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Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Da,on of Liberty IN Belgium

There is good news from all the battle fronts,
but there is no individual item which will afford
more general qualification than the part Bel
gium is taking in the victorious progress of the
allied forces. In an attack between Dixmude
and Ypres the Belgian army advanced between
three and four miles and has alone captured
1000 prisoners.
In the glorious history yet to be written with
the fullness of detail which it deserves of Bel
gums defense of its territory and resolute re-
sistance to the Hun invader there is nothing
more inspiring than the way in which the little
army gathered together its shattered and scat
tered forces and held the line to the north amid
the dunes and dykes.
And now, as they see victory at hand and
with ii the restoration of their country from
the grip of the brutal invader, they are joyously
taking full share in his ejectment and punish
ment The Belgian army today is estimated at
little more than 100000 men, but those daunt-
less legions have faced and fought and defeated
thrice their numbers and have just taken a
/ heavy toll of prisoners. Those prisoners will
never know the full bitterness OF bondage which
for the last four years and more has been en-
dured by the Belgian people, who have seen
their homes and fairest buildings deliberately
DESTROYED and their men and maidens cast into
! captivity worse than death ITSELF
Belgium's day of deliverance is at hand
few months. possibly weeks, and the German
React will be under compulsion to flee the coun-
try he has so unspeakably befouled Whether
IN his rage he will dare to add to the enormous
suu, of mischief he has wrought is doubtful lie
,,us. now see that his defeat is certain and that
the more evil he wreaks the greater will be his
I punishment and the amount of the penalty ex-
acted. Belgium is no longer pawn with which
he NAV hope to bargain, but a free country, and
;ts government will help to sit in Judgment or
liz criminals who have raped and ravaged i
md would have deprived i OF Its national ex
isfence.--New York Herald
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Pepperg Points

Minneapolis Tribune: However,
the president might have made his
answer to the Austrian peace note
still shorter by saying: Nothing
| doing"
think we shall get to the Rhine I'M
mediately." says good old Foch.
What would Hindenburg give to be
able to lop off that last wordr
Kansas City Times: Reference
to the map will show that If the
Germans are thrown back very far
by the new Franco often
sive between Reims and Verdun they
will be In Sedan.
Baltimore American: The feat Of
their official reports also retire "ac-
cording to plan" They say nothing
about the loss Of 10000 prisoners
and 265 guns. The Hun is the mas
ter liar, but the Turk is promising
pupil.
New York World. Scheidemann's
declaration before the main commit
tee of the Reichstag that Ludendorff
and not the chancellor Is the ruler Of
Germany shows that Germans are
beginning to discover something that
everybody else knew. Z.
Kansas City Star; 1--WE have
taken Koutchkovamen, Poitchichte,
Bechchto, Melenitza Votolichte,
Razingey and Toppoletz," says the
Franco Serbian official statement,
which, the experts on the telegraph
desk agree. Is q pretty fair days
work.
Baltimore American. The fact Of
the two British flyers in one ma
chine who captured S. Germans, and
flying around them herded them into
the British camp, would have
aroused only derisive smiles II set
forth in a work of fiction. When
the history Of this war comes to be
written its incidents will make 1t
A "a
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Wooster and the Constitution.

Silver Creek, Neb., Sept. $40
| the Editor of The Bee: "Mr. Woos-
ter is now in mourning because he
fears free speech is to suffer severe
blow If we refuse the unabridged use
Of the German language" said Jesse
Kinder of Lincoln.
Oh, no, not SO! ! merely made
some observations in regard to one
mourned and shed tears for every
violation Of law by those whose bust
ness it Is to administer the law, 1t
would afford enough moisture to
dampen all Nebraska's arid fields,
and some in Kansas.
l have heretofore protested, and
shall continue to protest, against all
this lawlessness on the part of pub
lie officials that is now so rampant
| from Washington to Lincoln and
every county seat in Nebraska.
| Paraphrasing the Scripture: What
| will it profit the people of the United
States to fight to make the world
| safe for democracy and lose their
own democracy in so doing?" And
all observing men know that today
we have very little, if anything, of
democracy left. In proof of this I
quote from speech of Senator
Lodge as it appears in the Congress
sional Record of August 23. The
very distinguished senator said, and
no senator afterward took issue with
him:
I'VE have Set aside for the time
, being the constitution under which
individual liberty has been preserved
and the country has grown and pros
pered. We have adopted measures
which lead, If unchecked, to the
building up on the one hand of a
great bureaucracy such as that
which crushed and ruined Russia.
and which on the other hand are
stimulating the development of state
socialism"
But if the constitution has been
set aside, then we are in a state of
anarchy; the country is running
wild, and all those measures the sem
ator speaks of, which in fact were
administration measures, are null
and void. And all this in face of The
fact that every member of congress
takes a solemn oath to support the
constitution, and the president takes
a similar oath to preserve, protect
and defend it" to the best of his
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
HERE AND THERE.

When a workingman in England
leaves his occupation and doesn't
find another in IA days he is auto
matically in the army.
Rats hinged to the sides of "a life
boat and which spread out when it
is afloat to give additional buoyancy
from a recently invented device for
safety.
John Harris, after whom Harris
burg, Pa, was named, organized the
first corps of riflemen on the Sus-
quehanna to protect his infant set
tlemen from Indians.
Veazle, Me-, boasts that there is
not male of draft age left in the
town, all having gone into the serv-
ice, either through enlistment or by
the draft.
Leon Smith of New Haven, saw a
fish struggling in shoal water in
Highland Lake, near Bridgton, Me-.
and waded in and caught a five-
pound red-spot trout with his hands
AT least, that is what Leon said when
he brought the fish home.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
This Day in History.

1S57-Louis McLane, President
Jackson's secretary of the treasury,
died in Baltimore. Born at Smyrna,
Del, May 20, 1886.
1868-Gen. William Gates, the
United States army officer who cap
tured the Indian chief, Osceola, died
in New York City. Born in Massa-
chusetts in 1888.
1S70-In the last great sortie from
Metz the French were repulsed by
the Germans after severe conflicts.
1878-The Austrians completed
the occupation of Bosnia and Herze-
govina.
19l+Japanese captured zap
island in the Carolina group.
1915-Russian cruisers lombard
ed the Bulgarian port OF Varna.
1916-A German submarine made
an unexpected appearance at New
port. R. |.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
State Press Comments

York News-Times: Congressman
Lobeck Is calling on the political
| powers to help him. Jefferis is
coming down the quarter stretch at
an alarming pace.
Norfolk News: Every days news
! for the last two months has added to
our conviction that somebody lover
! there" knows more about winning
! the war than we do.
Gothenburg Independent: Last
Saturdays press dispatches an
nounced that poets, fiction writers
and advertising men are engaged in
essential industries, and will not be
affected by the work or fight" rules
| There, you see how 1t Is. Never
planned to do a big thing yet that
business didn't hold us back.
Beatrice Express: What is 100
per cent loyalty? Is 1t possible for
man to be 100 per cent loyal and
overcharge the government for sup
| plies which it purchases from him
for war materials which he manu-
features? Can any citizen be 100
per cent loyal and make unfair
profits out of anything which the
SON hCSOS. SdH d Illdu ,pC
100 per cent loyal II he overcharges
'or anything which he sells to the
public?
Kearney Hub: Congressman
Reavis, representing the first con-
gressional district of Nebraska, has
come into prominence as an orator,
as the result of a speech a few days
| ago in the house touching the expe-
rience and incidents connected with
a recent visit to the fighting front in
France. AS a matter of fact Con-
gresham Reavis is the only real and
ideal orator from this state in either
branch of congress, and he is also a
very good congressman besides.
Blair Pilot: One of the tense mo-
ments at the meeting of the fourth
Liberty loan held at the Methodist
church basement yesterday noon was
when Mr.. Claridge asked Nelson
Jackson of Herman township, to
stand up and tell the men gathered
there what he had done in this war.
Reluctantly he told them that one
son had been killed, two were in
France, one Of them before Metz at
the present time, and another boy
about to enter the service. That is
certainly record to be proud Of,
but Earl Burdic got up Immediately
and said Mr.. Jackson hadn't told it
all. He said Mr.. Jackson was al
ways the first to subscribe to every
fund and did It with a willingness
that indicated more than the amount
he gave, and Earl thought he even
overdid 1t at times. Mr.. Jackson
has the same idea about this war
that the colored washerwomen who
said she had to buy more bonds than
some people because she had more
children to be protected from those
Huns.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Asafoetida For the "Flu."

Omaha, Oct. b.--To the Editor Of
The Bee: Will you kindly publish
the enclosed remedy for the Spanish
FLU" 1t may seem much like grand
mothers receipt, but it is not. 1t
was prescribed by one Of the great
est physicians the world has ever
known, long since dead-I forgot his
name. To the best Of my recollec-
ton this remedy was used in halt
ing and killing Of the terrible cpl
demic that visited the south.
Make a small white bag two
inches square, put into bag piece Of
asafoetida, sew up the bag, pin to
under garment next to the chest as
close to the throat as possible.
Tar was boiled in the streets close
to schools and all public buildings.
This is a good prevention as well as
a cure of all diseases. IAN ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
cure" MRS. F. B. HOUGH,
405 North Nineteenth street
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Iiberty Bonds and the Women.

Omaha, Oct. $40 the Editor of
The Bee: Everyone that refuses to
buy a Liberty bond, or does so I'M
willingly, helps the foe.
The spirit moved Jehu to say:
"Shouldest thou help the ungodly
and love them that hate the Lord ?
therefore is wrath upon thee from
before the Lord"
Germany is just learning how
great people we are, both in quail
ity and in quantity. He has long
called us "the American playboy."
That faculty to play well has fitted
us to meet at this moment grievances
and indignities heretofore beyond
the ability Of man to conceive.
We will not only buy the fourth
Liberty bond, but the next and the
next-if necessary.
What greater rights should women
ask to be saved from the fate of the
women in the war zones? What ma
ton Of men places it's women on so
high level as do ours?
When we divide our opinions on
this question, it makes some of the
men wonder at our unreasonable at
titude, especially in this dark hour.
1t may be little darker, it is always
so just before the dawn. The whole
heart of every man helps the allied
cause. One single strong stroke may
decide a battle. Our men must be
left free to use their energy for the
business in hand, winning this war.
Our nation is doing a fine piece of
work and its women must do moth
ing and say nothing that might
hinder a single man one minute, or
it aids the kaiser and lessons the
moral strength Of our nation.
MRS. R. B. ELLIOTT
323 Park avenue.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
GraciOusly Acknowledged.

Omaha, Oct. $40 the Editor Of
The Bee: The executive committee
of the women's fourth Liberty Ian
organization wish to express their
gratitude of the courtesy shown by
your paper in publishing the names
of its 1900 bond saleswomen
While the women are only too
glad to give their services to their
country's needs at this time without
any personal glory or recognition Of
their efforts, the publishing of their
names in such a great body of pa
triotic workers is bound to cause
them little pride, and will, We are
sure, stimulate their efforts in the
firing work Of the house. house
canvass.
Yours for the fourth Liberty loan,
MINNIE e. JUDSON.
Chairman.
MARGARET HYNES,
Vice Chairman.
ALLENA HARRIS,
Director of Publicity.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Timely lettings and Reminders.

One thousand five hundred and
twenty-ninth day of the great war.
Today begins the year 1887 of the
Mohammedan era.
The supreme court of the United
States convenes today for the fall
term.
The annual state convention of
the Improved Order of Red Men in
Iowa will assemble at Des MONIES
today and continue in session until
Thursday.
Denver is to be the meeting place
today of the first of series of IA
provincial conferences of Catholics
to prepare plans for the November
campaign to raise $l7O,O0O,OOO
fund for united war activities.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
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Thanks From Red Cross

Omaha, Oct. ITO the Editor of
The Bee: Your paper has been
very generous in giving publicity to
Red Cross news matters, particularly
that which is helpful in carrying out
its numerous activities.
From the various telephone mes
sages, correspondence and calls at
my Office, it is evident that many
people read the article in your Sun
day edition relative to the require
ments of the bureau for personnel
for overseas service.
l wish to thank you very cordially
for the space given in your Sunday
edition and at other times.
]. E. DAVIDSON,
State Director Bureau of Personnel.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
The Day We Celebrate.

DR.. Millard Langfeld, physician,
born 1872.
Leon James Willard, president In
dependent Lumber company, born
1881.
DR.. H. c. Parker, dentist, born
1884.
Anthony F. Leermaker, with
Remington & Kessler, tailoring es-
tablishment, born 1871.
Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles,
United States navy, born at Spring
field, Mass, 90 years ago.
Joseph E. Ransdell, renominated
for United States senator from
Louisiana, born at Alexandria, La,
90 years ago.
Welker Cochran, professional bill
lard player, born at Manson. Ia. %
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
Storyette of the Day.

A little girl of 8 entered store in
a small town and said:
II want some cloth to make my
dolly a dress"
The merchant selected some and
handed the child the package.
, "How much is it," she asked.
"Just one kiss" was the reply.
"All right" said the child, as she
turned to 60, grandma said to tell
you she would pay you when she
came in tomorrow. "-Harper' Mag
azine
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
[ TODAY
Right in the Spotlight.

Brigadier General Merch B.
Stewart, who is in command of the
American forces forming part of
the allied army which is penetrating
Russia from the northern coast, is
one of the youngest officers of his
grade in the United States army. He
also is regarded as one of the most
efficient infantry officers in the
United States military establish
ment. General Stewart is a grad
uate of the army war college and
has seen service in Cuba and the
Philippines and on the Mexican.
border. He formerly was an in
structor at West Point and at
Plattsburg. Soon after the United
States entered the war he was made
chief of staff of the 10Th division
at Camp Devens, where his work
won him a lieutenant colonelcy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Mr.. Baruch's idea that only normal profits
should be exacted for household necessities is
all right, but he may have some difficulty in get
ting 1t applied. Raw material has to travel quite
ways in this country between the producer
and the consumer, apd many hands take toll
along the route,
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Nebraska farmers are again asked to come
to the relief of hungry world by producing
more pork. The response to urgent request
made last spring was 10 per cent increase in
hogs by Nebraska, but if Uncle Sam insists, our
farmers will raise this ante. At $3.50 hogs
ought to be worth raising.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Austria was reported as seeking
separate peace negotiations.
Uruguay announced the severance
of diplomatic relations with Ger
many.
French and British made violent
artillery assault on German lines in
Flanders.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

cided to study medicine and left for
the College of Physicians and Sur
geons at Baltimore.
The anti-prohibition club of Oma-
ha, of which John Paulsen is presi
dent, is making strenuous efforts to
defeat the prohibitionists. A num-
Der of orators are abroad making
speeches and organizing anti-prohi-
bition clubs.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Seligsohn, ac-
companied by their daughter, left
for Jefferson City, Mo-, to attend
the wedding of their son, Julius, and
Miss Nellie Obermeyer.
At the residence of the brides pa
rents on Sherman avenue and Six
teenth street, Louis Danbaum and
Miss Mary Goldman were united in
marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. N. H. Patrick ar
rived home from the east and their
coaching trip.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

AT the reception in Washington the COL
ored official who looked after the autos
was directed to call "the car Of the Qua
temalan minister. You understand, the
Guatamalan minister?
Eyes, sab; I understand puffectly. sah,"
he replied, and then shouted: THE car
TO the watermelon Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Washington has Berlin and Vienna pretty
well catalogued and card-indexed by this time.
The tricksters over there will find that we are
not so gullible as they thought few months
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

The kaiser shook up his bag OF tricks, but
when he showed the result it looked to the
world very much like some of the things he had
pulled before. Sooner or later he will come to
know what ~. S." stands for in war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Macmillan ought to read Presidents VIII
sons answer to Czernin, for it might give him
working notion of how Americans feel on the
ssubject of peace with Germany.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Sending speeders to jail has often been pro-
posed in Omaha, but the first of these offenders
has just landed there. The experiment is worth
while.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Germany's appeal for a cessation of HOSTILE
ties would have sounded much better in March,
but the Hun was singing different tune then
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Spanish flu" has lived up to its name by lay
ing King Alfonso fiat on his royal back ane
treating him just as if he were commoner.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Won Hertling gets the black eagle from tn
kaiser to go along with the black eye he &c
from the Reichstag.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07
JUST FOR FUN.

Bacon-Does your wife make her own
bread?
Egbert-No, not now,
But she used to, didn't shef'
"Oh. yes, before the war, but she's
making Hoovers bread now."-Yonkers
Stateman.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

When the British entered Lens they found
the city entirely destroyed. What did they ex-
pect, after four years of German occupaton7
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

At any rate, nothing is being said about a
Strong German peace"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

A mighty uneasy feeling has developed
around the state house of late, especially since
our "war governor" has returned from his trip
out west.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Peace right now will be great disappoint-
ment to couple of million youngsters who are
training for trip to Berlin. They want chance
at the big show before it closes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

The Liberty loan is tagging little behind its
schedule. Get busy.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

The expected peace offensive has come,
and II is as offensive as ever
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

x Watch for signal from the health commits
sioners Office before you let up on the "Au."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Keep right on with the Liberty loan; bonds
will hit the Hun as hard as bullets right now
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

ability! In defense Of THIS lawless-
ness in high places the plea Of ne
cessity is set up, but that Is precise
ly the defense the kaiser makes for
the invasion and destruction Of Bel
GUM.
1t Is true that the senator also
stated to the effect that later on we
should go back to constitutional
methods But as to that the thought
| full citizen may we'll have many mis-
givings when he sees that from Hill
nois to South Carolina, and from
Michigan to Mississippi, the presi-
dent is persistently trying to pack the
senate and house of representatives
with members loyal to himself, per-
sonally, rather than to the constitu-
ton they are sworn to support
Power in possession Is not willingly
released.
/ have never been prepared to ad-
NIT that a republic is inherently I'M
able to put forth all its strength In
great war; or that 1t Is necessary
to destroy democracy in order that
democracy may live.
Mr.. Kinder's statement that the
police power is superior to the con-
stitution, Is really too silly for con-
sideration, except for the fact that
there are undoubtedly tens Of thou
sands who entertain just such fool
ish ideas as to public opinion, the
alleged war powers of the president,
necessity, self-preservation, and the
like, being the supreme law. Such
people are not fit for self-govern-
ment, and for their benefit, II they
are not past hope, l quote the fol-
lowing from Municipal Law" page
402, by Pomeroy:
Whatever authority the govern
ment may at any time rightfully
possess, whatever power 1t may law
fully assume either in peace or in
war, either in the ordinary course Of
administration or in the exceptional
circumstances Of rebellion and for
eign or domestic hostilities, whatever
means 1t may employ to preserve Its
own existence or that of the nation
as distinct organization, must be
drawn directly or by necessary Inn
plication from the constitution,
which gives the government being,
and in which the nation is organical-
ly embodied. The notion that
we may resort to the instinct Of self
preservation, or to the plea of ne
cessity, for the source Of power Is
unWaranted by the constitution, Is In
the highest degree perncious, lead
ing to anarchy, and therefore
tyranny" CHARLES WOOSTER
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Kaiser Bill begins to realize that he is not
up against Russia.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-07

Hello, old chap. You're married now,
I understand"
Yep, Pm married. Been married two
years"
She's divinely tall, I hear, and most
divinely fair"
Yep. and most Internally extravagant."
Louisville Courier journal.