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Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
slaurhteror Ma.saore !

Accuracy and precise statement alike require
the omission OF the word Slaughter" from the
roster Of world war terms. II Is incorrect aud
misleading. In former wars in which open
fighting prevailed a. well as in the days of the
spear and the battleax. slaughter was an exact
descriptive term. Trench warfare despite the
spraying OF fields with high explosives" the
tossing of hand grenades. the rolling OF bombs,
the use OF asphyxiating gas and liquid fire. rem
ders the life OF soldiers comparatively safe
Such at least Is the inference conveyed by an
expert in explosives Hudson Maxim.
The slaughter which marks this war;" says
Mr. Maxim in a New York Times interview, SIS
not more than one-tenth as great for the hours
OF actual battle in comparison with the number
OF men engaged as that of our civil war; This
is strong statement considering the source
Let Us examine It in the light Of available
records.
No one knows definitely how many men have
been or are now engaged in the present war
Fifteen million men is regarded fair estimate
The total number OF men OF all services engaged
on both sides in the four years OF our civil war
was S.225.00o, or little more than one-fifth
Of Europe's estimate. The Red Cross computa-
ton OF losses during the first six months OF the
present war shows 2.146, 900 dead and ,1BO, 600
seriously wounded. The former figures work
out death loss OF LAC for every hour of the
elk months. exclusive OF the wounded loss.
The loss OF life from all causes, on both sides
OF the civil war. totals 4S3,7e5 men.-union.
s4s.s44; confederate. 1881. This means an
average loss OF is.s per hour for every hour of
the four years Of war. II the civil war losses
were compressed into battle period OF six
months, corresponding with Europes period, the
average loss per hour would be 1s1 men. OF
enc 70 every seven killed per hour In the war.
slaughter Is not the word Massacre more
fittingly describes the world war.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
Improving the Missouri.

Omaha is TO be asked to join with Kansas
City and other Missouri river towns in opposing
the recommendation Of Lieutenant Colonel
Deakyne, the United States engineer who recon-
mends that the program for improvement OF the
Zig Muddy be abandoned. This recommended
ton. based on the failure to develop sufficient
traffic to warrant the expenditure, puts the
question sQuarely up 20 congress- Money was
set aside in the last rivers and harbors bill for
the work, which. IL done at ALL will for the pres
ent at least. be under the direction of an engi-
neer now on record as opposed to the project.
Missouri river navigation is not a new prob
lem; the stream is as susceptible OF service now
It ever was, and the only point at issue is the
cost OF developing traffic. II the river is to be
used, comprehensive program must be adopted.
20 be systematically carried out. This will in
clude not alone the clearing OF the channel from
distractions, the protection OF the banks of the
stream in order that permanent channel may
be preserved, but the furnishing OF terminal
facilities at the points TO be served. The re-
quirements are easily outlined, and the only
question to be finally settled is whether water
is to be made available to supplement rail trans
portation.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
AROUND THE CITIES

Milan. Italy. has 100000 people.
zaandam, Holland. is to have a sugar
factory.
Boys and girls in Vienna under the age
OF IA have been ordered to serve as hos
pital orderlles
Fire which swept the village Of Hogans-
burg, n. ". near WATERFOWL, caused
damage of $4,000
Forty-slx cases Of typhoid fever has
been reported in the Bay Ridge section
Of Brooklyn. N. Y.
Branch. N. Y. is annoyed because por-
cupines have taken TO invading the vii
lage streets in numbers.
The Paris police force is to be increased
by the addition of a corps OF divers to
work beneath the river Seine.
Gas cookers on bire in Bristol, England.
numbered 1850 in 1902: 43,770 in 1910 and
5l,52o in 1913, reports Consul Armstrong.
When tho ground is covered with snow
in at least one city in Norway a track
less trolley car hauls as a trailer pac-
senger car mounted on runners.
Lynchburg. Va, has a name which is
not exactly suggestive in itself of reform
in penology. Yet it is the Lynchburg city
farm board which since April has main.
tained q 450-acre farm for city prisoners
where forty whites and forty negroes,
under short-term sentences, are employed.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
Carranza Ready to Comply.

The earliest fruits OF the All-American con-
ference on Mexican matters is the manifestation
Of desire part of the striving champions,
who have torn their country by factional fight
ing. to get in on the ground floor of the settle
n,ent. This must be the case of venustiano
Carranza. who accompanies his brief Of submits
sion with the delicate suggestion that he be
recognized as the First chief" and the man to
be given power in Mexico. Similar submission.
with the same suggestions. will very likely be
before the conferees early in the week.
As outlined by the United States, the plans
for pacfying Mexico comprise the recognition OF
all factions factors in the settlement. which
will date back to the abdication and flight OF
Huerta. Neither side is to be given final prefer
cnce. but an effort will be made to find man
for president who will represent what the revo-
luton stood for, but who has not been faction
ally prominent since This elimination OF the
present leaders should have the effect of maxi
ing union the easier, and, as the settlement will
have the active support of ali American powers,
its authority ought to easily be established.
Mexicans may have real government again
before the year is out but 1t will take a long
time TO bring thai country back to the state of
development TO which Diaz had brought It,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
TIPS ON HOME TOPICS.

Indianapolis News; The bureau OF en-
craving and printing. which Rrinds out
our currency for US. has cornered the
supply OF dyestuffs necessary in it's busi-
ness. But then. OF course. the object OF
a corner Is always 20 make money
Wall Street Journal: Assumption that
when the expert navy board has been
selected I'VE viii presently be in a state
OF defense such a. no other nation has
ever seen matches the theory that a
grand Jury indictment is equivalent to
conviction.
Springfield Republican, circular is
sued by the Railroad Workers Educa-
tional league urges union men 70 pro-
test against the purchase OF increasingly
heavier locomotives. which. n IL argued,
mean the displacement o. an increasing
amount OF labor. The Introduction Of
labOr-savins devices has always had this
effect. but the normal increase In bust
ness can Be- trusted 10 take care OF the
displaced workmsn
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
CoLUMBIA's EMBLEM.

Edna d. Proctor In Songs Of America"
Blazon Columbia's emblem,
The bounteous, golden Corn!
Eons ago, of the great suns glow
And the Joy of the earth, { was born.
From Superlor's shore to Chilli,
From the ocean of dawn TO the west.
With its banners Of green and silken
1t sprang at the suns behest;
And by dew and shower, from its natal
with honey and wine Z was fed,
TIL on slope and plain the gods were fain
To share the feast outsDread;
For the rarest boon to the land they loved
Was the Corn so rich ana fair,
Nor star nor breeze DER the farthest seas
Could find its like elsewhere.
In their holiest temples the Incas
Offered the heaven-sent Maize
Grains wrought OF gold, in a silver fold,
For the suns .enraptured gaze;
And its harvest came to the wandering
tribes
AS the gods own gift and seal,
And MonteZuma's festal bread
Was made of its sacred meal.
Narrow their cherished fields: but ours
Are broad as the continents breast
And, lavish as leaves the rustling
Bring plenty and joy and rest:
For they strew the plains and crowd the
When the reapers meet at morn,
Till blithe cheers ring and west winds
A song song for the garnered Corn.
The rose may bloom for England.
The lily for France unfold;
Ireland may honor the shamrock.
Scotland her thistle bold;
But the shield of the great Republic,
The glory OF the West,
Shall bear a stalk of the tasselled Corn
The suns supreme bequest!
The arbutus and the goldenrod
The heart Of the North may cheer,
And the mountain laurel for Maryland
Its royal clusters rear,
And jasmine and magnolia
The crest of the South adorn;
But the wide Republics emblem
Is the bounteous. golden Cornl
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
People and Events

Major Jost Of Kansas City is facing a
possible impeachment, just because an
auditing committee isn't satisfied with
the way the pay rolls down there were
made out
The pushcart market Is one of the great
institutions OF New FORKS East Side. II
serves a real need for the poor and is to
be given permanent quarters under the
new Manhattan bridge.
Boston Elks gave an enthusiastic
reception TO the new grand exalted ruler
Of the order. James r. Nicholson Of
Springfield, on his return from Los An
geles, where he was elected to his high
place
Judge Chatfield in the federal District
court at Brooklyn cut the claims for
attorneys fees In a receivership case
from sl25,72o to $50 SIS. saying the at
torneys had done little effective work
for the creditors.
GLADYS Rayenscroft the young English
woman who captured the woman's ma
uonal golf championship Of the United
States I'm 1913 has just announced her
engagement to wed with Temple Do
bell young English gentleman.
George w. Shock OF Philadelphia, 30
years old. and sixty-one years a teacher
In the Philadelphia public schools, says:
PLENTY Of hard work keeps a man
from getting rusty" and advises the
axe or the hoe as the proper instrument
for exercise purposes.
At the home OF a. ]. stearns in Hart.
land, VT, is a large red rosebush which
has been bearing roses for more than
seventy years TO his knowledge This
year 1t had more than ninety full-blown
and partly opened buds at the same
time.
Hudson Maxim, the inventor, and Nat
thew b. Sellers. editor of an earonaut.
ical publication, have been selected by
the Aerounautical Society Of America tc
represent that organization on the navy
advisory board of which Thomas A.
Edison is chairman.
Joshua Conkling Reeves OF Stoyes-
town, Pa, father Of three very popular
daughters, has devised kiss resonator,
whereby he hopes to keep track Of the
counting. In some parts OF the country
a speedometer would be more TO The
point, as the smack would be loud
enough without the aid of resonator
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
woMEN's ACTIVITIES.

The chief Of police OF Southampton,
England. Is advertising for po'icewomen
at salary OF from 8; to % a week.
The Massachusetts, Federation Of wom-
ems Clubs has Endorsed the suffrage
movement. The antis waged war against
the position. The vote stood sos 70 90.
The Providence Journal calls attention
to the fact that a man In Binghamton.
Conn. has made twenty quilts thus far
In the year. and yet some people talk
about women invading the sphere OF men.
Another step In woman's progress was
taken "wednesday. when the first woman
justices in the British empire were nomi-
mated In South Australia. One Of them is
Mrs. Price. widow of the states first
labor premier.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago thinks
that women know something about the
city beautiful. and has appointed Mrs.
James II. Channon member OF a special
parks commission. She has been inter-
ested In the parks and Fairgrounds work
for several years DR.. Marie Schmidt Is
another woman on the same committee.
Female workers on "tramways," the
British name for street cars. were not
very much IN favor with the Amalga-
mated Association OF Tramwey ana We
hicle Workers at the annual conference
in Edinburgh recently. Resolutions OF
protest against women workers were
passed. and it was declared that. while
the government may want women to take
the place OF men during the war. this
organisation disapproved' OF It.
Atlanta. Ca. has been discussing the
question Of co-education. and recently the
Board OF Education decided by an indirect
vote that the time has come for co-edu-
cational high schools IN that city. Mrs
A. T. Wise said she was opposed 20 such
a school. and. as principal OF one OF the
schools. has had opportunity to form an
opinion. There are psychological and
medical reasons she said, that make IL
unwise for girls and boys OF high school
age TO go to school together.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
sIGNPosTs OF PROGRESS.

At the first Of the year. according 20
a government estimate, there were 49,
$1,000 farm animals In the United States.
a gain in a year Of about $4,000.
Because OF competition OF the jltney
buses an electric line which operates in
Vancouver and Victoria has reduced its
rates to 3'a cents.
Because Of present rates Of foreign ex-
change n dollar IN American gold Is worth
about lois cents in England. ii3 cents
IN Germany and 1o2-5 cents In France.
Sixty years supply Of natural gas at
the present rate Of consumption has been
wasted IN Oklahoma In recent years. ac-
cordlng 20 government figures.
The sum spent for newspaper advertis-
ing in the United States Is $1JO,OoO.OOO.
This is 40 per cont Of all advertising and
more than four times as much as In tho
second Iurgest medium.
The county OF Lancaster. Pennsylvania,
is not only willing, but Is anxious. to pay
It's debts before they are due, and the
commissioners are advertising for credit
ors TO come forth with $4,000 worth on
outstanding bonds, due In 1918
Missourrs governor wishes 20 reverse
the show me- slogan to one OF snow
you" lie plans to have trainioad OF
Missouri products, accompanied by vari-
Gus silver-tongucd personageS. tour the
eastern end northern states by way OF
proof.
ON the metal plates OF the United States
steamship New Jersey. Henry Reuterdahi'
tho marine artist. has painted a remark
able scene of a battleship in action Ihe
,,tct,,ro is called tho most valuable in the
,,orid a. the strIcture on which 1t Is
laid cost many millions.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08
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More than 5000 persons present for the Grant
memorial exercises at the hgh school grounds which
were carried out with due lmpressiveness.
The day was also observed at Fort Omaha by half
hour guns and a national salute at sunset
Miss Mollie Pagan. who was hurt in a runaway.
Is convalescing rapidly
Frank Robbins has been appointed special police
man at the depot account OF the growing tramp
nuisance and increase OF pickpOekets swarming there
Prof S 8 Gnlspie is visiting his brother Prof ].
A. Gnlspie OF the Deaf and Dumb institute.
Rain and moonlight don't mix very viii. Messrs.
sternsdorf and Cook compelled TO postpone their
moonlight picnic. which 10 have been given D
Hanscom park
Colonel and Mrs. Guy " Henry entertained those
who participated in the rifle competition with a
pleasant dancing party at their residence at Fort
Omaha.
Mrs samuel Mcleod and Miss Susie Mcleod
started extending tour west
work has been suspended on the addition 10 the
b. n headquarters building the trouble being that
tho quit because they discovered that the
tractor putting in stone cut By convict labor.
Because Of Governor Dawes quarantine prociama.
ton President Mcshane OF the stock yards. ap-
polluted DR. X Chambers veterinarian for the stock
yards 70 work with report TO the stats vetsrnar
ian. pr. Gerth
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

"Oh. no. soliloduized Johnny bitterly,
there amt any favOrites i'm this family.
Oh, no! II bite my fingernails 1 get
rap over the knuckles. but II the baby
eats his whole foot they think it's cute"
ladies Home Journal.
His verses are simply blood ourdlingl'
Yes, regular Edgar Allan Poetry
Harvard Lampoon.
Cholly 60 shopman)-I say-aw-could
you take that yellow tie with the pink
spots out Of the window?
Hosier-Yes. sir. Pleased TO take any
thing out of the window. sir.
Cholly-Thanks, aw'fly. The beastly
thing bothers me every time l pass. Good
mawning.-Christian Register.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Thought for the Day


The day returns and brings the petty rounds
Of Irritating concerns and duties. Help us to
play tie man, help US 10 perform them Uith
laughter and kind fdees, let chesrfuIness abotRd
9th industry. Gire Us TO 90 bltthely on oar
business all this day, bring us to our resting
beds toeary and content and undishonOred. And
grant us in the end the git Of sleep. - Robert
Louis Stevenson
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Omaha Is getting to be some sporty town.
Auto races, wrestling matches. meteor speeding.
horse races. base ball. Ak-sar-Ben carnival and
Billy Sunday carnival-there's list of attrac-
tons along the line Of wholesome recreation
that can't be beat.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Il Is announced that the Russian fortress
Novogeorgievsk can hold out against the Ger
mans for months. It was announced once that
certain Belgian fortresses could hold out indef-
initely but, then, they didn't have such terrify-
ing names
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

General Scott is on his way TO Mexico. An
other General Scott went there once upon a
time to settle things. and settled them.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

The dispatches tell US that the emperor Of
Austria has had severe chill. Now. II that In
formation related to the czAr OF Russia, It would
be more understandable.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

No one appears 20 be bothering, or even in
quiring. as to what former Personal Ambassador
John Lind thinks about It or would advise us
TO do in the premises
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Did you see that7 Treating prohibited by
law in Great Britain?" What a vindication for
Nebraska's dead-letter no-treat lawi
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

The jitneys may not know Just what kind of
regulation they want. but they seem to know
what they don't want.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

It would seem that everyone entered fully
into the spirit of Booster day except the visiting
ball players. who we're 50 impolite a. to persist
in winning the game.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Mayor Jim" made his reputation as rope
tbrower. But he is some mule driver, too!
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

II takes a reporter experienced in all sides OF life
to see the humor OF situation, Ono OF our scrbes
I won't give him away by name-wno has been
amending his vacation with his folks PEORIA where
he himself. launched his journalistic before
coming to U.S. sends a picture postal, inscribed.
This is a pretty town, but when I spend my other
$780, I'll be back They make almost everything here
almost Kentucky whisky. almost Russian ambassa-
doris and almost reporters"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed 20 them. Ad-
dress viii be changed as often NJ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-08

Work has been suspended the addition 20 IN
B. n headquarters building. the trouble being tina
the quit because they discovered that the con
tractor was putting in stone cut By convict labor.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11

J. B. Schwartz, for the past eight
years in the employ Of the Minot post
office, and who has had charge of the
issuance division Of the money order
department, mysteriously disappeared
Saturday at about noon and officers
have been trying in vain to locate him
ever since
That Mr.. Schwartz is short in his
funds is generally believed, tho the
postoffice department is not prepared
to make any definite statement at
this time. The sheriff, deputies, police
department and the United States
Marshal and deputies have been
searching the city for the missing man
and adjoining states have been raked
with fine-tooth comb, but not the
slightest trace as to his whereabouts
has been found.
| Schwartz came to work as usual
Saturday morning and found the post
Office inspector prepared to check up
his records. He gave the inspector the
usual assistance and at shortly before
eleven, left for home, that being his
usual luncheon hour. He had never
been late a minute during all the
years Of his service and when the
hands of the clock pointed to five min
utes past twelve and the man did not
return, the inspector suggested that he
be located. Officers were sent to the
outgoing trains, but he left on none
of them. Mrs. Schwartz declares that
after eating his luncheon, he left for
the postoffice, but no one saw him af-
ter he entered his home. That he is
still in the city is quite probable and
the mystery is due to be cleared up
about Saturday.
Mr.. Schwartz has always been a
man of excellent habits, and general
ly liked He is the last man in Minot
that one would pick out as man to
misuse funds and his friends cannot
! believe it possible that he has done
So He owns two good residences in
Eastwood Park that are free from nj
debtedness.
In case that he is short, it will not
be possible to learn the full amount
until reports are received from the
seventy tHfea renting postohices
that use the Minot postoffice for a de-
positry. T1e(p nbney: drawer and that
part Of ~ vault switch Schwartz
used have 'bsen opened, but it is quite
certain that there is no shortage as
far as the local funds are concerned.
If there is a shortage, it is most like
ly that money received from the re-
hitting postoffices was used, and other
funds received to cover up the short
age. The fact that Schwartz disap-
peared so suddenly and that, Of the
diligent search that is being made for
him makes it practically: certain that
there is trouble of radical nature.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
NINOT and VICINITY

Judge Fisk of Williston is in the
city hearing case in district court.
DR.. BARLEY Of Sheyenne, one of the
well known legislators during the last
session, is dead.
Miss Grace Bice Of Sherwood was
the guest Of Minot friends over Sun
day. Miss Bice is connected with the
Sherwood Tribune.
C. S. Hadfield and Tom Campbell,
two of Glenburn's Princes of Finance,
were in Minot Tuesday enroute to Cal
fornia.
H. R. Brewster of Sawyer has 100
acres of shocked grain under the snow,
the machine having just started up on
his place.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Smart of St.
Cloud. MIMI, are visiting at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. f. G. Eli
thorpe, in this city.
Andrew Lantz of the firm of con-
tractors, Lantz G. Beam, has gone to
Powers Lake, to start the erection of a
new four room shool building.
J. H. Weinrebe, who recently bought
the Dolloff building. is remodeling the
front and will arrange three good
sized store rooms on the main floor.
J. H. Scofeld has four or five days
threshing left on his big farm south
Of the city before he can complete the
marketing of his 10000 bushel crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11

Judge is concealing is a stuffed club
which he is carrying up his sleeve for
the guy that COMPOUNDED his name
with that of the guilty culprit.
]. NJ. Woodsum from near Sawyer
hasn't threshed a bushel of his 80
acre crop, but he isn't worrying as it
is all stacked SO large stacks in all.
He will save half of his thresh bill,
besides the grain buyer offered him 4
cents bushel more for his barley be-
cause it has gone thru the sweat.
Miss Vivian Shute, daughter of the
pastor of the local NJ. E. chruch, sail