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Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

An Omaha policeman thinks he was saved
from the knife of assailant by a bank book
in his inside pocket. Next thing he knows he
viii be on the carpet to explain now he hap
pened TO acquire a bank book.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

Good hard roads are unfailing everyday
booster for the city from which they radiate
Omaha is fortunate in this respect and its good
fortune applauds the foresight of the author OF
the inheritance tax law
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

AS suspected all along, the Nebraska re
publican" rewarded by Secretary Bryan on the
eve Of his retirement with soft berth in the
consular service turns out TO be deserving
democrat"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09
American Recruits Solicited NV
Hritfah

nfAthnn.
AUDUBON. Ia, July $40 the Editor
OF The Bee: In your paper saw a para
graph to the effect that a United states
FEDERAL agent had brought a charge
against agents OF the English govern
ment that they are inducing United States
army and navy men 20 desert and ioin
the British army. OF course the Eng
hshman denied it. but all the same 1 can
give proof that they are doing this in
England. have Just returned from a
visit to that country and during my stay
there was approached several times
each day by recruiting sergeants, who
upon my saying that 1 was a United
States citizen would always answer;
Huh! Tell the major you were born
In Canada and you'll get In all right"
know that several hundred young
Americans are now serving In the Eng
lish army, having enlisted as Canadians.
l.. N.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09
CaIIInE Ri.marck,. nIuff.

Bismarck was comforting the Iron Cross on a hero
OF the ranks. and being In a humorous mood he said;
II authorized TO offer you. instead Of the cross
hundred thalers. What DO you sayg'
what IL the cross WORTH" asked the soldier
About three thslers."
Very wei then, your hshness; I'll take the cross
and ninety-seven thalers"-Boston Transcript
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09
Curious War SuperstitiOns
-Parir corrsspona.pes o. london aGall-

@ UPERSTITIONS hover. like birds. In the Paris ar.
- BY patient endeavor they may be shared.
or the few that have caught think ike
best that Of the woman who goes every day to tbs
Lady Chapel Of St supice 20 pray. Her superstiuous
for St Sulpce dates back to her early &C
qusintance with Balzao. Lovers Of that wonderful
short story. THE Atheists Mass. will understand It's
origin II the Sulpice Lady Chapel that the
atheist went. four times TO pray for the OLD
water-carriers soul Reading that the woman be-
lleved that prayer In ST. sulpce must be effec
tive than prayer anywhere else. and she said, Some
day shall go to Paris and shall pray at st. Supioe"
She is in Paris and she prays in St Sulpice
Her prayer ia all for soldier In the beginning there
subsidiary petions for other friends for herself
but the war frenzy grew fiercer and the life of
each soldier hung by slenderer thread petitions of
little import slipped her rosary and only the
vital prayer for her soldier remains The prayer which
the atheist confessed his she has adopted here
And I say with the faith OF a good sceptic, IF he
have anything 20 suffer let suffer II for him
Oh. Lady Chapel Of st. suplce. you are become
shrine, indeed
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

The spectacle OF Tom Taggart and his
friends posing as the injured innoeents OF the
Hoosier belt is calculated to brighten the tedium
Of the Indiana colony at Leavenworth.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

"A parrot should be taught to speak only
in polysyllables,'' says a contemporary. Also
with polyglot tongue. Help!
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

After that demonstration for Joe stecher,
let no one say there are no exceptions to the
rule about prophet being unhonored in his
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

Its long lane that has no turning" on
his third try Governor Morehead succeeded in
naming lawyer for public defender. willing
and anxious 10 take the Sob.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09
GRINs AND GRoANs.

Ambitious Applicant-You promised me
q fat part In your new production.
Malicious Manager--An right. I'm a
man Of my word You can look after the
grease painte.-Baltimore American.
Tramp-Piease. mum. I'm a Belgian
refugee.
Lady-Are your Mention a town in Bel
gium.
Tramp (cogitating a noment)-I would.
mum, but they have ell been destroyed.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

Pretty near time to close the open season
for tornadoes.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

What they do TO food price boosters in Ger
many is a caution. A dose OF that medicine
here might be beneficial to the patient once in
a WHILE
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

machine. and the boys Just fought for a
chance to get in front Of it-Boston
Tran script
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

oh. but wouldn't It be too awfulIy awful If
Lincoln democrats should have to come to the
senator at Omaha TO name a postmaster for
them
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

The bottom of the rain tank must need a
few plugs.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-09

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad-
dress viii be changed as often rs requested.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
Public Watches
 British Actions

with the law
 SiXth.-The methods now being used by Great Britain were introduced by American commanders during the civil war, when the federal government completely destroyed the southern trade with England.
 Follows United States Precept. Seventh.-The American supreme court enunciated the doctrine of con- tinuous voyage, and, although every other nation protested, Great Britain accepted it as sound law, notwith- standing the fact that it cost her dearly.
 Eighth.-It Is this same doctrine of international law to which Great Brit ain is adhering today. Great Britain has not damaged the legitimate con- merce between the United States and the neutral countries of Europe, but has merely sought to block the ship ments which were destined for trans shipment from neutral ports to Ger many.
 Ninth.-Great Britain is justified ab- solutely in this practice by the evi- dence that has been adduced to show that the shipments held up by her cruisers were actually destined to en- ter Germany.
 Tenth.-Great Britain intends to con- tinue this practice, but if the United States is not satisfied with the deci- sions of the prize courts which pass upon the American cases the British government will welcome the estab- lishment of an international tribunal that will adjudicate any questions which arise in respect to the funda- mental principles upon which the court procedure is based.
 Eleventh.-The trade of the United States has increased greatly with oth- CT European countries during the war and has more than offset the losses sustained by the destruction of the
 An Unanswered Question.
 One point in the American note that England did not answer is: That Great Britain never has made semblance of blockading the German coast on the Baltic and that no blockade can be effective until this coast is included. So long as the Scandinavian countries are free to send their ships across the Baltic to German ports an unfair hard ship Is being worked against Ameri- can shippers in favor of Scandina riauS
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
PRICES SHOW DECREASES TO
 ALL BUT THE CONSUMER.
Vegetables Plentiful, but Figures Snow
 That Micdemen Get Profits.

An investigation of produce market conditions made by the New York sun shows that not in years have vegeta- oles been so plentiful as now and so heap - for everybody but the con- tuner
 Potatoes sell at $1 n barrel whole sale, as against $425 barrel a year 1go. At retail they bring from 10 to lZ12 cents quart or at the rate of S3.2O and S4 q bushel and $S and S1O a barrel. Tomatoes sell at wholesale for from 25 to 75 cents a crate and to the housewife at the rate of four for 10 cents. Onions have been bringing 70 cents a bushel wholesale, as con- pared with s last year.
 Commission men blame the retailers for their failure to adjust prices to the advantage of the consumer. Nei- ther the consumer nor the farmer is benefiting from the huge crops and low wholesale prices. Between the S4 cents barrel received by New Jersey pro- ducers for potatoes and the rate of $1O a barrel paid by small consumers lie unusual possibilities of high finance.
 It shows that the net result of sev- eral years of agitation for cheaper farm produce has been merely to make matters worse for the housekeeper. It also shows that all the farm to the table" movements have not accom- plished their purpose.
 The remedy for this inequality of produce prices has not yet been found Whether method of distribution just devised remains problem.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
Four Sons Killed,
 But One Returns
EER0EE.ulurnn-EUHurxuu1

slieht and sly, as at first. heard fiji rattling of the paper and the rustlin or her dress as she seated herself ii front Of the casualty lists. Soon sh rose again. She wished to 20. I re membered having spoken to her at tha tune. So l asked her whether she hao again heard anything of her sons. Another Son Offered to Country. She sobbed softly. Yes, Franz she whispered and left. I glanced into tn. opened book. There it was. 'Musketeer Franz Reinhard.' And following these was the fateful word which permits of no hope, no doubts, only a few letters dead.
 And she came again and again. Ernst was heavily wounded, Oswald stricken with typhoid.
 If only Erwin comes backv she sighed one day. If he only comes back! He is my only one now
 Are Ernst and Oswald
 "She did not let me finish, but nod ded. grasped her hand.
 He will come back said. over come by the feeling of confidence which surged over me fin sympathy with the lot of thls woman. Just walt: he will come back.
 "A few months passed In these seri- ous days l had almost forgotten the woman and her hard lot Then met her one sunny day fin the park. With shining eyes she was pushing wheel chair fin front of her When she spied me look of recognition passed over her features, and, stopping. she said with quiet joy:
 Erwin Comes Home
 "'You were right, sir. There he is, my Erwin And her hand pointed to the wheel chair in which sat young soldier, scarcely twenty years of age, whose breast was decorated with the iron cross.
 'I pressed his hand.
 Well, l hope that you will soon be better. Young people always recover very quickly
 He smiled rcsignedy and said with a shrug of his shoulders:
 Both legs"
 'I felt the words penetrate my heart like thrusts of dagger. This hand some young fellow cripple.
 But he has the iron cross said the old woman radiantly. and now they cannot take him away from me again. Eh. Erwin? Now you will stay with me
 The young soldier gazed into her eyes with a smile.
 "'YeS, mother
 the old woman pushed her son, who had been given back to her. on in the wheel chair. " 2 German mother!'
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
ENGLAND'S SACRIFICES IN WAR
Women Urged to Walk, Eat at Home
 and Wear Last Years Clothes.

John Bull (meaning the men of Eng land) having already been urged to go on the water wagon for the remainder of the war, Mrs. John Bull and Miss Bull (meanlng the women of England) are to be asked to sign pledge against the use of luXuries.
 The suggestion for feminine absti- hence has been made by the parliament tary war savings committee. H. E. Morgan, who is assisting in the pledge propaganda. has made some sugges- tions which, if followed, will result in self denial calculated to conserve money. time, labor and health. Here arc a few:
 Wealthy Women.-Don't use your motorcars for private purposes. Devote them to public uses and walk.
 Young Men.-Don't take your sweet hearts to restaurants to dine. Eat at home and save money.
 Young Women. Ignore the new fash ions. Wear last years gowns until they are no longer serviceable. Chorus Girls.-Eschew 0f they know what tnlS word meanS) taNlcaDS. lie can donate the fare saved to war relief | funds.
 Cooks.-Abstan from extravaganza in the kitchen. Foods heated over are palatable.
 Morgan explains that men can take | the pledge against extravaganza as we'll The trouble with Great Britain, he says, Is that half the income of the nation is held by 2,000,000 persons, while the other half goes to 43O00. GOO
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
DESIGN A NEW WARSHlP.
Destroyer Cruisers Will Be Provided
 Aqainst Submarines.

destroyer CTulSSTS NfHl TioN'NSb
 Against Submarines.
 Plans for six big cruiser destroyers authorized by the last congress have been approved. Their design has been due to lessons taught by the war in Europe.
 The vessels will have maximum sus' talned sea speed of 30 knots, they will dlSplace l,125 tons, measure BIO feet over all. have width of 30 feet inch es and a mean draft of eight feet. Pro- vision has been made to decrease roll ing and pitching. making the boats more comfortable for their crews.
 Each destroyer will carry four triple torpedo tubes. main battery of four four-inch guns, those in the waist mounted high enough for rough weath- CT, and two one-pounder anti-air craft guns Bids for construction will be opened Oct C.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
RAVE ALL TO FATHERLANO.

e,dress Gave Way to Admiration Che Reqaned Her Youngest Boy wth an Iron Cross and Both Legs w,,,deeI-Members of Family on Three Fighting Fronts. .rbe casualty lists are posted for in- ,otion at our office. Only few folios :. erst their number increased daily, .no mountain of paper grew, and its .,no increased. at first invisibly, then ,.;,1r writes Paul Alexander Schet- .,or in the Rhein und Rhur Zeitung.
 "And daily there come men and wom- ., fathers. mothers, brothers, sweet hearts. They come silently and look ,n the papers for the fate of their loved onos Their hands tremble; the paper shakes. Before their hot eyes dance rows of black letters-brief sentences each the fate of human being, to which are joined others in an endless chain And as silently as the searchers came they go again. An almost inau- dihle expression of gratitude comes from their lips before they close the door. did not see n single mother or bride. father or brother. who left in any other way.
 Day After Day the Lists Grow.
 And day after day the mountain grows. New faces appear in the frame of the door and vanish again, always new ones. and yet 1t Is always the same silent train of heroiCally composed sor- row, of brave self control ill their i'm measurable suffering. Occasionally the same faces do re- appear-for example, that of an old woman with smoothly parted hair. l addressed her, for l recognized her as d former serving woman.
 "ls your son at the front, too. Mrs. Reinhard? That Is your name. Is if not?'
 "She smiled and nodded.
 Five, sir she answered simply five of them.
 FiveF asked in amazement. And all at the frontT
 Yes fye-that is, now there are only four. One of them, Albert, has fallen. For four weeks I heard noth- ing from him. But now 1t Is written here-falen in France And she press ed her finger on the list on one of the countless names.
 Are the others also in FranceY asked in order to say something.
 No, only Ernst. Oswald and Franz are Ill Russia and my youngest, Erwin, IS in the Carpathans. \ How many mothers like that you nave . Germany. thought when she left.
 Alter a short time she came again.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
HOLDS UP NEUTRAL SHIPS.

Asserts That She Will Allow No
 Products With Germany as the UIt-
 mate Destination to Pass Through
 North Sea-Her Only Weapon
 Against the Submarine Warfare.
 Diplomatic exchanges between Ger many and the United States are now Overshadowed by the notes between this government and Great Britain. The differences arise oyer exports from the United States to other neutral points.
 Great Britain refused to modify her order in council and to accede to the demands made by President Wilson on March 30 that American ships and car goes be allowed to proceed unmolested.
 One recent note presents an argu- mentative justification of the British orders in council. The second is a re- ply to Americas refusal to admit the legality of British prize court proce- dures. It defends the legality of the prize courts, but offers to adjudicate the questions which arise by an interna- tional tribunal, If valid grounds for such a course are proposed
 The correspondence defends the ac- tion of British commanders in holding up tue American steamer Neches, bound from Rotterdam to the United States with a cargo in part of Belgian origin
 England's Main Contentious.
 Tho British position may be summed up in the following manner:
 First.-It is neither just nor reasona- ble for the United States to press Great Britain to give up its present method of curtailing American con- merce with Germany and the neutral nations adjacent to her until Ger many is compelled to give up her al- legged unlawful submarine warfare
 Second.-lt Is the duty of Great Brit ain to use every means at her con- mand to destroy the nation which is responsible for the perpetration of the atrocities said to have been commit ted in Belgium, the use of poisonous gases against the allied troops in Flanders, the poisoning of wells in German Southwest Africa and the sinking of the Lusitania.
 Most Effective Weapon.
 Third a reprisal against German methods Great Britain adopted the or ders in council as the most effective weapon to be used on the sea.
 Fourth.-The orders in council as adopted by Great Britain and as en- forced by her cruiser commanders are based upon the fundamental principles of international law. New conditions have made it necessary to use new methods in carrying out the principles of law most effectively.
 Fifth.-On the surface the means adopted by Great Britain may appear to infringe upon the fundamental law. but in fact they are in perfect keeping
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
KING BECOMES CORPORAL.
Victor Emmanuel Gets Grandfsther's
 Place In Famous Zouaves.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has been appointed a third corporal In the First section, First company, First bat talion of the Third Zouaves by the regi ment's commander. Lieutenant Den cauSSe.
 This place was held by the kings grandfather on the night of the battle of Palesto, June 1, 1859, in which the Austrians were defeated by the French and Italian allies.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11

Thanked For Their Kindness.
 Two jail breakers have post cardcd authorities of Montclair, N. j., thank ing them for favors shown and apolo- giziug for their sudden leave taking.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11
DECISION MEANS SUCCESS

Write Rev. J. M. Workman, President of Henderson-Bro College, Arka- delphia, Arkansas, today for reserva- tion. Special information on request
 Advt. If.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-11

Get this weeks Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman from Jack Johnson Jr. Both issues are good ones and you will like them.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-09-22

the law was re-enacted and rigidly en-,
forced, so that England has not had a
single case for 10 years.
DIR. Wayson described the course of
rabies on the Pacific coast, where the
disease was unknown until a few years
ago. 1t appeared in Southern Califor.
MIA. travelled north to Oregon, and
Eighteen cases have been
brought to DR.. Wayson at the Univers-
ity OF Nevada and they have all re-
sponded to treatment. he said. He en-
hibited two patients, one a little child
of six. to show how simple the rteat-
ment is, making a smaller scar than
an ordinary flea bite. The other was
a grown man who had been badly bit
ten by a mad coyote. Both patients
are doing well and after 10 days no
danger is ap%prehended.
"As to preventive measures" the
doctor said, ito muzzle all dogs, or to
kill at once any found at large with
out muzzles, would eradicate the dis
ease in two years. He urged immedi-
ate action from a humanitarian stand
point. He pronounced the danger i'm
minent and advocated the support of
a proper bounty law for coyote heads.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-09-22

that they will not contaminate them.
selves by accepting any profits from
the manufacture OF wal munitions.
But the strange part Is their con.
tention hat a loan to the allies will
prolong the IA The thing that will
prolong the war is the lack of this
loan.
Those who are aiding this loan may
advance the argument that they are
doing SO in the interest Of peace and
humanity. They may contend that
this assistance will shorten the war
and lessen its atrocities.
1t does not necessarily follow that
this position Of the bankers making
the loan is the correct one. But their
motives at least may be just as pure
as those of the R~ockefellers.
1t Is absurd to say that war will
stop If this loan is not made. The
president has ruled that the loan is
within the bounds Of strict neutral.
ity. No o~bloquy attaches to any one
who takes part in this loan. He may
be doing a great service for peace.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-09-22
RABIES
SAYS DR.. WAYSON
University Professor Tells How Other
Countries Have Stamped Out
This Disease

DR.. N. Z. Wayson of the University
of Nevada delivered a lecture Monday
night at the Reno high school on the
question of rabies. DIR. Wayson show
ed how other countries have stamped
out this menace of ~hydrophobia by
the strict enforcement OF the dog muz-
cling ordinance.
1t is to the interest of every one
TO see that the dog muzzling ordinance
is enforced. At best it means a cam.
paign of two years to rid the state OF
this menace If we grow lax in IN.
forcing the dog muzzling ordinance
the time will be much longer.
The Reno Gazette gives the follow
ing report of DR.. Wayson's lecture:
Something of a surprise awaited the
few inquiring souls who listened 10 DR..
Wayson's lecture at the high school
building last evening. His subject was
"Hydrophobia." Contrary 10 the gen.
eral opinion, DR.. Wayson pointed out,
hydrophobia is not a hot weather nor
a hot climate disease, as cases have
been found among the Eskimos within
the Arctic circle and many cases have
been known in Greenland and Siberia.
ut is absolutely fatal and absolutely
eradicable," said the doctor. 1T can
be wiped out much more easily than
tuberculosis and other contagious dis
eases, because j. is spread entirely by
contact. The virus exists in the saliva
and is spread by the bite of dogs or
animals of the dog family. The teeth
carry the saliva into an open wound
when an animal Dr. man is bitten.
THE whole globe is infected more
or less. but England, Australia. New
Zealand and II or two other coun-
tries have wiped it out by strict laws.
England passed laws in 1880 for muz-
cling all dogs. and quarantining dogs
imported. The rate of cases fell i'm
mediately, but a great deal of com
plant went up over the hardship 1t put
on the dogs. The law was repealed
and the rate Eel up, as many as 400
cases a year being reported. III 1898