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Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
Food at XearneY HOSPITAL.

Kearney. Neb, Nov. 22-To the
Editor of The Bee: We are employees
of the State Hospital for Tubercu-
lous at Kearney, and read tn article
in Thursdays Bee concerning this
institution. The writer was no doubt
one of the patients here who so mis-
represented conditions that he hadn't
the nerve to sign his own name to
the article. No doubt, too, this pa
tent is one who pays no mainte-
nance and who does no work to help
defray his expenses. The employees
here receive practically the same
food that the patients do if there is
any preference the patients get the
best of the deal, and from the 80 or
more employees there has been no
complaint on the food question. All
Of the food is of first-class material,
in first-class condition and we'll
cooked and served.
The buildings are kept well heated,
the heat being turned off only in
case Of necessity when some repair
work is being done, and such neces-
sity has not arisen since the cold
weather set in.
1t is a well known fact that tuber-
cular patients receive better food and
care than the patients Of other state
institutions. Usually, if there is
cause Tor complaint, the en-
ployes are first to make it, but there
has been no cause for such complaint
at this institution for many months.
From the employees of the State
Hospital for Tuberculous. Signed by
II. NJ. Rost, steward: c. Carl Myer,
Alma 7. Taylor, head nurse; Sadie
M. Ross, Hattie Halliger, Anna Dye,
Jennie Dunn, L. NJ. Boyd, Johanna
Svendsen, H. L. Miller. Allen Reed.
Amelia Romano, stenographer and
bookkeeper; Gladys Myer, Olive
Taylor, r. Elsa, chief engineer;
Elsie Hiddleson. Lille McAnaney,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Hagan, Maud
Cook, Margaret Hermann, Gertrude
SeliX, Myrtle Mcintosh, Mary Swim
broad Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kim
berly and Ollie Bremen.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
People and Events

Figuratively and sentmentally, the anathema
Of Colonel Watterson is fulfilled. ITO hell
with the Hohenzollerns and the Hapsburgsv
he exclaimed many times and oft. They are on
the way. Hats off to true prophet
An advance of 81 week in the wages of
anthracite coal miners touches consumers for
an extra $l05. The extra nickel looks mighty
small to dealers who in former times soothed
the pain of wage raise by doubling it to the
consumer.
Wyoming clasps hands with Florida and en-
ter the dry belt together. Illinois and Missouri
stick to the suds and Minnesota is uncertain
where it is at Cheyenne is doomed as a boot
Logging haunt. ST. Joe, Peoria and Chicago re-
main the hope of the sousers.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is a
distant cousin of William Hohenzollern, and the
queens husband is scion of the German roy
atty of other days. Cousinly friendship and
Teutonic attachments no doubt will soften for
banished Bill the threat of internment heard iy
Holland
World map makers no doubt took notice of
things on November II. Maybe they felt as
deeply as others the grand and glorious feel
ing" but they are not yet out of the woods A
few advance plates may be struck off, but the
finished remains to Be drawn by the peace con-
ference. Anxious seats are still crowded.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
State Press Com ments

! Edgar Post: The republican vic
tory was hailed with such 10y in
| Berlin that the next day everybody
| resigned.
Burt County Herald: The b.
heinlan, Swede and Irish counties
Went republican at the election. That
KNOCKS out the democrats excuse
that the Hun counties caused it.
Norfolk Press: Yes, the war is
over, out there is still a big Job
aneao IN Americanizing America.
All VINO do not appreciate America
advantages and its citizenship suf-
liclentiy TO learn the language of
the country should be promptly de-
ported 10 the country they love best.
Beatrice Express: If the allies are
TO put the German prisoners at work
IN france, Belgium and Italy re-
building what they have destroyed.
II might be a good idea to use the
e&-kalser IN the same capacity, plac-
ing nm in charge of some of the
Belglans who have suffered so much
at the hands of the soldiers of the
eX-highest.
Harvard Courier: Those people
VINO are planning what to do Gith
the soldiers when they come home,
might better be spending some of
their time wondering what the SOL
olers are going to do with us. Four
million trained and disciplined men
turned loose in our country, espe-
clallv with the prestige that will be
thelrs because of their service, in the
war, Will be able to make some radi-
cal changes, and they are likely to
DO 1t. The happy. go-lucky, easy
gong boys who went into the army
and navy will have a different out
look on life when they come home.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
PushnQ Over Trouble

1t is hardly likely that Americans will take
too seriously the proposition of the London
Spectator that the United States take over all
the former German colonial possessions in
Africa though the Spectator may be correct in
assuming that the English people would be de-
lighted to see Our government get as large a
part of Germany's colonies as it could be per-
suaded to accept.
Where all but $4,000 people are natives, and
less than 100000 human beings are scattered
over an area of 93l 400 square miles, just and
orderly government becomes q very grave task.
Government on the lines of tyranny with the
sole purpose of exploitation is another thing,
and that is what Germany has adhered to in
Togoland, in Kamerun, in southwest Africa and
in east Africa. We suppose that the British
could do better than we could but even they are
to be pardoned for wishing to pass the job on
to someone else.
On the whole, it may be presumed that
Washington will only smile at the Spectators
suggestion. Our permanent sphere of influence
must be the American continent. 1t ought to
be the American continent. And here we shall
find all the perplexing problems that can be
longed for by the most ambitious statesman
ship.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
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Municipal Coal Business.

Omaha, Nov. 22.-To the Editor of
The Bee: In connection with the
buying and selling of coal by the
city some questions arise which may
be of more consequence than we
now realize. The question, To what
extent shall the city engage in buy
ing and selling commodities? is i'm
portant and far-reaChing. We are
squarely confronted by the question,
To what extent shall mercantile
business be taken out of private
hands and "socialized >"
1t is true that only the coal bust
ness is at present under colsidera-
ton, but if the city is to undertake
to supply coal to all who wish to
buy, then why should it not on the
same principle engage in buying and
selling all the common subjects of
exchange? Is it correct to class the
coal business with what we call
public utilities?" 1t is clearly of
different character, and wholly anal
ogous to other lines of private bust
ness. The fact that a special pro-
vision is made in section Al of the
Omaha charter for the authority to
carry on a coal business, shows that
in the opinion Of lawyers. the city
would not have such authority with
out an express authorization.
For protection of the peoples
rights and the maintenance Of good
order the city has an undoubted
right to regulate any business car
ried on in the city. 1t is as easy
for the city as for the United States
government to ascertain what are
fair prices, and to publish the in
formation. and compel the observ-
ance Of proper limits Of charges. 1t
is not necessary to engage in the coal
business in order to regulate it.
AS to giving aid to the poor, the
authority to give such public aid is
given to counties in this state, and
not to cities. Why should the city
undertake to take this function out
of the hands Of the county? And if
the city is to engage in charity
work, should it not make it clearly
distinct from a business Of general
buying and selling?
BERIAN +. COCHRAN
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
Highest Need of Praise

When General Pershing presented to Mar
shall Foch the American Distinguished Service
Medal, he did it in words so happily chosen, so
full of appreciation of what the great French
man had done for the world, so eloquent and
sincere that every American gained honor from
the representative who said so we'll what we are
all feeling and thinking And the answer Of
Marshal Foch was marked by the same merits.
He recalled with emotion the day, and it
was dark day of many anxieties and dangers,
when General Pershng went to him and in a
few quiet sentences placed at the orders and in
the hands of the marshal all that the United
States had then available of men and resources.
On that offer, however, the marshal did not
dwell. Instead, he%expressed, in phrases that
were the more effective because they contained
nothing of flattery or exaggeration, his recog-
milton of what had been accomplished by the
men and the resources of the United States in
the months that followed
He did not say that we had won the war
that we had saved Europe and civilization from
the Huns. In sentences that lost no strength
because they had the polish and elegance given
to them by soldier who is also scholar, he
declared that we had done we'll our part in the
achievement of the great result. That was the
exact truth, and therefore it was enough To
have said more would have been to deny to the
European allies the acknowledgment of their
herosm and their prowess. When our men
have been called as good as the best by such a
Sfnan as Marshal Foch they have won the highest
need of praise.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
Bismarck in 1870.

Omaha, Nov. 22-TU the Editor of
The Bee: You stated twice in your
paper that Bismarck was the cause
Of the war between France and Ger
many, 1870-71, because he changed
and falsified some dispatches. Here
tofore, we thought the cause Of said
war was because Benedict, the
French ambassador, asked King
William to give guaranty that no
German prince would accept the
throne of Spain. But if you could
prove your assertion, you would
give a further reason why the Ger
man empire, welded together by
Iron and Blood" could not hold to-
gether. Please, therefore, explain
and prove your assertion in the Let
ter Box Of The Bee. You will, no
doubt, render a service to many a
reader of your paper. NJ. A.
Answer: The Incident has several
times been referred to Of late. When
in 1870 it was proposed that the va
cant throne of Spain be given to a
scion of the Hohenzollern line, it was
objected that the balance Of power"
in Europe would thus be disturbed.
Napoleon III made representations to
King William of Prussia to that eff
feet and the candidacy was accord
ingly withdrawn. Some months later
It was renewed. and very likely
through the connivance of Bismarck
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
The "Revancke" of Foch
Boston Globe.

IT was the early 1all OF lo/U
Along a road Of Northern France that lee
out from the old Fortress of Sedan, an oper
carriage passed Before it rode a guard, hel.
lances. Behind it rode officers in French uni
form. Again, farther in the rear. steel helmeted
Prussian hussars, Gathering in solid array.
In the carriage, thus guarded, sat Napoleon
ILL., emperor of France. He was going to meet
the king of Prussia at Chateau Bellevue, to sur
render his sword and his armies. Great physical
suffering was written upon his face the deep
lines telling of grievous illness which was fast
bringing him to the grave. But the mental SUIT
fering of the day was greater.
Followed by the officers of his staff Ma
poleon III entered the salon of the chateau,
where the Prussian leaders awaited him. The
German officers arose courteously. as ccustom
dictated. and stood at attention as the emperor
faced them. The king of Prussia alone remained
seated. Arrogantly he looked up at the man
whose honored guest he had been in Paris not
long before.
Bent with pain Napoleon III drew his blade
and presented the hilt.
"Sire, here is my sword" he said
~ take it," the churlish Prussian answered.
Then he added 81 give it back to YOU"
The officers of the emperor staff drew deep
breaths, and their eyes flashed fire. 1t was the
tone of the speech that stung them.
'"He clearly meant I'll take care of you said
one of the emperors staff, years afterward. The
officer was almost boy at the time of the sur
render, fresh from St. Cyr, the West Point OF
France. Into his impressonable heart the scene
at Chateau Bellevue burned itself He never
forgot it, nor the words of the Prussian's king.
The king was grandfather of William Ho-
henzollern. former kaiser of Germany
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
[ TODAY
Right in the Spotlight.

Included in the German sover-
eigns deprived of their thrones by
the recent collapse of the empire,
the ex-Grand Duke Ernest Louis OF
Hesse will hardly be in a mood for
joyous celebration of his 50th birth
day today. Only few months
ago Ernest Louis was in command
of the Riga section of the German
front. He succeeded to the throne
of Hesse on the death of his father,
Grand Duke Ludwig w., in 1892
His mother was the Sweet Prin-
cess Alice" daughter of Queen Vic
toria, and one of his sisters was the
late Czarina of Russia, whose fate
is still mystery. In 1894 the
grand duke married his cousin, Prin-
cess Victoria, daughter of the late
Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha. After suffering numerous
indignities at the hands of her hus-
band the grand duchess was finally
obliged to obtain divorce.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
PERSHING AND HIS MEN.

II the gods had so endowed me,
/ would WELD a poets pen,
And write page in history
OF John Pershing and his men,
The gallant men who stemmed the tide,
And checked the foes advance,
He lead our boys to victory.
On the battlefieds Of France.
He drove back the boastful Teuton,
Who thought to rule the world.
And on the bloody fields Of France
The Stars and Stripes unfurled.
The Stars and Stripes, the grandest flag
Since this old world began,
For 1t stands for love and justice
And the equal rights Of man.
And when this war is over,
And all mankind is free;
The world will then pay homage to
Our brilliant John j. P.
And In the guided halls Of fame,
When peace displaces war,
The name OF John ], Pershins
Will be our brightest star.
Omaha j. s. HUNTER
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
This Day in History.

l78l-Sensation caused i'll Lon
don by the receipt of news of Corn
wallis surrender to Washington.
l795-Stanislaus Poniatowski, king
of Poland, deposed by Catherine of
Russia.
1854-John Gibson Lockhart SON
in-law and biographer of Sir Walter
Scott, died at Abbotsford. Born
July IA, 1894.
l902-Joseph Chamberlain, Brit
ish colonial minister started on an
official visit to South Africa. >. -.
l9l4-Britsh battleship Bulwark
sunk by German submarine off
Sheerness.
19l5-Germans began evacuation
of .Mitau. their base on Riga front.
1ol6-Greek provisional govern
ment declared war on Germany and
Bulgaria.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
RIGHT TO THE POINT

Minneapolis Tribune: About the
first thing republicans will do in
their national housekeeping will be
to sweep out the Kitchin.
Philadelphia Ledger: Food con-
ditions are supposed to be much
worse in Austria than in Germany,
but so far we have been spared sniff
Hing appeals from Vienna.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat The
wheat farmers are now glad there Is
a guaranteed price, while the plant
ers are wishing they had consented
TO the fixing of cotton prices.
Baltimore American: After all, as
events have turned out. Germany, in
spite Of her boosted efficiency,
merely tried the uniformly unsuc-
cessful experiment Of screwing down
the lid on the safety valve.
New York Herald: KAISER NAV
return to Germany" Why not? AS
the record stands, no German has
expressed regret for the man or his
deeds, and not single German has
SAID word that would indicate op-
position to his returning to his
throne whenever he may choose to
do so.
Kansas City Times: Germany is
now sending wireless messages to
England, France, Italy and America
urging an calculation of the terms
of the armistice "in modifying
sense 1t seems unne ressary, how
ever. for further elucidaticn. Ger
many appears to understand the
terms. all right, or she wouldn't be
SO keen for modifying" them.
New York World: Announcement
OF the abandonment by the War In
dustries board of the plan for CLASH
tying grades of shoes and fixing
prices is accompanied by the state
nent that increased production and
competition are counted upon to reg
ulate price levels" A sceptical pub
lie will wait to see whether this reg
ulation will be upward or downward.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
Timely lettings and Reminders.

Birthday greetings to Andrew
Carnegie, SO years old today.
Evacuation Day celebration in
New York, to mark the anniversary
of the evacuation of the city by the
British troops at the end of the
revolutionary war.
A proclamation is to be issued in
London today, summoning a new
parliament. Nominations will be
made on December 4, and polling
will take place on December H.
Trial of Congressman-elect Victor
Berger and several of his associates,
leaders of the socialist party, who
are under indictment for alleged
violations of the espionage act, is
scheduled to begin today in the
federal court at Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
In the Wake of War

The armiSice in operation lends
to schreckHchkeit the practical
touch of fine art.
Among the mysterious disappear.
ances staged in Germany that of
Count Won Bernstorff appears TO be
spurlos versinkt.
Startling are the changes wrought
| by war. Observe how quickly en-.
perOrs and knights, stripped of the
trappings of power. shrivel up in the
worlds vision and appear as very
common clay.
Five weeks ago Walter Rathenau,
writing in the Berlin Vossische Zei-
tung. foresaw a war indemnity Of
$4,000, 600, 900 marks for the restora-
ton of Belgium and France alone.
The addition of many other known
accounts promises a national mort
gage of sufficient weight TO hold 'em
for awhile.
A lucky warship Is the Goeben,
now floating the colors of the allies
at the Golden Horn. Eluding the
British fleet in the Mediterranean in
1911, and securing shelter at Con-
stantinople. the Goeben survived
Russian attacks In the Black Sea,
lodged bombs from above and mines
below, finally settling down in shall
low water to await the coming Of
the allied victors.
Marshal Foch has been invited by
the mayor of New York to visit the
United States as the guest Of the
municipality. Marshal Petain prom
ised to pay a visit to the Red Cross
in this country some time next sum-
mer. When most of the boys are at
home, official visits will become the
first order of business, and the fa-
nous French leaders will be well
coined to the best In Uncle Sans
house.
Strassburg, the redeemed, Is best
known as a movable prize of war.
Monarchs and nations have fought
for it and the surrounding country,
shifting from one to the other victor
imposing the terms of peace Still
the city is linked historically with the
tenderest of home ties, blue-rib-
boned by fable. Strassburg is the
original stork town. In wayback
days storks thrived on the frogs of
the surrounding marshes, content
with the simple life. Few survive
the lapse Of years, Apparently the
high life of service on medical staffs
proved too swift for phlegmatic
birds. Fable, in consequence, camou-
tagged their job Of joybearers and let
it go at that SO the f1resides en-
joying the felicity Of stork visits
these victorious days may properly
mingle their JOY with that of Strass-
burg.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25

unmistakable earnlarks of a news
paper.
Christ Hartman and family left
for San Francisco to pass the m, jor
part of the winter.
Cards announcing the marriage of
Miss Melanie Sally to Mr.. Leon
Bloch have been issued.
Miss Anna Creighton entertained
a number of her schoolmates at the
residence of her parents, Fourteenth
and Davenport streets.
Mrs. General Wheaton gave de-
lightful card party at her residence
at Fort Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25

The figures for the losses sustained by the
American expedtionary force must convince
even the casual that our boys did not have a
soft time nor skirk any on the job. They did
not get into the real fighting until in June, and
from then until the end came they were in the
hottest of it. Nor does the record indicate that
the German resistance was any the less deadly
on the American front than elsewhere. 1t was
a tough Job, and our part in it was we'll done.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
The Day We Celebrate.

Lewis Clark Sholes, director
Young Mems Christian association,
born in 1873
Andrew Carnegie, capitalist and
philanthropist, born at Dunfermline,
Scotland, 80 years ago.
John B. Densmore, solicitor of the
Department of Labor at Washing
ton, born at Waterloo, Iowa, al
years ago.
DR.. Bliss Perry, professor of
English literature at Harvard, born
at Williamstown, Mass, So years
ago.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Colorado
the father of the juvenile court
system, born at Jackson, Tenn, 40
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
Storyette of the Day.

President Wilson usually reads
his speeches-they are speeches too
important to be delivered impromp-
tu-but he shares with his Scottish
ancestors all their hatred of writ
ten sermons.
President Wilson told one day at
Princeton an old Scotchwoman's re-
mark about a minister whose ser
mons were always read.
"How's the new meenister gettin'
on?" a neighbor asked the old wo-
man.
"Gettin' on?" said she. "Weel,
he's gettin' on like crow in tater
feld-two dabs and a lookup
Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
BOOST.

Boost your city, boost your friend,
Boost the lodge that you attend.
Boost the street on which you're dwelling
Boost the goods that you are selling,
Boost the people around about you,
They can get along without you,
BUT success will quicker find them
II they know that you're behind them,
Boost for every forward movement,
Boost for every new improvement,
Boost the man for whom you labor,
Boost the stranger and the neighbor.
Cease to be a chronic knocker,
Cease to be a progress blocker,
If you'd make your business better
Boost 1t to the final letter.
Weekly Whirl
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
One Year Ago Today in the War.

British and French armies reached
the Italian front.
American War mission in France
placed a wreath on the grave of
Lafayette.
The French launched a sudden
and successful attack on German
lines before Verdun.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-11-25
MUS7EROLE-QU|CK
Relief! NO BLISTER!
It Soothes and Relieves Like
a Mustard Plaster Without
the Burn or Sting

Musterole is a clean, white oint.
ment, made with the oil of mustard.
1t does all the work of the old.fashioned
mustard plaster does it better and
does not blister. You do not have to
bother with cloth. You simply rub
it on-and usually the pain is gonei
Many doctors and nurses use Muster.
ole and recommend it to their patients.
They will gladly tell you what re.
lief it gives from sore throat, bron.
chitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma, neu.
ralgia, congestion, pleurisy, rheuma.
tism, lumbago, pains and aches Of the
back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds Of
the chest lit often prevents pneumonia).
Soc and Coo jars; hospital size $3.50.