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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Bureaucratic Treason

In the development of the new treason at
Washington we find that John Shelton Williams
is considerably in advance of Chairman Moon
of the house postoffce committee, who recently
laid down the doctrine that opposition to Post
master General Burleson amounted to the most
heinous of crimes. Mr.. Williams not only &C
cepts this theory as to the comptroller of the
currency, which is himself, but proceeds at once
to organize a court for the trial OF an offender
upon whom a summary sentence has been pro-
nounced.
The person who outraged the sovereignty of
John Shelton Williams was newspaper cor
respondent who ventured to suggest in his de
spatches that the successor to Mr.. Williams
would be a gentleman of another name. To
this invasion of royal prerogative Mr. Williams
response was a summons to the offender to
appear before him forthwith, and when it was
admitted that the culprit had actually given aid
and comfort to the enemies of the comptroller
of the currency, judgment was passed upon him
without delay. He practically admitted Ills
guilt" says Mr. Williams in formal statement
to the public.
With due respect to all oficiadom and espe-
cially all bureaucrats, have we not had more
than enough of this sort of thing? What is
there sacred about the persons or the Office of
Albert Sidney Burleson and John Shelton Viii
liams? Is it too much to expect that in the
fullness of time some real American democrat
will appear at Washington with an oratorcal
club heavy enough to subdue these upstarts.-
New York World
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Ancient RQce Amakenin0

With prince representing an Arab king
present as duly accredited and officially recog-
nized delegate at the peace conference men,
cries are revived of the days when the success
sors of Mohammed ruled vast empire, which,
after the fashion of the time, they had con-
quered with their notably good swords. They
ruled it, too, for centuries, about as we'll and
wisely and justly as any empires were ruled
then, and much better than some of the other
empires were ruled.
The ca1phs, however, showed the lamentably
human inability to stand prosperity and the
hard-hghting Turks reduced them to subjec-
ton in which they have remained until now
Gibbon tells magnifcently the story Of the Arab
rise and fall, and present events make him bet
ter than ever worth reading.
This hardly seems a propitious time for a
new king to set up in business, but the Arabs
probably know what they want. and of course
they are not to be deprived of "self-determina-
ton" any more than anybody else, They are at
least fortunate in occupying country with few
or no attractions for other peoples, and if the
Hedjaz person will only develop few of the
picturesque qualities of his remote predecessors
he will add much-needed element of the ro-
mantle to the grim happenings of this mo-
mentous era.
But it is to be feared that Haroun-al- Raschid
is very, very dead.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Long Distance weather cuesses.

A learned professor of a we'll known col
lege has predicted continuance of mild weather
for the rest of the winter He is in measure
safe in this, as the time has passed for the most
severe storms, although the season is not yet
so far advanced but some general and damaging
disturbance is possible. The sun is nearly forty
days on his journey to the north, or almost
half way to the vernal equinox, fact that les
sens the probability Of lengthy spell of bad
weather. But long range weather guessing is
about the most unsatisfactory as we'll as the
most alluring indoor sport we have. Here is
an almanac, which for over two generations
has served Americans as philosopher guide and
friend on weather. For the present days it pre-
diets very cold, snow, stormy" 1t does not
say where, however, and maybe some place,
northern Russia, for example, its guess is veri-
fed. However, it has missed the mark in the
latitude for which its astronomical calculations
are made. Even the goosebone and the corn
husk went wrong this time, and the ground hog
yet has to be justified. So, while the venerable
college dignitary may be right, and we hope he
IS, our suggestion would be to keep the coal bin
filed and the shovel handy for the next sixty
days. If you do not need them, you will be
just as we'll off.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
RIGHT TO THE POINT.

Baltimore American: Let the
consumer see that his grocer is as
prompt to follow the reduction of
wholesale prices as he was to put
them up.
Minneapolis Tribune: If it be true
that 10 is the presidents lucky num-
Der, he would better ditch one of the
IA points. Any one of several might
not be grieVously missed.
Kansas City Star: The enjoining
Of the new telephone rates in many
parts of the country may be taken
as polite way the several states
have adopted of hanging up on Mr..
Burleson.
Chicago Post: Victor Berger
avows that he will never give up.
Oh, well, that's all right. Many
man who refused to give up has
been locked up-for good, long
terms, too.
Brooklyn Eagle: Starving Ger
man children of whom DR.. Won
Mach wept turn out to be fat and
rosy at Coblenz. The opportunity
which DR.. Won Mach had to weep
for the emaciated children of Fland-
ers he failed to improve.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
KEEP CONTRACT WITH THE FARMER.

KEEP CONTRACT WITH THE FARMER.
The federal government should keep its bar
gain with the farmers Of America, and main
tain the price Of the 1919 wheat crop on the
basis of $226 per bushel
No contract made by the government in
connection with its war activities is more bind
ing in its nature. The food administration, with
the consent of congress and under instruction
from the president, agreed in advance to pur-
chase all the wheat the farmers of the United
States could raise, and to pay therefor at a
price per bushel stipulated on basic rate of
S226. The emergency created by the war has
practically disappeared, the markets of the
world are once more OPEN Wheat from Aus
tralia, Argentina, India and elsewhere is now
available, and its presence will result in lower
ing the world price.
If American wheat is sold on the world mar
ket, the price will very likely drop to 81 per
bushel, or even below that On the expected
crop of billion bushels, this will mean that
the federal government will be required to as
sumo loss of $1,26O,OOO0OO in order to make
good its pledge to the farmers.
But why should not faith be kept with these
as we'll as with others who have served the gov
ernmenta Steps are being taken to make whole
other contracts the completion of which was
interrupted by the sudden termination of the
war, so that investments in machinery, material
and partially completed output will not be lost
to manufacturers Seventy per cent of the 1919
wheat crop was sown prior to November l. and
therefore the manufacture of that great war es-
sential was we'll under way when the armistice
was signed 1t can not now be stopped, nor
is any salvage possible short of harvest
No case could be clearer than that of the
farmers If the government is to liquidate any
contract it should be the one made for wheat
Mr.. Hurley talks of writing off a billion dollars
on the shipping undertaking; why not take the
other step, and write off billion and quar-
ter, if need be, on the wheat? Let the con-
sumner have his supply at the world price, but
make good to the farmer on the price fixed by
the government for the 1919 crop. The duty is
imperative.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
General Questions.

B. H.-The 4O8th motor truck bat
talon is not a part Of any division.
b. c. NJ. stands for British Central
Militaire."
G. G. K.-A. P. o. 781 is located
at Neuchateau, France. The Twelfth
service company must be stationed
near that place If mail to the unit
is sent 70 this postoffice. The unit
is not attached to any division.
r. r. K.-The Twenty-seventh in
fantry is one of the units in Russia.
i. NJ. G.-Base hospital 7S is sta
toned at Toul, France. No mention
has been made about the return of
the units at this hospital.
Mrs. M. o. G.-The tank corps is
not essential in any way to the army
Of occupation and they will, there
fore, be returned at an early date.
The 309th machine gun battalion is
part of the Saith division.
Mrs. Wilson-The 331st infantry
arrived January 26.
NJ. ]. S.-The Seventy-second
Coast artillery has been designated
for early convoy.
M. M.-The 421st Telegraph bat
TALON arrived on the Nebraska at
Newport News on January 81. The
4l5tn Telegraph Dattallon mas not
sailed yet. The Thirty-fourth Ser
ice company is not attached to any
division.
Mrs. H. ]. K.-The S11th field sig
nal battalion Of the Eighty-sixth di-
vision arrived on the Nebraska on
January 81.
Mrs. ]. C.-The 149th infantry is
not in the army of occupation. 1t
is in the Thirty eighth division now
at lie Mans, France. Probably you
have in mind the 149th field artil-
lery, which is in the occupation
army. The 1880 infantry is in the
Forty-first division, which is sched-
uled to return in February.
G. L.-Evacuation hospital II is
with the American forces in Russia;
also the 331st infantry.
S. p. W.-There is only one am
munition train in a division. The
313th ammunition train is attached
to the Eighty eighth division. Moth
ing definite has been given out by
the War department pertaining to
their return. The division is not in
the army of occupation.
L. B. 1.-THE 339th infantry is in
western Russia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
The General Strike"

Labor disturbances appearing in all parts Of
the world may be symptoms of deep-seated
unrest, but more than likely can be traced to
the reaction from the war strain. Production
had been checked by cessation of military de-
mands, and the transition to peace industry
scarcely was commenced when the strikes began
to intervene. Whatever the cause the demon
STATIONS are being carried beyond ali reason.
General stoppage of work entails hardships on
the strikers as well as on the public, fact they
are quite likely to learn through experience.
Great political principles will not be in any way
advanced by economic disorder, and although
the agitator may have his inning for the present,
the good sense of the American workman is
bound to come to the top in the end Strikes
in this country are not founded on hunger, or
any condition Of hardship and while they all
seem to be unnecessary, they are dangerous
only to the degree that the real work Of re-
construction is held back by them Labor is
slowly learning that the general strike is
delusion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05

the golf balls, coins and pieces OF
jewelry were getting rid of the mold
and dirt which made them look duh
and tramplike. Peggy was aston
ished at the effect of the bath. 1t
transformed the dingy golf balls into
smart, white, swift-looking spheres
as classy as any seen in a tourna-
ment.
why, you are fine, new balls"
she cried in surprise.
ITO be sure we are I'm a Silver
King" boosted the first ball.
"And I'm a Dunlop. And I'm a
Witch. And I'm a Colonel. And
I'm Dimple. And I'm Homer"
And so the golf balls went on telling
their names.
why are you wasting your time
here?" asked Billy.
Another foolish ball made us dis
contented" confessed Silver King.
HE said there wasn't any sense let
ting ourselves get banged around the
links when we could rest peacefully
in the woods. So I got lost and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
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tell you I've been sick of it ever
since. It's no fun lying moldlng
when one is made for wild. exciting
rides on the links"
And I came here because my
master was a beginner and was all
the time banging me over the head
spoke up the Dunlop. "But Ia
rather be banged over the head Ola
the links than sleep my head Off
here"
1--WE all got tired Of work and
wanted a rest" confessed the coins,
the jewelry and the other articles,
but please, please get us out OF
here and Wen never waste another
day Of our lives"
Can any of you remember which
way you came?" asked Billy,
eagerly. seeking a possible clue to
the path to the outer world.
"No, we've slept so sound we've
forgotten al labout that" admitted
the golf balls.
Sleep" chuckled Gloomy Nooks.
you are bound to be my subjects
whether you want to be or not"
who. who?" Unexpectedly hooted
a voice from the tree over head.
Judge Owl" shrieked Peggy JOY
fully. ITS Judge Owl"
who, who wants Judge Owl?"
suffered the Judge in scared way.
sticking his head out of hollow
tree.
1--WE want you-Princess Peggy
and Billy Belgium"
"Oh, that's different" hooted the
Judge in a relieved tone as he
scrambled out of the tree and drop
ped down to the ground. Welcome
to the Land of Lost Things"
'Is this where you have been keep
ing yourself?" asked Peggy, who
hadn't seen her feathered friend
since the night he went wooing Miss
Snowy Owl. Miss Great Horned
Owl and Miss Screech Owl with such
unpleasant results for himself.
"You bet" said the Judge. 1--WE
been safe here even though lone
some. Have you seen those three
rampageous female owls lately?"
mot since the night you ran away
from them" laughed Billy Belgium.
Good" hooted Judge Owl. "Now
guess 1 can go back home. I'm glad
you came after me. I'll go along
with you"
"Fine!' shouted Peggy and Billy
together, seeing their troubles about
to vanish. Hurry UP and show us
the way"
why, I don't know the way"
hooted Judge Owl. II came here so
fast that night never noticed the
direction"
81 know the way" squeaked the
saucy rabbit which had been the
cause Of their getting lost. He had
suddenly appeared from the woods
Follow me and you'll get out all
right" With that 1t whisked away
so fast through the underbrush that
their eyes couldn't follow it.
"Hee, hee! Better settle down to
a good long sleep, for you'll be here
a long, long time" chuckled Gloomy
hooks.
peggy and Billy Belgium cannot find
the way out Of the Land of Lost Things
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Shall We Eat our Drinks?
BROOKLYN Eagle.

The proclamation of the Anti-Saloon league
amendment reads about like this: To all to
whom these presents shall come greeting: On
and after January 10, 1920, it shall be unlawful
to use Intoxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses, but there is no limit to the ways in
which good cooks may prepare such liquors in
solid forms appropriate for melting in the
mouth or to be eaten.
Take heart of grace 1t is we'll known that
alcohol easily works up into shellac Alcohol
fit to drink may as easily be turned into fakes
like dry shellac. The amendment simply elab-
crates and extends the camouhage principle of
the old Ranes Law sandwich. The new times
call for new notifications, that is all. Our
chemists will have no trouble in turning cock
tails of all varieties into chips that will rattle in
a bag like so much raw glue.
1t is clear that the Anti-Saloon league did
not intend to interfere with our eating, only
with our drinking; the words "for beverage pur-
poses" stand out like red cherry. To insure
domestic tranquility mans ice box may be
packed with beer, ales, wines and liquors in
wobbly gelatine or more compact caramels.
Trust our chemists. They know how. The
supreme court must decide if a cocktail in a
glass inside suet pudding is beverage if it
be labeled out as gravy. Then there is a fine
line of rum omelets not within the purview
of the amendment.
But the chief point to remember is that the
smart people who put the amendment through
of the United States from eating alcohol in
food. Perhaps the reform will work wonders
in saving space in beer kegs and freight cars.
All the old drinks may as easily be eaten;
they may be Fletcherized or bolted, eaten
straight or chased down with water as pro-
hibitionist chases his simple meal of bran. A
dehydrated gin rickey added to sufficient num-
Der of fzz capsules will satisfy the most sensi-
tive palate. There will be beers that can be
carved like boiled ham; there will be rye
whisky that will look like a patent breakfast
food There will be other vest-pocket beers
that will look like yeast cakes or cream cheese.
Tell the American chemist what the need is
and he will turn every alcoholic drink into
solid that may be eaten, just as nature turns
water into solid that may be broken by the
teeth before it is swallowed. Undoubtedly the
supreme court will hold that if a substance can
be cracked by the teeth it is not beverage The
amendment plainly does not prohibit the man
ufacturing of alcoholic foods; only alcoholic
beverages. To secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity it is hereby or
dained that the people shall drink nothing
stronger than water, although they may eat
anything they please. Done land done good
at the city of Washington this goth day of Jan
uarV and So on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
REGENERATION.

Before I went to war I lived my life
In luxury and softness, seeing naught
OF the despair and sad unceasing strife
OF thousands with whose lives my ease
was bought.
Before went to war took no thought,
But needless, careless dallied on with
sin;
Saw not the price at which a soul is
bought.
Nor knew the souls men buy as mine
own kin.
I went to war-tors out my dying roots
From the stagnant soil the flesh was
bedded in.
ia thought to find my comrades uncouth
brutes--
Instead found men, and learned that
sin Is sin!
And Llberty-T learned to know thy call
Is Gods own call to help the world in
pain.
So, God, pray thee not to pardon all,
But do not let me close my eyes againl
1t John II, Binns in New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
One Appropriation for All Institutions.

In the absence of budget system for the
state plan has been proposed at Lincoln that
will fairly we'll operate as a substitute. 1t is
to have single blanket appropriation covering
all the state institutions to be apportioned by
the Board of Control. This will require that
the board work out a budget of its own, and
so regulate expenditures as to effect many pos
sible economies in management.
Under the existing system the manager of a
state institution continually feels at liberty to
go at least to the limit of his appropriation, and
most of them have shown slight hesitation in
going somewhat beyond. Authority to expend
a fixed sum of money for a specified purpose is
but slight incentive to economy at any time
This is not said with intent to reflect on the
capacity or integrity of any of the heads Of the
state institutions They are hampered at times
by conditions they can not control and fire.
quently are given tough problems to solve in
executing the trust imposed on them by their
assignments. With the money in one control,
and expenditures made along plans that con-
template the best service at all the institu-
tons better results are possible
Common buying of staple supplies has been
found to be good policy, and this may easily be
extended little further under the blanket ap-
preparation plan. That will naturally lead to
the adoption of general budget covering all
state expenditures, to the adoption Of which the
republican party is pledged by its last state plat
form.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Railroad Revolving Fund

The bookkeeping of the federal railroad adj
mnistration may or may not be ineligible to
the average citizen. But when Walker D. Hines,
the new director general, explains that the So
called revolving fund has failed to revolve back
and IL practically exhausted and asks for an
additional revolving fund Of $750000000 of tax
payers money, one thing is clear to every man
and woman who can think at all.
The clear thing is that the 100000 men,
women and children under the American flag,
on an average, have contributed or pledged
themselves to contribute SIS each and are now
asked to contribute or pledge $3.50 in addition
for the financing of railroads that used to
finance themselves and used to furnish better
service at least third cheaper than that which
the government is furnishing Hundreds of
millions in wage-raises and back pay have been
poured out to placate labor unions Hundreds
Of millions have gone to the railroad companies
Or their stockholders for the use Of the roads,
Tor direct loans, for improvement expenditures.
Among the direct loans is one of more than
S5l, 100000 to the New York, New Haven and
Hartford system The fund Of S5OO0000o1
that is lost or in hiding represents only the
margin, not the bulk of the waste.
Descent into a certain place is easy, but
getting back, if ever possible, is very, very
difficult. The practical problem before congress
IS graveiy puzzling. The Hines demand is made
To say mo" fatty means railroad chaos, inan-
eial chaos, coneeivably industrial chaos, and
even a series Of strikes against wages that are
getting back to EARTH To choose this alterna-
tive is a very serious responsibility for any
legislative body. Part or all of the Hines
appropriation bill should hedge about the ex-
penditure of the money with safeguards not put
into the former revolving fund bill.-Brooklyn
Eagle
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
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per 100000 in the year 1917?
If prohibition lessons disease:
Why has dry Maine a death rate of
1873 per 100000 population, while
in wet Wisconsin the rate is only
lib per 100000?
If prohibition promotes education:
Why are the school systems Of wet
states Of Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana
and Massachusetts, so far ahead of
such dry states as Alabama, Geor-
gia and Mississippi in the year
1917?
If liquor drinking is a crime: Why
not punish the man who drinks in
stead of the man who makes or sells
liquor?
If prohibition will abolish child
labor: Why has it not taken the
children out of the factories in
North Carolina, Georgia and Ala
bama? P. W. BULLACEK.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
ODAY
The Day We Celebrate.

Carl c. KatIeman attorney, born 1891.
Mahlon Pitney, associate justice of the SUI
preme court of the United States, born at Nor
ristown N. J., 81 years ago.
Giulio GATH Casazza, director of the Metro
politan Opera company of New York, born at
Ferrara, Italy, 50 years ago.
Rear Admiral Charles T. Hutchins, U. S. ~,
retired, born at Kingston, Pa, rs years ago.
Prof. Lafayette B. Mendel Of Yale university,
celebrated as an expert on nutrition, born at
Delhi, N. Y, AZ years ago
Maxine Elliott, a celebrated actress of the
American stage, born at Rockland Me- 46 years
ago.
Simeon E. Baldwin, celebrated jurist former
governor of Connecticut, born in New Haven
70 years ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
In Omaha 80 Years Ago.

In the special election on the proposed re-
location OF the city hall, Eighteenth and Far
nam won out handily over Jefferson Square
almost 2 to !.
An inquest is trying to settle responsibility
the fire in the old Max Meyer building, by
which several persons were killed.
The Plymouth club out in Kountze Place
has elected J. B. Carmichael president, H. II.
Miller vice president, ]. A. Bollman secretary
and ]. III. Conrad treasurer
A. B. Snowden, pioneer druggist, died He
had located in Omaha in 1872.
The Albright Methodist Episcopal church
was incorporated by T c. Clendenning L. H.
Edleblute, w. D. Luther, s. S. Hardy, Benton
Rice. Amos Spaulding and John W. sails
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-02-05
Telegraph Battalions.

Omaha, Feb. 3.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: When will the Omaha
boys who went out in the signal
corps battalions be sent home?
w. r. G.
Answer-Some Of the telegraph
battalions of the signal corps are
under orders to return now, but no
word has been had of the 40Sth, in
which most of the Omaha boys are
serving. These battalions are being
reorganized in France for occupation
service.