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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
ARMY BALLOONISTS
MAKE NIGHT FLIGHT
Civilian Expert Stevens to Take
Four Officers up at Mid
night.
MULLER FINISHES COURSE

By making successful balloon
fight alone Saturday morning, Cap
tain Hollis Muller of Fort Omaha
completed his series of seven qualify
ing flights and is now eligible to be
licensed as balloon pilot. lie landed
near Meadow, Neb.
Another larger balloon made SINH
lar flight at the same time, with Lieu-
tenant L. c. Davidson as pilot and
Captain Vaughn and Lieutenant
Boettcher as passengers. The two
big gas bags in the air at the same
time and near each other, passing over
Dundee, caused people to believe it
was race.
Another night flight was made this
morning, starting about II o'clock.
Leo Stevens, civilian expert, was
pilot and Captains Bower, Geiger and
Vaughn and Lieutenant Jouett were
passengers.
Captain McElgin, commanding at
Fort Omaha, says that Captain
Geiger and Lieutenant Jouett will
complete their qualifying flights next
week and that all the officers attend
ing the balloon school will have quail
fed within two weeks.
Kites, or anchored observation bal
looms, are being sent up higher each
day, he, says, and the officers remain
in the air longer than at first. The
kites have attained attitudes of over
1000 feet. IL
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Standard Loaf of Bread
Must WEIGH Full Pound

Corporation Counsel Lambert has
prepared for the city council an ordi-
nance which provides that standard
loaf Of bread shall weigh one pound
at time of sale. Loaves weighing more
than one pound slal. contain null
tiple of standards up to ten pounds.
Half-pound and three-quarter pound
loaves are allowed by the ordinance.
This is practically the Chicago or
dinance, which has been sustained in
the Illinois supreme court and the
United States supreme court" ex-
planned Mr.. Lambert.
The penalty for violation is fixed at
SIS to 500 fine, or ten to thirty days
imprisonment.
The ordinance further provides:
Name and address OF baker and
weight must be plainly stamped on
each loaf.
Dealers offering bread for sale must
have scales available on demand OF
purchaser.
Gtale bread sold as such must be
marked.
Standard loaf Of bread must weigh
not less than one pound at time OF
sale.
Ordinance will not apply to rolls,
cakes, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Hungry Women Who Stole
SUGAR Face Penitentiary

Seven hungry women and children
confessed in police court that they
stole sugar from railroad cars. COM
plants have been lodged against them
in federal court for ,robbing cars in
interstate transit. The penalty is
ten years in prison.
Mrs. Anna Smith, zoos North Thir-
tenth street, whom police say is the
leader, sat in police court nursing a
babe.
"The car was open and the sugar
was there" she said, simply, "and the
temptation was too great. We've had
no milk at our house for long time
and only few nickels' worth of
sugar. My babies don't know what
pie or cake is" The eldest Of Mrs.
Smiths FIVE children is years old.
Police found sugar in the homes Of
Mrs. Belle Alexander, 200o North
Thirteenth; Mrs. Goldie Butler, 22l5
North Thirteenth; Mrs. Annie Eli
son, 2207 North Thirteenth; George
Barrett, 220o North Thirteenth, and
F. M. Wheeler, 1911 North Thir-
teenth.
The car from which the sugar was
stolen was enroute from New Or
leans to Morehead, MINI.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Wagon Of Liquor Found
In Druggists Place

John L. Dennison, druggist. AIS
Leavenworth street, had one barrel
of malt tonic. three gallons of whisky,
one gallon of gin, a gallon of rum
aid three gallons of alcohol in his
place Friday night when Officers Sui
Ton and Andersen Of the police NOR
ais squad entered the place.
In police court Saturday Dennison
laced the charge OF unlawfully hav-
ing intoxicating liquor in his possess
sion. He was fined 500 and costs.
Dennison pleaded guilty to the tech
rical possession of the liquors.
Mick" from Missouri Valley, Ia,
who persistently refused to give his
last name, was fined $500 and costs
for having his suit case stuffed with
wet goods. Because he himself was
lined with much OF the same stuff he
got the additional fine Of $40 for
drunkenness.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
STATE DEBATERS
CONTEST SATURDAY
Sixty Young Speakers, Winners
Of District Competition, to
Meet on Lincoln Platform.
ARGUE MONROE DOCTRINE

Lincoln, Neb., May ESPECIAL y
Debate for the state championship OF
the Nebraska High School Debating
league will be held at the University
of Nebraska Saturday morning, May
y. In thi. contest sixty picked debat-
tiers, representing the twelve winning
schools in the district contests during
the winter and spring will compete
for the championship.
The twelve contestants will discuss
the question, "Resol"ed, That the
United States Should Abandon the
Monroe Doctrine"
Winning Schools.
The school awarded district cham
pionship honors in 1917 are Geneva
or Clay Center, not decided; Lincoln,
Valentine, Lyons. Oakland, Alliance,
Nelson, Pawnee City, McCook or
Bar..ey, not decided; Sargent and
Minden.
The work Of the league, which was
organized in 1907 to promote the SCI
cnce of argumentative composition
and the art of debate among students
of secondary schools, has been in
charge OF Prof. NJ. NJ. Fogg Of the
state university, Superintendent w. F.
Davis, McCook, and the following dis
trict directors: Superintendent Clara
Schneider, Clay Center; Superintend-
ent Ernest Simmons, Springfield;
Principal c. W. Taylor, Teachers
College High school; Superintendent
F. E. Marin, O'Neill; Superintendent
c. Ray Gates, West Point; Superin-
lendent F. L. McNown, Bloomfield;
Superintendent w. ]. Braham, Sid
ney; Superintendent c. X. Morse,
Nelson; Superintendent w. L. Best,
Arapahoe; Principal ]. c. Mitchell,
Hastings, and Superintendent Don R.
Leech, Sargent.
The following winners Of district
debates will compete in the state
championship: Lawrence Slater,
Lincoln; Joseph Thackeray, Valen-
tine; John Young, Lyons; Oral E.
Harvey Alliance; William Holm
drake. Oakland; Olive Ferebee, Nell
son; J. H. Wilson, Pawnee City; Fay
Pattison, Minden; John Nelson, Saf-
gent
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Omaha Sends Committee
To Planning Board Meet

Randall X. Brown, j. Stewart
White and Robert H. Manley, as a
committee from the Commercial club
Of Omaha, will attend the National
Conference Of City Planning Boards
at Kansas City Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week. Following
this conference the Omahans will
proceed to St. Louis, where they will
take part in the Mississippi Valley
Conference on River Navigation.
This latter conference is called to
bring out ideas that will lead to the
development of river navigation as an
important aid to transportation in
time of war,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
IS Years Experience
To Bank On

Franklin Scientific LightW eight
began in 1902.
Right from the start, Direct Air
Cooling relieved the Franklin of
III water cooling parts (DeN
known trouble makers and excess
baggage.
Ounce by ounce, the Franklin
has scientifically reduced weight
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

and his wife had been the victims OF
assault recently, he testified, and he
had a premonition that more trouble
was coming his way.
Armed preparedness is the prison.
er's speciality" said City Prosecutor
MCGUIRE. "A soiree was the occa-
sion of Nelson's last arrest. He was
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Rain Early in Week, 4
With Low Temperature

Washington, May s.-Weather pre-
dictions for the week beginning Sum-
day, May 6, issued by the weather
bureau today are: ..
Plains states and upper and middle
Mississippi valley: Rains are prob
able the first part of the week in the
southern plains states and the central
Mississippi valley. Otherwise gen
orally fair with temperature somewhat
below the season average.
Rocky mountain and plateau re-
gions: Generally fair. temperature
somewhat below the seasonal aver
age,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06
Armed Preparedness is
Expensive for Nelson

Charles Nelson was fined $50 and
costs for carrying concealed weapon.
The defendant, who lives at 209
North Eleventh street, said that he
had the revolver for protection. He
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

Steephills are death to horses hauling heavy y
loads. In many hily cities the best horses last
only very few years. They quickly killed by over
work and your cost for maintaining your delivery or
hauling department is all out of proportion to the
returns you get from it.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-06

then playing a Mandolin and sitting
on a revolver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
CARDINAL GASPARRI EXPLAINS

TNHE Interpretation by Cardinal Gas
L parri, the papal Secretary of State of
the pontifical appeal for peace as reitera-
ton and elaboration of principles first
enuncated by President Wilson is scarcely
less important than his emphatic pro-
nouncement that "as to condonation of
damages caused by the war, there is an
exception applying particularly to Bel
gium."
1t has long been apparent that Presi-
dent Wilson is the leading exponent of
liberalism in the world today and that
he has laid down the essential principles
on which an enduring peace can be
brought about. 1t is just as apparent that
he will fail to take advantage of no oppor-
tunity that seems to offer reasonable
chance for the sort of peace that is civ
ilizations goal.
Unquestionably the comment by Car
dinal Gasparri adds new weight to the
papal appeal. but we doubt seriously if
there is at this time any hope for peace
comparable to that found in the great
Allied offensive now under way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
KILLING CAMP MONOTONY

To the Editor of the Enening Ledger:
Sir-Many persons are anxious to do
something for the soldier boys who have left
their homes and are facing unusual ex-
periences in camp, on the sea, in foreign
lands it may be at the battle front
The Young Mems Christian Associations
are following the Pennsylvania boys into
their camps, especially Camp Hancock at
Augusta, Ga, where the PENNSYLVANIA
division Of the National Guard-some rs, 900
strong-will be in training
Monotony of camp life is appalling. The
association in its six buildings will provide
correspondence material, monographs
pianos and meager libraries. Individuals
who wish to help the soldiers through the
Young Mems Christian Association may
send good music. vocal or instrumental.
disc records worthy framed pictures for
the buildings and especially books. These
should include not only hgh-grade fiction
and works of classical authors, but also
biography, history, books on nations of
Europe in the present war and on en-.
gineering and scientific subjects, especially
motors, wireless, airplanes, etc.
These may all be sent by parcel post to
George b. Landis Camp Educational Sec
retary. Augusta, Ca, who will distribute
cordance with the request of the donors
when such is made. Or since the Young
Mems Christian Association is co-operat
ing with the American Library Association
the books may be sent to the nearest library
to be forwarded Magazines will be ac
cepted, If sent prepaid. Current numbers
are most usable S. A. ACKLEY,
Executive Secretary.
Atlanta, Ca, August "a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
SINGLE TAX IN WARTIMES

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-All signs point at present to a long,
continued and costly war. Our Government
is allied with other nations in striving to
preserve the small measure of democracv
existing and through that preservation he
enabled to further advance the growth ~
real world democracy. Our Government
makes plea for devotion and sacrifice on
the part of the citizen. 1t will require
oceans of money to carry forward its sbar
In destroying-let us hope forever-the in
sane militaristic spirit OF the German nv
perial Government.
Private comfort, convenience and pronor,,,
will be taxed to IN extent never drean,aS
OF before Already Congress has nassed
bills which in their operation will obstr,ct
and hamper the production of wealth.
something which should be prodieiousIv an
couraged at this time of war stress Eor
many years l have been an Advocate 20
the single tax, method for taking the ron.
OF land for public purposes Tak,no ~
rent or land by the Government will yis. .s a
ample revenue (altogether Originated 81 ~
maintained by public growth, activitv anS
desire), and will not in any way discours gs
the production of wealth. ''ase
Intelligent study of the single to- ...,,,
prove that have not overstated the case
inteiiigent persons already know that n Nil,
do all claim for 1t, but how many nsws
paper editors, economists, Religions ans
'moral teachers are publicly adyocatin~ ",.a ,.a
estapnshmentY OLIVER McKNIGHr
fhiiadeiphia, August "a.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
THE AMERICAN TITAN

The azure Of the sky no cloud disturbs
Deep silence reigns. Old Oceans voice ,s
hushed. &c
The mountains grandly rise in solemn rnood
anu peacerul Is the vale. In forest shade
No" ihurmurs OF the whispering trees are
shall '"a'
His deep serenity of soul arouse.
But 10! Far in the west, DER mountain
peak mountain
A cloud appears. and soon it towers alo,t
A threatening titan in the sky II hreatha
Inc lurid lightning flashes forth. tone.
vi distant thunder shake the appalled, sa ~,
ASaih the titan, In the wrath of war
consuming flame sends forth, the th,nd.r
blasts 0 N'uhoer
Re-echoing 'mons the mountains crax.v
At his command great titans ara r.
And looming In the skies In battle io,n
Inc azure sky Ii seen no more. ana u,or
Do'h tU,,ow ,nn peace The heavens, by fire
Reverberate with awful thunderbo,t,
A"' W .he earth descend in deafeninr
Appalling to the soul of ave.struo,
While mountains shake benesth man
blasts, 'A'h terrin.
Inc ocean wakes in fury. and in roar.
Denant to the titans of the skies wars
'ehas .S .SSnaIIenge forth. From West unto
Tar Ger Atlantics span, the titsrs .,.
upon the throne OF him who would b,s pcsu; Geo
Great ssrts Solts descend in flaming light. Tn.
BY heavens artillery o'erwhe,msa ..,,
To T,s chaos a now dissolved. Tn. imD,ou. ~.
NO more snail WELD opprsssOrs miaht
when Frsedom's titan of the Wa, 1eware!
AepIses Aa IN mis- trust Of all the world das'eep'
~ane so nnv, nun mn not; A he profoundly alan,
powers "' awake and slumb ring
Arousea, WSS appalling 10 the fate Of hin,
ns' name p'''umptuous in opprss.or.s
Asross Ss II: sss : mortal chal,.n~. -.
y -. ,ee ,s,,snsy 9...s casmpiop 81 ~ vss,H s q
}l.i Z. Az &. teslen 1lnnscriSt .3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
COMRADES"

THAT civilization is waging its world
l. war on lines broader than those of
mere nationalism is nspirlngly empha
sized by the name selected for the asso.
citation of discharged soldiers and sailors
now being formed in England. Rejecting
the temptation to inject Britain, Albion.
King George or any other proper noun
into the title, these veterans call them
selves, simply and beautifully. Comrades
of the Great War"
Superb expansion of the organization
is thus Immediately obvious. The French
"poilu," the English Tommy" the Ital-
ian Bersagliero, the Algerian Spahi. the
martyred Flemish, the Russian muiik
and the American "Sammee"-or what
you will-are all comrades with a single.
ness of ideal unparalleled in world his.
tory.
From the G. A r. and the Confederate
veterans the spirit of sectionalsm has
long since vanished. But were il devel.
oped on broad international lines sug.
gested by its title, the society Of Com
rades OF the Great War" would be un.
handicapped at the outset
When the battle flags are furled some
millions Of Comrades" would provide a
spectacle more akin to the idealistic
brotherhood of man than any yet beheld
on this rolling planet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
BILLIONS MORE
NEEDED FOR WAR
Treasury Department Planning
for a Second Liberty Loan in
Advance of Congress
sional Action

| Special Correspondence Of the Evening Ledger
WASHINGTON, Aug. "a.
WE ENTERED the war In Europe
w little over four months ago. The Presi-
dent needed men and money to conduct the
war. Congress voted for conscrption be-
cause the President wanted an army quick.
The army is coming and the desire of the
President In that regard will soon be grati-
fed, The country will have an army of
which we shall be proud. but 1t will be
so big an army that, with the pay of the
enlisted man doubled and proportional
increase in officers pay. the cost will be
enormous. 1t opens a great new account
with the taxpayers that the fnanciers Of
tho nation will have to meet and continue
to provide for until the war is over and
the new army is disbanded. SO It will be
with the navy, the personnel of which has
been greatly increased in recent months
The two fighting forces of the Government |
are gradually assuming shape. although not /
wish nor quite so enthusiastically in some |
parts Of the country as some Of our Amerl- |
can patriots predicted. But we are getting
ready for effective service. and IL need |
be. for long service. How long despite
the prcsent-day peace discussions time
alone can tell. The draft Is being con-
Quoted and estimates are being made as
If We meant to go through to a finish, and
that we shall do so is certainly the thought
Of every one in public life It may be that
peace will come sooner than most of us
expect, but even so the disorganiZation of
the army and navy as already built up |
could not be effected In any less time or
with any less care than was the organiza-
tion itself. There are thousands of men
who have gone into the military service
to make 1t their profession and they will
want to remain after the war closes. Their
interests and ambitions will have to be "
AIKEN into consideration when the time for
iisbandment comes. With the navy it may
'e different The navy may prove to be
IN undisguised blessing in equipping the
lation with officers and men for the Ameri"
'an merchant marine which we expect |
o inaugurate when the war closes. AZ
/ matter of fact, the navy is not only |
lighting force, but it Is actually a great |
ational training school for the men we |
will ultimately need to officer and man our |
merchant ships. We will probably be able
o use in the merchant service after the |
var all seamen created by the navy during
he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
REVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION

An interesting historical fact, brought n
public attention by Senator Henry L. MYERS.
OF Montana, Is that the Congress of 1777
engaged in grain preservation Just as the
Congress of today is doing. and on Febru-
ary ~ Of that year adopted a resolution
reading:
Resolved. That It be recommended to
the several Legislatures Of the United
States Immediately to pass laws the more
effectual for putting an immediate ston
TO the pernicious practice of distillinr
grain. by which the most extensive evils
are likely to be derived IL not quickly
prevented.
Senator Myers, after dwelling upon the
wisdom and patriotism of the Continental
legislators. appealed to the Senators to catch
up with thelr ancestors.-Mobile Register.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25
THE DECLARATION HOUSE

k'EW actors In real historical dramas have
L ever been fully conscious at the time OF
parts they were playing. Thomas Jeffer.
son OF course, must have realized some
.hlhg OF the import Of his composition Of
tne Declaration Of Independence, but there
were were details OF the scene to which he gave
.ttie thought. Historians in later years
oiiigently endeavored to learn in what par
'Icuiar mouse the epoch making document
was written. Forty-nine years after the
nrst Fourth OF July, Jefferson was asked
where he had been lodging during the sum
mer or l776. The great Democrat reflected.
n ne mad almost forgotten where he performed
tne most notable act Of his life! After much
1usting OF memories. he decided that the
Declaration had been composed at Seventh
and Market streets. 10
1t was DR.. James Mease, who in 1925
nad written to Jefferson on the subject.
me latter answered that he had lodged In
.he mouse of Mr.. Graaf, q new brick
mouse, three stories high. of which rented
.he second floor, consisting of q parlor ana
pedroom ready furnished. In the parlof
! wrote habitually, and In It wrote this
paper particularly. The proprietor was >
newly married. I think he was bricklayer
ana MS house was on the south side Of
market street. probably between Seventh
ana Eighth streets. and, II not the only
mouse on that part Of the street, ] am
sure there were few others near It"
win this substantial tip the research
experts set to work. DIR. Nicholas Biddie
IN 1877 announced that Jefferson's memory
had served him we'll. The Declaration
mouse was on the southwest corner OF
seventh and Market. That this and no
other In the neighborhood was the structure
was conclusively proved by the fact that
the nearest house to the southwest corner
1776. "a
In Doctor Biddle's report on the subject
ne adds that Jefferson had selected hls
!oosihgs with characteristic love OF retire
ment In house built on the outskirts
OF the city. and almost the last dwelling
70 the westward. where In q small family
nc was the sole boarder." Jefferbon paio
.nirty-nve shillings a week room rent u
NOSE days. He took his meals chiefly IN
smiths tavern on Second street
IN the mid-nineteenth century, the Dec
taration house was enlarged with fourtn
story and changed for business purposes
La.er II became warehouse and a. sucn
was standing In 1883. when It was torn
gown 10 make way for new bank building
=. nlge bronxe tablet now records the fsct
snst .ne present bank ID on the site Of ~
S.o STRUCTURE whore Jefferson penned ~
= SSestniees words II Philadslphiana - M4s'
n.o neen e careful of thar hlptort1 ue
Scs'1n " ~? sss&} w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25

Reading the journal Of Dr. Alexander
Hamilton, as we frequently do in odd
moments, 1t surprises us to note that,
although he spent almost the entire
month of June. 1744, in this CITY he
makes no mention Of having met Ben
jamin Franklin. while ne seems TO have
made the acquaintance of all the other
worthless Of that day. Franklin had
already founded the S. E. p (oh, very
we'll then, the Pennsylvania Gazette), the
Philadelphia Library, the American
Philosophical Society and the University
of Pennsylvania, and had been clerk Of
the Pennsylvania Assembly and postmas.
ter of Philadelphia when Hamilton rode
into the town. l,..
But. If the traveller missed the distin.
guished Bostonian in PHILADELPHIA. he met
some curious Philadelphians in Boston.
In his journal, under date of Thursday.
August 8, he wrote
! dined with Mr.. Fletcher In the com.
pany of two Philadelphians, who could
not be easy because, forsooth. thew
were In their nightcaps, seeing every
body else In full dress. with powdered
wigs-it not being customary in Ros.
ton to go to dine or appear upon Change
In caps as they do In other parts Of
America. What strange creatures wa
are! and what trifies make US uneasy,
1t is no mean Jest that such worthless
things as caps and wigs should dis
turb our tranquility and disorder our
thoughts. when we imagine they are
worn cut Of season. l was myself much
In the same state of uneasiness with
these Philadelphians for had got
hx,I. ls. H.. Ian 90
hide which employed 80 much Of my
thoughts In company that, for want a. .
attention. u could not give pertinent
snsVer whep wss spoks q. Z.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25

Spanish Double ms" are not Spanish,
nor are any double letters with the excep-
tions of 'l' and "r".
notice moreover that Spanish words
are continually badly treated by English
speaking folk. Take, for instance, the
"aguacate" pear cut of which the Cuban
makes his delicious salad Some Americans
call 1t alligator" which is absurd, but at
least ranks as an English word without
pretensions The alleged "highbrows," how
ever, call the fruit avocado" which is the
Spanish word for lawyer. What they mean
by lawyer pear" don't know unless they
are trying to suggest that it's rich.
CIENFUEGOS.
Philadelphia, August a.