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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
MAY SPEAK ANY
LANGUAGE over
THE TELEPHONE
State Railway Commission
Holds Company Cannot Re.
move Phone on Mere
Gossip of Sedition.
From a Staff Correspondent.

Lincoln, Aug. 27.-(Special.) 1.-The
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
company has had so many complaints
come to it of subscribers using other
than the American language in con-
versation over its lines and protests
against same, asking that the phones
of the users be discontinued, that the
company has placed the matter in the
hands OF the State Railway commits
sion, which holds that there is no law
prohibiting the use of any foreign
language over the phone so long as
the language is not seditious or along
criminal lines, but in discussing the
matter gives the following interesting
opinion:
The commission desires to call
your attention to the common law
obligation of telephone companies as
common carriers to furnish service to
the public. This obligation cannot
lightly be set aside. A telephone
company could not be asked, of
course, to aid in the commission of
crime. nor to knowingly permit the
use of its facilities for the commission
of crime. For instance, a telephone
company would be we'll within its
rights to disconnect the phone of a
subscriber who used profane or in
decent language, because such sub
scriber would be violating the Grim
inal law. In the same way the tele-
phone company could take some ac-
ton where subscriber was guilty Of
sedition, as defined by the Nebraska
law, where the seditious utterances
were made over the telephone.
"The commission has always
recognized that the rights of the
public to the public service performed
by telephone companies are greater
than those of any individual, and
where an individual wantonly and
maliciously interferes with service, it
is a sufficient reason to eliminate
such a subscriber from the lines"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Nebraska In Tabloid.

Emil Janowski, living near jamestown,
was severely injured when his team ran
away and the wagon turned over pinning
him underneath. He was brought to an
Omaha hospital.
Hugo Quesner. president OF the State
bank Of Howells, died at his home in Fre-
mont at the age of 72 years. He came to
Dodge county in 1884 and engaged in the
mercantile business at North Bend Mr.
and Mrs. Quesner celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last January. He is
survived by his wife, son, Ernest. of Ho-
wells and one doughter. Mrs. Henry
Doering Of Fremont
Fremont retailers anticipate no reduc-
tions In the price Of watermelons from the
present price of three and one-half cents
The drouth curtailed the crop and dealers
do not expect to be able to fill orders in
the season. Many orders are being received
In Fremont from surrounding cities.
A Red Cross sale at Cambridge netted
the organization nearly $4,000. A Liberty
Bell cast in cement sold for s164.50.
The farm Of Albert Browp, near Cam
bridge. recently sold for $3.50 per acre.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Nebraska Concerns
Desire to Increase
Their Capital Stock

Washington, D. c., Aug. 27.-(Spe-
cial Telegram. )-Senator Hitchcock
appeared before the capital issue
committee of the Treasury depart
ment today in behalf of constituents
seeking permission to increase the
capital stock of various corporations.
The Skinner Packing company of
Omaha was one of the corporations
for whom consideration was asked.
Representative Reavis is in great
demand as public speaker. His ad-
dress on what he saw while in France
r and Belgium and on the western
battle front, recently made before the
Young Women's Christian associa-
ton, have brought him host of invi-
tations to speak before public as
seinblies. He has accepted invita-
tions from the State Federation--of
Churches at Vienna, Va, Thursday
evening. Aug. 29; the Summer Colony
at Braddock Heights, Nd, Sunday
evening; the Soldiers Service club,
Baltimore, Wednesday, Sept a; Jew
ish Synagogue, this city, Thursday,
Sept. 5.
Charles r. SchWager, vice preSi-
dent and general manager Of the
American Live Stock Insurance COM
pany, is in Washington on a food
conservation prospect.
Is;dor Zeigler of Omaha and E. F.
Jones of Antioch, Mo-, who have been
in Washington for several days seek
ing relief from the capital issue COM
m:ttee, left for the west today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van B. Lady of
Omaha are in Washington. Mr.. Lady
desires to enter the quartermaster's
department and the chances for a
commission are considered good.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Drouth Closes Fremont
MunicipaI Drying Plant

Fremont. Neb., Aug. H.-(Special.)
Owing to lack of patronage the
municipal drying plant has been
closed down after being operated for
a month. AT no time was the plant
operated at full capacity. Fremont
war gardens were hard hit by the
,drouth with the result that the sup.
ply of vegetables is limited. The bean
crop was short and but few apples
are available.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Three Omaha Boys and Three
NebraSkans In Casualties

The names of three Omahans ap-
pear on Wednesdays casualty list
sent out by the War department.
They are: Corp. Anton Stransky,
next Of kin, Jim Tagar, general de-
livery; Corp. George A. Wurmbach,
next of kin, Otto Wurmbach, 3Sl6 R
street, and Joseph A. Sistek. next of
kin, Mrs. Marie Bryck, l4l0 South
Thirteenth street. All appear on the
list as severely wounded.
One Nebraska boy, Mechanic Mel
win H. Howard, next of kin, Mrs.
Ida M. Howard, South Auburn, Neb..
is listed as wounded, degree undeter-
mined. Two others are listed as
missing in action. They are: Corp.
Leslie S. Phillips, next of kin, Frank
c. Phillips, Laurel, Neb, and Clinton
Jeffres. next of kin, Mrs. Kate Apple
gate, Horace, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Sutton Farmers Up for Use
Of the German LANGUAGE

Lincoln, Aug. 27.-More than
dozen residents of the. vicinity of
Sutton, Mb., were compelled to ap-
pear before the Council of Defense
at Clay Center yesterday because of
their alleged failure to comply with
a request by the council that the use
of the German language be-, discon-
tinued, according to report Received
here today from H. H. Johnson,
chairman of the council. The cases
of four of the accused were referred
to the State Council of Defense in
Lincoln for action.
Mr.. Johnson said he feared trouble
might develop near Sutton among
English and German speaking resi-
dents unless the latter stopped the
use of German.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Special Agents Make Two
Good Lands of Booze

Lincoln Aug. 27.-(Special.)-Spe-
cial agents of the governor appointed
to enforce the prohibition laws were
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

Sam Nichols and Frank Tony of the
same place. were fined 500 each for
having whisky in their possession.
Nevada Candidate Dies.
Reno. New, Aug. 27.-Horace F.
Bartine, chief commissioner and
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

ment OF 40 interned German and Aus.
trian sailors on the Sunnyside planta.
ton near Lake Village, Ark. The
protest says the sailors are under
parole and unguarded and that they
constitute a menace to the Missis-
sippi river levee system.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Red Cross Auction at
Craiq Nets Over ST. 600

Craig, Neb., Aug. H.-(Special.)-
Saturday night the Craig branch of
the Red Cross auctioned off a regis.
tered jack, the gift of Mr.. Cerutti
who owned and shipped the jack
from his Arkansas farm. The animal
sold and resold until the sum OF
$3.50 was realized At the same
auction, quilt brought $lll.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28
Obituaries

JAMES DALTON, so years old.
died Monday after a short illness at
the home Of his sister, Mrs. John
Mulvihill, 502 South Twenty-seventh
street. Two other sisters, Mrs.
William Mcintosh, Martins Ferry, O.,
and Mrs. James P. English, Omaha,
also survive. The funeral will be held
from the Heafey & Heafey parlors
Thursday morning at 500 o'clock,
with services at st. Peters church at
o'clock. Interment will be in Holy
Sepulcher cemetery.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

chairman of the Nevada railroad COM
mission and candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for congress before
the coming primaries, died at Win
nemucca, New, this. morning after
short illness of pneumonia.
He served two terms as congress
man from Nevada. from 1888 to 1892.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-28

successful the past few days in max
ing arrests as follows:
Sam G. Foster. colored porter on
the Union Pacific. was discovered
in possession of 90 pints of whisky
at Kearney and was fined $500 and
costs.
Cover Yoder, also OF Kearney. and
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
No Observation-Disclosures Ru

rom First Coumn)
man is ape in higher degree than any ape Thus spake
Zarathustrs.
He spoke truly often but did not the full truth
Man has worked his way from worm to man through all
the stas and he is going become and more real
man and REMAIN man.
The primitive savage uniting his forces using brands of
fire. could brighten the tiger thrstng for his blood keep
away the great gorilla, more powerful but less wise
Civilization today, imperfect but united will find IN jus
tce and courage the burning brand that will keep back and
destroy the combination of tiger and gorilla that In Berlin
imagines itself earth's chosen beyondman.
Zarahustra sent his eagle flying through the air with
the serpent entwined about its neck
And TO- an eagle swept through the air in wide circles
serpent hanging from it not like prey but IKE frend
coling round its neck
They are my animals said zarathustra, and rsoicsd
heartily.
THE proudest animal under the sun and the wiseS ami
NAL under the sun have set out to reconnoiter
good description Of q recent expedition undertaken
by the proudes animal under the the Prussian Kaiser
A he believed by the wset animal under the
sun the system Of Prussan Selfshness
powerful pair but not powerful enough 70 overcome
and rule earth 9 real npsrman JUSTICE and KNoWL-
EDGE
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
Regenerate Adams and Ewes
Are Human
By Winifred Bla c k.

nature and act the way he acted
when he was little and thought the
bathtub and the use of it was
great national outrage upon lib
erty.
Time Only VIII Tell.
Maybe he's the kind of man who
likes to come in the back door, and
wash his hands at the sink and
dry them on the roller towel, and
sniff what's for dinner. and find
out how many biscuits are in the
oven.
Perhaps that's the way he did
when he was at home in his own
home with his mother, and not in
his wife's home with his wife.
Maybe he likes to be himself and
have his own way and eat ham
and eggs for dinner and fried steak
and onions for breakfast, and
drink his coffee with his meals In
stead Of after them, and have Sally
Lunns In the summer and buck
wheat cakes in the winter.
Perhaps he's tired of making
believe he is something that he
isn't
Maybe he's tired OF pretending
to like things that he hates, and
TO enjoy things that he dstests.
Perhaps he's sick Of being bossed
and improved and made over to
suit his wife.
Maybe he wants to marry some
one who will think he's perfect, no
matter what he does, and who will
listen TO every word that falls
fro mthe lips as II II we're spoken
by an orator-eVen II he does for
get and put too many negatives
into some of his sentences.
Perhaps he wants 10 say "hAint"
and them fcllers" and not be cor
rected. Maybe he's tired Of going
Ia school and wants TO be teacher
himself q while
I've noticed that these made
over husbands and these made-to-
order wives may suit the ones who
do the making over. but they sci
dom seem tn be- frantically pleased
themselves
tusuyHshi. Iaif ~ NsvuuarsT T,stprr arlr
80. lns., Great Britain hiuhts hsssfSvdI
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
Consuming Energy Is Keep.
ing Well
By NJ a b el Do d g e.

In the Bible David called it his
"glory."
Awake up, my gloryl" he
shouted. And Awake thou that
sleepest," cried Paul to his own
soul.
And many times in the New
Testament it is called the "Holy
Ghost"
The Hindus have called it "om."
The Chinese have called it "tao."
Age after age it has been recog-
nized and called by different
names. But it is always the
same thing-the human dynamo.
Today we call it "energy"-and
it lies dormant, or bursts forth
free, in every living thing-as
well as in all inanimate things.
1t is of dynamic power.
1t is the great explosive.
In man, the transformer, it is a
convertible force.
Applied To Men.
Very often when some one you
know seems to be in a perfect
frenzy of irritability-bad temper
and acid poisoning-perhaps the
poor thing is just suffering because
his energy has no outlet. Perhaps
there is something preventing him
from carrying out the thing he is
meant to do in the world.
This energy in us is a tyrant
over us until we die.
Each man is his own tyrant.
One may overthrow every au-
thority, yet every one must come
back to that last authority-him-
self-and the law of his being.
II your energy is flowing out in
external forms you are a happy,
healthy person.
If your energy is blocked bv in
side or outside obstacles you grow
III. YOU grow nerVOC-, you grow
miserable.
And under this law each person
b. made to love TO do that thing
that ne can do best-that he Is
best fitted to do
That b. his outlet.
The happicst person o.. doing
what h. likes best 10 do, espe
rinlly when Il h " hat he has 2, dn
" be- toe NJ like his Job h. doesn't
dn % we'll. u 81. not the outlet for
q hin particular energy.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
The Tirhtrad's Chance.

The poor alley family exploited
briefly under this heading sew
eral days ago is now amply pro
vided for, thanks to my tightwad
and other friends. Half the peo-
pie who contributed asked that
they remain unadvertised, so, for
that reason, / have mentioned no
names
The five children have shoes and
underwear; the mother has warm
clothes. They have half a ton of
coal, which is riches unbounded,
as ANYONE will tell you, and
we're giving them just enough
money a week to fill the larder.
Everybody ought to be thankful
for the opportunity they had in
this case, and l know they are.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

IL have inherent ways OF
" throwing off the poisOns
=. in our system. One way
is by the vapors of the body.
When you find man who has
smoked too much or drunk too
much or absorbed other poisons'
YOU can't help knowing it because
he is oxidating-throwinG of his
poisons.
It is a simple physical mech
anism.
There is another process that
goes on in us that resembles IT.
but that works on the psychic
plane. .
The psychic plane is the plane Of
the spirit or ghost" that Is IN
every man.
When our never-ending energy
or "geist" or "ghost" is not Smoth-
cred in US, but is able to flow freely
in work of some kind, then we are
oxidating on the psychic plane.
When our hands and minds are
tied fast-when our mental-physl-
cal energy is frozen in us and
cannot flow outward-we become
poisoned.
Energy of Flowers.
II YOU do not use your energy 1t
turns bad in you. But when the
frozen energy melts and evapor-
ates, when you are turning out
every bit of energy that you have,
in some form, externalizing it in
some way, then you are at your
best. At your happiest and health
lest.
The perfume of the flower is its
energy. 1t is oxidating or evap'
ora-ing.
Il is fulfilling itself.
This energy used to 10 called by
other names. "Grace Of God was
one. And this same Grace Of
God" that was So productive turned
into what was called "cvil spirits
in those days. when som" nb~tarle
prevented rs oxidation OF tran
formation into external work, ari
forms.
II has also hccn called the
divine spark 4" u = what Plato
called the "dRmnn u 81. the
"-arrrl nrr" that prumcthcu. stolo
FROM heaven
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
POEM BY
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

But his mothers mothers mother would tell
How her mother thought it was Gods sweet will
To punish and torture a hereto till
They drove out the devil that made him dare
Think for himself in the matter of prayer
And faith and salvation. So, we see how it is
II we look back over the centuries
The creeds men learned at their mothers knee
When Salem witches we're hanged to tree,
And the pious danes flocked thither to see,
Are not deemed Christian or holy today,
And the bold black sheep who went straying away
From rut-worn paths in their search for God,
And leaped over the fence into pastures broad,
Are the great Trail Makers for mortal souls,
Leading the race up to higher goals
And a larger religion; where man must find
God dwelling ever within his mind,
Christ in his conduct, and heaven in his thought,
And hell but the places where love is not,
mighty religion, that makes this earth
But the cradle that fits us for deaths new birth
And the life beyond it, that is so near
Its echoes may reach to the listening ear.
BLACK sheep, black sheep hare you any wOOI'"
Eyes, sir; yes, sir; whole WOrld full"
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

Il UDGE," said the woman,
when she was asked to tell
~ her side of the story,
Judge, I've made that mani just
took him and made him over
that's all.
When I first saw him he ate
with his knife. and he told me
himself he'd never even heard OF
a finger bowl.
81 bought him his first manicure
set, and he never knew what a
bathrobe was till Christmas came
and | made him a present Of one.
Il got him to reading the contin-
ued stories in the evening paper.
and we read the funnies together,
and by the time I got through with
him he could talk about something
besides his job and how much
money he had saved in the last
month.
And just when l got him to be
almost human-be left me-and !
think he ought to pay me for my
lessons. anyhow"
What Manner Of Man,
The Judge laughed and then he
sighed, and the man laughed and
then he turned very red. And the
case was held over for decision.
I do wonder what that decision
will be.
There's another woman in the
case, | hear. What sort Of a woman
do you suppose she Is?
Has she ever heard OF finger
bowls and does she like to eat
with her fork. or is the Made-OVer
Man going 10 have the fun OF teach
ing her? Will she he as good a
pupil as he was. wonder. or will
she get tired OF being taught and
lectured. and improved and made
over
Maybe he likes her Just ~ she In
and Intends 10 let her he
Perhaps he's tired uf nnEcr boW II
and duilirs aud hathruheu and
monoErammed guest towels aud
face messages
Maybe he wants TO 80 back 10
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

With cars coming east, west, north,
south on three separate lines Of
tracks, with thousands Of people
crossing on foot and thousands of
motor cars a day rushing by. WHY
IS 1T that laxative half-wits will
suddenly leap into the air with loud
cutlery, crash through the traffic and
run chances Of instant death simply
to go out and bother officer Lamb or
Sergeant Buell. with q question as to
what he thinks Of the price Of coun-
try sausage this week.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

Take a corner like Fourteenth and
G streets, worse In my humble judy
ment than many Of the so-called
Dead Mans Curves" In some other
cities. That crossing can accumu-
late more trouble than q ten acre
lot with 6 Wild bull and q hive Of
mad bees. 1t is quite frequently
presided over by q handsome officer
named LAMB, and again By another
handsome sergeant named STANLEY
BUELL..
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
HEARD AND SEEN
taken up by Christian Endeavor So
cieties
By EARL GOODWIN.

taken up by Christian Endeavor So
cieties.
After considerable organizing the
societies have established a thorough
going milk fund and If anyone de-
sires to contribute, he may send his
check to w. T. GALLIHER, presi-
dent Of the American National Bank.
What l wanted to say Is this:
The milk Tor hot cocoa) is being
doled out to children at three of the
Fairgrounds. Mrs. SUSIE ROOT
RHODES, director Of Fairgrounds.
is having considerable to do with
this little voluntary charity.
Within the past few DAYS storiea
nave reached me to the effect that
the milk and cocoa IL being served
In dirty cups or glasses.
That is not 50. Mrs. RHODES has
as much sense as many people and
more than most. When the matter
OF giving milk and cocoa on her
Fairgrounds came up she saw to Il
that the health officer chould send
an expert to the spot.
The expert happens to be DR.. r.
X. ASHWORTH, food inspector for
the District Of Columbia. He SAYS
the milk and cocoa is served CLEAN
and that's enough for me. I know
Dr.. ASHWORTH and I know DR..
WOODWARD, health officer. Ha
doesn't pick food inspectors that
let anything ret by them.
Not only that. DR.. Ashworth has
become an enthusiastic worker in
the cause outside Of his official con-
nection. He has done a lot Of hard
work that ought to be recorded pub
lely and | am glad to start the week
with this recognition.
A long letter from HUGH DEX-
TER-too long to print Just now
takes exception to the statement OF
MISS CUSTER that women seeking
rooms are taken ADVANTAGE OF By
people with rooms to rent and that
high prices are not the rule.
FRED BERGER Is sending out re-
quests to some Of his writing friends
to contribute sketches, burIesque,
and other forms of wit and humor to
Polls stock company.
d. B. BARKLEY suggests that
coffee Is injurious, and that We
might have a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the use Of cofiee.
ALSO mustard pickles containing
colofing matter. Cannot the Consti-
tuition be amended to prohibit mus
tard pickles?"
1t may some day II we keep on.
Seeing GEN. ( w. WHITAKER,
Of 726 Rock Creek Church road, on
the street reminds me that a bill
for his retirement In the regular
army ia pending in Congress. This
bill ought not to lag. General Whit
aker Is a veteran OF the civil war
with a string Of battles to his credit
that would make many a world-con-
queror proud.
MAJOR LESTER JONES, chief OF
the Coast and GeOdetic Survey. has
a new word meaning Concentrated
essence Of pep" 1t Is SPIZzERING-
TUM!
HENRY LANSBURGH, LESTER
LANSBURGH, and MARK KAHN are
responsible for comforting q poor
family found recently. Never mind
how 1t was done-but 1t was done,
and several people got through the
worst Of the cold weather very nicely
with the aid OF these three.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

Not long ago there appeared in
this column little story about chill
dren fainting at school before noon
because they were urdernourished.
Some of them had gone to school
without breakfast. Some Of you will
remember that this paragraph was
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

I mention country sausage because
it's the first thing that came to my
mind, but I'll bet pound OF II that
someone has or will ask that ques-
ton OF one of these two officer just
at the moment when he is busy try
ing to keep street cars and motor
cars and pedestrians from tangling
themselves one with another.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
THE BLACK SHEEP

Copyright. 1911, Company
Black sheep, black sheep, have you any wooi9'
Yes, sir; yes, sir; three bags full"
cET DON'T want any New Thought, said he,
Or any Theosophy; for, you see,
The faith learned at my mothers knee
Is good enough for me.
OF course I'm a wee bit broader than she,
Hearing one sermon where she heard three,
And I read my paper on Sunday, instead
OF the Bible only. My mother said
was black sheep, when she
strayed trifle away from the law,
And didn't think every one left in the lurch
Who happened to go to a different church;
But STILL in the main, her creed is mine,
And don't want anything more divine"
Yet his mothers mother was more austere;
She taught her children a creed OF fear
And she called them black sheep when, with shock,
She saw them straying away from the flock,
Just far enough
To get around places they thought too rough,
Like infant damnation and endless hell.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

And speaking Of traffic. here's
something 1 would like to call to the
attention Of our prominent: men.
Traffic policemen stationed al busy
corners would like II exceedingly
If Senators, Congressman. Judges,
millionaires. dollar-a-year men. and
the general run Of citizens would
refrain from rushing up to the traf-
fic policeman to talk on subjects Of
general interest.
The Washington times., 1918-01-06
No EagIe-Serpent-H OhenzOllern
Ruler

The Ruling Superman Is Scientific knowledge Built Up by
the Millions and Controlled by Them
The Washington times., 1918-01-06

Traffic men don't want to be rude
to the great galaxy OF prominent
citizens which our city walls shell
ter, but how can they direct traffic.
which is a mans size job, and carry
on an aimless conversation with a
well-meaning but unthlnking Prom.
Cit