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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

no coal for the civil population, and locomo-
tives are fired by wood, in consequence OF
which nearly all trains are delayed from two
to six hours, and very few are run; even be-
tween the principal cities there are not more
than two or three trains daily, whereas be-
tween the smaller places there is only one.
! Tobacco. one OF the principal articles OF con-
sumption, has gone up more than twice the
original cost, and in some places most OF the
popular brands are not obtainable.
| Bread is made of corn and bean flour,
though occasionally loaves made OF grain are
to be found. In the country the people pro-
vide better for themselves by keeping and
boarding their own products, such as oil and
grain, although the law demands that all pri-
vate stores over a certain quantity must be
recorded at the municipal offices. Any per-
son not giving due notice OF such stores IS
liable to arrest and conhscation of his stores.
Luxuries, such as perfumes and cosmetics,
are no longer allowed to be imported; neither
are teas, WHISTLES, brandies and expensive
wines. Vegetables are costly, although there
is no scarcity
The reader will ask: "On what do the
poor people live?" | have seen family sit
down to meal consisting of few slices of
bread, struggled from asfriend in the coun-
try, soaked in water and bit of oil, with
chopped onions and parsley, and glass OF
water for beverage This was not an excep-
tional case.
Rents although not allowed to be raised
during wartime, in the case of a permanent
tenant, are always increased when tenant
moves, or when house is Sold Rome and
Naples are particularly crowded and rents
very high. Many of the hotels have been
requisitioned by the government for new
Offices which accentuates the scarcity of liv-
ing accommodation, especially now, when so
many refugees from the invaded privinces
have come to the larger cities of central and
southern Italy.
Italy treats its prisoners of war splen-
dldly, and often at the sacrifice of its own
civil population | remember time in Cas-
slno, where there is a prison camp of over
I,UuU, when meat was not obtalnable, since
everything went to feed the prisoners.
The people in the country feel mostly the
lack of their menfolk. The Italian woman is
very dependent upon her man. She is dill
gent, good, conscientious, hard worker. but
she needs the man to dire It her and the FAM
lily affairs-without him she is lost In the
towns women have been substituted for car
conductors, porters at the railway stations
and in Offices and shops, although mattresses
have not yet appeared.
Within the last six months small fraction
paper money has come into circulation; that
is, the | and lire GO and 40 cents) are now
issued in paper, as we'll as the 5, 10, 50 and
100 lire
Wages have gone up considerably, es-
pecially for the munition workers; in fact
the only people who are prosperous are those
working on munitions, war materials and
government supplies
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Exemplary Punishment

Sentencing big BilP' Haywood and his
accomplices of the |. w. w., Judge Lands
imposed prison terms and fines that should
be a warning to all who feel inclined to OBJ
struct the governments war efforts. He
disclaimed any belief that Haywood and his
fellow conspirators Started out deliberately
to aid. Germany" but the effect of their con-
duct was exactly what the German govern
ment would have desired had they entered
into its employ and placed themselves d.
rectly under its orders. No Germantown
agent OF Germany could have played its game
better in this country than these scoundrels
played it while claiming the protection and
privileges conceded. to them by the govern
ment they flouted.
I'm times of peace you have a legal right
to oppose. by free speech, preparations for
war. But when war has been declared that
right ceases forthwith" These closing words
in the judges address to the convcts restate
the eternal truth that when a nation commits
itself, by the votes of its representatives, to a
deadly struggle with foreign enemy no one
living within its borders has a right to hinder
it. The Haywood crowd represent not alone
their own peculiar brand of industrial mad
ness and disloyalty; they are symbol for
almost every kind of objector, conscientious
or otherwise, who seeks to array his petty
opposition to war in the path of the United
States government-Brooklyn Eagle
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Peppery Points

New York World: Haig's army ap-
pears to be totally unconscious of all
the repulses 1t suffers in the German
official bulletins.
Minneapolis Journal: General Bern
hardis retreat places him in the great
company composed Of those who can
tell how 1t ought to be done, but can
not do it.
Louisville Courier-J Journal: 1t is
understood that the first duty of Ger
many's retreat expert was to give the
crown princes legs a rundown with
the mixture employed by sprinters.
Brooklyn Eagle. "A man is as
young as he looks" That principle
prevails in every stretching of the
draft net. And still, there are men
who want to look younger than they
are.
Washington Post: The guy who is
starting a win-the-war goat farm on
a Hawaiian island can get plenty OF
breeding stock by applying at Inc
headquarters of the democratic ma
toni committee.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Secre-
tary Lane is right in saying there is
enough land to provide every returned
soldier with farm, but could a stand
ing army of 100000 keep every re-
turned soldier on a farm?
Minneapolis Tribune: Lack of
head with full authority is offered as
the explanation of the failure OF the
aircraft production division. Lack OF
several heads to subordinate personal
whims and pet notions to gene al
| policy of cooperation seems to have
had something to do with 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
German Silver" Well Named.

A correspondent writes to his favorite paper,
complaining that the adjective German" has been
used improperly to designate number of articles
of familiar use, As examples of this practice he
cites German" pancakes, German" fried pota
toes and German" silver. Passing over the edi-
bles, which by any other names will taste as good
and smell as sweet, The Bee is inclined to take
issue with the writer in question as to the metal
alloy he has in mind. We insist that German"
silver is we'll named. 1t is not silver, and it is not
German, but partakes OF the distinctive German
quality of being formed to deceive the unwary
1t is compounded of base metals, but takes on
the appearance of the nobler, easily being ex-
posed by use wear for the inferior imitation it
is. 1t has fallen into disuse because it did not
we'll serve the purpose for which it was designed,
that OF cheap substitute thatmight be depended
upon. In all these regards German silver so
closely parallels German kultur and civilization
in fact, the character and destiny of the modern
German nation, that the analogy seems perfect
Again we assert, German" silver is we'll named,
because it is not only "phony," but useless, just
as was the pewter cup the kaiser gave the VIM
ming yacht.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Turkeys Premier Talking Peace.

Talaat Pasha, grand vzier OF Turkey, and
with Enver Pasha, the real ruler of the Ottoman
empire, calls continuation of the war senseless
and predicts its abandonment by all beligerents
within few weeks. He gives no real reason for
his opinion, but little examination OF the situa-
ton might disclose the secret springs of his
thought
Turkey already reduced to the position of a
vassal state by Germany, entered the war almost
solely because of that vasalage. Some slight ex-
tension of the Turkish frontier at the expense OF
Persia, with the probable expulsion of England
from Egypt, was possible as prize, but beyond
that and the sterilization of the European bound
aries of the empire the Turk had nothing to
gain, Disaster has followed, to the end that
Turkey is not only deprived of its prospects OF
grabbing portion of Persia but will be in the end
shorn of Palestine, Armenia and other provinces
it has dominated for centuries; will find its con-
troll of the Dardanelles abolished, its hold on
Egypt broken and its position OF eminenee in the
Mohammedan world sadly disturbed if not over
thrown.
Taiaat Pasha would rejoice at the coming of
negotiated peace, which might save to Turkey
some of the things now lost If no other reason
existed for pursuing the war to victory in the
field, Turkey furnishes the best. A menace to
progress for ages, any gain along the program
to which Talaat, Enver and their associates have
worked, with the further ACKNOWLEDGMENT of their
reaetionary government in view, would be dis
tinctly backward step for humanity To reduce
the Turk to condition of impotence in the world
will be one of the real elements of victory.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
The Automobile Conscience

The first motorless Sunday, besides the
gasoline it saved, was notable for the light
it threw on American character. 1t revealed
as by fash the existence of something about
which many people had long been skeptical
an automobile conscience.
Owners of motor cars were not ordered
to give up pleasure-riding for the day; they
were merely asked by the fuel administrator
to make the sacrifice to aid the government
in conserving fuel for war uses, and the
cheerfulness and practical unanimity with
which the request was needed is a remarkable
testimony to American patriotism. When
men gather in the streets, as happened in
some localities, to shame the few evaders of
what was, after all, only an ethical obliga-
ton, the spirit of American support of the
war policies must be regard
ed as pretty near par.
If moral persuasion can do all this; if it
can make millions OF people give up as
patriotic duty one of their keenest pleasures,
why can it not be applied to the correction
of some of the serious abuses of AUTOMOBILE
ing? Perhaps if the federal government would
only appeal to motorists to abandon reckless
driving and nocturnal joy-ridng it could end
the speed law violations and the street
slaughter which local and state legislation
has been powerless to curb.-New York
World
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Here and here

A detective lieutenant in New York,
who died after 90 years of service left
an estate of more than $4S,000.
A bank in Brooklyn. N. Y, was
robbed Of $500 by it's janitor's IL
year-old son. who sneaked into the
teller's cage.
When a workingman in England
leaves his occupation and doesn't find
another in IA days he is automatically
in the army.
The shortest tree in the world is the
Greenland birch, which grows less
than three inches in height, but covers
a radius of two or three feet.
Because a man fixed a lock for a
woman neighbor and did not send her
bill she left him in her will $1,000
that enabled him to leave New Jer-
sey almshouse.
Bamboo has been found very serv-
iceabie in the construction of light
houses on the Japanese coast. The
wood has great power in resisting the
action of salt water.
Buttons, marbles, trinkets and small
toys may be made from the nut of the
doom palm, fine substitute for ivory.
The doom nut grows in South Amer
lea and in northern Africa. The lat
ter variety is by far the most desira-
BILE for commercial purposes.
Until after the war no evening
clothes will be worn by the men and
women at the Spokane (Wash.) Coun-
try club. Decision to bar formal dress
was made recently by the entertain
ment committee, and il is declared to
be in keeping with the other war
| economies.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Unrutged By War Alarms

Although all other branches of the gov
eminent have felt the effect of the war, and
most of them in marked degree, the United
States supreme court is still undisturbed in
its dignifed aloofness. This is undoubtedly
as it should be, and yet it is somewhat
curious to find the nations highest court 60
ing along in the old placid way when the re-
mainder of the capital is astir with the bust
ness of whipping Germany.
The supreme court is now in its usual
summer recess. 1t will not sit again until
October. The austere court room in the
capitol is undergoing the customary renova-
ton. Visitors who peep in see the desks and
chairs in their summer covers, and every
where there is an air of rest and comfort.
The war does not hurry the supreme court.
1t does not even interfere with its leisurely
routine. Those who complain that the whole
government is being Jared out of its time
honored channels by the war ought to glance
at the supreme court, which stands as shin
ing exception.
The business of making war has little or
nothing to do with the court, and only once
has it touched it at an important point The
court was called upon to decide the constitu-
tionality of the selective draft and it upheld
the law. Since that time the war has left
the court alone and will probably continue
to do so. The court still stands as one of the
ancient institutions of the government, un-
changed by the ravages of world war, 60
ing its way as if the world was at peace and
interpreting the acts of congress in accord
ance with the constitution of the forefathers,
just as it has always done.-Brooklyn Eagle
Washington Letter
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Make the "Muny" Ice Plan, servieeable.

Now that the summer has passed, and the
pressure on the local ice plants is decreased to a
degree that will let the Water Board look about
as to the future OF the municipal ice plant The
Bee again suggests that if ii is to realize its pos
sibilities its service must be so extended as to
make it city-wide. As at present organized, it
can serve but limited number of consumers,
those only who live close enough and have means
of transporting their own supply of ice from the
"jitney" stations. Several ways OF extending the
usefulness of the plant are open any one of
which may be adopted. If it is to be maintained
as permanent feature of the municipal house
keeping arrangements, its benefits should be
within the reach of ALL That it can be made so
serviceable is admitted, and before another sum-
mer comes to blister us arrangements for giving
at least all home users access to the 'muny" ice
TO the limit of the plants capacity ought to be
adoped.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Sldel5ghts on the War

Brazil is also struggling with the
food protiteers. They are restricted
to no country.
1t took 40 years to prepare the
Germans to march into France and
then to turn around and march back
again.
Scotch kilties uniforms are worn in
the trenches, but Of late, by new
regulation, khaki apron is worn
over them in action.
Rats hinged to the sides of life
boat and which spread out when it is
at1oat to give additional buoyancy
form recently invented device for
safety at sea.
Atlanta, Ga, has an "army of
physical fitness" an organization of
business men who have pledged them
selves to exercise daily in order that
they may be better qualified for any
patriotic service they be called on to
perform.
Tom McGinn, erstwhile drillmastei
to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig anG
Gen. Sir E. H. H. Allenby at Sand
hurst college, is back in the British
army again, having enlisted at Chi
cago at the British Canadian recruit
ing mission.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

The German general staff cngs to its dogma
of invineibity, but has switched its application
from attack TO defense. Four years ago, full of
the Paris,ia-six-weeks spirit. the kaisers mill
tary machine was animated by belief in its in
vincibility in assault No foe could Withstand
its attack, Sad experience proved the futility
of this belief, but the German leaders de-
clined to accept the verdict of the Marine, of
the Iys, OF Verdun and of other fields, The last
manifestation OF this came in March, when the
great offensive was oosed, and now that is re-
TERED to as "abortye."
The Hun has retired to his dugouts and his
burrows, renamed his pill boxes" and now de-
clarcs himself to be invincbe on the defensive,
This latter is yet to be demonstrated. New and
greater pressure is to be cxerted on the trenches
behind which the Huns are ensconced and Lu-
dendorff will have full need OF all the men and
material he now relies upon. Foch and his staff
do not minimize the task before them, but are
pounding today as they never did before against
the key positions of the German line on the west
front, The real test of the kaiser's soldiers is
being applied, that having to do with their stead
fastness under adverse conditions. In minor
operations this has proved wanting; whether it
will endure under the blows of a major assault
must be demonstrated.
For the next few weeks the power of the Ger
mans to resist will be subjected to considerable
strain, and it may be that later in the winter
the quality of invincibility will have lost some
OF its stiffening although it is unlikely the gen
eral staff will ever admit its blunder in this re-
gard,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
M4eesns
kAsr81X
About the War Fund Drive.


Galloway. Neb, Sept. $50 ths
Editor of The Bee: You have sug.
gested that the drives for the various
funds should be consolidated. The
suggestion looks very nice. and since
you have advanced It, will you also
state your opinion as to the disposal
of the proceeds. What amount would
each organization receive and upon
what facts would you make the esti-
mate? Also, as this fund Is being Sc
cured for patriotic work, will all
property and money on hand at the
close Of the war revert to the nation,
or will 1t remain in the possession of
the society having control?
Some societies are purely sectarian
that are making drives. and this being
the fact, why should they not be ex-
pected to support their work?
The Y. NJ. II. A. is willing to carry
its own work. The Lutherans are
not asking for help outside of their
society. The Methodists secured their
million-doll war fund and made no
complaint, and many other denomina-
tons have raised war funds. The
knights of Columbus in their first
drive for S15,000,000 secured $11,-
100000, and are abundantly. able to
carry on their own work.
Each of the above named is purely
sectarian in its work as far as its
board Of control and its origin is con-
cerned.
The Y. M. c. A. IS nonsectarian and
is open to all. The Y. w. c. A. is
similar.
Why place the burden upon the
public of supporting sectarian insti-
tutions in this way, when the churches
have not requested 1t? The churches
believe in and want complete separa-
ton Of curch and state.
A. M. STEELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Careless Use of Soap
Spells the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully,
if you want to keep your hair look
ing its best. Most soaps and pre-
pared shampoos contain too much al.
kali. This dries the scalp, makes the
hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which is pure and greaseless), and is
better than the most expensive soap
or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thorough
ly. Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
wrich rinses out easily, removing
every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
few ounces will supply every men,
Der of the family for months.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

NO MORE CATARRH
A Guaranteed Treatment That Has
Stood the Test of Time.

Catarrh cures come and catarrh cures
go, but Hyomei continues to heal catarrh
and abolish its disgusting symptoms wher-
ever civilization exists.
Every year the already enormous sales Of
this really scientific treatment for catarrh
grow greater, and the present year should
show all records broken.
If you breathe Hyomei daily as directed
1t will end your catarrh, or 1t won't cost
you cent.
If you have hard rubber Hyomei in
ha'er somewhere around the house. get 1t
out and start it at once to forever rid yours
self of catarrh
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Co. or any
other good druggist. will sell you a bottle
of Hyomei (liquid), start to breathe it and
notice how quickly it clears out the air
passages and makes the entire head feel fine.
Hyomei used regularly will end catarrh,
coughs, cold, bronchitis or asthma. A COM
plete outfit, includ 9 hard rubber r1cket
inhaler and bottle of Hyomei, costs but lit
tie. No stomach dosing; just breathe it.
1t kills the germs, soothes and heals the
inflamed membrane--Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
SOLDIERS PLAYTIME."

When Sherman uttered those wicked words
Declaring that war was he'll,
Were he alive to hear us boys,
Those very words we'd yell.
For it's enough to drive us crazy
With the whistle going all the day,
Not to say anything of restriction
And Quarantine wherein we lay.
In this little white tented village,
That some call Florence Field,
But what we call 1t is plenty,
If our thoughts we could reveal
At last Taps are sounded
To our hunks we're allowed to go,
But only to dream of that whistle,
That Sergeant Milers going to blow.
M. J. N, 9Th Balloon Co.
: Florence Field.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

Striking munition workers, declining to ac-
cept the wage boards award, are piling up wrath
against the day of wrath. They should take
lesson from shipyard men and other war workers.
who have just given renewed pledges of loyalty
Any group of men who do not realize the coming
OF the economic hereafter, and consequently look
ahead and fortify themselves in public opinion by
decent behavior now, are doing themselves grave
wrong,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
TWace Told Tales
In the Old DAYS.

Since the marines went over the top
in France their status in the navy has
undergone radical change. In the
old days the marine and the sailor
were mortal enemies, for the marine
was regarded as little more than a
policeman Of the ship.
To-day" said Admiral Sims, "the
Jackie gives him a cheer, but it isn't
so very long ago that in CHANGING by
a group Of sailors 1 found them feed
ing rat
1T struck me as out Of the ordinary
and l asked the reason. At first the
men were nightly embarrassed, but
at last one mustered up courage and
replied:
We think more of this rat than
anything in the world, sir; it bit the
master-at-arms, sir Los Angeles
Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

four weeks bear hunt in and about
Medicine Bow park, Wyoming,
F. B. Bryant. assistant cashier Of
the Commercial National bank, left
for Los Angeles to attend the sover-
eign grand lodge, /. o. o. f.
The Empire Manufacturing COM
pany of Akron. O., has bought the lot
in the rear of McCord-Brady's on
Leavenworth. near Thirteenth street,
and will erect five-story brick ware
house.
Omaha is to have another cemetery
several miles out on the Fremont, En-
horn & Missouri Valley road. The site
has been definitely located and A. N.
Carpenter is now at works. on the
plans
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10

Senator Kenyon and Senator Thomas sue
ceeded in knocking cottage cheese out of the ag-
ricutural bill, and thereby saved more than the
salary OF one senator for his entire term. If a
few more such economies were effected the public
service would suffer little and the tax roll might
be iessened
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-10
Home Fires.

There's bright-eyed, red-haired
patriot, aged 10. who sells papers along
Washington street Because of his
politeness he has made a number of
patrons have more than a passing in
terest in him.
DO you always sell all your pa
pers?" inquired a patron the other
day. ~
Nope, not always" was the an
swer. Sometimes have one or two
left"
What do you do them"
, "Oh, / take them to mother to keep
the home fires burning.
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