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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
England Takes so Per Cent.

England today takes 50 per cent Of
the war profits there to run the war
Do you realize how much we take based
upon the minimum Of $4,000. 600. 600 war
profits for the last year, We take adj
ditional1y under this bill less than 20
per cent and England takes today so
per cent of war profits
I would not have YOU follow blindly.
of course, the advice either Of allies
or of neutral rat iors. ! would not. of
course, ask the Senate under any cir
cumstances TO follow another nation
profits merely because that other ma
ton did it, But. oh, how persuasive in
deed. how convincing were the argu-
ments of what England did when we
dealt with our blood, and how little
persuasive and little convincing those
arguments are when we deal with our
wealth. So 1 submit for what il is
Of its war profits today. while under
this bill we take less than 20 per cent
Of our war profits.
"The estimated war profits, accord
ing to the figures stated by the dis
tinguished senator who is chairman OF
the finance committee, were $4,000. b00.-
coo. He stated that as a minimum sum.
The war profits tax in this bill amounts
70 S562, 00e. 900. a little less than 20 per
cent of the war profits. This year the
var profits. IL is estimated. will amount
10 $4,000, 600 900 and more on think
of what they come from. and why II is
that they exist at all. and then under
standing what makes them. and for
such brief period, why hesitate from
taking the very largest portion of
those war profits that it is possible TO
take in order to carry on our great
adventure and in order to protect US
from financial difficulty in our war,
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SENATOR JOHNSON
FOR PROFITS DRAFT
Would Conscript Wealth of Ma
<.tion as Freely as Blood
of Its Youth.
PLEADS FOR HIGHER LEVlES

Senator johnson of California held the
attention of a large attendance o. lhe
SS,.rfp Yesterday and we'll iilled galleries
in the delivery of an impass!oned appea !
for further levy upon war prohts anu
income, III the new war tax bill, and les
sentng Of the proposed taxes on cofiiiioa-
itfe4 -,od articles of daily consumption
II insist that these rates should ne
raised 50 that practically every dollar under
tins bill may be raised by war prohts
taxes.".he said. by income taxes. anu "
the taxes uron alcoholic beverages and
the like, and that every consumers tax
that is in the bill. whether it be little or
whether it be big. whether It touch ore
sort or one class or another class, Shaii
be eliminated. and we take the money
from where we ought to take It, from
the very place where these people them
selves are willing We should take it
from the wal profits made out q tAis
eusat conflict
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Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
WITHOUT FEAR OR MERCY
Peccary, Boss Scrapper Of the Pig
Family, Fights to the
Last GASP.

An old "Arkansaw razorback" is
considered by native hunters as no
less dangerous than a bear, and as
far more likely to attack human
being without provocation; the wild
boar of England and the continent
was renowned in sport because it
would fight and fight hard; the Afri-
can wart hog, which weighs 800
pounds, and has tusks eight inches
long, shows little fear of any an
tagonist meaner than lion; but Of
all the hog tribe the most vicious,
"stick-at-nothing" daredevil is the
javelina. Not only does it fight to ito
last breath with berserker rage. but
is a disciplined warrior that never
was known to ignore the battle cry"
of its clan.
In the southwest hunter, before
firing into a drove of javelinas, care
fully inspects the trees for one that
he can easily climb. However skillful
he is with a rife, he could hardly ex-
pect to stop the, charge of dozen or
more javelinas, and if tLey reached
him he would have no chance. Once
the peccaries got him down, they
would never cease their shrill fight.
ing squeals until they had torn him
to shreds. Hence the rule in the
javeline countrj is to climb your tree
first and shoot your pig afterward-
shoot it so dead that it cannot emit
single squeal; otherwise you must
be prepared to roost in the tree for
half a day or so.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
Little Stories by Little Folk
prize Story.)
Good Citizenship Roll.
By Wilma Pipal, age 10 years. Thurs

BY Wilma Pipal, age 10 years. Ihurs-
ton, Neb. Red Side. .
I thought ! would write and tell
you what we have at our school. II
IS called the good citizenship roll.
Every Monday morning we start
with 100 per cent. There must be
two reporters, one for each side Of
the room, and there must be certain
things counting certain per cents off,
such as whispering.
Anyone who has rs or lower loses
his recess for three days. Here are
some of our rules that we have at
our school: Whispering, 2 per cent
off; playing in school. 2 per cent off;
swearing, 10 per cent off; teasing, 10
per sent off; feet in aisle, 4 per cent
off; writing notes, per cent off;
changing seats, ; per cent off; eating
in school, 5 per cent off; dropping
books, 2 per cent off; carving initials,
10 per cent off; splitting on floor, 2 per
cent off; idleness, Q per cent off;
throwing paper, 5 per cent off; paper
on floor, per cent OH.
| wish some other school would try
it, as it works fine in ours, although
every week there is some one has to
stay in. =
never have had to stay In and /
always get 100 per cent.
am learning to crochet and wish
some one would send me some pat
terms of crocheting.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

INVITATIONS of spring to be everywhere and does not
either Old Mother March has been
frantic fashion, her best to to
days and that houseceanng time
Il but her intmaons have been expressions Of moods
than tangible The first thunder OF the
the and the bueay the
OF feahered friends RETURN his melody with uddenne
which took by surprise.
now only weeks the of have be-
visible The swelling buds the be
heads enough and the engenng days
and brighter
poets call the spring of youth when
Mother Nature herself side telling signifies time OF
juvenation!
girls and boys forced lay aside their sleds and ice skates for
another be flying along the walks Their roller skates
skipping gyy colored mention the bags Of
classics bulgng from little boys pockets and of children
with bright copper jack and balls.
How arey garden plans progressing, Busy Bees?
helpful books for gardeners which
libraries assist in planning: When Mother cts
Duncan Of the best and simplest Little
Gardens for Boys and Girls, ggn Marys Garden and How It Grew
Duncan Th Chdren Library Work and Play Gardening (haw
Th School Garden Book Wed Emerson Little Gardens and How
Tabor Young People" osberg) These
for making gardens and
will find them intensely interesting reading.
the REQ side the last week and Helen Crabb
Moore of the Blue side honorable mention
of for the February has just been
Cecilia Donovan Of Greeley Neb, which late and
from Evelyn Hewitt which could not be printed because OF lack
of
Rbbe San Diego Cal On the outside Of
picking and
throw snowbas for and I'll for
Ruth for her oughtfuness and she only wishes
you were all here 10 enjoy their delicious favor
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

ton, Don't you realize that you are
an invalidi"
Wee See," said the >clubman, you
promise to come right back here and
tell me what's going on?"
Il mind YOU" smiled the little Celes-
tial. and then he was gone. A fellow
countryman fitted him out with Chi
nese clothing and he had no difficulty
in finding place as Chinese musi-
clan III the establishment of DR.. Git
Sin, who did not suspect him because
of his race. H.
The Willy Wee See soon learned
just how the land lay regarding Bev-
erly. Attired in Chinese costume,
she was being held prisoner in a
room there. Git Sin had taken vio-
lent fancy to her. and his white wife
was insanely jealous. Wee See hurried
back to Strong. @s
"Girl need help" he announced. "Git
Sin heap care for her, but he won't
put her to sleep and make her talk.
They send for another Chinese doc
tor 10 do that
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

man who had crowded into the space
with him, and then The Shadow
emerged, smiling and triumphant.
81 got the paper" he said. ITS writ
ten in Chinese. You read it" Wee See
did. And, being somewhat American
i I'd, he whistled softly,
This paper say" he translated,
that Git Sin is writer. Git Sin say he
won't mix in with girl in his house. He
scared. You know what that means,
Mistah Shadow? 1t means Miss
Clarke, she in Git Sins place, and !
know where that is"
"Wee See, you're wonder" cried
The Shadow. Come on, tell this to
Defective Ackerton,' Wee See did.
Ackerton hurried to Strong's home
with the Chinaman. He related the
encouraging tidings to Strong.
Il am going to- send Wee See to
Git Sins place and see il he can
learn anything said the chief of de-
tectivcs.
Let me go, too pleaded Strong.
Are you stark mad:' asked Acker-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

Then I'll be the Chinese doctor"
Strong announced. I'm going to Git
Sins den. You get the police. must
save that girl" As quickly as his
wounds would permit he put on some
clothing and crept out of window
so that Miss Tredwell would not know
of his tintention.
Meantime Beverly, in Git Sins den,
was on the verge of insanity as the
result of the ordeal through which
she was passing. Hideous Cinnamon
brought her food which she would not
touch. Git Sin sought her favor in a
manner that suggested she was pass
ing through nightmare. He stood
before her, his two hands hidden in
his sleeves, leered and spoke pigeon
English" The frightened girl could
only turn her head and tremble.
Then there was much commotion in
the den. The Chinese doctor who was
to cast spell on Beverly and thus
force her to tell where the treasure
was hidden had reached the place.
With much kowtowing he was led be-
fore Beverly and left alone with her.
She glanced at him and toppled for
ward, half fainting. The visitor gazcd
quickly at the door through which he
had entered. He stopped over and
whispered:
Beverly, do not be afraid. 1t is I,
William Strong. See" And here he
tore off his disguise.
Il promised to lind you and have"
he said. Were both in the same
danger now. Forgive the brutal things
said to you that night, and then
whatever comes we'll meet it to-
gether.'
Beverly turned her head away from
him. Even in the peril that confront
ed them, she could not help thinking
of how she had idealized Strong as
her hero and how, when she was
found in the clothes closet in his
home, he had faced her angrily ind &C.
cused her of seeking to trap him. As
she thought of these things Strong
knelt before her. He said not a word
but gazed appealingly at the girl. He
had risked his life to enter Sins
den and shield her As that thought
flashed upon her she faced him, radi-
ant with an innocent love.
Forgive your" she murmured
why it is that should ask forgive.
ness for dragging you into this
trouble"
| (End Of Chapter VID.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
(Honorable Mention.)
The Coyote.

By. Grace L. Moore. Silver Creek,
Neb. Blue Side.
The coyote, now abundant through
out the. western United States, is ia
nous for its monotonous yelping at
night. 1t resembles more the barking
Of dog than howl Of the ordinary
coyote. One would think half a
dozen are yelping in chorus as you
listen to it. They generally travel in
packs like wolves, but, unlike them,
they attack human beings. ~
The coyote is about as large as a
dog. tbs of light reddish or yellow
ish gray color and the longer hairs
on its back are tipped with black. The
tail is very bushy and the ears arc
upright. .-'
They live in the hollows among
rocks, or take possession OF old bur-
rows in the ground. They hunt chief
ly in the dusk. They are very feet Of
foot and two or three in concert can
run down a rabbit.
Their food consists mainly Of
gophers, ground squirrels, mice,
ground-nesting birds and similar
small animals. They have become a
great nuisance in the neighborhood OF
ranches and isolated settlements, es-
pecially in winter, by attacking sheep,
poultry and calves. They have a very
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

Copyright. 1917. by George e. Walsh.)
1t isn't good for us to be too smart.
1t sometimes makes us vain, and then
one day we overdo it. Bumper had
some excuse for playing the trick on
Mr.. Grow and Mr.. Fox, for his life
depended upon it; but his success was
giving him little swelled head. He
began to feel that he could get out of
any danger by using his wits.
But he knew less about the cum
ming and patience of the fox than he
thought. Instead of trotting off in
the woods, chagrined and disgusted
by his defeat, the fox was lying low
ready to pounce on the white rabbit
the moment he showed himself. He
was so still that Bumper couldn't hear
the rustic of leaf or the snap of a
twig.
Il think I'll go out now," Bumper
said finally. T'm dreadfully hungry
Instead of poking his head out cay
tiously to investigate he walked
straight from the hollow trunk into
the very jaws of the fox. There was
a sharp click of teeth, and Bumper
felt terrible pain in one Of his long
ears. He must have leaped five feet
in the air, and another five feet side
ways. The fox had missed his neck
by an inch, but to make UP for this
mistake he now pursued the rabbit
leaping nearly as high in the air to
catch him as Bumper.
1t certainly would have gone hard
with him, and the rest OF his adven-
lures could never have been told if a
couple of bluejays hadn't built nest
in tree directly over him. The com.
motion in the bushes startled the
birds, and with loud, shrill cries they
darted down to see what was doing
The sight of the fox angered them
Foxes robbed birds nests whenever
they got a chance, and the bluejays
knew this. Therefore, a fox in the
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
CHAPTER VII.
The Yellow Claw.

Fate is an invisible force that does
rot permit its favored creatures to die
until their tasks in life are done. Will
liam Strong's task in life was not
done. And so fate did not permit him
TO die. As the sable hood stood over
the young clubman, with knife uplift-
ed, another emissary of The Secret
Seven, wearing black mask, slid
noiselessly into the room and seized
the arm Of the assassin, just as it was
BEGINNING to descend.
-'rhe Great Master has sent me-" he
whispered. "Zulphs order is can
cellcd." The black-hooded assassin
sheathed his knife and the two con-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
HUNCH WO.I HER $4,000
How a Jersey Maid Secured For.
tune With Marriage
String,

Feminine intuition is the only thing
that stood between Miss Rose Sham
panier of Paterson, N. J., and the loss
of a legacy Of $38,000 Miss Champan-
jer saw an elderly stranger stumble
in the sand at Revere Beach, near
Boston, three years ago, and helped
her to her feet. The other day she
received bequest of $4,000 from the
woman she had assisted, Mrs. Cath
crime Ward, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rose never saw Mrs. Ward after
that time in 1914, when they were
both at Revere Beach," said Alice
Shampanier, her sister. Rose has gone
away for a short visit to her aunt
to recover from the nervous shock of
her good fortune and to escape from
the telephone and the inquiries of
friends.
"A few weeks ago Rose received a
letter from Mrs. Ward, saying she
had been i'll and had been thinking
OF my sister," went on the young girl.
"She said if Rose would come to her
home out in Michigan she would pay
her expenses. My sister had the grip
and put the letter aside.
when she came to look for it
later she could not find it. 1t was
gone. She had a feeling then. sud
denly, that she must see Mrs. Ward.
She did not know why, but she must.
So she went on to Grand Rapids. Mrs
Ward had no friends or relations and
made her will to leave the money to
Rose. Mrs. Ward died soon after. We
think the reason she put i'll the clause
about Rose not getting married till
she is rs was because she told her i'll
1914 that she herself was married at
IS, and was not happy and did not
believe in early matrimony."
"Ah-h!-I wish you could see herf
the mother exclaimed suddenly, i'm
pulsively. "She is lovely sweet girl
/ have lovely family-all five chill
dren good. My boy, he took first
prize and a-what You call it?-hono-.
able something-at tie exhibit in art.
She was not over-communicative.
will your girl marry soon?"
"Oh. no! She cant till she's IS"
exclaimed Mrs. Samuel Shampanier
in horror ...
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25

do you think she may want to1"
"Oh, my no! She can wait" replied
the mother. There is young man
in Boston, He is a very good busi-
ness man." with accents OF respect
But l know not-she may marry
here" with a shrug, as if to empha-
size the uncertainty Of all females.
"And what do you suppose she will
do with so much money!"
"Ach!" she cried. THAT is not so
much money! people we know in this
block, are they not worth 100000? 1t
is not so much. 1t will do-wh-en she
is married, ! suppose."-New York
Sun.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
What Has Gone Before.


The Secret Seven, band Of wealthy and
brainy criminals, headed by mysterious
individual known as The Great Master. are
plotting to wrest from Beverly Clarke. a
beautiful girl. the vast fortune which has
been left to her by her uncle, who was a
member OF The Secret Seven. william Mont
gomery Strong, young clubman. enters into
the life Of Beverly. who lives In moderate
circumstances with her invalid mother, when
he rescues her from kldnspers sent out by
The Secret Seven. Strong at first mistakes
the motives of the girl, when. in fleeing
from hirelings of The Secret Seven. she Is
found In a clothes closet In his apartment,
and and he Is compromised in the eyes of
his lancee. Eunice Morton. Afterward he
realizes that she is an Innocent girl. victim
OF a vile plot snd he becomes her cham
pion. She is seized by the gangsters and
carried to their rendezvous. Strong goes
there In disguise, puts up terrific battle
with the thugs and his life Is saved only by
the timely appearance Of the police. Agents
OF The Secret Seven get Beverly out OF the
den by means of a disappearing room and
take her to house In which lives Git Sin,
Chinese hypnotist. Strong is carried to his
home and put under the care of girl de-
tectivs. Miss Tredwell, who wears the CO.'S
tune OF nurse. An assassin sent by Or.
zulph. one Of the arch-consprators Of The
Secret Seven, and wearing a sable hood
creeps into the injuded mans room and
prepares TO kill him.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
The Necklace OF Truth.
By Evelyn Mauck, Aged Il Years,

By Evelyn Mauck, Aged IL Years,
Touhy, Neb, Red Side.
There was once little girl named
Pearl, who did not love the truth. She
was in the habit of telling untruths,
but for long time her father and
mother did not know this. AT last
they found that Pearl often said
things that were not so.
Now,,at the time-for it was long,
long ago--there lived wonderful
man named Merlin. He could do such
strange things, so they called him a
wizard. Merlin was great lover OF
truth.
LET US take our child to the won
derful wizard said Pearls father.
Pearls father and mother agreed, So
Pearl was taken to the wizard. The
wizard told Pearl that she did not
love the truth. Poor Pearl hid her
face.
But Merlin said, Don't be afraid.
| am going to give you present"
He gave her a lovely necklace of
truth, which had diamond in it.
As they were going away, Merlin
said, II will come for it in a year"
The next day Pearl went to school.
When her schoolmates saw her neck
lace they crowded around her. They
asked her where she got it and she
said, MY father gave it to me-" All
at once the diamond turned dim. The
girls all started to laugh, but Pearl
began to cry, The girls, feeling sorry
for her, tried to comfort her.
A year had passed and Merlin called
tor the necklace, for he knew that
Pearl did not need it now. Years and
years passed and at last Merlin died
Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-25
TaUilight Amimol Stories
"Bumper the White Rabbit
BY George Ethelbert Walsh

neighborhood of their home was not
to be tolerated.
They few down like two blue
streaks and landed their sharp bills
on the head and face of Mr.. Fox:
One stroke came so near to one of
his eyes that he lodged and, ducked,
and stopped pursuing . Bumper long
enough to snap at the birds.
But the bluejays were prepared
for this. and they kept we'll beyond
his reach. AS soon as he turned from
them to the rabbit again they few
back to the attack. They punished
him numerically, pecking at him un.
til he was so angry that he could
hardly see straight.
Meanwhile, of course, Bumper was
taking advantage of this interruption.
He. was running through the under
brush as fast as he could until he was
far ahead. Right and left he search
ed for a hole or any kind of an OPEN
ing he could crawl in. And there,
just ahead OF him, appeared what he
was looking for! This time it was
the hollow branch of giant tree
hanging down, with one end still at
tached to the trunk.
Bumper was in the hollow branch
like flash. Mr.. Fox reached it just
moment too late, and to vent his
anger at losing the rabbit the second
time he clawed and snapped at the
branch as if he would rip it asunder.
But the limb, with decayed heart.
had a stout shell, and the fox soon
gave it up in disgust,
Now, the hollow branch, as you
know, had one end on the ground and
the other still attached to the trunk
where the wind had broken it off. So
Bumper found his hole slanting up
ward, and as he crawled through to
the other end he was actually climb
ing a tree. Perhaps you have heard
that rabbits can't climb trees, but
Bumper did in this instance.
Bumper Stories Run Every Day
in The Evening Bee.)