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Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
THE REVEILLE.

Bret Harte.
Harki hear the tramp Of Thousands
And Of armed men the hum;
Loi . nations hosts have gathered
Round the quick alarming drum
Saying. "Coms. -
y Freemen, comet Z Il ...
Ere your heritage be wasted," said the
quick alarming drum.
Let me Of my heart take counssli
War II not Of life the sum;
Who shall stay and reap the harvest
When the autumn days shall comet
But tho drum
Echoed "Comsi
Death shall reap the bravsr harvest" said
the solemn sounding drum.
"But when won the coming battle,
What Of profit springs therefromf
What II conquest, subjugation,
Even greater ills become
But the drum
Answered, "Comei
You must do tho sum to prove It," said the
" Yankee-answering drum.
what II. mid cannon's thunder.
Whistling shot and bursting bomb,
When my brothers fall around me,
Should my heart grow cold and numb :"
But the drum
Answered. "ComeY
Better there In death united, than in life
. recreant--Comer \
Thus they answered--hopins, fearing,
Some in faith, and doubling, some.
Till trumpet-voice proclaming,
Said. "My chosen people. comsi"
Then the drum
Lo! was dumb.
For the great heart Of the nation. throb-
bing, answered, Lord. We comet"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

4 Readers of Brand Wbitlock's reminis-
cences will recall his strong conviction, like
that of Golden Rule" JONES' of the weak
ness of the police and the injustice of the
police system. The two fora time paid the
expenses of trial of all Toledo citizens ar
rested for petty offences, believing that, "for
instance, If some poor girl were arrested,
and a jury were demanded for her, and her
case given all the care and attention it would
have received had she been wealthy the po-
lice were -. apt to be little more
careful of the liberties of individuals" They
halted the practice Of arresting people on
suspicion, simply by showing juries that
"there is nothing more absurd than that the
policemen should make criminals Of people
BY merely spspecting them and sending
them to prison on that sole account" As
Whitlock summarized. the results of the cru
SADIE, "the policemen of Toledo had their
clubs taken away from them, and learned
to help people, and not to hurt them If they
could avoid it." Rhe reform spread to
Cleveland, and has reached one American
city after another. People no longer say
"Call the police" merely when they want an
arrest, but often when they want help; social
workers regard the police as humane allies;
and innovations like the employment of po-
licewomen are common. How the movement
manifested itself in New York in the last
administration, ex-Commis ssioner Woods de-
scribes with intimate detail in his recent
Princeton lecture, now published in book
form.
The attitude of too many policemen to-
wards criminals was once that of the deputy
commissioner who, asked by Woods what
he should say in a speech to Sing Sing con-
victs, replied: That's all right, go and tell
them you are glad to see them all there"
Policemen Are not sentimentaIists, and are
men Of simple rather than complex ideas
upon their work. They have a professional
pride, and since the days of Peel they have
been told that the prime aim of their profess
sion is the punishment Of crime. 1t has been
the task of reformers to teach them that re-
preston is the aim, and that prevention is
nine parts of repression. With the con-
frmed criminal the only way of dealing is
to make detection as overwhelmingly proba-
bic as possible, arrest as prompt as possible,
and trial much more speedy than it now is.
But the natural criminal, as the scientists
who have destructively criticised Lombroso,
and laymen like Josiah Flynt, agree, is rare.
With Flynt, who denied Lombroso's type
marks, asserting them either the marks of
bodily and mental suffering in prison, or of
no significance, Woods partly aligns himself,
saying that he found too many in his own
face And. beyond certain limits Of effective
ness the repression of crime by punishment
cannot 60. Patrols may be multiplied; sig
nal service perfected; the detective force
kept increasingly alert; the record system
scientifically ordered, and the administration
improved-crime will go on, and, says Mr..
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
Wbittled to a Point

Milwaukee Sentinel: Anyway this
man Won Hintxe took his Job without
any highly colored advance announce
mefits.
Minneapolis Tribune: And they're
lassoing American regiments from al
lied airplanes to keep them from get
ting to Berlin ahead Of schedule.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Travel
ing war heroes may have to carry cre-
dentials with them or submit to an in
vestigation before being permitted to
speak.
tax ON the household will cause even
a more faithful and diligent reading
of department store advertising, for
the bargain will assume new inpor-
tance.
Atlanta Constitution: In point Of
troop movement overseas we are six
months ahead Of the original program,
saws Secretary Baker. Which brings
the end Of the war at least six months
nearer than most Of US calculated
stars and Stripes:: The difference
between American and French auto
mobile driving Ia this: In America
when your tire blows up you say.
aGood heavens!' There goes our tire!"
and In France you say, "Hooray!
That was only the tire"
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
Boston Globe finds 1t very difficult
to get drunk on two and three -fourths
per cent beer" Why not try . pro-
prietary tonic, or one Of those medi-
cines for women which are sold in
all Of the drug stores II you earnestly
desire to have . high-lonesomsl
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
Cotton on the Way Back.

King Cotton is coming down from the lofty
perch that was almost beyond reach. and his re-
tirement 10 somewhat dsorderly. Principally
this is due to the collapse Of "bull' movement
In New York, where prices had been boosted be-
yond reason, and against which the crop report
sent series Of high explosives. In single day
the price dropped $3.50 bale, and the total re-
cession for the first four days OF the current week
Is put at $3.50 bale.
Cotton is the one great staple of the country
that has 50 far escaped governmental regulation.
Southern representatives in congress were able
to secure the exclusion OF cotton from laws that
the spectators were left free to work their will
One result Of this has been that on none of the
nccessaries has the selling price advanced to the
degree noted Of cotton and cotton products. Less
than four years ago the whole country was urged
to contribute to the support Of the southern plant
ere. eBuy . bale of cotton" wear cotton gar
ments, do everything to assist the cotton planter
to stave of ruin. Then, when it became neces-
sary to head off the grain gamblers, who were
sending the price Of foodstufs high above the
reach of the public, cotton was especially ex-
ciuded, and the price of cents in 1914 went to
As cents, and even 50 cents, in 1917.
For the present. losses fall chiefly on specula-
tors, for whom little sympathy will be felt. IS
their open attempt At pro6teering removes them
from any consideration on this score. The Incl
dent, though, should force Washington to realize
that cotton is as proper = subject for price fxa-
ton treatment is wheat corn, beef, pork, steel
or coal. s4
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
Here and There

The British war cabinet mas held
500 meetings within q year.
Scotland has q mill capable Of turn
ing out 200 ..ons Of paper week from
sawdust.
( Ten thousand firms. employing T.
100000 men and women, are making
munitions in Great Britain.
The United club, with 600 members,
all self-supporting girls, has opened
a fine, big club house in New York.
Girl workers in German factories
are getting s1.20 In cash out Of their
wages weekly and are compelled to
use the rest to buy war bonds.
England has an organization called
the Zetetical society, the members Of
which believe the world to be fiat like
a pancake, instead Of round like an
orange.
Two odd and brief yepitaphs are to
be found in Belfast cemetery. On one
of them, erected to the memory Of a
lazy fellow by one who D identity
knew him we'll, are the words, "Asleep
Gas usuaD.' On the other, Left Till
Called For"
Bread Is now baked on board some
of the British warships, where q spe-
cial set of bakeries has recently been
constructed. Thus the fleet Is supplied
by parent ships with the days bake
and the old hard tack" has been sup
plemented by good bread. freshly
baked.
pauisl Webster referred to Eng.
lands morning drum-beat keeping
company with the sun and stars and
encircling the globe with one con-
tinual and unbroken. strain of the
martial airs Of England. Neither
does the sun set on the Stars and
Stripes, for when 1t is p. m. atsAttu
Island. Alaska, 1t Is 9:38 q. m. next
day in eastern Maine. f
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

1t Is 5 o'clock in the morning by act OF
Parliament when I leave the shelter of the
roof beneath which my household still slum-
bers and step out into the waking world OF
London. AS the green of turf and tree, a
little grey in the early morning light, meets
my gaze, think of the song Of Claribel that
was so popular in the drawing-rooms OF my
boyhood.
"And the old, old story was told again
At o'clock in the morning"
'The old, old story" was an idyll Of pas
toral peace. Today the great world OF Lon
don is waking to the grim realities OF the
toll and toll Of war. Because of the toll OF
war the women who toll are as early afoot
as the men. AT o'clock the young women
who have the lights O. London in their care
are on their way to extinguish the lamps.
Soon after S meet brave little Waacs in
parties Of twos and threes making their way
to the Tubes and the Metropolitan stations.
There are no motor buses in Baker street
vet, and very little traffic. A railway van
rumbles by, party of officers fash past me
in a motor car, and couple OF milk carts
clang out their songs before sunrise"
At quarter to Moorgate street is just
rousing< itself with yawn, but outside the
station pretty railway girl in uniform. with
roses in her cheeks and forget-me-nots in her
ewes, is lying in wait for early comers to sell
them flag for the Railway Benevolent in
stitution. At $50 my buttonhole has been
benevolently befagged by the comely con-
'ductorette, and her bright smile haunts me
still.
By Moorgate street and Finsbury square
make my way to Liverpool street. There
is plenty Of work going on in the railway
yards as I pass, but the streets are deserted
except for few laborers sauntering work
ward with their midday meal wrapped in the
conventional red handkerchief, and little
groups Of charwomen bound for the buildings
and houses in the neighborhood and gossip
ing as they 60, but with the langor OF early
morn.
Towards 6 o'clock a rivulet of humanity
begins to trickle into the city. 1t Is made up
mainly Of elderly and middle-aged men OF
the lsboring and artisan class.
At $50 am in the spacious coffee room
Of big railway hotel. At over dozen IA
bles groups OF officers are already breakfast
Ing.
AT 7 o'clock the great terminus ID scene
Of intense animation. The departure plat.
forms are crowded with khaki. The arrival
platforms are filled again and aagin by the
inhowing tide Of humanity. Train after train
arrives from the suburbs and enviroas OF Lon
don and discharges its freight, and from 2
dozen platforms q broad stream hows out
into the world of work. The war has made
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

slaD OF THIS SupStltute stuIi dllu
now the poor dog is dead.
Norfolk News: They say dogs are
bringing SIS apiece In German meat
markets. A cheerful thought--may-
be they'll get all the dachshunds eat
en- up before the wars over.
Gothenburg Independent: We'd
like to see 1t rain, you bet, we'd like
to see It pour. We'd like to see you
get 10 wet that you could kick no
more. We'd like to see the corn grow
tail--three feet above your head.
You'd kick and say the ears are
small. and kick when you are dead.
Howells Journal: The Lincoln
Journal, which has been defender of
every citizen whose patriotism has
been on crooked ever since America
got into the war, never loses an op-
portunity to take shot at the state
Council OF Defense The publication
ID doing . distinct service for the
kaiser, a. much ~ a. q masked bat
terry on the western front. Hiding
behind the cloak of Americanism Its
editors are -tabbing In the back the
very men who are behind the various
war activitiss- that are so important
to the success of the great war. The
people Of the state are becoming wise
to the sitaation and to be denounced
By the Journal u an honor and marks
: man with . special badge es pa
triotismA
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
'[l)[1AY
Or Year Ago Today in the War.

Or Year Ago Today in the War.
Russians evacuated Cxernowitz, cap
lfal of Bukowina.
German aircraft raided Paris, doing
slight damage.
Becond contingent OF American
troops arrived at European port
~ nay We Celebrate.
frank @. Best real estate man.
boAn 1878.
0Iis N. James, United States ssna-
toy from Kentucky, born In Crittendsn
6ou3ky, Kentucky, ~ years ago.
Harrison Fisher, artist and illustra-
NJ born II Brooklyn. N. T.. - years
HI Day In History.
1776-Congress resolved to estab-
I'M m army hospital and appointed
DGn1amin Church physician general.
General O.. o. Howard sue.
&o61od General McPherson In the
oc0tnand Of the federal army Of Ten
4 76Si--A French fiest visited cron-
n1n1k Rusaia, and was received with
7n(hNsiAstio demonstrationA
1905 Oyville Wright made . new
UofId's record for the aeroplane, being
= tho cir ous hour one minute 80 Sec
Da66 and carrying . passenger.
Io1 1S-Austrian airmen dropped
Souko On The Italian city Of Verona
M Captain James Fryatt Of the
4ylklDh otoamghlp Brussels, after trial
W SQUIRT martial for attempting to
ram = German submarine was exc
11tG1 " RfngeA
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

The crown prince seems to be willing to con-
sidsr the present movement ~ major action.
Al any rate. he found Il too big for his army and
called for help
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Epizootic and malaria are said to b epidemic
among the Huns, but the most serious ailment Of
that army just now 10 due to the presence Of =
lot Of husky Yankee lads, who are putting real
fear into the hearts Of soldiers who had been told
they were invincible and who believed it.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

George Sylvester Viereck admits having spent
$loo,oO0 received from Bernstorff and Dumba
for German propaganda. but he did not say how
much Of Il went to circulating copies Of "The
Fatherland" embellished with that famous front
page portrait Of our United States Senator Hitch
cock
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
Just so Years. AGO Todag

George w. Cook has been appointed
general western freight and passenger
agent Of the Missouri Pacific In I'M
mediate charge Of freight and pas
senger traffic in Colorado, Utah and
northern New Mexico.
A number Of soldiers arrived in
Omaha from Forts Sidney, Robinson
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

When the government takes the telegraph and
The telephone. in addition to the railroads. mighty
slim pickings will be left for state railway COM
missions No wonder our commission protests
against either federal or loeal control Of public
service utilities.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Unfortunately hitching an appropriation onto
the army bill il not the same as constructing the
water main to Fort Crook. The nexfthins is to
get the pipe line put in and the post used to full
canacity
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Another batch Of Russian grand dukes ha
been kidnapped. the bolshevik doubtless fcelin
the need Of further inspiration in the cause 0
human brotherhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

The "lure Of iucre" Is the term applied by the
Chicago Tribune in condemning the frauds per-,
petfated In furnishing army supplies. We would
eaii Il love Of larceny" and still keep to the
elliteration.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

President Wilson's denunciation Of mob spirit
contains good ldvice for everybody. but just now
Americans are not in the mood to be very patient
with certain class Of offenders.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

N. Cassenave ID eminently correct in his state
ment that aRussia needs policeman" The pa
vol wagon should have been called long ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Two pounds Of sugar will BE- the "percap" al
lowanes for August, but even that amount ought
- Keep everybody sweet during dog days.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

The next round between the lacks" and the
rJims. viii be staged At Lincoln. One guess - to
yhs outcome
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

AZ any rate. the German 1918 offensive has
kesn sknocked into cooked hat"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Perhaps the drop in cotton may be due In part
I. exeeptonsi enlargement Of the cottontail rabbit
hmily.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Ths weather man and the rain god ought to gel
ko~ethsr for eoniab, their teamwork being very
pooG
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

II ever the "muny" Ice plant will be well
soms now 10 the time.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
Hindslrl,t.

N IT can't afford an automobile
"But I thought you had ONE
II have. That's how discovered
that can't afford ons,'-Boston
Transcript
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Science says that We can easily wear
paper clothing" 4
'fws might obtain some artistic results
with Wallpaper"
'sYes, and the girls could keep happy get.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Been making . cruise in . houssboat.
eh? That's a good way tt avoid agents,
~peddlers and the like"
II thought 30, too. But the second day
Of cur trip we were hailed by q man In a
skiff who was taking orders for . patent
can opener."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
SAID IN FUN.

Medley (enthusiastically)-Wh Q change
a baby makes about house.
Hedley-Well. don't know about that
There's been very little change about our
house since the baby's advent.-Houston
Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

ting up nice sleeves and yoke effects with
tissue paper."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Father-My dear, II should die penni-
less. are you well prepared to fight your
way In the battle OF life?
Daughter-I think so. father. I've been
through three engagements already.--Balti.
more American.
whats Flubdub grinning about?"
He bought some war stamps, gets good
interest on his Investment, got . kiss from
pretty actress for buying them. and his
wife can't say a word for fear Of appearing
unpatrlotic." Courier-Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
TWice Told Tales
Out and In.

Representative Kinkaid OF Nebraska
was talking about Russia's repudia-
ton OF her national debt.
"France is hit the hardest by this
he said. France has
I forget how many billions Of francs
invested in the Russian loan. "a
.Tt's good thing for US Ameri-
cans that we never went in for Rus
sian securities. We are like the
banker. The banker said of man
of the Russian bolshevik type:
"When he called was out, but
I'd been out more If I'd been In"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
State Press Comment

Norfolk Press: Old Mother Hub
bard went to the cupboard to get, her
poor dog some bread. She fed him
a slab Of this substitute stuff and
now the poor dog is dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

Representative Foss Of Ohio was
talking about the latest submarine
atrocity.
"Such an act" he said, 'fs, of
course, against international law, but
what difference does that make to
Germany?
Germany! Pah!
'If the allies may be said to rule
the waves. Germany may with equal
truth be said to waive the rules"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27
He Couldn't Say.

"Ses here, Rastus," said the new
arrival at the hotel. "do you mean to
tell me that this egg Is fresh?"
1T was when It was laid, sub" re-
piled the waiter.
"And when was that prayf" de-
manded the guest
"Ah dunno. boss" replied Rastua
aDis yere u nah first season at dis
yere hotel, suh."-Dallas Newa
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

| Pears Unscented Soap, Sat
urday, cake ........12G
Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-27

$1.00 Eno's Fruit Salt. !. SOC
4-oz. bot. Gran. Eff. Phospate
Sodium for -. sec
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
COL. BARRY BULKLEY
RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE
Delegation Compliments Speaker for
Patriotic Recitation.

As a sepuel to the Lafayette ami
fersl~v celebration of last Friday, a
Delegation of former American SOL
Eiers called upon Col. Barry BuIkley
bt his office in the Home Life build
lrg to thank him for the auspicious
part taken by him in the event.
J Capt Delos ". Thayer headed the
Fele-a tiOn. which comprised A num-
Der Of veterans of tne Army and Navy
Union
Your recital OF the patriotic poem.
iThc Name or France, was splendid" d"
tapt. Thayer said. 1t came as a
Thrilling climax in the excellent pro-
gram in honor Of glorious France and
her exalted patriot son. the great
Lafayette. Your Interpretation of the
poem Of Prof. Henry Van Dyke. of
Princeton. gave a new value to that
wonderful lyric. Col. Bulkley. your
fccitaI vas a feature of the notable
occasion"
On behalf OF the Soldiers and Sail
prs Alliance of the United States. J.
b. MulIOy. national counselor of that
Organization. invited Col. Bulkley to
ec the orator at the forthcoming con-
rention at Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
CONGRESS DELAYING
GUARD BILL ACTION
Presidents for District National
Guard Desire Unheeded.

Despite the fact that the Presi-
Gent favors a national guard for the
District. Congress has been lethar-
gic in taking action on the bill
which provides for the guard.
The bill providing for period Of
the war enlistments was passed
by the Senate Senate and the bill
was reported favorabIy by the
House Military Affairs Committee
II was expected that Immediately
after the congressional recess
action would be taken by the
House and the bill then sent back
20 the Senate for final qualification
But the House so far has taken no
action on the bill
President Wilson in a letter to
Congress in regard to the bill
stated that ne did not believe the
present police force Of Washington
adequate for emergencies which
the guard could handle.
The bill is also favored by the
District Commissioners.
Anticipating favorable action on
the bill the guard has been organ
Ming under Gen. Simms. At present
s!r are approximately 500 men in
ranks under the regular ma
guard enlistment
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
ROOSEVELT WRITES
/ OF NEWBOLD'S DEATH
Major Breaks Sad News to Wife of
Lieutenant.

Mrs. V. P. Newbold. OF this city.
IN a letter received from Maj
Roosevelt. has been notified of the
eeath Of hcr husband. Lieut.. New
bold. in France.
Previous to receipt Of the letter
the War Department had reported
him in the official lists as missing
IN action
The letter from Maj. Roosevelt
Follows:
Dear Mrs. NevboId: Your hus.
band died the death of a very fine
goldier and gentleman. I should be
proud to go that way myself He
was a man OF whom was really
'ond and ? intended to put him in
command OF a company at the earl
lest opportunity.
II know that pride in a mans
behavior and death does not in any
way assuaEe the grief. My brother
Quentin has just been killed.
with deepest sympathy and
warm regards.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Major"