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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Any mother wishing to adopt
an Orphan should visit New Krug
Park Wednesday night. A good
homo 10 the prime requisite. The
management Of New Krug Park
viii furnish free all the clothing
the War Orphan needs for the next
five years. Full information will
be given at Dance'and In the eve.
ming. Some ro'h.- will undoubt-
ediy take the Orphan away.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

oTHlNG has so attested
the gratitude Of France
to America as the im-
pressive celebration OF
our Independence day
last Fourth Of July in
Paris. Impressive mo-
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
The Newest Horror.

That Germany and the Germans are still as bar
barous as they have been is told IN the dreadful
story of the sinking of the Canadian hospital ship
>1andovery Castle. No regeneration has occurred
either in Berlin among the men who ruthlessly
execute Bern's orders A black and unredeemed
savagery exceeding that of Attila and> Tamerlane
still menaees the world. Like the Burbons, the
Hohenzolerns have learned nothing.
The sinking of hospital ships, the bombardment
of cities, the murder of women and children, gas,
flame projectors the starvation and torture of pris-
oners of war, atrocities without number while re-
sponsble officials have looked approvingly on
these things are Germany. Yet the Germans with
hypocracy that heightens their offenses, pretend
to wonder why the world, and particularly this
country will enter no peace conference.
Having wickedly and wantonly begun the war,
the German government, with the support Of the
German people, has carried it on with increasing
cruelty The wild beast must be overcome by
force, as the New York Globe declares. Force
without stint must be applied and record made
that will be some sort of guarantee against another
deluge of savagery To permit Germany to be
crowned with success would be to cruelty every
noble instinct of mankind. Naught remains but to
fight on, and to bring to the gallows all those re-
sponsible for crimes against the human race
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
Death Victorious Over Prussianism.

Prussanism is dying slow but certain death
The seourge is upon it 1t is being exterminated
the hand of the very instrument of destruction
with which it hoped to conquer the worldly war
responsible for the war, are paying dearly for it
Their sons have been killed of by hundreds since
the began. The noble and aristocratic fami-
lies of Germany broken and depleted by losses
of battle.
The latest edition of the "Gotha Genealogical
Diary" quoted in the German press, show that
some of the most powerful and influential families
of Prussia have been the heaviest losers.
OF families whose heads are counts, 40 mem
hers have fallen.
Baroniai houses have lost 633 members.
Ths sansiept mobility" ha6 Rfzed uolt Of IN
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

s43 of its scions having been killed. Among the
created nobility" there have been $50 victims.
The Wedel and Mrmim families, which are
among the most extensive and influential in Prus-
sia, have lost respectively twenty-five and twenty
one members. The Buelow family has lost seven
teen, the Puttkammer family sixteen, the house Of
Knobeldorf fifteen, the Oertzen family fifteen.
But the most aristocratic family in Germany
still has six uninjured and healthy sons.
That's the one headed by William Hohenzollern.
But If they are too cowardly to surrender to
death, they must some day surrender to the allied
armies Then the last of the Prussian snakes will
have been crushed under the unfaling heel OF de-
mocracy.
What death will not finish the allies will
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
What q Iudge!

Superior Judge Dunno, Of San Francisco, refused
to recognize United States liberty bonds as proper
security for woman under Indictment He in
sisted that cash and not liberty bonds De offered.
Labor organizations of San Francisco had donated
the bonds
These organizations could have sold their bonds
and put up the cash bail, but they knew the selling
of liberty bonds lowers the market value of other
liberty bonds in the hands of millions of Ameri-
cans. These people were too patriotic to sell their
liberty bonds too American and too anxious to
win this war.
1t appears that this judge-Dunne-was not so
patriotic, not so al-American, and not so anxious
to win the war His decision does more to dis
courage buying of liberty bonds of future issues
than the most rabid pro-German plotter could do
if he talked night and day for the next hundred
years.
Liberty bonds being the proofs of indebtedness
of the best government earth, therefore the
best security in any American court, and the
this Judge Dunno learns that the better off he will
be- If Judge Dunno continues to refuse liberty
bonds in his court let's ship him right to Ger
many where he will find many other judges who
don't recognize them, and any anti-liberty bond
American ought to FIT in well with the Kaiser's
crew Of hand picked judges
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
Those Golden Stars.

In every home where flies the service flag with
golden star, and in every home to which the gol-
den star may come, mother and father and all
should read what Abraham Lincoln wrote to civil
mother:
Il have been shown in the files of the War De-
partment statement of the adjutant general of
Massachusetts, that you the mother of FIVE sons
who died gloriously the field of battle feel
how weak and fruitess must be any words of mine
which should attempt to begule you from the grief
of loss overwhelming But 1 cannot refrain
from rendering to you the consolation that may be
found in the thoughts of the republic they died to
save. I pray our Heavenly Father may assuage
the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you
only the cherished memory Of the loved and the
lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to
have laid so costly sacrifice upon the altar of
freedom"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
The Effect.

The German war party spent millions of dollars
trying to keep the United States out of the war
until the Huns had defeated France, Russia and
Great Britain. German spies and plotters without
number were scattered all over this country to
make Americas effort less effective "over
there" and many of them still are laboring along
that line.
The same sort of plotting has been going on in
France and Great Britain.
But the mad war party in one moment destroys
all the work of its plotters and propagandsts. By
sinking hospital ship it offsets the work of a
thousand plotters. Bombing hospitals strengthens
the and the determination of our fighting men
in the trenches and quickens other millions into
greater effort in American shipyard, field, factory
and home. Staying wounded men and numbering
noncombatants nullifes the pacihst preachings of
pro- Germans, pIotters and Socialists. The effect of
Hunnish terrorism is not what the Kaiser hopes
for. 1t makes us want to fight all the more.
Had it any other effect upon we would not
deserve be free people If it frightened US into
less effort would deserve Made in Ger
many" laws, customs and language-and Pots
dam ruler.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

Washington has been dry 3ust
about long enough for a careful
inquiry into its behavior TO see
whether the removal Of the bar
rooms has been Of beneft or other
wise.
A comparison of the first six
months Of 1917. when the saloons
were running. with the first six
months of 1918. with closed saloons.
brings out some interesting figures
relative to the effect OF prohibition.
During the first six months Of
1917. wickedness cost the people Of
Washington Just sss.1ss.so. This
figure accounts only for the police
courts. both branches. because we
naturally look there nrst for signs
OF misbehavior. The receipts for
the first six months Of 1918 as they
appear upon the books of chief
clerk of the police courts, Frank A
Sebring. show that Washington
spent s2.477.1s more for wickedness
during this year so far, than II did
during q like period Of 1917. the re-
ceipts for the first half. of 1913
being s71.sss.4s.
BootleEEers Pay Few Fines.
This increase is not accounted for
by the large fines imposed on boot
leggers. because it IL rarely that
bootlegger pays a fine. The number
Of days added to the sentence OF a
convicted bootlegger in lieu OF the
fne are SO few that nobody but a
foolish bootlegger would pay the
fine. For instance. instead of pay
ing q fine of $500 or $500. a boot
logger has to serve only so days
additional. The economy Of serving
time instead Of paying a fine can be
readily seen.
Population Growth Counts.
The number OF arrests figures PROM
inently also. During the first half
of 1871 there were 1854 arrests.
Ninety-nine per cent of these were
acted upon by the courts. During the
first half OF this year 1l051 arrests
were made. a decline Of 2,sl5 arrests,
which may be rightly attributed to
prohibition.
It must be remembered. too. that
since Washington cast out the sa-
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

Of the other: It received the energy
and experience and ability OF our
two great masters Of Indian warfare
Gen. Crook and Gen. Miles.
Army Well Equipped.
The war was waged, on the part of
the United States at least, with the
best military appliances of modern
warfare. including steam, electricity
and the heliostat; and, more valuable
than any other element in the mill
tary case, 1t was an instance Of the
Apache against the Apache, for our
troops were led by Apache scouts.
who faithfully and heroically served
the government Yet Geronimo armed
his band with the best modern
breechloaders and ammunition, and
even equipped them with field glasses
taken from us, and drew his supplies
from wherever he would and inflicted
incalculable damage on the country
of both his enemies, and carried on
his last campaign successfully for
five months. There is not probably
in history or tradition or myths Of
the human race another instance of
such prolonged resistance against
such tremendous odds.
Moreover the Indian soldier was
successful even in the ending Of the
campaign; for the surrender of his
paltry band involved more prolonged
negotiation than the army Of Bur-
goyne at Saratoga or Lee at Appo-
mattox and concluded by the grant,
ing Of terms that the surrender be
''as prisoners Of war to an army In
the field" terms which efrectually
remove the sagacious savage and
his followers beyond the Jurisdiction
Of the civil authorities. The pursuit.
too. Of Geronimo is without a prece-
dent
The pursuing forces Of the United
States marched. though more or less
by weli-arranged relays. more than
1900 miles.
Geronimo was not a chief Of the
Chiricahua, but simply a born SOL
dier and natural lea6 cr Of men. The
Chircahua were a par of the Apache
tribe or race. and Geronimo's band
was a part Of the insurgent portion
Of the Chiricahuas band. 1t was there
fore from a legal point Of view a case
OF q war by the minority of a min
ority Of subdivision of a tribe. The
Chiricahuas were a minority Of the
Apaches; the Indians who went on
the warpath in Nay, 1885 were a
minority Of the Chiricahuas; Geron-
fmo's followers were a minority of
the hostiles,"
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendrick Bangs.

THE CUP.
Whate'er man was when life began
I think have discerned the pan
For which he was designed when he
First came TO be:
A sort Of chalice tried and true
For God to pour Himself into.
That the Divine might carry on
Thro' years anon.
And with its inspiration draw
The world up to the higher law
Where selfish pride and seeking fail,
And Love Is all
Copyright. 1881
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
Full Directions.

We saw them, but we did not need to ash where
lay the front;
= Their clothes were neat and rolls aback, we'll
made; Vs.
They marched with faces wrinkled, not by smiles,
or many frowns,
Betokening men determined, uuafraid.
Once more we saw them, needing not to ask where
lay the front;
Their clothes were soiled. and packs in careless
roll;
They, greeting. made their way along with faces
tired yet bright,
Betokening men who fought. with heart and
soul.
We need not hear the cannon's boom to know
where action lies.
Nor yet to seek until we find the place;
For map and compass, signboard, news we're ever
getting from
Ibs ,6HE aRSa Is casing Rsj!r; fsss
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
Coram Disincorporates;
Has But Thirteen Voters

Redding, Cal-The town OF CO.
ram. the tiniest municipality in the
State. has voted unanimously to dis
incorporate. Coram was made an
Incorporated town in 1909. when II
had 1.500 Inhabitants and thirteen
saloons. It now has one saloon and
thirteen registered voters, includ-
ing women.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05
IS WASHINGTON AS WICKED
AS EVER WITH WHISKY OUT?
Number of Fines, Arrests and Divorces in
Half Years of 1917 and 1913 Answer
One Way or the Other.

looms the cfty's poptnstion has srowu
enormously. II thess newcomers had
been mostly men instead OF women
there 10 hardly any doubt but that
the arrests would have Increased M
stead Of Decreasing. rhs ladies' be-
have themselves better than the men
do. With q poulation Of 10000 greater
now than Il was when the saloons
ran fun blast, ana a decrease IN ar
rests. Washington is perfectly Justi-
ned IN shaking hands with itself An
influx Of workers IN any community
usually means an increase In crime
But not 30 with Warrington
The number Of arrests during the
nrst half Of 1911 for minor onenses
was 1S.1G. The arrests for minor of-
fenses during the frst half on thI,
year amounted to 12,z26. This may
mean that the absence Of whisky
from certain homes has reduced the
minor offenses. such a. drunkenness
and disorderiy conduct
serious ofenses.
There has been q decrease also "a
the more serious offenses, such az
embezzlement, false pretenses. cruelty
to animals, pure food law violations,
and other offenses that even IN ''wet-
times are not 30 plentiful On the
other hand. there has been an increase
in oftenses such as larceny. petty
thievery. assaults, carrying concealed
weapons, threats. and gambling.
The serious offenses which came %
the attention Of the courts during the
first half of 1917 numbered az. while
the number Of like ofienses for the
first half Of 1878 numbered ASK
difference OF t3z which some may at
tribute 20 prohibition An OF these
figures together make up the totaf
number Of arrests during the first
halves Of 1911 and 1913
Fewer Divorces >
The next place other than the DO.
lice courts to look for q decrease or
an increase in sin is In the divorce
courts. As at least three-fourths %
the divorce cases originate with
whisky. II Is well TO consider how tbs
absence OF the saloon has affected the
husband ana wife
During the FIRST half OF 1918, 1s7
divorce applications were nled in the
District Supreme Court This in-
cludes suits for absolute and limit.
ed divorces, suits for maintenance
and annulments.
During the rst half Of this year
l55 divorce petitions have been filed.
a difference in favor Of 1913 Of twen-
ty-two. Men and women appear to
be living together more peaceably
since the beginning OF the dry re-
gime. II not. they are more reluc-
tant to come into court and air their
troubles
The war may have something 10
do with it. Many men are away,
and that condition may have pre-
vented divorce suits. Anyway, the
optimist will give them the benent
OF the doubt and say that slowly but
surely the absence II the saloon IS
cutting down the Eickednes. IN this
town.
The Washington herald., 1918-07-05

Already fashion plates of Fifth
Avenue are appearing in skin~tight
clothes as the result of the govern
ment,s desire to save clothes. The
coats are short too. A man wear
ing a loose suit of clothes is 60
ing to be about as popular as q
hang-nail in New York.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05

being made, we believe. to-check this
flood of printed matter. but thus far
nothing has been done about the Con-
gressional Record The subjuct has
come up in the house, and that old
abuse, "the extension Of remarks" is
naturally the center of attack. 1t is
hardly necessary to explain that mem
Der of congress by obtaining leave"
can have anything from the poetical effu-
sions of a small town bard to a campaign
speech printed in the Record. And then
he can reprint it and frank it all over
the United States. To abolish the lex
tension of remarks" would, of course,
be sad blow to those representatives
and senators who for one reason or an
other can't make speeches but who find
this convenient device for giving their
constituents the impression that they
are causing the halls of congress to re-
sound wi h their oratory. Perhaps a
better scheme would be to put heavy
war tax on this use of the Record.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
WAR WH0OPING INDIAN
CHASES 70 GERMANS
Works So Fast That Even the
Enemy Stops to Watch
CraZed Redskins Actions.

One North Dakota Indian Is a match
for 20 Germans, according to a letter
| received at Mapdan, n. D., FROM Sargt.
e. II. Tostevin, now in service in
| France. The Indian is Charlie Rogers,
full-blooded Sioux of the Standing
Rock reservation, and a member of the
| Eighteenth United States infantry.
you ought to have seen that Indian
the first time the Boche made a raid
on our trenches" writes Sergeant Tos-
tevin. "He leaped over the parapet
swinging his old rifle over his head.
He let out a yell that he had saved for
years, and it was Il genuine warwhoop
by one of the people who made war
whooping famous.
"The Germans were pretty close De-
fore we mixed. Rogers, of course, had
his gun loaded with five rounds, and
! his bayonet fixed. After swinging his
gun around his head a couple of times,
and emptied his shells at the enemy,
swung it again, yelled and jabbed, and
used the butt of his gun to smash the
skull of another.
81 had my hands full all this time,
but the crazed Indians actions were
so fast that we half watched him, Ger
mans and we fellows alike. 1t was
only a small fracas anyway. The
crazed Indians actions terrorized the
Huns and they beat it for their lives.
Rogers never got a scratch. 1t
was in fact very much one-man
scrap, almost an exhibition. l never
saw man move so fast in my life,
and guess the Germans hadn't either"
Rogers Is now being utilized as
sniper, and is enjoying himself pick
ing off enemy snipers, Sergeant Tos-
tevln adds, and says that other In
dams in the regiment are being used
for scouting and patrol duty because
of the natural instinct which fits them
| for this kind of work
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
POLITICAL CASUALTIES.

Severely. Wounded, at the battle of
the Michigan Republican primary, one
Henry Ford He was Knocked sensible.
the people of the country had hoped.
But no Since then he has decided to
let the Democrats take care Of him in
their hospital and groom him for the
Senatorial race
Gosh, all hemlock - What can be
said of Ford that will do him justice at
this time Of gigantic war distress?
A man of such caliber, such stead
fastness Of purpose and potriotism is
great timber for the u. S. Senate, at
least the administration has given out
that it thinks so
And Ford's son is still basking in the
comforts Of exemption and all the lux
uries that wealth can buy. When and
where was the power of money more
cearely shown Mothers Of Michigan
should organize and, with bayonets in
hand, charge on young Ford's arbor Of
luxury and route him with the order
not to stop until he reached the front
line Of trenches where the Huns are
most active.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
INDUSTRIOUS IRONY.

Chicago Tribune.
Republcansm is today and in this
crisis the same mistaken pillar of loyal
Americanism that it has been since its
birth under the threat Of disunion And
today, while the Democrats Of the
south enjoy a power and are hungrily
SEEING advantages from political place
and influence which they have not known
since their own disloyalty, it is mon
strous irony that Republicans should be
invited to desert their party in the
the name of loyalty.
We of the west especially are con-
scious of the service of our past and OF
the service of our present. First in vol
unteering for the trenches. uncomplain.
ing under the exactions of the present,
quick and generous in sustaining the en-
ergies and FILING me Leeds of our al
lies and our own people, we are not like
~ to retire humbly from Il. field at the
invitation of party leaders whose Sec
tionaism and partisanism are as fla
grant as any in our history Republi-
canism, and we may speak especially of
the Republcansm of the west, is con-
scious of its power, of its right tot in
fluence our national policies and to share
in the high responsibilities and privileges
of government.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
Dogs And CATS ARE
EATEN IN BELGIUM
Former Almost a Luxury. Says
Prof. Carney Of Louvain,
Now in Washington.

Prof. Albert J. Carney Of the Uni
versity of Louvain, now attached to
the Belgian legation In Washington,
said that dog meat is almost luxury
In Belgium and that cats also are be-
Ing slaughtered for The table. Old peo-
pie and children are dying In large
numbers, and tuberculosis IS rapidly
spreading. Professor Carney says:
Coffee is very scarce in Belgium
and Is not obtalnabe under SIS
pound. Eggs sell at 16 cents each. To
preserve, however, that kind Of food,
so badly needed for the invalids, now
so numerous in Belgium, the works
of rescue provide a low-priced food for
the hens. Swiss cheese is obtainable
at SO a pound. Chocolate sells at 81
pound and cocoa at $3.50. Olive oil is
So bottle.
"This situation has melted to the
discovery Of numerous substitutes. A
severe test has been applied to imita-
ton products and all that was harm
full has been pitilessly excluded What
is more interesting to record is the
use of strawberry leaves instead of
tobacco, of strip instead Of butter.
Moreover all kinds of native fruits.
generally neglected have now a mar
ket value. Dog roses bring cents a
pound, wild hazel nuts cost 10 cents,
with prunes cents elderberries 4
cents, etc. The Germans have regu-
lated the exploitation Of acOrns and
beechnuts, Of which they send great
quantities to Germany in order to ex-
tract oil from them.
"They also have Communicated fat
cats IN many places. Since a tax Of
SO has been imposed by them upon
| dogs, the number of those animals
which their owners have killed and
eaten Is large. Dog meat is said to be
| commonly used"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
SEES SON IN MOVIES
Mother Recognizes Boy Among SOL
diers on March,

''If you ever see a moving picture
camera while on the march, wave your
arm, smile and say Hello mamma 7
Perhaps I'll see It," was the parting in
junction OF Mrs. II. G. Bass Of Atlanta,
Ca, to her son, Lieut.. Arthur Bass, as
he left them for service "over there"
Recently Mrs. Bass, watching a
screen show, suddenly screamed and
cried:
There he IS; see him smile and
look. l can hear him saying: Hello,
mamma ="
The picture showed the Yankees
marching smilingly down long muddy
road toward the trenches, when sud
denly there came into view the young
lieutenant, who waved his hand jaunt-
lily and his lips moved as ii obeying his
mothers instructions.
The picture was continued several
days In the hope Of showing other At
lanta boys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-09-05
Beyond All Decency,

A six year old French boy while in a
church with his mother praying for vic
tory and peace was killed by German
bomb from the air As he was breath
ing his last the little patriot said to his
mother, Don't cry mother, die for
France. The Boche crushed all sense
Of decency when they did that They
crushed it when they entered Belgium;
they crushed it when they sank the
Lusitania; they crushed it when they
sank the first hospital ship. Now they
whine about being crushed themselves.
Why shouldn't they be crushed? He
who lives 10y the sword shall perish by
the sword.