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Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Four Year Term of Office.

vote taken in the lower house at Lincoln
indicates an intention to pass law extending
the present term for county officers from two to
four years. This is in response to pressure from
incumbents, although it connects with the recon-
mendation OF Governor Neville that change be
made from biennial to quadrennal elections.
Objection does not lie so much against the
lengthening of the term Of Office as against con-
tinuing an incumbent by statute on the payroll
for two years longer than he was elected.
Offices created by the constitution, of course are
for terms fixed by the constitution, and cannot
be changed by statute. Thus quadrennal cleo
ton brought about by the proposed plan will not
shorten the ballot by decreasing the number of
Offices voted for, but only reduce the number of
elections. Relief from present conditions is not
to be found in the direction the democrats are
travelling. Their plans tend to complicate rather
than simplify our elections,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Scope of the Mann Act.

Passing on the so-cacd Mann white slave
act, the United States supreme court has not only
affirmed its constitutionaty but has given it the
most comprehensive possible construction to en-
brace all interstate transportation for immoral
purposes
There is no question that the lawmakers who
enacted this measure had only in view the sup
preston Of commercialized vice, but the supreme
court by majority opinion, insists that the
wording of the law bears out no such intent but
on the contrary, is all inclusive. With this con-
structon placed upon it, the Mann act becomes,
more than ever, handy instrument for black
mailing purposes for which nefarious business
it has already been extensively used and for
which, il left as it is, it holds vast future posi-
bilities.
Because of its ramhcations into the realm OF
morality, the subject is delicate and difficult
one for public discussion, but frankness cornpels
the declaration that the law should be modified
If not specifically defined to refer to CONNER
cialized vice only, it should at least make sharp
distinction in penalty between the interstate
traffic in white slaves and the mere crossing of
state lines by licentious couples whose offenses
otherwise would be, at most, mere misdemeanors.
The federal government should not let up one
bit in its efforts to stop the trade in women but
it will better succeed in its laudable endeavor by
differentiating this odious crime from the casual
lapse from the moral code.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Boosting Corn Bread

Representative Rainey is trying to persuade
congress to permit mixing corn meal or cor
starch with wheat -four to lower the cost of bread
Such measure would drive the proverbial coach
and four through the federal pure food law Adul.
tcrated wheat -four would be sold as straight
wheat -four. and few bakers would mark their
white bread as containing corn starch.
No reason for such law exists Corn bread
is swholesome, highly nutritious and palatable and
should be sold for what it is. II is not necessary
to put mixed -four on the market. Any cook or
baker can mix corn meal or corn starch with
wheat -four in any desired proportions In the
best hotels and restaurants the demand for corn
mullins. etc. is large and some OF the most famous
eating places in New York specialize in them.
II would be detrimental to the interests Of
corn growers to permit corn meal and starch
10 be used as an adulterant OF wheat -four They
should be sold on their merits, as they have been
in the past. An education campaign might in
dnce foreigners who are not used to corn to eat
more corn bread Retail bake shops do not sell
corn mullins and bread as freely as they might
because they charge cake prices and try to make
at il the right way by advertising in their win
dows that corn bread or mullins will be on sale
at a certain hour every day. Several establish
ments have worked up large trade in this way
and this proves that the people will eat corn food
products if they can get them at fair prices.
The Department OF Agriculture has issued a
4 cook book giving fifty receipts for making corn
bread. mullins and other delicaces with corn mea
and corn starch. Every housewife should ge,
one. and can, by writing to Washington This
is the proper way to increase the consumption oi
corn products II will add to the variety of the
home bill OF fare and reduce the cost OF living
at the same time. The meal and starch are or
the market and Americans should use them more
freely
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Call for Constitutional Convention.

The agreement of the house committee at
Lincoln to report for submitting proposal for
constitutional convention to the electorate so
improves the prospects Of its passage as to en-
courage supporters to believe its success assured
Agitation for constitutional convention has
gone on for several years. although it has never
gathered especial force before. The need of
constitutional revision is admitted, but there is
divergence of opinion as to the best method
At least twice have initiated amendments been
voted on, one being rejected and the other
adopted, while amendments submitted by the leg
islature have been numerous.
The people of Nebraska are really progressive
and always we'll abreast Of advance movements.
While the machinery is perhaps obsolete, the
government Of the state is fairly responsive to
the real needs of the people. No state in the
union has better laws for the care and comfort
Of its inhabitants in all their rights, nor are cti-
gems anywhere more jealous Of their rights
These facts should always be kept in mind when
talking OF changing the constitution. We do not
want to lose the substance in catching at the
form.
A constitutional convention will bring out
many proposals for reform, and many schemes
for social experiment. and will reduce to concrete
terms many suggestions now vague and indefinite,
giving the public finally an opportunity to sift
them to their merits Revision by convention,
too, is an expensive proceeding, and slower than
direct amendment and should be carefully con-
sidered in all its bearings.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

and sorrow brought by the war upon
Bohemia will be richly repaid to the
unfortunate country by the boon OF
freedom.
Bohemians are overioyed by the
answer Of the allies. They confidently
expect that the influence of the lib
erty-loving America will be thrown on
the side of the allies in favor of lib
erty for Bohemia and Slovakia and all
small nations. DR.. L. FISHER,
President Bohemian Natl. Alliance.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Optimism is the sunshine Of life 1t cheers, in
vigorates. enthuses, provides the pep for ethargy
and banishes gloom. The quality Of optimism
made in Omaha" already 100 per cent pure, must
be revised upward to meet the high standard ex-
pounded by Archbishop Harty. As an exponent
OF optimism the archbishop heads the class
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
One Year Ago Today in the War.

British drove $4,000 Turks toward
Bagdad.
British shelled German lines with
considerable effect at Givenchy and
Ypres.
Montenegro said to have obtained
separate peace on terms of uncondi-
tional surrender
Austrians obliged to evacuate the
trenches in Oslavia region because OF
heavy Italian bombardment.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Why are FIRE rates in Omaha kept up so high,
Notwithstanding the Improvement in our fire.
fighting forces3 Are we out here, being COM
PEELED to help pay losses on munitions plant con-
Aagrations! Or is it just because the fire com.
panies are in position to exact whatever rates
thew see ht2
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

President Max Meyer of the exposi-
ton association has received a letter
from Dan O'Leary, the Troy, N "
pedestrian, who wants to arrange a
walking match to take place in the
exposition building some time in April
or May.
Sheriff Coburn is having new in
grain carpet of beautiful design laid
upon the floor in his office, which
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17


Chicago, Jan. 16.-To the Editor of
The Bee: The Bohemian National al
lance, principal organization of Bo-
hemian speaking people in the United
States, has issued the following state
ment:
No group of people has expected the
allies reply to Wilson with more i'm
patience or received it with greater
enthusiasm than the Bohemians. The
allied powers who had on many pre-
vious occasions announced that they
were fighting for the rights of small
nationalities have now stated con-
cretely their demands on behalf of
the oppressed. They have made the
liberation Of the Czechoslovaks from
foreign yoke one of the conditions of
peace.
Nearly three hundred years have
elapsed since the Czechs have lost
finally their independence. German
rulers, the Hapsburgs, have ever since
exploited the Bohemian lands and the
Bohemian people for their own dy-
nastic interests and for the greater
glory of the German name. 1t seems
almost a miracle that this small ma
ton with their brothers, the Slovaks,
survived three centuries of oppression
and forcible Germanization. The out
break of the war found them fighting
tooth and nail the aggressive and das-
tardly diplomacy of their Viennese
rulers, dominated by Berlin.
The awful crime of causing the war
has severed altogether the last ties
still binding the Czechs to the Haps-
burgs. Bohemians would not be will
ing partners in iniquity Czech SOL
diers rebelled and went over to the
enemy" Czech emigrants enlisted
with the allies. Czech leaders escaped
from Austria to demand freedom for
the nation.
And now speak the allies, the ten
nations strong in manhood, strong in
material wealth, strong in justice of
their cause and declare firmly that
peace will not be re-established until
the Czechs and their nearest kin, the
Slovaks, are liberated from foreign
oppression. So the uncounted thous-
ands of Czechs will not have died in
vain; all the misery, privation, hunger
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

PA, why do you insist on my singing
when Mr.. Bimley calls ?"
WELL, don't like the fellow, and yet
I hate to come right out and tell him to
go."-New York Times.
Hokus-That fellow Cosefist doesn't know
what 1t means to be sensitive. You can't
hurt his feelings.
Pokus-Did you ever try pinching him in
the pocketbook Town Topics
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Someone wants to 60 back to the old system
Of electing members Of the school board by
wards. What should be done is to reduce the
size Of the school board. No need for more men
to run the schools than to conduct the city gov
eminent.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

The court Of last resort sharpens every tooth
III the Mann act. Whatever discomfort or incon-
venence results is not the fault Of the law Those
who monkey with the buzzsaw OF gayety cannot
blame the edged instrument for clipping their
wings.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

The king OF Greece has not received an ulti
matum for whole week. Royalty, like mino
mortals suffer various inconvenience in wartime
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
TODAY


The bites of rabid animals should
be Immediately burned with hot iron
or cauterized by fuming nitric acid,
followed by strong solution of sal
eratus in water and then by alcohol.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

When the congressional investigating COM
mittee got hold Of Tom" Lawson it got the beaI
BY the tail, all right!
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Denials fly thick and fast at Washington. Th'
political menagerie outshines the performance o.
a three-ring circus. tstf
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Fifty Vermont professors" says the Boston
Transcript, shave sent petition to President
Wilson asking him to break with Germany" Pre-
sumably the professors are ready to enter the
first line trenches?
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Speculative gossip loves shining marks

1t is a hearty welcome for Archbishop Harty,
and no dissent on that.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

In fling his campaign expense account, that
democratic candidate for county commissioner
evidently acted on the hunch, "They all do it,
but the question to be decided is whether that
constitutes legal defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

When 1t comes to pointing the finger
scorn' Tom Lawson is there with the finger, j
not with the goods Nat'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Democracy's greatest problem during the
short session is how to wiring more taxes out Of
the industrial north and spend the substance lib
orally in the south.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Accuracy and completeness alike require that
the output OF the Legislative mill be given con-
spicuous place in Ncbraska's industrial statistics
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

II is easier to understand now why Chairman
Henry eagerly sought to drop the leak inquiry
The Texas statesman appears to be something OF
leaker himself, @t
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
SAID IN FUN.

Could you suggest some suitable badge
for our Don't Worry club" asked the
typewriter boarder
''How would a pine-knot do?" asked the
Cheerful Idiot.-Indanapolis News.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

In the absence Of news to the contrary, it i
presumed Austria and Italy are still shooting u
the Alps .s '4
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Still, of course, the president cannot be held
responsible for all his family relations and con-
nections. h
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Storyette of the Day.

Storyette Of the Day.
81 didn't want to come here in the
first place." confided the first guest
at the expensive hotel at a we'll
known resort on the New Jersey
coast.
mo more did l." replied the sec
ond, but my wife insisted on my
coming"
so did mine," said the first, "She
said we had to come just because the
Munseys were coming, although l told
her we simply could not afford the
expense"
And that's what l said" explained
the second. but my wife said we had
to come because the Browns were
coming"
why, look here, my name is
Brown
"And mine is Munsey."
Then the two men shook one anoth-
er warmly by the hand,-Pittsburgh
Dispatch
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
Timely Jottings and Reminders.

The birthday of anniversary of Ben
jamin Franklin will be observed today
with meetings and banquets of num-
erous societies throughout the coun-
try.
The Ohio state utilities commission
is to conduct public hearing at CO.
lumbus today on a petition for lower
freight rates on coal shipped from
eastern Ohio.
The present migration of colored
people from the southern to northern
communities will be the chief subject
of discussion at the annual Tuskegee
negro conference, which opens today
at the Tuskegee institute.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

makes his quarters look like parlor
His old carpet, 1t is whispered, has
been dropped into County Clerk Need
hams private office.
Deputy Sheriff Grebe. whose regu-
larity at his office when in town and
not otherwise engaged is like that of
the sun, is seriously sick at home from
an aggravated attack of pneumonia.
Hon. j. E. Kelly, one Of Omaha's
most prominent contractors and real
estate dealers, has just returned from
New York.
Fire Chief Galligan has just re-
turned from Chicago and reports that
the new fire truck will be ready to
send to Omaha in three weeks. 1t
Is ninety feet in height and can be
stretched to its fullest limit inside of
sixty seconds.
Omaha men have formed COM
pany to develop certain gold mines
near Haily, Idaho. The corporation
will be known as the Idaho Gold Belt
Mining company, with headquarters
in this city. The incorporators are
]. C. Gown, H. S. Rollins, W. F.
Bechel, Court Carrier, John Mcclure,
Alex Mitchell, F. A. Nash, John Keene
and T. K. Sudborough.
Articles of Incorporation of the
o. F. Davis company were filed. The
company, composed of o. F. Davis,
P. l.. Perine and Thomas A. Creigh,
proposes to conduct a general real
estate and loan business.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
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Who Did the "Franking?'

Omaha, Jan. 16.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Under the heading, Ne
braska Press Comment" l note a
clipping from the Friend Telegraph
which makes the accusation that an
automobile was franked home on the
Fourth Nebraska troop train from
Llano, Tex. and also that officers
wives were franked home in the same
way. Not having been participant
in the franking home of either auto
mobile or wife. | have no interest in
this matter except for the general
aspersion it casts on the service, and
it looks to me as though the editor
making this charge should have fur
nished the names Of the guilty parties
AS a matter Of fact, full freight
charges were paid on the automobile
in question and those officers wives
(three in number. / believe) who
came home on the round trip tickets
they purchased before leaving for the
south to join their husbands
cannot believe that the editor OF
the Friend Telegraph would willingly
do an injustice to the officers of the
Fourth regiment by permitting this
accusation stand unless prepared to
substantiate the charge, which | re-
spectfully ask him to do.
ROBERT G. DOUGLAS,
Major Fourth Nebraska Infantry.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

The Day We Celebrate.
Isaac N. Hammond, the real estate
man, is SO years old today. He was
born in Ohio and came here from
Atlantic
David. Lloyd George, the new prime
minister of England, born at Man
chester, fifty-four years ago today.
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty,
commander of the British North Sea
feet, born forty-six years ago today.
Francis Sayre, grandson Of Presi-
dent Woodrow, Wilson, born in the
White House two years ago today.
Right Hon. Joseph A. Pease, late
postmaster general of Great Britain,
born fifty-seven years ago today.
Thaddeus A. Thompson, who re-
Gently resigned the post of United
States minister to Colombia, born in
Burleson county, Texas, sixty-four
years ago today.
DR.. Palmer C. Ricketts, president
Of Rensselaer, Polytechnic institute,
born at Elkton, Md, sixty-one years
ago today.
Jack O'Brien (Joseph F. Hagan)
formerly prominent as a middleweight
pugilist, born in Philadelphia, thirty
nine years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17
This Day in History.

This Day in History.
17O6-Benjamin Franklin born in
Boston. Died in Philadelphia April
II, 1890.
1796-Thaddeus Fairbanks, inven-
tor Of the platform scale, born at
Brimfield, Mass. Died at st. Johns
bury, VT, April IL, 1885.
1S42-First stone of the new Royal
exchange in London laid by the prince
consort.
1S61-Lola Montez, for whom Louis
I of Bavaria lost his throne, died in
New York City Born in Ireland in
1918. =
1S62-John Tyler, tenth president
Of the United States, died in Rich
mond, Va. Born in Charles City coun
ty, Virginia, March 20, 1890.
1S74-Cheng and Eng, the famous
Siamese twins, died in North Caro-
lima, aged 81. IS -.
1ss1-George Bancroft historian,
died in Washington, d. g. Born in
Worcester Mass, October 3, 1900.
1S93-Henry Cabot Lodge was
elected United States senator from
Massachusetts.
1S95-Felix Faure was elected pres
ident of the French republic by the
national assembly at Versailles
1901-The kingdom of Prussia
celebrated its bicentenary
1903-The German gunboat Panth-
er bombarded a Venezuelan fort.
1910-House Of representatives
passed the separate statehood bill for
Arizona and New Mexico.
1911-Mexican federalists and reb-
els engaged in sixteen-hour battle at
Coromo, Chihuahua.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-17

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. a.
dress will be changed a. often a. requested.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-27
ECONOMIC RULE IS UNBR0KEN
The More Money, the Higher the
Prices, Has Been the Law Since
Earliest Days Of World.

When the Indians of New England
found plenty of seashells out of which
to make their money called wampuni,
the more of it they would give for
blanket. basket, kettle, pair OF mccci-
sins or feather bonnet, says Girard In
the Philadelphia Ledger.
The political economy of King Phil
lips race and time still prevails. Ev-
cry day this year the rest of the world
has dumped IA cool S3OOO,O00 of gold
upon the United States. Now we have
nearly $1,000 100000 more gold than
we had when the war began.
If we had cheap wheat, shoes, over
coats, vegetables, or coal after hav
ing added nearly 30 per cent to our
gold hoard, we should be obliged 70
tear up all those fine-spun and dusty
political economy books we were
taught in school.
But the books stand, and rightly so,
for the very paper they are printed on
has been boosted upward by this colos-
sal wave of gold. When this un-
matched crest of yellow metal breaks
and rece6es after the war-well, we
shall follow King Phillip and his wall
pun and pay smaller amount of II
for what we buy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-27
PLAIN WAISTS TO BE WORN
Something Very Much on Order Of
Mans Shirt Demanded by Vogue
of the Sport Suit.

AS natural consequence Of the
vogue for sport suits comes demand
for shirtwaists that are more on the
order of mems shirts than women's
blouses. Many prophetic buyers and
dressmakers predict a very large de-:
mand for extremely plain waists as
the season advances. fhd others Of
even greater clear-slghtedness hold
that while n certain smart and youth
full contingency will demand a number
of these plain shirts in their wardrobe,
by far the majority-the rank and file
of women will cling as pugnaciOusly
as ever to the lingerie effects, lace
insertion. frills. tucks and ruffles.
For sports wear, Of course. the sporte
shirt Is n necessity. No woman with
an eye for the fitness of things would
venture on the golf turf or into the
tennis court with frou-frou shirt
waist. Riding and boating, cross
country walking and almost all Other
sports. too. require shirts Of almost
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-27
TIME FOR CUTTING ALFALFA
Ready for Hay When Young Shoots
at Bases of Plants First Appear
Blossoms Also Show.

In general, alfalfa should be cut for
hay when the young shoots at the bases
of the plants first appear. If these
new shoots become long enough to be
cut off by the mower, the new crop
may be badly damaged. The blossoms
often appear simultaneously with the
new shoots. but blossoms alone are
not safe guide to the time for cut
ting.