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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
"A0onized SiLence''

The members of the German national assem-
bly, at Weimar are said to have listened to the re-
port Of Matthias Erzberger's interview with
Marshal Foch in almost agonized silence"
Glad to hear it. "Agonized silence" from the
Germans is the best thing we have heard from
that quarter for long time. Herr Erzberger
had been over to call on General Foch to learn
what he had 20 say about modifying the terms
Of the armistice. He found that they were mod
flied, all right, but not in the direction in which
he hoped.
1T is my wish" said the German envoy to
the German assembly-which, by the way,
seems to be the recognized authorized govern
meht-"that you may never have the fateful
hodrs have had;" and when pressed for in
formation as to whether the new terms were
final or not, Erzberger replied: II have CON
fdehce that Marshal Foch's word will be kept"
And then, with great show of bitterness, he
added: "The world will condemn the entente
for its severity"
The principal items in the news terms are
provisions intended to make Germany less of a
menace to its neghbors. They reduce its army
to 100000 men and circumscrbe muitons man
ufacture and compel it to quit fighting Poland.
There isn't anything in these requirements even
suggesting severity. What justice demands and
what the world will approve is severity. Sc
verify is the only thing that will bring the Ger
man people to their senses.-Minneapolis
Tribune
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Growth Of the University q Nebraska.

Appropriation Of $3,OOOOOO for the uses of
the University Of Nebraska by the legislature
gives = notion Of the size Of that institution
It's services to the people of the state can not
be measured by its cost but through that means
may be derived an idea Of what it has come to
be. It is not alone in the training of a student
body ranging around 5000 in number during
peace times but in its multifarious activities
that have to do directly with the industrial and
social life of the state that the university is
genuinely useful. In some way it touches on all
sides of Nebraska life, and through its invest-
cations, inquiries and experiments, it brings to
all knowledge of better ways of doing things,
Improvement in familiar methods as we'll as en-
tirely new processes. The discovery of the value
Of the potash content of the "alkali" lakes, and
its production in marketable quantities, is one
of the things achieved by the university, and in
this alone it has returned to the state more in
actual money than the sum to be devoted to its
uses for the next two years. Here is one in
stitution Of which the citizens well NAV be
jealousy pro
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Paging for the War

The people of the United States viii be
called upon this year to pay the highest taxes in
their history. The total levy amounts to some
$6,000,000,000, or nearly twice as much as last
year. But even this enormous sum does not
begin to cover our expenses for the fiscal year
Of 1919 II is estimated that these will run to
$l8000000000, and the deficit will of course
have to be made up by loans of various kinds.
There is no prospect that the financial burden
inherited from the war will be reduced by any
substantial percentage next year. The 1920 tax
levy-which is provided for in the present bill
comes to something more than $4000.000,000,
while it is estimated that our expenditures in
that year may go as high as Sl2,0O0,000000
Now It is clear that unless congress adopts a
program of rigorous economy, or rather insists
upon the elimination of waste and extravaganza,
the public will have to pay abnormaly high
taxes for years to come. Merely the interest on
the public debt supposing the present discrep-
ancy between income and expenditures con-
tiuues, will be enormous. =. If congress is wise
ii will not wait until public opinion is aroused
70 a high pitch Of bitter resentment If any
thing is certain it is beyond question the people
will not calmly endure years of burdensome
taxation while at the same time congress is
sQuandering their money.
Members Of congress should reflect that
the great majority Of voters will be directly al
tected in one way or another, by the new tax
law The old days when taxpayers were few
have passed. A word to the wastersl-Chicago
Tribune
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
CENTER SHOTS


st. Louis Globe-Democrat: Free
dom of the seas" is to be guaranteed
the land will have to take care Of
itself.
Washington Post: When Ger
many has paid for $50, 900 houses
destroyed in France, she can take
up few other little bills.
Minneapolis Tribune: Why didn't
some revenue shark think to levy a
fine of dollar for each cuss word
used in making out income tax
schedules?
Baltimore American: The demon
alizing influence of the new revenue
bill win be appreciated as we hear
our children quoting Sherman when
they pay the penny tax on ice-cream
cones.
Brooklyn Eagle: Americans criti-
else the wild love of pleasure that
prevails in German cities. There is
a precedent In the Irishman, asked
why he laughed when the bull had
him on it's horns and was pitching
him over a fence, who said: Il
didn't know whether I should have
a chance to laugh after l landed"
Berlin probably feels the same way
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
PEOPLE and EVents

Hog Island continues to justify Ia
name. Foremen employed there are
on a strike for a wage boost from
SEA week to $40,
A Jerseyman arrested for speeding
| proved he was trying to save the life
of his mother-in-law. judicial Glenn
ency fell as a benediction on this
model son-in-law.
Looking over a stack OF bills de-
signed to regulate everything In sight
the New York World cries out, 'Will
the legislature mind its own bust
ness and let New York City attend
to its own affairs 2"
Some questions passed up to the
Solomons of the bench too often per-
pick shining domes, A Chicago
Judge was asked to decide whether
curling iron was a dangerous
weapon. As bachelor without ex-
perience the judge reserved decision.
A Brooklynite of SO years is trying
to annul his marriage to q young
woman barely old enough 20 be his
granddaughter. The main difficulty
3 the division of the matrimonial
spoils. It may be recalled that Bar
NUNS census Of fooldom set no age
limit.
Back in Worcester, Mass, q
wealthy resident bought a Gains
borough landscape for $75,000-a
man, a milkmaid, a brook and a
whole flock of sheep. The taste for
rural scenery seems to grow as aban-
doned farms multiply.
Little or N'York continues to be
MIXED to standstill by rural legis-
lators. Some years ago the ruralites
put through a state aid road law,
and sent millions of dollars building
and patching roads here, there and
everywhere. New York City paid
20 per cent Of the bill, but didn't get
a road crossing repaired within the
city limits.
'Is the car dead?" Yes and no.
according to war correspondents.
Count A. A. Tolstoy, sen of the Rus
sian novelist and publicist, publishes
circumstantial account of the MUIR
der of the czar and his family by the
soviet at Ekaterinburg, Siberia, July
16, 1917. Carl Alderman, an Amer
lean correspondent in Siberia, OBJ
tanned similar information on the
spot and also equally positive state
ments that the car was seen alive at
a much later date than July 16, 1917.
Alderman says the city Of "Ekater-
inburg and surrounding country has
been searched and no trace Of the
bodies have been found"
1.-THE Incorporation laws Of South
Dakota, Arizona and Delaware APP
pear to be merely the lying-in hos
pitfalls for crooked concerns" said
Judge Lands Of Chicao commenting
on a pending case of bankruptcy due
to an excess of blue sky" securities
The collapsed concern took in $780,
900 from stock sales and paid out
in commissions and bonuses S221,-
$40. Craftsmanship cost 80 per cent
Of the total, and several "jackpots'
of shares were distributed among
members of the inner circle. Share
holders also hold the sack, despite
the Illinois 'blue sky" law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Brooklyn has aboliahed tho ''ll
stop" and Philadelphia Il modify
It as a peace offering,
Sioux City stands 70 blow IN tEoeN
600 in income taxes and hates % lee
60 of the roll. Oh, well. there art
others. Watch 'em digl
Des Moines has the plans al Fsad9
for the builders OF the Aartha
Washington hotel for women. The
cost will be disclosed when the Bids
are opened.
Toting pistols with permit
henceforth costs IS instead Of 81 Q
year in New York City. sim some
OF the natives think the cost Of iiV@
ing is shrinking.
Philadelphia will have to be good
or there will be something doing. A
marine corps patrol OF 90 Officers
and 500 men are assisting the police
in chasing evil off the streets.
Sioux City bootleggers continue
running In fine form, with many var
iations The latest method OF bring
ing home the jugs II to ship them In
baled hay, affording less risk OF dis
covery before reaching the barn.
This method has a shade the best OF
the paint can.
Federal authorities in Chicago
have Just awakened to the fact that
several indictments against the egg
trust, drawn up two years ago, have
not been acted on In the proper
way, and threaten to do something,
If Judge to try the cases can hs
found.
Just as soon as the ticker flashed
the news that the president signed
the new revenue law. st, Louis saloon
keepers boosted the price OF whisky
to 25 cents q drink and beer to 10
cents q mug, foam included. What
Sherman said about war 10 q gentle
whisper beside the everyday ex.
pletiveH OF Missourians.
Touching news passed along the
smoke shops of Chicago last week
warning vendors Of the weed that
the increased revenue tax was on the
way down the line from manufactur.
err to consumer. Dealers are ex-
pected to give the special q clear
track and make sure that II arrives
at the proper destination. Fellow
smokers, there isn't q ghost Of .
chance of ditching It.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Soldiers and Government Insurance.

SOlulers ana government insurance,
Last week in this column called
attention to the possibility, even
probability, of a future impairment
in the health Of demobilized soldiers
from lack of sufficient exercise. I
did not speak of impairments incur
red In the service, some of which are
observable on discharge, some Gas
in the case of pure lack of exercise)
Of which will become evident only
as time goes on. OF the latter there
will be many, perhaps more than are
evident at the time OF discharge. For
this reason l would most earnestly
urge all soldiers still, in the service
to be extremely careful TO obtain q
satisfactory medical examination
from the proper army physicians on
being mustered out. In this way
slight defects that will have an I'M
portant bearing on their future health
may be detected If anything alb
normal is found, the soldiers should
insist that a record of II be made
on his papers. If a satisfactory ex-
animation is not possible on dis
charge, a thing that may happen
where large contingents are muster
ed out in a short time, then by all
means be re-examined by a medical
authority and have a sworn state
ment sent to the proper bureau in
Washington. In this way you will
lay foundation for obtaining rights
which you have certainly earned, and
which the government owes you.
All of which has an important
bearing on the caption which heads
this column. For the very reason
that for long time you will not be
sure that you are insurable, you
should by all means hold to your
government insurance. 1t has two
very valuable features, viz, 1t is
cheap, and it will soon be convertible
into regular forms of insurance with
out a physical examination. Should
your discharge papers say you are
physically sound, don't take 1t for
granted that this is evidence of your
instability in an old line company;
we already have cases to prove the
contrary. Therefore keep your gov
eminent insurance in force until
such time as your insurability in
regular old line companies is as
sured.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
TO A cANTINIERE.

A troop train in November,
A night OF sleepless chill,
Raw breezes, broken windows,
And heat entirely nil;
But with the misty dawning
A station came in view.
And, oh, that bowl of coffee
got at Gievres from you!
You weren't so mighty pretty,
You Lady Gunga Dhin,
But there you stood a-smiling
As we came trooping in;
And to see the vapors rising
And smell the savory brew
OF good old Yankee coffee
Made an angel out Of you.
I've done a little tipping
In a mild and Gallo way
I've said in liquid accents;
LA meme chose, sill vous plalt!'
But nothing In a bottle
OF any sort or hue
Could match that bowl Of coffee
I got at Gievres from you.
Let others sing the vintage
OF lush and ripened grapes,
From which imprisoned laughter
OF peasant girls escapes,
And flagons of ambrosia-
Id give them freely, too,
For that bowl Of Yankee coffee
I got at Gieyres from you!
Lit. ]. p Roche in Stars and Stripes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
Edueatinn Barbera h Iapan.

The BARRIERS of Osaka, Japan, who number
proposal to establish a training school for
knights of the razor 1t has been complained
that many BARRIERS in Osaka have not that ele-
mehtary knowledge of surgery absolutely nee
essary for their vocation" and the better quail
fed wish to compel all intending to enter their
profession to pass final examinations at the
special school.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Senator Knox also has made close study
Of the tentative draft of the constitution for
the League Of Nations, and finds that it needs
some fixing up. 1t is just as we'll to know these
things in advance. As the matter must
eventually come back to the senate for ratifca-
ton. its advocates are all the better prepared
by knowing what opposition they may encoun-
ter and how to meet it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Uruguay has just entered on an interesting
experiment, that OF government by commission.
This departure will be watched by civilized ma
tons. concerned in progress in the matter of
administering the business of nation. The
chief difference is that the commissioners are
chosen by the congress instead of being named
as cabinet officers by the president.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Railroad magnates breathe great relief on
being informed that the administration will not
'preeipitately" return the properties to the own
ers. As long as the public foots the bills and
the stockholders get their dividends, who
should worry at Washington?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

One piece of emergency legislation that
ought to 60 through at Washington is that to
repeal the tax on "luxuries," by which an extra
charge is added to clothing and other neces-
saries.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

General Goethals is back in life as private
citizen, but not out of the harness as worker
France is to have the benefit Of his engineering
knowledge for time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Suffrage is to have another try in the SEN
ate, but without assurance of the one vote that
is needed to make the amendment go over. The
democrats are great on passing the buck.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

If the Second infantry today is anything like
it was when its home was at Fort Omaha, we
can understand how it captured so many medals
for bravery in action.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Landlords may have some difficulty in con-
Incing tenants that their happiness is added'to
by an increase in rents. What people are look
ing for is a move in the other direction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

The Soviet" government at Petrograd has
suddenly awakened to the fact that it has ex-
hausted the country economically. Maybe the
proletariat will now go to work at production,
having completed its job Of destruction.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

N1chigaa copper miners share in the peace.
:snferenee w being asked to accept Is per
cent cut IL wages. The occasional is now
being played.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

S m Fem girls helped open prison doors for
DE escape of the leaders, another tribute to
.ae value Of woman's presence in practical
,yntitics
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Mr. Wilson also denies that he said he
would not be candidate for a third term This
will be accepted at its face value.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Mr.. Burleson is to be confirmed in control
Of the wires till new congress convenes at
least. but that will not improve the service any.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

In the movies they do it." but is that the
s.ason McAdoo's first assistant railroad director
has followed his chief into the films?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

War looms again in Germany, but the fight
ing will be among the people of that country so
the rest of the world can stand it better.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

A glance at the pay roll Of the city of Oman
ought to impress any one who doubts that W
have emerged into the metropolitan class.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

{ iaude E Kitchin's day of domination ends
q noon on Tuesday 1t will be long time be-
sore the country RECEIVERS from him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
TODAY.
The bay We Celebrate.

AAAG ANN w NNA~ENAA%-a
Frank Larmon, assistant manager
Omaha water plant, born 1878,
Charles b. Sherman, OF the Sher-
man & Mcconnell Drug company,
born 1852.
the Oklahoma supreme court, born
at Camp Point, ILL.,, 81 years ago.
Prof Henry Marion Howe. noted
metallurgist, son of the late Julia
Ward Howe, born in Boston, u
years ago.
celebrated corporation Lawyers OF
New York, born at Lynchburg, Va
81 years ago.
Tom Cowler, prominent as a
heavyweight. pugilist, born IN Cum
berland, England. q years ago.
In Omaha so Years Ago.
Miss Hattie Sprague OF Leaven-
worth, who has been spending the
winter with Mrs. Geo. N. Clayton,
and who returned to her home last
week. surprises her friends by re-
turning here as Mrs. Walter Quartz
Mr.. Quartz Is in the grain business.
viii Gurley has gone to Washing-
Mr.. A. Brandeis and sister have
returned from an extended eastern
Judge Dundy has recovered from
his illness and is ready to hold
Ned Reading beat Charlie Ashin-
ger in a 10O-mile bicycle race At the
Coliseum. A one-mile pedestrian
race was pulled off also with these
entries: II. o. Messie, w. A. Gregg
Geo. w. Kendall, John Houvihan'
Thomas Hynes and Dave Bennett.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Extra session or not, the Sixty-hfth con
eress will leave lot of work undone
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

'Did they treat you well?"
''They certainly did. Even mixed up a
cocktail for me, and that's going some
for a host IN dry territory. Chicago
Post
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

That $50 bonus is not big, but it is money,
and every little bit helps.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Spanking bad girls may be all right, but some
better way of reforming them ought to be found.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

wife, I'm worried over that $40 grOc-
cry bill"
'Whata piker you areI If you want
to worry let me get credit for q $1,000
fur coat"-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

He-Tve got to call another meeting
Of the club because we could do nothing,
as we had no quorum.
she-Then why don't you buy one and
keep 1t In the club where you'd have II
handy?-Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

"Do you find that married men or
single men make the best clerksf" asked
the friend
Married men," replied the boss. They
are not in such an awful rush to get
out OF the place and get home early as
single men are."-Cincinnah Enquirer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

What is time between senators7
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

MadRe-I thought your engagement to
him was merely for the duration Of the
war.
Mariorie-Pshawl 1t will 90 on indefi-
niteiy. We've agreed to extend It for the
duration Of the peace conference.-the.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs

Fortune Teller-There Is to be wreck
soon in your home caused by olonde
Patron-Therel knew III That swed-
Ish maid we've just engaged has ALREADY
StarteS in to smash the dishes.-Balu-
mora American.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

'Do you subscribe to the theory that
''Yes,' replied Gadspur, II thought I
knew enough about my automobile to take
h apart and put II together again, but
this bill Of si54.l7 from repair shop
proves that / Observation-Disclosures Age
Herald
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-02

Mr.. Flatbush-"wbat Is this" -
Mrs. FIatbush--''Floating island, dear.
but you know 1 can't eat any SOHO
s.But dear, you can eat all around the
island. can't you 7"-Yonkers Statesman
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13

ment agents about it, and they told
him that the thing to do was to take
a years course in agriculture at the
University of Kentucky and with his
practical experience, and his training
he would be the very man for County
Agricultural Agent. The Govern
would foot the bill
Phipps got their viewpoint. He
went to the university and it was la
ter that he wrote this letter, or wrote
the letter, in which he promised to
put forth his utmost endeavors. His
action in good work and enthusiastic
has proved how he re-
CARDS promise, and Kentucky can
look out for another good Agricul-
tural Agent in the near future.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13
Moseley-sou.han.

Mr.. Lucian A. Moseley, of Casky
and Miss Myrtle Southall, were mar
ried Wednesday evening at the Meth
odist parsonage, Rev. A. R. Kasey
officiating. The attendants were the
brides sister, Miss Florence South
all, and Mr.. Aaron Omer.
Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Moseley left on bridal trip,
after which they win live with the
groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. p.
Moseley.
The pretty bride is daughter of
Dr.. J. A. Southall and is very popu-
lar with wide circle of friends.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13
Burt-Woosley.

Mr.. Richard Burt and Miss Annie
E. Woosley were married Sunday at
the home of Mr.. M. A. Woosley,
father of the bride. Rev. F. M. Will
son, pastor of Sinking Fork church,
officiated. Mr.. Henry Poindexter and
Miss Grace Pendleton were atten-
dants. The groom is prosperous
young farmer and the bride popu-
lar and charming young lady. They
will reside in the Sinking Fork neigh
borhood.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13
Gore.caxee.

Mr.. w. L. Gore and Mrs. E. c.
Cayce were married Wednesday ev-
ening at the Christian church par
sonage, by Rev. E. S. Smith, and left
the same evening for Nashville, on a
wedding trip of several days.
Mr.. Gore is a we'll known dairy
man and capitalist and and the birdie
is the widow of the late Elbridge
Cayce and is highly esteemed and
attractive lady.
They will reside on Mr.. Cores
farm just outside the city on West
Seventh street.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-12-13
RACSDALE CASE
IS NON-SUTED.
Petition Must Name New Grounds
To Keep Case In
Court.

Judge Evans in passing upon the
Pembroke damage case, in which J.
T. Ragsdale sued twenty-five prom
inent prohibitionists for putting him
out of the saloon business, has left
Ragsdale no room to stand upon in
court. He virtually holds that Rags
dale has no grounds for damages,
without new declarations. Hearing
on this has been set for Feb. 20, at
Paducah.