Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 17, 1916, Page 6

' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUWDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. “FHE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffice as unondqlfu matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. - Daily and Sunday. .. without Sunday. en| and Sunday . Even without 8i of motice of nge jvery to Omaha Bee, Oirculation Department. REMITTANCE, Remit by draf ress or postal order. Only 2-cent stamps Ealten 1n payrent of smal accounta. Personal checks. except on Omaha and castern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. maho—The Bee Building. #fl 0 2318 N street. meil ffs—14 North Main street. ':::‘r—-"—':'x'l Peaple Gas Bulding, X s Bu 3 g‘n m—m:’l'o'l. 286 Pifth avenue. St. Louts—503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—1726 Fourteenth atreet, N. W. ; CORRESPONDENCE. R ey Y OCTOBER CIRCULATION 53,818 Daily—Sunday 80,252 and editorial t Williams, cireulati anager of The Bee ‘Publish “l:umr 'b:lu“hdfl? :Wl. says that the E i i oo‘gix‘!l'-: o ST DWIGHT W. §, Cireulation Manager. ribed in my e and sworn to before me . this 41h day ber, 18 fy W e, , Notary Publie. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. o=y . Let winner and loser both boost for Omaha. | Senatorships come high but we must have them! Everybody's doing it. Doing what? Boosting prices, e coal man makes his hay while the mer- is down. ‘l‘tc need of a new Union depot for Omaha not growing any less. l | . And the threatened trainmen's strike can also warded off by yielding, Another way to lessen car shortage would be speed up the freight trains. ; ——— e high cost of paper threatens to lift the novel to 15 cents, War's horrors occasion- ‘yield a rift of sunshine. — e merchant who does not alter his price .\ tags upward these days runs grave risk of drop- | ping into the back number class. — is evident from the volume of work pro- d that railroad legal departments will not ob- ¢ the eight-hour law for some months. i e me—— Some day, possibly, out of the car shortage a H ius will arise with a plan for placing empties where they will do the most good and work them g and going. ————— ) long as gallantry flourishes at Washington { ulty will be experienced in finding y and willing to assist Miss Rankin in ing the salary. | — Wifium feature of that demo- a feast at Lincoln is the noticeable of several distinguished Nebraska crats by their absence. In Kansas, where women vote, 151 of them just been elected to office. Nebraska, with- for women, however, has also favored ¢ a few women candidates. - ip is needed to give the Com- force and resource. But a big mem- is only a means to an end. It is what the to help build up Omaha that counts score, y ericans are tly reminded of their astefulness and inefficiency. Wastefulness is a onal disease. Inefficiency prevails in spota. igners can show a smoother or more uni- sample of efficiency than American coal s exhibit in capitalizing a scare, trot it out. blue ribbon awaits, ] em— President Wilson joins the anvil chorus which E the middleman an unnecessary evil. The ‘truth is, the middleman renders a practical and ! service in bridging the gap between and consumer. Until a more efficient n of distribution is devised, the middleman remain a factor in produce markets, ot i Minnespolis Journal In ‘“flg the Japanese society of New crl:.‘itbm .%lr , chairman of the United States Steel corporation, recently argued that *patriotic Americans, like patriotic Japanese, p out the white and yellow jingoes, 3 id, had been trying for years to groom r respective nations for conflict. As a result of the most careful inquiry among g ese statesmen and the Japanese people, Mr, ry is convinced that they earnestly desire to intain cordial relations with this country. The 'same painstaking inquiry wlil reveal the same feeling here. As Mr, Gary says, there is no mis- understanding trouble that cannot be removed by mutual and amicable adjustment. Eliminating all extraneous questions, the only Dasis for any trouble in the future is the immi problem. !apan has insisted that the United es should view thudprohl:m with a realization the sensitiveness and sense of honor of Japan. his problem adjusted, there would be no further question lboutd)lnpln‘: longing for the Philippines or control of the Pacific. t is quite as necessary, however, that Japan uld get the viewpoint of the United States it is essential that this country should get the wpoint of Japan, ~ Japan should realize that whencver lier emi- men come to the United States they are wel- d royally, and the greatest respect and lik- is shown toward ‘them, not merely by Amer- officials, but by ln;dpeople. The im- on problem of the United States has noth do with Japan’s national honor or sen * h“l: merely an ecom.;miti‘ prxponition n e of the American mhg The ,t ese who have come to the . coast, for instance, have disturbed the market by working for much less than & are w to accept. Natur- { ism miu; the lrrivnllcl ber of Japanese. Japan solve herself by e(g:n ing tb?.l_c;ewx ] k e does y that the J immigra- Yiitod sgain.fu Colltornise e is 4 ability that L it o T Slocumb Law and Dry Amendment. The dry amendment to the constitution of Ne- braska, just adopted, forbids the sale or barter of intoxicating liquors “except for medicinal, scien- tific or mechanical or sacramental purposes.” Un- der the present law regulating the liquor traffic in this state, known as the Slocumb law, the sale of intoxicating liquors for any purpose s pro- hibited except by licensed dealers or by druggists taking out permits and in all cases subject to the limitations and restrictions of the law. The dry amendment, as we take it, nullifies the power to issue licenses which the Slocumb law vested in the various local authorities and applies the pen- alties of the Slocumb law for selling without a license to all sales except under druggists’ per- mits and those sales subject to the conditions of the permit. In other words, without further legis- lation whatever, the prohibitions of the Slocumb law against vending without a license, which has made Nebraska dry in all territory except where licenses were issued and in license territory on Sundays, holidays and between the hours of 8 at night and 7 in the morning, become operative ipso facto without any additional enactments. Thercfore, the penalties for illicit selling under the Slocumb law, unless changed, will continue under prohibition and these penalties have been sufficient ordinarily in places where local senti- ment has registered dry heretofore. Whether they will be sufficient in “wet” territory remains to be seen. As to sales by druggists for pur- poses other than medicinal, the penalties are now even more severe than for other illegal sales. The druggist’s permit now authorizes sale “for medici- nal, mechanical and chemical purposes,” but re- quires each sale to be enteted upon a public regis- ter and falsification of the register or failure to keep it correctly invites not a fine, but a jail sentence. The only place where there seems to be a hiatus between the Slocumb law and the pro- hibition amendment is with reference to sales after May 1 for “sacramental purposes,” which are not prohibited,sbut which are not, strictly speaking, included within the scope of the drug- gist's permit. So far as anyone can sce at the present time, there is no reason for repealing the' Slocumb law and little need for supplementing it, assum- ing that the penalties for its violation are sufficient and that the machinery of enforcement is not impaired. At any rate, the change to prohibtion can be tried out under the Slocumb law without any serious difficulty. . ——— Meeting the Cost of Living. The British government proposes to deal with the cost of living in much the same manner as the problem was met in Germany and to a lesser degree in France. The government will take over the control of the food supply, and will so regulate its distribution as to minimize waste and thus lessen cost to the public as far as is possible. Early in the war Australia took over the wheat supply of the country, and arbitrarily fixed the price. New Zealand followed, and out of this action has come a situation of curious interest. Australia permits the shipment of flour at a lower price than is given on wheat, with the result that Australian millers are underselling the South African millers in Cape Colony, and a general pro- test is there being made. When the Britilfl'eov- ernment takes over food control at home, even without fixing prices, it is certain to have some effect on the prices in America, from whence Eng- land is just now drawing its chief supplies. Speculators in food may be able to maintain the inflated prices in this country for a time, but the action of foreign governments is sure to over- take them, even if our own government refrains from interfering and Americans may in time share in the protection that is given the people in the war-ridden lands of Europe. S——— Some Points Overlooked. The general jubilation of the democrats who feasted at Lincoln in celebration of the “glorious victory at the polls” was made the more notable by some omissions from the program, At no time was any open reference made to the charges brought by State Treasurer Hall against Gover- nor Morehead, with reference to the administra- tion of his office. Nor did anyone of the brethren seem to recall what Governor Morchead said about State Treasurer Hall, at the same time, nor of the governor's threat to prosecute the treas- urer for malfeasance in office, The absence of William Jennings Bryan may account for the lack of reference to the exchange of compliments between the ex-secretary of state and our modest democratic senator. All of this, however, remains on the calendar as unfinished buginess, and may be taken up at any time. The people cannot help feeling these democrats knew what chey were say« ing about each other, and may recall the passages at another time. ‘For the present we must rest content with the spectacle of the quarrelsome lot toasting one another under the cover of the shel- tering wing of Woodrow the Peaceful, whose in- fluence if felt in Nebraska is not in Europe or Mexico. Good Roads for Nebraska. One of the principal duties of the legislature, soon to convene at Lincoln, will be to take steps to secure for Nebraska its proportionate share of the general appropriation made by congress for the construction of good roads. The Bee re- news its suggestion that nothing less than a com- prehensive plan for the whole state should be considered, Piecemeal projects or “local option” undertakings are wasteful, and must not prevail, Enough is already known of physical conditions in the state to permit the formulation of definite plans for a permanent highway system. The en- gineering department ought to have ready for submission to the legislature a well worked out project under which the real work of making good roads for Nebraska can be undertaken with- out delay, A seat beside the speaker or on a platform in front best becomes the dignity of the Douglas county democratic premier, the Hon, Jeremiah Howard. As guardian of the liberties of the peo- ple, the self-imposed duty requires an elevated post from which to view and spot the insidious snares of capital in a democratic assembly, A seat in the wings limits the range of vision and might prevent the Hon. Jerry seeing the emis- saries of capital first. —— Chicago's middlemen still hold a tight grip on the city's provision table. A few years ago when a surplus of potatoes threatened the fixed price thousands of bushels were destroyed or thrown into neighboring sand dunes, Similar action is now jndicated in reports of carload lots rotting in the railroad yards, Apparently no sacrifice is too great to maintain a business holdup, HE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916 No Sectional Alignment t. Louis Globe-Democrat Talk of a new alignment in politics, with the west and south against the east, is shallow. As we have previously pointed out, this was a Wilson victory, The same electors that voted for him in many states voted for republican governors and senators. The clogeness of the next house is an- other proof of this fact. But the popular vote, unofficial, but generally reliable, shows a decided Wilson trend in all sections, wherever actual sen- timent is reflected in the vote. The south might as well be counted out. when alignments are discussed, for the south votes for the democratic label, Had Mr. Wilson been running on Mr. Hughes' platform he would have carried the south, No matter what the issue, unless it in- volves the race question, the south is democratic. It was for Cleveland, for Bryan, for Parker and for Wilson. It would be for any other demo- crat, Nothing but the great normal republican plur- alities and the more effective campaign saved the east to Hughes. Wilson ran ahead of the deme- cratic ticket in New York and in Massachusetts, He ma{ have carried New Hampshire. He cut the Maine and Connecticut margins. He distanced the democratic candidate for United States sena- tor in Maryland. He carried Ohio. He endan- gered the rock-ribbed republican state of Minne- sota. He outstripped the democratic candidate for governor in Missouri by many thousands. It was a Wilson landslide, and when the ropular voge is studied, in light of known politica condi- tions, it was nation-wide. It is idle to enter into all the mixed causes that made Ihegeoplc for Wilson. The fact itself stands out, n election morning we pointed to the republican disadvantage in having to appeal to the judgment of voters as to future conditions. Few people are able or willing to look ahead. To the great mass of the population the present is all that matters, and it was upon present con- ditions and illusions growing out of it that the judgment of the people was based, Political rinciples had little to do with the result. It was ilson~—that’s all. ’ Don’ts for Public Speakers Don't rant. gon’t te. on't fidget. Don't flatter. Don’t 7 Don’t be glib. Don’t hesitate. on't apol b Don't dogmatize. Don't be ; Don’t be monotonous. g:n:t speak rwidiy‘;d n't sway your ) Don't be long-winded. Don't “hem’ Don't praise yourself, Don't tell a long story. Don'’t rise on your toes, Don’t address the Don't exceed your time t, Don't fail to stop when you have ended. (From Gleaville Kelssr's “Talks on Talking) | Doing the Last Thing First I 'Wall Street J While the railroads now beginning suits to _test the Adamson law have reason to hape for success, the wisdom of their coutse may be fairly challenged. In resorting to the courts they ap- pear to be doing the last thing first, Diplomacy, .prudence and plain horse sense would demand that other means of relief be exhausted before risking all on a judicial proceeding whose out- come must be in doubt, And the question is not free from doubt. So far as legal opinion can be gauged, the weight of authority is against the constitutionality of the law. Yet there are able lawyers who say the law is constitutional. The man who undoubtedly advised the president on the bill ranks high as a lawyer, There are, then, lawyers of standing who hold opinions pro and con. After the question once goes to the court, the opinions of these lawyers count for nothing. The all-important question is, What will the court decide? Who knows? It is all well enough at this time to say the court will decide the law is invalid. Possibly it will, But what if it upholds it? Puble sentiment will settle down to a conviction that the law is just and righteous. And if just and righteous, why extend any sympathy or relief to the railroads? The supreme court pronounces it a goad law; therefore, let them obey it. Public reasoning is not apt to go much beyond that. When congress adjourned observers at Wash- ington said there was a disposition to resent the labor union arrogance. In some parts of congress there was undoubtedly a feeling that justice had not been done gnc. railroads. Such a feeling is surely an asset worth devel- oping. If the railroads have been unjustly treated, could they not demonstrate that fact. before the Newlands commision? What better grounds for repeal or modification of the act (‘:ou‘I;! there be than the establishment of such a ac Good strategy demands that the first fights be in the investigating commission and in the halls of congress. Not until this is done ‘should the railroads stake all .on one pitched battle which, although the result may seem certain, has still the deadly uncertainty of war and its re- morseless price. People and Evenis A fine grade of sportsmanship nerved the finish of Joseph D, Mann, a Washington proof- reader, who ended his worries with poison. He left a roll of $90 to pay his election bets. Two model domestic Missourians are ], P. Bentley, 90, and his wife, Mrs, Susan Fristoe Bentley, 88, living at Glasgow. They have been married seventy years and never had a fuss, Wouldn't that beat you? For the next six weeks Milwaukee will devote itself to the question whether it will tolerate 6- cent beer or submit to a higher collar or a shrunken schooner. No more annoying issue has gripped the city since beer made it famous. A noted devotee of out-door life passed away at Needham, Mass,, in the death of Patrick Fox, aged 108, Patsy hailed from Tipperary, coming over in 1847, and devoted his lifc to gardening, with country sports and athletics on the side. Munition workers at Rochester, N. Y., who have been pulling down a war wage of $9 a day, are hot under the gills and elsewhere because the peace wage of $4.50 a day has been restored. The order begets the tired feeling, and the vic- tims are taking some days off to recover from the shock. Durin the height of the wet and dry cam- ign in Michigan the wets discovered that Se- astian Kre: a store keeper at Detroit, sub- scribed $10,000 to the dry campaign fund. Wrath- fully the wets jumped on Kresge and worked his choler to the point of sending a second $10,000 to the drys. . z {miah Wolcott looms large on the political horizon of Delaware. He weighs 127 pounds, yet manaj to yank the senatorial toga from the shoulders of Henry A. du Pont. Downing a du Pont in Delaware has regarded impossible heretofore, but Josiah did the business and takes | rank as a political wonder. \ Thought Nugget for the Day. Imagined ills are always greater than real ones. Man is only wretched s0 far as he thinks himself so.—San- nazaro. One Year Ago Today in the War, Russians turned Germans out of trenches west of Dvinsk. British hospital ship Anglia sunk by mine and nearly 100 soldlers drowned. Asquith and British cabinet minis- ters held war council with Freach chiefs at Paris. Violent artillery battles reported on Loos-Souches front, near Peronne and in Champagne. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. A Des Moines man in town states that C. H. Atkins, a well known man of that place, intends to come to Omaha and erect 200 brick flats on property that he can lease or buy. In bullding these flats, he will utilize the clay on about forty acres of clay land which he owng near this city. flats will be for sale or rent. The The boy choir is expected to make its debut at Trinity abaoyt Advent. Mr. and Mrs. ¥, Haney entertained a number of their friends at their home, 1805 Farnam, to celebrate their crystal wedding. Among those present were Messrs, and Mesdames E. Rosewater, John Manchester, Swobe, Korty, Dan Shield, P. N, Withnell, Misses Hickman, Rosewater, Feil, Hoffman. Messrs. Sheeply and Crapp. Sleigh riding is superseding almost any other method of enjoyment dur- ing the present week. General and Mrs, Dandy entertained at an elegant reception for which the Musical Union orchestra furnished the music. Mrs. Dandy was assisted in receiving by Mrs. General Crogk, Mrs. Reed, Mrs, General Wheaton, Mrsa. General Manderson, Mrs. Herman Kountze and Mrs. L. M. Bennett. The mall glee club in Council Bluffs is being drilled by Nahan Franks. Hon. John L. Webster gave a din- ner in honor of Judge Brewer, The other guests were Judge Dundy, Gen- eral Cowin, s Hon. J. M. Thurston, Joseph Barker, Colonel Patrick, Hon. G. M. Lambertson, George A. Pritch- ett, Elmer Frank and C. K. Coutant, This Day in History, 1747—Riot in Boston owing to im- pressment of citizens for the British nAvYy, 1788—~—8eth Boyden, one of the most remarkable of American inventors, born at Foxborp, Mass. Died near Newark, N. J., March 31, 1870. 1864—General! Hood, having learned that General Sherman had gone south from Atlanta, left the Tennessee river and started nerthward towards Nash- ville. 1869—Suez canal was formally opened in the presence of the empress of the French, emperor of Austria and viceroy of Egypt. 1870—The ' Germans under the fund duke of Mecklenburg repulsed he French army of the Loire, near Dreux. } § . 18756—Monument to Hdgar Allan Poe unveiled in Baltimore. 1877--The Russians an_at- tack on Kars and took the place by storm the next day. A 1886—The French in Montresl and Quebec made demonstrations against the government. 1898—Timothy Dwight resigned the presidency of Yale university. 1902—The supposed ashes of Chris- topher Columbus were deposited in a special mausoleum in the cathedral at ille, Bpain. 1908—The German emperor as- sented that foreign affairs would in future be carried on through the for- eign office. 1911—Premier Asquith of the Brit- ish ministry declared against woman suffrage. The Day We Celebrate. Otto G. Eichhorst, resident agent for the Schlitz Brewing company in Omaha, was born November 17, 1872, in Milwaukee, He has been manager for Schlitz in Nashville, Tenn., Louls- ville, Ky., and Omaha. Thomas Taggart, recently de!l‘:l:d for re-election as United States sena- tor from Indiana, born in Ireland, sixty years ago today. Milton Wright, bishop of the United Brethren church and father of the aeroplane inventors, born in Rush county, Ind, eighty-eight years ago today. Right Rev. Matthew Harkins, Cath- olic bishop of Providence, born in Boston, seventy-one years ago today. Herbert Knox Smith, former United States commissioner of corporations, born at Chester, Mass, forty-seven years ago today. He married the daughter of Semator Dietrich of Ne- braska. Guligeppe Campanari, celebrated operatic baritone, born in Venice, Italy, fifty-eight years ago today. Frank A. Vanderlip, one of Ameri- ca's great leaders of finance, born-at Aurora, 111, fifty-two years ago today. He started out as a reporter on the Chicago Tribune, Lew McCarty, catcher of the New York National league base ball team, born at Milton, Pa., twenty-eight years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders, Owing to the critical illness of Com- mander Eva Booth the national con- gress of the Salvation Army called for Philadelphia today has been indefin- itely postponed. Spring styles for 1917 will be de- termined at the annual meeting and exhibition of the Natioral Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' association, opening today in Chicago. The annual convention of the Na- tional Women's Christian Temperance union will meet at Indianapolis today and continue its session until next Tuesday. In the hope of working out a solu- tion of the problem of raiiroad regula- tion and strike prevention, a special convention of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States is to meet today in Washington. Storyette of the Day. Frank McIntyre, the plumpest com- edian on this continent, played vaude- ville dates last winter. One night, aft- er his furn, he dropped into a short order restaurant near the theater for a bite before going to bed. Sitting next to him was a former circus acro- bat, who was doing a horizontal bar act on the same bill with McIntyre. The acrobat was sawing away at the knee joint of a fried chicken leg. Though the knife was sharp u% he was athletic, he was making Iittle headway. He waved his arm toward a bottle of ketchup which stood upon the counter near Mcintyre's elbow. “Say, bo," he requested, “pass the liniment, will you? The sea gull's got the rheumatism,”—Saturday Even- ing Post. The Pees effer Let Mickle Eat the Weevils. Blair, Neb,, Noy, 16.—To the Editor of The Bee: In your issue yesterday there is a letter from “A. B. Mickle," in which he states: “1 found a copy of The Bee several days cld yesterday with an article about what Miss Jackson of Bellevue college has been telling how to sup- port a family for $2.50 a week. Now the lady's idea is commendable, but I can show her where her figures are a good deal too high yet. 1 do all the buying; jyst last week I got a bargain. The grocery had fifty pounds of oat- meal that he was going to feed to the horse; he said it had weevils in it. I got It for 45 cents—and cooking kills weevils, eto." Now, Mr. Editor, I wonder if he found any weevils in that old copy of The Bee to feed his family of seven. Perhaps Mr. Mickle would do better to hunt up a few old copies of the World- Herald, possibly he would find the weevils from that source a more healthy and fatter bunch than the common Bee kind—after being fed on so much prosperity dope for the last few months. I am one of those women who ‘‘get | the money to sgquander on careless buying.” I am a daily reader of The Bee, but I don't find them lying around stale, and | am very much interested in the discussion in regard to “the high cast of living," but heaven for- bid that I should have to get out on the mat with the dog and worry a bone, or even join the prodigal son in “faeding on the husks that the swine did eat.” Weevils for breakfast, weevils for dinner and weevils for supper at the Mickle homestead. Why doesn't the Board of Health get after the gro- ceryman who sold him the dope. If I had a man like Mickle I would steal a nickel from that pile he has saved from robbing poor horses of their food and go buy him a dose of poison and give it to him as an anti- dote for those weevils. If he would only eat all the weevils himself the polson would not be necessary. . I have seen the poor, starving wretches in the city of Chicago, around the wholesale produce district, digging in the refuse barrels for food, prob- ably containing millions of weevils, in order to keep down the high cost of living. But even they, poor wretches, did not feel like publishing it in the newspapers. No, they'leave it ta men like this Mickle to feed their family on weevils and to feel so proud of it that he wants all of his friends and neighbora to fallow his example. “PURE FOOD.," More Post-Election Reflections. NortH Platte, Neb.,, Nov. 15,—To the Editor of The Bee; F'rom a study of the returns from the recent elec- tion I would submit the following opinions for your consideration: The majority of the American voters amiably informed President Wilson that they are entirely in ac- cord with the policies of democracy a8 propounded by his highness. Apparently American citizens dote on the fickleness of the Wilsonian democracy as expounded in the last four years of submarine government. It 1s hard to censyre them. Nearly all great students have at one time or another evinced a desire to delve into the unknown. Had the republican slate been re- turned the victor it would hardly have been necessary for your great newspaper to have continued a politi- cal page. No one would have read it, as there i no incentive to read something ‘He k will ‘be. How much greater zest there is in not knowing what the next step will be? Did you ever, at the seashore,” watch several of the more scientific swim- mers diving; one dives, disappearing from view, not an onlooker but will eagerly scan the water for his reap- pearance. As he stays under, seem- ingly for minutes, each one dreads he is lost, the moment is tense, a ripple appears, . his head breaks through and, as he bobs up snorting with delight, how great the relief is and the intensity vanishes. Just so with the Wilsonian brand of states- manship; tenseness, uncertainty, then relaxation, continuing ad libitum. Still further: American literature will receive another spur. Qur liter- ary efforts to foreign countries must improve, each new note emanating in ‘Washington certainly will be an i provement over the last and eventual- ly e masterplece should be pro- claimed, Possibly it will not be an- nounced as such until the European struggle enda and the foreign critics have more time on their hands to take up literature again as a pastime. e e At present ti n file them for fu- ture reference knowing the futility of commenting on such early efforts when many more will appear to be taken up for eriticism when they have the leisure. It is to smile, for them. Then there is, of course, the inter- est of watching the birth of a new national party; but, of course, that is too lengthy to discuss here, But do you think Jefferson could recognize his donkey now? Henceforth it is Wilsonian., It is the handwriting on the wall. F. L. H. Want to Be an Army Officer? Omaha, Nov. 16.—To the BEditor of The Bee: A large number of vacancies now exist in the grade of second lieu- tenant in the line of the army. The next examination of candidates to de- termine their fitness for provisional appointment as second lieutenant will be held, beginning January 29, 1917, and candidates desiring to undergo this examination should forward their applications to the adjutant general of the army at as early a date as prac- ticable and, in any event, in time to reach the adjutant general's office not later than January 15, 1917, Appli- cation blanks may be obtained from the recruiting officer, Army building. Civillan candidates must be between 21 and 27 years of age when ap- rpolnted‘ The subjects for the mental exami- nation of candidates for appointment i as second lieutenant are as follows: United States history and constitution, geography, elementary English, alge- bra, geometry, trigonometry, elemen- | tary French, German or Spanish, as | the applicant may eleet; general his- tory, elementary surveying and one of the following subjects: Advanced Eng- lish, Fremeh, German or Spanish, analytical geometry, calculus, or ad- vanced surveying. Graduates of rec- ognized colleges recelve certain ex- emption in the mental examination. Those who are interested can ob- tain complete data relative ta the scope of the examination from the United States army recruiting office. The pay of second leutenant is $1,700 yearly, Officers receive 10 per cent on the yearly pay of the grade for each term of five years’ service, not to exceed 40 per cent in allL. Due to the increase of the army, provided by the national defense act approved June 8, 1916, prometion for officers entering at this time promises to be unuseally rapid. JAMES F. MKINLEY, Captain Eleventh Cavalry. Amersfoort, Holland, Oct. 11.—To the Editor of The Bee: At first, will you be so kind as to allow of intreduc- ing myself. 1 am a Belgian interned soldier at Amersfoort, since October, 1014, who wants some distraction on account of the longness of my cap- tivity. Therefore 1 began to collect postage stamps, but having no cor- respondents, I allow myself to ask if you would be so kind as to impress in your honored journal an advertise- ment expressed as follows: “The Bel- glan interned soldier, Cyrille ' 8an | Lulle, Thirty-first Jagers regiment, Camp of Amersfoort, Holland, asks respectfully to forward him some used post stamps.”” Pray do not refuse me this kindness, for which I am much obliged to you, I have, sir, the honor to be your very humble obedient ser- vant. CYRILLE SAN LULLE. LINES TO A LAUGH. The Author—Well, how did you Hke my play? Didn't you think the church scene realistic? The Critic—Intensely so. Why, a great many of us actually went te sleep while it was on,~-Saturday Journal, “Who are the Central Powers, pop?" are the beings behind a volce, my son, who after you have sent in your call and _walted for fifteen minutes by your watch, languidly: ‘What number did you say -Baltimore American. DEAR MR.KABIBBLE M FIANCE'S O GReAT pesips 15 To BER WERQ, HOW CAN 1 WeL? Wh o ATTAN VT ? LeLY Wy cascn MAGRY HIM ““Your husband is quite a trial™ ““Yes, but his shorteomings are useful in a way, After viewing him at closa range, our cook says she would never risk getti married. And we'd hate to lose her, that's & fact."—Kansas City Journal, “There are sald to be 216 varieties of clams in existence." “That may account for the different kinds of clam chowder you get around at the varlous eating emporiums you go against."—Chicago Post, THE OLD BAKING Contains ROYAL Absolutely Pure RELIABLE POWDER No Alum NY TOR o BROOK THE ‘@;} PURE FOOD WHISKEY “w L The |n$péctor " Is Back Of Every Bottle™ GROTTE BROTHERS CO. General Distributors Omaha, Nebrasks Chance to Help an Interned Belgian. I '