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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31
This Day in History.

1606-Guy Fawkes was executed
for his part in the plot to blow up the
British House of Parliament.
1752-Gouverneu Morris, con-
spicuous figure in the early history of
the American republic, born at Nor
risania, N. Y. Died there November
6, 1876.
185S-Steamship Great Eastern was
launched at Millwall, England.
1865-United States house Of rep
resentatives passed the Thirteenth
amendment, carrying out the emanci-
patton proclamation.
1867-Completion of the Nelson
column in Trafalgar square, London.
Observation-Disclosures of peace be-
tween Russia and Turkey signed at
Adrianople. A
1880-British training ship Atalanta
with $50 on board, sailed from Ber-
muda and was never heard of again.
fSs2-Charies H. Sturgeon, ia
nous pulpit orator. died at Mentone,
France. Born in England, June 10,
1894.
1893-Ten thousand persons were
rendered homeless by an earthquake
on the coast Of Zante.
1ss5-The Japanese captured Wei
Hai-Wei from the Chinese.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31
TODAY


1t Is unwise to battle when excess
siveIy hot, but it is safer when moder-
ately warm from exercise than when
beginning to cool off.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Having no reason to expect much from tn,
present Douglas delegation, Omaha will have nc
right to feel disappointed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Z In its horse meat butcher shop New York has
one enterprise Omaha will not insist on emulating
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

OF course it is past history now. but would
il not have been better for all concerned had the
Burlington built up its car shops in Omaha in
stead OF at Plattsmouth and at Hayefocke
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Omaha can have municipal home rule il ii
really wants it, but the job must be done here at
home and not at Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Still Omaha is only one Of scores OF cities
where school accommodations fall short OF the
demand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

AT any rate, the literacy testSeto affords one
instance where President Wilson has not changed
his mind,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

While omaha's Welcome Arch radiates cor
diality on its face, its real glad-hand smile goes
with the treasury touch. 1t isn't worth the
money! e
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Should the Missouri court decision stand, the
army becomes safe refuge for wife deserters.
In such cases safety puts magnum Of ginger in
patriotic service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

han slipped in the alley in the rear OF
the Garfield house and fell cutting a
severe cash over his right eye, and
spraining one of his wrists.
Judge Neville has rendeted a very
important decision which absolutely
establishes the right Of the cigar
makers union to the trade mark
which they have long used upon their
cigars.
W. H. Harrison of s. p. Morse &
Co.'s curtain and drapery department
has left for New York where he will
cast his eagle eye over the eastern
markets on the lookout for novelties
in new spring curtains, etc.
The funeral of Mrs. L. W. Duell, the
oldest daughter of C. ]. Karbach, was
held from the late residence, 1909
Howard
William Gus Stephan and Miss Au-
gusta Saffelder were married by the
Rev. Detweiler. pastor of the Kountze
Memorial church.
Mr.. Thomas Fitzpatrick, a well
known dry goods man of Chicago, and
more recently of Cleveland, O., is in
the city negotiating for the purchase
of the dry goods house of Tootle, Maui
& Co. Mr.. Fitzpatrick is genial and
kindly gentleman and good business
man and a strong effort is being made
to have him locate here.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

An Ohio philosopher says the ballot is the
most sacred thing an American possesses"
A group of Cincinnati citizens are taking compul-
sorry lessons along that line.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

Tell your troubles to the grand jury and cease
worrying sia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31
Storyette o: the Day.

She had two boys. The mother
wished not only to give them seri-
Gus idea of her desire to make them
good, but also to make clear to their
minds the gravity of the task before
her. At the end of a particularly
touching ADMIRATION 5-year-old Fran
els was suddenly overcome with the
impossibility Of ever attaining his
mothers IDEAL
Don't try to make rs good,
MOTHER, ne said earnestly. Just
shoot us."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-31

This table, of course, does not show the exac
West Virginia's eight votes went to Mr. Wilson
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
Are We Right, julius;
Would the Bidders Have
Done That At This Time?

julius Rosenwald, chairman of the com
mittee on supplies for the council for ma
tional defense, has announced the making
of contracts for 750,OOO pairs of shoes for
the new army, at an average price Of
S4.75 pair.
He estimates that Uncle Sam has saved
100000 by thus contracting rather
than by making the purchase under com
petitive bidding.
Good for Uncle Sam
But that big saving seems to indicate
that the bidders would have got to-
gether" and soaked Uncle.
Aren't the leather men better patriots
than that, julius?
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
NeighbOr and BrOther-It
Is Proposed To Widen the
Definition of Both Next Week

War is doing many wonderful things
IN this pleasure-loving land. For one
thing il is revising definitions.
That beautiful story of the Samaritan
IN Luke has settled the status Of true
Neighbour up TO this time.
lie bound up the wounds Of the certain
man who fell among thieves and sheltered
him while the priest and the Levite nut
tered nothing doing and sauntered on
Victor Hugo's sanity Bishop Of D.
amphfed the meaning Of Brother when
he applied that sweet word Of greeting
to the despised and rejected ticket-of-
leave man who sought his door when all
other doors were closed against him.
Next week, in this wonderfully pros
porous city a band of very earnest and
large-hearted men are going to give those
noble words Of fraternity a far-reaching
import
BY the sign of.the Red Cross they are
going 70 make II very PLAN 70 US al that
Neighbor signifies the most distant vic
tim of Teuton ruthlessness and ravages;
that Brother betokens any hero or his de
pendents who bears arms for the liberia
ton Of autocracy-cursed lands.
If there are more infinitely tender
terms than these at this critical time in
our national existence-when American
succor is the saving factor in the great
adventure yonder-we do not know them
Detroit's share in the process of Neigh
borliness and Brotherliness is $1,000 600;
Michigan's share 100000; the nations
share 500, 100000. And it is all urgently
needed now in cause differed by the
leading men of the country and admin
istered for the most part by volunteers.
The Liberty loan was put over. We get
treasures on earth" from the patriotic
performance But Red Cross Week holds
rewards that no man can compute. We
only know there is an abiding blessing
for all who walk this way Of the heart.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15

the Kaiser for the cities TO have TOO
many representatives in the government.
II is when we reach the bundesrath,
or upper house of the German parna-
ment. that we meet all the proof we want
and an the proof we need 10 Justify par
ticipation of the United States in the war
for democracy against autocracy, or a
war ON the Kaiser.
Tie bundesrath practically controls
the empire.
II is q council Of delegates Of the
various German states and free cities.
The rulers not only send these dele
gates. bat instruct them as TO how they
are 20 vote
II only e single delegate from a state
is present, ne casts the entire vote for
that state and always in accordance with
instructions he has received from home.
All taxing bills originate in the bun
desrath. Constitutionally, the reichstag
has The right to initiate legislation but
it is a right which it does not use 70
much purpose.
Practically all legislation is initiated
by the reichstag.
Furthermore. the bundesrath has the
power of yetoing any measures passed
In the upper chamber.
Fourteen votes in the bundesrath can
defeat any proposed amendment to the
constitution.
THE KAISER. AS KING OF PRUS.
STA. CONTROLS TWENTY VOTES.
There we have the answer to the
claim made in defense of the Kaiser that
The United States is warning on 'democ-
racy"
There we have it established that we
are warning on autocracy and that the
Kaiser is the real autocrat
There we have the goods on Prus-
sianism and the goods on the Kaiser, es-
tablshing that Wilhelm H., holding the
veto power over a people who are at first
denied real representation, is PRUS-
SIANISM PERSONIFIED.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
Anniversaries

1878 Congress unanimously choss
George Warrington as commander-in-
chief - the American forces.
1900 TIE "Provislonal Army.
raised when war between the United
states and France seemed imminent
was disDanded.
isI5-AIgerian vessel Mashanda
captured n fret engagement. 10 the
war between the United statos and
Aiglcrs.
1919 James K Polk. eleventh
PRECEDENT p She H. s.. died az Nah
vliie Tenn Born la Mecklenburg
county. n o.. Nov 2. l7ss
tssz James y Redmond spoke on
the Home Rule question ia New York
1913 French court ~ cessation
4uasrel tho sentence % Charles Dc
f,esseDs and others convicted ~ fraud
in fae Panama AFFAIR and all were
released from prison
1925 American warships lombard
ed fte FORT AZ Caimanora. Cuba
1907 second International Peace
conference assembled az The Hague.
win AZ coantflrs represented
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IN TIE
wan
sigror Boselli formed "a now cabi-
net n lfaly
French recaptured trench IN the
Dead Mnn Hf region az Fsrdun
AusfT.aas began the evacuation "
Ckern0witz. capital ~ Bukowipa
ToDAY's BTRTHDAYs
r.'eui CEN sir Charles Carmichael
Munrre. .ummander 81 the British ok
frffIrn go fhr parfrneiIes In 1915
HEl moro eommander- o-chfff ~ the
British f9r0rs in India. born 81 years
ago TODAY
Iru. ef .efor. governor ~ fhr state
~ Washington horn a. HsIlfaX. Eng
land ~ years ago today
Et Ees Henry u r9ranion. Catholic
bishop ~ furon. Arizona born AZ -
Etienue. France. % years ago today.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
Pointed Paragraphs

II takes a strong man 70 hold fast
70 an opinion
Women with pretty teeth VIII
laugh at any Joke.
n is easy 20 convince a man that
he ls smarter than you are
Trouble Is the most thoro teacher
In the school % experience.
Great takers are Ike leaky kegs,
for everything runs out OF them.
onlyra man who is never Oh won
O ers how doctors manage 20 make
living
A woman is willing % give man
advice on any subject except The
art o. shaving
Treat the rich man kindly You
may be willing 10 LEI him lend you
money some day
or course We All want 90 get on
the safe s.de. bu' .ts often q quee-
ton which is The safe side
II takes woman with nerve 20
carry SO purse With nothing in
Il buy a safety pin and a dozen dry
goods samples
After a bachelor passos 10 arc
- so irs NO 20 him m marry a
widow n he marrIes at aii for be
needs a afe eho knows how cranky
mon are
When woman EefF a love otter
from her husband she appreciate
10 N 10 has a check Ia T.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
The Old Gardener Says

Satisfy, or the vegetable oyster.
is not so we'll known az n de-
serves 70 be. and there is spe-
cial reason for growing II in
wartime garden, as II can be
left In The ground all winter. like
paFsnips, having better favor
In the spring than in tire fall, or
course a certain amour can y"
dug before freezing weather fcr
white UsC. and often there auo
weeks even n midwinteT when e
can be tr,ught into the hod
S cd rented now will g'yo ms.
ture plants for fall use The
plants hhttid be thinnei to STA. d
three inches apart. and keep well
cultivated
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
STORM KILLS ONE;
DELAYS CONGRESS

MAY suggest" remarked the man az the GRO
Gerry counter, buying pint Of potatoes, that II
the Victim had a wife and family dependent upon
him, the loss Of eonsress.~oud have come as the
softer blow"
Col. Roosevelt discovers that we have
gone into the war, stern foremost Bringing
Up the rear never made any hit with the
Colonel
The president is keeping the ex-presi-
dent busy grinding out parallel column
stuff these days
c. T s. How woulc you classify the action
Of this woman Safety First or Experience
ls q Dear Teacher
She is colorcd and che went 70 the home Of
the Mrs for g days washing and scrlbbing.
working by the hour When she entered The
home she uuerapped a parcel and took out a
working dress and an alarm clock placing the
latter on the iabie
you soc Mrs She said u always work by
my own clock
Also Miss Detroit u Slips into River" ran
headline describing the launching A little
gir tried 90 read % 20 her mother ION.
mamma. she exclaimed. Miss Detroit. ll. slip
ped into The river. That's awful for q sick wo
l8ar G. w
Furthermore, there is the price Of gra-
ham flour That's gone up, too. and il is
only the very well to do who can put any
heart (Which isNo say, graham) inl"Co4
lumbia the gcm of the ocean.
"Saaaaaaaav. Berrrrrrrt. havvvvvve a
heaTI1Irr111rt gettttttttt onnnnnn0n a
shTuIcccecet thattttttttts payvvvvved
Lie down Rover, it's the ice man.
M. r.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
Cultivate Character
nv N. ADDINCroN BRYCE
Author % The Riddle OF Person
atty" Psychology and
Parenthood" etc.

You say. Cultivate character, %
a correspondent writes. Just how
is character 10 be cultivated"
This Is a question which cannot
be answered adequately in the space
AZ my disposal but here are a
few suggestions. offered With the
hope that they will prove really
helpful
To cultivate character. keep IN
as good physical condition "a pos
sible. Observations show that there
is real relation between physical
ylgor and moral vigor
And. as fundamental 20 keeping
In good physical condition. eat mod
erately. avoid eNcesses OF any sort.
exercise regularly, take SUFFICIENT
sleep. and get plenty OF fresh air
into the lungs
stand. walk. and SIT erect THIS
Is the natural attitude o. self-con
adence and strength Make Il your
habitual attitude and & viii react
toward the Strengthening OF your
character.
Exercise morally as well as physl-
cauy Deny yourself something
every day, X only 20 satisfy your.
self that YOU can be SELF denying
Practice emotional control A
man who lets emotions OF any kind
overwhelm him. cannot develop
strength OF character
Remember. too. the formative IN.
auence OF environment and OK
ample.
study ne standards and habits az
The men with whom sou are accus.
toned 20 associste. n they are
moral Weaklings, recognize that.
thru the subtle influence OF psychic
contarion. YOU Yourself Viii be
weakened by constant association
with them
Live with wolves the Spanish
proverb truly says. land you viii
learn 10 howl
II need he choose an entirely new
SET az companions. Try 20 be with
The morally strong az much IA you
can. Thus Won viii give psychic
contagion opportunity TO work in
your favor
And study your daily surround.
ings as clesely as YOU study your
daily associates IN particular
study tho surroundings OF your
leisure hours
Note whether The places OF amuse-
ment you frequent are degrading or
uplifting IN their possible influence
or you n the former. find new
md more elevating modes OF re
creation
Get into the habit OF reading good
books. especially biographies OF
men OF mark Both consciously and
unconsciously you viii profit from
such reading AS was we'll said
long ago
Good books arc purifying, eleyat-
Ing, and sustaining In their lnhn-
ence. They enlarge and llberalize
he mind They preserve u against
vulgar worldiness They tend 20
produce high-minded cheerfulness
and equanlmity OF character"
Good books. good companions.
good surroundings. and good physi-
cal habits-these OF a certainty are
factors invaluable In character cul
tlvation.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15

Che belief that a person had o.
panifest symptoms Of tuberculosis
setore being put 20 sleep outdoors
has also disappeared.
Indoor workers especially are
benefited by sleeping our Of doors
Many Of Us cannot control ventila
lion during the day but almost
everyone can manage his own air
supply al night
II will usually be found that a
porch Is the most convenient way
~ allowing one 10 take advantage
W The night air The best loca.
zion for sleeping porch ia on the
south OF east side OF the second
story OF house. although a per.
mSnent veranda on any aoor may
De used.
Canvas curtains or bamboo
screens Will furnish the needed
privacy aud protection
Health habits that bring the
most good generally are those that
are more OF less automatic Such
habit is pumping fresh air
through tho lungs while enjoying
quiet. refreshing slumber az the
same time
might air IL a great lifesaver. so
make free use OF g.
A convincing orator Is, one who
has sense enough TO shut up before
his audience acquires that tired
feeling
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
The Dog In the Manger
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)


We don't do things for reasons; we do
things for the ghosts Of dead reasons,
We don't act according to our intel
ligence; We act according to the way
somebody else acted before.
We are creatures of imitation, not Of
reason.
We are not automobiles, steered ~
hand. eye and brain; we are locomotives
running on a track.
The very law of our land is built on
precedent. Our morals are the customs
Of preceding generations.
We live in ruts. do business in II I.
think in ruts, feel in ruts, talk in ruts
For instance:
Just now we are raising a hullabalo0
about starvation. Europe is starving.
Pretty soon, the experts say. we will "a
starving. There aren't enough foodstutfI
being raised.
Now, exercise your intelligence a little,
if any. Strip the whole problem of its
complications Reduce it to its simplest
form.
Don't ask what we have been doins.
nor what the law will let us do, nor what
has been our traditional method of proce-
dure since time began
Just lay out the factors Of the prob
lem thus:
We need food. All food comes from
land. We have plenty Of land and plenty
of folks to work ii.
What's the answer?
Foolish question number ninety-siXl
Plainly, the answer is: 60 TO II. Till
the land Raise the food
Why don't you do it?
Answer It is illegal The 1aw will
not permit the men who want 70 work
to use the land because it belongs to
other men who don't want to work and
don't have to.
Wouldn't simple everyday United
States horse sense dictate that if man
won't use his land it ought to be taken
from him and given to.the man who will
work it?
There are 20O,oOo,0 900 acres Of idle
land in this country enough to feed the
world, enough for farm of ten acres
for every American familyS
81 own 1000 acres of Texas land, says
Dr. c. c. Higgins Of San Antonio at is
good land. If it were put in cultivation
it would furnish employment for 100
men. II would feed ? 600 soldiers. The
nation needs my land.
at would cost SO an acre 20 pat my
land in cultivation haven't 100000. If
had it | wouldn't spend it in improv-
ing my land would lend it at eight
per cent ! would thus get rich. And
the nation would still need my land.
The truth is. he concludes, that |
have no moral right TO own land | do not
use. am dog in the manger'
Now, wouldn't the obvious thing to do
be to take the 20O,00000O idle acres in
the United States away from TIE own
ers and give them to any persons who
would make them productive?
But that is conhscation.
Granted But all taxation is confsca-
ton; it is a governments act of taking
away a mans property, or part Of it,
by force.
Also, we are confscating men, taking
human lives to throw into the trenches
and the sea to save our country. Haven't
we the right to take land?
If we need the fodder. why not get the
dog out Of the manger?
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15

large number stockholders Syndicate o
advice o this department on the
reliability
OF OF the company
May Rose made
stockholders entitled to financial
Mr. Rose quite quite
financial statement no
indicate hesates TO have Us nn
published =. -.
public It's investigation the inquiry but Rose
has refus 10 a
The lowfn 9
Of the
paid for
tbeir .tock They not
AdNlrrprs
who possession OF
ifcaeg md has
CEvED A FINANCIAL STATEMENT or ANY DESCRIPTION
welcomes
result OF the
Is the bes adv
which operated by 'ne rose
dividend TWO YEARS This Information comes
dir the office OF the
OF entitled or or nnaca
Of which they have invested their good ron
OF in the rs place
anen who promised dividends within sockhodr meetings
time and general dissatisfaction exists
anon investors
statesmen had no rlgh 70 promise
vesu fine alioi - ,-.-.....
has only begun A prone o 0"N
4pes 70 have details report In the near future
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15

less trafnC a
night 20 stir up
germ laden dust
Time was when
II was believed
that night air was
injurious Hap
PLY this old idea
no longer exists.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
The Oh, So Very, Very
Harmless Kaiser Who
Merely Controls Germany

The Kaiser is frequently-we1l say
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS against the charge
of welding an autocratic power over the
German people, by the claim that he is
as helpless as a man who is informed
that it is time he was leaving for the
train to meet his mother-in-law.
Defenders of the Kaiser will tell you
that he has nothing whatever to do with
government in Germany; that parlia-
ment is responsible for it and that the
people name their own representatives
in parliament.
In this manner, pro-German propa-
ganda attempts to explain that we have
falsely charged autocracy TO a country
that is really democratic
This explanation will not deceive any
one who is acquainted with the facts
1t is true that the government Of
Germany centers in parliament, and that
the system is so conceived that first
impression would leave the Kaiser quite
out of the scheme, as helpless and as
harmless as his defenders declare him
to be.
1t is just as true that the system is
controlled by the Kaiser, in the light Of
which fact he becomes again Sthe auto
crat we know him to be.
The Worlds Work for June performs
for its readers the patriotic service Of
enlightening them on this point, by
showing that what Germany presents
to US as representative government is
that very thing - representative, how
ever, mostly of the Kaiser.
Germany has taken democratic idea
and left it to its fate in autocratic hands.
II has representative government to
a certain extent only and that extent is
the will of the Kaiser.
Michigan was recently reapportoned
under the system Of representation Of
our own democratic way which we very
justly claim to be a vast improvement
over Germany, and Detroit was given
an additional congressman.
The members Of parliament are elect
ed in Germany today on the basis Of the
population Of 1870.
In 1869 Berlin had a population Of 500,
600 and was allowed one representative
for every 100000 persons or six.
Berlin today has a population Of more
than 100000. yet Il still has only six
representatives in the reichstag
Because why?
Because the cities of Germany are the
centers Of liberal thought and political
reform and because il is not healthy for
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
From Another Point of NieU
By {. 7. S

Wasn't that a beautiful springIike day
remember, April IL, the day the base
ball season opened?
RHth Law had to descend in her aero
plane owing 10 breakdown while flying
from st. Louis to Chicago. And future
generations viii read on history's pages
how it was due to that mere chance that
Lexington, H., was discovered by Ruth
Law.
The Detroit times., 1917-06-15
The Tn, h!eeAd-MirrOr
And Advice to Investors
n The Times Prints Il. The Times Believes II

mis- DEPARTMENT maintained 70 SHE'D the light o. truth on the
III
msled or
honest aoVe
not De
ADVICE VIII
giving the writer's name and
withheld pre-
'erred Address The Ad-mirror Times, Detroit, Mich