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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
War May Last for Years.

Secretary Lane tells governors assembled to
confer as to their part in the war that the con-
iict will likely last for several years. This and
some accompanying statements defining the ser-
GUS aspects Of the work ahead OF us, coming from
member, of the cabinet whose judgment is en-
titled to great respect must impress the people
with a clearer idea Of the whole problem. "If
we don't fight the war on the other side we shall
have to fight it on this side of the Atlantic" says
Secretary Lane, truth that must be apparent
to any who will stop/to think, He adviseslthat
for the immediate present food must be had and
ships to carry it abroad. Americans must furnish
the food and ships; our contributions OF men
will come later on. Every resource Of the
country will be called upon finally to meet the
problems of the war, the greatest Of these be-
ing how to overcome the German submarine
campaign. Germany, cut off from the world,
has food for at least two years and perhaps
longer. This is referred to now to empha-
size what The Bee has hitherto set out, that it
the years following on that are important and that
Americans must prepare for years to come If they
are to do their share in restoring peace and order
to the world. e.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
90 Your Country Needs You"

Many a man who sees or hears the familiar
slogan does so with a pang of patriotic regret
that age or physical disqualification should elini-
nate him from the throng presenting themselves
before the recruiting officer and finding accept
ance as the material OF which soldiers are made.
a man Of education who might offer himself in
candidacy for commission as one Of the 10000
officers needed, for 100000 men not older than rs
or 20 who might be included in the first call finds
that he is not eligible to be named second lieu
tenant after 81, or FIRST lieutenant after
SO or a captain after 40 or major after
As. His turn to volunteer as a private will
not be reached, perhaps, till third or fourth
call, which may easily mean that he will not be
called out at all. He pins his hope il may be, on
the dubious possibility Of an expeditionary force
TO France, which is the dearest wish of Colonel
Rooscvelt's heart He feels that if he cannot some
how serve in trench at thefront behind gun he
is futile. That is wherethe average American OF
good red blood who loves Ills country and whose
house is, his castle makes mistake. He must
not disparage the ways of patriotic service that
are powderess and bfoodless here at home. He
can serve by conserving, by augmenting the food
-snpply, by keeping down price and increasing
an output by stabizing his own business and
restoring the sobriety of the labor market, by
deprecating the hystera that unsettles finance and
industry, by sacrifice of his own pleasure and
convenience that the funds at the disposal of the
government may be enlarged. The country needs
us all and it needs the home guard not less than
it needs those who are called to follow the flag
to the ends Of the earth.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Speculation in Foodstufs.

May day in Chicago disclosed proof OF at least
one charge that food prices have been subject
to manipulation by spectators. Agents OF the
Department OF Justice pursued the trail OF 200
cars Of eggs said to have beef held by food gam
blers in the Chicago railroad yards while prices
were showed up. Search failed to disclose the ex-
istencc of the cars or their contents but settle
ment dayy on the Produce exchange>brought out
the fact that the whole thing was part Of game
played by brokers and commission men. The
$8000OO worth of eggs existed on paper only and
served merely to support future" transactions,
which fell to nothing when delivery was, called
for Several OF the gamblers were caught in their
own trap and forced to suspend business, but the
public had already been mulctcd in considerable
sum by the advance in selling price Of eggs under
which these spectators sought to cover the
losses they would sustain because they could not
deliver the 200 carloads Of imaginary eggs on
which their deals were based. A break in price
of 3 cents per dozen followed the breaking Of the
bubble. Natural conditions do not produce suf1i-
cient Of stringency, it seems, to meet the re-
quirements of these greedy gamblers in the ne
cessities, but some way will be found to restrain
them as completely as they have turned the nat
ural course of trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Shorten the Route to the Consumer.

Governor Frasicr Of North Dakota touched
one of the weak spots in our marketing system
in his statement that wheat goes through too
many hands on its way from the field to the ia
bic. Four or FIVE hands touch it on the way from
the farmer to the miller and four or live more
get in between the miller and the man who finally
eats the bread. Each Of these takes profit, and
il has been stated that as bread is now sold In the
United States it represents price OF more than
Sc bushel for wheat. And the bakers contend
that they must effect further ecopomies or be
compelled TO reduce the size OF the loaf. What
is true of wheat will apply with equal force to
any other staple article OF food. One writer calls
attention to the fact that about the only articles
of food in general use among the people OF the
United States sold now at prices practically the
same as before the war are oranges and ba-
nanas and the distribution Of one Of these Is con-
trollcd by an association Of growers and the
other is in the hands of trust But these or
ganizations have shortened the route between
the grower and the eater and that is what must
be done with other foods. Governmental control
may help solve the question and, without serious
interference with any OF the processes actually es-
sentia to the service it may eliminate some OF the
extra proht-taking that now serves only to IN
crease the final selling price.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Corn a Food for Man or Beast.

Advocacy OF corn as food for man is not
novelty for The Bee. In season and out this pa
per firmly has stood by the principal product
Of the fields Of the state, urging its greater use
on the tables Of all the people, because Of its nu.
tritivc and pa!atable qualities. Prosperity had
led our generation into habits of luxury and the
substantials have largely been dsdained or neg
lected in favor Of the daintes A time is coming
when we must Of necessity return to simpler
way OF living, giving over great deal of what
we have become accustomed to and taking up
quite little Of the life Of Our fathers and grand
fathers. They thrived and prospcred on corn
dodger and johnnycake, while mush and milk and
hominy we're given prominent place in the diet
ary. Shortage of wheat may bring the necessity
Of rigid control Of flour supply. but while corn
grows we have a substitute that viii obvate any,
thing that approaches starvation. The golden
glow OF steaming pone Of cornbread, with its
halo Of aromatic vapor,, will tempt even sybar-
tie feeder, while to the hungry mortal it exces
ambrosia. King Corn will ever stand between the
nation and hunger, but his presence must not be
| accepted as an incentive to extravaganza in the
use offood.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Shafts Aimed at Omaha

Blair Enterprise: It's up to the Lincoln and
omaha promoters OF new state house to pro-
vide berth at public expense for Henry Rich
mond. And. for heavens sake. muzhe him and
give the public rest
NKtarney Hub: An Omaha man is planting
seedipotatocs IN his back yard that cost him 81
bushe1s and every bushel that his garden yields
will doubtless cost him two or three times their
market value. This is the reason he gives: u
consider il patriotic duty to- plant as much
garden as | can" Potatoes, and patriotism should
be the new slogan.
Nemaha Beacon: The publisher spent couple
OF days In Omaha the last week. From reading
the war.crazed papers published at that point we
had gathered the idea that the great Nebraska
metropolis was badly broken out with the war
fevef. but to our surprise we found the city
moving along in about the same old way and
apparently paying as little attention to the much
hcraldedf war excitement as our own quiet little
country hamlet and further than that. most oi
the little war talk that VIC heard about the streets
appeared to be considerably out Of joint with the
administration.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
The Day We Celebrate,

William D. Lincoln, assistant gen.
eral manager of the Union Pacific
railroad, is SO years old today. He Is
a native Of Missouri and began rail-
roading with the ST. Joseph & West
ern as manager in 1879, since which
time he has been going steadily up
ward.
Rear Admiral Ralph Earle. chief OF
the navy's bureau of ordnance, born
in Massachusetts, forty-three years
ago today.
Most Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast
Catholic archbishop of Philadelphia
born in Ireland, seventy-four years
ago today.
Henry S. Graves, United States for
ester, born at Marietta, O., forty-siX
years ago today.
Edmund Musser Herr, noted elec.
trical and mining engineer. head Of
the American Manufacturers Export
association, born at Lancaster. Pa,
fifty-seven years ago today.
August Hermann. president of the
Cincinnati National league baseball
club and chairman of the National
commission, born fifty-eight years age
today
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Production, Not Price, the Goal.

Urging Nebraskans to give greater attention
to gardens, Prof. Pugscy says that If each back
yard in the state is made to produce lis capacity
in vegetables enough will be raised to more than
meet the home demand and leave all the field out
put as surplus TO feed others. This is true, as is
also that production rather than price must be
looked to at this time, Home gardening offers
an attractive and certain solution for one phase
OF the food problem. Attention given the plot
in the morning and evening, before and after
business hours, may cut in on golf and motoring
to SONG extent, but whoever pursues, the avoca-
tiou Of planting is doubly rewarded, He has not
only the advantage of the fresh food out of his
own patch, but the consciousness that in raising
his own he is helping that much toward producing
what sorely stricken World sadly needs The
hoe will be quite as honorable badge of Office
as the saber this summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
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Murder versus Vaccination.

Omaha, May Ito the Editor of
The Bee: Some weeks ago the north
part of the city was all agog. awhirl,
ablaze in fact, because the city health
commissioner was trying to enforce
the sanitary regulations, made to pro-
tect the health of the public. Indig-
nant citizens gathered from all di-
visions of Omaha and everlastingly
whooped things up in the way of de-
nunciation. Contrast this with another
situation. A young business man is
shot in cold blood by robbers, who in
vaded his store. The newspapers told
the tale and there 1t apparently has
ended. All the Indignation appar-
entity was expended in the anti-vacci
nation campaign and none left over to
be vented against murder Or are
we too busy watching the camel?
OLD FOGY.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Whyl
Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine.
Swept in by the tide, and cast on Lifes
bosom,
Unwanted. uncalled for an atom OF
chance,
Cropping and cursed by the sins OF another.
Hopeiessly watching the gray years ad-
vance.
Swept on by the tide, in Its nerciiess surg
ing.
Battered and lashed by black Poverty's
wave;
A plaything OF Fate, by Fate ill-begotten,
wind-driven dereliet, marked for the
grave.
Swept out by the tide TO the land of sur
misses:
Questions unanswered, naught learned but
cry,
Crushed by the strife OF an unsought ex-
istence, 80
Back to the Nowhere. murmurlng "Why?'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
DEAR MR. kkB\6BCE,
NOW KUcA MONEY SA0OlDA
MAN AkNE 70 GH MARRIED
ON?
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WV
AZ EASr MALI OF WktN
N lob AER NOU hAb!
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The Colonel (furiously) - l understand
that someone at the mess the other night
referred to me as blithering old idiot
The Adjutant tapologetically)-Tm sure,
SIR none of the Junior Officers would speak
so disrespectfully. 1t must have been some
one who knows you quite well.-Cassell's
Journal.
"You can't take your money with you"
81 have a friend who thinks he has done
the next best"
"As TO how"
Showed me his willsthe other day. He
leaves half his money for a monument TO
himself and the rest for the upkeep Of the
same. e."-zLouisville Courier Journal.
"Bunner Is the finest after-dnner speaker
have ever heard"
rs he. really?"
'Yes. He always says Waiter give that
bill to me- New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
tfon near Falls City with two Indian

tfon near Falls City with two Indian
prisoners.
C. f. Weller, manager of the Rich
ardson Drug company Of st. Louis, is
here for the purpose Of superintend-
ing the establishment of the COM
panys branch In the city.
The Omaha Youths Home and EN-
ployment association, which was or
ganized by 6olonel Hoagland, held a
meeting at Kountze church, at which
Mrs Olive Leader was appointed to
take charge Of the agency.
General Manager w. f. Fitch of the
Fremont, Elkhorn &c Missouri Valley
road. and wife have returned from
Hot Springs, accompanied by Mrs. R.
]. Mcconnell and Miss Sadie Fuller Of
Madison, Wis, as guests.
1t is announced that General Super
intendent Smith of the Union Pacific
has resigned his position and that AS
sistant Superintendent Dickinson will
be appointed general superintendent
in his place.
Assistant General Superintendent
Wilkinson of the Union Pacific has re-
turned from Denver with his family
and will make his residence in this
city at Thirtieth and Farnam.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Feed the Home Folks.

Omaha, May Ito the Editor Of
The Bee: We are advised by experts
who know their business that we have
less than Ope-half of the average sur
plus stock Of wheat and cereals needed
to carry us over until the next crop Is
harvested.
We are further advised that while
an average wheat crop is approxi-
mately ten bushels of wheat per cap
ita that in 1915 we produced only
six bushels and that our home con-
sumption is six and a half bushels
per capita.
Present prospects indicate that we
cannot raise more than four to five
bushels per capita in 1917. We are
told that all Europe faces starvation.
If the above figures are true then We
ourselves face starvation next winter
and in spite Of this we are promising
our allies that we are going to feed
them and are working night and day
to double our shipments to them.
IL we are going to choose between
letting Europe starve and letting
America starve it seems ordinary com
mon sense would indicate that we first
see to it-that our own people have
enough to eat, then If we have sur
plus let our allies have it.
VICTOR CLARK.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Equal pay for equal work" shosld not be a
question Of sex, as Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
points out in her righteous appeal for fair dealing
Tor women who take the places Of enlisted men.
In government service no doubt the rule will OBJ
tain. In private employment some difficulty may
be experienced. but watchful public sentiment may
be depended on to remedy glaring discrimination.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

,Coleridge, Neb., April 27.-To the
Editor of The Bee: The enclosed
clippings from today's Bee. Will you
kindly explain this plan in detail
What are the qualifications to enlist
ment? Does 1t mean previous mill
tary experience? Or proven personal
courage? Or ability as a leader?
have personal motive in asking, as
my son/is one of the thirty-three
volunteers from Coleridge, who will
make up this army of 100000 men
that these officers will lead. They
tell us that 1t will take a year to make
lads fit to go to the trenches. Can
they train officers that are competent
to lead these men in three months. If
this is possible, it seems to me that we
have wasted lot of money maintain
ing our academy at West Point. And
is it not unfair to the boys in the
ranks who may strive for advance
ment? Respectively, N
H. N. WALLACE.
The clipping Mr.. Wallace refers to
contains a statement by Colonel
Ethan Allen Root, U. S. A., that
Omaha will furnish more than its full
quota of officers. For Mr.. Wallace's
information, it may be stated that re-
quirements for admission to competi-
tion for commissions in the new army
include experience, proven fitness, a
university degree or its equivalent in
higher education or practical business
experience, and men Of technical edu-
cation are preferred. 1t happens that
a large number of young college men
make their homes in or near Omaha
and these are freely offering their
services to the government in response
to its request fer these specially
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Carranza at last reaches the pinnacle Of hi:
ambtion--the constitutional presidency Of Mex
leo. Devious in his ways and unreliable in his
professions his success merely illustrates the es
sential traits of rulership in Mexico
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Timely Jottlngs and Reminders.

To-day marks the seventy-fifth ami
versary of the beginning of DORIS
rebellion" a bloodless uprising which
has a place among the "little wars in
the history Of the United States.
Most Rev. Edmond F. Prendergast,
head of the archdiocese of Philadel-
phia and one of the foremost Catholic
prelates of America, enters upon his
seventy-fifth year today, having been
born in Ireland, May 8, 1s43.
stockholders of>the Michigan Cen
trail Railroad company will hold their
annual meeting today in Detroit.
War relief is to be the leading topic
at the thirty-second annual meeting of
the Needlework Guild of America,
opening today in Philadelphia.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
This Day in History.

= 1748--Emanuel Joseph Sieyes, one
of the chief political thinkers of the
period of the French revolution, born
at Frejus, France. Died in Paris, June
20, 1886.
. 1765-First medical school in Amer
lea founded In Philadelphia.
1S13-Havre de Grace. Maryland.
burned by the British under Admiral
Cockburn. .4...
1S17-Horatio Hale, the first great
American ethnologist, born at New
port, N. II. Died at Clinton, Ontario,
December 2S, 1896,
1842-Governments of two oppos-
ing parties organized at Newport, r.
/. beginning of DORIS rebellion.)
1S55-Nearly 200 lives lost in the
wreck of the emigrant ship John"
off Falmouth, England.
1s61-Presiden Lincoln called for
42,034 volunteers for three years. .
1s71-Versailles troops carried re-
doubt at Moulin Sagnet; $50 com-
munists killed and many taken prison.
ers.
1916-Augustine Birrell, chief Sec
retary for Ireland. resigned from the
Asquith cabinet as a result of the re-
bellion In Dublin.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
GRINS AND GOANS.

"Beer~is an awkward thing TO order sent
home"
Think so?"
Yes IT is. sure to arrive when there's
company present"
"WeH?"
'"rhen If they are temperance people you
feel embarrassed. II they are the other
kind they don't leave much of the case
Louisville Courier-Journal,
For the first time Louis was hearing the
cherry tree and hatchet story. 1t was very
dramatically related by a patriotic aunt, but
Louis was not SO deeply impressed he
might have been. when the climax was
reached and George Washington said, IL
cannot tell le." Louis displayed his first
glnmer of enthusiasm
Couldn't he?" he asked. what was the
matter with him ?"-New York Times.
Patlence-1sn't it remarkable how she
keeps her age?
Patrice-Yes; she hasn't changed 1t in
ten years.-Fonkers Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

A great many things are bound to happen be.
tween May and October. Food and fuel scares
and balloonipgs prices sustained through FIVE
months Of shifting events may prove too great a
load for speculative backs.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

State authorities Of Illinois practice what they
preach about the gospel OF intensive husbandry.
All idle ground around twenty-one state insti-
tutions comprising nearly 1000 acres, is to be
cultivated under expert direction. The effect OF
the example is bound to produce beneficial re-
suits among individual cultivators Every little
counts in accomplishing the national task Of feed
ing the World
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Belgium the braye and Serbia, chief victims
Of Teutonic ruthlcssness, line up at Uncle Sans
treasury, not as beggars, but as riven champions
of national rights Their causc is our cause and
merits practical assistance.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Several leaders Of the Sim Fein re-
bellion were executed In Dublin.
Italians stopped Austrian attacks on
Tyrol front.
Universal conscription bill passed
first reading in British house of COM
mons.
French assault carried another Ger
man line northwest of Dead Mans
Hill.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

The test of service in oficialdom tends tot
strongly to developing scares in many directions
More work and Jess wind would be welcome
change.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Turkey let's it be known that its disagreement
with the United States is informal and not seri-
Gus enough for hostile shooting. IT'S we'll. Tur.
key has its hands full and some over while Uncle
Sam -centers energies on larger game Let it &c
al that. a-i.t ~
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Government bureaus put out eloquent pleas
for economy for the country at large, but neg
ect practical application right at home. Suffrage
sentines continue parading around the White
House defantly wasting good shoe leather.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

y Promises Of astonishing peace terms feature
advance notices OF the German ehancellor's s
speech. Go to it, Hollweg. A jaded world will
relish vocal entertainment.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

No event in the near future is more certa'
than that food and fuel cxtortloners VIII not e.
cape the hammer.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
THE "COME.- BACK"

The Comeback man was really never
down and out His weakened condition be-
cause Of over-work, lack of exercise, i'm
proper eating and living, demands stlmula-
ton to satisfy the cry for health giving
appetite and tho refreshing sleep essential
to strength. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland,
will do the work They are wonderful! Three
of these capsules each day will put man
on his feet before he knows 1t; whether his
trouble comes from uric acid poisoning, the
kidneys. gravel or stone In the bladder,
stomach arrangement or other ailments that
befall the over-zea ous American. Don't walt
until you are cntirly down and -out, hut
take them today. Your druggis. will gladly
refund your money II they do not help you.
25C soc and sl.O0 per b. <. Accept no sub
stitutes. Look for the maine GOLD MEDAL
on every box. Thsy are the pure original
imported Harlem OF Capsules,-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

With Chcagos leading club cutting out po-
tatoes and hotels establishing meatless days, the
patriotic devotion Of the middle west scores
new high record
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

The republicans of the Eighth
ward. joined by large number of
other republicans of adjacent wards,
held an enthusiastic rally at Perrines
barn, at which 500 were present. Sen
ator Manderson made an eloquent
speech and was followed by T.. Is.
Long, Leavitt Burnham, John Rush,
W. f. Gurley, WI. Broatch and J. S.
Cooley.
Deputy United States Marshal Allan
has returned from the Indian reserva-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03
Storyette OF the Day.

A lady in the suburbs was con-
siderably annoyed to find her neigh
bors fowls continually overrunning
her garden and playing havoc with
the geraniums. Go round to the next
door. Jane" she said to her new
English maid, land point out to Mrs.
Jones that her fowls bother us a
good deal, and ask IL she'll kindly
try to keep them at home"
The girl returned with a satisfied
look on her face. "I don't fancy we
shall ave 'em around ERE again in a
'urry, ma'am." she-replied.
II hope you were polite, Jane" re-
marked her mistress.
''oh. yes. ma'am," came the reply.
."'Missus respects l ses, and If
your fowls amt kept at 'ome you
won't be gettin' so many eggs of a
mornin', and we shell be eatin' poul-
try christian Register.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Clinchine the lid for FIVE hours out OF twenty
four emphasizes New York's willingness TO max
some sacrifice for the cause. '.f
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-03

Still. with few more days experience, Oman
might put up hearty salute to the allied com
mssoncrs with plain Missouri.