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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Cotton Due for q Jolt
Washington Correspondence BROOKLYN Eagl,

Bernard M. Baruch, a suave and frequently
smiling gentleman, whose principal business is
to say no when people want him to say
yes" and who is usually engaged in battle
with some person or interest that thinks the
governments war restrictions are too stringent,
is now lined up in fight with the southern
cotton producers that promises to be stirring.
Mr.. Baruch is chairman of the War Industries
board and has just been telling Mayor Hylan
that New York City must not build any more
schoolhouses for the present. Now he is try
ing to tell the cotton growers that they should
submit to price-hxng, just as the wheat growers
have been forced to submit to it.
The cotton growers happen to have on their
side practically every democratic senator and
representative from the southern states, and
these members of congress do not hesitate to
say that they will use every influence to block
Mr.. Baruch's plan for commission to stabilize
cotton prices. If the southerners make good
their threat they can make a lot of trouble for
the administration, OF whose party they are in
fuential members. They hold nearly all of the
important charmanships in congress and they
shape and manage nearly all legislation.
But Mr.. Baruch goes into the fight un-
daunted He has the supreme war council back
of him, and that means that President Wilson
knows something about the business. Last
December the southerners in congress side
tracked Baruch bill which would have given
the president power to fix the prices on all
necessities of life, whenever it was deemed nee
essary. Since that time cotton prices have con-
tinued to soar, although there was a sudden
slump about fortnight ago, when Mr.. Baruch
put forth his price fixing idea.
1t will be an interesting fight The southern
ers hold the whip hand in congress- while Mr.
Baruch stands high in the estimation of the
president and has been given steadily increased
powers until now he is one of the big figures
in the nations war machine. II the southern
members OF congress think Mr.. Baruch is easy
they ought to consult certain Yellowstone park
bandits who tried to hold him up three years
ago. Mr.. Baruchs party was travelling along
with caravan of Brooklyn school teachers, a
good many OF whom handed over their valu-
ables. Mr. Baruch didn't hand over anything
at all He just said no" to the bandits. as he
has been saying it here in Washington for a
good many months.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Can't Pro- Germanism Be Shaken Off?

Why should the hyphenated Word-Hera
keep on feeding its readers with stuff calculated
to stimulate demand for peace short of vic
tory? Why did it recently go out of its way to
quote someone as saying the war would last
ten years7 Why does it pick out for reprint
an assertion-tha "even Austria Hungary can
support warfare on an enormously destructive
and prolonged scale" and that exhaustion of
the European belligerents is still indefinitely in
the future?"
Is this reflex of the German propaganda
with which for more than two years the kaiser
coddling sheet sought to lul America asleep
while the Hun throttled humanity? Has any
one forgotten what long time it took for the
World-Herald to annul its office rule prohibit
ing the use of the word "Boche" or Hun" in its
columns? Can it be that some folks are so
deeply infected with the pro-Gcrman virus that
they just cannot shake it Off
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Speeding Mail to the Front
BROOKLYN Eagle.

American soldiers in the front-line trenche:
in France will receive their home letters within
three weeks after mailing If plans now being
worked out by army postal officials are sue
cessful.
Captain Frank E. Frazier, assistant director
of the American expeditionary forces poSta
service in France, has returned to the unitec
States to put into effect plans for expedltlng the
delivery of American mail to the soldiers II
France. He said:
With what has been done, or is now being
done, to insure the prompt delivery OF mail
there should be no occasion for delay or non
delivery of letters to our soldiers in France II
those writing them from home will reallze thai
the slightest inaccuracy or obscurlty in the ad'
dress of a letter is almost certain to cause delay
and may result in nondevery."
One million letters arrive in France every
day addressed to members of the American TX
peditionary Forces, according to an estimate oi
the military postal authorities.
Steps to expedite mail from the United
States to France, according to the statement
include: The turning over OF complete military
information as to the location OF troops IN
France by the military authorities to the mill
tary and domestic postal officers; the issuance
of orders sending mail on every ship destlnec
for any port in France organized to receive mail
and the adoption of scheme OF designation tol
groups of unattached soldiers sent from the
United States to replacement camps in France
"A complete postal system corresponding tc
that in the United States is now in operation ii
France, with a central postofhce located al
Tours" the statement continues. This service
except the distribution and dispatch of mails tc
the United States, is entirely under military
control.
I'm view of the duplication of names in the
American Expeditionary Forces the absence Of
any distinguishing designation for groups Of
casual or replacement men has been source o.
ignaton in the delivery of mail. Thousands o.
soldiers are being sent to France every month
from this country for replacement purposes. Il
is estimated that 100000 letters a month were
delayed from this cause. This delay in delivery
will not occur under arrangements which have
Just been made to have each replacement uni
of $50 men, as it leaves camp in the United
States given distinctive company under which
it will retain until it reaches a replacement camp
in France. Every member OF such unit will
then be one of $50 men instead of one of one
and half million men.
"The matter of the address to insure promp
delivery is of vital Importance. The misspel
ing OF name or the use OF initials where wore
should be spelled out may not only retard ths
delivery of letter. but may prevent its bein2
delivered at all. Many thousands of letters art
being constantly received which cannot b.
promptly delivered, if delivered at all, on &C
count of the manner in which they are ad
dressed.
"A letter for an American soldier in Europe
should be so addressed as to show his rank, hi
full name, including his middle name, his com
pany or battery and his regiment, as we'll as thu
branch of service"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Pepperu Points

Minneapolis Tribune: I'VE have
Just begun to fight" says Black
Jack. We've just begun to rum"
defiantly shouts back the kaiser.
Brooklyn Eagle: "All minorities
are right" says Eugene V. Debs
The junkers and militarists of Ger
many are a minority in this world,
but that does not make them right.
New York World: The Ameri-
can people are asked to save
s6,OOO,000,000 more than last year
for the war. The sum is vast, beyond
the power of the mind to grasp
but divide it by 100,000,0000. 1t is
only $50 each more for some, less
for others, according to their means
and needs. 1t can be done.
Baltimore American: In the
matter of handing out spell-trouble
to the boys in the composing rooms
Macedonia wins. As the name of a
town Zborsko is simple and easy.
But when we arrive at the River
Gradeshnitza we have to go a little
slow. And when we come to Sokol-
acknowledgements 1t is time to
go out and take something.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
People and Events

Congressman Reavis of Nebraska predicts the
finish of the war in 1919 Congressman Cald-
we'll of Kansas predicts six years more OF war
Both prophets are sufficiently far apart to win
applause in the weather bureau
Twelve members of the senate and l2O mem
bers OF the house registered as Is to As draft
eligibles. All expressed readiness to answer the
call, but General Crowder said designations must
precede active service. Nothing doing in resig-
nations.
Brighter beams the sun and moon and the
night lights around Tammany hall these piping
times. Women have been admitted to the inner
circles of the wigwam. Even the executive
teepee has been invaded. Henceforth the braves
not only scrape their shoes before entering but
need the admonltion ere they speak: "Remem-
Der, there are ladies present"
vi course. winning the war is the main task
Just now. That's world Job and we are in it,
Still, some urgent national problems pop up and
demand attention. Take, for instance, the prob
lem OF reforming the parade uniform of under
takers. Shall the habiliments of woe remain
somber black and the Prince Albert coat SYM
boze the dignity BETTING the occasion? Or
shall the transition of undertakers to morticians
De slgnailzed by gayer raiment? A convention
OF mortcians wrestled with the problem in
Chicago but neglected to tell the public when to
look for the joyride.
An American lying wounded in wheat field
was somewhat taken aback by the spectacle, in
slow and stately approach, of German officer
He was magnificent with medals and he wore a
monocle. Every once in while his impressive
ness was spoiled by nervous turn of the head
and the suspicion of squirm-just as if some
one were tickling his tail with bayonet
Someone was, for looking beyond, the
wounded American saw a great, big, husky
American negro prancng along, showing every
tooth in his head
"Hi-yi, boss" he called out jubilantly, &Ah
along" =
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
GERMANY STANDS AT BAY.

Chancellor Won Hertling exhibits bitterness.
in his address to the Reichstag that is ascrbable
only to the recognition of inevitable doom. He
has seen the star of the Teutonic empire blaze
up in its aspiration to world dominion, and now
watches it die down to the flicker of defeat.
His derunciation of uneasiness at home as un-
warranted by the military situation sounds like
the bravado OF leader who is desperately seek
ing to invoke a spirit of resistance vanished
from his followers. Leaving this phase of the
situation to be Illuminated by the war minister,
the chancellor proceeds with utmost disregard
of established fact to reconstruct for the Ger
man empire character it forfeited four wears
ago
Specifically he accuses the late Edward VII
Of England of conniving to isolate Germany:
blames the late car of Russia with having
yielded to the war party, against the pleadings
of Soukhomlinoff, the traitor who in the end
shamefully betrayed Russia into the kaser's
power, and winds up with a savage attack on
Clemenceau and Wilson. The Lchnowski pa
pers, the Zimmerman notes, all the secret ar
chives of German spy nests unearthed here and
in other countries, and lastly, the Infamous
record of miserable intrigue with the bolsheviki
the whole damning history OF the German
assault on every government not servile to the
kaiser is ignored by the chancellor, that he may
berate his people for not accepting as gospel
fancy tales of fictitious victories.
Germany is at bay its leaders holding in
sheer delusion to hope they know cannot be
IL: 81 ,,htt ek,tae
to make up record for history. Won Hert-
ling's address to the Reichstag is nearest to an
admission of defeat thar has come from Berlin.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Over There and Here.

Spanish Influenza shows great
speed as a globe trotter. The dis
ease appeared in Australian army
camps in August and in several
places in this country in September
Thrift as a habit sticks to the
boys abroad as we'll as at home
over $3,000,000 saved by American
soldiers in the war zone of France
has been transmitted free of charge
to relatives and creditors in the
homeland in the last six months.
To get the best results in writing
TO soldiers overseas cut out abbre-
Nations, especially the initials, "a
l.. F." which stand for American
lIxpeditionary Forces" Spell the
three words out fully. Letters thus
addressed have the best chance Of
reaching soldiers for whom they are
intended.
Lest we forget him, current item
mentions that Count Won BernstOrff.
German ambassador to Constantine
Pile presented his credentials to the
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

That's a good one, that headline in the
Hyphenated, Uncle Sam, and not Tom Hall,
to run phone company" The only member
of the Nebraska Railway commission who has
been decorating notice to the federal govern
ment to keep out of the commissions jurisdic-
ton over the telephones has been Vic Wilson.
Why does the democratic sheet try to have it
on Hall and shield Wilson? Of course, the
fact that Hall was elected as republican and
Wilson as a democrat can have nothing to do
with il
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
The Day We Celebrate,

Charles T. Kountze, president OF
the First National Bank of Oma-
ha, born 1871.
Theodore w. Mccullough, asso-
ciate editor of The Omaha Bee.
born 1861.
Henry Walters, Baltimore cap
italist and railroad magnate, now
identified with the federal railway
administration, born in Baltimore,
20 years ago.
Eleanor Gates, successful novelist
and playwright, born at Shakopee,
Mimi, 43 years ago.
Antonio Moreno, widely known
as a photoplay actor, born in
Madrid, Spain, 80 years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

but the wisdom. Of encouraging city
employees to NlioniZe. They Will
find that 1t will be much easier to
handle those men in the mass than
as individuals, that the men will
have an enhanced appreciation of
their work and of themselves and
that the rank and file of the unions
will see to it that no individual MEM
Der conducts himself in such a man
ner as to reflect discredit on the city
or on his brothers. NJ. j. GRADY.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Timely lettings and Reminders.
th day OF the war.

15l8th day of the war,
Today is the 18th anniversary OF
the fire which destroyed the larger
part of the city of Lead, S. D.
The general sessions of the four
ty-fourth convention of the Amerl-
can Bankers association will begin
in Chicago.
St. Paul is to be the meeting place
today of the annual conference Of
the Minnesota chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton.
Michigan republicans are to hold
their state convention at Grand
Rapids today for the adoption of a
platform and the nomination of cam
didates for minor state officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
Storyette of the Day.

Johnny was at the grocery store.
Il hear you have a little sister at
your house" said the grocer.
YES sir" said Johnny.
do you like that" was queried.
Il wish it was boy" said Johnny,
so l could play marbles with him,
and baseball"
"Well," said the storekeeper, why
don't you exchange your little sister
for a boy"
Johnny reflected for a minute;
then he said rather sorrowfully:
1--WE cant now; its too late. We've
used her four weeks. '-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
TODAY.
Right in the Spotlight.

Denmark, one of the few Euro
pean countries now at peace. will
make merry today in celebration of
the birthday of King Christian x,
who has succeeded thus far in his
efforts to keep his little kingdom
neutral in the war During the six
years he has occupied the throne
King Christian has increased the
popularity he enjoyed among the
Danish people as crown prince.
Like his father and grandfather be-
fore him, he is soldier, sportsman,
and democrat, but with little
knowledge or love Of politics. In
1898 Christian married Princess Alex
andrine of Mecklenburg Schwer-
in, who is a sister of the crown
princess of Germany. The royal
couple have two sons, Prince Fred
erick. who is now in his Goth year,
and Prince Knud, who is about a
year younger.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

several of the city schools for the
benefit OF the yellow fever suffer
ers.
The Omaha veteran fremen held
their first annual picnic at Ruser's
park today.
In response to the courtesy shown
by the Indian boys band in SER
enade of The Bee, a box of cigar
cites was distributed among them.
Frank Murphy, president of the
Merchants National bank. returned
after several weeks visit in New
York.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
This Day in History.

l846-General Taylor concluded
an agreement with the Mexicans for
the capitulation of Monterey.
1854 riot, in which several
persons were killed and injured,
attended Roman Catholic memoir
ial procession in Montreal.
19l4-Russian troops occupied the
city of Przemysl.
1915-Bulgaria informed Entente
Allies that mobilization was purely
protective and not offensive in pur-
pose.
1916-New York bankers an
nounced $50,000,000 loan to Paris
fer alienation of suffering caused
by the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Many alien enemies arrested in a
general roundup in Greater New
York.
British advanced along six-mie
front in Flanders. capturing 1000
prisoners.
General Soukhomlinoff, former
Russian war minister, convicted by
a Petrograd court of high treason
and exiled to Siberia.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

sultan late In August. Parties in
auisitive concerning the German
American Red Cross funds herea-
bouts may reach the shady count at
that address.
Canada's expenditures for war
comes close to $1,000, 100000. An
other loan of s300,000,000 planned
for the fall months will send the
total we'll over the top of the billion.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Governor Neville says Berlin is watching for
news from the election. Just like it did in 1916,
when the traitorous German-Amercan Alliance
was electing United States senator in Ne
braska
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Ak-Sar-Ben is at hand, with his few days of
recreation after hot summer of hard work.
Nobody will be criticized for taking a few mo-
ments to partake of the carnival in the spirit
that prompts its holding
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

When the history of this war is written con-
siderable space will be taken to tell of how
Allenby cleaned up Palestine and broke the
hold of the Turk on the Holy Land. Ten thou
sand years of recorded history has no finer tale.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

More than half the membership of our
school board will have to be r. ced at the
coming election. We would like to see all the
candidates committed to a plan to reduce the
size of the board and make it purely advisory
with the conduct of the schools devolved upon
competent business manager on one side and
an expert educator on the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

1t looks as if the high-up powers of the Ne
braska State Teachers association had gone in
for policy of rule or ruin. We hope not.
Unchecked autocracy would be as disastrous in
an organization of this kind, which is properly
democracy, as it is showing itself to be else
where
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

The shade of Otto Won Bismarck must have
shivered as it listened to Chancellor Won Hertz
ling's address to the Reichstag. Old '"Blut und
Eisen" knew better way Of facing trouble than
that.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
In Omaha 80 Years Ago.

Victor Rosewater left for Balti-
more today to enter the John Hop
kins university. He is accompanied
by Miss Nellie Rosewater, his sis
ter, who returns to her studies in
the art department of Cooper Insti-
tute, New York.
Subscriptions are being taken
afnong the teachers and scholars of
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

A democratic war horse reminds The Bee
that Congressman Shallenberger also opposed
the selective draft. Yes, and he several times
. sought to amend it so as to make it ineffective
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

eve have already had to pass through
rder times" says Chancellor Won Hertlng,
if he lives a little longer he will note the
rst is to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

German arms are always kept, and there is
vast supply" says one of the reports from the
American army at St. Mihiel. Remember this
when you come to subscribe for the Liberty
loan
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

The plan to unionize Omahas police force
may be deferred for considerations of patriotism
until after the war. The same considerations
of patriotism should govern after the war as
now
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Having determined the kind and extent Of
the kaiser's insanity, what will the aliensts say
Of his son-that he is plain damfool?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

superintendent Beverage finds great edit
nal value in The Bee. That is why it Is
shed seven days in the week--that it may
tie the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

"Sir Arthur" will be kept quite busy for some
time, getting accustomed to the halo Br'er Har-
yey fitted him with.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

According to returns now coming in, the
struggle for the Dardanelles was not entirely
in vain.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

If you want to find a state officer, look for
him on the stump. You know, politics is ad-
iourned."
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Do you suppose those bootlegger raids out
west were staged to show the governor how
sigilant his agents are3
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Ferdinand of Bulgaria may prolong his stay
At Bad Nauheim, seeing that things at his old
home are going from bad to worse.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

"Black jack will need transport to bring
home his decorations won in France, but he
will be wearing the same sized hat as when he
~
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Wilhelm the Worried ought to be able to
pick up quite a collection of secondhand iron
.rosses In Palestine and Macedonia these days.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Maybe you had already noticed the fact that
William Jennings Bryan is not wasting his time
humping Nebraska for the democrats this year.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26
15c Cigars for 1Oc

Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day we will sell all our 15c CT
CARS at 10c each. Limit 10 to
a customer. Among the brands
will he Preferential, Exception
ale, Flor de Murat, Frontenac,
Ell Paxo, High Life, Webster,
Epicure, Ten, Eyck, Generals,
Reio-Esceptionales, etc, etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

rhe LOAD 5v.s asSSush for both parties, and
big Va az? q Pull alone. Just keep that
Pind,F .,Hss@Isy that it is not private,
the pseM1re: 6iye are fighting.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

$500 Roche's Embrocation
English remedy for Whom
ing cough for .......S1.SO
Allcock's Porous Plasters. 12c
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

The Liberty loan will make liberty live.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-26

Prang's or Milton Bradley's
Water Colors for school chill.
dren, 2Sc per box of s col.
ors, with brush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-20
WOMEN HONORED AT
MEETING OF CLUB
Members of Matinee Musical
Club Given Woman Ma.
tional Honor Medal

The second meeting Of the Matinee Nlusi-
cal cub was held yesterday afternoon in
the rose garden Of the Bellevue -Stratford
The program of instrumental and vocal n,u.
sic was interrupted for few moments h,.
a small peace celebration" The officers of
the club did not have time between last Mon
day ana the meeting yesterday to arranr.
any Kind Of general celebration. bur Mrs
Frederick w. Abbott, president hnnored the
second line of defense-the women Of the
Country--in the persons of three of the boa rd
or the club by presenting them with the
"omans national honor medal This medal
has been created that women who have
given husband, son or brother to the sery-
ice of their country may wear it in honor
of their soldier.
The three members who we're Drasnn,ed
with this medal as the gift of the Matinee
Musical Club We're Mrs. Samuel Wagner
VINO has two sons in the service Mrs Henry
Butterworth, whose only son Is overseas and
has been gassed. and Mrs Gunther whose
son Is IN France. one verse Of "AmeriCa" "
was played by the orchestra after the nrs-
Sentation.
The Chdren's party Is to be held on De-
cenber 2S. and Is under the direction of Mrs
william Huelings, Jr. Each child who takes
part in the drama ballet which is To bc
given must furnish S. and this will be added
to the fund for the reconstruction of Ugny-
LEGAL. the French village adopted by the
club. The children will be trained by "A
French-American woman. whose name is tho
same as that of the village, Mademoiselle
lie Gal