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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
To the Very Limit.

Last week The Bee printed story of Ger
man-born farmer in South Dakota who took
himself the entire quota of Liberty bonds al
lotted to his town. He gave as his reason that
his boy is with Pershing in France, and he
wanted to back him to the limit. Here is an
example for every American citizen. We have
pledged the world that we will give every man
and every dollar if need be to defeat Germany
and win the war; Nineteen hundred thousand
of our boys are over there, relying on our pledge
to back them to the limit. The great job Of
driving the Huns out of France and Belgium,
of liberating those countries from the grasp of
the conqueror, is just we'll begun. Shall we>let
it lag, or will we make good on our boast and
give everything we have, if needed to win? The
war is not waiting for the Spanish flu" to sub
side Neither should the Liberty loan.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
What We Are Fighting.

"They come with peace in one hand and the
torch in the other" said French officer, gazing
at the ruins of Cambria, treacherously destroyed
by the Huns. The retreating Germans had
planted bombs with time fuses, to explode after
the Allies entered the city. On the same page
of the days news we read of the deliberate
murder of sailors, whose vessel had been tor
pedoed by a submarine. Other atrocities are
recounted duplicating and expanding the record
made over the entire period of the war All of
these acts of meanness and cruelty are pre-
medtated They are typical, and fairly rep
resentative of the thought of the military mon
sters who, propose honorable" peace to the
Allies. Enlightened people are ioath to believe
that such deeds can be committed, but each day
sees new instances of the ruthless brutality of
the German in arms We ought to know by
this time what we are fighting; that no obliga-
ton of humanity, no sense of honor, no thought
of mercy or impulse of decency ever moves the
Hun to withhold his destructive hand. Peace
with such an outfit is possible only when they
have been completely and thoroughly subdued.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

Omaha, Oct, Ito the Editor
OF The Bee.-Prices charged in some
OF the restaurants here are nothing
more or less than plain robbery and
II man has the temerity to kick,
the cause of patriotism is Haunted
IN his face as a reason for this goug-
ing. 1t is not so much a matter of
the actual increase in the price as
1t is the decreasing Of the size of the
portions. Fifteen cents for three
wartime" hot cakes of the size and
thickness which are now being serv-
ed is a downright outrage. Fifteen
cents for a side order of bacon 1.-TWO
pieces, each about 21s inches long)
is rank out and out profiteering.
Those are Just two instances. It
is the same proposition all the way
down the line, from "cornbeef' hash
to pie.
Within year I have had occasion
to witness and pay price increases in
Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City,
Dallas and Denver. This gives me
comprehensive idea of prices and
value reeeived throughout the mid
dlewest. And you get Tess for your
money In Omaha-particula in
the chain restaurants-than in any
Of the other cities. Why? Are we
not as close to the supply? I've
heard more genuine complaints in
Omaha about the gouging of those
who are compelled to eat in restau-
rants of this kind than in all of the
other cities combined. It is plain
prohteerlng and unpatriOtic.
SALESMAN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
GERMANY'S PEACE" REPLY.

Germanys reply TO the latest note from
President Wilson has too much appearance OF a
bid for respite than of sincere willingness to
submit to the reasonable requirements of the
allies To interpret expressed readiness to &C
cept in principle the fourteen theses as token
of unconditional surrender is to indulge in optl-
mism inspired by hope rather than experience.
As has already been noted some points laid
down by Mr.. Wilson last January as conditions
modified by his own words, and others have
been changed by the progress of the war. len
months ago these were in part endorsed by the
Central powers, who expressed Willingness to
adhere to the principle in discussion as to the
practical application of such as were then &C
ceptable Today the principle can be accepted
in its entirety, still subject to discussion, be-
cause it offers an easy way OF escape from inn
pending defeat.
That Great Britain, France and Italy must
be consulted before any approach to a cessa-
ton of hostilities can be had will avert much
discussion OF details for the present. Just now
Germany needs breathing spell, which an ar
mistice would provide. We have the Hun on
the run and no stop should be put to the fight
ing till they admit they are licked by an ac-
ceptance without strings.
To talk of guarantees" from Germany at
this time Is idle. The president has said that
the rulers of that land are without honor, and
do not speak our language of agreement. The
best guaranty the kaiser give us now is to
surrender his sword, disband his army, and sub
NIT to what is required of him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
Let the People Strike

Vox Populil Labor is organized and en-
ployers are now organizing, but the dear people
are still unorganized and the victims of the
prohteers of all classes. Even the farmers are
organizing
Every concession is being made by the pub
lie authorities to the voters who are organized,
and every concession is met by new demand.
The president fixed the price of wheat, not as
high as the farmers wanted, but high enough
to stimulate the production at good figures. In
doing so he fixed the high price of -four, which
means the high price of bread for at least an
other year to come.
All hope of lower cost of living has disap-
peared, for unless the price of bread drops we
canont expect lower prices for other necessities.
AS for clothing, what prospect is there for any
thing but higher prices, with\> wool comman-
deered for army purposes and cotton selling at
over FIVE times the price before the war?
How foolish now the promises OF political
spouters in the campaigns before the war that
the high cost of living would be reduced if they
were given their way and if their program OF
smashing big business were carried out.
The people bear their sufferings meekly. In
Canada, the letter carriers striking for higher
wages, refused to deliver the mails. In Pitts
Aurgh the FIRE department struck and leff the
ajity defenseless until citizens organized a vol
teer system. In London policemen struck
Achieves had free way for "a hours and now
men of London threaten to strike.
S,ose the people who are the sufferers
hese strikes should organize to protect
IS? Isn't it time for them to strike
people strikel--Leslie's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
The Wind Is Blovinq R1ght

1t is Foch and Pershing and Haig and Daz
and DEsperey and the valiant men of their
commands, and the people back home, who are
giving them such splendid support, who are
making for peace--the right sort of peace--but
unconsciously Prince Maximfan and Baron
Buran may be helping The Hun is cracking.
In these desperate appeals for peace will not
the men at the front see an Acknowledgement of
defeat by the governments upon which they
have pinned their faith and whose word they
have accepted with blind faith in their omnip-
offence? The once puissant Prussianism is now
trying to make its cannon fodder believe that
the holy war of conquest" upon which it
launched them in 1914 is war for the defense
OF the Fatherland, but can even the dull-witted
German Michael be further fooled?
He finds only defeat at the front, where he is
being hammered mercilessly and sacrificed in
droves; now he finds practical acknowledgment
of defeat at the rear. Gone is the hope of world
conquest Pan-Germansm is in the discard the
dream of Mitteleuropa has had sad awakening
The whole house of cards built by kaiserism
for the allurement of its doce victims has been
swept to earth by the hosts of an outraged civ
ilization.
The end is not in sight, but it is brought ap-
preciab1y nearer by events of the last fortnight
all along the line. Once the Hun cracks it is a
question of but short time before he breaks.
All that is needed to speed the day of his COM
plete disillusionment and his breaking is for
Foch to keep up his hammering.
There will be no armistice. There will be
no negotiations until Germany prefaces its plea
with unconditional surrender.
We have just begun to hghtl-New York
Herald
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR.

Germany's man-power still avail
able is $4,000; that of the United
States, 100000.
Godfrey Jones, a Welsh miner,
who enlisted as private in the Brit
ish army at the outbreak Of the war.
has risen to the rank of brigadier
general
Wages Of the United States Steel
corporations employees have, since
January l, 1916, increased 1854
Puddlers in steel mills are making as
high as $50 a day, and are going to
work in their automobiles.
Premier Clemenceau celebrated
his 18th year on the battle front. He
typifies the spirit Of France, which
is ever young and vigorous, and al
ways prepared to spring rejuvenated
from disaster.
The United States school gardens
army comprises 100000 boys and
girls. They cultivated this year over
100000 gardens, averaging about
one-ffteenth of an acre each. and
raised $5O,00O,OO0 worth of food
products.
In a letter to the New York Bible
society, Marshal Foch says: THE
Bible is certainly the best prepqra-
ton that you can give to an Ameri-
can soldier about going into battle
to sustain his magnificent ideal and
his faith"
Among the supplies for soldiers
ordered recently by the Young Mems
Christian association in France were
SAC, 100000 cookies. representing $50
carloads. 93,750,000 sticks of chicle
gum, 12,500,0O0 bars Of chocolate.
1850, 100000 cigarets and 100000
jars Of jam.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

at Kessler's hall for the purpose of
effecting an organization. About
100 PAYERS were present and formed
an association to be known as the
Stone PAYERS Union of Omaha.
Lieutenant Pickering has been de-
tailed to Purdue university, Lafay-
cite, Ind, to take charge of the mill
tary department in that institution
for three years.
The republicans of the Eighth
ward met to elect delegates to the
county convention. G. R. Armstrong
was in the chair.
William Broderick, Grace Vernon
and William Pruette, of the Emma
Abbott company, stopped at the
Willard hotel on their way to Dem
yer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
RIGHT TO THE POINT

Detroit Free Press: The thing
Germany breads most Is the decent
peace the Allies will make with Bull
garia.
Washington Post: Kaiser Bill
might save his face by calling his
beaten army back ION account of
the influenza"
Minneapolis Tribune: Germany
can't be a charter member of a
worlds debating society. Germany
Is to sit in the dock of a world court
and wait for the courts verdict.
New York Herald: Remember
this: The kaiser's peace drive Is a
drive against you-to prevent your
buying Americas Victory bonds
without stint or limit, as YOU must
do If we are not to have a Fkaiser's
peace.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Aus
tria- Hungary also Is trying to plav
the trick Of a coalition cabinet" and
has invited the Czecho- Slavs to seats
therein. But the Czecho-Slaxs are
not to be fooled into climbing on a
tumbrel masquerading as band
wagon and making a noise like moth
ing so much as g. jazzed funeral
march.
Brooklyn Eagle: The day the
Germans were protesting against the
"barbarity" of American sawed off
shotguns they were dragging up the
trucks filled with a new line of gas
shells. Sneezing\ gas and phosgene
were thrown at our men in front
OF Verdun. The Hun idea is mercl-
fully to scar the lungs of hundreds of
men with one throw of shell. The
shotgun has much narrower range
and its wounding may be mended
without lasting damage in most in
stances We would be hard put to
1t to think of anything more devilish
than the Huns are able to invent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
How to Cure the "FIu -

Omaha, Oct. 9.-To the Editor of
Inc Bee: | have in mind a party
VINO last Saturday was taken down
with the FLU" His and my synp-
toms were about the same. T will
give In brief the manner in which I
was taken down. l commenced
vomiting in the evening, until [
thought l must be empty, but still
kept this up until late, when I was
taken with a severe chill and a.
burning fever. I did nothing but
take hot foot bath, so hot that |
fairly scalded my limbs. took a
heavy physic and went to bed. and
drank all the cold water | could, and
dampened cloth in cold water and
placed upon my head. OF course, I
had inward fever throughout the
night, but kept drinking more cold
water. My "modus operandi' is sim
pie. The result s today, l never felt
better in 10 years. And my unfor-
tunate friend, taken at about the
same time, is to be buried this after
noon. He was under care of a.
physician, and l tried to use common
sense. OF course, my duty calls me
IN open air every day, while he was
used to inside work, and he may
have been a more tender plant. [
have not had doctor called more
than once or twice in so years. and
that was for measles, and / find sim
plest remedies best for me. 1 offer
these suggestions freely: Keep the
throat entirely free from bandage
and sleep in loose gown or night
shirt; don't sleep in union suit that
you have worn during the day. If
you happen to be taken down in dav-
time, if you are able to move around.
cont go to bed; keep in motion;
keep walking or saw wood-any-
thing to keep blood circulating
Time enough to go to bed when you
cannot sit up. Get fresh-air and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
Round About the State

Fall taxlists are abloom In the
newspaper shops,
Speaking about tank shows. that
staged by the rainmaksr got the bulk
of the applause in the dry belt.
High school attendance at Norfolk
has grown from 1856 to 291 in five
years. The citizens of tomorrow are
bullying the walls for elbow room.
The claim is put out for Tekamah's
home guards that they excel in
drilling. Thinking so, why not chal-
holders of the ribbons.
Breaking the drouth throughout
the state with copious downpours
last week radiates joy everywhere
and awakes echoes of thankfulness
in the press. If anything better than
boOtlegger kill-me-quick were within
reach mayhap innumerable beakers
might be drained to Jupiter Pluv.
Beatrice Express applauds the
Omaha police magistrate who is
now handing out Jail sentences to
speed maniacs." For Obvious reasons
the speeders might swell the volume
of applause for. as the Express re-
marks. they will be much better off
in Jail than either in the hospital or
the cemetery"
Gee, whiZ, how the elder scribes
maui the table, when real warm,
Listen to this sample from the Nor
folk Press: AT the risk Of displeas-
ing some people the old man is for
an early, very early peace, the kind
We'll get by showing the kaiser and
his cohorts so far into hell that a
telegram can't reach them in a thou
sand years. And we are going to
have that kind of peace SOON"
"Of all the various kickers to be
found in any community" observes
the Hastings Tribune. 1.-The GROWER
about taxes Is the most numerous
and ancient" A solemn truth,
ever since Noah made the ark light
the tax kickers have been opponents
of safety first Without their COM
pany tax eaters would gorge them
selves.
The recent sale OF a 320-acre farm
near Cedar Bluffs at $3.50 per acre
lifts Saunders county land to the top
notch of this years sales. Douglas
county hitherto held the top score,
$265.5O per acre at public sale. Col
fax county bad recent sale record
of $3.50 per acre, Nemaha county,
$3.50; Butler county, $3.50: Washing
ton county, $249; Cunning county,
$3.50, and Merrick county, s135.
homesteaders of yesteryear who
stayed on the farm builded better
than they dreamt Of.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
! TODAY
Head of German Foreign Office

DR.. Wilhelm Solf, who has as
sumed the responsibilities of the
German foreign office in addition to
those he already held as Colonial
secretary, and who has been men
toned in some quarters as one of
the probable spokesman for Ger
many in any negotiations that may
precede the conclusion of peace, has
had long and varied experience in
administrative and diplomatic at
fairs. Before coming to the Colonial
office he was for many years gov
ernor-general of Samoa, and, pre-
ments are SAID to be of high order,
at Calcutta. His scholastic attain
ments are said to be on high order,
particularly in the matter of lang
uages, of which he has mastered
Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Russian
and others. He holds the presidency
OF the German society, formed sew
eral years ago for the purpose of
perpetuating the spirit of 1914"
after the war,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
The Day We Celebrate,

NJ. c. Peters, president Of the NJ.
c. Peters Mill company, born 1868.
Sir Edmund Walker, noted Cana
dian fnancier and art patron, born
in Ontario, 20 years ago.
Brig Charles w. Kutz,
United States army, born in Penn
sylvania, 48 years ago.
James Kelley, former Chicago
newspaper publisher, born in Lon
don, 81 years ago.
Mayor Martin Behrman, who has
Cleaned up" New Orleans for the
welfare of the soldier and sailor
boys, born in New York city, 81
years ago.
Lillian Gish, star of the movies"
born at Springfield, O., % years
ago.
Jack Britton (William J. Breslin),
prominent as a welterweight pugilist,
born at Clinton, N. Y, 80 years
ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
DRIVE OF THE WAR POETS
YankA

YankA.
| As Nation grew on Nation
From the dark and gloomy past
Ths great column reached the sunshin
And blossomed forth at last.
When with our own United States,
The Flower OF all the world,
God crowned this mighty column
And the Stars and Stripes unfurled
The light thus cast to Heaven
From the Banner OF the Free,
Babe the souls who longed for freedom
To come across the Sea;
The best OF many countries
And through the mighty melting pot
Produce a brand new race.
Though we're hlest with education
And free from tyrants rod.
We're over the top to free mankind
over the top for God;
Over the top at the trenches
And over the top at home:
FREQ as the breeze that fans the trees
From Florida Keys to Nome.
The blood Of noble fathers
That Is coursng through our veins
Is the same they shed for Freedom
When they broke the tyrants chains.
And until FREEDOMS column
Is a shaft of living light
Well give and fight forever
In the cause OF Truth and Right.
And when the war IL over
And the crowns are in the dust,
When swords are on the scrap heap
And the cannons gone to rust
When the autocratic nations
Have all been forced to quit,
The world will thank the Yankees
For their everlasting grit.
Omaha. R. 3. wILLIAMA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
This Day in History.

l774-The first continental con-
gress adopted a declaration of
colonial rights.
189+Germany rejected England's
proposal to join the powers in in
tervention in the war between China
and Japan.
1899-General Sir Redvers Butler
left England to assume command
Of the British forces in the South
African war.
l914-Germans in Belgium made
strenuous efforts to seize the chan
mel ports.
19l5-Bulgaria officially declared
war on Serbia.
1916-Roumanians turned upon
Austro-Germans and captured two
towns in Transylvania.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

more fresh air. l will vouch that
you will come out all right. The
scare Of the disease is doing more
damage than the disease itself. Re-
member, if a neighbor happens to
send in a few flowers, don't take
them seriously; they are intended
well enough. So many get discour-
aged ard cross their hands on their
breasts when they feel so awfully
sick, which is part of the disease,
and conclude that these few flowers
were forerunner Of the broken
wheel or Gates AIar," and simply
give in. The great trouble is we
give In too easily. JAMES HALE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

More than ever is being verified LudendorAs
boast of March, that the character of the con-
Aict had been changed from war of position to
one of movement. And none of the participants
is moving with greater precipitancy and less Of
forethought than the army over which Herr Won
Lrdendorf presides as marshal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
What Germany Wants.

Omaha, Oct. 8.-To the Editor Of
The Bee.-Germany does not really
expect an honorable peace" She
knows that neither Heaven, earth
nor He'll can give or grant her that.
What she does want is all the ma
terial stuff she can get, all the power
she can obtain and a coat Of white
paint on her bloody, hands and
bloodier heart; this Ia what she
means by honorable peace.
A. B. BROWN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
One Year Ago Today in the War.

President Wilson proclaimed Oc-
tober "a as Liberty Loan Day.
British repulsed Germans north of
Poelcapelle and'west of Becelaere.
One Russian and two German tor
pedo boats sunk in naval battle near
Oesel.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

That American officer who told the Huns to
go to help 10 said not to have been swearing
man. We can believe that, for a really accom-
plished cusser would have embeished the mes
sage adding nothing to its force, but making it
more picturesque. However, the retort is wor-
thy of going into history alongside the one
Hugo ascribes to Cambronne when the/ Old
Guard was called upon to surrender.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

British indignation at the sinking OF the
shared on this side. 1t Is one Of the most
atrocious OF U-boat crimes, and committed un-
der conditions that show nothing in mitigation.
Justice for these murderers will not long be
defaved
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
etc Servia.S

Hold your gallant faith. - Serbs. snA
fight the noble fight,
While your allies feet are spssdinSi
Your day OF freedom 10 at hand a. surs
as dawns the light
For we are not unheeding
OF your bitter, bitter bleeding,
And we shall greet your heroes now yoss
foemen are In flight.
Martyrs dye your harried land with bleed
you Ill can spare.
Though falling. you have spoken;
Your sons shall reap the guerdon Of those
who do and dare-<
With your steadfast will as token,
With your honor still unbroken,
You shall rise from wreck and waste, and
hold the yictor's shared
Omaha. SAM. L. MORRIS
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

Antics Of the bulls and bears In the corn
market show what the world missed when the
president stopped the dealings In wheat. Some
time all gambling in food products will be pro-
hibited, and then the producer and consumer
alike may get a square deal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14

One news item got away from the vigilant
censor in Washington and the public got it be-
fore the president Somebody's foot slipped,
but no real harm was DONE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
Storyette Of the Day.

Novelist w. B. Trites was talking
about war prices in France.
French war prices are very high
now" he said. "a ham costs 70
cents pound. A pound of butter
costs $l.25. It's all profteering, of
course-there's no real dearth-and
the argument of the French profit
GERS are quaint.
why are apples so highe' I
asked fruit dealer in Nice last win
ter.
because they're so scarce, SIR
said he.
But said I, the papers an
nounced that the apple crop was
enormous, and the apples were rot
ting on the trees
eyes, that's why they're scarce
said he. 1T didn't pay to pick
them Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-14
Timely lettings and Reminders.

One thousand five hundred and
thirty-sixth day of the great war.
Canada will observe today as
Thanksgiving day,
Birthday greetings to Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, 46 years old today.
Today is the centennial ami
versary of the birth of Alexander
Smith, loom inventor and founder
of the carpet manufacturing industry
in America.
Jeremiah O'Leary and his asso-
ciates in the publication of the anti
British magazine, Bull, are to be ar
raigned in the federal court in New
York today on a charge of attempt
ing to interfere with CONSUMPTION.