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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-05-19

Die 2onSoner @eIGi6tenmo9er
baben IN nelterer Bet fuieber oIer.
bnnb Bed: Die onf ben 0. g1oi an.
geiaste aboantuns bes Griedent0-
nigs lit immer nod nidt erfoIgt.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
pRoTEcTIoNIsr SHOULD WIN.

H. oLKs at Washington undertake TO explain Claude
n Kitchens opposition 10 the Senate draft Of the
nue. bin an element IN the political rivalry which he
feels toward Senator Simmons,
Both Simmons and Kltchn hail from North Carolina;
and by curious chance, that State has the chair
mon OF the committee in the two houses OF Con-
gress
Kitchin would like 10 succeed Simmons IN the Senate
when the atters term expires in 1919. lie Is said to
feel that he must impress his Ideas upon the
bin as u finally becomes law In such wise as 10 deprive
Simmons OF the credit and TO award the praise to
kitchin
In politics there have always been ambitious men
whose theory Of is that proceed by tear
ing someone else down. These men generally are Of
small calber; and in this respect Ktchn does not
transgress the rule II is unlikely that he Will be able
10 defeat Senator Simmons for denomination; and In any
event, there Is than chance that neither Sim
mons nor Ktchn win represent North Carolina in the
Senate after the fourth OF March. 1919
The revenue bill over which they are both quarreng
not Of type to be popular in their state where the
recent growth OF manufacturing interests has led to
corresponding development OF political opinion in favor
of protective tar, against which both Simmons and
Kchn have steadfastly fought.
The Republicans OF North Carolina with good nomi-
nation-such as we they inclined to make
together with the protection Democrats OF the State
may be able next year, to get rid Of both Simmons AMI
Kltchln at one fell swoop. And a good Job It would
be, too.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
rME pERFEcr ANswER no rnE pIsLoYAIIsrs.

THE PERFECT ANSWER TO THE DIsLOYAIIsTs.
{, OONER later the American government viii have
, to down with iron hand upon those who, in
Delaware and elsewhere openly preach dsloyay talk
comfort by opposing everything that viii make this
nation potent IN
Some Of those guilty OF these things are native-born
and some foreign-born who have become natural
lied citizens.
II anything the sin OF the latter is the greater They
came here voluntarily They assumed the burdens and
duties the inestimabe privileges American citl-
zenship Of their accord. No forced them. But
once they did so, II behooved them 10 walk straight
act straight think straight
No better words the subject have been spoken
than those by Chief Justice Andrew A. Bruce Of the
Supreme Court OF North Dakota, where dsloyaity has
been more less rampant. Judge Bruce born in
India son Of British soldier, came here when youth
studied law and made his way TO the top, And
here is what this naturallzed citizen has 10 say:
II speak from the viewpoint Of the foreign-born.
and millions Of others like me, came to this country
alone without money and without friends. We sponged
on all America had her free lands her free schools and
above all her spirit Of open-hearted comrsdshp. She
owed US nothing, but she gave all. We swore al
legance TO her nag, her constitution and her laws We
would be recreants ingrates perurers and in the
hour OF her need counselled with her enemies and
disoyal TO her cause"
This seems to be the perfect 10 the disloya
ISIS 10 shoulo serve as chart ana guide 70 mem,
There is FOR anyone guilty Of treschery to
America.
Ordinarily this Is not country that asks much Of It's
people. It offers them much and requires little. It
the development Of their individuality
and well-belns II reoices TO see them prosper. II
plans oppression Its statesmen do not spend their
nights and days dreaming Of the robbery Of their neigh
Dor States. It does not devote thought TO war-makng
We are in the war not because we love or glory
IN Il or hope 10 gain by e. but because we could not
retain serespect Independence and liberty
II remained passive This being II Is tho bouuden
duty Of every man. woman and child within the confines
OF the country to do his hest TO make America ecen
In this war; that may end II as possible.
Nothing less should be tolerated.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
TURN o. THE YEAR.

INC more year swings into It's last lap, and we
- nave with us the Auumna Equinoxl
Precisely at 953 Sunday morning YOU should have ex
perenced sensation that made YOU drop everything
st back in your chair and auihoriativey announce Au
umn's herew
But Autumn sneaks up on us city-dyelsrs
Country folk have watched its stately sprroach 60,
some time and welcomed It's advance agents IN the vel
lowing corn. the orchard beglnning 10 CLEAN VIII,
red Jewels the black Of the wild crane and be ca,,r
Ing heralds OF the godenrod.
Country housewives are planning the big davsu q,
farm housekeeping the soft-soap boiling the lardron
derlng when the seasons crop Of pork is glorlouslv
transformed into juicy hams bacon tenderlons side
meat and-umyuml- cracklings" and that last per-
fum-ey day Of apple butter making
Country children are schemng and dreaming Of nut
ting parties up the creek and Of moonlight hunts in
the big woods
Here in the city we know it is Autumn too-but b,
what sorry signs. We learn by the Zip OF a calendar
leaf by the presentation Of the mners bn for fren,
wifes Fall hat by the sudden sharp chill OF the breoz
from the open window tumble out in the col,
gray fog that for Autumn mornings.
But even for us prodigal there is crumb OF 10,
from Mother Natures rich table. AS we plod alon
some suburbon street our way to business we hea
sudden. dmly familiar crackle under foot catch
vsgrant sweetness and looking down. discover that
are wadlng ankle deep in sweet brown and yellow Au
lumn leayes
Sometimes, at night there is the tang Of leaf-smok
nom surrepttops bonfire In a neighboring ally-an
Is it the smoke which ars our eyes with tears W
remember little-boy selves. aborlously rakDg tn
lawn in long-ago Autumns and heaping the gathered
gold for bonfire and potato roast the old back yart
At homeq
Au'uinn asain-turn O. the yeari New dreams-olc
ofeansl Autumn againl
Evening journal., 1917-09-26

BY GENERAL ANDRE CHERFHS.
Pars by william I. MCPHERSON

have just returned from switzer-
land. l went there to sec a soldier who
was wounded by an explosive bullet,
and who, after three grave illnesses.
was delivered to a Swiss lnternment
camp. l have heard not only his story
but the stories Of several Of his COM
rades. / am going TO write the essen
tlal passages--thOse which are i'm
personal and have a general slgnln-
canoe. They will constitute a faithful
picture OF the regime under which our
men suffer in Germany.
But first Of all, I must express for
them their gratitude for the affection
ate and devoted care which they have
received In Switzerland. They are be-
Ing born again there. After having
been treated more harshly than AMI
mails, they are astonished at being
treated once more as human beings.
shall describe the three success
sive regimes to which our men have
been subjected: The ordinary camp,
reprisal treatment In Poland and re-
prlsal treatment on the Western front.
The Ordinary Camp.
This is the way things are done al
the Stuttgart camps, where two brutes
hold sway-Feldwebel Nirngarten and
Aichinger. Men were punished there
with Imprisonment for tribes; and the
days Of the prison sentence are multi
piled automatically three times by the
commandant OF the camp. Daily eXer-
else was varied with barbarous innO-
vations. Once, In q glacial cold, the
feldwebel kept them for half an hour
at attention absolutely immoblle. An
other time he made them lie down In
the mud. The rations were: In the
morning, q boiled black water, mis-
named coffee, made Of barley; at mid
day, soup; In the evening, another
soup made OF French cOnserves, stolen
out OF the prisoners packages. All the
boxes OF oonserves were opened under
the pretext OF looking In them for pa
pers exhortlng the prisoners TO apply
sabotage 10 the crops. The ration OF
bread was about three hundred gram
mes a day. Our soldiers, especially
those without means, were able to
live only by virtue OF the forty-eight
biscuits two kllos and a half a week
sent weekly by the French government
and by virtue OF the packages which
the Rcd Cross delivers 10 the INDECENT,
under the direction Of our own pris-
oners.
Reprisals on the Russian Front.
The journey from Stuttgart to SUI
Walk was made in three instalments,
each twenty-four hours long. The
prisoners, shut up by fftles IN cattle
cars, remained for twenty-four hours
without any food. Their cars were
locked and barred, so that no one could
get out
The work there consisted Of loading
trees on nat platforms, pushing them
to the sawmills, saving them up and
putting them in wagons, The pay was
80 pfennigs, or as centlmes a day. A
canteen sold cakes and honey. For
food, barley coffee on rising, farlna
soup and potatoes AT noon, and in the
evening 300 grammes Of bread which
for the sick, was reduced 10 20C
grammes, on the plea OF economy
| Never any meat--a little piece OF saus.
age once a month. Work lasted from
7 a. m. to 1880 a. m. and from D. m
TO 6 p, m. The men slept on the flool
Evening journal., 1917-09-26

without any straw. in huts sunk into
the ground almost to the roof and
covered with branches and mud. Our
soldiers were almost devoured by lice
and mosquitoes, ravaged by malaria
and dysentery, deprived OF sleep, pass
ing the short nights OF that latitude
In contemplation of the heavens, light
cned by the magic OF dawns which
follow close to the heels Of twilight.
Their packages arrived, after two
months Of travel. completely empty.
Their correspondence was cut OF. For
five months their families remained
without news OF them.
RepFlsals on the West Front.
Our prisoners, divided in commandos
Of one thousand, were sent TO this
front from January 1 TO May l. These
reprlsals ended on May 1 because their
purpose was attained and their prac-
tlcal utility then ceased. Our men were
brought 10 our front in order TO con-
struct there the famous Hlndenburg
line. II was they, TO the number OF
about thirty thousand, who dug the
system Of three or four lines OF
trenches and connecting bitches which
constituted the defensive position to
which the socalled strategic with
drawol" led.
The reprlsal Commands were
brought behind the front from Armen-
there's 10 Verdun. The 9th and 9th
Commands were debarked at Queant
and directed FIRST upon Ervillers, six
kllometers north OF Bapaume, and then
upon s-Gagnlcourt, on the
road from Bapaume to Cambria. The
prisoners chosen for this work were
OF the higher grades. intellectuals, stu
dents, engineers, industrials, merchants
all those who, the astute BOche
thought would have influence IN
France and do there work OF demora-
lization.
At Ervillers our men were quartered
In a factory without q roof, open 10
wind and weather. They slept on tho
bare ground or on manure. At Villers
they lived inea half demolished sugar
mill. They received blankets. which
were taken away from them on the
slightest preteyJ.. Their quarters were
recognized by the English avistors
and the Allied artillery respected them
The Germans eagerly proflted by that
immunity 10 accommodating their depots
OF grenades and explosives.
Each prisoner had a daily tssk-a
running metre Of trench 10 dig to %
centimetres IN depth, with a width O.;
$50 metres. That task was increased
successfully 20 two and then to three
running metres, The work was done
under the direction Of German piorers
/ Even the French under officers and
sergeant-majors were condemned tC
this labor. Only the aspirants and the
adlutants-in-chief were exempt from
work; but they were compelled 10 be
present under lre, az were also the
sick, who received no medical attend
ance.
The men set out at 2 o'clock in tht
morning and returned only when tbs
days work was completed. At starting
barley coffee was passed around, anc
during the whole work day. at tenn
persture Of % TO % degrees, no fooC
was served. At 6 p. m, there was I
thin soup Of barley or rutabsga,
mouthful Of pork and a piece OF coffe,
u cake. For bread a German loaf ever,
four days-about $50 grammcs a day
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
BY JAMES b. SCOTT.

10 is somewhat seeming paradox
that a radical change IN the indus
trial situation OF the country at large
has brought about in these piping war
times nation OF specialists IN all
the producing trades. This radical
change is the rapid increase OF labor
saving machinery. Never IN the history
Of any nation has the inventive talent
been brought more into play for the
transmission OF power in overcoming
inertia than II has In the United States
at present,
The excellence Of handwOrk may,
and does, have a peculiar claim 10 rec
ignition where time Is no object.
But Time Is no longer, THE gentle ar
bitter OF all things" but rather the
taskmRster, who with whip-lash In
hand, exacts the full measure OF tho
days output.
Apart from the financial return Of a
successful invention, the inventor will
always be Indebted TO principles that
are the foundation OF every device FOR
tho transmission OF power from the
delicate works Of a ladys watch TO
the ponderous engines OF the big ocean
liner. and these are the seven mechanic
powers, viz, wheel, axle, pulley
wedge, screw, lever, and inclined
plane. There are no others available
and there ) no royal road leading tC
knowledge Of their capabilities except
intense study. There is often failure
when all "a seemingly successful.
These powers are more rigid in thelI
discipline tian are the problems OF
Euclid.
Look at item and they appear sepa-
rate.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26

No biscuits from the French govern
ment: no packages; no one allowed to
buy anything from civilians or Ger
mans; no mail.
Clubs and Whips.
The German sub-oflcers who in
spected the work were armed with
clubs or whips. The punishment Of
IMPRISONMENT which was impractic-
able, was replaced by the post. Two
hours tied 20 the post for every day
Of Imprisonment. This torture was in
flicted on the return from work, after
p. m. The sufferer was bound TO a
post In The snow.
Many OF our men, refusing 20 work
against US, tried to revolt. They were
shut, like wild beasts, into cages made
OF barbed wire, strung on poles. They
were left there without shelter and
without food until, conquered by hun
ger and suffering, they begged for
mercy. One of our poor fellows en-
dured this torture for i've days.
A pupil Of the Higher Normal School,
crazed by hunger, escaped from the
trench where he was working, three
hundred metres from the village OF
Behagnles, near Bapaume. He went 10
the village to seek in the garbage
thrown out OF the German kitchens
soma scraps OF potatoes and cabbage,
He collected these, boiled them with
a little salt and then devoured the re-
pellent mixture.
The commando stationed at Flabas
which operated 10 the south Of Caures
Wood, near the tomb OF Driant, worked
on a trench only eight hundred metres
from our line. The German mltrall-
leuses were placed behind the workers
The French fire made numerous vic.
Tins. In Plcardy the losses were about
ten killed and a hundred wounded pei
commando. Before Verdun, In the com
mands OF Flabas, the proportion Of
those who died OF hunger or were
killed was 10 per cent. This takes NJ
account Of the wounded.
Prisoners Under Fire.
Localities near the front, such ps
Ervlllers, Saint Leger, Buissy and VII
lers, were full OF French, English anc
Russian prisoners. They were in {
frightful state Of destination an'
squaior. Many Of them had been Their,
for two, four. six. ten and even four
teen months. These prisoners, civilian
as we'll as military, were exposed nigh
and day 10 artillery fire. Many Of then
were killed.
The word 'reprlsal" is, then, an IN
ventlon OF German duplicity, covore'
by the pretext that we have kept Ger
man prisoners in the rear Of our Zines
IL Is used 20 give an appearance 0
legitimacy to a dlabolical programme
BY It's terrors reprisal facilitates dis
clpilne and obedience on the part o
the prisoners. II also seeks to effec
Generalization, with q view TO promo
ting that peace Of which the Boche
have so imperious a need. Reprisal &
thus form OF war. II Is a war made o.
prisoners u debllitates the Frencl
race. decimating 1t with tuberculosis
From 20 per cent. TO 30 per cent. Of on
men have fallen victims TO this method
ical and scientific. method Of assassin
alton.
All this ls~wrItten without Ilterar,
polish, without exaggeration. II car
! rles the conviction OF dispositions Of
/ oath. It is an indictment which IS rig
!. orously exact.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917.
AusrRINs EMPERon REPLIEs TO The POPE

a FTER waiting many weeks tho emperor Of Austria
"A has finally replied TO the proposal OF the Pope
gardng peace one OF the most noticeable things in the
reply is that he has been made 20 swallow tho sham Ger
man freedom OF tho seas" DOPE
II has always been a puzzle Just exactly what the
Teuton rulers meant by freedom Of the seas Before
the war they certainly had all tho freedom they could
lesItmaely expect Ships flying the German nag rode
In every harbor, They competed with the British all
over the globe,
There were sections OF the seas whore they had prac
tcally driven all opposition, They had carried Ger
man-made goods TO every port In the world. There
attempt by any nation to deny them every right
they could expect
1t remained for the Germans themselves to deny the
freedom Of the other people The Ksisers boldly
assumed the Atlantic and the Mediterranean their
seas and that no one could oat vessel there without
obtaining royal permission.
When Kaiser Karl speaks Of the moral force Of right
and the rule OF international justice and legality his
effrontery is monssrous. There has never
been time in the past nifty years when the force Of
right observed by the German and Magyar rulers
Of the dual empire. They have substituted might for
right They have cruelty oppressed all tho so-called
subject races.
The Czechs the sloyaks. the Serbs, the Croats the
Elovenes, the Ruthenlans the Rumanans have all sent
up the despalring cry. They have seen their
closed their business ruined their rights nouted
Justice denied them the courts adequate representa-
ton IN the parliament stolen from them, taxes multi
piled service in the army demanded out OF all proopr-
tion.
The iails and prisons Of the dual empire have for
years been nfed with those unforiunaes who were
foolish enough 20 dream OF independence for their sub
lect nationalltles The gallows have been busy
The United States, which stands for tho square deal
which believes government should exist only by the
consent Of the governed which has thought might
makes right which has taken It's stand IN favor OF the
little OF the earth AFFORD
any negotiations at the present time which would
be Teutonc peace trap
The two Kaisers have so far shown only yearnng
for peace on their terms. But peace on their own
terms would dire defeat for the democracies OF
the world.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
The Seven Mechanic Powers

Examine them more closely and each
Is duplicated IN the others until the
seven, reinforcing each other, become
as one.
This is the inventors stock in trust,
held by nature. and which alone aids
him. The Limousine that whirls you
along over the smooth asphalt Is
built entirely on these seven princ-
pies. The liberty motor, that means
TO shoulder out the sky above Ger
many before many moons, In It's de-
sign and it's execution rests solely
upon the seven mechanic powers
These principles are more memorable
than the laws OF the Modes and Per-
SLAMS, and II discarded, tho handwrit-
ing Is already on the wall, and it reads,
Failure"
Since, then, all inventions for the
transmission Of power rest altogether
on these principles, It Is safe to say
that the schools OF technology are the
ideal place for them to be Guided and
experimental with. They undo and I'M
learn the half stated forms Of other
mems reasoning. They lead onward
the boy, through whose brain there
may be courslng the Alpha OF great
things.
Right chronological training demands
that the instructor stop, and that de-
cisively, useless examining. 10 means
as the mother looks hopefully into the
I future for her boy, that the right road
be chosen. 10 means for America, that
| when A. comes N war for the riphf
behind the array Of cleaning bayonets
there is a nation Of keen, alert, work
ers WHO have been trained in the
workshop OF nature TO do the right
thing, at the right time.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
BAKER EXPOSES ADMINISTRATION DELAY.

A LTHoUGH he uses language exceedingly diplomatic
~ Secretary OF War Baker OF the severest critics
Of the procrastnatng policy Of the administration.
lie has just authorized the issuance of a statement
from the Quartermasters Department which the state
ment is made that upon the outbreak Of the war the
department confronted by tho task Of equlpping
great army and that the work began almost from the
ground up" He says that the department was "unex-
pectodly called upon to cothe, feed and house" this
great army Difficulties from the outset he says.
There was a shortage Of everything except food
Tho whole story coming Immediately after the
ton OF Secretary Daniels that the President February
g. 1916 gave TO tho navy the impulse which has pro-
duced three time as many ships In commission the
Navy Department had year ago. leaves for
doubt that neglect pointed to in unmstakable terms.
The navy got its impulse in the early days OF 1916 The
army was Unexpectedly called upon" in April, 1917.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26
Spirit of the
DelnlarUia Press
CANNERIEs ann pLOTTFRs.
From the Dover State Sentinel.

From the Dover State Sentinel
There is considerable evidence to
indicate that the fires In several Della
ware canneries recently are not only
OF incendiary origin but that there is
malicious plot behind them. We ven
ture to express the hope that the
guilty men will be caught and pun
isehd. II is a dastardly crime to des-
troy food products at this time OF the
worlds shortage. The public In gem
eNl warmly sympathlzes with the
losers, particularly with Governor
Townsend and his associates, whose
loss is heavy.
Evening journal., 1917-09-26

speeuomanlaes continue their destructive work in
delaware, Inc deah-deang auto accident on the State
Ioau a SNORT distance south Of Backbrd campmeeting
WOODS on sunday evening only one OF several ,h
have occurred within the last few weeks Mo-, >,
have been due to nasrant violation OF the law
speeding for which few arrests have been made