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The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
viii Disregard Censorship
If incompetence Is Yelled

Chicago, April 6.-In a leading editorial
today. the C. icago Tribune served notice
passes a censorship measure designed not
to prevent publication of military secrets,
but to cover up incompetence"
80 far as the Tribune is concerned, II
welcomes a sensible censorship" the edi-
torial stated. but law or no law. II the
embalmed beef scandal is repeated in this
war in which We are about to engage; II
typhoid camps are erected again, and II
men willing to sacrifice themselves for
cause are sacrificed without cause, the
facts will be told and the responsible
editors will accept the penalty"
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
US. READY TO SEIZE
NTERNED STEAMSHIPS
Four German Vessels Taken from An
chorages to Brooklyn City Pier.

iby the international News Service, D
New York, April 5.-Three German
steamships and German sailing vessel
were taken from the anchorages they
have occupied of Staten Island since
the outbreak of the war to the City
Pier in South Brooklyn today.
They were towed by the Revenue
Cutter Hudson and two tugs from the
Light House Department The vessels
were the steamers Clara, Naia, and
Mennig, and the sailing vessel Indra.
A crew Of customs officials was placed
on the steamship Martha Washington,
anchored at Staten Island. She is owned
by the North German-Lloyd Line, but is
under Austrian registry
So far as could be learned the ships
have not been yet seized officially but
were taken to more convenient anchorages
in anticipation OF a declaration of q
state of war tonight.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
TWO BELGIAN RELIEF
STEAMERS ARE SUNK
Trevier Shelled by Submanine-Feis-
tein Sunk Presumably by Mine.


Amsterdam. April 5.-The Belgian re,
lief steamship Trevier bound from New
York for Rotterdam with grain. has been
sunk by a German submarine.
Six members of the crew were wound
ed while the submarine was shellins
the ship. The members of the crew
were landed today and reported the de-
struction of their vessel off Scheveninger.
Seamen from the Trevier said that the
Germans opened fire on the ship wher.
she was off the Dutch coast.
New York, April THE Belgian relief
steamship Feistein has been sunk, pre-
sumably by a mine, it was announced
today at the office of the American COM
mission for relief in Belgium. News of
the loss of the vessel had just been re-
ceived by cable from London. The
Feistein was bound from New York for
Rotterdam.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
FIREWORKS EXPLODE; TWO DIE

Jersey City, N. J., April 5.-Two girls
are dead, I'VE others are dying, and more
than thirty are suffering from serious
burns today as the result Of an explosion
in a fireworks factory here.
The girls were aIF seated at a long
table making priming caps when one
kiri pushed q tray of caps away from her,
the friction causing q spark that ignited
little piles Of powder all down the table.
The explosion caused little momentary
damage
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
Will Close Panama Canal
To All Vessels at Night

Panama City. April 5.--Terminals of the
Panama Canal will be closed at night
beginning tomorrow.
1t was announced tonight that the Cris-
tobal and Balboa ports Of entry would
be closed between sunset and sunrise to
all traffic. that buoys would be removed.
and that all lights would be extinguished.
NJ official explanation was made of the
order.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
HOUSE DEBATES WAR
INTO MORNING HOURS
La Toilette" Means
Little Foolish One"

New York, April 5.-"La Toilette
in French" the New York Herald
today said, means, literally. 'theSI
little foolish one,' and frequently
Is used to describe q woman who
is half-witted. O-o-o! La, Lar
The Herald explains it gave the
translation in RESPONSE to a re-
quest from a subscriber.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

Throughout the world thrones are
are being tumbled out OF power II u
the hour Of the triumph of Democracy
II is the time for the Original DEM
ocracy of the world the United States
Of American. to enter into this war for
the benefit Of and the perpetuation Of
democracy"
About midnight the spirit Of unrest
was apparent throughout the House, but
the five-minute speeches continued re-
ientlessly. Representative Gard. OF Ohio,
Democrat, with a large German-AmerI-
can constituency, declared that the
United States must wage war on Ger
many or convict itself Of coVardice and
national degeneracy." He handed a letter
to the clerk to be read. lie had sent It
TO the President 1t said:
Tenders Services 10 u 3.
"I herewith tender my services 20 the
country wherever and whenever need
ed"
Representative switzer. Republican,
aIso of Ohio. announced that he woulo
vote for the resolution.
But" he asserted, IF the Presidena
had acted promptly and firmly in en-
forcing this country's rights at the BE-
ginning Of the war, the present situation
would never have arisen"
Representative Fields. Democrat of
Kentucky was called away from tn
House by the illness OF his wife. Before
leaving he took occasion to announce that
were he permitted to remain by circuns
stances he would have voted for the resc-
luton.
Would Secrince Sons.
And I have three sons" said Repre-.
sentative Field in conclusion. And aH
three Of them are ready and willing q
fight the battles Of their country at home
or abroad, wherever their country calm
them"
Representative Hollingsworth. an Ohie
Republican, and a Grand Army veteran,
declared that distsstefuI as Il was to him
to see this country plunged into bloody
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
BRITISH LINER SUNK.

Boston, April 5.-The British liner
Canadian, $500 tons. and for years In
the Boston-Liverpool service, has been
sunk. according to cablegram receiv-
ed i'm Boston today from DR.. Patrick
Burns. the ships surgeon. There were
a number of Boston men aboard. all OF
whom are reported saved. How the
ship was sunk is not stated.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
The Benefits Of Loyalty

become more apparent each day
as every edition Of The Washing
ton Herald increases in circulation
The newspaper whose policy IL TO
cater to the people, upholding
their needs and desires, at ths
same time giving them efficient
news service, is The washingtcn
Herald
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
CAN SEIZE SHIPS RAPIDLY,
Collector of Port Malone Ready to
Perform Feat in Forty Minutes.

Dudley Field Malone, collector Of the
port of New York, called at the White
House yesterday afternoon to report to
the President that when the order is
given he can seize every German ship
in New York harbor in forty minutes
There are twenty-five German mer-
chantmen war-bound there, he said, and
so greatly has the value of shipping in
creased since the war began that today
they are worth s10o.0O0,Oo0, against
$50, ,O0O, 900 in 1914
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
KAISER NEAR DEATH. Is RUMoR,

London, April b.-The Morning Post to-
day printed q cablegram from its Wash
ington correspondent saying that En-
peror William is fatally i'll with Brights
disease, and that his death probably will
occur within q few months"
This Information, It was said, was Sc
cured from German-American bankers.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Washington Herald is print
ing daily complete notices of
births. marriages and deaths
among the people of Washington.
These notices appear today on
page 10. ..-
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

S2.oO to Luray, Va, and Return.
Baltimore & Ohio, from Union Sta
tion, S:Is G. m. Sunday. April s. Re-
Turning same dAy~AdH .
The Washington herald., 1917-04-06

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Arbor Day: Its Possibilities.

No Nebraskan builded himself more endut-
ing monument than did julius Sterling Morton,
the father of Arbor day. 1t is true that trees
had been planted in the state before he took up
the work he carried on so enthusiastically; and
il is perhaps also true that trees would yet have
been planted in the state if he had never seen
Nebraska. But it is true that he devoted much
of his time and genius for energetic leadership
to propagatng the idea OF tree planting, and that
through his efforts the day was set apart as a
legal holiday on which all the people Of the state
are adjurcd to plant trees Spreading throughout
the union, the observation is now general, and
so long as trees wave in the breezes. so long as
their leafy crowns cast a grateful shade for man
and beast, so long as birds can nest in their
branches, so long as the weary earth is blessed
by the presence OF pleasant groves, so long will
the work OF this man endure.
But Nebraska has not exhausted the posi-
bilities OF Arbor day. 1t it not enough that trees
be planted for ornamentation, or for protection
against the wind and weather In time the fuller
meaning of the injunction to plant trees will come
to the people OF the state Then another valuable
crop will be added to the list OF Nebraska's
sources OF wealth. Until the waste places OF the
state are covered with the growth Of wood they
properly should bear, Arbor day is not being
observed as it should be. Nebraskans will realize
this in time
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Great Rri,ain,s aWillful Men"

John Bull has his own troubles with "wilful
men," which in their way are as serious as those
encountered by our president. Two Of these are
just now coming in for consideration by the press
of the United Kingdom--Mr. John Redmond and
Sir Edward Carson. English newspapers insist
that word from Carson would end the home
rule strife, while some advise that Redmond
might with equal grace defer the contest until
after the world war is ended. The New Age of
London charges that Carson and his Obstetrics
are keeping half million men at home who are
needed in the trenches The ramifcations Of
home rule are too extensive to be followed here,
but the opinion is likely to prevail that neither
the one side nor the other will lose great deal
through foregoing final action until the more i'm
portant engagement in France is brought nearer
to decision. The battle of the Boyne does not loom
nearly so big as does the spring drive now in
progress. Americans, who are going to war for
principle, may through Irish chickering's be
brought to say with Mercutio: "A plague on
both your housesp
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Individual Rights and Public Welfare.

The Bee has letter from an anonymous cor
respondent at Lincoln in which the writer says:
81 have always lawfully opposed the administra-
ton Of President Wilson on the war question and
shall continue to do so What do you mean by
country, any way II is nothing apart from me.
In short, my view of the affairs Of this nation
enters into consideration just as much as my
fellow citizens view"
More Of fallacy scarcely could be expressed in
so few words. The writer admits the weakness
of his position by concealins his name because,
he says, "of the malicious differences placed there
on because OF its Germanic origin" He cannot
now lawfully oppose the president on the war
question; state OF war has been declared by
the congress of the United States, an action that
has the force and effect of law, and which brings
into operation all the machinery Of the law re-
quired to support the authority dignity and
safety Of the nation in war. Those who preach
opposition do so at their peril.
II the writer, apparently an educated man,
does not know what is meant by country he
has wasted the time he spent in study. If he
is of the opinion that he owes the country moth
ing in return for all the advantages, opportunities
and privileges 1t has bestowed upon him, he does
not deserve to share them, as he apparently has,
with others who are willing to sacrifice that the
future may be made secure for ths enjoyment
OF all the blessings of free government.
His own views are entitled to full considera-
ton before the vote is taken; after that he must
conform to the decision of the people. He may
retain his own opinion and hold the majority to
be wrong none can gansay him that satisfaction,
il il be a satisfaction but his actions as citizen
must be within the limits laid down by his fell
low citizens for the government Of all He can
not escape that -.s,
Finally, if he be citizen of the United States,
he is unworthy if heoeannot feel the solemn i'm
port Of these words of the president: "The SUI
preme test Of the nation has come We must
all speak, act and serve together"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Nebraska Editors.

The Wood Lake Stockman, Elmer L.
Howell, editor. has moved into its new
home.
NJ. J. Romig has succeeded H. L. Willis
ns editor and publisher Of the Neigh
Register.
Editor R. JEFF Taylor. of the Winnebago
Chieftain. has placed an order for a lino-
graph to enable him to care for his rap
idly increasing business.
Oxford Standard: L. o. Matthews, editor
of the Riverton Review, and Miss Selma
Elvers Seaberg were married last Thurs
day evening. Brother Matthews waited
until the paper was printed and then went
to press right. Congratulations, old top.
W. L. Hand has filed suit for $4,000
against the Kearney Morning Times and
Frank W. Brown, its editor. Mr.. Hand,
who was a candidate for office at the re-
cent municipal election, alleges he was Ii
belled in a story printed in connection with
the campaign.
J. W. Tampin, editor Of the TekHmah
Journal, has been sued for $4,000 by Mrs.
Estella Peterson. proprietor of the Mer-
chants hotel at Tekamah. The suit is the
outgrowth OF a story alleged to have been
printed in the Journal in regard TO a raid
on the hotel by the police.
The Big Four Editorial association at
its meeting at Nelson last Thursday elected
these officers: President, F. A. Scherz-
niger, Nelson Gazette; vice-president, Lew
Frazier, Fairmont Chronicle; secretary
treasurer. Tyler Edgcombe. Geneva Signal;
executive committee. e. L. Correll. Frank
O. Edgcombe. A. D. Scott and J. J. Pfeif-
fer.
Editor A. B. Wood, of the Gering Courier.
notes the passing of time with this refec-
ton: Thirty years ago today the Courier
started business. 1t was over at Sidney.
where George W. Jenner gave me the first
advertising order and paid It in advance
with some lumber from which I made the
frames for the newspaper stone"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Revenge Of the Rooster.

Natures laws operate with memorable GER.
tainty and for any infraction she exacts a PEN
atty that must be paid This fact is just now be-
ing forced home on some enthusiasts whose zeal
for service" exceeded good judgment. year
ago some inspired individual over in Illinois lifted
The slogan, swat the roosterp his plan being that
non-vitalized eggs kept better in storage. Accord
ingly the rooster was swatted and the big refrig-
orators were filled with eggs that will not hatch.
Now comes the same man, or one Of his kind,
and calls for more chickens, insisting that it is
possible to add 100000 pounds of poultry to
the meat supply The trouble is, we can't have
chickens without roosters. Chandeliers service
extends beyond his matutinal duty of growing
the sun out OF bed and without him the old ques-
ton of precedence between the egg and the
chicken falls into nothing. Interfering with the
plans OF old Dame Nature for the perpetuation
OF life is folly; cooperation may be beneficial
but any attempt to repeal her regulations is apt
to end in failure
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Back of National Advertising
BIZ Clinton L. Oliver
Back Of National Advertising there must be

Back Of National Advertising there must be
Quality, Service, Price.
Manufacturers have long ago learned that ad-
vertising will not sell goods that do not have
quality. Neither will advertising sell goods "re-
CARELESS Of price" If there Is anything lacking
in Service the article gives to the consumer there
will be no profit from the advertising.
The question has been asked: who pays
for advertising"
The answer is Nobody" The cost Of ad-
vcrtisng is absorbed
By advertising the manufacturer gets wider
distribution. His volume is increased and with
increasing volume the ratio of cost decreases.
With decreasing costs the goods can be sold on
closer margin and thus the consumer is Not taxed
for the advertising.
II packer employs all his expensive organi-
zation and machinery to cure 100 hams the cost
of those hams would be so great no ordinary per-
son. could buy them. But Il the packer uses his
expensive equipment to cure million hams the
cost per ham is small and he is permitted to sell
to the consumer at a fair price.
The packer gets his distribution and consump-
ton through advertising of one kind or another.
The more people who know about his hams, if
they have quality, the greater the demand and the
greater the production with its rapidly decreasing
ratio of cost
With rapidly moving product, backed by
service, the retailer needs a smaller stock that
turns often The oftener It turns the more money
he makes on his investment and the cheaper he
can sell.
Back of National Advertising there is advan.
tage to manufacturer, retailer and consumer. Ma
tional advertising is sane and logical PROPOSE
ton 1t is fair to all because it has back Of il
Quality, Service, Price No advertised article has
ever succeeded on the market unless it has all
three.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
YOUR LAD AND MY LAD.

written by Clara May Morgan aged IA
Eighth grade pupil, Plattsmouth (Neb
school. With apologies TO w. d. Nesbit)
Your lad and my lad
And how he lives today
In your land and my land
And half world away.
Your Joy and my Joy
His eyes forever CLEAN:
Your boy and my boy
Some little mothers dream.
Sky blue and true blue
His eyes still CLEAN Alright;
oh God be his guardian
His protector thru the night!
Your lad and my lad
And may he live to be.
As were his good foFefathers,
Your hope and my hope
And may he never lie.
And honor then next to his God
His flag that waves on high.
Your heart and my heart
Most breaking at the sight
When "old Glory calls our lads
To help her win the fight.
Your price and my price
And oh high high II seems
Out where "oid Glory" CLEANS.
Arms ache and hearts ache
For lads gone from our side.
But your boy and my boy
Shall save our country's pride.
Your God and my God
Still rules His world below,
And you're glad and I'm glad
To send our lads know.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
Storyette of the Day.

Little Doris is very polite. The other
day she offered her aunt a share of
her candy.
Twill you have a sugared almond,
Aunt Nary" she asked. sweetly, at
the same time rendering the paper
bag
THANK you, I will" replied her
aunt. And as she was particular what
she ate she selected white one.
"Auntie," said little Doris, do you
know the difference between the pink
and the white almonds?"
mo, DEAR" said auntie with kind
ly smile.
well. I'll tell you," explained
Doris. "They were all pink once, and
l sucked all the pink off the white
ones. Didn't do 1t nicely?"-Youth's
COMPANION.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23

With the safe arrival of Mr.. Arthur ]. Balfour
and others of the British commission, great
deal of the apprehension caused by the possible
presence Of U-boats off our shores has disap-
peared. When the French delegation lands the
greatest of modern war councils will be held at
Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23

Various reasons are given for the enhanced
prices of sugar and restricted sales Demand and
crop shortage are the main excuses. The former
has some foundation, the latter none Reports to
the Wall Stree. Journal show that the cane crop
OF Cuba, the dominant producer, is greater by
100000 bags than the output of 1916. The ex.
PLANTATION is not reduced production, but in more
compact control of the crop fact evidenced in
the boom in Cuban sugar shares. They drip with
sweetness
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23

The Turk has found time from other pressing
matters to notify the United States of his sever
anee Of diplomatic relations with u.s. In time
they will be restored, but on decidedly new
basis
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23
%zAee5mE
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Somewhere, Neb., April 20.-To the
Editor of the Bee: The present war
which seems destined to involve the
whole world in its maelstrom, was
started by pistol shot. l would not
be so stupid as to claim that shot was
the primal cause of the war. The ma
terials for confagration were ready;
the pistol shot was the lucifer match
that set them afire. By an agreement
of the powers, Bosnia and Herzegovina
were under the suzerainty of Austria
Hungary. After the Russian and
Japanese war, Austria with the con-
sent and backing of Germany, annexed
these tive little countries to her en-
pire. 1t is hard to conceive more
high-handed piece of villainy. In this
proceeding Austria took advantage or
Russia's then weakness. The two en-
pires had a common purpose. Ger
many was seeking, by Austria's alb
sorption of the Balkan states-which
was a progressive paralysis-and her
Germany's sphere of influence
through Asia Minor and the valley
of the Euphrates to the Persian gulf.
Gabriel Prinzip, the school boy who
shot Franz FERDINAND Hapsburg in
the street of Serajevo, was a Bosnian.
The facts brought out at the trial Of
the slayer are as follows: The arch
duke, Franz FERDINAND, heir apparent
Of Austria, and his morganatic wife,
were riding down the street In an au-
tomobile. Prinzip threw q bomb at
the archduke, which missed him. Then
the boy drew a revolver and, leaping
upon the running board of the ma
chine, fired shot The archdukes
wife, seeing the revolver, threw her
self between her husband and the
slayer. The first shot killed her and
the second her husband. There was
no intention on the part of Prinzip to
kill a woman. Let the consequences
of that act be reserved for a subse-
quent letter.
But l will now ask a question of all
your readers. In what respect does
Gabriel Prinzip differ from William
Tell, except that one used a bow and
arrow and the other a revolver?
When Tell killed Gessler, Austria was
seeking to absorb some of the Swiss
cantons. When Prinzip shot the
Hapsburg, Austria had absorbed his
native land. l am not justifying as
sassination: I am not saying that
either Tell or Prinzip did right; ! am
not saying lndt tyrannlclue Is ever
justified. But 1 beg leave to call to
your attention, what you already
know; For 500 years Tell has been ap-
plauded as hero. His name is syn
onym for patriotism. Germany's sec
ond greatest poet has made him the
hero Of drama that will live as long
as human language endures. The
Scotch poet, Campbell, has hardly
been less eloquent in his praise.
James Sheridan Knowles wrote
tragedy with Tell for hero. 1t is Sec
ond to Schiller. but great enough to
immortalize its author. At Altorf.
Canton Uri, Switzerland, life-sized
statue of Tell stands on a pedestal,
Man or myth, Tell has been an ideal
for FIVE centuries. But Prinzip has
been condemned as a felon.
DER HEIOE.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23

One ultimatum more or less will make little
difference to the kaiser; he has other things to
think about just now. such as the riots at Madge-
burg and Berlin. A note from an American re-
public won't add much to his worries.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-23

Despite the disturbance of war and the
havoc OF submarines and mines, the leading steam
ship company of England last year cleared up
net gain of 50 per cent. A Is per cent melon
pulled from the verboten zone affords consider
able solace for Britshers in trying times.