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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

The Dutch government last month
instructed its Berlin representative to
notify Germany that the Belgian de.
portations had caused painful i'm.
preston in Holland A Rotterdam dis.
patch to the kondon Times on Decem-
her 5 said that Germany had respond.
ed in words which were tartamoNnt
to saving mind Your own business"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
DUTCH OFFENDED
BY GERMAN REPLY

Amsterdam, Dec. 26 (v1a London)-
The Telegram says it has reason to
believe that Germany's reply to Hol
lands note regarding the deuortation
of Belgian workmen is framed in sucn
terms that 1t was fnadvisable to com.
municate it to the Dutch parliament,
and that. the government has request
ed Berlin to alter the reply in such a
manner that it may be presented to
the parliament.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
WAR TALK cHEERED.

Paris, Dec. 26,-In addresses at the
national congress Of the French so
cialist party, Arthur Henderson, the
British cabinet minister, and G. H.
Roberts, member of the British par
lament, both affirmed, amidst enthusi-
astic cheers, that the war must be
fought out until full guarantees have
been obtained for a lasting peace
In my opinion" said Mr.. Hender-
son, ''if France and ourselves we're to
enter into negotiations under existing
conditions we should be nations in
bondage. Nothing less than that is
the price our enemies would exact for
peace today"
Emile vandervelde, the Belgian So
cialist leader, said:
"Our comrades who have remained
N invaded Belgium endured German
dominion with admirable firmness
4aothing buA encouragement reaches us
from them. So that II would seem
that the persons most hostile to war
are those farthest from it,
M. Vandervelde also declared that
the struggle must be carried on until
Belgium and Serbia are delivered and
"caesarism is laid low
Face BIG Crisis.
In his speech Mr.. Henderson said:
''In my opinion we have now
reached the most dangerous and diff
ficult period of the war. During the
next few months the democracies of
England and France are going to be
tested as never before. Do not mis-
understand me. l do not mean that
the stress and strain Of fighting in the
field will be more severe. although /
do not ignore such possibility. But
the danger is of entirely different
character.
"Our stupendous losses, our UMPIRE
cedented sacrifices, our horror of
war. our love Of peace, may lead us
to mortgage the future. With such
awful experiences we are apt to for
yet the great moral, eternal principles
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
TWO DIE in FIRE,

Chicago. Dec. 26.-ThomAa Il
Sged 9S years, and his son fcf 49,
name. aged &c. were burned "a ~
in fire which destroyed their r.
dwelling at Steger, H., todAy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
SNOW IN LOS ANGELICA

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. Is, Sni
fell today over part of the city forlj
sixth time in the forty ..yeafs ~
weather bureau. has been estAbal
here.
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ScsasAaued On Page 81
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
a. Letters Of a
~ Politician to
w. His Son.

My Dear Jack:
You know | just hadn't realized until I got
your letter that you are now old enough to vote
and already face to face with the puzzle of de-
Gliding under which banner you shall march, Per-
haps / ought to have thought of it when we
packed you off to college, but didn't, and that's
all there is to it. So when you write me that the
other boys are boosting favored presidential can
didates and are jumping on you to tell which side
of the lot you going 10 play on, It strikes me
a little sudden, as say, even though | know
ought to be prepared for it.
You ask me to tell you what want you to do
as if il were up to me, as your father, to paste
label on you and deliver you like package all
wrapped and sealed upon one or the other OF
the political bargain counters. Well, I'll do MOTH
Ing of the kind, for that whole idea goes against
the grain with me- don't take it to be any ee-
meht of the parental duty owe you to make up
your mind for you as to what is right and wrong
and this question is for you nothing but deciding
what is right and best for you and therefore, best
for everybody and for the country as whole.
No, my son, you'll have to reach your own
conclusion, with your own brains, as to whether
you are going to be republican or democrat
or neither, and whether you going to vote
this time for Hughes or for Wilson. Note that
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say this time" because your decision is really
for more than once. Hitching up to political
party is to certain extent like choosing col
ege--once you're in, yours has the others all beat
a mile, and you're going to stick to 1t through
thick and thin and you're not going to drop your
crowd and join the other bunch except for some
mighty good reason OF course, people do change
sometimes from one college to another, and they
perhaps more frequently change from one party
to another or slip around between them, but, just
the same, in politics as in college, the chances
are 100 to in favor Of holding the fellow who
joins early and gets the spirit of it in him.
But, Jack, please don't misunderstood me
when | say | won't tell you how | want you to
vote as meaning that | have interest in the
matter | have-a whole lot-but | am more
interested in having you decide for yourself so
you will feel sure Of your ground and not linger
under the impression that you are voting just to
please me or because that is the way your father
votes. You are entitled to have my advice if
you want it, or rather the benefit of my expert
ence all these years, as you know | have seen
the country ruled by republicans and then by
democrats, back and FORTH and have seen the
results tested out 1t is likely that | have OBJ
served more carefully than you have the steps
leading up to the conditions surrounding us and
see little clearer what is ahead, and if can
help you unravel the tangles in your mind, all
you have to do is to call on Dear old dad"
Just listen to what the boys are saying when
they talk politics and you'll find that where there
are two sides it's not so hard to tell which is
wrong and which is right, and then when you're
sure you're ri : you can hoist your colors and
go ahead viii clear conscience. In haste,
FATHER.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
People and Events

The largest and oiliest of recent amony
awards falls to Mrs. Marie NJ Hardness, daugh-
ter-n-law OF the late L. V. Hardness, Standard
Oil magnate. Young Hardness is ordered by a
New York court to hand over $4,000 year in
monthly installments to the deserted wife. He is
good sport in motor racing, aviation and in
other lines, and having inherited Standard for
tune the alimony pull won't shrivel his pile.
Nobody loves a fat mani" Go to! Philadel-
phians are bestowing tears and flowers and eulo-
gies on the bier OF Frank ]. Margwarth, hero and
victim Of fire in his home. Margwarth, who
weighed 800 pounds, remained in the building
until satisfied that his wife, child, pet monkey
and canary were safe and then became wedged
in the second-story window and suffocated. In
fires as well as in footraces copious fronts are
announcement
Laws fashioned on the uplift plan often work
injury TO those they are intended to benefit The
other day New York Judge refused to pass SEN
tence on woman convicted of stealing bread to
keep herself and six children from starving Her
husband, victim OF tuberculosis, is out Of work
because the Board of Health forced his discharge
from job. The judge reasoned that the state
should not punish violation of law for which
the state Is responsible
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
Laying the Facts Before Labor.

Unwarranted assertions by democratic lead
ers, supported by few interested heads Of labor
organizations, have been widely disseminated for
the purpose of confusing the minds of the work.
ingmen az to the attitude of Charles Evans
Hughes towards labor, and also to make them
think that Woodrow Wilson is their true and
only friend, This bold distortion of truth has
resulted in looking up the records and laying be-
fore the world truth, as shown by undisputed
proof, that Hughes record is. one Of perform
ance, while Wilson's Is one Of recent and unre-
deemed promise.
When Mr.. Hughes was governor OF New
York, he assisted in the passage of more laws
in interest OF labor than are credited to any gov
ernor before or since When he resigned as gov
ernor, to take a place on the bench of the ST.
prcme court. he did it with an endorsement from
organized labor In New York, expressed in
these words: "He was the greatest friend Of
labor laws that ever occupied the governors
chair at Albany. During bis two years he signed
hfty-six labor laws, including among them the
best labor laws ever enacted in this or any other
state" While Governor Hughes was signing
these labor laws, Professor Woodrow Wilson,
then at Princeton university, was putting him.
self on record as friend Of the open shop oppo-
nent of organized labor and entirely opposed
to the shorter workday. His utterances, when
he was free from political restraint, were widely
different from his present day professions.
Accomplishments for which the president and
his followers are now claiming credit are not
his The seaman's law was fought through con-
grcss by Robert LaFollette; the phrase in the
Clayton act, which says labor is not conf
modify or article OF commerce." was inserted by
Albert B. Cummins OF Iowa. and neither Of these
senator's will be claimed as democrat, nor is
either OF them supporting Wilson. The child
labor law was forced on the president and passed
by votes Of republican senator's against the bitter
opposition OF democrats who are now trying to
re-elect Wilson, who took his office pledged to
a single term as president. The one bill relat-
ing to labor that can be wholly ascribed to the
president and his cotcry is the Adamson law,
which labor recognizes now as a gold brick
The effort OF the president to don republican
garb in which to masquerade as friend OF labor
is being completely exposed by such real labor
leaders as John Williams, who was appointed
labor commissioner by Governor Hughes and
who held the Office until the Tammany democrats,
under "Old Bill" Sulzcr, not daring to remove
him openly. lesislated him out of Office by
ripper" bill Workingmen who read should not
allow themselves to be deceived by democratic
pretense.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

In his desperate effort to tighten his grip on
President Wilson's coat tails, Senator Hitchcock
has elected from the president, in answer to the
charge that he (the senator) is in disfavor with
the democratic administration letter declaring:
II do not know how the false rumors to which
you refer can have originated"
Well, President Wilson's profession of gnor-
ance on this subject docs small credit to his in
telligence. Wonder II he ever had his attention
called to the article justifying his defiance Of the
president printed in the Philadelphia Ledger over
Senator Hitchcocks name in which he used these
words:
II senators and representatives coming TO
Washington permit the president to instruct
them how to vote representative government
fails. The independence of congress cannot be,
maintained If individual senators give way un-
der presidential influence and surrender their
legislative consciences and individual judge
ments into his keeping
The only inference is that President Wilson
was asleep, while Senator Hitchcock was fight
ing the administration federal reserve bank BILL
while Hitchcock was boiling the caucus when
Hitchcock forced withdrawal Of the presidents
nomination for the federal reserve bank board
when Hitchcock played the holdup on Ne
braska appointments, when Hitchcock helped
block the administration shipping bill, when
Hitchcock started a back fire on the admnistra-
tons position on munitions exports---n fact,
when Hitchcock was fighting Wilson at nearly
every turn Of the road.
1t is to be presumed, ALSO that the president
stuffed cotton in his ears when Mr. Bryan, just
previous to Our primary last April, went up
and down Nebraska openly declaiming:
II you will inspect the senator's record you
will find that while he is supporting the presi-
dent In the primary now, when he has no OPP
position and does not need him. he has op-
posed the president at critical times, when he
was needed; once when he joined Wall street
in an attempt to defeat the currency bill and
once when he joined the shipping combine in
defeating the presidents shipping bill. be-
leve that the only reason Senator Hitchcock
says he Is for the president now Is because he
desires with the aid Of the liquor interests 10
ride into Office on the back Of the president.
Why, indeed, where could such false
rumors" have possibly originated?
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
AN AUTUMN MORNING.

Clinton Scollard In New York Sum-
! made haste to be abroad in the glowing,
flowing morn,
When little rimpling wind in the heart
Of the west was born
That stirred the alfalfa bloom and the
tassels upon the corn.
A dragon fly went by with a simmer of
gauzy wings;
A swallow mounted the sky with its grace
full spiralings
And I heard the CHEEKY word that the min
strel cricket sings
I saw the pumpkins gold and the ore Of
the goldenrod;
And the down of the milkweed danced like
white sprite over the sod;
And the blue Of the aster's eyes was a lure
where'er I trod.
And all Of the orchard boughs cried out to
me In glee,
And the trimming barns and byres showed
me their treasury,
And I knew the mirth Of earth, its autumn
ecstacy.
"And this" to myself said, "is the height
whereto we climb
II we strive, as the valiant should, through
the seasons heat and rime,
A harvest shall be ours from the open hand
Of timer'
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
Nebraska Political Comment

Tekamah Herald: That was great reception
Nebraska gave Mr.. Hughes all along his route,
he virtually set the praries ahre with his candid
presentation ofSfacts. All who heard him are
convinced that he will make an ideal president
for this great country, the land OF the free and
the home OF the brave,
Chadron Journal Senator Hitchcock tells the
people that Wilson needs him in the senate. If
Wilson should be reelected he might appreciate
a democratic senator from Nebraska, but not
Hitchcock who opposed him on most Of his big
issues Wilson would be far better off with
Kennedy who will do his duty as he sees it,
than with Hitchcock.
Blair Enterprise: When Senator Hitchcock
ntruded his presence upon the 400 delegates at
the Lutheran synod at Brown Creek church,
seeking votes and talking politics, the dele
gates resented his attempt to eulogize President
Wilson, and manifested their displeasure so
plainly that the senator was constrained to back
up" 1t was an mpertnence on the part of the
senator in intrude himself upon religious assem-
blage Of this character for the purpose of pro-
curing votes
Kearney Hub Senator Hitchcock has had
much to say in commentator OF the federal bank
reserve act constructed by democratic congress
on the substantial foundation built upon rock by
republican predecessors. He has not however
attempted TO explain why Missouri should have
two of those banks and Nebraska and the great
trans Missouri states have not one II Hitchcock
had been big enough for his job when it came
to real test in which his state was vitality con-
cerned he should have at least been able to pre-
vent that rank discrimination.
Nelson Gazette: The Bryan democrats are
not falling over themselves to support Hitch
cock this fall, no matter how hard the machine
at Omaha cracks the whip. The treatment that
Hitchcock has given them in the past is still re-
membered and the disclosure of the undelivered
message from President Wilson does not make
them feel any better towards Hitchcock. At the
time of the primary, Wilson sent word to Ne
braska democrats through Senator Hitchcock that
he wanted to see Bryan sent to ST. Louis, but
the senator forgot CD to deliver the message and
thus Bryan went down to defeat as delegate
to the national convention. This added to former
harsh treatment accorded Bryan and his follow
ers by the Hitchcock wing OF democracy is not
making votes for the senator in his effort to de-
feat John L, Kennedy this fall
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
The Helpful Heckler

Mr. Wilson's managers are getting poor re-
turns for their money and their pains IL they
hired the little band OF hecklers who have been
following Mr.. Hughes from place to place in
the hope that they could check by canned ques-
tions his offensive drive against the administra-
ton. BOWED over by the Straightforward an
swer Of Mr.. Hughes at Louisville regarding the
Lusitania they dropped that subject from their
list Of questions In an Iowa town last night
however, when he was asked whether he would
repeal the Adamson law il elected president, he
replied. to the delight Of the audience and the
could not be repealed As in the case Of the
Lusitania, Mr.. Hughes told exactly what he
would have done to prevent the tying up Of the
railways OF the country by strike. He would
have cxerted the whole moral influence OF the
presidency to compel resort to arbitration as
provided by law and as desired by the public
IF arbitration had been refused" he added
should have gone right to the American
people, stated the facts and put the RESPONSE
bility where it belonged. | should at the same
time have secured commission Of inquiry SO
impartial, so fair, as to command the respect
Of the entire country, and directing public.
opinion to that end there is no group OF men
in the United States that would have dared
to hold up the instrumentalities OF commerce
If that were done.
One Of many differences between the two
candidates for the presidency is, that Mr. Will
sons performance never equals his promises,
whereas the record Of Mr. Hughes discloses the
satisfying fact that he always does better than
his word. Mr.. Hughes always means what he
says, and that reputation is responsible for the
trustworthiness 81 his character. 1t was that
Pultizer, the founder Of the New York World,
TO urge upon Mr.. Hughes the acceptance OF an
appointment under his will as a trustee Of his
estate.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

the following officers were elected:
Colonel Champin S. Chase. president;
J. W. Savage, Judge Howard B. Smith
and General ]. e. Smith, vice presi-
dents; Fred Millard, treasurer, and
Mrs. ]. w. Savage, corresponding Sec
rotary.
Henry Griesedeick, one of the mem
bers of the Excelsior Gun club of st.
Louis. Mo-, is in the city visiting WILL
lam Krug and with him will start on
duck hunt Of several days into the
interior of Nebraska.
Miss Julia Fell, sister of N. P. Fell
of The Bee, is visiting at the residence
of Mr.. Edward Rosewater.
DR.. Waldo Fisher Of Alton. ILL.,. is in
the city prospecting with a view to
settling in Omaha. Like everyone else
who comes to the city, he is astonished
and pleased at the growth Of this COM
ing metropolis.
Postal Inspector Woodbury. of Den
yer has informed DR.. Mercer that he
would recommend the establishment
of postoffice at Walnut Hill. This
recommendation will doubtless be
acted upon, but 1t will require prob
ably two months in which to engineer
the matter through the Postal depart
ment.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
ARTHUR ROSENBLUM.
Personal Experience With Prohibition

Omaha, Oct. 23.-To the Editor of
| The Bee: l am as much opposed to
the so-called prohibition program
from Christian standpoint, as / be-
lieve others are that favor 1t. have
no quarrel with sincerity, but l have
with narrow mindedness.
AS a boy in prohibition Evanston,
ILL.,, l early learned its folly and I'M
workablenesS.
/ could go on Indefinitely and recite
many reasons, but it is sufficient for
the present to state just few. Self
restraint and the temperance teach
ings of the church and home are. In
my humble opinion, more to be looked
to than legislative enactment.
Shall l admit the church a failure,
and that our lawmakers are the only
refuge to keep our boys straight?
God forbid!
Had the drunkard better wait for
prohibition and the statutes, or has he
not better example in the reformed
man who sought by the grace of God
and his own will power this reforma-
ton rather than drift and fill drunk
ards grave?
We are told that we are free moral
agents" Then shall we try by pro-
hibition to shift this responsibility
from the individual to the state2
Weaknesses of the flesh, early train
ing, environment and economics all
go to make us what we are, and the
laws can only provide penalties for
transgressions and excuses.
Had Nebraska better throw up its
hands and admit as a state that 1t is
powerless to regulate the liquor traf-
fic, and then attempt to prohibit what
1t cannot regulate? That is the main
issue from governmental standpoint.
But because many Of us believe sin
cerely that regulation is more practi-
cal than prohibition is no excuse for
the outrageous statement that we are
advocating an evil.
s. ARION LEWIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Our amiable democratic contemporary seems
fearfuly distressed lest Roosevelt may exercise
some controlling influence over Hughes when he
is elected president 1t was even more distressed
for fear Roosevelt would not exercise controlling
influence over Taft when he was elected president.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Even Missouri shows distinct desire to kick
over the democratic traces. There the drift to
Hughes takes on the pressure of a Mississippi
food. Nothing short Of political miracle will
keep the show-mes from joining in the glad,
sweet song Of republican triumph in November.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24
YEAR Mr.. kAslesE> :
IF LOVE Is BLIND WHAT IS
MARRIAGE
--ReueIA SAMvILs
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MY daughter is a wonder at the piano."
said the proud father.
That's SO. for wonders never cease"
said the man who occupied the adjoining
flat.-Boston Transcript
DO you think the election will go your
way?"
Cant say as to that" replied Senator
Sorghum. Pm going to do my best to
go Its way."-Wsshingto Star
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Kansas courts follow the Nebraska precedent
in cutting down oil inspection fees to the level
Of faded grease spot. The Kansas judicial limit
OF | cent per brand reduces the inspection de-
partment from proud perquisite to pieayune
job. However, the oil companies are not
worrying.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Organized labor is not so pleased with the
establishment by the Adamson law OF the prin-
ciple Of legislative wage-hxing which labor has
always fought against and the surrender Of the
principle Of arbitration which labor has always
fought for
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

would be very popular with the
"drys," it may be little palmer
The above is an absolutely correct
statement, based on facts and written
in moderation. But does it not seem
as though there should be some way
to force public officials to pay their
honest debts or some provision In
the law denying the right to hold
office to men Of Mr. Lobeck's stripe?
C. L. MARKHAM.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Taking chances at grade crossings is an ef-
fective way Of working up business for hospitals
and funeral directors
Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-24

Meagre forecasts Of the harvest reaped BY
grain spectators foreshadow crop Of dollars
rivaling the piles heaped up by war brides. Some
Chicago reapers already schedule winnings as
robust as Standard Oil dividend