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What The Bee Stands Fort
1. Inspect for the law and maintenance of
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the
courts,
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
inefficiency lawlessness and corrup
tion in office.
4. Frank recognition and commendation '
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship. ,
Mr.; Bryan, aa usual, started something.
PEACE, AND THERE IS NO PEACE.
Exchange of ratifications of the Versailles
treaty at Paris yesterday marks the formal end
ing of th war between Germany and other sig
natories, the United States being the only one
of the "big five" not represented at or taking
part in the ceremony.
This anomalous situation is the direct result
of the course pursued by the president of the
United States, who attended the conference at
Paris, where the treaty' was negotiated. It
does not flow from the terms on which Ger
many has made settlement. Those are accept
able, even the obnoxious arrangement whereby
Japan secures a large Chinese province having
been conceded that war might cease. But Mr.
Wilson had another idea in view when he went
to the peace conference, and" he imbedded In
the document a covenant for a league of na
tions, containing provisions distasteful to a
large number of his countrymen. To nse his
own, phrase, he tied the treaty and the covenant
together so that the one could not be ratified
without the other. . ;
Amply warned that his plan would not re
ceive the sanction of the senate, Mr. Wilson
went ahead, and since returning home has in
sisted on having his way. The net result of
this is that the United States was not among
the nations exchanging ratifications with Ger
many.
The affairs if Europe are once more in the
hands of Europeans, where they ought to be.
And, what is more important, American affairs
are in control of Americans. We may manage
our internet and external relations for the fu
ture as we have in the past, with an eye to the
safety of our institutions. Our national ideals
and altruism have suffered nothing in moral or
material, importance because of the develop
ment. If any impression has been created
abroad, it is that Americans are not ready to
give over any part of their independence.
What will come from the situation will de
velop as days pass. If the president's plan to
postpone the decision until after March 4, 1921.
prevails, the country can abide the issue. It
will be better ,to wait even that long and be
safe than to engage in an enterprise from which
we might have to withdraw because of its un-
wisdom.
Prohibitive wages will not help solve the
housing situation.
' Work and save" is skill the slogan in the
war on high prices."
Dan Swanson leads off in asking renomina-
tion. And Dan is some go-getter.
The "soviet ark" is resting at Kiel. That
would be a good place to discharge its cargo.
Another veteran policeman takes his pension
and a private job. It is a good way out of the
turmoil. . , x . ,
Unfilled tonnage of steel orders continues to
increase. The mills are only about three months
behind now.
.
"Johnny" Maher and his typewriter have cut
the democratic party adrift. Now Mr. Bryan
has got a job on his hands.
If Kitty Gordon asks $25,000 for her eye
lushes, -what, do you think, would she have de
manded had something happened to her back?
Lodge against Wilson for 1920? AH right.
With Lodge standing for American and Wilson
for the world at la,rge, the answer ought to be
easy. t '
Lucy Page Gaston announces her candidacy
for the presidential job on an anti-tobacco plat
form. Hop to it, Lucy. The dry campaign
started on less.
High prices being paid for well bred hogs
do not suggest a great falling off in the pork
producing industry. TheJ farmer will continue
to feed the world.
While the United. States did not take part
iiv the proceedings at Paris yesterday, it is safe
to say that Europe has little apprehension of an
attack from this country. -
Mr. Colver in the attitude of accusing
"Mitch" Palmer of colloguing with the reds in
order to save the packers from the Federal
Trade board presents an odd spectacle. .
Alexander chosen to succeed Redfield in
order to save Missouri for Wilson against
Bryan? Who would have thought the White
House contained such crafty foresight? '
"Rye, Bourbon, or Whisky?"
Evidently the dear old London Times has
never come across Colonel Robert G. I-nger-soll's
apostrophe to "co'rr likker." Had Lord
Northcliffe or any of his editors ever visualized
the picture of waving fields of ripened train,
the mellow sunshine poured round it, ,' the
drowsy air'filled with music of laughing' girls
and tinkling waters, the sweet content of work
well done and guerdon earned all discovered
by the colonel in a bottle of bourbon, he would
never be guilty of the onslaughts we are pained
to note in his great paper.
But there if is, the pusfyfooter out-footing
the pussyfoot. Britons are warned against the
K insidious American redeye, now flooding tho
bars and taprooms at. the tight little island.
It, according to the Times, not only giveth
back its color in the cup, but it provokes wrath,
evokes riots, calleth forth spirits from the
vasty deep, sends the imbiber reeling- help
less into foggy London thoroughfares, soaked
to the gills and, doomed to awake in the cold
! gray day (which over there outlasts the dawn)
with such a katzenjammer as is beyond words
i.to describe. Beware this foreign intruder, cau
tions the Times. Stick to the home product,
the usquebaugh of old Ireland, Scotland, Wales
and England.
It may be made from potatoes or what not, but
it is the tipple to which ,the subjects of King
George are accustomed,' and they invite dis
aster when they take to" running after anything
that comes front a Yankee still. Poteen may
reek of turf smoke, and some of us who recall
"Handy Andy," "Tristram Shandy," or similar
tales have thought mayhap it might reek of
something more potent, but if the Britishers
prefer it to our firewater, let them have it. '
The' memory of bourbon and rye will long
dwell in the minds of some who are now deprived
of their presence, and "who will be inclined to
question the taste of those blessed islanders
who still may wctx their whistles, soak their
tongues and swell their, heads with strong
waters, that they should be even from patriotic
inclination partial to the stuff they have ab
sobed under the impression they were drink
ing whisky. But there is. yet no accounting for
taste.
, The list of architects competing for the job
of building the new Nebraska state house is
eminent enought to insure at least a monument
to art as well as something for modern utility.
Governor Smith of New York proposes to
gum the dry game by asking the legislature to
rescind the endorsement. Such proceeding will
add a bit of argument if nothing else to the
; situation. "
Omaha building trades are moving to a gen
eral advance in wages. ,It will mean the fur
ther postponement of a considerable amount of
building. Killing the goose will not help the
output of eggs.'
Maurice Maeterlinck has cancelled his lec
ture engagements in America. He is not the
licst European to realize the difficulties in the
way of learning the English language in six
weeks. Also, that Americans are not as easy as
they look. .
Memorial Cottages '
The number of lives the war took has not
been adequately reckoned. The number of fam
ilies it broke up is likewise uncounted. Yet
right after it we have a greater shortage of
housing than ever. There is interest in this
connection in a letter to the London Spectator,
evidently from one of the sufferers of the war.
It contains a suggestion which may or may not
be new in this country. -
The writer calls attention to an article in
the London Chronicle telling of the building of
120 cottages for ex-service men in Westmore
land, called war memorial cottages. - It is not
clear to him whether these were built by public
or private funds, but never mind that. "Would
it be possible." he asks, "for individuals to do
likewise? What more practical memorial of
any fallen hero than to provide a home for a
dis'abled soldier or sailor, or for his widow and
children?" .
Though our war widows and orphans and
our disabled soldiers are few compared with the
losses of Great Britain, we have need enough for
more houses, and the memorial cottage idea is
-- not a bad one. Hartford. Times
Marrying on $125 a Month.
' An offer of a prize for the best essay on
"Marrying on $125 a Month" ought to bring out
some interesting information. The success of
such a venture depends on one thing. If the
parties involved are content to live on $123 a
month: until they can do better, they will pull
through. They will not be able to carry on at
the rate of $250 a month, however, and in these
days when mechanics are asking $10 a day and
moving picture operators in Chicago are shying
at $63 a week, $125 a month will not provide
much in the way of luxury. It is enough for
two to live plainly on, even in Omaha, and lota
of folks are doing it, some on even less. Young
folks who, have the spirit that used to lead the
bride and groom into the deep woods, with a
sharp axe and a dependable rifle, there to erect
a homestead, can get along on $30 a week, but
they will not drive an automobile, nor hire a
maid, nor do a lot of things like that. And their
comparative poverty Will not deprive them of
all the comforts and pleasures of life, for they
can find in their home and their own society a
joy that does not exist elsewhere, and which is
.above price. ' '
' Answer the Census Questions.
Census enumerators report their work, de
layed and interfered with because some people
decline to make response to the questions asked.
It is due, very likely to a misapprehension, the
citizens thinking the government is looking for
information that may be put to some "sinister
use. This is entirely mistaken. The inquiries
rriade for the purpose of the census have no per
sonal application whatsoever. Some of them
may be odd, or even appear impertinent, yet
they are all intended to provide a general
knowledge .of certain conditions, resting on an
accurate basis. Information so obtained is kept
sacredly private by the "census office, coming
forth only in tabulated and classified form, giv
ing figures that may be used as data for a va
riety of purposes, but involving nothing of in
dividual inconvenience, discomfort or disgrace.
Failure to answer the questions promptly and
properly only serves to detract from the value
of the work by rendering if inaccurate. Give
the census man "the dope," and you will be
helping the country to that extent
Views and Reviews
General Pershing Lets Omaha
Get Re-Acquainted With Him
Omaha has had an opportunity to become re
acquainted with General Pershing and to find
out that he matches up with his pictures and
pen pictures. Whatever folks may think of his
oratorical abilities, he showed himself- a good
fellow, agreeable and accommodating, ready to
meet people, untiring in shaking hands, a, will
ing inspiration to the youngsters, appreciative
of the enthusiastic reception accorded him. Gen
eral Pershing recalled his first visits to Omaha
in the early nineties and his part in the inter
state military tournament held here in the sum
mer of 1892, for which he trained a company of
university students who walked off with $1,500
in cash as one of the big prizes. Those were
the days of the Omaha Guards, the Thurston
Rifles and the Creighton Guards, when the boys
in uniform held the center and were admired
and applauded by the multitude as they went
through their evolutions on High School
grounds or Jefferson Sou.ire.
General Pershing .n'.so referred to the
friends he counted amoni; the leaders of Oma
ha's civic arid business life, among them my
father, with whom, as I have before indicated,
he kept in touch after he left Lincoln, going up
the ladder of military fame. An extract from
a letter he wrote from the field in Santiago is
worth quoting again. It is dated July 19, 1898,
and addressed "My Dear Mr. Rosewater:"
"Though the news of the fall of(Santiago
has gone to the world by wire, yet perhaps a
letter from one who has gone through the
heat and rain and fighting may be of interest.
Really, I think no army has ever endured
what this one has. It is a wonder there are
any left. Still, nothing succeeds like success.
That success is due to the valor and patriot
ism of the individual line officer and enlisted
man these by their combined efforts have
brought glory to American arms,
("Well, it was a hot fight, that July 1.
Thown into the middle of it at the crossing
of the San Juan river, under the fatal balloon, k
where the converging artillery and infantry!
fire made life worth nothing, we waded the
'river to our srmpits and formed line in an
opening in dense undergrowth facing our ob
jective, the San Juan block house, all the
while exposed to volley firing from front, left
front and left flank, and you know what it
means to be uncertain as to the position of
the enemy. On the dusky troopers trudged,
their number being gradually diminished until
they reached the open in front of the position
. when they advanced by rushes almost half
way, then went the balance with a charge.
Spanish small arm fire is terrible. The low.
flat trajectory of the Mauser is only equaled
by that of our own Krag-Jorgensen. Men in
the third and fourth iines are in as much
danger as those nearer, indeed less casualties
occurred close to the entrenchments. The
ousKy lutu cavalry is my regiment, and rt
was inspiring to accompany them. Our losses
were 20 per cent killed and wounded 50 per
cent of officers were lost a fearful rate. I
doubt the expediency of attacking intrenched
positions from the front, the enemy being
armed with modern small arms. Artillery
and flanking fire are safer, to say the least.
. It .was costly, but it decided the fate of San
tiago. We are done and ought to go home,
but I fear we are not to go yet."
The week marked the passing of former Gov
ernor Ezra P. Savage in his 78th year out in the
Puget Sound country, where he had Jived since
leaving Nebraska shortly after .the con
clusion of his official career as governor of this
state. Governor Savage enjoyed the distinction
of having been also the first mayor of South
Omaha. South Omaha, be it known, was laid
out on paper in, 1884. and its inhabitants were
soon organized as a village of which Colonel
Savage, one of the pioneers of the live stock
commission community there, became a mem
ber of the board of trustees. A contemporary
account of South Omaha at this nascent stage'
(January 1, 1887). gives this description:
"South Omaha is a curious community
and well worth a day's time of the sightseer.
It is a combination of the city and the west
ern country town. East of the railroad tracks,
upon a rough,t ungraded hillside, are bunched
the frame and brick houses composing the
. general' trading point of the village, v The
dwellings scatter in all directions and vary in
point of architecture from a plain,. unpainted
house of one room, to the two-story struc
ture upon which the designer must have
parsed sleepless nights in originating fancy
work. There are no sidewalks, and the man
with the broadest sole makes the best prog
ress after a rain storm.
"Here there is a wonderful 'absence of so
cial distinction. The elegantly attired busi
ness man, with head covered with a shiny
tile, hobnobs with the farmer, who has come
to town with his wagon load of truck, wear-
ing his blue jeans and sou'wester, which has
weathered many a storm; the cowboy with his
long boots, flannel shirt and wide-brimmed hat,
is to be seen chatting familiarly with tfie dain
tily dressed city chap, whose stylish pants
are rolled up out of the way of dirt, which
, clings to his pointed shoes. Everything gives
way 4o the one idea of building up South
Omaha. Merchant and farmer, capitalist and
laborer, Christian and skeptic, prince and pau
per, are all equal, when on bended knee be
fore the shrine of the almighty dollar."
This was the South Omaha which made Col
onel Savage its chief executive. History records
the momentous date of the transition from vil
lage to city as the 7th dav of April, 1887, after
an exciting election at which "a bitter contest
took place at the polls and some blood was
shed, though it came . mostly from broken
noses," and resulted in a triumphant victory for
the ticket headed by Savage;
Colonel Savage became governor wholly by
accident. He was put on what looked like a
forlorn-hope ticket as the republican candidate
for lieutenant governor in 1900, and went
through, along with the others asr a result of
the tremendous effort exerted to carry Bryan's
state for McKinley. A legislative deadlock
over the choice of two United States senators,
lasting three months, was finally iroken by
the election of two dark horses, one of them
being Governor Charles H. Dietrich. Governor
Dietrich could possibly, as had David B. Hill of
New York, have served asNboth governor and
senator, but he did not on the contrary, he at
once publicly announced that he would resign
the governorship as soon as he cleared up pend
ing public business, which was equivalent to
definite notice that Lieutenant Governor Sav
age would soon succeed h:m. I was in Lincoln
at the time and I remember distinctly calling
on the govemor-in-prospect to ask if he had
anything to say, aniLhis remarks there to the
group that had gathered "in his office: .
"I am not sure that I will be governor. I
don't want to be governor. I'm a poor man,"
he insisted, with tears in his voice, "and . I
can't afford to come down here and serve as
governor and spend all nd more than the
salary of the position. I've got a ranch back
in Custer county that's plastered with a mort
gage and I've got to go back there and earn
money to pay up my debts. You'll have to find
some one else to take the governor's job."
My impression at the time was that he
really meant it. But he changed his mind. He
returned a little later and qualified as governor.
He was the center of the terrific storm that
raged around the Bartley parole, its rescission
and the return of the embezzling state treasurer
to the penitentiary upon denunciation of the
act by the republican state convention, and
Hartley's subsequent release upon a full pardon.
I will not discuss that now. Colonel Savage
never went back to live on his Custer county
ranch. He finished out his term and betook
himself to the state of Washington, where he
lived his remaining days in peace and quietude.
Home Health Hints
Reliable advice given in thl
column on prevention and
cure of disease. Put your ques
tion In plain language. Tour
noma will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Help You.
Doctors and the Government.
Halations between the medical
profession and the government are
on a somewhat different footing: in
this country than in Great Britain,
and yet the move of the English
doctors, to secure greater considera
tion for their profession may have
an echo in America. A recent con
vention at London Is thus reported
by the Times:
"The conference convened by the
British Federation of Medical arid
Allied Societies, under the presidency
of Sir Malcolm Morris, discussed the
future of the profession, in all its
bearings. The tone of the meeting
was distinctly conciliatory, a real
desire being shown- to work in har
mony with the authorities towards
an improvement In the public
health.
"At the same time the medical
men made it clear that they will de
mand certain fundamental rights.
The chairman declared that the
present scheme of Insurance was not
the best which could be achieved
and expressed his belief that It was
not too late to appoint a committee
or royal commission to give some
thing better to the public, whose in
terests were those of the medical
profession. He read a letter from Sir
Watson Cheyne inviting the confer
ence to submit its findings to the
medical members of Parliament and
another from Captain Guest, an
nouncing the prime minister's readi
ness to give sympathetic considera
tion to the subject of discussion.
"Dr. Stancornbe. declared that In
Southampton the local medical men
had already established a public
niedicar service of their own. It was
a success, and every effort was being
made to perfect it. Other doctors
could follow this example. Thus the
doctors themselves would be able to
go to the government and ask for
help for their own scheme. They
wanted freedom, especially freedom
i of choice as betweendoctor and pa
tient. The panel doctor felt more
and more that he was a bureaucratic
slave, and willing service could not
result from such a feeling. The time
was not ripe for a state whole-time
medical service. Local autonomy
was essential to success.
"Dr. G. Dill supported this view,
and suggested that the profession it
sejf should assure the health of the
nation and submit its own scheme to
the prime minister. J
"Sir Bertrand Dawson, who is
chairman of the Medical Consulta
tive council to the' minister of
I health, but who said that he spoke
in a prviate capacity, associated him
self with the view that the profes
sion did not want a full-time medi
cal service. It wanted adequate pro
vision for good work. The council
over which he presided was a new
departure and a good departure. It
meant that a body representing all
aspects of the profession had now
the right to tender advice to the au
ihorities. The ministry was anxious
to nipet the profession and work in
harmony with it. Indeed, his council
had been asked to devote itself to
an inquiry into the best possible type
of medical service. A report would
be issued.
Dr. Latham declared that the
new regulations had been framed
without reference to the great ad
vances made during the war. They
might as easily have been drawn up
in 1913 as in 1919. Medicine could
now give much more to the com
munity than it was being asked to
give under these regulations. ,
"Colonel Fremantle, coalition can
didate for St. Albans, ' supported
what Sir Bertrand Dawson had said,
and after some further discussion
the following resolution was carried:
" 'That in the opinion of this con
ference of medical and allied or
ganizations the draft regulations for
1920 proposed to be made by the
minister of health with respect to
the administration of the national
health insurance medical benefit are
lit adapted to secure the most ef
ficient services from the medical
1 ,.-,.ra,..i(in n.- nilpmifttp results to
the community."
"It was further decided to ask the
government to set up a committee of
inquiry, and it was resolved to con
vey hese resolutions to the prime
minister."
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Sly Glances at the
Political Field
n aerial nuiil service soon will be
started between two important
towns irK the Kongo, seaplanes be
ing used 1
. Extensions' that can be attached
tn tlio norlnls nf a.nv oiano have
-been invented for the use of youth
ful musicians.
Slightly raising and lowering a
user's heels actuates gearing that
propels a roller skate invented by
two Oregon men..
A small railroad In Texas has sup
planted its steam locomotives by
gearing six-cylinder automobile mo
tors to the wheels of several box
cars. In China it is the custom to drink
wines hot The thrifty Chinese be
lieve that heated wine intoxicates
more expeditiously than cold wine.
There are said to be more Serbians
jn Pittsburgh and its immediate
vicinity than there are in Belgrade,
the capital and metropolis of Serbia.
With a tov pistol 'and blank; car
tridges. G. F. Canno, a Crooksville.
O., furniture dealer, captured four
youg men during the night while
they were burglarizing his store.
Responding to an appeal from
nine ministers. Judge Hunter, at
Wabash, Ind., refused to grant per
mission for Harry H. Gardiner, "the
original human fly," to climb the
court house. ,
It is a great saving of coal to
store it in a dry place, well protected
on all sides from the weather. Coal
left out doors, exposed to the weath
er for, say, a month, loses about
one-third of its heating quality.-
The oil well at Hardstoft. Derby
shire, England, continues ttf How at
the rate 260 gallons a day. Consul
General W. Stanley Hollis of London
reports that some 36,600 gallons of
the oil are in storage on the spot.
Oxford, Neb.. Jan. To the
Editor of The Bee: On the eve of our
political conventions both parties
seem at sea aa to leaders and policies.
Our rotten primary laws are bear
ing '.fruit Candiaasei galore-are
out with all kinds of platforms to
eaten-votes. A horse thief's name
may lotjk Just as good on the ballot
aa the greatest statesman. Our best
statesman are not being- selected for
office and they have little inclina
tion to join the disgusting army of
self-boosters. A press bureau with
plenty of money and demagogto will
ingness to appeal to the passions
and prejudices of the people are suc
cessful qualifications in the primary.
One would hardly suppose any
sane man would want the democratic
nomination for president and be
obliged to defend the wicked waste
of money, the destruction of govern
ment property, and the taking the
White house to Europe for the pur
pose of signing away American inde
pendence and granting power to a
foreign league to conscript our young
men to fight their quarrels, and that
we act as godfather to any-country
that was too shtftleas to care for
jtself. Yet we find plenty of demo
crate anxious for thle Job. Gerard
is first on the ballot with a "swallow
em whole" platform and the quali
fication that he has traveled in Ger
many and written a book. A host
of democrats are watchfully and
prayerfully waiting for Woodrow to
say the trfcck la clear from White
House obstruction. Champ Clark,
who was swindled out of the- nomi
nation when it was equal to an elec
tion, wants it; and while it would
seem brutally cruel, the party might
. . 1 K.r maw nAtine
i ease us cunocicuvo
him by acclamation. oonri-i
McAdoo seems perfectly confident
that at the psychological moment
he will become heir to the
absolutely Ignored by the present
throne and will be allowed to make
a moving picture campaign. But
the -biggest surprisee is that Bryan,
who was supposed to have been
"knocked into a cocked hat for an
time," Is back and will throw the
old cocked hat in the ring.
The fact that the outlook for the
republican party seems almost sure
may prove its downfall by overcon
fldence. The people are tired and
dissusted with misgovernment, but
they are not going to be fooled with
any "he kept us out of war trick,
whether played by republicans or
democrats. Republicans need not
think they can strengthen their
cause by a military candidate or a
military training plank, no matter
how seducingly drawn. The real
righting blood is opposed arni they
will count in the coming election.
For seven years the democrats have
been groveling before the labor un
ions as well as capitalists: laws are
dictated, forbidden and Ignored with
a frequency that has disgraced our
government. The labor question,
should be met regardless of the vot
ing power of organizations; and laws
enacted that will give a non-union
laborer or farmer the same oppor
tunity, and the same voice in gov-
. ffoir as those who are
members of unions. That the, formey
class, which represents per cern oi
the real toilers of America, have been
absolutely i ignored by the present
administration is a disgrace that will
follow it to its burial.
The republican platform should
be boiled down to few plain words
full of meaning. It may seem old
fashioned.: but this would be a good
time to reafBrm our faith and loy-
alty to the constitution. Candidates
tn location
but for real worth in statesmanship
and their courage to stana mriisn
and Justice to all citizens. Taft has
destroyed his influence by his air-
nnd his seeming willingness to swal
low 'any old league as a starter.
Hughes has been anogetnpr iw uiuu.
on the league to be a leader. Borah
and Johnson stand out as men with
the courage of their convictions.
The . country owes them a debt for
their determination not to allow the
president to poison the minds of the
people against the senate when it
was working its best to protect our
interests and rescue the country irom
the troubles Wilson ana nis imnu
picked statesmen had brought upon
Senator Lodge without doubt has
in the past year done more for his
country and thereby for his party
than any other one man. He warned
the president that no treaty could
be ratified unless our interests wev
protected. , Oh! What a worm or
trouble would nave m-rn .-,.." -his
ftdvic had been heeded and the
senate counciled in making the
treatv. When the treaty was n
niilly' given to the senate, purposely
mixed up with the league in a way
that Wilson didl not believe it could
be turned down, It was Lodge that
exposed its dangers and organized
the forces to save our country. While
we have many men who did good
service against the league Senator
Reed stands out for courage in put
ting his government's interests abov
party or his personal popularity.
Would that we had more government
officials like him. It takes true cour
age to stand out against one s party
administration, but it should be done
when our country's cause is being
threatened and the few faithful dem
ocrats that have never flinched from
their duty are worthy of all praise.
The Georgia senator who declares
that Article 10 is vicious and Simula
be torn out bodijy stands in contrast
to Hitchcock who would have forced
the league on our people regardless
of consequences. But then it was he
who would have tied the allies hands
while Germany pounded them to
pieces. A. C. RANKfN.
I TODAY 1
The Pay We Celcbrat.
W. M. GUler, attorney. 1860.
t r viaman luliiint' manacer.
! Midland Paint and Glass Co., 1$7.
I. F. Baxter, attorney, isbs.
Earl Curson of Kedleeton, foreign
secretary In the British government,
born at Kedleston, England, 91 years
ago.
Blr Charles W. Macara, one of the
foremost figures in tne British cot
ton manufacturing Industry, born
in Scotland, 75 years ago.
James H. Hustis, president of the
Boston and Maine railroad, boru in
New Tork city. 58 years ago.
William Spry, former governor of
Utah, born in Berkshire, England,
56 years ago. ,
Miss Alice Paul, noted leader in
the woman suffrage movement, born
at Moorestown, N. J,. 85 years ago.
Thirty Tears Ago In Omaha.
The "Sons of Omaha," or young
men who were born in Omaha, were
given a banquet at the Omaha club.
The annual meeting of the West
ern Art association waa held at
Llninger's art gallery and new of
ficers eleeted for the year.
Miss Nellie Rosewater, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. Rosewater, waa
visiting in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Opdyke left
for Salt Lake City.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Walt Return.
Somebody says the old-faahloned
paper collar Is coming back. We
doubt it the cost of white paper
will prevent it. Huston Post.
An Easier Road.
Buying what you do not need is an
easy road to needing what you can
nof buy. Boston Herald.
But They look Cute.
No matter how much time a con
scientious girl may give to her ear
bobs she can't train them to protect
her nose from getting red in cold
weather. Grand Rapida Press.
The Situation.
It's simply a question of whether
we can hold out against the hold
ups. Pontlac Press.
' No Idea of Leakiness. '
Those who are talking of leaks In
United States supreme court deci
sions appear to disregard the fact
that Judging by recent opinions, they
have a dryness that negatives the
idea of leakiness. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
I Will Be No End.
"What Really Happened at Paris"
is the title of an article in the New
Republic. Merely another one in the
series to run for the next 50 years
purporting to tell the "real truth"
about the peace conference. Kansas
City Times.
All They'll Amount To.
Presidential booms seem to ' be so
,.f in WaVilnctnn that thev
are obstructing the traffic. And that's
about all tnat most oi mem win
ever accomplish. Charleston News
and Courier.
Right Behind.
Lawsuits used to be expensive
luxuries, but business suits are now
running them a hot race. ,
Speech of Freedom.
It seems that many fail to realize
that freedom of speech is for those
who know the speech of freedom.
Norfolk Virginia-Pilot. v
Can't Cull 'Em Pikers.
The miners seem to esteem 14 per
...,, .ut oa hichiv as the nation
does one-half of 1 per cent. Colum
bia Record.
POST HOLIDAY JESTS.
Solicitor Tou don't think my Jon a .
rt-al ona? Why, I'm a travallns aalt-ainan,
I ll bralna. not muacl.
Solid ted Wall. I muat tar. you'ra tha
first traveling aalpaman I vr n that
doesn't carry a aampla with him. Yala
Retard.
"What your opinion of tha 1acua
ef nation 7"
"I retard Hi" raplied Senator Sort-hum.
"aa ona ot tha most lntereettnc plecoa
cf unfinished bualneea that aver came
t my attention." Houaton Poat.
"Janet took an extended vacation."
"With or without payf"
"He took about H yeara' pay with
him." Life.
"Why have you quarreled with Oeorte?"
"Beoauee ha proposed to ma laet mint."
"Well, there'a no harm In that!"
"But I accepted him tha night before."
Stray Btorlet.
Journalist Queer aaylns that about
truth lylnf at tha bottom of the well.
Lawyer You wouldn't think so If you
aver knew tha amount of pumplnf
lawyera hava to da to (et at It. Edin
burgh ScolKman,
"What aud tht txcltement tn that
restaurant T"
"A fellow home from overseas ordered
an eitt, and tha waitress tainted."
"What was tha trouble?"
"Ha waved his hands over her hd
and yell "Oof (' at har." Tha Homt Sector.
"Do you know that a man can live on
nuts," asked tht vegetarian.
"Sura,, I do," replied the Mere Man.
"Just look at tha leadera of the bnlshvlkl
and the leadera of the I, W. W." Cincin
nati Enquirer.
AMERICAN LEGIONI
Ta Letlonerat What boaoms twell
What hearts heat leaa dlsmay'd.
With all thy matchless majesty
fstnat each foa array d I
At stood our Allies Belt-turn, Franca,
England and Italy
So our met sterling vtrtuet stand
Imploring eyes on thee I
Such memories tt bring thee mutt
From yonder battlefield.
Where comrades, falling, orled, "On!
On!" Speak from a courage ateal'd.
With a flx'd purpose that outrides
Thy unassuming mien
To warn a mad. aalf-seektng world
"Respect their sacred lien I"
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The Direction Book with each
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To match any material, have
druggist show you "Diamond Dye"
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ODD AND INTERESTING.
More than 250 varieties of cheese
are made in France.
Tn Quito every one removes , his
hat on seeing a flash of lightning.
It takes nearly 130.000 of some of
the screws used in watches to weigh
a pound.
It Is eaid that all of the soldiers
In the armies of Sweden and Den
mark can read and write.
Saccharine is sq sweet that one
part dissolved In 10,0000 parts of
water Is easily tasted. :
When a door key Is hung up out
side a house in Sweden it Is a sign
that the family Is not at home.
-The West Indian crab is a re
markable creature. Although born
In the sea, it matures In fresh water
and passes its adult life on land.
The only railroad of importance in
Paraguay is the Paraguay Central
Railroad (El Ferroearrll Central del
Paraguay), which operates a line
425 kilometers in length, from
Asuncion to Encarnaclon. where con
nection is made with the Argentine
Northeastern Railway for Buneos
Aires.
Were Badly Stuna.
A United States general says the
signing of the armistice by the allies
was a blunder. It was if it was the
idea that It would end the war.
Detroit News
Still to Be Settled.
D'Annunzio has made pca.ee with
his government, but the fundamental
issue Is still to be settled. Is it
Fiume, or Fieoom, or what? New
York Pogt.
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COLDS
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