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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-11-30
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STRASLIVA ZBRAN VYRA-
BENA BLfz CLEVELANDU.

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ma jevo, jake valecne pomdcky
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tovarne We Willoughby, kteryz-
to zavod pokryva pozemek v
rozloze sestnacti akrG v KITE
rezto tovarne tisic muzI a me-
ri mimi nekolik set lucebnikG
pracuje. Vojenska ia tovarna
zabyvala Sc vyrobou otravneho
plynu "Methyl", kteryzto plyn
je o 72 procent silnejsf povest-
neho horcicoveho plynu neme-
ckeho. Jedina vlna "Methyl"
ie s to vyhubit obyvatelstvo ma
rseho mesta a, nekolik podob-
nych vim amer. otravneho ply
nu mdze znicit vsecky nepratel
ske armady.
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gil a zavinil take tehdejsi krva-
VI dstup britickych vojsk. Cd
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PRIV kteryms amer. vojenskym
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vynalez a stavba tovarny ma
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ka zmineneho amer. jedu mo-
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pedovana, brzy ma to pfimer{
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dou zruseny. Washingtonst{ cd
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neprospech Hunt ukonciti, po-
nevada Methyl plynu zadne do
savadni ochranne prostfedky
ma boJ.sti vzdorovat nemohly.
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dffv nez noveho onoho otrav-
neho plynu ma front9 mohlo
byt uzitoS personal lucebnfkt
We Willoughby bude rozpust9n
a tajemstvi vyroby "Methyl"
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
First Move for Good Roads.

An Iowa legislator, who also is an ardent as
we'll as a sensible worker in the good roads
movement, touches the center of the problem
when he says the men who use the roads must
be awakened to the benefit to come with i'm
provements proposed. This has been contended
from the beginning by The Bee which has tried
to interest the farmers in the movement. Until
the agricultural class is made to realize how
costly and wasteful is the system that prevails,
little progress will be made in the general cam
paign. 1t is not that the farmer does not I'M
derstand, or that he is not progressive. In the
adoption of new methods, the application of ma
chinery, the betterment of breeds, and all that
line, the Nebraska farmer stands alongside the
most progressive. 1t is only in the matter of
roads he has not advanced In this he has
been deferred by the first cost of permanent
construction. When he comes to understand
how this can be distributed over long term of
years, and how lightly it will bear on his re-
sources, while the accumulated savings will
counterbalance the outlay, he will not lag in the
work. The first thing to be done in the pro-
posed campaign for good roads in Nebraska
is to get the farmers interested in a compre-
hensive state wide program. Once they take it
up properly, success is assured.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
White FloQged Deutschland

Named among the submarines surrendered
in the great white flag presentation of its ships
to the allies by Germany was the Deutschland,
the first submarine liner to cross the Atlantic
ocean, whose port on this side was Baltimore
the first trip and Newport News the second The
Deutschland was then, undoubtedly bent upon
espionage and other service of the government.
Baltimoreans were duped; not to their dscredit,
for honest men may not always detect the marks
of the rogue.
There is an eager desire that the ship that
was later transformed into war submarine and
coasted on this side the Atlantic, and is credited
with having planted the mine that sunk the San
Diego, shall be given over to the United States.
As a ship of treachery and deceit it ought
not, to be added to the American naval forces.
This government should acquire it and make a
museum exhibit of it, placing it in the national
museum at Washington. The historical inter-
est of the Deutschland and its ignominous fate,
added to the stirring chapters of adventure in
which it figured and the dramatic career and
probable fate of its captain, would cause this to
be an exhibit of ever-increasing interest with
the passage of the years. By all means let the
Washington officials move for the acquisition
of the Deutschland for the purpose here sug-
gested.-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
Bringing Home the Troops.

One of the expected incidents of demobiliza-
ton has arisen, that of argument over how long
the men can be held in service One of the
most interesting phases OF this will turn on
when does the war end? By operation of the
law drafted men can be held for four months
after the war ends; in the senate some discus
sion has been had on the question of whether
this will permit keeping large force in Europe
to do police duty while governments over there
are being reorganized. The senators are in
cned to consider the war at an end when hos
tilites cease although some of them agree that
it may not be technically called off until the
peace treaty has been negotiated and ratified.
All of these, however, contend there is no war
rant in law for retaining men in service in
definitely. If the United States is to assume
the task of preserving order in Europe existing
laws will have to be modified or new enlist
ment must be had. All of this, of course makes
no note of the physical difficulty that will be
encountered in the matter of lack of transport
facilities. British ships that carried 60 per cent
of our men across will probably be used by their
owners for other purposes, so that the eight
months required to carry the men to France
may be so heightened as to permit all necessary
guard duty to be performed while men are
waiting for transport home. Consideration Of
the point will be helpful, if it only points out
the makeshift nature of lot of things we had
to do when getting into the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
One Long Round of Pleasure.

A Paris editor outlines pleasant prospect
for the United States It includes long list
of visits from European heads of governments,
presidents emperors, kings and the like, all in
cident to the visit of our president to their
countries. This, of course, is reciprocal cour-
tesy. Heretofore we have not often been called
upon to- entertain royalty; in fact never as such.
The her-apparent of the British throne once
did us the honor, while some Russian grand
dukes, the brother of the German emperor, an
aunt of the king of Spain, and few others whose
birth was more or less close to the purple, have
visited our shores, but not the ruling monarch
of any country save good old David Kalakaua
and Liliuokalani and they did not count for
much. Now, that we have broken the ice
showing that we are not stuck-up so to speak,
we may look, for both formal and informal visits
from the folks on whom beats The fierce light
that surrounds the throne. We will show them
each and every one good time, and perhaps
through this social intercourse, we may bring
about better way of doing things both here
and abroad. 1t looks like one long round of
pleasure ahead of the good old U. S. A.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09

cred with q kind Of fiimsy cloth thar
looked about like nothing Is months
old. Jumping from here to Just
above her knees she, electrically
speaking, must have been wearing
a transformer, which, with what lit
tie covering she had on, looked ike
a sheave Of wheat tied real tight IN
the middle. Her skirt wasn't long
enough to do much good In the way
of covering up her ankles; anyway,
you could see what time 1t was by
her ankle watch. 1t was little
after l o'clock-anyway, II was AFTER
the same one. every time l looked.
Her hose, l think. were two or three
months younger than her waist her
feet looked about like two Lewis ma
chine guns loaded with projectiles
made for the noted French soixante
QuinZe.
This, l think, Is the cause for the
flu, as anyone dressed like this when
they get the old-fashioned grippe
has it severely and spreads 1t easily.
as everyone who isn't blind stands
and looks so intently with their
mouth wide open trying to see what
time it is they take in all the germs
coming their way, and then II IS
called the flu because it comes from
a flu that has the grip exceedingly
severe.
Well, / must quit and finish de.
signing an appropriate 100 per cent
flu fag to hang IN my window, as /,
my woman and all the kids have had
heretofore, or are having now, the
grip spread on so thick they have
named 1t something else.
AL T. ABETT.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
ROUND ABOUT THE STATE

Just as soon as one problem is
strapped another hobs up to perplex
the faithful. Pie hunters on the
anxious seat wonder where they can
safely hang their sox few weeks
hence. Stringing them around the
executive mansion means emptiness.
Prudence forbids invading private
residence. Here's an opening for
genius to give the right steer.
Fremont tribune admits having
passed its fftieth milestone without
putting up a celebration or saying
something like Have one on me-"
The date happened back in July,
when the noise Of the cannon and the
campaign made a celebration incUn-
venient. AS to saying something
quietly the absence of the "makin's"
forbade a murmur. Even though
the festal trimmings were not put
on, it may be said the Tribune does
not look it's years.
York News Times shows a sur
prising lack of sympathy for the al
legged sufferers who object to the cry
and sale of newspaper extras in the
residence districts Of Omaha during
midnight hours Moreover, the harsh
critic takes a pot shot at the city
commissioner who sides with the OBJ
jectors. 1.-THE motherly DANES Of
West Farnam and Binney Streets"
observes the Workman with medical
precision, need a little bromide to
quiet their nerves and the commits
sioner needs to take trip to Ex-
celsior Springs"
Some mighty good ideas for public
bett6rment and general uplift are
floating about these pulsing days
seeking practical application. To all
such Nebraska maintains receptive
mood, ever ready to pick the best
and aviate upward. Unfortunately
for the state, conditions forbid in
slant acceptance of the happy
thought of the governor of Virginia,
officially christened The Depart
ment of Kicks" No idea springing
from the upheaval of war so com
pletely fills a long-felt want" Per
haps it will keep. Good things, like
good deeds, never die. A department
of kicks would imperil the old capt.
toll, which has all the trouble it can
safely bear. 1t is worth preserving
as feature of the decorative scheme
of the new capitol and provide the
essential "acid test of its strength
and durability.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
People and Events

Andrew D. White, educator, diplonatist
and author, left fortune of 100000 more than
half of it going to Cornell university.
Minnesota plans to signalize the new year
of world peace by investing $4,000 900 in per-
manent good roads. A good start in the right
direction.
A wholesale rush homeward of the swivel
chair warriors at Washington awaits the signals
of army bureau chiefs. 1t is said they are weary
of the jobs and anxious to return to civil life.
A fine assortment of office chairs and desks are
headed for local bargain counters.
Serious charges of business graft are made
by George Jackson, South Dakota soldier,
against the business men at Louisville, KY.
Jackson was at the officers, training school at
Camp Taylor. He alleges all organized Shake
down" in prices for uniforms prior to the
armstice. After that the price was cut in two,
and civilian clothes boosted 50 per cent. As for
forbidden booze, all kinds and quantities are
pedd1ed freely at So quart. With $4,000 men
in camp the fleece was abundant and the shear
ing skfully done.
Capt. A. F. Rostron, the hero of the Car
pathia, which rescued the Titanic survivors in
April 1912, brought the Mauretania into New
York with the first load Of homebound Ameri-
can soldiers. A man of slender build, medium
size, quite averse to hero worshipers, he has
commanded many different ships since the war
began. The host of returning warriors who
hailed Miss Liberty with a mighty cheer a week
ago were scarcely less joyful than the thousand
of marooned Americans whom Captain Ros-
iron, commanding the Aiaunia, brought to this
side in September, 1914.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
Red Cross Work

On his return from tour of three months
in Europe inspecting Red Cross activities, H. P.
Dawson, chairman of the war council of the or
ganizaton issues a statement telling of its
great work in foreign countries and citing ex-
pressions of appreciation from those who know
most about it and are best qualified to Judge.
General Pershing said the value of service
rendered was beyond computation. General
Ireland, chief surgeon of the expeditionary
forces. declared that the Red Cross workers
have rendered an essential service to our men
the value of which can never be fully known"
Admiral Sims and the most conspicuous per-
sonages of Great Britain, France and Italy
unite in praise of the service rendered by the
American Red Cross.
Syria and Palestine share in the expression
OF gratitude, and General Allenby has asked his
government to urge the Red Cross to continue
its work there. Cessation of hostilities has
ended many emergency but opened up new and
pressing needs, Mr.. Dawson points out and
there will be an appealing cry of humanity
from all over the world The people of Amer
lea can do the most, and in Mr.. Davisons opin-
ion we owe the most TO suffering humanity.
The American Red Cross must be kept
strong and efficient that it may do its share in
full measure.-New York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09

Omaha, Dec. ITO the Editor Of
The Bee: Although I have been
content with the theory that the
Germans are responsible for the flu,
/ have had no proof of its origin till
today while downtown.
While waiting indirectly for a
West Farnam car at Sixteenth street
and directly watching that slim
traffic cop that makes such emphatic
motions with his arms, hands and
everything-the one that was at Six
teenth and Farnam today about 3
o'clock-you have all seen him. Well,
while watching him so through this
manual training exercise my atten-
ton was drawn to a fair damsel. one
of those who take the eyes of Mutt"
and Old Man Jiggs. She had a hat
on that looked like one side of a roof
of some of the West Omaha houses
after the big tornado of few years
past-kind of cattyWompas like
and her hair looked like it might
have been made out Of tallow can
die that had melted and run down
as far as her ears and there piled up,
making little porch just back of
her palaces--I mean temples. She
had a good enough complexion, |
guess. though / didn't see her be-
fore she left home. You could see
the stringers and trusses in her neck.
Mechanically speaking, it was well
designed, not much for looks, but
hell for stout. Her bosom was pref
ty we'll exposed. but nothing to be
proud of. Don't use any comas or
anything between pretty and welD
kind of rolling like, you know,
something like the Nebraska
land north of Omaha. The whole
bosom was bare down as far as her
imitation string of beads wents The
rest of her waist and arms were COW
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
PUTTING ORGANIZED LABOR IN BAD.

Developments in the Omaha street car
strike confirm the growing opinion that there
was neither excuse nor reason for calling the
walk-out, nor justification for continuing it,
after the company has offered to arbitrate any
question of Interpretation of the award of the
War Labor board. 1t is clear now, though at
first obscured by conflicting claims, that the
men have no grievances relating to wages
hours or conditions of work for which redress
is not at hand.
In defiance of the War Labor board, and in
complete dsr regard Of the convenience and ne
cessities of the public dependent on street rail-
way service, the street car strikers are DELHI
erately undertaking to hold up the traffic of
community Of quarter of million of people.
They forget that it is the wageworker and
school child whom they are forcing to walk
men, who ride in their own autos.
From the standpoint of organized labor, this
reputation of the War boards authority
and award appears unfortunate and indefen-
sible. We do not see how the street car mems
union in its affiliated international can ask for
the Intervention of the War board, or appeal
to the authorities, here or in any other city,
when they refuse positively to accept findings
and orders when made, except insofar as they
are to their own benefit
As we have observed before, What would
contract with this union be worth, if the obliga-
ton of it is not to be recognized by the men,
but only by the company?
We believe the street car men are making
serious mistake in following bad leadership,
which is rapidly growing worse-in letting ire
sponsible professional labor agitators put Or
ganized labor in bad.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
Subconscious Mind the Healer.

Council Bluffs, Dec. Ito the
Editor Of The Bee: All internal dis
eases are the results Of stomach
abuse. Abstinence from needless
food turns away inflrmity; although
in a cureless disease this turning Is
not entirely successful, Of course.
Sometimes l go without food for q
day-and always with fine results.
My friend. Felix Crocker, a sturdy
railroad mechanic in this old, excit-
able town of Council Bluffs, is a vet
eran in alimentary self denial. Last
week he skipped four days of eating
in row. A year ago J. J. Points,
the Omaha orator and bookkeeper,
abstained from food for six consecu-
tive days. I have read that one Gen.
eral SChenCk Of Washington, D. c.,
lived a year on milk alone, thereby
healing himself of chronic inf1rmity.
The degree of abstemiousness that
induces real sleep Is the index Of
health. During sleep the subcon-
scious mind governs the body; the
submind being the particular healer
of sorrow and infrmity.
A rich man died in Council Bluffs
a few months ago who ate hearty
meal just before he passed on.
If we take cold, we catch 1t on
the side Of The neck, as a rule, along
the large blood vessels. If you will
rest the nasal cavity consciously a
few times a day-and also the entire
head more or less-you will find
stronger relief, and the doctor will
experience hunger. Yours, till take
rest. TOM QUEER.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
German After War Immigration.

Omaha, Dec. 4,-To the Editor OF
The Bee: A headline stating that
"Austrians Want to Be Annexed by
America" may seem ridiculous to the
ordinary reader, yet, taken in con-
nection with other news items, 1t in
dicates an effort on the part Of the
Huns to sidestep the penalty they
should be forced to pay, If for no
other reason than to most thor
oughly convince them that their part
in the world tragedy can never be
wiped out by humanly-conceived
penalties.
Recently an item stated that a
great many Germans were contem-
plating leaving, after peace has been
declared, the Country whose rulers
have caused so much human suffer-
ing" and emigrating to 1.-The greatest
country in the world. America,
Again, a person of German birth,
in discussing the situation recently,
gave 1t as his opinion that the in
| habitants of Germany would never
remain to toll the rest Of their lives,
and that Of their children, in meet
ing the heavy burden Of paying war
| indemnities.
w fllIe L 40 HOL duNOCdlc UStultsSly
depressing those who perhaps could
not help being subjects of the kaiser
and his crew Of world-wreckers. yet
/ believe the allied nations should
see to it that not a guilty person
escapes the full penalty. and that
none be allowed to enter the ter
ritory Of any other country so long
as there is a demand for labor in
the devastated territory Of Europe.
There would be no justice in al
lowing citizens of the Hun countries
to leave and take up residence in
other countries. In the case Of the
Austrians who want America to an
mex them. were 1t practical to do so,
1t would place America in the posi-
ton of paying the Austrian war in
demnity. Certainly that would be
much desired proceeding-for the
Austrians.
When Belgium, France and other
devastated territory are restored 1t
will be time enough to again let
down the bars to Hun migration.
The best way to get the germ Of
world dominion out Of the German
system Is to keep them so busy re-
storing the destruction they brought
about that by the time that is &C
complished the thought Of world
domination will be SO repugnant that
any effort to revive agitation along
that line will find few to listen. 1t
is disease with which Germany has
been afflicted for many years and for
the good Of German posterity it is
up to the allied nations to see that
the healing Is complete. I. J. c.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09

augurated. Four cars ran from
noon till 1880 at night and we're
crowded with passengers through
out the day.
Jerome Se1bert, cashier of the
Pacific Express was united in mar
riage to Sallie c. Holcomb by Rev.
Harsha.
O. Tudor Grihiths of the Com
mercial National bank is convalesc-
ing from typhoid.
The Humane society at its annu-
al meeting at Trinity elected as Of
ficers: President, Champion S.
Chase; vice presidents, George l..
Miller, Henry Rundt, Rev. John
Williams, Dean Gardner, A. J. Pop
pleton, O. NJ. Carter and B. E. B.
Kennedy; secretary. Preston A.
Allen; treasurer, Alfred Milard.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
An ANONYMOUS Letter.

Omaha, Dec. 5.--To the Editor OF
The Bee: A few days ago someone
took it upon themselves to send me
an anonymous letter, simply because
l have been and am opposed to the
war fad called the daylight saving
system"
exercised my great American
privilege of opposing one OF the SILL
est of all the war fads that have
been forced upon us in the last year.
If the anonymous letter writer will
call at my office, / will show him
set of resolutions recently adopted at
state meeting Of the Iowa farm
ers, when they appointed a commit
tee to fight the continuance of that
silly law, and they will go to Wash
ington- to fight 1t. l can also show
this busy person letters from men,
bers of congress who say they are
opposed to the continuance of this
law and do not see what good 1t has
accomplished.
Then l can show a circular letter
that was sent to members OF con.
gress by one of the very men who
engineered the fight for the adop-
ton of this law by congress, in which
he says he does not think 1t has &C.
complished what was expected Of 1t
and that he does not think It wise to
continue this Jaw any longer.
The farmers Of Iowa say in their
resolutions that this law is great
detriment to them and that they will
fight its further continuance. AS I
said before 1t benefits no one except
golf players, hammock loungers and
automobile speeders. 1t may possibly
benefit anonymous letter writers, too.
1t does not benefit gardeners, for
the proper time to work gardens Is
in the cool time of day in the morn
ing and not in the hot afternoons.
I will keep on fighting this silly law
as long as there is any danger Of it's
being adopted again, even II re-
ceive wagonload of anonymous let
ters from towards who are afraid
to sign their names.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-09
Storyette of the Day.

Andrew Carnegie, Scomplimented
one day at his Scottish castle on his
gifts to the cause of education, said
to young lady:
"There's nothing so pathetic as the
self-made man who is conscious Of
his lack of education. These poor
fellows seem to think that every
body is educated but themselves.
Once in a smart New York res
taurant 1heard man with a dia-
mond horseshoe pin say hoarsely to
a waiter:
"Shove over that chandelier
"It isn't a chandelier, sir said the
waiter as he obeyed. It's cruet.'
THE man with the diamonds
blushed brick red.
"Well, never mind what she is,
shove her over he said. We amt
all been to college, San Francisco
ArgOnaut.