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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-21
SITUATION LOOKS BETTER FOR AN AGREEMENT,

PARIS March 21-Co E. M House this afternoon informed Premier Orlando of Italy that he hopes which it hoped will settle the dispute frontier.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-21

Today's News Today-In Empire.
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-21
ITALIAN DELEGATION UNANIMOUS IN DECISION TO QUIT THE LEAGUE OF PEACE UNLESS ASSURED OF THE
 POSSESSION OF CITY OF PLUME

PARIS March 21-Associated Fress-The members the Italian delegation unanimously have decided withdraw from the Peace Congress unless Plume assigned Italy temporaneously with the conclusion of the peace treaty
 The action of the Italian delegates apparently brings head the bitter controversy between Italy and the JugoSavo states the disposition of land along the Adrac formerly belonging to Ausra-Hungary.
 Italy originally claimed the entire recently her representatives willing make important concessions pro- viding Plume given to Italy.
 The JugoSavs the other hand claim Fume asserting that it is more largely a Crotan city,
 The Italian delegates have answered this by declaring is an Italian city in language and customs
 Plume port of Hungary situated at the northern tremty of the Gulf of Quarnero, inlet of the Adrac 73 miles southeast of Trieste The population 1900 8995 including 17345 Italians 14885 Corats 2482 Ausrans and 945 Germans according the Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Alaska daily empire., 1919-03-21

THE EMPIRES classinsds pay.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
Stock Raising in the Arctic Region.

What would DR.. Thomas Nautilus say, were
he to encounter the Canadian proposal to
utilize the Arctic wastes regions by producing
food and clothing materials there? It is but
little longer than century since his Essay on
Population" startled the scientific world by its
hopeless outlook for humanity. Whether its
pesslmistic conclusions had any material effect
on the outcome need not be considered. Man
has continually added to his food producing
area. and has met in way quite efficient the
problem of feeding the increasing population.
When Vilhajlmar Steffansson went into the
north, riding on an ice foe and determined to
live off the country, he was given up as lost.
He and his companions turned up, we'll fed and
comfortably clad after three winters of most
remarkable experience. Now he has interested
the government OF Canada in his views on the
subject of muskox and reindeer
The United States long ago sent reindeer
into Alaska, that the Indians there might have
a steady and dependable source of meat supply.
Experience has demonstrated the practicability
of the plan. If Canada has completely arranged
for the settlement and cultivation of all its other
waste lands, the step to the Arctic regions will
come in order. 1t is challenge to the magma
ton, however
Although mankind has in the last three or
four years given something of support to the
contention Of Dr. Nautilus, and the number of
mouths that are to be fed has been reduced by
many millions through war, pestilence and
famine, the world will look with hope on any
thing that promises an addition to the possible
store Of food. On this all progress finally de-
ponds, and the subjugation of the inhospitable
north, while it will not for the present give
either the packers or the wool growers much of
start may in time help hungry humanity to
stave off starvation and set the rule Of Nautilus
little deeper into the limbo Of negligible
theories
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
Douglas County's Paving Program.

County Attorney Shotwell has raised very
important point in the proceedings for submits
sion of a bond proposition to the voters of the
county. He holds that the county commits
sioners may not in advance of the election
designate what roads are to be improved 1t
has been the opinion, seemingly we'll founded,
that the reverse of this is true, and that it was
necessary to specify the exact purpose for which
the proceeds of the bonds were to be used. 1t
is possible that general paving bonds issue
would be valid, but it is quite certain that pur-
chasers will serutnze the record carefully, and
If any discrepancy appear, the sale of the bonds
will be accompanied by difficulty. What the
voters will want to know is precisely what the
county board intends to do. 1t may be all right
to set out that The money will be used to pave
the county highways outside the city of Omaha,
and allow the adjustment of the details to rest
until after the election, but differences of opin-
ion as to what roads are to be so improved
will not be thus set at rest. These already have
been fully threshed out and not without some
acrimony. Mr.. Shotwels ruling, if held good
puts the ultimate selection of the highways for
paving into the hands of the county board, with
full power to determine where to spend the
money. 1t is we'll TO get all these points cleared
up, so that the matter will 60 squarely before
the voters.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
GAMBLERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS.

Food Administrator Barnes is credited with
saying he thinks the sudden and wide Auctua-
tons in corn may be due to speculative and not
to legitimate trade. Outsiders will incline to
the belief that the opinion is we'll founded The
course OF the corn market since the opening Of
the ports by removal of restrictions on food
shipments has been so vagarious and unstable
as to puzzle even those who are accustomed to
following the mysteries of the market. Only
few days ago it was said q certain bunch of
eastern spectators had been caught on the
wrong side of the market and numerically
squeezed by the sensational rise in the cereal
Somebody may also have been hurt in its
equally astonishing drop. 1t has gone up and
down in price by such jumps as are not likely
to be caused by actual transactions in the COM
modify In the interests OF the public, which
has helplessly watched the pfice of living go
higher and higher, Director Barnes should pur-
sue his inquiry to where he can say definitely if
any part of this is due to gambling in food
products. If he should put an end to specula-
tive transactions, so much the better, for the
burden of these operations finally falls on the
consumer, who is now paying very dearly for
the privilege of watching the bulls and bears
toss and worry one another around the corn pit
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
The Fresh Bon

The teachers favorte is not always the
good boy who comes to school on time, who
keeps his eyes demurely on his book, who has
the answer ready and right, who minds his own
business and keeps out of mischief.
Nor is such lad invariably the one who in
the long run FORCES to the front and makes
good.
There is line to be drawn between the
bad" boy and the boy whose irrepressible ami
NAL spirits always tempting him away from
the printed page to playfulness.
Because he is vvacious he is not necessarily
vicious. Because he is mettesome and even
meddesome. he is not of the lowbrow Lombroso
order of ruffian.
Let it be recognized that it is a priceless
quality in the human animal, this exuberance
that becomes tiresome very quickly to anemic,
conventional, deliberate people.
There is great hope for the boy who is TOO
fresh" He is trial indeed in the days of his
cubhood. He is impertinent and Unsuitable. He
is Paul Pry ever exploring and asking ques-
tons. He burns his fingers, monkey-wise, with
insane experiment. You cannot say what he
will do next and he keeps the parental heart in
the throat with nervous expectancy
AS the years roll past circumstances will
conspire to wear him down-to quench his en-
thuslasm-to persuade him to desist and sub
init, and take things easy, and go tamely through
the motions instead of with an ardor, splen-
didly.
The boy who seems "too fresh" is often the
boy whose appetite for information is hope
full sign, though his perpetual interrogation may
provoke his elders to snub him and may make
him trying travelling companion. That lad
who wants to know so much should be found
exasperatng is sometimes to the, discredit of
the who is exasperated. Undoubtedly in
many instances it is sad mistake to rebuke
the inquisltiveness of child to whom all the
world is miracle The child that "only does
it to annoy because he knows it leases" is not
to be confused with the child who sincerely
wants to be told the meaning of picture and
sound about him.
With the world aging so rapidly there is
constantly more for a child to learn The child
who has entered school since the war has the
war to memorize we'll as everything else
The world never was so full of number of
things for the school child as it is at present
One must come fresh to ones desk of morn
there is to absorb nowadays. Let US give thanks
therefore, for that unspoed, upspringing YER
dancy of childhood, even as we give thanks for
the radiance of grass and flowers newly brought
by the coming of spring.-Philadelph Ledger
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
f.. z<92:hze folks o7zzer 3

tering fierce cries, darted down at
the porcupines. Peggy thought he
was going to rescue her. and her
heart beat high with hope.
But King Bird saw that stuck-up
fish and he saw the bristling tails
swaying menacingly. They caused
him to change his mind in a hurry.
He screamed and scolded over the
heads of the porcupines. but he was
mighty careful not to get within the
reach of the tails. The porcupines
wrinkled up their funny noses In
tantalizing grins. They didn't mind
King Birds clustering q bit.
Then the knights gallant steed
rushed up and threatened the porcu-
pines with his heels. but when he
saw those bristles, he, too. changed
his mind and leaped away into the
forest. Peggy thought he had desert
ed her, but she quickly found that
he had only gone for help.
"A rescue! A rescue" shouted the
Mysterious Knight, and out he rush
ed from where he had been lighting
the porcupines in the forest. The
porcupines on the ground whirled
around to meet him with their dan
gerous tails, but the knight did not
hesitate. He waded right in among
them, laying about him vigorously
with his sword. The porcupines lash
ed with their tails, and dashed again.
They sent enough quilts at the legs
of the knight to cripple him and
bring him tumbling in agony to the
ground where he would be at their
mercy. But, to the surprise Of the
porcupines, the knight didn't tum-
BILE. Neither did he scream with pain
as they expected. Instead he didn't
seem to mind the poisonous quilts a
bit, and they ratified hadmlessly
against his armor. Meanwhile he
swung his sword Justify to right and
left. And every time the sword
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07


before she could start something
happened that made her stop short
Kingfisher was sailing home with a
wriggling live fish he had caught in
the river. when he noticed the COM
motion in the woods. Coming closer
to investigate. he saw Peggy's peril
This so startled him that he dropped
the fish in the path of the porcu-
pines. The fish Topped violently as it
hit the ground and then it Topped no
more. Without waiting to see what
1t was the nearest porcupines struck
at it with their tails, and in an in
slant that poor fish was stabbed by
dozens of sharp, smarting quills
kingfsher darted down to recover
his meal. but the sight of those
quilts took away his appetite. He
didn't want that fish any more,
neither did he want to suffer a like
fate from the tails OF the porcu-
pines. He halted in his flight and
scared up into the air again.
Peggy saw what happened to the
fish and 1t was that which stopped
her short. She didn't dare get within
striking distance Of those terrible
tails. But the porcupines were COM
ing on-tails first. What should she
do?
Somebody save Princess Peggy"
shrieked the Birds. Save her, King
Bird. Drive back the porcupines and
We'll make you ruler of Birdland."
King Bird heard the call and ut
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
Homesteads for Veterans

One of the subjects to be brought forward
early in the extra session of congress is much
more liberal homestead law for the benefit of
returned soldiers and sailors. The fact that
the new congress is republican in both branches
lis an assurance that the Improvements in the
law will be liberal. Legislation of the kind was
sone of the things quickly accomplished when
the republican party first gained control Of con-
gress 80 years ago. Numerous congressman
are giving the subject consideration, and two
members of the cabinet. Secretary of the In
terror Lane and Secretary of Labor Wilson,
are at work on plans to aid the movement
Secretary Wilson would open to the soldiers
mineral, grazing and forest land also. He
points out that a great body of such government
property is still unsettled and could be advan-
tageously allotted on attractive terms to former
soldiers, sailors and marines. All who work
on the soil are more prosperous now than at
any former time. Farmers are making money
and increasing their capital. In various ways
the government is promoting their interests
more definitely than heretofore Life in the
country has become decidedly less isolated, and
the hardest of the drudgery has been materially
reduced
A plan urged by Secretary Lane which has
warm advocates in congress, favors the forma-
ton of community farm settlements with roads
and various other Improvements at the start
Under the first homestead law the settler strug-
gled along alone subject to many difficulties
that sometimes resulted in failure. But even
under these conditions the successful home
steaders numbered millions and are mainly to
be credited with peopling the west England
and Canada are interested in homestead meas
nres for themselves, and their projects are gem
erous in the forms of aid to be extended. The
United States should realize that the COMPETE
ton in homestead laws will be lively.
"a Naturally all the veterans interested in
THIS subject regardless OF other business plans
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
Faces Saved All Around.

Not Machivelli himself could have proposed
happier solution than is reached in regard
to Fiume. The city will be autonomous and
neutral for two years, and then go to the Ital-
ians. This will remove the crown of thorn. and
wipe away the tears Gabrielle d'Annunzio talked
of so feelingly in depicting Italy as martyr;
it will also allow such of the Croatians, Slo-
venes and others who do not wish to nger
under the flag of Rome ample time to readjust
personal affairs ard make arrangements for
future convenience. Italy also will have an op-
portunity to see how completely its commerce
and political relations with the rest Of the world
may prosper without this "musty port" over
which so much fuss has been made Better than
all this, each delegate can leave Paris in happy
frame OF mind, contented and conscience-cl clear
as regards this Adriatic affair. Faces have been
saved all around the board; Orlando furioso be-
comes Orlando the peaceful and harmony once
more will guide proceedings as all with one
mind turn again to the German case.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
v NOTES.

A robin sat a singing
High in a poplar tree
On the trunk of which was posted
An enormous letter v;
The words of his song I could not tell,
But the insistence Of his tone
Compelled me to go to the nearest bank
And take out q Victory loan.
A Red-Wing sat carolling
Upon lakeside stalk;
His voice sounded in a farmers ear
Like some fool grand opery talk"
But the "Durn thing" grew so insistent
That the farmer turned his head
And saw a post with fresh painted sign,
Buy Victory Notes." 1t said.
A meadow lark sang convincingly
From the tip of maple tall
OF a world made free from tyranny
OF an equal chance for all;
He sang of this beautiful old U. S.
And stamped on his radiant yellow breast
Was that forceful reminder, V.
-BAYOLL NE TRELE.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
| swished 1t cut q porcupine right in

swished 1t cut q porcuptne right IN
two.
Finally there was only one wise
old porcupine left. and he showed
his wisdom by making tracks away
from there at such lively pace
the knight couldn't catch him.
Fair Princess. your foes are var
quished." said the knight. bowling
low before Peggy. with the spells
they have left behind them I'll make
you wonderful Indian necklace
and a beautiful quill dress"
Before Peggy could thank the
knight there came another cry OF
alarm--this time from the marshes.
wild dog. Wild dog! Save our
little ones from the wild dog" The
knight faced King Bird who was
looking down at the dead porcupines
from the safety of tall stump.
do you hear the call, King Bird"
Birdland folks are in danger. It's the
third test. What's your answer"
I'm the next chapter there IL a thrill
Ing encounter with wild dog,)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Herr Frederick William Hohenzollern says
Herr Ludendorf is liar, accompanied by GER
tain qualifying adjectives. Herr Ludendorff
already had classified the younger Hohenzolern
as to his mental capacity and his ancestry, also
with vivid description, so the matter stands
about all even
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

The Germans seem to have difficulty in get
ting rid Of the utimatum habit. By the time
they have taken few gulps of the dose that
is to be handed them presently, they will prob
ably cease to think of themselves as dictators
to the world at large.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

A l0,000-word digest of the peace treaty
may sound all right to its authors, but twill
not be popular. What the people want is to be
told in about one-tcnth that number of words
exactly what the treaty contains.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Speeches Without Rehearsing,
New York Herald: Douglas ac-
cused Charles Sumner OF practising
his senatorial speeches before q mir
ror. 1t is fairly obvious that most
vocal senator's of the Sixty fifth con-
gress speak without any preliminary
reflection
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Omaha and Council Bluffs are drawn even
closer together by the return of their army
medical units. These boys did splendid service
on the other side, and the welcome the home
folks gave them was many times deserved.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
TODAY
The Day We Celebrate.

Earl of Rosebery, former prime minister of
Great Britain, born in London u years ago.
Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Ma
tional War Garden commission of the United
States born at Lexington, Mich, e. years ago.
Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois congressman and
former speaker of the house, born at Guilford,
N C., SO years ago.
Mrs. Percy v. Pennybacker, former presi-
dent of the General Federation of Women's
Clubs, born at Petersburg, Va, So years ago.
William a. MacCorkle, former governor of
West Virginia, born at Lexington, Va, e. years
ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mrs. Jenness Miller of New York addressed
a large audience of ladies at the Y. M. c, A. on
the subject of Dress Reform"
Nat Goodwin appeared at the Boyd in Lend
Me Five Shngs" and Turned Up
The second students concert of the Omaha
College of Music was given at Washington hall
under the direction of Miss Lizzie Isaacs.
distinguished party of land agents arrived
in Omaha and left later in the day for points
west on the Union Pacific. They were joined
here by J. G. Bornell and A. V. S Saunders.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

The award of the court to the effect that
kisses at $50 each were exchanged between prin-
cipals to suit may hardly be taken as fixing a
definite schedule Of fees for OSCILLATION here
abouts
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

The State department declines to recognize
Comrade Martin as representing the govern
ment of Russia This will be something of a
jolt to the comrade, as it puts quite bar be-
tween him and sl5oOOo,ooo in gold held in this
country. Morris Hquit will share in MARTINS
chagrin.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Vagrant bombs floating around the ocean
lanes, are causing considerable apprehension to
mariners, but no more than arises from the
vagrant "bums" who infest the land WAYS
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

If time limit is to be set on anything, why
not on Japan's privilege Of exploiting Chinese
mineral deposits?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Ocean travel by air plane will be wondrously
popular if the schedule is always as we'll main
tanned as that for the starting trip
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Two only of the heads of hostages butchered
by the reds at Munich were recognizable. Fur
ther proof of the beauties Of the gospel of love
las expounded by the bolsheviki y
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Uncle Sam is only $l3000O,00O behind on his
railroad account for the first four months of the
year. This is not very strong argument for
government ownership.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

China threatens to follow ltalys example
1t may not work twice.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

{ An upstate editor advises his readers to sign
no referendum petitions unless they feel GER
tain the legislature has made a mistake. This
is good doctrine.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Omaha's $4,000 club finds its list almost
full, but this will not prevent anyone from buy
ing that amount of Victory notes
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Omaha school teachers promised very
nice little boost in pay by the Board of Educa-
ton, which will very likely enable most of them
to renew their contracts.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

War almost got the music Of America"
says visiting lecturer What pity it did not
get some that passes for music.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.

peggy. helping to save Birdland from
invading porcupines, finds herself in dan
ger from the strange animals)
CHAPTER w.
The Quill Battle.
u EGGY'S first though was to es-
i cape the circle of porcupines by
jumping over the animals. But there
were so many of them she would
be sure to land right in their midst.
Her second thought was to run fast
and dash through them before they
could spear her with their quilts, but
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

A little inquiry may save lot of trouble at
the detention home.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

"Take it or the consequences is the word
accompanying the peace treaty to the Huns.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07
Homestead.

E. A. F.-What Is a homestead?
Answer--Under the statutes Of Ne
braska, a homestead in it's common
ly accepted meaning is the house
and land where the family dwells.
The definition as given in Bou-
vier's law dictionary, which has
been adopted by the supreme court
of several of the states, is as fol-
lows: IA home place: the place
where the home is; the house and
the adjoining lands where the head
of the family dwells; the home
farm" If a tract of land is pur-
chased by the parties for a home
and is transferred to one of the
family and is in good faith occupied
by them as their home residence,
the land so transferred to them and
dwelling house and other improve
ments placed thereon becomes their
homestead.
Section 1 of Chapter 20 of the
revised statutes of Nebraska for
not exceeding in value $4,000, con-
which the claimant resides and its
the same Is situated, not exceeding
$50 acres of land. to be selected by
the owner thereof and not in any
incorporated city or village, instead
thereof at the option Of the claim
ant quantity of contiguous land
not exceeding two lots in any in
corporated city or village shall be
exempt from judgment liens and
from execution or forced sale eA~
cept as otherwise provided.
The supreme court Of this state
has held that homestead may con
sist of 100 acres Of land and dwell
ing house thereon, or city resi-
dence and the land contiguous
thereto. providing such property il
used and occupied as the home.
If the legal title to the homestead
is in the husband and there are
no claims Of his creditors against it
upon his death, the homestead vests
in the widow for life without regard
to its value and in the absence of
will of the husband his heirs will
take the homestead subject to the
life estate of the widow. But the
homestead is subject to execution
sale upon judgments against the
holder of the title If its value ex-
ceeds $4,000. This limitation is
solely for the purpose of fixing the
rights OF the homestead claimants
and the creditors respectively.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

The mother-in-aw indicated her rights in
Budapest by ending the agitation in favor OF
the NATURALIZATION" of women
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Replacement troops are being enlisted for
Siberia, for the war is going on there yet.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-07

Pretty we ought to hear from Jimmy
Fitzgerald just what he has prepared for the
taxpayers.