Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1916, Page 6

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AUGUST CIRCULATION 85,755 Deily—Sunday 51,048 /illiaras, ecireulation manuger of The Bee g ‘Al" being “duly sworn, says that the a" e Fe gty ::'flg g‘n.onm of August; 1916, was " . Jun . V% WIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager. ce and sworn to before me thte 30 dey a%m 1036, "ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publle. Subscribers ;;vhg “the city temporarily should have The Bes mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. The preiulltgnmble in stocks insures a loud explosion when the bubble is punctured. In ten years electric light cost in Omaha de- scended from 14 to 6 cents. iflme drop. The next problem is to impress upon the elec- tric meter that a reduced rate is not an order to speed up, —— 1f the tow line doesn't work faster, another assessment on those federal office holders may be necessary, ’ / : — Now is the time for the weather man to en- trench himself :in public favor by giving us the top-notch brand for Ak-Sar-Ben. President Willon'l Baltimore speech contains a seties of word pictures of future trade triumphs that reveal his true form as a rainbow chaser, . The present perplexities of Greece may be best appreciated by the speculator who refused top prices for his goods and ' held on until the market slumped out of sight. | Another mountain top has been blown up on ‘the Austrian-Italian front. The changing sky line i that section brings home to globe-trotters an- other angle of the horrors of war. g —— Britain's commeércial agent in this country finds that the black list is a genuine “white list.” « The change was effected so easily as to leaveyno doubt of the agent's qualification for the joby The promotion of Pershing to be major gen- al will be gratifying to his many friends in ebraska, where he first attracted special atten- tion a8 commandant of the cadet battalion at our state university. | . Chicago master bakers find considerable \ ‘{rouble in putting aver separately a price uplift ¢ t:r'egd uponcollectively. Organized opposition “and fear of prosecution vindicates competition as d prl_c& regulator, When President Wilson insists the question of hours of labor is not arbitrable, he finds him- self again in disagreement with his former secre- of state, who says that no difference can arise between fellow men that is not arbitrable, —e— ' Postdl Sivh‘(,s deposits are steadily mounting to the nine-figure notch. August deposits lifted ‘the total to:! ,000. Aside from the showing of thrift, the figiires serve to remind the skeptics of six years ago how ‘unsubstantial were their m— ‘The president comes to Omaha. in response to an inyitation to participate in a wholly non- cal occasion. ' His reception is being planned at basis and there will be no partisanship in 's -entertainment of the president of the United £ L Itds possible to forgive Colorado Springs and '!foye’i_flvfir. administering cruel and unusual pun- ishment, but with St. Joe sinking the spikes into the tenider cuticle of the pennant winners nothing ‘short of Mosaic law treatment can wipe out the ignoble stain. = ° Southern gallantry, long esteemed as the simon-pure article, shows signs of decay in spots. A Memphis editor challenges any woman favor- able to the cause to banish the powder puff until women get the vote. Only a heartless man could suggest so cruel a sacrifice. | A Heglth{td Nation l The bulletin-of the census bureau which an- or 1915 the lowest death rate ever re- corded in the United States touches upon facts of ‘the highest importance. The reduction of the " rateé since 1905 represents 150,000 saved in a single 7 now of t‘ulr death rates. year. The saving in this city alone is some 25,000. reater nations of Europe do not boast r Even smaller neutrals _have their difficulties. But compared with Euro- ean records of 1914 our average for the gountry s low. ‘The reduction is mainly credited to the . larger cities, New York standing almost at the head in percentage of improvement. Some in- ‘creases are capable of explanation. In Minne- s, for instance, the rate was exceptionally in 1905 owing to the rapid immigration of zw and vigorous people, Now they grow ~The e principle applies to the states, lhp‘!fiew Hampshire have twice the death te of Washington state, This need not injure eir' status as health resorts. The young are still west and older persons are left in the " mountains. Minnesota, Wisconsin and nsas have a rate well between these extremes, .and California show low rates in spite ux of health-seckers. e the negro death rate is still far higher t of whites, it shows in many southern ‘most _northern cities a tendency to rapid t in spite of this handicap upon s, and of local effects of unfavor- 80 low a rate is maintained in the ,‘speaks well not only for public mqu and steady hab- % s £ THE Ak-Sar-Ben’s Royal Welcome. A preliminary flourish of trumpets, a blare of brass and the fluttering of the colors of the king- dom of Quivera, denote the near approach to the capital city of King Ak-Sar-Ben XXII. It is a signal for festivities and rejoicing among his sub- jects, and the merry-making for the harvest home is here. The season is most propitious, and the -kingdom more prosperous than ever. No mon- arch of all the line has entered on his reign with so much of achievement to look back upon, or such prospects to beckon on to greater endeavor. All that makes for human happiness is here pres- ent; useful employment .and ample recompense, days of effort and nights of rest, and security and safety for all makes up the lot of the good king’s loyal subjects, and hope illuminates all their lives, ‘ _Great is Ak-Sar-Ben! Long may he reign! Stealing Republican “Stuff.” President Wilson, in his effort to set forward his own political fortunes, is guilty of what is colloquially called “stealing stuff” from the re- publicais. In his plea before the convention of grain dealers at Baltimore, the president elo- quently dilates on the need of future legislation for the benefit of American business, especially emphasizing the importance that proper tariff laws will have on our prosperity. Along this line all can follow him. But he also spends some time discussing his ideals for a tariff commission, outlining the great service possible for such a body. The sincerity of the president on this point may well be questioned, since his hearers could not possibly have forgotten that in his first year of office Mr. Wilson assisted with all the zeal and energy of a theoretic free trader in the muti- lation of a tariff law that had largely been pre- pared under the advice of a non-partisan tariff commigsion. He also assisted in the extinction of that commission, through the simple means of cutting off the appropriation that made it effec- tive, Mr. Wilson now confesses his error, and makes humble apology for his action, saying: “We have admitted that * * * we were talking theories and managing policies without a sufficient knowl- edge of the facts upon which we were acting.” His admission of his blunder is encouraging only as proving that he has learned something by his experience. The tariff, however, is not the only point on which Mr. Wilson has veered about since he en- tered the White House. He went in pledged to a single term, and now emerges a candidate for re-election. Perhaps this has something to do with his discovery and admission of the blunders of the democratic law. Is his belated, and rather reluctant confession not another reason why he should, be retired? Why continue him. in_office to make more mistakes even though he may later correct them at expense of the country? Mexican Mystery Slowly Unravelling. While the joint commission on our relations with Mexico is marking time at Newport, and Carranza's representatives are being hospitably entertained by Uncle Sam, the ubiquitous and elusive Villa flitting joyously and eruptively from town to town under the noses of Trevino and his troops, some light is being shed on the Mexican mystery from sources much nearer home, 1t is being developed that suspicion directed along certain lines was fairly well justified. When Villa butchered 'his way from Juarez to Aguas Calientes, he was rewarded by a letter fronrour then secretary of state, thanking him for his services to humanity, This letter he necessarily left at home the night he attended a ball given in his Lhonor,” wearing the costume of Eden before the fall. Something happened soon after to turn the tide of presidential favor to 'Venustiano Carranza, Just how the “single track mind” was set in the driection it has pur- sued so devotedly has always been a mystery.” It is known that a clever lobby was looking after Carranza’s interest at Washington, and it is being hinted that some persons who had been highly favored by the president espoused the cause of the “first chief.” Maybe disclosures will follow the story already told in print. The American people might care to know just how far they are involved in the bargain made by this cabal. Nebraska Democrats and “Pork.” Tt is interesting in a melancholy way to know that our democratic senator has his full share in “producing the pork” that enabled his southern colleagues to “take home the bacon” to their con- stituencies. After all the pledges of his party to a program of retrenchment, he a ed in enact- ing legislation that not only achieved the great- est, but in many ways the most useless and waste- ful, expenditure of public money recorded. Con- gressman Frear charges that our democratic sena- tor is especially responsible for the passing of large slices of *pork” to Texas. His one vote would have resulted in killing the item of $250,000 for the Trinity river, the dry creek for the rescue of which it was once proposed to bore artesian wells along its bed. But-he voted for it, and the | item went through, and so did many others, equally inexcusable, . ) At a matter of fact, the democrats sent to Washington from Nebraska took full part in knocking open the treasury of the United States, to let the flood of money pour into the dry creeks and dead hamlets of the south, thereby bringing about the treasury deficit which is accumulating now at a rate of more than a million dollars a day. ' And each of these democrats is asking that he be returned to congress, there to help in “pro- ducing the pork” for their southern colleagues at the next session. —_— The schedule of padded prices which con- fronts the housekeeper at every turn, and the certainty of further advances, mock the claims of general prosperity put out by._political noise makers. The truth is that for every one bene- fited by high prices and speculative profits a thousand are pinched and forced to scrimping economy to make ends meet — Rival battle claims placed on the war bulletin boards of Europe bear a striking resemblance, in fluidity of statement, to the present-day claims of democratic political warriors. Owing to the scrapping of the international copyright laws the democratic claimants run no risk of prosecution for plagiarism. v The mighty outpouring of people of Indiana and Ohio to greet the republican presidential can- didate and hear his message foreshadows what will happen at the polls in November. The pros- pect of democrats making up in the middle west the loss of New York state, is as hopeless as peace in Mexico. { o AW LY BE OMAHA, | Mr. Hflhfi,fiffiifiabm , Truth is mighty and will prevail, as much so in a political campaign as in any other contest. The desperate effort that is being made to, capi- talize the Adamson act for the benefit of the party that has the ignominious distinction of passing it, is founded upon falsehood and decep- tion and out of it grow other falsehoods. Not content with laureling Woodrow Wilson as the savior of labor—Woodrow Wilson, who in 1909 publicly declared that “I am a fierce: partisan of the open shop,” and who in 1907 spoke of the “labor organizations and leaders of the country” as a “formidable enemy to equality and better- ment of opportunity”—his partisans are holding up Mr. Hughes as “the enemy of labor.” This is as untrue and as vicious as the claim that the Adamson law established an eight-hour day. Mr. Hughes’ attitude in regard to labor was fairly expressed in an editorial in the official or- gan of organized labor in the state of New York, at the time he was appointed a justice of the supreme court. We printed this utterance a few weeks ago; we here present it again: “Now that Governor Hughes has retired from politics and ascended to a place on the highest judicial tribunal in the world, the fact can be acknowledged, without hurting any- body’s political corns, that he was the great- est friend of labor that ever occupied the gov- ernor’s chair at Albany. During his two terms he has signed fifty-six labor laws, including among them the best labor laws ever enacted in this or any other state. He also urged the enactment of labor laws in his message to the legislature, even going so far as to place the demand for a labor law in one of his messages to an extra session of the legislature. Only 162 labor laws have been enacted in this state WEDNESDAY, since its election in 1777—in 135 years. One- third of these, exceeding in quality all others, have been enacted and signed during Governor Hughes' term of three years and nine months.” That is an unbiased statement of Mr. Hughes’ record, made at a time when it was supposed that he was permanently removed from the field of politics. The legislation referred to includes child labor laws, covering the prohibition of child labor under certain ages, the regulation of child labor of permissible age, outlawing, certain machines and industrial practices in relation to child labor, a law safeguarding women in em- ployment, and numerous other enactments, all designed to protect labor and promote its inter- ests, These are the things Mr. Hughes was doing at the time Woodrow Wilson was saying: “You know what the usual standard of the employe is in our day. It is to give as little as he may for his wages. Labor is standardized by the trades unions, and this is the standard to which it is made to conform.” Mr. Hughes does not truckle to labor or to any other interest. He does what he believes is fair and right to all. | Astonishing Effrontery San Francisco Chronicle In his speech of acceptance, President Wilson said: “For the farmers of the country we have virtually created commercial credit, by means of the federal reserve law and the rural credits-law. They now have the same standing as other business men in the money market.” The facts are that the systematic study of rural problems undep~national authority began when “President Roosevelt appointed the Com- mission on Rural Life, whicfi held hearings in all parts of the country during 1907 and 1908. The first national study of rural credit was by the commission appointed by President Taft, which visited Europe and collected all the of- ficialddata upont which the rural credits law was based. The claim of the president that “for the farm- ers of the country we have virtually created com- mercial credit” is evidence of the locse way of thinking of one not familiar with finance but rhetorically an expert. Rutal or other credit cannot be created by law. The rural credit law does not deal with commercial credit at all, and the provisions of the federal reserve act which authorize the rediscounting of paper based on agricultural staples in warehouses, benefit others more than farmers and .merely recognize that paper which had always been considered first- class was suitable paper for rediscount. Farmers entitled to commercial credit have always had it at their local banks, and those not entitled to it cannot get it through any law. The much-vaunted rural credit act will not help the class of farmers who need help, for those who can quilify under the act could and can borrow to the same amounts without being required to take stock in banks unlikely to pay dividends for a long time, if_ever, or to become security for the payment of other peoples debt, or to pay the expenses of any local organi- zation, or to pay the cost of two appraisements, one necessarily expensive, or to deal with a cred- itor acting under a law which permits no flexi- bility. What the result of the rural credits act will be nobody can guess. Except for the propa- ganda carried on at the expense of the taxpay- ers there would not be any result. To claim the passage of the act as a political asset is ridiculous. The system may do business in some sections or fail. It is certain that it will help very few young men to get a farm, for it does not supply what they must have. It does give the president appointment to four $10,- 000-a-year jobs, for gentlemen who may work up a business if they can, The appointments are supposed to be nonpartisan, but will any of the appointees say they shall vote for Hughes? Or urge their friends to do so? | Anthracite Extortion [ New York Woi Against the recent advance in the prices of coal by the anthracite railroads consumers are helpless. They are the victims of a greedy com- bination whose power lies both in its possession of ‘the Pennsylvania mines, through ownership and leasehold, and in its control of the only means of transportation and distribution. Nowhere does it face any risk of competition. In his appeal to the United States supreme court from the decision of the federal district court in Pennsylvania, Attorney General Gregory describes the Reading company as the “back- bone of the alleged monopoly of anthracite.”” It has circumvented the constitution of the state of Pennsylvania, and so far has successfully defied both the Sherman anti-trust act and the com- modities clause of the railroad rate act. As a holding company it controls the Reading's coal mines and railroad lines, and in everything but a strictly legal sense the other anthracite rail- roads are its partners in business. The government's brief points out plainly the dangerous consequences of this situation when it says that the combination— if not dissolved, will own or control every ton of commercially available anthracite known to exist, and while in almost any other branch of industry it is at least possible for a monopoly to be broken by the influx of fresh capital attarcted by high profits, against a monopoly of anthracite, the sup- ply of which is limited, there can be no such protection. Only the Jaw can afford relief. What consumers know by long experience is that the anthracite monopoly, unless broken by the courts, will persist in its policy of extortion and continue to raise the prices of coal at will on any pretext and at every opportunity. Ex- | actly what has been often done in recent years { will be done again unless the law can afford relief. SEPTEMBER 27, 1916. Thought Nugget for the Day. Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth Its way through the world. Like a great rough diamond, it may do very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value. —Earl of Chesterfield. One Year Ago Today in the War. Italian infantry made gains on the Carvo plateau near the Adriatic Sea. Berlin claimed capture of another ‘Russian position on the southwestern front bf Dvinsk. French in terrific two-day battle smashed German line in Champagne, driving the enemy back nearly three miles and taking 20,000 prisoners. British took German trenches south of La Basse canal on front of- five miles and penetrated German line to a depth of 4,000 yards. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Jack Moynihan has been engaged in a leading role with Simons Comedy company, which opens at the People's theater. W. A. Long, formerly telegraph ed- itor of the Republican, has resigned his position and will go on the road as Pullman conductor. Owing to the fence having been taken down, twenty-one cows were rambling around in Jefferson park, having a good time, and a good many other cows were noticed leaded in that direction, Elmer Frank has notified his friends areund town that during his stay in Wyoming he suceeded in kill- ing five bears. For some time past South Omaha has lacked none of the requirements of a first-class town barring a church and brewery. The latter “long-felt want” is soon to be supplied by an establishment to be operated by Jet- ter & Young. Henry Voss is drawing up the plang for the buildings, which are to cost iw,ooo. John T. Clarke and several other delegates and politicians have left for Lincoln to attend the republican state convention. James G. Day of Des Moines, Ia., is in Omaha, the guest of his son, George W. Pay, the popular young lawyer of this city. A large force of men is at work erecting three more stories over the dining room of the Millard hotel. This Day in History. 1777—General Howe with the Brit- ish army occupied Philadelphia. 1785—General convention of the Protestant Episcopal church, the first in America, met at. Philadelphia. 1810—Wellington, with 50,000 Brit- ish and Portuguese troops, defeated 72,000 French in battle of Busac 1826—Opening of first railway¥in England—the Stockton & Darlington. 1841—David G. Farragut was pro- moted to the rank of commander in the United States mavy. 1870 — The French surrendered Strashurg to the Germans. 1876—@General Braxton Bragg, the noted confederate commander, died at Galveston; born at Warrenton, N. C,, March 22, 1817, 1894 — President Cleveland. ‘pro- claimed amnesty to certain persons accused of practicing polygamy un- der the teachings of the Mormon church. { 1895—Irish national convention at Chicago was organized to free Ireland from Great Britain by physical force. 1896—Iron gates canal on the Dan- ube opened by emperor of Austria and king of Roumania. 1908—Pittsburgh celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding. The Day We Celebrate. Stockton Heth, secretary-treasurer of the Paxton-Mitchell company, ‘was born September 27, 1868, at Nebraska City. He used-to be treasurer of the Omaha Water company. Edward L. Hoag, pioneer letter car- rier,~-is 51 years old today. He was born at Kirksville, N. Y, and has been in the postal service since 1899. Charles E. Fanning, postmaster of Omaha by grace of Senator Hitch- cock, is today 63 years old. He was born and raised in Washington, com- ing to Omaha with the Barber As- phalt company, ind has been in busi- nesg as a contractor and later in auto- moMfle supplies, to say nothing of a side line of democratic polities. Martin H. Glynn, former governor of New York and temporary chair- man of the St. Louis democratic con- vention, born at Kinderhook forty-five years ago today. Henry Phipps, eminent capitalist, steel mamufacturer and philanthro- pist, born in Philadelphia seventy- seven years ago today. Prof. Kuno Francke, long the head of the Germanic department of Har- vard university, born at Kiel, Ger- many, sixty-one years ago_today. Rt. Rev. Frederick J. Kinsman, Episcopal bishop of Delaware, born at Warren, O., forty-eight years ago today. William Pugsley, former Canadian minister of public works, born in New Brunswick sixty-six years ago today. Dr. Donald D. McKay, president of Whitworth college, Tacoma, Wash., born in Prince Edward island fifty- four years ago today. H. Douglass Baird, infielder of the Pittsburgh National league base ball club, born at St. Charles, Mo., twenty- five years ago today. P Timely Jottings and Reminders. Thomas A. Edison, once a telegra- pher, will be host at his laboratories at Bast Orange, N. J,, today to vet- eral telegraphers from all over the country, members of ghe Old-Time Telegraphers’/ association. Charles E. Hughes, republican pres- {dential nominee, will swing across northeastern Ohio today, starting at Cleveland and ending the day's itin- erary at Pittsburgh. Medical scientists and others inter- ested in the X-ray will gather in Chi- cago today for the annual convention of the American Roentgen Ray so- clety. R:creur,v of Commerce Redfield has invited leading naval architects, ship- builders and heads of stegmship com- panies to confer with him in Boston today on the proposed establishment of a system of load lines and bulk- heads for ocean and lake traffic, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins this evening at sunset, and for two days will be observed by orthodox Jews throughout the world. The reformed, or unorthodox Jews, will celebrate only one day. The year that is ushered in is 5,677, Storyette of the Day. Doris was radiant over a recent ad- dition to the family and rushed out of the house to tell the news to a pass- ing neighbor. “Oh, you don’t know what we've got upstairs,” she said. “What is it?" the neighbor asked. “A new baby brother,” said Doris, and she settled back on her heels and clasped her hands to watch the effect of her announcement. “You don't say 8o!' the neighbor exclaimed. “Is he going to stay? “1 think so, " said Doris. ** got his things oft."—New York 8 Times. EDITORIAL SIFTINGS. Cleveland Plain Dealer: If shoes are to cost $10 & pair a good many men will feel as if they couldn’t afford more than one shoe at a time. Washington Post: The running debate be- tween Senators Stone and Underwood proves conclusively that there are two kinds of con- sistent and unswerving democrats. ) hat back, Chicago Herald: There is somethimg in | KeeD 1t7" the slow, lumbering yet apparently effective | oo character of the new British war monsters that seems vaguely in keeping with British | aenius. o | Boston Transcript: If signing a bill twice | is a safeguard against unconstitutionality | Mr. Wilson should hasten to reaffix his signa- | ture to 90 per cent of the measures that administration has enacted. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Somebody has dis- covered that about 500 persons are struck by | lightning in this country every year. This would indicate that the danger of being struck is almost as remote as that of being run over by a stationary engine. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: We acquiesce cheerfully in the long-established divisions of the day into eight hours for work, eight hours for sleep and eight hours for recrea- tion; but what to do in the last-named eight hours often and often stumps us. Philadelphia Ledger: It is difficult to see |y Noining, noy how the government ownership of railways | years "—Judge. has been brought nearer by the recent incur- | % sion of the brotherhoods into politics. Their | victory over a reluctant congress should act | 41ng? as a deterrent rather than as a stimulant. Springfield Republican: If there is & flaw in the constitutionality of the eight-hour law | the supreme court won't have to hunt very | long for it. It is estimated that some 2,000 | lawyers, counsel for the 225 interstate com- | merce railroads, are looking for the flaw. CHEERY CHAFF. “So Neurauthenia Hobbs {s married Her husband is a brave man, as she is one of the most restless and excitable women I ever met.” g VEAR MR h, T guess it will be all right; ho is a composer.”'—Boston Transcript. “Did you mail that letter to my sister in Portland?"" “Yes, m'dear.” he says, she dldn't get it.” “Well, you know how It is In war times, i Somebody must have seized the —Baltimore American. bold “Is your mother in, Willle?" asked a lady visiting in_the suburbs, ‘“‘Sure, she's In,” was the grumpy reply. “D'ye 'spose I'd he workin’ in the garden it s‘hu was away anywhere?"—Roston Tram- seript. i My lan “That man's patience and silent endurance are simply marvelous. How did he come to have such wonlderful control over himself?" “He always went out with his wife when she was shopping to match samples.— Louisville Courier-Joutnal. “Footlyte actually seemed pleased at leav- ing a $300-a-week theatrical engagement glrl I knew she saw it on me how unbecoming it was."—Baltimore American. a $30-per-month sergeant on the “Why not? Three dramatic@critics are privates in his compan; ) "—Puck., “He's a philosopher.” he bears other people's troubles with ‘—Detroit Free Press. “I thought you were going to send that Maude. What induced you te exclaimed as soon WABIBBLE., 'BVERY TIME MY FIANCE HASTO TRAKE ME b A SHOW, HES AN HM\.R‘E-WQ”:IM OF THE WABIY ¥ HIM OF TH! E\m& AR, YHE NEXY TIME HE DOES THAY, TELL HIM THAT COMING LATE WONY GET HIM THE T\CKETS ANY CHEAPER ! “Here's a concern advertising a shirt without buttons,” said theé married man. new about that” replied the been wearing them for Pattence—And did apyone cry at the wed- Patrice—Did they? Why there were fifty men outside pf the church erying, “Taxil"— Yonkers Statésman. MY LAND. Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press. My land Is where the kind folks are And the friends are true; Where comrades brave will travel far Some kindly deed to do. My land is where the smiles are bright And where the speech s sweet, And where men cling to what 1s right Regardless of defeat. My land 1s where the starry flag Gleams brightly in the sun; The/ land of rugged mountain crag, The land where rivers run, Where cheeks are tanned and hearts are And women fair to see, And all is not a strife for gold— That land Is home to me, My land is where the children play, And where the roses bloom, And where to break the peaceful day No flaming cannons boom. 'e the land of honest toil, Of laughter, dance and song, Where harvests crown the fertile soil And thoughtful are the strong. My land’'s the land of many creeds, And tolerance for all; It is the land of splendid deeds Where men are seldom small, And though the world should bid me roam, Its distant scenes to see, My land would keep my heart at home And there I'd always be. - - Donce BROTHERS MOTOR CAR Ask some friend who has gone to thefront to tell you the general opinion of the car in army circles. The story of its creditable per- formance in government service is something we would like you to hear from authoritative sources It will pay you to visit us and ezamine this car, The gasoline consumption is unusually low The tire mileage is unusually high The price of the Touring Car or Roadster complete 'is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) - 1814-18 Farnam St. [ Murphy-O’Brien Auto Co. Phone Tyler 123, Omaha, Neb.