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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
People and Events.

"A wife suing for divorce in Chicago testified
that her husband drank barrel of wine contain.
ing 30 gallons in three months. Almost gal
Ion of wine day isn't so much for an artistic
appetite anticipating an indefinite drouth after
December /.
Airpane mail service between New York
and Chicago, featured as new treaty of good
will between the rival cities, gets cruel jolt at
the start. Some Gotham barbarians Spilled the
beans" by putting out story giving Chicago a
shocking odoriferous origin. According to the
New York version Chicago sprang from
Chieauk. the Indian name for skunk. Let it go
at that.
New York's district attorney continues
squelching fake war charity schemes in that
quarter. Frequent exposures deprived the
schemes OF their original richness, still some of
the smooth workers manage to touch the gem
erously disposed. so-called French restora-
ton fund, recently SUPPRESSED, brought the
palms Of the boosters
Of seven French school children's compost
tons on American soldiers. featured by the New
York World, three mention their cleanliness and
four their polteness. Courage is taken for
granted. They are kind to children. They have
a sweet tooth. They speak about their mothers.
With money they are generous What more can
be said? The youngsters caught the main points
and drew picture true to life.
Gold coins of other days recede farther and
farther from sight Precious few people may
produce evidence of goldbuggery these days
and get away with it. Uncle Sam wants it, and
holders or hoarders Of the yellow metal had bet
ter get license OF keep mighty mum. All of
which is reminder Of how quickly the world
spins around. Back in sc the goldbugs actually
Haunted their opulence in public.
Frequent mention is made of the high cost of
living in Washington. 1t is surely going some.
Mrs, Howard Gould, who is in Washington,
helping to find suitable living quarters for wo-
men war workers. is'about to quit the job. She
says she cannot afford to live in the city because
she is charged 40 cents for an egg and $l.40 a
dozen for fried oysters. One egg and dozen
fried being little more than an appetizer the
Washington-bo bound gets an advance bunch on
the cost of a square meal
Out in Montana the girls play the game of
politics with all the zeal and candof of initiates
A Mrs. H. c. Mcdonald running for seat in
congress, frankly tells the enfranchised that her
election will mean the appointment OF capable,
experienced business women to at least half the
Offices" at the same salary the men get. If that
doesn't fetch the ambitious feminine vote in an
avalanche. all other appeals are useless.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
Center Shots.

Washington Post: Sixteen hun
dred thousand Americans on the
dead Huns chest! Ho, no, no, and
more to come!
Detroit Free Press: Of course, all
the German people are not to DE
wiped off the face of the earth; some
Of them will have to stick around t.
pay the iniemnities
New York World: Some care and
forethought may well be devoted by
congress to the problem Of making
up for the tax loss on beer without
taxing tea, coffee and cocoa. "A
free breakfast table, has long been
an American ideal.
Minneapolis Tribune: Theodore
wounded; Archibald wounded;
Quentin killed; Kermit decorated for
bravery in battle-the Roosevelt
family is living up to the best tradi-
tons of American democracy. 1t
asks nobody else to do more than it
will do itself.
Baltimore American: The women
of France interested in equal suff-
rage have sent President Wilson q
letter of thanks for his recent mes
sage TO the women of the allied pa
tons. This fact is commended to the
little band of agitators here who are
marrying the president in this great
crisis confrontingthe nation and de-
manding the concentration Of all Its
energies.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
TODAY.
Right in the Spotlight.

Andrew Bonar Law, VINO cele'
brates his Goth birthday today, is one
of the outstanding figures in British
politics and public affairs. Mr.. Law
is a native of New Brunswick and
passed his early life in the Canadian
province. Soon after obtaining man.
hood he went to Glasgow, which
had been his mothers home, and
embarked on business career, in
which he proved quite successful.
He first entered parliament in 1900,
at time when matters OF trade and
taxation were absorbing the public
after the close Of the Boer war. Mr..
Law struck out on the broad basis
of tariff as they affect the empire,
and his utterances on this question
attracted wide attention. In 1911
he was chosen leader of the Union
ist party in succession to Mr.. Bal
four. When the present coalition
government was formed by Lloyd
George. Mr.. Law was given the post
of chancellor of the exchequer and
seat in the war council.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
Indiuidnal InitiQtiue.

they said that the day of the individual in
war was done, that the age of the hero was
over. that in the struggle of the twentieth CEN
turv only muititudinous masses counted or
could even be discerned in the conflict that. on
tie battlefelds Of the world, the opposing
man an in6nitesinal, inconsiderable cog. To
those watching from 5000 miles away. it seemed
as Il only the gallant chase pilots darling
lonely cross the perilous skies had inherited
the glory that used to be.
All this they said and more. 1t is not true.
Thcse 50 fortunate that. their work takes
them 70 the front know it is not true There
NAV 80 thar IN every branch of the service.
IRON she ehaplans to thu men Of the ration
details, war today calls for-and receives-as
much individual initiative as SHINING personal
courage as ever the marvelling world saw at
Thernopylae, at Balaklava, at Missionary
Ridge There every hour they see some man
no one ever heard OF before reveal blazing
mon potent fare in black night of war.-Stars
ia Stripes Published in France)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
ON WITH THE GAME.

Let 'er go, Hyng,
| The big guns sing,
And allied armies forward swing.
our big tanks roll
To I'D the goal,
While hills and wales with victory ring.
Hit 'er up. Haig,
Blot out the plague
Let fiendish footsteps grow more vague,
Until the last
Loud lannon's blast
Shall make the foe for mercy beg.
Push on, Petain!
With might and main,
Though bullets bite and shrapnel rain;
Through Hindys line
Smash to the Rhine,
Then may we welcome peace again.
Mangln, make haste,
The demon faced
From Frances borders must be chased:
Do you not pause
For sweet applause
Till Hndy's line is ell erased.
Pershing, proceed,
The Yanks you lead
Inspire the boche hordes 10 speed:
Back whence they came
And lose the game
They entered for their nations greed.
Foch, forge ahead
And fill with dread
The Huns till they are full OF lead.
Till they no more
On allied shore
Shall show a sneaking skulking head.
Omaha. Bayoll Ne Trele.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

stantial footwear. Like the gar.
ments, these were classed to 90 bach
to the fighting troops or to the
stevedores or to the German prison-
ers.
$4,000 Garments Daily!
1t was the same with the infinite
variety of army equipment going
through the salvage process, rubber
boots and arctics. shelter tents, har-
ness for artillery. saddles, brides.
stirrups. All of it was on a prodigi-
ous scale, $4,000 garments a day;
1000 pairs OF rubber boots a day at
the army price of SOS pair, The
salvage of all kinds of rubber arti-
Giles was 90 per cent. an almost COM
,plete saving Of everything received.
More than Sl.000,000 worth Of
clothing was saved last month. and
the magnitude of the work as
whole can be judged from these fig
ures OF the output; Shoes, S325,l20
clothing, $l,307,026; harness and
leather, $4,000; rubber. 100000; can
vas and webbing. $55000.
There are some curious things
gathered up in this litter OF the
camps and battlehelds; for example,
three freless cookers. Enough
books and magazines are left behind
to stock several libraries. Pictures
and knicSnacks with which the tents
are decorated before the rush comes
are abundant. Family pictures and
belongings of a personal character
are carefully preserved in little bags
t. be returned to their, owner or his
family if that is possible.
Besides restoring articles for use,
every scrap of wool cloth, leather,
metal, hat bands, is saved to be
turned into some other form of use
full article or is sold. The sale Of
junk, tin cans and scraps last month
netted l8,400 francs.
The. women workers are chiefly
French and Belgian, many of them
refugees from the invaded districts,
so that the work has this further
useful end for some 1000 women.
They get from 6 to 7 francs day,
working from 7 to 1880 and from
! 80 to 6. The wages paid last month
were I'll, 400 francs. But all the cost
of wages and new material was less
than 10 per cent of the value of the
articles produced for army uses,
tqaling $2,500,000 for the month,
a tribute to the ingenuity which has
produced this unique establishment
OF war economy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
Timely lettings and Reminders.
15O8th day of the great war.

l,oootH Gay Oh Tue great WAL.
Mexico today celebrates her ma
tional independence day.
New Orleans is to be the meeting
place today of the 10th annual con-
vention of the National Association
of Retail Druggists.
The Southwestern Jersey Cattle
association is to open a show in
Kansas City today to develop a
greater interest in the dairy bust
ness.
Six hundred delegates from the
United States and Canada are ex-
pected in St. Louis today for the
opening of annual session of the SOW
ereign grand lodge, Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows.
The Enright street separation
plan, said to be the most elaborate
scheme of traffic regulation ever set
up for practical trial, is to be put
into operation in New York City
today,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
This Day in History.

lS6l-Postoffice savings banks es-
tablished in Great Britain.
l873-France was evacuated by the
last of the German troops, following
the Franco-Prussian war.
lS9l-The Chilean provisional
government was recognized by
France, Italy and Germany.
1S93-An imperial ukase, abolish
ing the use of the knout by the Rus
sian police. was issued.
l90l-Prince and Princess of
Wales king George and Queen
Nary were welcomed in Quebec.
l9l4-Germans were put on the
defensive from Noyon to Verdun.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
Storyette of the Day.

General Crowder was talking
about the German communiques.
"The way the Germans count
their prisoners" he said, reminds
me of the circus barker who stood
in front of the tent and barked:
Walk! up, ladies and gents!
Walk up and see the remarkable
African hyena. Measures l6 feet
from the tip of his nose to the end
of his tail, and the same distance
back again, making 81 feet in all.
Walk right up, gents and ladiesl
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
bridge over the Missouri river lis

bridge over the missouri river els
completed.
Mrs. E. E. Edwards, who has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Clement Chase, during the summer,
returned to her home at Santa Anna,
California.
The nuptials of Rachel Bernstein
and Joseph Chamison were consum-
mated in the presence of a large
number of friends and admirers.
The Omaha Wheel club took a
jaunt to Irvington today.
Fred Drexel has returned from an
extended tour in the east.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
The Day We Celebrate.

Rear Admiral Albert G, Berry, U.
S. n, retired, born at Nashville,
Tenn, 20 years ago.
Alfred Noyes, celebrated poet, re-
Gently decorated by King George for
services in the cause of the allies,
born in England, SO years ago.
Selden Palmer Spencer, candidate
for the Republican senatorial nomi-
nation in the recent Missouri pri-
maries, born at Erie, Pa, Sc years
ago.
A. E. Thomas, well-known short
story writer and dramatist, born at
Chester, Mass, 46 years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

YOU will notice that neither Haig nor Petain
spent any time watching Pershing. They are
keeping Fritz busy all along the line. Good
tenn work.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

vCongrcssman Greene of Iowa eloquently
ple \ded with the house against the waste of
pubyc funds, and the members walked out on
him. showing fine disregard for any discus
sion the great revenue bill. This spirit of
indifference to responsibility in congress is not
inspifink to the pepole who foot the bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Kerensky, as head Of the Provi-
sonal government, proclaimed Rus
STA republic.
The so-called Rainbow Division"
of the United States army was re-
viewed on dress parade for the first
time at Camp Mills, 1. |.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
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&Asr9aN

Falconer Will Preserve the Spring.
Omaha, Sept. 1910 the Editor
of The Bee: 1t has come to me that
there is a rumor afioat that l, as
park commissioner, intend to close
the spring at Elmwood park, which
is one of the most popular assets of
the park system, and / am taking
this means of setting the public
right. 1t is absurd to think of try
ing to close the spring as it, in all
probability, would break out some
place else and destroy its use in the
future. ! intend, rather, to improve
the surroundings and make it more
inviting to the public rather than
destroy It. In fact, | will not inten-
tionally destroy any of the natural
beauty of Elmwood park, as it has
more natural features than any park
in the system, and ] am going to do
everything in my power to maintain
them and improve on them II posi-
BILE. THOS. FALCONER,
superintendent Department of Parks
and Public Property.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Roy McKelvie starts his formal campaign for
the governorship today and Nebraskans will get
good chance to measure the young man who
has made such a splendid record for himself,
McKelvies methods are the sort that win.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Wen, IN Srdnsryltimes corn crop of $780,
100000 bushels would be accepted as worth
while, and II probably will serve for the pres
emit. Next year we will raise more.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Il suppose it is because they are wse-
achers. baltimore American.
How many Jumps will you have"
asked the waitress girl to the man she
was waiting on.
Two" said he.
She dropped in one.
Thanks murmered the man. AID wei
right on with his eating.-PortiaId FrvEs
John" exclaimed the nervous MoI}E It
81 believe there is a burglar in the hcQR ,''
81 havn't time to fool with small f0-'
was the sleepy respunse "lve s]nht tEe
entire day fighting regular profit,e So
Washington Star.
Wife-The fact that there are germs on
money doesn't very me.
Hub--No my dear. 1t would take
pretty active germ to hop from the money
to you during the brief time you have II -
Boston Transcript
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The water is all ready for Fort Crook as
soon as the main is connected, and this waits
only on the War department now.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Another fen-story hotel with 250-room ca
pacity added to Omaha's equipment ought to
Impress outsiders, as we'll as the home folks,
with the important growth the city has made
I'd i making. And we yet have room for more.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The Yanks are showing up in many places
along the battle front, and will establish rec
ord for ubiquity along with their other contri-
buttons to the uneasiness of Ludendorff.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Peace based on victory is the only sort that
americans can accept. We have not made all
uur sacrifices to accept patched-up agreement
Anything short Of our full program means our
boys have died in vain.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Do not in your haste, overlook the American
merchant marine, It is growing apace, and its
share OF the war work Is being done spendidly
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The kaiser asks who injected hatred into the
war; II may have been the man who wrote the
HYMN ending "Gott strafe Englandp
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Maybe "Vic" Wilson might be induced tt
compromise with Dictator Burleson on the
phone rate matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Conservation Of gasoline is demanded by Dr.
Garfield, which may mean an extension of joy
rideless Sunday beyond the Mississippi
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Separate peace with Austria might have it
attractions, were it possible. But the kaiser will
now allow his vassal to slip out so easily
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The attorney general of the state of Nebras-
ka quotes from the code of Hamurabi, $500 B.
G., showing where some of our law comes from.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The watch on the Rhine" must be about
ready to go again.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Cravelotte 10 not so very far away from St
Mihiel. This will be good place to reverse
history.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
Thirty Years AGO in Omaha.

Mrs. Robert Ringwalt and Miss
Gertrude Ringwalt returned home
after a few months absence in the
east.
The first span of the new wagon
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

sKeep the home fires burning" but do not
waste fuel In doing so.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

The Central Powers are waking up to thu
fact that the Yankees are in the fight.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

"Doughnut days" are over over here, but not
over there.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

Kaiser Bill is getting ready to chuck it.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16
LAUGHING GAS.

why is 1t that wisdom teeth give
people so much trouble?"
Il suppose it is because they are wise-
aChers. Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-16

stantial footwear. Like the gar.
ments, these were classed to 90 bach
to the fighting troops or to the
stevedores or to the German prison-
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-05
GEORGIA'S BARBARIANS

Though Cayton's Weekly is Of limited
circulation, yet numbers OF white persons
have talked to us about that report from
Georgia, which recounted the patriotic
(Georgia) act of that mob that hung a col
ored woman by her heels and cut her open
and then joyfully stamped an unborn baby
into pulp which fell from her stomach.
Nowhere in the category Of crime either
in civilized or heather country has
more heinous and nausiating offense been
committed Think about it, men by the
hundreds from Christian homes and from
colleges and universities assembling and
treating female human being in such
manner, and the barbarians of the Fiji ISL
ands are angels in comparison. No, no the
citizenry Of this great nation can not be
awakened to the enormity Of the crime and
all because the woman's skin was black
and her executors skins were white-the
old Dred Scott decision in it's most violent
form-the colored person has no rights or
feelings that the white person need re-
spect Were the perpetrators punished?
you ask.
Not only were not punished, but neither
the governor of Georgia nor any of the
county officials made any inquiry into the
matter and in all probability the latter
were all present at the gruesome ceremony.
We have read Of many horrors perpetrated
upon the Jews in Russia, but never one so
diabolcal as this and we look upon the
Russians as more the barbarian than the
Christian A more foul and Infamous blot
never before appeared upon the pages Of
history than this and if the perpetrators
and the accessories thereto before and after
the fact including the governor had their
just deserts they would be lined up and
shot like so many howlng hyenas, just
what they are. May the Avenging Angel
be moved to slay such barbarians, hip and
thigh, that the fear Of God may be put in
to the hearts of others who approve Of such
ATROCITIES
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-05

her Negroes across and let us shoot them
down?'
While not being influenced by Wilhelm's
suggestion, we have sent our Negroes
"across''- thousands Of them, at any
rate-but to date mighty few Of them have
been shot down by William and his Huns.
Our Negroes needed no urging to go.
What is more, they seemed to dread not in
the least the boasted fate that was in store
for them Since they have been over there
they have not shrunk from their duty, and
while their duty has taken them into some
of the very places where the Huns were the
thickest, surprisingly few Of them have been
shot down.
Probably the most plausible explanation
of this lies in the fact that a Hun cannot
shoot well while running! Especially while
running from the target!
In other words, in every engagement the
Negro troops have had with the Kaiser's
outlaws the latter have been put to rout
Our Negro troops have to date not given
one foot of ground.
Just the other day Negro troops drove
the Germans helter-skelter out of French
village, and rescued several French civilians
who were being held prisoner there. And
the rescued Frenchmen declared that the
Germans were thoroughly surprised to find
themselves confronted by colored Ameri-
cans-of whom-they stand in dread by rea-
son of an idea they have that "the Ameri-
can Negroes cut off the ears Of their pris-
oners.
Soon after they got into the fighting
group of cornered Huns treacherously yell
ed ''kamerad!' and when taken prisoners
opened fire upon the unsuspecting captors;
. and now, it is said, the Negroes fight all the
more fercely in their determination to
avenge that piece Of cowardly German de-
ceit And who will blame them?
Anyhow, as upon numerous other occa-
sions, when the Hun kaiser belitted our
Negro troops to DR.. Davis and laughingly
boasted about how his barbarous minions
would 'shoot them down. it is plainly to
be seen now that he reckoned without his
host.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-05
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

Published every Saturday at Seattle Washington.
u. S. A.
In the interest equal rights and equal Justice to
all and for "all up
A publication of general information, but In
the main voicing the sentiments of the COlored
Citizens.
1t is open the towns and communities of the
state of Washington to air their public grievances
Social and church notices solicited for pub
hcation and will be handled according to the rules
of journalism.
Subscription 50 per year in advance. Special
rates made to clubs ana societies.
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter, August 1S, 1915, at
the post office at Seattle, Wash, under the Act OF
March 3rd, 1915.
TEr EPHoNE: BEACON 1910
Office 303 22nd Ave. South
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-05
ANOTHER GOOD SIDE

No, not all Georgians are bad, as may be
seen from the following resolutions passed
by the Georgia Division of the Woman's
Committee Of the Council of National De-
fense
Whereas The colored people Of Georgia
have shown an increasing consciousness of
their share in the issues Of this war; and
Whereas, They have responded literally
and loyalty to every demand of the govern
ment Of the United States, not only in the
valuable service of their men as soldiers,
but along every line of production, con-
servation, investment and contribution;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the executive board,
Council Of National Defense, congratulates
the colored people Of our state upon so ex-
cellent a showing of Americanism upon the
part Of their race; and that this board offers
to any organizations of colored women in
Georgia who may express desire for them
to the chairman, such instructions for war
work among women as may come to this
committee from Washington
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-10-05
GEORGIAS'S OTHER SIDE

After reading the above screed, you may
form the opinion that Georgians are wholly
bad, but not so. In fact we doubt if
majority are bad, but the good ones are
afraid to combat the bad ones when the
colored man is the bone Of contention. The
following from the Atlanta Constitution
shows the good side Of the Georgian.
"Now is your chance to settle your Ne
gro problem" suggested the Kaiser, half
facetiously, to DR.. Davis, soon after the
United States entered the war.
eff America insists upon coming into the
war;" he went on, "why doesn't she send