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Washington Journal., 1918-04-19
Tanftss RapitsG.

Wlltms urla11D gtn9 gu Groe-
No9 penige Sage, bann muBte er
fem &Offer9en paden unO bas gait=
li9e Sous berlafen, bas linn 10 lieb
%getporoen mar. Der Bauer in Gent
ten bate 1einen ebemaligen &ne9t
iebr freunOli9 oufgenOmmen. Die
Srefen iiber oen @arbeliBen impoz
nierten inn. SeBt brGnsten ii9 ale.
bic frii9er ben elternlOien Sungen
ni9t bea6tet batten, I'm ben 9errn
nnteroffi3ier. ltnb ale batten es ibm
i9on als tleinen Sungen angeIsben,
bob er nod einmaG i'm 2eben mos
&e9tes perben piirbe. Mu9 bic
Na9ri9t, OaB er gu Der Sippe Ser
rei9en piontets gebSrte, unb pte Elm
Sobn BON Moams @Itern aufgenom=
men mar, bate bereits bas Oorf ere
rei9t unO trug ni9t penig ba3u Bel,
fein Nnfe6en gu er9O6en.
@lei9 an eriten Sage bate er bas
Grab Der Mutter, bns e~ingefalen unO
bon @ras iiberpu9ert in elmer @de
Oes 2ir4EOfs lag. oufgeiu9t, BON eis
ner alten Srou neu berri9ten unb nit
8lumen bepflan3en lafIen. Griiber
bate er ME oaran geba9t. SEPT mar
in inn, obne OaB er es puBte, bas
@efubI fir Die 8eoeutung Der 8er>
panbt19aft ertpa9fen. unD bantbar
eeba9te er Der alten piontets, BEL be-
men er als erpo9iener MenI@ Elm 81
ternbaus g%efunben bate.
So, Iie battsn i'm pirtli9 lieb, bic
alten 2eut9en! sic ma9ten inn BEL
feiner 2iidte5r @orpiirfe, OaB er fih
10 lange bel fremOen Meni4en aufge>
balten Bate. @lei9 BEL Der 8egrii>
Bung msrtte er, OoB bic Gorge un
NOam nod Ni@t geI4punben mar,
benn bic Sante 1a6 Ie6r traurig aus.
Sic bra9te inn WaI9naifer in Iein
S9laf3immer na9; ie polte augenz
i9einli9 nit ibm BON i6rgm Summer
lpre9en.
rSn. ipie te6t's benin nit Der
Sa9e?"
.@9limrn. mein Sung4en,
f9limm!"
nSit benn bic @erlobung ouseinon>
bersegansen?"
Die 8ante fa6 i6n troB ibrsr Be-
triibnis gang Osr6Iafft an. rBie
tommit on oenn auf iol9e @eoan=
ten9"
Nilim mertte, OaB er gu bel sss
Iaet bate. @r tpuBte lopobL bon
Gina pie BON Nbam, bab oieie Mogz
li9teit ni9t ousseI9lofen mar. Coli
ten benn bic Mlten nod gar ni9t
baran geba9t baben?
@r fu9te feline Worte ab5uidpdz
den. Oas bate er nur i'm eriten
S9red 10 "bingeplappert. Die alte
Trau i9iitteIte traurig ben &opf.
.Hein, bu ipeiBt mebr als i9. Wes=
Galb fasit bu mir es ni9t?" 9o6en
Ii9 etpu i9on bic beioen iungen
2eute peruneinist?"
.0apon peiB i9 nidts. 9lbsr Der
Aoam iagte mir. oaB er Iieber aut
iein san5es @rbteil Dersi9tet uno na4
Welfalen sebt. ols BON Der Spa
lGBt. l1nb Du fennit Deinsn Sobn
bod! @enn er ii4 mas auf bic 9Orz
ner nimmt -"
rg3a. 6enn LAB i'm fabren".
~Mber 5ante, pie tannIt Ou BLOB
10 reben! @s lit bod osin ein3ises
&inO. Mesbolb ppIt i9r i'm our
9eirat atpinsen?"
nMein &inb, bas peritebit bu
nidt. Sn Der Stabt, mo bic 3inbsr
nod Der 9o9seit lire eisene Wobnung
6eoieben. lam Der S9piesermutter
siemli9 sleidsiiItig iein. men Der
Sobn beiratet. lber mir miiFen nit
Der Sobnesto@ter pieuei4t nod 5ipanz
gig SABRE aufammen leben. llno oa
iou i9 cine Margeq ins 9aus nebs
men. oie i'd ni9t leibsn lam? Sol
ih NIT ihr midi Hnn fir Tnn anrs
Washington Journal., 1918-04-19

Aoam &eiier, elm So
Sabre otter Afrobat bon Gong
SsIono Sin, q. ~. %itiir5te w1brenS
elmer 8oriteuung ani Der @iibne Ses
2incoIn Gquore : Sbenters BON Ell
mem Eropc0 ob mo mnBte in ihmer
pcrIcttem 3ultonOe noh Dem Belle
ruc.Soipitol 0ebradt perocn.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Artistic Baggage Smashing

Must the allies, smashing the German lines,
smash the baggage of glittering German officers
too? If so, special corps of sem-cvian bag
gage smashers must go with every advancing
column of British, French and Americans. Dis
courtesy to these surrendering officers is, of
course out of the question.
That story told in special dispatch is de-
light to any fellow who drinks in the comedy
of life:
Major Count Won Schenesing was found
sitting in his headquarters, which the enemy
believed was bomb-proof and shelll-proof His
dress was immaculate, his gorgeous uniform
was new and his boots were polished. His en-
tire staff stood around him, and at distance
were five orderlies, all his own. Without the
least show of resistance he and his entire staff
surrendered to the French Soldiers. Their bag
gage was~packed and was ready for transporta-
ton to our lines"
1t can't be possible that the polite poilus let
the ajor, or even his orderes, smash that bag
gage, though the story goes no further We
must assume that Frenchmen gleefully loaded
the trunks and boxes into moving van. If an
upholstered carriage wasn't offered to the count
he understands the war difficulties that surround
problems of etiquet on the front.
Smash your baggage, sir?" may soon be a
synonym for please surrender" That will be
a novelty in campaigning, but no more out of
the common run of things than the psychology
of the German martinez, who is without prece-
dent or parallel in the military history of the
world.-Brooklyn Eagle
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Persistent Proftless Propaganda.

German airmen, flying over American
trenches to scatter copies of the Austrian peace
proposal, are wasting their time, but are also
demonstrating the rigidty of the German mind.
Once an idea gets fixed in the Teutonic skull,
nothing can dislodge it. The whole war has
been mapped and carried out along this line.
Having determined what course OF action would
most affect them, the kaser's agents proceeded
on the theory that other people would react to
the same influence. Thus the propagandists
operated in America, seeking in many subtle
ways to turn public sentiment, or at least some
sympathy to their cause. Our national attitude
of fairness wa mistaken for one of complai
sance, hence the surprise at Berlin when Amer
lean indignation blazed out into war spirit. The
German is not ready to admit that he misunder-
stood US then, but continues his childlike course,
taking no note of the fact that our people fully
understand the issues involved in the war, that
we went into it with our eyes open to all it
means and with a determination to see it
through. To think that Pershing's crusaders
can be turned aside by crafty lying is absurd,
but nothing is too fantastic for the plotters who
rely on terror and deception to support their
falling cause
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Doctors Part in War Times.

Organization of the Volunteer Service Med
ica corps serves, if anything, to emphasize the
work the medical men are doing. War threw
a tremendous burden on the heaers, and they
arose to meet the requirements nobly. Since
1914 skilled surgeons, experienced physicians
and patient and enthusiastic nurses have
wrought miracles among the battle-stricken
Annals of the profession will be wonderfully
enriched when these men get time to set down
their experiences for the guidance of Others
Present efforts at organization do not mean that
the doctors have not volunteered. Since the
first day of the war Americans have eagerly
sought for service, not because of its attractions
but because of the need of their skill In offer
ing themselves for this humane work they have
accepted the murderous condition on which the
Hun permits them to practice on the field and
in the hospitals. Only the Germans have re-
fused to respect the Red Cross. To them the
sign of mercy is an invitation to attack. Sur
geons are especially singled out for slaughter
whenever possible, and nurses come next And
these men and women accept their assignments,
going out as noncambattants unarmed and uni
protected realizing that they are preferred
above all other targets by the devish foe. Their
reward is the knowledge that they have helped
the suffering. Heroic devotion to duty can
reach no greater height.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Telephone Girls IN France

\Our American forces have already built
acr3ss France greater and more efficient sys-
tent of telephone and telegraph service than
exists either in Italy or Spain. The French
service before the war was inadequate. How,
thenl could we hope to use it? So we have Our
own wires and string, not on their poles but on
poles( of our own, officers of our own, with
switchboards OF our own and-greatest joy of
all-opetated by hello girls of our own! We
have put up along our lines of communication
in that fan-shaped territory of ours in France
$4,000 miles of wire-enough to circle the earth
three times!
AT the beginning the drawled "Are you
thercp of the English operators, or the even
more leisurely "Que voulez-vous?' of the
French operators, or their broken English,
what eet ees you weesh?' and the terrible long
waits, nearly drove our men frantic. Then, one
day, not very long ago, a very busy brigadier
general took up the line with a groan at the
difficulties and delays he expected before getting
into touch with his party, From the receiver
in clear. bright tones, yet in the voice with
smile came the query: Number, please!" The
general was so delighted that he shouted Thank
Godp Even the telephone girl laughed at this.
They speak French as we'll as English for the
most part. and they have speeded up the tele-
phone communication, according to the solemn
statement made to me by certain major, fully
50 per cent. Robert NJ. Mcbride IN Leslie's.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS ALL THE TIME.

The Pharisaical camouhage with which the
democrats have been seeking to hide their par
tisan activities, eliminating in Tumulty's tumul-
tuous TRADE on Chairman Hays for calling upon
republicans TO be alert, is ruthlessly ruptured
by the disclosure OF the democratic national
committees shake-down of postmasters for
campaign contributions now in progress.
While calling upon republicans to adjourn
politics, the democrats are busy, as the tell-tale
Jameson letter proves, pulling the strings on
the patronage brigade for money to be used to
entrench the democrats in power still further.
The subtle insnuato., in the postscript re-
mnder warns against violating the law which
prohibits under drastic penalties one federal
officer or employe soliciting political contribu-
tons from another, as also the solicitation as
such contributions in any place occupied as fed
eral quarters. In other words, the admonition
is, Dig up yourself, Mr.. Postmaster or get the
money from your friends but do it smoothly,
for if you trip yourself we, the democratic ma
tional committee slush fund raisers, will dis
claim responsibility and denounce your awk-
wardness"
Oh, yes, politics has been officially declared
adjourned for the paramount prosecution of the
war, but not democratic politics. At this game
the democratic spoils-mongers and Office
brokers are playing all the time faster and more
unscrupuously than ever.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Guard Against Spanish Flu"

Another terror, more annoying than serious,
has been added to war by the spread of So
called Spanish influenza" This exasperating
disease is recognized by medical men as an ag-
gravated form of grip, so common during early
winter months. That it is quite unpleasant, and
in neglected cases likely to become dangerous,
is admitted. Prevention here as elsewhere has
a decided advantage over cure and the better
way to combat the infection is to avoid it as far
as possible. Observation Of ordinary rules of
health will be OF utmost service. Dress care
fully to prevent exposure, keep the home and
the Office alike we'll ventilated, sleep with at
least one bedroom window open, eat spzringly
of wholesome food, and do not neglect cold"
should one be contracted This will at least
diminish the likelihood of being attacked by the
influenza, but if you do fall victonl, take the
advice and the medicine your doctor gives and
you will recover in good season.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
Flora of Battlef1elds
Detroit Free Press.

Many witnesses of the havoc wrought by
war, through books and letters they have writ
ten, have mentioned how nature is doing its
best to soften the deso1aton resulting from
shell and shrapnel, flinging mantle of grass
and flowers over the battlehelds. Mrs. Duryea,
president of the Duryea war relief, says atten-
ton is often called to the unusual size of the
peoples here and there, and that the observer
is assured that beneath always lies soldier of
France, whose life-blood has arisen from death
in beauty and vigor through natures eternal
resurrection. Up through the sod comes the
hearts blood spilled for France.
Omar khayyam expressed much the same
thought in the Rubaiyat some eight centuries
ago.
II sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled.
That every hyacinth the Garden
Dropped in her lap from some once lovely
Head"
A similar sentiment is voiced in Lieutenant
McCrea's charming lyric, I'm Flanders Fields" "
one of the most touchingly patriotic poemi
evoked by the war, beginning:
'In Flanders fields the peoples blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place
and ending with the injunction:
''Take up our quarrel with the foe,
To you, from falling hands, we throw
The torch. Be yours to lift it high!
If We break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep though peoples blow
In Flanders fields"
The legend of thee soldiers blood reincar
mated in flaming poppy petals is substantiated
in the popular mind by the fact that after the
battle of Landen in the Netherlands, in 1885,
millions of scarlet peoples sprang up on the field.
The same thing is said to have occurred after
Waterloo. Their presence can be accounted for
in the same way that we explain the annual
whitening of Georga's fields, not by its cotton
crop, but by the profusion of northern daisies
that are memory of Shermans war-worn SOL
diers who camped there during the civil war;
The seed came in forage shipped to the army,
just as certain of our common and pestiferous
weeds are souvenirs of foreign mportations
The poppy is indigenous to Europe; growing
freely among the crops, as it does, it naturally
reproduces itself in profusion when undisturbed.
What weed seeds will Be our dover to Eu-
rope as reminders of the war is yet to be dis
closed. But some there will be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

The Nebraska State Railway commission
threatens to dispute authority of the postmas-
ter general, as head of the telephone service
taken over by! the federal government, to i'm
pose an installation charge upon telephone
users, AS before remarked, the sight of the
railroads, telegraphs, telephones and express
companies being operated by the government
is sending cold chill through the state commits
sion that see their comfortable jobs in danger
of thus slipping away from them. Who
wouldn't put up fight for his meal ticket, any
way?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
@AeesIMS1
&hs@r8oaN
On Behalf of Norris.

Fremont, Neb.. Sept. lS.-To the
Editor of The Bee: If there ever
was time when unity and good
feeling among Americans should be
supreme it is now while q baptism
of blood is taking its toll from hui
mainly. 1t is in this spirit that
wish to reply to Frank NJ. Currie's
letter in The Bee. 1t is true Mr.
Norris voted against war at tim,
when / think it is generally agreed
that the American citizens were
unanimously opposed to it. The OPP
position to it was not lack of patri
otism, but feeling and a hope tina.
some way might be found to avoid
slaughtering our worthy citizenship.
Bear in m nd. too, Mr.. Currie, that
Mr. Wilson at that time had just
been reelected under the slogan
that HE kept us out Of war"
War is terrible thing and I can
not see that it is right to condemn
a senator for opposing it Unless you
can prove that his motives in so do
ing were impure. l do not think
this was ever proven on Mr.. Norris
When the majority was against
Mr.. Norr!" he voted in favor of Civ
ing the ! dent an army of 5000
600 men Then Mr.. Norris voted
against issuing bonds to carry on
the war because he wished the
money to carry on the war to be
raised by taxing the bloated wealth
of the country. Mr. Norris was
most heartily in favor of raising the
money, bat there was a difference
of opinion IS to the best method of
doing it. Bear in mind that today
the toll that the ammunition plants
are making out of the war Is enOr-
nous, as well as the toll that the
"profiteers," dealing in most every
commodity, are making. Is it right
that this profiteering should go on:
President Wilson says not. Mr.
Norris wanted these profiteers to pay
for the war, and as Mr.. Wilson now
wants the profiteering stopped, the
two are Of about the same opinion
on the matter, but there is a differ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
The Day We Celebrate.

Lie LAY VIC SSACpho'~'
Frank Parker, recently promoted
to be brigadier general of the
United States army, born in South
Carolina, 46 years ago.
H. G. Wells, one of the most
popular of present-day English nov
elists, born in Kent, 81 years ago.
Lyman P. Powell, president of
Hobart College, born at Farming
ton, Del, 81 years ago.
Clark Howell, Atlanta newspaper
editor and democratic leader, born
in Barnwell county, S. C., S. years
ago.
Charles Hawtrey, we'll known as
an actor in both England and Amer
lea, born at Eton, 90 years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
This Day in History.

1558-Charles ", the emperor
who resigned earthly power to spend
his last days in a monastery, died
i'll Spain. Born in GhentNn 1900.
1779-English fort at Baton Rouge
was captured by Galvez.
lS70-Prince Frederick Charles
became sole commander of the Ger
man armies besieging Metz.
l879-Bismarck made defensive
alliance with Austria against Russia.
l9l4-French force seized Coco
Beach in the Kamerun.
l9l5-Petrograd reported success
of the Russian retreat from Wilma.
19l6-Italians continued vigor-
Gus offensive against the Austrians
northeast of Trent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

turned from a summers jaunt
abroad, was rendered a reception
by members of his Congregation in
the church parlors.
The Omaha ball club went to
Kansas City to play game.
Over 6C0 tickets have been sold
for the switchmen's excursion and
picnic to Fremont.
The First Congregational church
society will dedicate their new
church building next Sunday morn
ing.
Work was begun on the new Bee
building.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

ence of opinion as to the best
method only.
Although you say you believe In
republican principles. Mr.. Currie,
you aid Mr.. Morehead's election
without making any attempt to show
that he is better fitted for the posi-
tion than Mr.. Norris. l fail utterly
to see that Mr.. Norris has any rec
ord to repudiate. I am" not hide
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

bound politician, and believe a ma
jority of the voters in this day place
the man in front of the politics, and
let us have the facts that we may
cast an intelligent vote: and what
ever we do, Mr.. Currie and fellow
citizens, let us stand back of who
ever gets elected senator with all our
might, whether 1t be Morehead or
Norris. CLARENCE RECKMEYER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Mr.. Hoover has asked that the tax on mixed
flour be adjusted so that millers can grind LIB
erty' -four and sell it at reasonable prices,
When he gets this done he may proceed to have
the oleomargarine tax similarly treated, and
folks can then get healthy substitute for but
ter, which is rapidly getting beyond the reach
of the ordinary consumer. War is showing US
several mistakes made during peace times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

II we have any choice in the matter, Omaha
should prefer to keep the military balloon school
at Fort Omaha rather than at Fort Crook to in
sure its accessibility to strangers and home
folks. As a permanent Institution, balloon
school here will be great attraction to visitors,
and the closer at hand the better
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

"Pitiless publicity isS being worked with
good effect on the deal by which Russia was
ruined. but some OF Americas hopeless mental
perverts are unconvinced as to the crookedness
of Lenine and Trotzky. They ought to go to
Russia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Missouri Valley doctors have classified the
brand OF insanity that affects the kaiser. They
will have some trouble in getting the world to
join them popular verdict of general cussed-
ness having long ago been returned in his case.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

That exposure of near-German money
the kaiser's propaganda in America must touch
the tender sympathies OF certain other hyphen-
ated pro-German newspapers still under cover.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

4 4, Two hundred eighty Thousand head of live
stock sold in Omaha for the first five days OF
the week is pretty good sign that starvation is
long way off yet in this country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

The argument over the corn-husking cham
pionship will probably be missed this fall, for
most of the huskies are toting muskets just now.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Belgian babies" now request moment of
your time and little of your money. These
tots ought to be considered our especial care
and get response that will add further bless
ings to Americas name.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Another American hospital has paid the PEN
atty for putting out the Red Cross as sign Of
its nature. The Hun aviators dearly love to
see that emblem. 1t means helpless victims,
their favorite prey.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

"Mr. Postmaster, take him out on the side
walk before you nail him for the shaked
This will help you evade the letter of the law"
Treasurer Jameson to the Nebraska federal
brigade
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Astronomical autumn begins today, but this
season nature did not wait for the procession
OF the stars.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

"A wink is as good as nod to blind horse,
but Coin Collector Jameson believes in making
it plain enough for anybody to understand.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Tip to the worried: Qmaha's city parks
never looked more beautiful than they do these
early autumn days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Germany cannot be so badly off for print
paper, if the waste of it in dropping leaflets in
American trenches is any indication.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

When you sneeze, do so quietly and unob-
trusively, and thereby help in heading off the
enizootic. ---
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

No politics in the railway service under this
democratic administration, but the customary
shake-down of postmasters is in progress.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

II some of that rain could be transferred
from, Lorraine to Nebraska the benefit would
be great
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

An embargo on lumber shipments is an
nounced at ST. Louis. Local dealers noted
something of the kind two years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Democrats in congress quite Indignantly re-
jected a tax on cotton. That staple grows
"down in Dixie" you know.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

A short, sharp drive is planned for the Lib
erty loan here-something like Pershing's move
at St. Mihel, and it ought to be as effective.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Clemenceau still is the tiger" but Foch is
giving the Hun fairly good imitation Of the
Jungle monarch's relentlessness.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21
[I!ODAY
One Year Ago Today in the War.

One Year Ago Today in the War.
General Alexieff resigned as chief
of staff in Russia.
United States soldiers were re-
ported just back of British firing
line.
German and Austrian replies to
Pope's peace notes were published.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago.
Pat O'Hearn has been appointed
assistant night yardmaster of the
Union Pacific.
Rev. w. J. Harsha of the First
Presbyterian church, having just re-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-21

Ak-Sar-B Ben is almost at our DOORS Get
se,dv