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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
A Confession in Avoidance.

Admissions by the crown prince of Germany
that he is not to be blamed either for the war
or the defeat of Germany amount to confess
war Americans were greatly amused and some
what amazed by an authorized interview with
Frederick William of Prussia, who then re-
ferred to the war as the most stupid and useless
ever waged. This may be taken up now and
used to corroborate some of his present-day
statements in asserting his innocence
However, the stubborn fact remains that the
house of Hohenzollern was at the very fore
front of the movement, if it did discretely stay
we'll out of range while the firing was in
progress. 1t is highly improbable that any in
trigue leading up to the great world war could
be carried on without knowledge of the en-
peror and the heir-apparent. nor will the world
believe that either of these was so lacking in
authority and influence that he could not have
checked the Conspiracy" had he cared to exert
himself.
Against the statement of the crown prince
will be set the disclosures made by Prince Lich-
nowski, who uncovered the entire plot, involv-
ing not alone the Berlin, but the Vienna, gang
as we'll. These in turn are borne out by the
proceedings at Constantinople and other CAPT
tails in which the intrigue was carried on. In
face OF all the mountain of evidence to the con-
trary, the Hohenzolern tribe is not going to
find it easy to make the world think its head
knew nothing of the war until forced into it by
a court cabal.
As to the crown princes quarrel with the
general staff, that will be between him and them.
What really interests the world is that all his
efforts were brought to disaster. He is right
in his statement that the war was lost in Octo-
Der, 1914, when Germany was defeated at the
Marine, but for four years the Hun persisted in
inhicting all the outrage and infamy within his
ability on the world he knew he could not con-
quer. 1t is for this the German nation is now
indicted.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Still True to the South.

The president has elevated Carter Glass Of
Virginia, chairman OF the house committee on
banking and currency to the place of secretary
of the treasury, about to be vacated by Mr..
McAdoo. This continues his policy Of recog-
nizing only southern democrats, Mr.. Glass
came into prominence during Mr.. Wilson's first
term, when he was charged with the presenta-
ton of the worked-over Aldrich-Vreeland bill
to establish the federal reserve bank. This has
been his most notable contribution to the his
tory of his country. But he has been elected
eighteen times from his district to the house of
representatives fairly establishing him as a
mandarin in his party. Regardless of all other
considerations, the outstanding fact is that his
selection amounts to further notice to democrats
of the north, of whom there are quite few, that
none of them measure up to the requirements
of cabinet position.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Service Insurance

For the benefit of those who may not have
read the recent statement from Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo dealing with the conversion
of war risk insurance, the Bulletin takes this
occasion to urge all men at Great Lakes and
\ the navy to keep up this insurance, whether
they remain in the service or go to their homes
within the next few months.
In brief. the salient feature of Mr.. McAdoo's
plan is this:
Men mustered out from the army, navy or
marine corps may maintain their war risk in
surance for five years at the rate which they
have been paying while in service. At the end
of that time they may convert il into policies
of the ordinary kind.
The United States government is in posi-
ton to offer the best insurance ever available
at the lowest figure possible. No man with an
eye to his future comfort and convenience will
fail to take advantage of the opportunity which
will be offered to men of the United States navy
within the next few years, and possibly to many
men of the naval reserve force within few
months
Never before were sailors and soldiers given
such an opportunity to provide for the future
welfare of themselves and their families while
actually in the service. Men who take advantage
. of this situation will find eventually that their
material sacrifice in taking up arms was not a
great one
a Uncle Sam means TO play square with those
who have shown their patriotism and given their
best efforts for the defense of their country and
the defeat of Huns who constituted a menace to
its freedom and prosperity The man who keeps
IN his war risk insurance converting it as soon
as feasible into a regular insurance policy. will
i be all the happier some day for haying done So
Great Lakes Bulletin.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

through an article In The Bee that
he was charged 65 cents in rail-
road eating house when at the same
time an engineer paid 35 cents for
the same meal.
Here is an example where little
cog in the vast machinery of bust
ness-for- profit gets some of his own
medicine Business of today. almost
without exception, passes all extra
expense off onto the consumer, in in
creased prices of commodities. All
the expense a firm is at to put its
statesmen into the field Is safely COW
cred by an extra price on their mer-
chandise and the consumer pays the
bill. The railroad gives its employe
meals at cost and looks for it's
profits to the patronage Of the pub
lie, which in this case is travelling
salesman. If Mr.. Wilson is a shoe
salesman he can get his shoes at
wholesale rice, but the engineer can
buy only at retail prices. Now. II q
salesman gets the goods he sells at
wholesale prices and calls it good
business, then he should not COM
plain when an engineer gets his
meals at wholesale prices from the
corporation that employs him.
JESSE KINDER.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.

Minneapolis Tribune: If there is
anything in names, White and House
ought to be able to f1ew very closely
to the line of what is wanted at the
White House.
Detroit Free Press: 1t appears
that the Spanish minister in Belgium
warned the German government
against arousing the United States
The Spanish minister was in posi-
ton to give expert evidence.
Philadelphia Ledger: Don't the
Poles. Ruthenians. Czechs, Slovenes.
Croats, Magyars and Bulgars know
that if they grab off territory that
belongs to their neighbors they are
grabbing off trouble for themselves?
Why don't they study the life his
tory of one Bill Hol1enzollern?
Kansas City Star: However, 1t is
hoped former Attorney General
Wickersham will not press that con-
stitutional point about the vice presi-
dents obligation to act in the alb
sence of the president Besides, 1t
is later announced that the presi-
dent won't be entirely absent. Mr..
Tumulty will still be here.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
State Press Comment

Wayne Herald: Republican Of
ficeseekers are pursuing Governor
elect McKelvie with untiring energy
and yearning hope, and democratic
officeholders are viewing the pros
pect with uneasy apprehension.
Beatrice Express: Speaking about
profiteering, time was when the ship
per was more than pleased to receive
80 cents a quart for oysters. Today
oysters are quoted in Beatrice at so
cents a pint or 95Acents quart. The
war Is over, but the price continues
to increase. Just why?
Fairbury News: William J.
Bryan is rejoicing over the defeat of
the democratic ticket in Nebraska,
which he pleases to call a machine"
ticket. Every old skate of poll
tician who has had his political ma
chine smashed to smithereens in a
collision with the people is, of
course, opposed to machine rule"
MIR. Bryan's latest plant sounds very
much to us like the devil rebuking
sin"
Scottsbluff Republican: 1t is to
be hoped that the incoming legisla-
ture will have the nerve to amend or
repeal the present primary law.
With each election its defects are
becoming more and more apparent,
and 1t should be amended so that the
public will be protected against in
competent officehvlders. AS the law
Is now the people are called upon to
vote for men of whom they know
nothing, and it appears the less
known of a man the better he runs
Harvard Courier: Now that the
war is over there will be lots of
pleasure in humping the proflteers.
but it will also be necessary to be
careful to not do harm to innocent
parties. The stores are filled with
high priced goods and prices will
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

necessarily be high on many ar
ticles for quite while, unless the
storekeepers take ruinous losses. All
high prices are not profiteer prices
but whenever 1t Is known that
profiteer has been getting in his work
he should be handled without
mercy.
Potato growers Of northwest Ne
braska assemble at Scottsbluf this
week for a three-day meeting. An
exhibit of high-grade spuds will be
feature of the gathering. Dealers
who think the sandhill spuds are
not top-notchers, unsurpassed IN
quality and belt measure need but
slip into the meeting to be convinced.
Blair Enterprise thinks there are
too many sinecures clinging to the
state payroll like barnacle to ship,
ond urges Goverernor-elect Nickel
vie to whet his axe for active work
In January. Great Scott, that SOUNDS
like an application for the job OF
assistant headsman.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
[IODAY]
Right in the Spotlight.

DR.. Henry John Cody, who cele-
brates his 50th birthday today, has
been intrusted with the solution of
important after-the-war educational
problems in his new position as
minister of education in the province
of Ontario. DR.. Cody is leading
Toronto clergyman of the Angli-
can church, and has long been
prominently identified with re-
ligious and educational work. He
is native of Ontario, and was ed
ucated at the University of To-
ronto, of which institution he later
became a senate member. On all
the important boards of his church
in the Dominion he has served with
distinction, as we'll as with many
civic organizations. Several years
ago he was a member OF the On
tario governments commission on
unemployment. In his new position
he has advocated higher wages for
teachers, and increased attention to
technical and vocational training.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Duties of the President

Duties of the President.
Omaha. Dec. 4.--To the Editor of
The Bee: The departure of the
president to Europe while the con-
gress is in session gives rise to a
very serious constitutional question
There is no emergency requiring his
departure.
The constitution provides in
Clause II, Section 8. Article /, for
seat of the government of the
United States" and congress long
ago established the District Of Co.
lumbia as such seat. and has ex-
pended large sums Of money in
buildings for the transaction Of the
government business, among them a
resident for the president and ex-
ecutive Offices for the transaction of
the business requiring his attention.
While it is not expressly stated in
the constitution that the president
shall remain at the seat of the gov
eminent, yet, the implication is very
clear that he must do so when the
congress is in session.
Clause 2, Section 7. Article 1 of
the constitution provides that
every bill which has been passed
by the house of representative and
the senate, shall, before it becomes
a law, be presented to the president
of the United States; If he approve,
he shall sign it." Does this mean
that it shall be presented to him in
England, France, or in Italy, in case
he is in either place? No. 1t means
that he shall be at the seat of the
government which the congress has
established and where it is in ses-
sion. 1t is further provided that If
the bill is not returned by the presi-
dent within 10 days after it shall
have been presented to him. the
same shall be a law. Now a bill
cannot be presented to the presi-
dent for his signature, and returned
by him to the congress within 10
days, il he is on the ocean, in Eng
land. in France, or any other Euro
pean country.
The president, by his voluntary
act. has created an inability to dis
charge the powers and duties of his
office: and, under Clause 5, Section
|, Article 2, these powers and duties
devolye on the vice president. The
president cannot create the inability
and at the same time insist upon
acting as president. The president
cannot delegate his powers to an
other person, he cannot deputize
anyone to sign bill for him. The
constitution means personal sigma
ture and not one by proxy.
1t seems clear that the departure
of the president has created an in
ability on his part to discharge the
duties Of his office and that the vice
president has the power and is
charged with the duty Of perform
ing them. Whether this power in
the vice president ceases upon the
termination Of the inability Of the
president the constitution is silent.
The disability named in the clause
cited refers only to those officers
provided for by congress in the case
of the inability of both the president
and vice president. N. NJ. PUSEY.
Prices, Profits and People.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: Mr.. Will
son, travelling salesman, complains
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Senator Thomas of Colorado is pressing for
economy in public administration. He should
look UP the records and see what happened
when republican president suggested to
democratic congress the possibility of saving
money now wasted at Washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Compulsory military training in connection
Awith college courses is recommended as policy
aby leading educators. Uncle Sam is not to be
cleft as an oyster without shell.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Auto drivers ought to realize the need for
Icaution Just now but some are making life mis-
lerable for all the others. The reckless should
HE brought to time.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Herr Lebknecht proposes to initiate Lenine
and Trotzky as far as possible and battle the
streets of Berlin in bourgeois" blood. Such
lis liberty as represented by the red flag.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Timely lettings and Reminders.

Today is the Feast OF St. Mich
olas, which in Holland corresponds
to the Christmas in other lands.
Memorial exercises will be held
in Halifax today in memory Of those
who persisted in the powder ship ex-
plosion of one year ago.
Prof. William Howard Taft,
Charles M. Schwab and Secretary
of Labor Wilson will be the chief
speakers at the Thirty eighth an
nual meeting of the Academy of
Political Science, to be held in New
York City today and tomorrow,
when the subject for discussion will
be Our industrial victory and its
effect on the future relations of
labor and capital"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

No objection to merging the wire lines, Mr..
Burleson, if you give us better service at lower
rates. But If the telegraph is to be allowed
to deteriorate like the postoffice the protests
viii come thick and fast.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

A correction is due of typographical error
restoration Of postal efficiency say that at can
be done without increasing the number of en-
ployes." 1t was written, st can't be DONE"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
melodrama, mot an altogether pleas

melodrama, mot an altogether pleas
ant production"
Joseph Standeven, city boiler in
spector. is back from New York.
While away he attended the nation
al convention of boiler inspectors
of the United States and Canada
held at Pittsburgh.
Rev. Robert L. Wheeler has gone
to Ponca, Neb., to ship his house
hold goods preparatory to bringing
his family for permanent residence
in South Omaha.
The southeast corner of Sixteenth
and Jones has been sold to a Mime
apolis man. who plans to put a
four-sto-y brick block on it.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Storyette of the Day.

A sportsman of great imaginative
gift was telling how at one shot he
had bagged two cartridges and a
rabbit. His explanation was that
though, he had hit only one part
ridge the bird in falling had clutch
ed at another partridge and brought
that to earth entangled in its claws.
But how about the rabbit he
was asked.
"Oh,' was the calm reply, my
gun kicked and knocked me back
ward and I fell on the rabbit as it
ran past Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
This Day in History.

lSS9-Jefferson Davis, ex-presi-
dent of the confederate states of
America, died in New Orleans. Born
in Christian county, Kentucky, June
3, 1903.
l890-Mr. Gladstone refused to
treat with the Irish party under
Parnell's leadership.
1894 statue of General James
Shields was unveiled in Statuary
hall of the national capitol at Wash
ington.
l9l4-French pursued a vigorous
offensive north of Arras.
l9l5-President Wilson sent note
to Austria demanding disavowal OF
Ancona sinkin~.
19l6-Austro- Germans captured
Bucharest, capital of Roumania.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Neither Lloyd George nor Herbert Asquth
lis accorded the compliment Of an unopposed
detection to Parliament; the wonder would have
been if they had been so honored.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

How can awards of the War Labor Board
be treated as scraps of paper" by the men while
employers are held to strict observance? It's
poor rule that doesn't work both ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

The Nebraska woman whose husband fought
lin the civil war, and who now has fifteen grand
sons wearing the uniform of Uncle Sans army,
lis indeed grandmother in Israel
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Russo-German armistice was an
nounced.
Six German aeroplanes captured
in a raid on London.
Berlin reported capture of ll'000
prisoners in the new offensive IN
Northern Italy.
German U-boat sank United
States destroyer Jacob Jones, and
90 officers and men were reported
missing.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

only genuine corn. peeler, Get It's" Then
and then only. will you be sure that your
corn will loosen from your toe so that
you can peel it right off gloriously easy
with your fingers. Take no chances of
continued pain and soreness-why use
greasy, irritating salves, plasters that
shift and press into the quick" razors
and "diggers" that make corns bleed and
also grow faster? Use painless, easy, al
ways sure "Gets-It.' There's only one
like it in the world-that's "Gets-It." Mil
lions have tried and o. KID it for years.
1t never fails.
"Gets-It," the guaranteed. money back
corn-remover, the only sure way, costs but
a trife at any drug store. Manufactured
by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Omaha and recommended as the
worlds best corn remedy by Sherman &
Mcconnell Drug Co.'S Stores.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Josephus Daniels is going to dismiss 100000
men from service in the navy, but he will prob
ably not let them all get very far away for
some will be needed for the new warships we
are to build
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Paris hotel men know a good thing when it
lcomes their way, and propose to extract from
1.-The peace council crowds about all they have
lost in four years of war
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Calling a wak-out at o'clock in the morn
ling without notice to the public depending on
sstreet car service is not calculated to win SYM
Rpathy for the strikers demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
The Day We Celebrate.

Charles f. Foster, attorney-at-
law, born 1860.
Francis A. Brogan, attorney-at-
law, born 1860
James A. Campbell, member of
the Pollard Campbell Dredging COM
pany of Omaha, born 1862.
Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, re-
Gently installed as Catholic bishop
of Trenton. N. J., born in Butler
county, Pennsylvania, As years ago.
Howard Elliott, who recently re-
turned to the presidency of the Nor
thern Pacific railway, born in New
York City So years ago.
Prof. DIN Templin of the uni
versity of Kansas, who has been di-
recting the affairs of the war league
of American colleges, born at Cam
den, Ind, 81 years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

"Your shield, your honor as soldiers, are
unspotted" says the crown prince to his army.
One is dyed blood red the other blacker than
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Public sentiment is the deciding fact in nine
STRIKES out of ten. Just let that soak into both
sides of this street railway controversy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Governor McKelvie promised the vot-
ers business administration of the states at
fairs If he should be elected and proposes to
make good on the pledge. There's plenty Of
room for Improvement.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

If the six soldier votes really saved doc"
Tanner, he ought to be grateful to the army all
the rest Of his life
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

The War Labor board has passed the buck
lon the hremen's case back to the city and the
linen. and there it ought to rest.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

From McAdoo to Carter Glass "Oh, what
/ fall, my countrymenF
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Here's where the early Christmas shopper
has the laugh on the fellow who put it off,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

The weatherman is doing his prettiest and
Twill be blessed as long as the walking holds
good.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

The new High School OF Commerce begins
o look like a reality.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Keep your temper; "cussng" will not help
w
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

In Omaha 80 Years Ago Today.
Funeral services were held for the
late G. w. Dyball at his residence,
Twenty-sixth and Poppleton ave-
nue..
The World Against Her." put on
at the Boyd, is described as lurid
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
Be a Joy.WaIker,
''Gets-It" for corns
Drops, 2 Seconds - Corn Ii
T. Doomed.

When you almost die with your shoes
on and corns make you almost walk side
ways to get away from the pain. take a
vacation for a minute or two and apply
2 or 3 drops of the worlds magic and
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06
%z:Aee5ESS
&ASr8o@X
Burleson and the Railway Mail.

Omaha, Dec. 3-To the Editor of
The Bee: Referring in an editorial
note in your paper this morning:
Efficiency in the railway mail serv-
ice may be achieved by the REIN
statement OF about half Of the eff
ticient and experienced employees
who have been removed for political
reasons within the last four years.
l know-l put in 40 years with
Uncle Sam, closing my career in
March last, when | was politically
located" / have seen action during
that time in practically all of the
branches. of the postal service, and
never during all of my time have l
seen the dirty and contemplate I'M
dermining work as it has been under
the present system. The war being
on has Afforded every desired oppor-
tunity for carrying it effectually.
give you here paragraph from a
letter l have just had from a post
office inspector:
Il think conditions in general in
this line of work are the worst I
have ever known them 70 be; the
new accounting system has prac-
tically all the postmasters up in the
air, and | think since you left our
service / have recommended the re.
moval Of more postmasters than
ever before, on account of incom-
potency in keeping their accounts
shortages, etc"
Hoping we may sooner or later
return to the form of government we
are trying to establish in foreign
nations, and that a certain form Of
southern aristocracy, becoming en-
tirely too prevalent, may be knocked
out, am, EX-R. p. o. MAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-06

Prices, Profits and People.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 3.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Mr.. Will
son, a travelling salesman, complains