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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Where Theories Fail Down

Horace Fletcher gained worldwide fame
by popularizing an old idea. He was a member
of many learned societies. he served as a food
expert in Belgium his doctrine added a word,
"hetcherize," to many languages; he had host
of notable converts, among them King Edward
of Great Britain.
DR.. Fletcher had a fine constitution and was
an athlete. Becoming, like many athletes, a
bad insurance risk he altered his manner of
living. Whether he did so wisely is a question.
Slenderer men have lived longer; by his plan
Of eating little and chewing long, some inita-
tors may have been aided, some injured some
possibly killed
Fletchers discovery" was centuries old.
Cornaro 400 years ago described it in treatises
familiar in translation. Franklin advised peo-
pie to rise from the table as hungry as they sat
down-and himself did otherwise! Benjamin
Thompson, Count Rumford, more than hun
bred years ago, tried to make the Bavarian
army save food by chewing it thoroughly.
Gladstone was chewing each mouthful of meat
81 times years before Fletcher was ever heard
of.
Thompson died at 81; Franklin, who be-
moaned his table excuses, at "a. Whether be-
cause or in spite of their theories, Gladstone
lived to be So and Cornaro &c. DR.. Fletcher
died at 20, an age by no means ripe for man
who had discovered the secret of longevity
New York World
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
SociaLists Ia Action

Seven socialist members Of the Minneapolis
city cohncil-all there are-refused to join the
other members of that body in a formal ex-
preston Of coincidence with the Roosevelt fam
lily called forth by the death of its distinguished
head.
IL matters not to the memory of the great
American now gone that these men acted as
they did Nothing they could do would add to
or subtract from the honor that attaches to the
Roosevelt name. Mr.. Roosevelt was loved and
esteemed by the world for the enemies he made
as we'll as for the friends he madel The atti-
tude Of these seven merely emphasizes bit the
fact of his greatness and the high quality Of his
attributes as man, citizen and patriot
Mr., Roosevelt never tried to work reform
through class hatred. He believed in his coun-
try first and in the potential goodness of man
kind after, just as he loved first his family and
had heart interest in all humanity after His
social and political philosophy was frankly op-
posed to that of the socialist party in this
country. He had faith in the evolution Of the
human spirit, and in any service he rendered
toward that evolution he was the practical man
who took the material as he found it, worked
with it and tried his best to mould il into
something more beautiful and useful.
The American socialist party lacks that kind
Of patience 1t would tackle reform. if it dared,
with hob-nail boots, destroying the old before
the world was ready for the new..-Minneapolis
Tribune
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
VICToRY,S BANNER.

by the light Of the stars in Old Glory'H
free flag
We tramp through the battle fields
night;
BY our side floats the sun-fIag Of faith
full Japan
As we charge through the smoky
daylight
"Hurrah for the roar Of the guns that
we man
For Belgium oppressedi or per-
Hurrah for our allies who march as
For every mans country and
Francel
"The trlcolOrn float with our aid once
where the Hun trOd the lilies of
Francel
May God mark the road from ArchangG
to Rome
As the line of our final advanced
There's red in the blood Of our veins as
It flows,
There's red in the flags that we bear
May peace Join the shamrock, the
maple, the rose,
With the lily Of France. syerywhersI
$50 here's to the war. and here's to the
day
When victory's banners unfurled
Ger the Amaze, Italian, the Serb and
Ger the Britou. the Tank ana the
iworldm
Author Unknown.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
The RGjnbosO DivS;sion

THE Rainbow DiVision'-What inspiration
stirred the mind that first moved lips to such
prophetic utterance, and gave to the historian
in advance Of deeds justified and perfect title
page for such wondrous chapter in the world
history of dauntless courage and Of noble sac
rificei
It must have been that the very inborn merit
and the faith and mettle Of these men amounted
to both prophecy and history
All, happy is it, then, that those Of them who
sleep could for an instant see across the sky,
beyond the canon's awful fash, the glowing
title and the thrilling chapter Of their mighty
deeds, before the swiftest pen Of history or cen
the lightning of the clouds could write it.
Then let them sleep in peace beneath their
flag and ours blended in the colors of the rain
bow that binds the wide horizons Of our world,
whilst we hold up to them the loving cup of
admiration and of gratitude-Robert G. Cousins
in Des Moines Register.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
IroHT on THE LEAoUE oF NATIoNs

LIGHT ON THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Some details Of the organization Of the
proposed league Of nations are now Offering
through the censorship. and the public is get
ting its hrst glimpse Of the plans and specihca-
tions on which the structure is to be erected
On the American side it is stated the Bryan idea
OF a year for discussion is the central
thought to be embodied in the general agree
ment This is put forward only tentatively,
however, for the president is said to have
draft OF his own, the form of which is not as
yet disclosed.
The year in which relations are to remain
undisturbed, after cause for war has de-
veloped. is supposed to afford time for ample
consideration, and for the exercise of good Of
fees Of friendly nations in the interest of
peaceful adjustment. Preservation Of the status
quo with coincident examination by neutrals
of the complaints or grievances Is designed to
lead 10 Cancellation and composition, and thus
avert an armed clash Failing in this, the ma
sions will be well appraised Of the identity Of the
aggressor, and any nation insisting on war will
know in advance what influence or strength
will be arrayed against it.
Here is one OF the weak points in the whole
scheme Nothing is as yet devised which will
have tile effect Of doing away with the forma-
ton of groups Of nations within the league. II
is conceivable that around the arbitration board
may arise such, irreconcilable difference of
opinion as will divide the governments and
peoples ofthe world, even as they have been d.
vided insdays gone BY
Honesty and sincerity are not enough IN
these matters willingness TO submit to another
is involved. How hard this is may be discov-
cred by examination of the career Of the dis
tinguished author of the idea. whose. greatest
distinction rests on his unwngness to accept
the Judgment Of another in lieu of his own.
A league of nations undoubtedly will emerge
from the present peace conference, but this does
not mean that the contingency Of armed conflict
is thereby pushed beyond the realm Of posi-
bilities, or even probability.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Courts and The Police Department.

A decision from the supreme court of Iowa
seems to fit situation peculiar to Omaha, al
though the police superintendent and the city
health commissioner DECLINE to recognize it, or
the principle on which it rests. A judge Of the
Douglas county district court last week ruled
that he would not interfere with regulations
made by the city police authorities on the
ground that they were permitted to exercise
discretionary power TO = certain extent, and I'M
iesgit Gould be shown that in the exercise of
this power personal rights were being infringed
upon, the, court will not step in and prevent.
The Iowa supreme court has just held that
the course being followed in Omaha is an in
vasion Of personal rights. The situation
presents some other angles, worthy of consid-
Grafton, but the main point is that of whether
public good is above personal safety If the
authorities can show that they are justified in
going ahead as they are, the practice will prob
ably continue, but until the point is squarely
determined by the Nebraska courts, division Of
opinion will persist, Mayor Smiths position
rests on the law as interpreted by the Iowa
court; the police superintendent and health
commissioner rely on a recommendation made
by the United States Bureau Of Hygiene not
lauy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
CoddIing the Slockers
81. Lonis Republie. (dem.l

Some grotesque things. are happening IN
connection with the rehabilitation Of Ameri-
can soldiers. Take an everyday occurrence at
Camp Funston as an instance.
The loyal soldier who has fought in France
must buy his own civilian clothing when he
comes out of the army. He can keep his uni-
form for few months If he desires, but most
men want to get back into civilian outfit. So
he is discharged without his oldtime clothing
allowance and spends what he has saved from
his pay with the clothier.
At Camp Funston they have large number
of conscientious directors" and mingled with
these are others, paradng themselves as l. w.
W., International Socialists" and plain dis
loyalists. Be it rendered that the honest
conscientious objector" is a rare bird in these
camps
These beings were drafted into the army
They wouldn't drill they wouldn't wear uni-
form, they wouldn't battle and their uncleanli-
ness was nauseating. They were, and are, dis
loyalsts, traitors, many of them creatures Of
that Potsdam gang that is no more.
Nevertheless, when these gentry are dis
charged from the army they are taken by a
representative of the government and given
full outfit of clothing, hat, suit shoes, socks,
underwear, shirt, collar, gloves and even
necktiel
They have been drawing their $50 month
army pay the same pay that loyal American
fighting man was given. Furthermore, there
is no record that any of these "obiectorsp even
objected to drawing that $50 per- OF course
every man of them got "dishonorable dis
charge, conduct bad" when they were let go.
That worries them not at ALL They managed
to keep their precious hides out Of shrapnel
range~whe the better men died.
Our War department has done some strange
things. Just what strange force, working under
cover in Washington, has permitted these
things, no one seems to know. Just what pow
er it was that brought the summary discharge
of a number of Funston officers because they
had attempted to make these creatures keep
themselves clean and obey the simplest rou-
tine has never been even partially explained. If
delicate and tender solicitude offered the dis
loyalist and conscientious objector in the army
camps offers something worth investigating.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Around the State

The famous O'Connor will case
hobs up once more in the Hastings
courts. The remarkable endurance
or staying power Of the litigation i'm
sures Hastings a secure spot on the
judicial map.
Kearney Hub is unable to work
up any enthusiasm for new capitol,
not because it dislikes a capitol as
such, but because the present loca-
ton falls far short of the advan-
tages Kearney offers. Nothing less
than referendum for new capt.
toll site will appease the Hub.
Nebraska's leap on the prohibition
waterwagon as the thirty-slxth
state pulled the big headlines and
part of the front pages of the east
ern press. Not because the head
liners love Nebraska more or less,
but merely to emphasize the inn
movable grip of the dry belt on the
fringes Of salt water.
"Old Man Weekes Of the Norfolk
Press is rusticating down Kansas
way, uttering some thinks on the
trials Of a seasoned scribe several
hundred miles away from the home
base. Some consolation is within
reach, however for example,
as the lively, bounding proof Of his
grandfatherhood and the connect
ing link we have with Old Nebraska
in The Omaha Bee and Mr.. Jiggs
and Maggie" The combination
makes life worth while away from
home.
Kenesaw Progress chortles with
unholy glee over the plants of
county office holders about INSULT
cient nourishment. They want
more pay and plan a drive on the
legislature. we don't know Of a
single instance" says Progress,
wherein the taxpayers Of Nebraska
forced or even requested a person
to accept either of these Offices. In
deed in nearly every instance the
election Of the incumbents was OPP
posed by almost half OF the tax
payers A hint that the dissatis-
fled are at liberty to resign had not
developed a feeling Of resignation
at last reports.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Inviting Further social pisturbanee.


Ordinary persons, who are in the great ma
iority in this country, will marvel at the pres
ence in our country of Madame Breshkovskaya
the grandmother of the Russian revolution"
Her advent was duly chronicled, and her prog
ress across the land from the Pacific to the At
lantic is already under way. Nothing how
ever, is told of her mission or the auspices
under which she is to operate, further than that
a Boston welfare worker is acting as her escort
The madame has signalized her position as
to the bolshevist leaders by denouncing them;
this does not carry with it any guaranty as to
her attitude on other particulars concerning the
upheaval What most folks will wonder at is
whether the permission granted this professed
revolutionist to agitate further in America is
wise. We are told that our institutions are safe
against the attack Of outsiders, but we are also
told, and lin loud tones that society is to be
overturned here as we'll as elsewhere in the
world, and that the bottom is to be made the
top layer
Free discussion Of social and political ques-
tons is to be encouraged always but why we
should be required to go to Russia to secure
assistance in carrying on the debate is not
plain. Madame Breshkovskaya may not pro-
duce any harm by her lectures" in America,
nor is it at all likely that she will do much good
What the United States needs just now is more
work and less talk
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

AS the horses drew near, Balky
Sam reared up on his hind legs and
advanced to meet them.
''Hee-hawlh he brayed. You'd
better hike back before l get my
mad up"
''Woof! woof!" gruffiy answered
one of the figures on the horses. I've
got my mad up now, and I'm going
to chew your ear for not taking
us along"
"Baa! Baa!" cried the figure on
the other horse. I'm mad, too,
and I'll give you a butting youn
remember for starting. a war and not
giving us a chance at those saucy
German mascots. -
"Why, it's Johnny Bull and Billy
Goat" shouted Billy Belgium.
80 It is" laughed Peggy. Never
had she seen such funny sight
outside Of a circus as Ballly Sam,
prancing around on his hind legs
ready to fight supposed foes. and
Johnny Bull and Billy Goat hang
ing desperately to the backs of the
horses as they threatened their old
chum with quick punishment for
leaving them behind.
"Hee-haw! You're foolish to
poke your heads into this trouble"
brayed Balky Sam.
''How about yourself?" growled
Johnny Bull.
"I'm SO tough nothing can hurt
me-" brayed Ballsy Sam.
|I'll chew your other ear for
saying that" growled Johnny Bull.
I'm as tough as you are"
$50 am T." bleated Billy Goat
SHOW us whom you're going to
fight, and be quick about 1t, for
can't stick on this horse much long
err. I'm getting seasick"
"The time for fighting has gone
by" cried Peggy. go home and
enjoy peace with the rest Of the
world"
TITS all very we'll for humans to
talk of peace, but how about the
horses and the cows driven from
happy homes in Belgium to captiv-
ity in Germany" brayed BalHy Sam.
For weeks I've been seeing empty
stables and hearing stories Of the
sufferings of the animals and their
lonesome masters, and I've been
getting madden and madden all the
while. The war will not be ended
for me until they've been freed to
go back home"
Are you really going to free the
captive animals, and not Just to
flght?" asked Billy Belgium, his
eyes sparkling.
Eyes" brayed BallSy Sam, ''but
il I'VE have a little fight it will be all
the more fun" and away he gall
loped after his troop Of mules
'If that's what you're after, Wen
help you," shouted Billy. speeding
up the airplane.
(Tomorrow will be described a ghostiy
attack on the German camp.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Another Yelp from Germanv.

Terms for the extended armistice prepared
by General Foch and signed for Germany BY
Herr Entzberger, have brought forth vehement
protest from those papers the bolshevilyi did not
entirely exterminate @Where," asks the Berlin
Tageblatt, "are justice and humanity, which
were to dictate peace? We behold always
force and only force, and the German people,
after such great physical and mental suffering,
are delivered over to destruction" In return,
the Allies might inquire where were justice and
humanity when the German war lords were
overrunning the occupied countries, denuding
them Of everything necessary TO sustain lifel
What form did those great principles take in
Poland in Belgium, in Serbia, in occupied
France and Italy. and in Russia after the farce
Of Brest-Litovsl7 Even in retreat, we find the
German armies Systematically carrying of or
destroying property Of all forms. If the editor
Of the Tageblatt will survey the region eff
GENTLY. devastated by order of Won Hinden-
burg he may see the answer to his complaint.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
CHAPTER III.
To Free Belgium Captiyes.


WHILE the army of mules gall
w loped on toward the German
camps, two horses appeared in pur-
suit far behind.
Peggy, loking back from her
seat in the airplane, saw the pur-
suers and shouted warning to
Balky Sam.
rs it the whole cavalry troop?"
brayed Ballxy Sam.
mo, only two very fast horses, !"
replied Peggy.
"Only two. Hee-hawl I'll make
quick work of them"
Saying this. Balky Sam dropped
out of the column and waited alone
for the swiftly coming horses. Peggy
and Billy Belgium circled around
above him In their airplane, while
Carrie and Homer Pigeon lowered
near by.
Hee-haw Hee-haw! This is
very annoying" brayed Balky Sam.
~ don't want to waste any time
smashing American horses. Why
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
Gompersoad HIS Mission

While It may be possible that too many
causes even those legitimate ones of races
and nationalities. representing grave problems,
may be forced on the peace conference the
new mission Of Mr.. 6ompers, who has gone
abroad % interest the conference. IN his Inter-
national Federation Of Labor, is an extremely
practical one and quite without the chimerical
other projects which the peace conference is
70 be asked to settle. Moreover, Mr.. Gompers
% leaving As has been bis won't spoke in no
uncertain tones as 10 organized laboF's OBJ
lection to the Russian poison which would
abolish poverty By reducing all Human beings
to q condition quite below that which IS called
poverty IN civilized industrial states 1t is
national federation idea Is q federation Of ma
iQnaIy weli-organized and mutually seif-re-
speetihg bodies. This kind Of internationalism,
similar q that proposed for a league of real
nations. Is quite the opposite Of the formless
nternationaiism Of the German and Russian
exEfemists. who would gain worldwide rule
9f The nehulous incapacity BY first destroying
al those tlings that the capable among the
leading nations have bnih Up with such toll
and travail over hundreds Of years Mr. Com
pers has always had j clear vision on this issue
and Re has ever stood for an articulated and ma
ionai scheme Of things 10 his labor organize
lions and not the spineless ieliy-hsh type that
IS now threatening eastern Europe without
form or function except a capacity 70 destroy.
Much good will doubtless come from Mr..
Gompers conferences, and not the least will
and Italian laber that social and industrial
progress lies through evolution Of the hands
around the.world idea and not through devolu-
ton toward the individualism Of cavemen and
their haph I'd communal life.-PhiIadelphia
Ledger
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22
AZ
The Dav We Celebrate.

The Day We Celebrate.
Harry H. Culver, real estate, born 1880.
William HI Finley, president Of the Chicago
& Northwestern railway, born at Delaware
City, Del. 81 years ago.
Brig.-Gen. Edward Al. Anderson, u. S. al,
member of the general staff corps, born in
Tennessee, 81 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Louis Sebastian Walsh, Catholic
bishop of Portland, Me-, born at Salem, Mass,
81 years ago.
DR.. Francis l. Patton, the predecessor Of
Woodrow Wilson in the presidency Of Prince
ton university, born in Bermuda, 70 years ago.
In Omaha 80 Years Ago.
Ministers Of Omaha Methodist churches
adopted a resolution opposing the inaugural
ball
Rev. DR.. Gunsaulus Of Chicago is to be here
for the formal installation of Dr. Duryea A
movement is already on foot to build a new
and larger church.
The ice harvest is on in full blast
Mrs. John Rosieky died at the family resi-
dence, 1888 South Thirteenth street.
Miss Fannie Eaton left to visit friends in
Chicago
The Omaha Debating club has elected w.
s. Poppleton president 6. r. Voss, vice presi-
dent and w. S. Swoope, secretary
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

Tie death Of Colonel Swobe will revive in
many minds events Of the states history. His
loag and active career IN Omaha made him a
partot the city's lite and growth, and his record
did not terminate with Ills removal to Cali
fofnia, where his latter days were spent. He
lived to see his faith in the city Of his choice
redeemed, and shared in the reward that came
Ia its industrious builders
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

French women want Hun brutes punished,
mood that win find great sympathy among
right-minded folks outside Of France. If guilt
is personal in any degree, the men who vented
their passions on helpless women and girls dur
ing the war ought to be brought to book. In
All the armies. but the German and the Turkish
the crime was punishable BY death, fact that
distinguished the real civilized fighting men
from the beasts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

Charley" Sloan has added another credit
mark to his career in congress- BY killing the
billAo turn the Old soldiers out Of Battle Moua-
tain sanitarium. Thar Institution was erected
Tor specific purpose and should be maintained
COR that alone ...
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

Socialists made gains in Germany, but did
mo- secure majority il the assembly, As The
war has not swept the German mind entirely
away from its moorings The question is, Can
the new government control the elements of
disturbance?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

ord OF sympathy With the
Arernce Man.

"A WVfA "a sympathy WIN vic
Average Man.
Omaha, Jan. 21.-To the Editor OF
The Bee: Seeing that there is so
much talk in Omaha about its lack
of appreciation for art by certain
would-be connoisseur, il might be-
hoove the public to spare a few
minutes OF its time to look over the
pictures in the Public Library. 1t is
surprising that Omaha business men
who subscribe the money for these
pictures should allow the influence
of this one person TO dominate in
the selection of paintings, because IL
we are to have an art museum for
which these pictures are the excuse,
why not have paintings which would
Justify such a building?
It may survive in the memories of
certain art lovers in Omaha that an
attempt was made in 1914 to estab-
lish an art gallery without the pre-
text of making it a war museum.
Let us just give all we can to allevi-
ate the sufferings OF people in Eu-
rope-our task is not finished there
and after we have done all we
can in this line, then we may feel
that we are justified in building an
art museum, and instead of erecting
a building in which to preserve the
war souvenirs Of German iniquity,
let us provide a sbefitting memorial
to the Nebraska men who gave their
lives for liberty.
ANOTHER AVERAGE MAN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-01-22

Nebraska's prospects for 4 bumper wheat
crop are the best in many years Not only is
there an increased acreage but the condition Of
the crop IS the highest noted for long time
Looks like another season Of prosperity out
this way.