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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

Germany. We had thrown of the for
cign yoke. Now that same Germany.
first beaten by Napoleon because ahc
was decadent and subsequently
united by the efforts OF a few great
men. stood victorious In this world
war against enemies who far out.
numbered her and added fresh glo.
rica 20 her record.
| had faith In final victory. Moth,
Ing else WINS possible. The German
people had been thru too much al
ready TO expose themselves again 10
such a terrible fate, The men who
were leading Germany only needed
to develop her latent powers 10 add
fuel To the holy fire burning AS |
then thought-in every German
heart.
A happy future OF assured pros.
n"r.ty seemed 10 be opening out for
the fntberlanf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
Ludendorff Describes Looting of German
Troops in Poland Ice Endangers the Army

Moltkc warned the German people
against invasion Of Russia. lie
Thought OF the country as a feather
bed. IN which the deeper an army
SGT. the more II would smother.
Ludendorff was TO learn this les.
son by hard experience after the ad.
vance Of the summer OF 1915. The
Russian army. which had gotten
away In good condition. thanks large.
~ 70 the divided eounsels OF the Ger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
How he put all the conquered

How he put all the conquered
lands under strict military con-
troll and insisted that their peo-
pie should work I'm fields and
factories to help Germany over
come the effects Of the naval
blockade Is shown by Ludcn-
dorff tomorrow. He admits
grounds for the storm of crit
icism that this policy met In
Germany, but excuses II on the
grounds Of military necessity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

man army chiefs. was able 20 make a
stand ON the lines south of Riga.
where IL had good communications
and could anchor It's lines In the
chain OF lakes and swamps running
from the pwina south to the Pripet.
The Germans, ON the other hand,
had many serious problems 10 solve
and their life was not an easy one
that fall and winter. as Ludcndorff
testifies.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
THIS WILL ASTONISH
SEATTLE PEOPLE

The quick action of simple witch
hazel, hydrastis. camphor. etc. M
mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. will
surprise Seattle people. One Girl
with weak, strained eyes was helped
by single application. Her mother
could hardly sew or read because u
eye pains. In one week she too was
benefited. We guarantee small
bottle Of Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak. strained or inf1amed
eyes. Aluminium eye cup FREE.
Swift Drug 60. and leading drusgis>s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
POOR DUGOUTS
FOR THE MEN

The quarters were, In themselves.
not so bad. The war had passed com.
paratively rapidly over the region
which we finally occupied. and there
fore had not been very destructive.
Nor had the Russians burned down
everything. as they did further south
In Poland.
All the same. there remained n
great deal OF work to be done In the
construction Of billets for the troops.
especially close behind the line.
The dugouts, which took q long
time 10 build, were made rs habitable
rs possible by the troops. But only
those who have been thru Il can know
with how little Officers and men had
10 be satisfied, and were satisfied.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only--look for the name California
on the package. then you are sure
your child Is having the best and
most harmless laxative or physic
for the little stomach. liver and
bowels. Children love its delicious
fruity taste. Full directions for
child's dose on each bottle. Give It
without fear.
Mother You must say "Califor-
MIA"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

time. The rooms were large and suit
able for our purpose. and could be
well heated for the coming winter,
kovno IL a typical Russian town.
with low. mean. wooden houses and
comparatively wide streets. From
the hills which closely enclrcle the
town there In an interesting view or
tho town and the confluence OF the
Nioraen and the Villa. On the further
bank Of tho Niemen there stands the
tower Of nm old German castle 81 the
reutonic knights. y symbol OF Ger,
man civilization In the Fast. and not
far from II there Il q memorial OF
French schemes for the conquest 81
the world: that Hill upon which
Napoleon stood In 1879 ~ he watched
the great army crossing tho river.
PLANNED FUTURE
or PROSPERITY
My mind was flooded with over.
wh~imlng historical memories. de-
termined 90 resume In the occupied
territory that work 81 civilization nj
which the Germans had laborcd Ia
those lands for many centuries. The
population. made up ~ Il II Of such
q mixture Of races. would never ne.
compiish anything Of its own accord.
and left Ca Itself would suecumb 10
Polish domination.
was proud 60 think that. over n
hundred years ago. after period OF
great Weakness and tribulation In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

Tillmann. n German whose family
name was In good rcputc among the
Germans In Russia. lie himself had
been In Germany from the beginning
OF tho war. The field marshal.
Colonel Hoffman, and myself lived
together In one OF the villas. Here
also was the start mess. have spent
many hours in this house and II IL
indehbly engraved on my memory.
The offices OF the general staff
were In the barracks, The six.
penny portraits OF the tsar. the
tsarina and the tsarevitseh were
typical OF tho Russian culture OF that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

Al the close OF the grea, operations
cf the summer OF 1918 tho circum.
stances under which the Eastern
armies were living were makcshift
and unsatisfactory In every respect;
further. conditions. in the territory
1--we had occupied In the course OF
Fvcnts. had to he reorganised.
In order TO set better grasp OF
fairs and be in closer touch with
~hc troops we went to kovno at the
end Of October.
Tho field marshal. the officers OF
tho general staff and were quarter
81 In two villas belonging TO Herr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
my THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS"
BY Gen. Eric Won Ludendorff


cepytsshsed
In ttaiyh
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03

Let's 20 eat At Boldt's-uptown.
i4la Sd Ave-; downtown. sl3 - Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
ICE PUTS ARMY
IN DANGER

II was long after Christmas before
trafiic was made safe and compare.
lively regular on all the lines. so that
at last the longed.for leave trains
could be put on.
And then peculiarly critical stu
alton arose. After a spell OF intense
cold the ice on the Nicmen and Win.
dau began to break up.
The masses Of Ice swept away the
bridge across the Windau n Mos
chcilsI The sole means Of commu-
nication with Germany by rail- was
thus cut on. The floating Ice dashed
agaInst the railway bridge nj kovno
and displaced the rails, but the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-03
ONE LINE FOR
THREE ARMIES

The completion OF the railway
bridge near Kovno was Of the great.
est importance. II was possible TO
use 1t By the end OF September. and
for long time II was the only chan.
mel fsr supplies to the Tenth and
Twelfth armies and the right wing
OF Scholtz's army group. At that
time | was satisfied II could count
on two trains day for Ida for the
Twelfth army. but. as II turned out.
II was not SO simple TO obtain the
trains themselves. which were re.
quired by the army.
Communication with our own rail.
ways was very bad. On one occasion
the Twelfth army had urgently re-
questcd . trainIoad Of fodder and re
ceived q trainload Of settler water!
That II triic during q great war;
but the weil.bcIng OF man and horse
Is dependent on a series Of trifles. and
80 the latter assume n great and
disproportionate Importance.
The Russian railways In Lithuania
and Couriand had surprisingly
small capacity, even In peace time.
This would not have been the case II
Russia had really needed the ports Of
Windau and Libau for her domestic
and commercial existence.
On the long stretches from Wilma TO
Simorgon and Wilma 10 Dvina condi-
lions were not so difficult, but even
here the provisional water tanks
froze In winter and there We're all
sorts OF obstacles. surmountable and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
Recent Immigration Statistic

The United States immigration Service Bull
letin for July contains some interesting figures
on the flow of immigration and emigration.
The inward and outward passenger movements
for May were about equal, although more
American citizens went abroad than returned.
Slightly fewer nonemigrants left than nom
immigrants arrived, but the outflow of emigrant
aliens reached 1890, which was more than
200 in excess of immigrant aliens admitted
More nonimmgrant aliens arrived than Ameri-
can citizens. The total immigrants arriving
for the fiscal year ending June, 80, 1918, fell to
1908 as against 2o5,4O3 for the previous year
and 298,826 for the fiscal year ending June &c.
1916. But the number of immigrants entering
between July |, 1918, and May 81, 1919, was
123,145. The greatest number for this period
came from Mexico, 25,536, or more than one
NTH the total. There were 23,oO7 English
Africans, 1888 Scotch, 7,427 Scandinavian, 2,7l9
Hebrews and 3,743 Spanish Southern European
immigration was at low ebb. The Mexicans
led in May, with 3,276, the English being next
with 2,927 The French were third with l,440
the Scotch fourth with 1,176 and the Japanese
fifth with 1888. The rest were scattering.
The Mexican influx seems to have struck
Texas, which shows immigration of 1914
from July /, 1918, to May 81, 1919, while New
York received only 24873. In May Texas re-
ceived $751; while New York received only
2S0l. Emigrant aliens departed from New
York to the number of 5,535 in May. while
Texas lost only 463. Pennsylvania was second
in number of emigrant aliens departed in May
with 1881 while Massachusetts came next with
1890 Missour's net loss of emigrant aliens
was about 500 in q months.
The great tide of departing emigrant aliens,
which has been so greatly emphasized for
months, apparently had not begun by the end
of May. In normal times the totals would be
entirely disregarded, and, aside from the Mexi-
can influx, it is difficult to trace tendency
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE.

A strike Of the street railway men at this
time to enforce wage demands would be most
unfortunate. Its force would fall on the patient
public, which is just asked to pay an increase
of 40 per cent in fares to the company, in order
that the latter may in turn increase the wage
rate.
The only point in dispute is between the
company and the men, and concerns how much
of the revenue derived from the extra fare shall
be given to the employees. In this division the
patrons of the line are but indifferently con-
cerned. The people want the men to have good
wages it is essential that they should be well
paid so they may properly provide for them
selves and their families. 1t is also necessary
so the company may be able to pay the higher
wage rate.
But it is unfair for either the company or
the men to decline to give any attention what
ever to the interest of the citizens, who pay the
bills in the end Continuous and uninterrupted
service is required for the prosperity of the
city Both of the contestants should recog-
nze this.
We know this plea may sound old to both
sides, for they have heard it before and have
ignored it, but if ever little forbearance were
needed. and consideration shown for those who
can not help themselves it is now. The public
is at the mercy of these discordant forces, but
it has rights neither can afford deliberately to
ignore Many ways of settlement short of
strike are open and they should be employed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
MUCH IN LITTLE.

More than AS words minute
have been transmitted in English
high-speed wireless biography
tests.
The judges at a baby show at
Cedar Falls, Ia, did their best to
please everybody by awarding every
contestant a prize.
The Cape to-Cairo railway, in
Africa, when completed will be
1904 miles in length, the longest
single line Of railway in the world.
Norwegian scientists have pat
ented a secret process for producing
SO per cent nutric acid from the 30
per cent acid they have been max
ing from atmospheric nitrogen.
For work above stepladder range
portable telescope tower has been
invented, composed of extension lad
ders that can be raised 40 feet. car
rying a platform with them
Gasoline locomotives that are safe
to use in coal mines have been in
vented in England, their ignition
taking place inside of tight boxes
and their exhaust through water. :
Jason Austin of Emporia Kan,
has grown 1900 pounds of cabbage
on patch of ground containing
less than 1000 square feet. The
cabbages average three pounds each
and are free from insects.
Belfast, the largest industrial CEN
ter in Ireland. is situated on both
banks of the River Lagan and is 101
miles northeast of Dublin. 1t has
an estimated population of $4,000.
manufacture.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
Are We Ready for the Step?

Without considering the fundamental weak
nesses OF the railroad brotherhoods plan for
Matchmaking the transportation industry, some
attention may be paid 10 it's general aspects
The railroads are integral part of our ma
tional life. In an elementary sense, they are
public institutions, performing public func-
ton On this basis they have been clothed
with extraordinary powers, and have also been
subjected to regulation and control that could
not be supported by private enterprise.
Should the public take over the entire own
ership and management of the railroads. what
will be the effect on other basic industries? We
have reached a point where private owner
ship means less than it ever did, perhaps The
relation of any business undertaking to the
public is subject for closer inspection
than ever. For the moment coal mining is put
forward as an illustration, but the logic that in
wolves the fuel industry in the fate of Transport
tation must also include agriculture in all its
branches, and with equal directness proceed up
and down the line, emitting nothing
Mr.. Bryan already has proposed the govern
ment-controlled press, a medium which will
Supplant the free press of the land, and through
which only such information as peases the
powers in control would find its way to the
people.
Are the American people ready to participate
in the sweeping and obliteratng changes so pro-
posed in their government? Will they sur
render the liberty of individual action in order
to- assume an existence ordered for them by
bureaucracy? With the probability of that
bureaucracy itself being dominated by an
oligarchy2
Establishing social justice and giving labor
a partnership in the industrial enterprises of
the nation are not the only features of the pro-
gram proposed by the railroad brotherhoods.
The path they point out leads directly to So
cialism.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
Their Idol on a Vacation.

Even as the priests of Baal vainly besought
their god to bestir himself into action, while
the stern old prophet of Jehovah Knocked them,
so the worshippers of "Make-a-New-L Law" find
themselves confused and helpless because their
idol is powerless. They have journeyed to the
city hall, to the court house, the state capital
and to the national capitol; they have implored
the mayor, the governor and the president, and
have poured out their lamentations to the city
council, the legislature and congress, and with
out avail. The fetch of BE 1t Enacted" has
lost its power, if it ever had any, and its de-
luded devotees are moiling in dismay because
of the failure of their medicine to work
The demon II c. of l." is too potent to
be exercised by resolution or statute. Some
operations of natural law are memorable, and
interference with them brings disaster This
truth is being forced home to unwilling minds
just now, but it is wholesome regardless of
whether it is, palatable.
IT, instead of rushing in terrified haste to
the lawmakers and to the officers of the gov
eminent, implorng aid that can not be given,
each individual would contribute his share to
the solution of the problem, more might be &C
complished The thrift that was preached and
largely practced while we were at war enabled
us then to pull through more tcklish situa-
ton. Some thing of the same sort of restraint
will be serviceabe now.
Wages pursuing prices, but not over
taking them. Extravaganza is wping out the
accumulation of the war days, and the only
thing at all certain is that there must be an end
to which the thoughtful look with some ap-
prehension. If the process be slowed down
without smashing things, it will be we'll. But
The great god of regulation by law, so long
adored by thoughtless Americans, is on a va
cation now. and we hope he never returns.
Responsibility is squarely on the citizen, and
as he accepts it so will the republic prosper.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
Seven Cent Street Car Fare for Omaha.

The State Railway commission has ordained
temporarily 7-cent car fare for Omaha, with
variations of four-for-a- quarter, half-fare for
children under IL, and 5 cents for school chill
dren. This increase, which has been acquesced
in by the city council takes effect on Sunday.
It was the inevitable course Operating costs
have increased, particularly the item of wages,
and the employees are demanding further in
crease in pay. To meet these urgent demands
the company must have more money, and it
has but one place to get it. The imposition
means an increase in expense to the average
patron of the street cars of about cents
day. for which provision must be made in the
family budget. If the men can only come to
an understanding with the company, however,
and regular service be kept up, the public will
try to bear with the added cost of riding until
the commission is able to determine full in
formation what the right fare should be.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
Aerial Police Neat

The day when the skies will be filled with
airplanes, driven for business and pleasure, is
not far distant. Henry Woodhouse vice presi
dent of the Aerial League OF America, says
more than 500 persons bought or ordered air
planes in the United States during the last
three months He estimates that 500 more are
eager to place their orders, but cannot do so
because manufacturers are unable to promise
an early delivery. One company alone has
orders for over 800 airplanes and is so rushed
with prospective orders that it has found it
necessary to put on two shifts in its factories
Even at present prices, planes are easily
within the reach of persons who buy the more
expensive makes of motor cars There are
thousands of expert aviators who were trained
during the war and probably would not object
to serving as "air chauffeurs" at wages COM
parable to their altitude records Furthermore
those who wish to drive their own planes and
get the fullest amount of enjoyment out of the
sport can easily learn.
One flight in a plane, as rule, is sufficient
to make an enthusiastic convert of a person
who has never been any higher above the
earths surface than the top of an office build
ing. A few spiral gldes tail spins and severn
loops, thousands of feet in the air and motor
ing ever after seems the harmless diversion of
molly coddles-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
PASSING THE BUCK.

The packer says it is not he
Who raised the price of "eats,"
And offers figures with his plea
To prove he never cheats.
He thinks the farmer gets the chuck,
And passes on to him the buck.
The farmer holds. though costs are high
His land is higher still,
And ev'rything he has TO buy,
Including salt and sWill.
He thinks the grocer Is the duck,
And passes on to him the buck.
The grocer swears he gets the same
Old seventeen per cent,
With just enough to meet the claim
OF raises in his rent.
He thinks the landlord should be stuck,
And passes on to him the buck,
The landlord shows the great increase
In taxes he has paid,
And in material, piece by piece.
Within the last decade.
He thinks the public should be struck,
And passes on to it the buck
The public probes into the case,
To find the guilty crafts;
1t looks itself square in the face,
And sees so many gratis
IT doesn't seem to have the pluck
To pass on to itself the buck.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
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Relating to a Debt.

Red Oak, Ia, Aug. Ito the
Editor of The Bee: President Will
son has recently said, I'VE owe
France a debt that can never be
paid" Supposable for assistance
in our revolutionary war. 1t is diff
ficult to believe him sincere. To do
SO would reflect seriously on his in
telligence. A debt of such monu-
mental proportions has never been
suspected to exist by any French
man or American from revolution
airy days to this time, nor did our
president discover it until pressed
for a reason for negotiating an OBJ
jectionable treaty with France. In
fact, we owe France nothing. If
there is an unpaid balance between
the two countries it is France owes
the United States. France has our
sympathies; it had them in 1915
when it fell before allied Europe:
in 1870, when the Germans con-
quored it; later when the COM
munist horror struck Paris; it had
them from 1914 onward continually;
has them now. But we owe France
no debt. We saved it in 1918. The
present generation of Americans is
not sorry for what it has done for
France. If in danger Gas it is not)
it would no doubt repeat. But to
make a treaty binding future Amer
lea to defend France violates COM
mon sense and true democracy
alike. Future America will decide
for itself what it will do in its day.
1t can be trusted. 1t cannot be die
tated to by the present chief magis-
trate, United States senate Or the
whole people even. To tie it down
by treaty, or to try to do so, is
fantastic politics or diplomacy. It's
clowns trick or a sorely pressed
demagogue's last grandstand play.
1t is unworthy of a moments seri-
Gus consideration. A debt we owe
France! Bosh. ]. S.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-07
The Tiger is Tanned.

"Y oW-ow'" screamed the tiger
l. squirming and twisting as
Judge Owl carried him above the
tree tops.
Fresh tiger meat for supper!
Hoo! Hoo" screeched Judge Owl
"Aht All. That tiger cost me
$4,000" howled the circus man.
ager, climbing out Of the coal shed.
and running up and down the yard
in his excitement. He shook his
fist at Judge OWL and shook it at
Billy. You'll have to pay for this, -
he yelled. That tiger Is a Royal
Bengal"
Billy and Peggy looked at each
other in dismay Two thousand
dollars-that was an awful price to
pay for one NEAL They would have
to stop Judge Owl.
Peggy sent her voice flying up
ward.
Don't eat the tiger" she scream
ed. HE cost $4,000"
Hoo Hoo. He ought to taste
good if he cost that much,' Judge
Owl screeched back at her.
Bring him here this instant" or
dered Peggy.
"All right if you say so, Princess
Peggy answered Judge Owl obedi-
emily. Swooping downward he acted
as if he were going to drop the tiger
into the yard. The people gathered
there shrieked and scattered.
mo, no, don't drop him. He
might eat up some Of these chill
dren," screamed Peggy.
Then he ought to be eaten him
self" retorted Judge Owl, and
AWAY he flew with the ROYAL BEN