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Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
Sagnposts OF Progress

An electric heater has been IN
vented to prevent moisture collecting
on an automobile windshield.
A patent has been issued for q silk
gauze face shield to keep dust from
the eyes and noses Of automobilists.
The wages of able British seamen
are now $50 a month and food, as
against $25 before the opening OF the
war.
One Of the longest submarine cables
in the world Is to be laid between
Alden and Hong Kong at a cost OF
IS, ,00o, ,000.
A Frenchman is the inventor Of an
electric clock that runs without at
tention as long as its battery Is IN
gotd condition.
The latest development Of the tele-
graph instrument is said to have a
capacity Of 5000 words q minute.
This Is four or FIVE newspaper col
umns.
Chemists have found that from the
waste tomato seeds from American
canneries more than II per cent OF
oil useful in food, paints and soap
making can be obtained.
To prevent poison being used IN
mistake for medicine an inventor mas
patented bottle with the neck II
one side and so formed that Its con.
tents cannot be poured out withou'
careful manipulation.
A circular rake which Is said 70 oe
both efficient and labor-saving mas
been patented by a woman. The idea
came to her as a result of an acctden!
which rounded an ordinary rake anu
made 1t work better and with less ef-
70
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
Around the Cities

Federal sleuths swooped down on
Ringling's circus crew at Minneapolis
and picked up 80 draft slackers. q
Sioux City plumbers soldered q
wage joint with the bosses, netting a
raise from 6S to S7h cents an hour.
The ice shortage in Minneapolis is
not as bad as feared. The strain
eased up as soon as the dealers were
permitted to charge IS cents per 100
pounds, an advance Of 5 cents.
A merger of rival telephone sys-
TENS in Kansas City is foreshadowed
as a result Of government control
The project Is agreeable to the COM
panies as we'll as telephone users.
An epidemic of fleas holds Phila-
delphia up to the scratch. They be-
long to the "dog-and-cat" variety and
are particularly abundant and busy in
localities where dogs and cats run at
large. Many afflicted persons are un-
der the care Of physicians, and fumi-
cation Of infested premises Is under
way.
ST., Louis authorities have stopped
for good the roofing of contractors
in the clay banks and stone quarries
in the suburbs. These enterprising
moles. in mining clay for brick and
other products, dug large number
Of catacombs, leaving the roofs with
out adequate support.
Wartime life in Washington is hot
and lively. Woe to the pedestrian
who fails to look both ways before
crossing street. Street accidents are
common, due to automobiles, which
ran up score of seven killings last
month. Owing to the inroads of the
draft the police are shorthanded and
traffic cops scarcer than safety calls
for.
Judge Lands broke ground in
Grant park, Chicago, for the govern
ment war exposition. staged for Sep
tember. and dumped the first spade
full into a battered Hun war bonnet,
brought from the battlefelds of
France. II am looking for real clay
for this job," said the judge. "Clay
Is typical Of the kind of mind that
filed this helmet"
Auto thieving Is far from being a
midwest industry. The business is
distinctly cosmopolitan in that 1t plays
no locality favorites. Washington is
afrected by the plague to the extent
OF commanding editorial attention.
Congressional limousines and the less
opulent cars Of department chiefs are
the choicest pickings, but few care
less owners are overlooked by the au-
dacious bandits.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
"Combing Out the Workers"

Our military needs have brought. the country
face to face with the fact that business as usual
is out Of the question. If we are to go on with
the war program laid down at Washington, it
will be required that disturbance, and even dis
ruption of the ordinary routine OF business life
be patiently abided. This is incident to the TAX
ing of large number Of workers for service in
the army; then come the requirements Of the
war industries, which must be met
Redistribution of "unessential" occupations
has been along lines that touch lightest on the
general life of the people; in most Of them the
needed work can be done by men who are not
fitted for military duty, by women and girls, or,
at the last may be dispensed with entirely. Some
complaint is heard arising from those who are
to be most affected, but with assurance from the
authorities that the change will be brought about
with as little hardship on any as the exisencies
will admit the protestants are comforted
War needs come first, and the people will
have little patience with any who seek to prefer
the continuance of nonessential which merely
contributes to civilian comfort, to the further
ance of our general military activity. Nor is it
likely that any such will be found in considerable
numbers. The sacrifices already made by Amer
leans ought to convince anybody that they are
ready to go as far as is necessary to make abso-
lutely sure of the victory we seek "Combing
out the workers" may start at any time now, and
Uncle Sam will get all the help he needs
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
Abraham Lincoln and VIM. Pitt Kellogg
Historic Episode About First Chief Justice Of
Nebraska Terrtory
Nebraska Terr1toru .
Ex-Governor Richard Yates in Chicago Tribune.

William Pitt Kellogg is dead in Wash
irgton--judge, colonel, governor and United
States senator. He has passed away at the
age Of IS. In 1858 he was an attorney-at-
law, practicing at Canton, IN Fulton county,
Illinois. In that year the acquaintance which
he had had with Abraham Lincoln from 1850
ripened into an intimate acquaintance and
he became one of the most devoted follow
ers of Mr.. Lincoln. He was candidate for
the position of presidential elector on the
republican ticket in 1860. and was elected,
and at the time of his death was the
sole surviving member of the electoral col
lege which elected Abraham Lincoln. He
received one of the first commissions issued
by the new president, being appointed chief
justice of the supreme court of the territory
of Nebraska.
Upon the outbreak of the civil war he
returned to Illinois and raised the Seventh
Illinois cavalry and became its colonel.
On the day that President Lincoln was
shot my father asked Kellogg to accompany
him to the White House, and upon coming
into the presence of the president my father
said: "Mr. President, here is the man you
want for the appointment which we were
talking about" President Lincoln said:
"You are right" and, turning to Kellogg, he
Sdlus wait you W ~ W 4NSW SAiSahS
to serve as collector of the port. The men
OF the south are nearly all disfranchised and
cannot hold federal Office, so you will have
under you 5000 appointees from the north.
am going to trust you to handle this diff
Guilty and to make friends with those people"
(It is worth while to remark in passing that
he did make friends with them; for example,
when he was governor. and the legislature
passed law providing for state police
force Governor Kellogg appointed to the
command of that force Major General Long
street, formerly of the confederate army.)
Kellogg accepted the appointment, and il
became memorable in the minds of the two
survivors of that conference between the
three, because President Lincoln said, II
have an idea that want this commission to
issue today without lying over the customary
"a hours" and he had the two men wait while
the commission was made out in the office
of McCulloch, the secretary of the treasury
and Kellogg left the White House with the
commission in his inside pocket.
That night as he sat in his room in the
old National hotel on the north side Of Penn
sylvana avenue Ito use his words): 'Yate.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
EUGENE FIELDS NATIONAL
HYMN"

Ia hitherto unpublished poem by Eugene
Field, almost prophetic in its references
to the struggle Of democracy against autoc-
racy as 1t has developed in the great world
war. has been contributed to the Spokane
Spokesman Review by W. d, Vincent, a
banker. Mr.. Vincent copied the poem years
ago from q handmade book Of Eugene Fields
poems in the authors own handwriting The
volume at the time belonged to Billy
Buskett Of Helena, Mont, q personal friend
Of Field, who was the Pen Yam BilI' of
some Of the Field verses Mr.. Vincent held
the volume for Buskett for some time and
II was subsequently sold for $1,000. Field
made the book himself, writing the verses
in longhand on rough paper and binding
1t with iron strips The poems in the novel
volume were never published. with the ex-
ception Of q few exact duplicates made by
the present owner for few intimate
friends.1
Whether on hill or plain,
Blood Of the patriot slain
Hallows our sod;
While from the glorious air
Vaulting our land so fair
Fall, as an incense rare,
Blessings Of God.
Holy the heritage
Blazoned on hist'rys page
For US to keep;
Wrapped in thy mantles red,
With our dear flag o'erhead,
Rest thee, illustrious dead
Sweet be thy sleep!
Princes that scorn the right
Nations whose pride Is might
Crumble to dust!
Freedom the boon We crave
No man shall be q slave
Where e'er our banners wave
God IL our trust!
Seeing those early years
Drive thro' q mist Of tears,
Pausing We stand;
While spirit voices share
This universal prayer
Filling the solemn air
"God bless our land"
EUGENE FIELD
September II, 1887
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

With democratic impudence and mendacity
Senator ,Hitchcocks hyphenated World-Herald
tries to make out that Nebraska republicans have
stamped with approval the act Of "the willful
twelve" by renominating George w. Norris,
when it knows very we'll that such is not the
case. Nearly two-thirds Of the republicans par
ticipating in the Nebraska primary voted against
Norris, and voted against him particularly be-
cause they disapprove OF his war record.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
T]lO[..l'|AY
One Year Ago Today In the War.

One Year Ago Today in the War.
Fierce fighting between British
and Germans continued in Ypres re-
gion.
United States announced an addi-
tional loan Of s100.00o,o00 to Rus
sian government
Italians captured Monte santo. an
Austrian stronghold on the Isonzo
front.
The Day We Celebrate.
Ludwig Kratke of the Arm Of
Kratke Brothers born 1875.
Clark g. Powell, president Of the
Powell Automobile Supply company,
born 1875.
H. r. Could. with the First Ma.
donal bank. born 1850.
Blanche Bates, actress, born q,
Portland, Ore, IS years ago.
DIR. Joseph Silverman, noted New
York rabbi. born In Cincinnati 81
years ago.
Yvonne de Treyille, prima donna
born at Galveston. Tex. 81 years ago
This Day In History.
1781--American and. French army
started for Yorktown, Va. from tbs
HUDSON river.
fS35--The Baltimore & Washington
railroad was opened to traffic.
1s70-The French repulsed q fierce
attack by the Germans on verdun.
ls14--The Belgian city of Louvair
was destroyed by the Germans.
i9f5--Germans captured Brest.
Litoysk, key to Russia's second line ol
defense.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
Views, Reviews and IntervleaUs
Chapter of Unwritten History Recalled By Outcome
of Recent Primary Election

"Nor r. "Nor IT. "Nor Ip' chimed each
OF the others, almost in chorus.
"Is Sutton really going to RUM" asked
Blackburn.
"I've served my time in the state senate.
These other fellows can go down there, de-
clared Saunders.
Jeff can try for county attorney if he
wants to. I'm going to be the next congress
manw interjected Blackburn again.
1t was all off, but thought it worth while
to make one last effort
Gentlemen" / said, "this is matter
which interests you a great deal more, than
it does me. I've told you that / am willing
to support and help to elect any one OF you
whom you may decide upon, regardless OF
my own personal preferences. That, l be-
leve, is going quite distance. / don't care
to argue further, but have given you the
straight of the situation. l think | have a
right to ask this much of you. l ask you to
think it over, and now, before you separate,
to fix time and place where you will meet
again today, without me being present, and
either get together or agree to disagree. |
would also be obliged if you would let me
know what, if anything, you decide on"
My guests departed Mr.. Jefferis returned
lateT III INC udy WIFI tHC WOIu, NothihS oo-
ing" for whcih thanked him, at the same
time observing that that was already fully
discernible during our conference. Jefferis
finally kept out, while the other three
waged hot three-cornered battle at the pri-
mary in which Sutton was triumphant, to
go down subsequently to defeat at the elec-
tion. Blackburn, four years later, beat
Saunders for the nomination, only to lose
out to the democratic incumbent, and to this
day the district has been continuously rep
resented by the democrat elected in 1910.
Had l been more successful in the role of
political peacemaker perhaps things would
have been different. l
Congratulations to the Baltimore Amer
ican, and particularly to the venerable Gen.
eral Felix Agnus, who presdes over that
great newspaper establishment as its pub
Usher on its l45th birthday, which milestone
it passed this last week. One hundred and
forty-hve years ago harks back to the year
1878, which is some time in the dim and
distant past, and throughout its whole career
that paper has been thoroughly American
in fact as we'll as in name. General Agnus
himself, although born in France and vet
eran of the Franco-Austrian war, selected
the Fourth Of July for his natal day, and is
a true blue American, with the additional
prestige of being Union veteran of our own
civil war and fighter all the time for civic
progress and high ideals. He has just begun
his eightieth year hale and hearty and sticking
to the job May he live and enjoy many
more years of useful activity.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

That damage suit against the county for not
keeping the roads in repair should at least make
someone sit up and take notice. Whether an
accident responsibility can be legally enforced or
not. the moral obligation to keep the highways
safe for traffic is undeniabfe
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

rushed in with his face as white as sheet
and said, oh, Kellogg, the president has
been shotr We did not 60 to bed at all that
night; nobody did; everybody walked the
streets; and the next morning there we stood
and saw the body of the president carried
out-his last commission warm against my
heart"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

The Chicago Tribune refers to the proposed
nationwide celebration of General Pershing's
birthday as "the suggestion Of the Chicago Daily
News" Holy horrors!
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Now, Al before Unfortunately exhibiting
any more fancy fantasies out Of Colonel Tom
Byrne's picture collection, call on the Commit
tee Of 500" to appoint an art censor. Better be
safe than sorry
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Another advantage in opening the cash-and-
carry municipal ice plant after the hottest part
OF the summer is over Is that there will not be so
much shrinkage while taking the ice home.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Mrs. d. r. Loring has returned
from Salida, Colo, where she had
been visiting her sister.
Fl. A. Thompson Of Thompson, Bel
den & Co. returned from the east,
where he had been to purchase goods
for the fall trade. ~t
Fred Pickens. chief clerk Of the
postoffice, returned from an extended
trip through the mountains of Colo
RADIO.
The p. B. c. Lotus club gave an
other Of their pleasant parties al
Hanscom park on Tuesday evening
About rs couples were in attendance
and a general good time was enjoyed
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

The presence OF an impending election is
noted in the amendments that have been offered
to the administrations man-power bill.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.

Gas regards husbands. a good many mar
ried women seem to figure 1t this way.
HUH"
"They might have done better ano
couldn't have done worse. ."-Batimort
American.
"You really think that he's a game sol
dier?"
You bet he Is! Why, he's as game al
q married man says he'd be II he weren't
married"-Buffalo Express.
at says here that Georgia woman haA
been arrested for making moonshine
whisky" said the Old Fogy, as he looked
up from his newspaper.
Huh" commented the Crouch. 'ThatA
the first time L ever heard Of woman
keeping still."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
II get little peace at home now ano
then"
"You do--how did you work it?"
"Oh my wife is so busy licking war saw
ings stamps these days she can't use heI
tongue lashing me all the time. ."-Florida
Times Union.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

The federal government must have had the
old San Francisco vigilante call in mind when 1t
put such string OF Is onto Omahas population
--l77,777.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Altogether too many auto accidents! Slow
down and drive more carefully
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Sure, it is only retreat, but does anybody
believe the Hun would be retreating were he not
beaten back?
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Gutzon Borglum can at any rate draw some
satisfaction out of the disclosures OF aircraft
graft and mismanagement as made by the senate
committee -.E...
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25

Still, the best way to celebrate Pershing's
birthday will be for our boys to play special
Friday the thirteenth high jinx with the Huns
over there on that day.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
Just so Years Ago Today

Miss Emma Kratz is visiting
friends and relatives near Chicago.
A republican pole. 110 feet high,
was erected In Florence, w, J, Con-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-08-25
The Hun is on the run, all right.

Now watch the race between the corn crop
and the early frost,
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
MAN CLEARS SELF
AFTER EIGHT YEARS
In Another Place on Day Of Roo
berry for Which He Was
Convicted.

Canon City, Colo:-James r. Ed
wards, for nearly eight years am in
mate of the state penitentiary here,
after conviction as a bank robber, Is
about to establish his innocence. With
the aid Of c.. w. Shores, formerly head
Of the Denver and Rio Grande secret
service, and now rancher at Grand
Junction, Edwards has been able to
prove that he was in Salt Lake City,
Utah, On the day Of the robbery, pawn
Ing some personal jewelry. The police
of Salt Lake City and the pawnbroker,
as we'll as his pawn ticket, clinch this
evidence.
Edwards, according to his own ad.
mission, had been in Glenwood
Springs, the town in which the bank
robbery occurred, taking treatment for
rheumatism, and there met the men
who committed the crime. He asserts
he had no knowledge of their plot and
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Really Quick Work.

An Irishmau, who was II bricklayer,
and who was evicted, went to America
% nnd work. When he was passing
through New York he saw some brick
layers at work, and stood looking at
them. While he was standing the fore
man came over and said to him:
=, swell, Pat. are you able to build
bouses as quick as this in Dublin? We
start q house in the morning and the
tenant Is living in it in the evening""
swell. begorra! said Pat, "that's
nothing. In Dublin we start a house in
athe morning, and the landlord is evict-
ing the tenant from it in the evening"
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
An Inmate Of the Penitentiary.

An Inmate OF the PenstentIdTy'
knew nothing Of the deed until long
after it had occurred. He was con-
victed with John Fl. Wilson, who has
little to say about the robbery except
that he also is innocent.
The robbery of the Citizens Nation
al bank at Glenwood Springs was one
of the 'boldest in the criminal annals
Of Colorado. Two men hired horses
at a livery stable in the town and rode
to the bank, tying the horses In an
alley. They entered, covered Vice Pres
ident Drach and Bookkeeper T. 81. Da'
vfs with revolvers and proceeded to
gather in $4,000 in cash.
At the trial Edwards was Identified
as one of the robbers. He made a
personal plea in his own behalf, de-
claring that the men who Identified
him as q bank robber might be honest
in their statement, but, he said, II am
not the man they take me for. 1t
took him eight years to prove this
assertion. Edwards and Wilson were
sentenced to from 20 to 80 years for
the crime.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
PREFERS BEEF 10 WAR MEDAL
Canadian Fighter, Lined Up to Receive
Decoration, Made Quick
Decision.
Columbus, O.-"Bully beef or .

Columbus, O.-"Bully beef or .
medelf'
A smile spread over the face OF Phi
vate w. L. Kelly, one of the Canadian
fighters at the Athletic club.
ut was this way" he said. "A Duncn
of us had just come back from the
trenches and were lined up to be deco
rated with q medal for bravery, when
a mess sergeant yelled. bully beef ol
q medalf
"The thought suddenly occurred q
me that I was hungry and I could mo-
eat the medal, % stepped out Of Hne
and took bully beeG"
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
What She Would Take.

At an Irish assize deaf old lady,
who had brought an action for dam
ages against her neighbor, was being
examined. when the judge suggested
q compromise, and instructed counsel
% ask what she would take to settle
The matter.
Ellis Iordship wants to know what
sou will take?" asked the learned coun-
r0el, bawling as loud as lie could in the
old lady's ear.
II thank his lordship kindly" an.
0wered the dame land fits no incon-
venience to him, I'll take little whis'
ky and water"
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
CUTS Off HIS FATHERS Arm
lad Wieids Axe to Free Parent. Whos'
Hand Was Caught In
Machine.

West Plains, Mo.-The eighteen-year'
old son of Mike Stein Of this town,
chopped off his fathers arm with an
ak, after the latter had been caught In
q corn shredder. STEMS hand and arm
were twisted in the cogs so that 1t was
impossible to free him. The son, be-
lieving that his father would freeze
before a physician arrived, finally de-
cided to use the Ak. Stein is the fatn"
er of ten children. ..
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Aliens Foot Ease for the Troops.

Many war zone hospitals have ordered Aliens
Foot Ease, the hntiseptic powder, for use
among the troops. Shaken into the shoes and
sprinkled In the footebath, Aliens Foot-Ease
gives rest and comfort, and makes walking q
delight. Sold everywhere 25c. Try 1t today. Adv
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04

Win the War by Preparing the Land
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops
Work Joint Effort the Soil Of the United States and Canada
C00R11ATIvE FARMING N NAN POWER NBCEs8A1Y
WIN BATT1 FoR LzBER1Y
The Food Controllers Of the United States and Canada asking f
Scarcely 1O 900 bushels
able be the allies before the harvest Upon the
the United States and Canada the burden of supply
Every Available 1labo Acre Must CsnbuieS Every Available
Farmer and Farm nand Must Assist
Western Canada has be seeded but
Short appeal United States allies
ing operation. ~"
canadas Wheat Production Last Year 900 Bushes The
Demand From canaea Alone isr 1919 400 900 Bushels
To this she have assistance She has the land but needs
The Government the United States
effectively help do farm work this the land the United
States developed first Of courses but help Canada When
find Canadas fields after supplied
we direct him there. ..-.-...-..,
Apply
he
help $50 90 month md board and lodging.
viii welcome good wages
and find comfortable
boundary deniusdou and
employment may be had .py
.. g. EMPLOYMENT 8ERvlcE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
Too Valuable.

. y. TOO valuable.
THAT prima donna didn't seem ut all
angry"
"How did You get that impresslon?"
Inquired the weary manager?"
''She never once raised her voice"
swell, you don't think she'd waste
q high note on me, do yOu?''
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
IS TOO CONSERVATIVE,
SAYS LUCKLESS HUBBY

Cleveland. - Waldo Hertley
protests there's such thing as
being too darned conservative.
When Mrs. Hertley tried to
save by mending her spouse's
pajamas instead of buying new
ones she used the cover on an
old sofa pillow. -
It was hand-embroidered!
Now every morning there's a
cute design, all full Of daisies
and forget-me-nots on Waldo's
back.
The Tomahawk., 1918-04-04
A New Way to Shave

a New way to Sh4Ve
Tender skins twice day without irri'
tation by using Cuticura Soap the
"Cuticura Way" No Shiny mug, germs,
waste Of time or money. For free sam
pies address, "Cuticura, Dept. 3, Bos-
tom" At druggists and by mail. Soap
Is. Ointment Is and 6O.-Adv.