the lake If Billy hadn't grabbed
him.
"Why don't you awlm out and see
If she is real?" demanded Billy of
the prince.
"Alas! I cannot awlm, 'answered
the prince sadly.
"Is there really a mermaid out
there?" asked Peggy.
Listen!" said the prince, and aa
they stood silent the sound of a all
very voice came floating over the
waters:
"Prince of dollars, princ. of tnjr
heart,
Cruel the fate that keeps us apart!"
"See! See!" The prince handed
Peggy a pair of night glasses and
pointed out into the lake. Peggy
put the k lasses to her eyes and gave
a rry of surprise.
There, Bitting on a rock, was a
beautiful young girl. She was
combing her hair and singing as she
combed.
"A mermaid! A really, truly mer
maid!" gasped Peggy, and she look
ed anxiously to see If the girl had
a fish tail. She could make out a
flash of green, but the light was too
dim for her to see clearly. The sil
very voice sang on:
"Come to me, O my prince strong
and brave,
Come to me on the crest of a
wave!"
"I will come," cried th. princ. In
a loud voice. "I cannot swim, but
I come, I come!" Saying thia he
plunged into the lake.
"She Is calling him to hia doom.
Save him! Save him!" shrieked Peg
gy. In that instant she and Billy
and Balky Sam plunged Into the
lake after the prince.
(Tomorrow will be told what they fin
at the mermaid's rocka. )
jpQMUl'liE;'
f elbertX
I HUBBARD
"Cultivate only those
habits which you are
willing should master
you." Such a habit is
that of purchasing every
thing which comes with
n the realm of your
fancy. Nation-wide drift
ing in this channel has
caused prices to soar far
above normal.
It is just as easy to
cultivate the habit of
thrift. There is just as
much, or more satisfac
tion in watching a sav
ings account grow from
a small proportion to
one of goodly dimension.
Start with us today
we pay 3 interest
compounded semi-annually.
81 we nav 3 interest IB I
I compounded semi -an- 111
f nually. IJ
Along the cobbled Menln way
The wine and wool were sent.
And market wagons every day
To Ypres and Menln went.
And oh! the laughing women sat nd
sewed
Before their houses on the Menln road.
There are no houses now; the rain
In pools where they have been
Lies deep; or out upon the plain
A fw frail walls may lean;
And oh! the little children murt not play
With what thoy find beside the Menin
way.
And I remember gallant men
And lads who fought and died,
And think of all their laughter when
They said goodby and died;
For "Oh! It's not too bad," they used to
say,
"Along the Armentlerea and Menln way.''
Punch, London.
We Wonder
why so many people have the
idea that the Oshkosh Ward
robe Trunk is so very high
priced. Nearly every one who
comes here to look at them is
surprised when they find that
we have them priced as low
as $45.
We also carry the finest line?
of other traveling kits, sush
as suit cases, bags, etc.
OMAHA TRUNK
FACTORY
1209 Farnam Street.
THERE comes, at some time,
sorrow to all homes, when the
family must be separated. It is
then that the thoughtful service
of the well equipped mortician
lessens the burden for those who
have charge of the last rites that
are paid to the departed. It is then
that the sympathetic, thoughtful,
and kind mortician enters into in
timate relations with the family,
serving as best he may, with and
for them. We take from the
shoulders of the sorrowing ones
many details which are so hard at
that particular time. It is part of
our service.
SP1V1CP dLWdV.
TELEPHONE DOUG 525 CUMING ST. AT rJWn
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