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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24

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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
gerbaften sobn bes GrmprOsten.

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ne AnfIage erboben nllroe, muroe et
oblle 3ulaiimg bon 8iIr9idoit in
@epalriam bebalten.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
anasn.g srIcn annesaefahrtn.
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laden ooer ben gan3sn Ipparat pers
0erbeu.
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arpbfdptiIhen @ertebrs ? 2ebeu err
pdbnt, zines Der nidtigiten alleroings
unb Elm iebr nItdgIi6es.
LIN eiusn 8rpIep gabnpogen su
beiteigen, ioBt Der gaIIogier gstpDbus
lid bic griiitung init Der 5onb uno
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Der gon5en 6abrt cine 8riitungss
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mo 5rduen inter ibuen Iei6en an
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ptfdt, bierburd Die Seine Der &ranfz
belt an istue 6dn0t gebroht un6 Iih
an berlelben STEELE binnuf1eidpuns
gen baben, peIde On oaun benubelt.
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nit Der 6ano. pelde porRr uuf elmer
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uber feline geisitigunq mag I6nieriq
o0sr laugnierig iein. 8aber bite
man ii6. bic qugen M. nint p0Is
Zig reinsn 6dnoen ooer 6nnoiduz
ben 3u reibeni @oriiht lift audi hier
entiaieoeu bic ppblfsilite 8sbono
Eng.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
DcMtld1c SlicGcr
bel Aiea t6ti0!

Berlin. %. Sch. (6mtfenoepe
ide.) - gs ntlroe bel1te behorO.
LID berid]tet, ooB EN- oeutides @ai
ierftus3eue oM Is. 5ebruor Die
.Gods@ uuo Die militdriihen 4u
logei BON 9lrensberg onf Der ruff
ihen Sniel Gr'el init grono. un6
GrpIoitonsbornbeu beporf. @ltter
Grfolg mlrOe beobadjtet mGhreno
Oos feiuolihe 9lrtiaerieIcuer poll.
itaHoig feblidllug.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
stahlaffien iinfen.

Stem gorf %. Sch. n Die 4ttieH
nef 9efhlehrm Stahl go. itn0 Beltte
pI1kIid itnrf gefaaen. Gie Aftlen
q fIeIen s 9fHtfe um0 muroen 81
1s2 0~erfanff; - 4ftien fieleu i'm
8n1fte dHf III, llnitpo States
1i0II flel BON 215 bis 2sl gunfte.
lA1ar1It 0ns molll Onler, bar bic
IrleasQgfa9r abiIimmt mo 8iliGn
oie Militdr3mn1asborlnae nidJt eBls
eie9Ien bat2 etIpos lit in Der
NAit1
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
1lmf tcrpeSicrtem
S6iff mntgckcmmcn.

g9ui6iugtom %. Sch. Gas
Staotsoepartcment meIoet beltte,
ooB Der outerifoniihe 8resbpteria-
ner Miiiionor Aaen 9nooen ali Ocm
frm56fiifen Gampfer 4tbos. Der
an II. 5ebrliar tDrpeoiert mlroe
umgefonnilen TIT.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
9eripnaGen.

Soc Saba, clner Der g8aidiHen
ieBer Der oGmala Iribiine", mnroe
geitern bon iemer Satin nit cinem
5o5uHen beideutt. gtuttcr uao
aiuO %beftnoeH it'd moBlaui imO Der
SEER 9apo itrablt ilber 0as gauge
@ciidlt.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
aauenpOrts GrpoIiaeidef a%eitorben.

8dDeHp0rf, 5a., q. 6eb.
Sans ShrommL 3pei Iermine bin.
Ourd 9pli5eidef bon Davenport. it
bcute I'M alter pon 81 Sobreu &c.
itorbeu. gr buttr Dor 3rpei Sohren
ieirc 5teaung pegen stranfbelt ouf
gCgcbeu.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
B~rttcnSampfcr llm6
Saran e~lamben!

2ouoon, %. Sch. Ser etgIi
Idle 3ampicr y&ntbftclo" lit pou.
emcm oeutiden 5alldboot perienft
uproen. 9erietbe NOR 30t2 Inn-
men qrob uuO I'M Sabre 1905 erbaut
nor0en.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
ssS befanntrm ganfiers.

usrlipaieu ssa.. %. Sch. %
snarD &0eeloH. Der nngciehentc
aIEsfr arr taat, If hentc I'M Ni-
leE raN ST 5agreA dlis 0rR @eber
kar-
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
Manner emden, Strumpf-
warren und Halsbinden
QnferacuaFnlide @cleaeu6eit far Griparnife.

NHfergeuO1nitde D~eegenIett tr Grlparnlne.
Smnstaa bietet Sbnen cine CUTE @eleeenhet, Sbren aleis
berborrat bier ST. erq1n5en. @leihaeitig neroen Gle bier @eIo
eripnren, meIdes ~ous8ugeben Sic fr notmenbig e%rnttctet mi
0iie 0oren 3u fnifen.
Manner !Sembtn fdr 59t.
rnqefd6r 1875 8utenb N1nncr 6ernbeu, nelfe NIT felt
aenahte1 peiten aroeen, onoeren init Solsbdn6ern lno be-
tdrften. ODER meihen, u~mfe8baren 9%anni6etten; beIiebte gtlftet;
@r0Ben biz gu 1712.
@anucr 5ra6a6r6emOen, 98e.
5oebcn eugetroffen, cine ueue Sen6un9 6rithiolr5t0erre.
henn6eu; iteife ODER neihe 9%lunidetten; nit a%ragenbau6 8roBe
Qhttero1tsUobl.
Manncr SOfeu, 12he.
Sin 6tru6ert 8uteno g2Gnnerioden ans elsie rno egDpti.
iher gaurnUoQe, b~eridie0ene Sdathermgen.
Manner SeiOenfaier Strimpfe, 2fe
llngeabr 200 8uben0 Wt0nnerIofen ans Sei0enfnier; 6a-
6rifmlgidtB; in ben beiebteen 8arbeu.
seiOene MGnner SelbtbinOer, 45e.
% 8ubeno ieioene Selbitbin0er in ben mo6erncn lpeten
5ormeu uno b~eliebteten Sdatier1n9en
Sanptflnr, MGunerlubeH.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
nad @er6redIer. 0nmpan.

Sn @erbln0ung INIT Dem lleberfaa
Der @rocern non 6oinfins 2atDaht.
ode -. mo Burt 5traBe, am ION.
nerstag morGen, nobel Soc Gunner
mo 8roitf Cafe in 5oit genoumneir
muroet, perbnitete Die @oli5ei &c.
tern a51lIia Smitl cine aeQnerin
ats Chicago mo 0eren Jraia0in
9dB Meber. Die Gritere idgte aus,
DAB iie 6ei0e Nlittmoh ubeno ATS
6hieaeo eingetrofien mo ole 9iadt
nit ben beioen 8erbafteten in Ell
uem Soglerbauie 5uge6radt battcn.
6urller bube ibr o%eriproderb tie am
Gomerstag DormIttag beirnten az
mOueu. Su3miiden muroe er je0odl
nod 0lmlmer elder ge6rodt. Die
8eboroea fobnoeu jebt nod atf ei
neu oritten 8urihel Der ali Dem
llcberfalI beteiligt geueieH iein
iol.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
Scmerperlmitc.

Die BEL Dem gtieieufeler an Ser
Douglas StrnBe entitonoenen Der
-. ua.Nn,, ,,,,n t.ln+ n,,nnnnhn1t
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24

&ir bitten alr uaicrc Sc.
Ter, lire NbOHHemeHts redlt.
seitis sH ernenerm. 3nrdl
prompte 6iHirnbnns Oes
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eripa-
ren ne ms piel grbeit nHO
Ansgn6en unO bcmciien
sleialsritia, BAR ibnrn oas
Aigbl nn0 Aschf oer sdali.
den Gmnba sribnne AM
0fr3fH Efst,
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24
Manners
neue Patent
''Nimble" Sohlen
Sin ton NIB fdlluarj

3N ANu AAp hlthhkd
3ieIer 5dub bot cine @unmi.
ioble unb @uumiubiot bGt ober I'M
@egcuiab 81 onocren Stu6cn init
@immiIobIcn eiuen 2eoerIdoft. Der
ibn pom 9deoerbreden bcuaDrt.
Su tnqIiIdtn Stircn bcrgeIteat
gum G6niiren nit matten 0eien.
@orr1tig in ton unb i6mor3. 0ic
braueu foften $500 oie idmor5en,
aug mattem aaIbIeoer, $500.
gnd $50 gaare erftflaTiger Maa.
ncrifn6c, friber pon $500 bis
500, se6en ieet fin
$685.
Cute 9luslDabL IN @r6Bcn in Die.
ier @rrppe aud feline Gorbenfom6t.
notionen III idpor5 unoton, cdtes
ruiiiides aal6le6er uno ton aol6.
IeOer; nit genobten 5ob[en. @roBe
au8mobl in 8eAenformen.
Sauptflnr, Mdnncrlabcn.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-24

@eun Sic Sore 4lsunbl fir einen 6riibia6rs-
but ans eineui 0iano Eager %treifen, oonu boben
Gle leidltes Spiel, on 0erel Stile itets FORFEIT iino
uno Die Euolitat 5i oieien 8reis aiht iIbertroifeu
iper0eH fam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23
The Mad Golfer

We have always wished that the Mad
Tea Party had ended in round of golf
There is something about the noble and
venerable game, strain of consistent, en-
gaging idiocy, that would have rejoiced
the heart of the Mad Halter; and its gen
eral somnolence would have satisfied the
Dormouse far beyond any tea or CONVEX
saton. The report of the match might
have been rough on golf. But the gain to
literature would have been vast. And what
Of anything deserves TO live that cannot
survive little truthful satire,
Seemingly. the freehanded souls of the
Western Golf Association have builded
their new rule abolishing stymies with
some such idea in mind. All buffers abol-
ished the stymie itself long ago. But the
new rule goes far beyond these general re-
formers. 1t provides no less complete an
overturn than that on the green the ball
nearer the cup shall always be played
first. This is placing the bottom man on
top with vengeance. The burden of put
ting first has always been one of the
yrimmest moral hazards Of the game. the
price that duffer pays for an inaccurate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23
Humors of the Unfit

That large and growing army Of willing
patriots who have been rejected by the
army surgeons as physically unfit have one
real chuckle coming to them. To their
numbers has now been added r. Norris
Williams, I'd, national lawn tennis cham
pion of the United States. After that no
one need feel cast down because his body
does not please the medical experts. He
can feel vastly superior to the average
rookie if he wants to.
The layman will be inclined to jeer at
the experts for such a rejection as that of
Williams. Offhand, it would be hard to
name any physical test as trying as five
set tennis match on hot August day. The
strain on heart and lungs and muscles, and
especially feet, is tremendous. Yet it was
because of minor defects in his feet that
the army surgeons rejected the lawn tennis
champion. Feet that were good enough to
carry a tennis player through hours Of
sprinting Of starting and stopping and
whirlng, the most violent kind of aero
battles, were not good enough for marching.
One answer is, of course, that the army
examination cannot in the nature of things
work equal and complete justice. Certain
disqualifcations are necessarily laid down
that hold true in ninety-nne cases out of a
hundred. There is neither time nor oppor-
tunity for prolonged individual tests. Fur
thermore, the army is looking primarily
Tor self-sustaining human beings. The
nan who needs special kind of shoe or a
truss or any other peculiar equipment is
not the man for an army, however much
of an athlete he may be. 1t is elementary
soundness that is wanted rather than any
giants strength. Plenty Of the rejected
may be sturdy human beings utterly un-
handicapped for the ordinary work and
play of life. They may even, like Williams,
lie tower of physical skill and strength.
They are unfit only to be soldiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23

day abandoned and Germany to-day al
most fears to employ.
Let us not, we who have proclaimed our
high purpose to purge the world of Prus-
sianism, begin by adopting the worst de-
tail in the Prussian system. Let us not,
we whose tradition is of free speech and a
free press, open a campaign to extend the
area of our liberties in this world by cur
failing the liberties Of our own people.
Democracy is not phrase; free speech is
not a theory. We shall not serve democ-
racy. advance the cause of liberty, expand
the frontiers Of freedom if in our eagerness
TO conquer German autocracy we annex
the oldest weapon in the armory of
tyranny.
And if any man believes that it is now
a sacred duty TO support the President in
his demand, let him recall how often in
the past three years Mr.. Wilson has asked
this nation to support policy Of his own
fashioning, which had later to be rejected
even by the author because it led straight
to national dishonor and national disaster.
He who bade us stay unarmed when all the
world was afame, now, when we must enter
the war, still unarmed, demands of US that
we surrender the freedom Of the press that
he may hereafter dictate public policies
without peril Of domestic criticism.
We shall not do this. Nor will any law
written upon the statute books compel us
10 do this. Mr.. Wilson has made tragic
blunder. If he persists in 1t he will be its
chief victim.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23
Abandon the State Census

At time when economy and discourag-
ment of waste, governmental as well as IN
dividual, are essential to the country's
well-being, there seems to be great diff
Guilty in coordinating the defence prepare
tons of the Federal government and those
of the State of New York. Announcement
from Albany that the state military census
will be begun as soon as the Federal reg
istration for selective draft has been made
follows hard on the announcement of the
Council of National Defence that such a
census is not only not desired now, but If
taken will be out of date and useless before
it is desired. In the face of this state
nent, the wise thing for the state authori-
ties to do would be to abandon further
effort along this line and endeavor to get
into closer touch with the Federal Council.
Moved undoubtedly by lofty motives, the
Governor and the Legislature of this state
have built an imposing machine for col
lecting information about men and mill
tary resources, but it promises to turn out
a costly and more or less useless product.
The work of various committees or bu-
reaus is likely to duplicate that of others,
and the work of good many will be
duplication of work done or about to be
done by agencies of the Federal govern
ment. Obviously this will waste effort and
money.
Albany can well afford to follow the lead
of the Federal government, instead of try
ing to take the lead itself. This is time
for teamwork, not for star plays to the
gallery. Teamwork and the elimination of
duplication, not only in what work the
state really must do, but duplication of
Federal work by the state agencies, will
save much money and much wasted effort.
As a beginning of such cooperation, let
the state census be postponed until such
time as the Federal Council wants it taken.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23

cate beer with broom instead of hops and
ashes instead Of malt, and Ito make 1t look
the more lively to pickle it with salt
water, so that while il is new it shall seem
TO be worthy of praise. but in one month
wax worse than sinking water
II must not be forgotten that for long
years. indeed for centuries. gallon OF
beer was the British sailors generous al
lcwance. He rarely thought of using
" alter for drink. We can understand then,
why the commander in chief against the
Spanish Armada found occasion to remark
that nothing doth displease the seamen
more than sour beer" Nay, it was in
those DAYS an heroic, if not an impossible,
feat to keep the sea for long without
plentiful supply of beer. 1t was in bold,
almost boastful, spirit that daring sea-
fighter announced in 1922 that he was
about to set out on a cruise and would not
return "as long as we have any beer,
though in return we should drink water
and Lisle. off the French coast not many
Years later, expresses a grave fear that If
The vctualers do not come soon he will be
in so desperate a plight that "a good
meynye of this feet may happen to
drvncke water"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23
Beer in Time of War

For the express purpose of enlighten-
ing American readers the British Director
Of Food Economy has drawn up an apol-
ogy for beer which will prove perplexing
to many of them. He is willing to admit
that as long as the breweries are suffered
to exist there must be some waste, if peo-
pie choose to call it so; he denies, however,
that the alternative is simply between food
and drink, and dismisses as a mere rhetor-
ical flourish the current cry of Bread
Versus Beer. The urgent question, to his
thinking, is not whether cold tea might not
be in some ways more eligible beverage,
but whether it would pay to cut off the
workman's beer for the sake Of little
more bread; whether, in short, malt will
secure a more efficient prosecution Of the
war in bread than in beer.
The principal point in his argument is
that the greater part of the workers are
in the habit of consuming beer habitualy,
for unlike America" he observes, beer
has been for centuries part of the daily
diet of our working classes" He is &C
cordingly apprehensive that the sudden re-
moval of this solace might have an effect
so prejudicial as scarcely to be balanced
by the benefits derived from larger por-
ton Of bread.
The contrast he draws between England
and this country is justified for in looking
back on other wars we find abundant evil
dence of the reverence bestowed in former
times on beer in England. Indeed, it was
apparently one of the essential staples of
the fighting mans diet. Hawkes. letters
are full of complaints about the poor quail
ity of the beer served to his men. Before
the battle of Ushant and frequently dur
ing the cruises of the Seven Years War
he was forced to reject large quantities of
fobbed off on him. When he was engaged
in the blockade of Brest he complained
that all the time Of his squadron was spent
in condemning it and throwing it oversize,
and in one message he requests that the
Lords of the Admiralty twill send us beer
from the eastward as far as possible, and
directly to the rendezvous, without touch
ing at Plymouth"
Plymouth seems to have had particu-
larly evil reputation in those days, and
Hawke notes that "the badness Of the
Plymouth beer was owing entirely to a
want Of the due proportion Of malt and
hops" But hundred years before it was
apparently no better, for We learn from a
report to one Of the Admiralty Commits
sioners in 1866 that "the abominable
strong drink brewed in this town is of
more prejudice to the state and TO the poor
man than the heads Of ell the brewers and
alehouse keepers here are worth" And
from an earlier report, dealing also with
the fleets supplies, II appears that "the
brewers have gotten the art to sophisti.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23
The Melting Pot
A Picture of a Parade Of Polyglot
Miners in Pennsylvania

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: At this time Of conjecture as to what
part our foreign-born citizens will take in
Americas struggle, Tribune readers may be
interested in reading of an incident which
I witnessed in little Pennsylvania town a
few days ago
Mount Pleasant is in the heart of the well
known Connellsvile coke region. where the
greater part Of the coke used to keep going
the huge furnaces of the United States Steel
and other mammoth concerns is made.
The occasion was the unfurling of flag
presented by the patriotic societies of the
town. For several hours before the appoint
ed time the streets had been surging with
the conglomerate crowd one usually finds in
such a community; perfect Babel of
tongues was heard-Polish. Savsh Bohe-
milan, Russian, Italian, Assyrian, soft-voiced
Negroes and strong-voiced Pennsylvania
Dutch.
Presently all heads turned in direction
and knew something was doing. Down the
hilly Main Street came the customary mar
shall and his escort of mounted aids, the
municipal band playing 4 rousing march;
Company Z Of the 10th Pennsylvania Reg-
ment, n. G. p, lately returned from the Dor
der and with a Spanish-American War record
in the Philippines, swinging along with the
bearing and step Of regulars; six beautiful
gray horses from one OF the coke plants
drawing a Red Cross truck with patient on
hospital cot doctor and nurses in attendance.
and thea, stepping proudly at the head of
hundreds of his parish came the Polish
priest After the Poles came orders of Be-
hemian societies-fathers born in far-of b.
hernia. sons brought here in infancy, grand
sons American born-one and all carrying
small American flags. Next came the Ital-
ians, scores of them, their native band play
ing q national air, followed by hundreds of
Slavs, out and out Americans, colored men,
Assyrians, men from every country on the
European continent.
Each contingent showed the flag of its
native land, but the only flag borne aloft was
the Stars and Stripes. In no parade in Wash
ington or New York have I seen larger
number or more beautiful American flags
than were carried by these miners and coke
drawers Of Mount Pleasant.
There were many floats designed and exc
cuted By the men at the different works. A
section of battleship, with the swivel guns
turning 10 the crowd on either side; most
ingenious U-i4, contrived with the ubiquitous
Ford and mine canvas, etc.
Darkness fell as they marched squad
Of miners with pit lamps alight on their caps
made weird spectacle On, on they came
in a seemingly endless procession, Jew and
Greek, barbarian, Scythian, bond and free"
Through mist Of tears | saw them march
ing. and visuslized the lands now soaked
with blood from whence they came. and as /
looked there came the stirring thought and
also the deep and firm conviction that I was
witnessing the real solution in the true
melting pot" and that from these will come
the strong right arm that shall beget the
victory l.. o. S. II.
Somerset, Penn, May II, 1917.