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THE POLICEMAN'S GUN.
One fhe most difficul jobs the machinery
of justice faces'' is the conviction and execution
of men guilty of murder in the first degree,
unless this greatest of all offenses in the eyes
of the law is committed by a colored man down
south. Then even decent delays are not toler
ated, the entire period between arrest and
execution having been less than twenty-four
hours in a recent instance.
Society sometimes grows fretful under de
lays and miscarriages of justice in murder trials,
but on the whole is remarkably complacent
over them, owing to a deep-seated aversion to
even legal life-taking. This being true, it is
passing strange with what freedom the gun is
used by official authorities in minor offenses.
In glancing over the criminal news in papers
from a score of cities in the middle west we
are not astonished to note a dozen instances
in one day vof the use of the policeman's gun
in the capture of men suspected of robbery or
assaullf and every few days a fugitive is killed
by a well aimed bullet
This raises the question: By what author
ity does a policeman or a constable or a de
tective execute capital punishment on a man
suspected of crime? Or even on atnan caught
in an unlawful act? Is it a capital offense for
even a guilty man to seek escape from arrest?
If so, what statute in what state so declares it?
Occasionally we notice where a policeman
has used his gun to "flush" hiding game he is
after. Usually a gun battle follows, and some
times a sudden death. Is not this use of an of
ficer's deadly weapon provocative on the part
of the fugitive that it is his life or that of the
officer that must be lost?
Is the system for the capture of criminals
over the country so weak and inefficient that
the only sure way to get them is to present
the alternative of a duel to the death? With
cold-blooded murder so hard for the law to
avenge, it it extraordinary that culprits guilty,
or suspected of being guilty, of minor offenses,
4avt to be run down with weapons of war
whose use in time of peace by innocent men
is justified only in defense of their lives. We
would not see any guilty man escape the penal
ties of the law, but can it be doubted that gun
toting is encouraged by the free use o guns
by officers who use them not in sel-defense,
but to cripple or kill men who resist arrest?
Again: By what authority is capital pun
ishment without tri.l. conviction vested in
the 'constabulary of any state?
other hand, they have also learned that by re
maining on peaceful terms with others, they
are secure not only in their religious views and
forms of worship, but in their personal rights
and liberties, and suffer in no material sense be
cause of the existence of the infidel outside
their circle. The failure of the sultan, aided by
the Shiek til Islam to incite a holy war, even
when the green banner of the prophet was un
furled, warrants the immediate conclusion that
the present move in Asia Minor is a modest
and perhaps will also be an ineffectual bluff.
"Student Soviet" in Kansas.
A remarkable and in many ways an amazing
tale conies from Kansas concerning the be
havior of students at a state normal school.
The unruly acts of young - men and w omen,
under guise of "pep" and "college spirit" would
disgrace a gang of hooligans, let alone civilized
and educated citizens." '
If we understand the function of a. "normal"
school, it is to train students in the science of
pedagogy, to fit them for the important work
pf instructing the children of the land in the
rudiments of education, grounding them also in
the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
These institutions in Kansas, as in other en
lightened states, are maintained by the public,
that the students may be given all the advan
tages of technical training without cost to them
selves. Plainly the object is to, make better
citizens, and only as that object is realized do
these schools make return on the money that is
spent on them.
What, then, must be the view of even the
casual observers when a school gives such an
exhibition of hoodlumism as is reported from
this Kansas institution? How can the young
men and women engaged in it be considered
qualified to instruct, either .by precept or ex
ample, the boys and girls of Kansas in the
orderly ways of decent living, when they have
so greatly offended against order and decency?
It is high time that the so-called "pep" were
being restrained. When it turns to destruction
of discipline, subjects the professors in charge
of the work to indignities and upsets all sense
of sobriety and good conduct, moral responsi
bility and everything that is supposed to flow
from an educational institution, the safety of
the future demands that efficient corrective
measures be immediately applied. If the gov
ernor of Kansas does nothing else, he should
meet this "students' soviet" as he met the
recalcitrant miners, and put them into their
proper place.
House and Senate and Peace.
Washington reports that a sharp difference
of opinion has arisen betwen house and senate
committees on -foreign affairs over the form of
the resolution to declare a state of peace. The
house takes the stand, and we believe rightly,
that the resolution can not undertake to lay
down terms for Germany. , The constitution
vests the president with power to negotiate-
treaties, But he must submit them to the senate doing that in a public elevator? There is none
for approval. Just as Mr. Wilson made a great
and fatal blunder in trying to assume all the
rights and powers of treaty-making, so would
the congress make a mistake if it even indirectly
infringed upon the prerogatives of the execu
tive, A resolution that will, declare a state of
peace existing, thus restoring freedom of com
munication between Germany and the United
States, and ending the extraordinary war pow
ers conferred upon the executive, is all that is
needed. Put this up to the president, and see
if he is willing to keep his country out of peace.
Mr. Ferguson Has the Punch.
1 When a business man gets into politics he
generally carries business principles and meth
ods with him. If an efficient man, the good
sense, industry and training that have won him
success in business, when applied to political
matters, , lead him straight to sound con
clusions. These remarks are inspired by the inter
iTiew in The Bee Tuesday with Mr. J. F. Fergu
son, in which, after paying his tribute to Gen
eral Pershing as a man of action and deeds, who
knows no such word as failure, and who will
administer the government fearlessly and effi
ciently, he adds:
He is from the" west. He is one of us.
He is our neighbor. His whole career has
beenone of leadership. What an honor,
whit" a privilege for every Nebraskan to be
able to cast his vote at the primaries for the
greatest American of us all.
Trust a business man to go(right to the
heart of a situation, to know its psychological
application. Business judgment repudiates
every suggestion that any Nebrakan should fail
Nebraska's greatest citizen. That is not 6nly
business sense, it is political wisdom of the
highest order. We shall not forget, when
primary day comes, that General Tershing "is
one of us. . . is our neighbor."
Sounds Much Like Bluff.
The demand of Prince Feilas, newly-named
"king" of Syria and Lebanon, that the French
immediately evacuate the region over which he
"rules" may be looked upon as a demonstration
in favor of the Turk. Coming along with an
order from the Arabs that the British withdraw
from Palestine, the whole affair has something
of the appearance of a preconcerted move to
bolster up the waning sentiment in favor of al
lowing the unspeakable Ottoman government
tov retain a hold in southeastern Europe. In
any aspect, the move is of moment only as it
will be considered by the apprehensive as in
dicative of another jehad. Such an event does
not seem likely, although it is-not entirely im
possible. However, the Mussulman tribes
have long since learned that the only advantage
they can gain from conflict with Christian
powers is the assurance of early securing the
reward. that comes to a brave warrior who falls
battling for the faith, of the prophet On the
Elevator Etiquette.
Occasionally a discussion arises over, the
problem of conduct in elevators when strangers
of both sexes meet in cramped quarters. Every
man of gentle breeding or natural gentlemanly
instincts is pleased at all times and under all
circumstances to show deference to and respect
for women with whom lis is thrown in contact.
But . unless we are gradually to lapse into the
intolerable, interminable and ridiculous physi
cal and conversational etiquette of the Chinese
and other far eastern peoples, there must be
sharp distinctions made between acquaintances
and strangers in public places.
The elevator is a public utility in a public
fjlace. So is a b,otel or theater lobby, and a
street car and railroad station. Is it up to a
gentleman to remove his hat from his head
when he enters a street car to show his respect
for women in it who are entire strangers to
him? Or in a hotel lobby or a railroad sta
tion? Certainly not. In what respect, then,
does the public elevator differ from these?
Obviously not in propinquity, for all men who
frequent street cars during the rush hours have
been thrown closer to strangers of the oppo
site sex than would be permitted elsewhere,
with never a thought of removing thair hats.
What sound reason, therefore can be given for
To do so is regarded by some women as' a
presumption, an unauthorized and impertinent
recognition of their presence, quite as im
proper as would be the raising of the hat of a
stranger when approching her on the street.
When a gentleman greets a lady acquaint
ance in any public place he will tip his hat.
If in a hotel lobby or an elevator he will keep
it off so long as he converses with her. But
not to strangers. One does not take off his
hat upon entering a hotel parlor, or dining
room, or church, because there are women pres
ent, but because they are places where he
would also remove his overcoat and be seated,
as in a theater. But one does not sit in an
elevator.
Men may be sure that women who know
proper social distinctions will never take offense
if men temporarily in their presence in public
places keep their hats on their heads.
Governor- Holcomb of Connecticut has, a
wholesome regard for the constitution, but-.liis
lady friends think he might take a chance.
Jazzing typewriters are no novelty in this
land. One has been busy at the White House
for seven years.
Come on with your April showers.
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CfteVELVETS
HAMMERS
Bij ..Arthur Brooks Baker
JUDGE JOSEPH WM. WOODROUGH.
The world is full of citizens resembling me
and you, who like to leave the heavy work for
other folks to do. They play the golf and
dominoes, parcheesi, whist and chest, with
other games which they do not openly confess,
while holding public, offices and doing public
ork is something that they much prefer to
sidestep, dodge and sliirk.
But some One has to counteract dark pur
pose and intrigue so Joseph William Wood
rough formed the Woodrow Wilson league to
-purify our politics, to guide our steps aright,
to hold before our clouded minds the true un
failing light; for if we must be led astray, it's
very proper that the leading be accomplished
by a gifted democrat. -
But Joseph William Woodrough, though he
lifted up his voice to boost a man for whom
The Bee may not commend his choice, ac
complished by the aid of certain incidents of
fate, a happy fate for which some others law
yers vainly wait. With Woodrough helping
Woodrow in, there's not the smallest doubt that
Woodrow could not feel inclined to leaving
Woodrough out. --
So Joseph William Woodrough sits as
United States district judge, a bench from
which, while Woodrow stays, he need not stir
or budge; for though his looks are juvenile, as
many folks have said, he has a very well ma
tured and calculative head. How few there are
who prophesy and win a recompense by true
prognostication of political events!
Next subject: Bishoa E. V. Shayler.
A Line 0' Type or Two
'Haw ta tha Llna. lat tha aulka tall whara thay aSv.
Thoreau did not write "Spring has come,
Lykelle, l.ykelle," but he wrote: "We talk
about spring as at hand before the end of Feb
ruary, and yet it will be two good months, one
sixth part of the whole year, before we can go
a-Maying. Thre may be a whole month of
solid ifnd uninterrupted winter yet, plenty of
ice and good sleighing."
Conservation.
Sir: Oxerheard on 'Chans: "Charley Is
well .stoilieil with 20-year-old." "Yes. but when
you go" by his house on Sundays here's a scar
let fever sign out." Wag.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
Benson's warning to Sims, "Don't let the
British pull the wool over your eyes," was ex
cellent advice. It happened that it was ad
dressed to the froug man. It should have been
addressed to Woodrow Wilson.
All About the Dinguses.
Vroiii the Prestonburif (Ky.) I'ilixen.
Wayne Dingus Is still calling on his best
girl. Miss Clarice Huff. He says he thinks she
is the only pumpkin on. the vine.
V. J. Dingus, jr., C. &. O. agent, made a
flying trip to Cincinnati.
Sam P. Dingus is making regular trips to
J.angley. Wonder what the attraction.
llss Veura Dingus is some girl. She keeps
all the boys at Alphoretta guessing.
"Between the tables were two globes of
open-work brass, one perhaps six feet in dia
meter, the other several times smaller."
March Century.
In order to work this out you must first
find the co-ordinates of the table legs and the
acceleration in the field of gravitation.
Here Comes the Bride.
Sir: While we all love bridal couple.--, tltey
are often a nuisance on the railroad. 1 have
been hit with innumerable old shoes and have
had to dig pounds of rice out of my ears because
X was unable to get out of the way in time. In
every town -there is a local cutup, who, if ndt
promptly murdered, will run through, a tram
after a couple and shower everybody with rice.
I recall a bridal couple that got on in west
ern Nebraska. The embarrassed groom expressed
a wish to buy a "bunk" as far as Omaha, and
this negotiation completed, Jbey sat in their sec
tion holding hands, lie was a typical small
town hick,, with a bush-league haircut, mail
order suit with lots of purple buttons on the
sleeves, extreme ess-cup trousers, futurist tie;
and he carried one of those square, black oilcloth-covered
grips that resemble a gas meter.
The bride was passing fair, saturated with per
fumery, and her new aumps were much too
tight.
.Their section was the first made down that
evening, and they watched with eager interest
the det manipulations of the porter. The berth
was all ready except "hanging the curtains, when
the porter was informed that his supper was
waiting in the dining car, and he departed. After
a whispered consultation that lasted half an
hour, the groom timidly approached the Pull
man conductor and requested a refund, as they
had decided to sit up in a chair car. They did
not care for quarters with such lack at privacy.
Old-Timer.
Like Greenwich Village in Xew York, Tucker
Place in Chicago is becoming celebrated as a
place where the littefati litter.
"Shakespeare identified in Edward de Vere,
the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford." has just been
published, and a reviewer remarks that the re
deeming feature of the book is its honesty. And
this honesty, we should sav. is contained in the
iame of the author, who is J. Thomas Looney.
tie is.
None of the gentlemen named in connection
with a presidential nomination is "seeking the
nomination." And this is a most encouraging
sign of the times.
BEDS FOR CONSUMPTIVES.
I am asked occasionally how
muny noapltul and sanitarium beds
fr consumptives . a ' community
should have. There is a simple
rule whtch'can be easily applied. It
la that the number of beds for con
sumptives should equal the number
of deaths from that disease in a
single year.
In Chicago there were 3,262
deaths from consumption in 1913.
According to this rule, there should
be 3.262 beds for consumptives in
hospitals and sanitaria. In apply
ing this rule one or two modifying
factors should be taken into consideration.
First, are all the deaths from con
sumption recorded as such? There
still is considerable tendency to
cover up consumption on the death
certificate, though the tendency is
not so great as it was a few years
ago. Vir instance, the record shows
789 deaths from bronchitis in Chi
cago in 1908 and only 147 in 19011,
The difference was due to the op
position of the health department
to accepting bronchitis as a cause of
death. Many deaths were recorded
as consumption in 190! which would
have been called bronchitis had the
1908 laxity prevailed.
Second, if there is to be a great
deal or agitation and education on
the subject of tuberculosis the need
will be greater perhaps the Index
should be one and a half beds for
each death in a year.
In Cook county. Illinois, and
vicinity for serving people from that
community exclusively there are
2.300 beds. The community, there
fore, has about two-thirds its esti
mated requirements.
At that, few communities are so
well supplied. Of , course, this
i equipment does not supply every
consumptive with a hospital or sani
tarium bed. The average institu
tion stay, even counting in the in
stitutions for very chronic cases, is
nine months. The average stay m
the larger institutions and those for
incurable cases is a little less than
five months. The 2,300 beds easily
serve 4,600 patients in a year.
But since consumption is a slow
disease lasting more than two years
the number or consumptives in Chi
cago who should have hospital mre
is materially more than 4.t00 a
year.
The index, one bed for each
death, takes into consideration the
number who can be influenced to
have hospitaT and sanitarium care
as well as the number who need it.
At the Lady's Earnest Request We Have Sup
pressed Her Name.
From the .Iowa Falls Sentinel.
,Talk of Aphrodite rising from the sea;
dream of Helen of Troy; think of all the beau
tiful women of .history whose blonde tresses
have altered the course of civilization or fig
ured in the mythology of old think of the
most perfect blonde ever visualized by dram
atist, novelist, or artist and they are all
beaten to a frazzle after one glimpse of Miss
, the blonde beauty of "E ,"
coming to the Metropolitan Wednesday night.
Favored darling of the gods, gifted with such
unusual beauty as comes once in a generation
to some fickle maid as a gift from heaven,
this girl certainly attracts much attention.
"In 'The Deserted Village,' by Bobby Burns
. . . " Forest Park Review.
Hoots! Toots!
"Miss Oolooah Burner, national student
secretary of the" Y. W. C. A. . . ." San Fran
cisco Chronicle. .
The Academy Quartet of Yodelers has
signed her.
"Put Sultan Out, Wilson's Reply to the Al
lies." Headline.
Every time the president addresses a note to
the Allies he wishes some one put out.
Better fifty years of Newberry in Fort Leav
enworth than fifty minutes of Ford in Wash
ington. It has remained for the Germans themselves
to mess, up their country. B. L. T.
What Others Are Saying
Courting In North Carolina.
Rev, Preston Wyatt is somewhat pleased.
He is talking to Miss Bonnie Doringcr. With
out a doubt they will make up the match.
Charles G. Miller has got him up a court
ship with Miss Calhcun in Tennessee. He told
her his cousin married a Calhoun and she was
so pretty that he told his cousin that he would
never marry satisfied without he got a Cal
houn. Fred Golinger likes the looks of Miss Mary
Hart of late days.
. Hezel Blevins says that he is going to have
him a Greer if he has to go to Andy Greer's to
get her. Jefferson Recorder.
A Story With a Moral.
Ex-President Taft said at a dinner in Chi
cago:
"If. we dou't take warning from this war if
we don't devise some means to have no more
wars forever then we deserve to be extin
guished, wiped out. Goodness knows we have
had war warnings enough I
"I 'am reminded of a story," Mr.Taft went
on, "It's a story about two men who died and
knocked tor admission at the gate rt Paradise,
"St. Peter admitted the first man without
sending him for a term in purgatory on the
ground that he had been married.
"The second man, perceiving this, stepped
up with a confident smile.
" T have been married twice," he said.
"St. Peter frowned and pointed sternly
downward with his torehnger.
"'W want no fools in Paradise,' said the
saint." Detroit Free Press.
Results of Willful Unpreparedness.
Although the war in Europe had been'going
on for more than two ears the entry of Amer
ica found the government totally unprepared.
It had been apparent for months that we were
going to have to go in, but nothing had been
done. We had no army, no guns, no rifles, no
powder. Everything had to be supplied at
once, with the result that nothing was supplied
on time and many things not at all. But if we
didn't get them we paid for them just the same,
and paid many times over. We paid $120,000,.
000 for nitrates, but got no nitrates for the
war. The plant may be finished in time to
produce fertilizer for next spring. We paid
160,000,000 for powder, but got no powder. We
paid for tanks and aircraft and shells and gas,
but none of these things became realities until
the war was over. We paid all this in money,
billions of it. How much we paid in lives, in
delay, in the loss of striking force, tlfere is no
present computation to show. But history will
tmd out and charge it up to us. Kansas City
Star.
Consumption is on the decline. A
study of the disease in Chicago
shows that the. death rate was 220
in 1881. In 1907 it was 197 and
in 1919. 122. This is a record of
which the community is proud. No
small part of the accomplishment
has been due to its equipment with
hospitals and sanitaria. Communi
ties which have left their consump
tives uncared for, left them to knock
around as best they could, have
not made so good a showing.
A secondary question is on what
basis should the beds be divided
between late cases and early cases?
As to that just one sentence: In
stitutions always allot too much
space to early cases and too little to
late cases.
Finds He's Hale At 2.
G. K. H. writes: "I was much in
terested in the article of W. M. G.
in your column and wish to add my
approval of the method which he
adopted. I shall be 92 years of
age on April 7. 1920. A few years
ago I was taken with Influenza, fol
lowed by pneumonia, and my physi
cian gave up all hope of recovery.
But I survived and I wteh to say
that for many years I had adopted
the habit of taking a cold water
bath each morning on arising, fol
lowed by a rundown with a coarse
towel and the further habit of eat
ing only at meal time, and that habit
I still follow. I have abstained from
intoxicating drink since 1862, but
have smoked regularly but not to ex
cess. I also was troubled w-ith nasal
catarrh for years. Otherwise I
have not been obliged to call in a
physician during my whole life."
Lots of Dogs Have Goiter.
XT. writes: "Can a doir get a goiter?
Slv beautiful Scotch collie, the hand
somest of his kind in Oregon, has a
lump forming on his neck just above
the breast. I found it today while
bathing him. He is 5 .years old. Is
there anything I can do: wnere
can I take him?"
Reply Dogs are frequently af
fected by goiter. ' See a veterinarian.
Possibly something can be done.
Law of Nature.
"Tou may accept this as a true
story." remarked the man on the
car, "the fellow who spends much
of his time knocking the town
doesn't erect any of its tall build
ings." Toledo Blade.
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The Day We Celebrate.
George W. Holdrege, general
manager of the IHurlingtou lines
west of the Missouri river, born
1847.
W. F. Zuttel. Vnion Pacific cluinv
agent, born IS 07.
W. A. (iordon, Kxpressmen's De
livery company, born 1870.
Hev. Hugh Hluck, celebrated
preacher und member of the. faculty
of I'niou Theological seminary,
born at liothesny. Scotland i2 years
ago. v
Dr. James K. Patterson, president
emeritus of the stain university of
Kentucky, born in Glasgow, Scot
land 87 years ago.
J. Kuhi K'alaiiianaole. the
Hawaiian delegate in congress, born
in Hawaii 49 years ago.
William P. Hobby, the present
governor of Texas, born in Polk
county. Texas, 42 years ago.
Dr. Flavel S. laither, foi mer
president of Trinity college. Hart
ford, Conn., born at Brooklyn,
Conn , 70 years ago.
Thirty Years An in Onuiliii.
Miss Frances Wlllard, president
of the national W. C. T. IT., issued
an appeal for aid in the campaign in
Nebraska which had for its pur
pose the adoption the following
November of the proposed prohibi
tion amendment to the constitution.
The congregation of the First
United Presbyterian church held its
annual meeting at the church on
North Sixteenth. The trustees had
sold the property on which the
church was located for $14,000, und
a committee was appointed to se
cure a new site.
Nebraska lumber dealers held a
preliminary meeting at the Millard
hotel when arrangements w'ere be
gun for organizing a state associa
tion for the protection of the retail
lumber merchants. After the meet
ing the members were given a ban
quet at the Omaha club.
F.lectric linemen were out on a
strike demanding $2.65 per day,
the scale existing at that time giv
ing them $2.25 per day.
FROM HERE AND THERE.
A wliule yields on an average,
2,000 gallons of oil.
In Arabia there is a tract of un
explored territory nearly live times
the size of (treat Britain.
When Grant had been president
less than two years, no member of
his original cabinet remained in of
fice. In 1 S 7 0, during the Franco-Prussian
war. the value of diamonds was
largely depreciated by the quantity
.'t'fered for sale in London by French
refugees.
T'alm-sugar called "jaggery," is
obtained in India from a species of
palm trees. The sweet juice flows
from the top shoot of the tree when
it Is wounded.
Fifty years ago, during the
Franco-Prussian war, the first anti
aircraft guns were made by the
Krupp to enable the Germans to
shoot down the balloons leaving
Paris.
On the wall of Christ Church
cathedral, in lniblin, is a brass tab
let placed there to commemorate the
death of an officer, who, many years
ngo, was forced to spend the night in
the cathedral, and was devoured by
rats.
An electric barrage which charges
certain areas of water with elec
trodes has been devised to prevent
fish from entering: irrigation canals
and ditches and later-perishing by
thousands in the fields.
In many pflrts of India the natives
depend for food upon the blossoms
of the .bassiatree. They do not cook
the flowers, but make a good meal of
them raw.- These blossoms are
described as sweet and sickly in
odor and taste.
The magpie is, or was, held to be
encred in Norway, and whoever
lifted a hand against it promptly
brought down a curse not only upon
himself, but on his family, relations,
intimate friends, live stock, and
household goods.
The only item of live stock in Ger
many which increased during the
war is goats! Germany today has
3.000,000 goats, 10 per cent more
than in 1914. Goat milk is being
very largely used as a completely
satisfactory substitute for cows'
milk.
As an illustration of the cunning
of the fox, hunters have told how
an animal hard pressed in the chase
has come across a comrade, and ap
parently persuaded it to take up the
running in full view of the field,
while the tired one remained hidden
until the danger was past.
According to figures compiled by
the United States Department of
Agriculture, the man in the city
eats two-thirds more beef, veal and
mutton than the man in the coun
try, but the man in the country eats
two-thirds more pork than the man
in the city and one-half more
poultry.
Looking Ahead
By looking ahead and
planning for the future
we are able to success
fully accomplish much
to which we aspire.
Now is the time to plan
for- Christmas. This
should be a season of
Joy unmarred by worry
as to how you can prop
erly remember members
of the Family and
Friends without finan
cial embarrassment.
Look ahead. Open a
Christmas Fund Savings
Account now in the Sav
ings Department of the
First National Bank.
Add to it by depositing
a few dollars .weekly
and you will have ample
Christmas funds this
year. ,
See the Christmas sav
ings suggestions this
week in the window of
the Savings Department.
s u 1
President Politician. .
Omaha, March 23. To the
Kditor of The Bee: A dispatch
bearing this dale (March 23). in
forms us that there will be no peace
until the pact Is ratified. The above
statement Is made by President
Wilson, who kept us out of war,
and now he keeps us out of peace,
lie is nisi the champion of humanity
and democracy. if he is an ex
ample of Immunity and democracy
I hope some one will set me right
on this point.
For one. 1 look at President Wil
son us a politician only, his state
ment shows little or nu democracy;
it is rather autocracy.
President Wilson says he stands
pat for the Versailles treaty or
nothing, and still some people are
inclined to believe he is a democrat
of merit. 1 would like to have
some of Mr. Wilson's friends Inform
me where did Mr. Wilson get the
authority from to go to Versailles,
frame a treaty and demand from
congress to ratify, Instead of con
sulting the congress for acceptance.
The constitution of the United States
does not grant him such authority,
therefore, where from has he the
authority?
STF.I'FAN" KLHI'KY.
Defense of Mr. Amlreaseii.
Omaha, March 23. To the Editor
of The Be The action of the
Judges of the district court in dis
missing Morris Andreasen from his
position as adult probation officer
was as cowardly as it was unjust,
it is another instance of the miser
able game of "passing the buck."
He was a creature of those Judges
subject to their whims and orders
and criticism from the first day of
his appointment and in the absence
of their disapproval he had a per
fect right to presume that he was
conducting his office along lines
meriting their endorsement. And
if he erred even on mercy's side, no
doubt a word of warning or rebuke
from the appointive power would
How They Felt.
The passengers on the pleasure
steamer, having just finished dinner,
were enjoying the beauties of the
evening to the full.
Mrs. De Vere surveyed the glories
of the wonderful Highland scenery
from sheer happiness. A majestic
ravine came Into her view, all tender
grays and shimmering browns and
blues. She held her breath till they
had passed.
"oh, .lohn!" she said, "what a
;ov, ly gorge that was:"
"Yes, darling," he said absently,
"Quite tho best food we've had since
we left London." Los Angeles
Times.
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have prevented a repetition of the
error, and thereby aaved to the city
a decent public servant.' 1 have
known Mr. Andreasen for the past
16 years, long: before he had any
connection with probation courts: I
have known the appeal that human
Huflorlntf made to his generous
heart. I saw him furnish a nurse
from his own family for a human
derelict between whom and himself
the only earthly tie waa their com
mon humanity. 1 saw him contrib
ute food and coal to that Hame poor
wretch, not from the city fund, but
from his own, not over-tilled pri
vate purse. And I want Mr. Andrea
sen to know that ot his friends on
the South Side the sober, well con
iUtred action of the district Judges
will make no stronger appeal than
the hounding of the professional re
formers that prompted his dismissal.
M. J. GRADY,
- South Side.
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