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TTTE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY," MARCH' L'O, 1915.
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE
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clre r01 b changed aw often aa regno tod.
March M
Thought for the Day
5cff by Tom S. Kmlly '.
t ' ' , ' '
lFin yew waken in tht morning and htar
tht faint twittering of bird and thtfUth of
dawn in tht at.' molt that tMt day thnll
$tand out 'from-ail Mher day a; that today yw(
m(l ipemk nothing but kindnttt, loe and truth;
thai tvtry vt&d $all bt an itnieiftth'one and .
every thought a pur On. Virginia L.C.'
Barrittn. ,'
Wbat'i the postofflce itcoraT Hitchcock 18.
Bryan, 5, Bases full of holdover.
The .protest department of the WUaon afl
miBlBtratloa ! certainly earning Ita salary. ,
Italy's demand measures 20,000 square miles,
which affords ample spaca for a compromise
cut. '.
Magnate James J. Hill and James Hamilton
Lewis should, pool their fears and start a co
operative gloom factory.
The prospect of a cut in Ottomans Is allur
ing, but there is no chance of tha cut reaching
American bargain counters. ;
v It Is worth while emphasising that tba city
dads did not, stop long enough to ask consumers
of bread what they -thought of it '".'
Another' Auditorium purchase proposition
will be submitted to tha voters. Is thla notice
for the Water board addressograph to get busy
again?
With the asauranca that tha country Is sat
so long aa It clings to eanned goods, tha sweetly
Joyful n6te thus soundad forbids tha thought of
canning tha oratory.
' The political machinists of Indiana pro
duced results on voting machines all right, but
their device lacked tha simplified efficiency of
Omaha's rubber band Invention.
Night riding outlaws Jr Mexlcanlslng iso
lated sections of Kentucy and Arkansas without
being honored vlth a note of protest from, tha
government Isn't horn industry entitled to
recognltlont
, Pleading for Increased passenger rate,
"Jim" Hill says the railroads are "la tha last
ditch." Mr. IliU ought to, go over to the war
arena and take lessons In ditch digging. ' There
is no "last ditch" over there.
In a pinch, perhaps, mora room might ba
made available In nearly every school building in
the city by reclaiming for regular Instruction
purposes the spax; that has been given over to
soma of the side shows and fads.
It Is a mere coincidence, probably; that
schools for deep breathing .should be advocated
at this time by conservators of health. Tba
great value of systematic- lung exercise, as de
monstrated in various state legislatures, seconds
the efforts of tba conservators to extend the
beneficent ozone to all persons, regardless of
age or sex. ' .
John L. W abator's house was tha scan of a varr,
pleasant ruchre maniac party last nlg-ht, Tnoee
praaeut wcr Mr. and. lira. R. Carrier. Burna. CouUnt,
C E- Squire. R. K. Oaylord. OonnaU. Hitchcock, W.
X. Jarvta. Mr. J. I. picker. John Wilbur, lira. E. 8.
Dundy and th Mlaar May aad Luna Dundy. Dora
Ltimr, Orar and Lilll Wilbur, , Margaret 'Wilson
and Maaara J Lehmer,' Wolcott. Frank Irrtna and
Will WUbur. Tlte flrat prta of a hand-pantad blot,
ter pad wm awidti& to Mr. Squire aragiig th sa
tlmn. and a bonay AUh t Vim Lua Dundy anions
th women. .
Mr. Taylor, widow of th lata Colonel Taylor,
and family left for Waafclactoa. wher they will tak
up tatlr rtdnce.
A waa welshing thlrty-flv psunda and meaaurtna
even feet from tip to tip of wins va shot th other
day on th Piatt by Kraok Moor. Uaioa Partfle
conductor, and by htm preaentad to Chrta Haneen, who
l.ei placed It on eahlbltlua In tha window of hi
ritkteenth street etore.
A party of Ncbrsakan JuW returned from New
r ken tell Th Be man that a', tha 61 Charlee
hot. I board la (10 a day.
Kvaoa A Hcy with Jennie Yteinana a their tead
Ing Udy ere putttnr an A Parlor Match- at" Boyd's.'
if. ' lKr of Vaientlne, remembered aa having
' f in m 'y connected with Slepbrn .WUcog of
' 'v. visiting laa old Ornaha fi1nd.)
GreateT Omaha-
AfiFumlng that the connolldation bill will bo
nigned by the governor and eventually berome
a law substantially' as pawed by the house,
Greater Omaha seems to be practically ansured,
although several steps are yet to ba taken before
that consummation can be reached.
The house amendment accepts the view that
the Inhabitants of the area to be included con
stitute only a single community, but to make
sura that popular sentiment may prevail, re
quires an expression of sentiment of a majority
of all the people affected to make the act oper
ative on them.
. It Is possible the opposition may ba content
with their measure of success in postponing the
time of completing the merger. It would seem
that at tha earliest the consolidation vote could
not ba bad sooner than our Impending city elec
tion, and , possibly may go over till later. It Is
also possible, of course, that antagonistic, Inter
ests may Interpose legal obstacles to secure still
further postponement.
While the first skirmish line has been car
ried, tha champions of Greater Omaha must not
disband their force nor relax their efforts be
fore the finish.'
Down Brakes on the Jitneys.
While- we are bound to have auto mishaps
from time to time, the succession of Jitney acci
dents in Omaha, the last one a fatality, makes
it Imperative that some immediate attention be
given in this direction. The use of our streets
by Jitneys will have to be subjected to regula
tion in the Interest of safety to both passengers
and pedestrians.. All the service the Jitneys
may render in relieving traffic congestion is not
worth the life of even one Innocent school boy
helpless to save himself.
If reckless and .Irresponsible auto driving Is
a necessary part of the Jitney business, wetiad
better find It out right away. If tha Jitneys
cannot be made reasonably safe we can afford
far better to do without them. Under the cir
cumstances the Jitney people ought to welcome,
and, themselves urge, tha adoption of soma ra
tional system of regulation' which will apply to
all alike and with which all of them , will be
made to conform before mora accidents stimu
late aa uprising against them' altogether.'
Vicious.
The proposal to change the constitution
of our Nebraska supreme court so as to make
the Judges-elective by district corresponding to
the congressional districts Is a vicious scheme.
Jf there is any logical reason prompting it, no
one has advanced It nor have wa even seen a
pretense that to have them so chosen vould
tend to improve the character of tha Judges or
facilitate their work.
While district representation is right and
proper in legislative bodies to Insure a propor
tionate voice in law-making to all the people,
and 'to hold the law-makers responsible each to
his constituency, no such theory of representa
tion will apply to tba Judiciary, because Justice is
not and should not be conditioned on locality
Interests.
Nebraska is only one of forty-eight states in
the union, and the present constitution of tha
Nebraska supreme court corresponds wUb tho
generally accepted system that has been tried
and proved by experience. Our supreme court
was enlarged only a few years ago by the addi
tion of four more Judges, but uo one at that
time thought to project this new-fangled
scheme, which would surely have jeopardised
the entire amendment.
If tha legislature performs Its duty Instead
of trying to pull some one's legal chestnuts cut
of the fire, It will save the voters the necessity
of rejecting this proposal.
The Canner and the Commissariat.
Tha unique position of the United States as
regards foodstuffs has Just been emphasised at
a canners' convention in Chicago. Famine U Im
possible in this country, and more than that,
at no season of the year are Its Inhabitants cut
off from all the good things nature provides for
man's sustenance. . A wonderful range of cli
mate makes It possible to have the year around
green vegetables and fruits grown In th open,
and at prices in reach of tha humblest pocket
book. This Is supplemented by the art of th
canner, who successfully preserves the sum
mer's surplus bounty against the cold, grsy day
of winter and robs that season of any terror It
might a-ver have hld, ao far as food Is con
cerned. It Is not alone famine that is avoided, but
certain diseases one prevalent, due to malnu
trition Incident to a lark of proper food, have
vanished from th United States. In this way th
processes of preserving foods have also beeji use
ful 'In tha matter of preservation of health.
Most important of all, and chief element in
oar greatness, tha dinner table 'of the American
workman is dally. .furnished icrth with such far
as. makes him the envy of the world outside.
Even Lucullus did not have tha gaatronomical
advantagea that are enjoyed' by the cltUens of
th United States and by them taken aa a mat
ter of course. This is surely a wonderful coun
try. ; .
Dtiervss Decoration at Least.
Peace has its heroes as wall as its victories,
"no less renowned han those of war.'and on
of these has Just modestly acclaimed himself at
Terr Haute.. He. testified la federal court there
that he had .worn blisters on his hands pulling
tha democratic -lever on a voting machine; hi
devotion -to the'cauB wa such that thla disa
bility, did not caus him to dblst, but, armeJ
with a stick, ha persisted. In bis purpos of reg-
istering democratic vote untlVthe close of a day
(hat is marked with a red ston in the annals bt
tha cohorts who. follow th Hooster Toms In th
wake of th Pearl Leader. -'
Even aa ungrVutuJ . republic cannot, allow
such davotloa as this go unrcwardad.' Whlla
w have no crossawunlss it b tba double
cross, which appear frequently enough in politics
thla man Is entitled to something. He at least
ought to have a special design of garment in
stripes,' with a distinctly number, that he may
not b humiliated by being confounded with th
lasr members of lhat patriotic band who so
literally carried out the order given ttjern by
a democratic boss, f . -...-. t
Looks as if a .rtptt on consolidation wr
worth a lot of money to somebody having spe UI
interests in th annexation territory.
Great Guns
y Prof, tlaoola 1 Oroat Stoea .
Field Plerea.
ALIi nation nae rlflee of aboat three-Inch caliber,
tha same caliber and weight which proved ao suc
craeful 7n our civil war, In which tha throe-Inch
bronie, smooth-bo red Napoleon entered largely. The
modern eteel three-Inch rifle can be fired twenty
tlma per minute, ten tlmea aa faat aa the Napoleon'
gun. with a range of ,W yard, aaalnat 1,000 yard
for th Napoleon. The field arm ha a very flat
trajectory with the highert poaelbl velocity. uatiHlly
above 2,000 feet per aecond. Shreptwl ! used almost
exclualvely. Mortar are uaed at anirle between 4-,
degree and 70 degree for plunging fire. Howltser
are used at angle between Ml doaree and S4 degrees.
Field rlTe are rarely elevated beyond 1 degree.
The muzzle velocities of mortar and howitzer .ire
between 900 and 1,100 feet per eCond. The danger
distance la great at with tha lowest angles. The
steeper the angle, th greater th difficulty of c
curate shooting.
Admiral Portrr uaed thlrteen-lnrh mortart moun.d
on reinforced schooner at Vlcksburg and Port Hud
on. They fired from behind high point and Islands,
out of reach of gun fir. Twelve-Inch rifled mortar
constitute bur main coast defense... They are hwonted
In deep pit, and can throw WO-pound shell about sis
miles.
The civil war Napoleon sun leaped backward
about six feet at each disohars. It wa necessary
to advance It by band and re-establish the range at
each shot It wa sponged after each shot. ,to ex
tinguish sparks. A thumb must be pressed tightly on
th vent whan loading, to preclude th admission of
oxygon, which otherwise. In a hot piece, would cans
premature exploalon.
Rifling wa yery difficult; an Iran or steel shell
could not (tak th grooves. Rifling not only Increase
accuracy by gyroscopic action, but increase th range'
also. A smooth-booed gun can discharge spherical
hell only, because an elonswted projectile thrown
from a. smooth-bore will "tumble," end aver end.
swerving badly through the air when advancing; side
wise, and landing ' Indifferently on It base, 1d or
point. No adequate ga check can be used behind a
spherical shell and much gaa -I lost past th pr
Jertlle. With a rlfl th caliber can be very much
reduced, by elongating th projectile. Thus a twenty
Inch Rodman aphetinal shell weighed 1,01 pound,
while a modern slxteen-lnch rlfl shell weighs S.100
pounds.
BeM-Up Steel Type.
The evolution of the one-plec gun 'to th built-up;
steel type took place during th civil war. Captain
Rodman, U. 8. A., succeed od In making cast-iron gun'
In on piece, twenty-Inch bore, weighing 11T.O00
pounds. They threw shells weighing L048 pound S.O00.
yards. H accomplished tht by cooling the Interior of'
tha gun with water .circulation befora It had cooled.
Thus Initial tension wa - produced on th Interior
parts. . ...
Th etaaalo researches of Poisson. Barlow and
Lam on the behavior of the small particle of metal
within thick- cylinder showed that the stress wa
maximum at th least radius, and that, passing a
certain point, additional metal accomplished nothing.
Th fmou Parrott rifle (West Point foundry) recog
nised thla truth by shrinking a wrought Iron band
upon th cast iron, breech of the gun, which wa also
cooled on Rodman' principle. Captain Brooke, S.
A., followed th bum practice. Whltworth, Arm-;
strong and Krupp followed with built-up guns. Krupp
breech-loaders were opposed J th bronze Napoleon
guns, muzzle loading, in 1870, always outranging and
overpowering gun which flv year before were tho
bet In the world.. y
T Missile. . , -
fthrapnel replaced grape-shot, which wa effective
at 800 yard or less, being Ineffective at longer range
for th same reason that hot from a shotgun will
not carry. United Rtatea nfflnera f vr bM in iu
- - . - . v m . MWM
discovered how to throw a ahol to a Ion; distance
ana men oursr. it in th air at a desired point, raining
down many missiles.
Modem shrapnel has a forged steel cast, finished
all ovr. which act as an auxiliary gun. with a
choke-bora, djchar1ng a con of missile. 260 from
a three-Inch shell. , In th baa la a chart f powder
covered by a steel piston. Above th piston, thrpyV
Jectlle. usually haxaffouaj for com partners, are
placed, held together by wax. In tha head a retatln
time-ring, containing a goov charged' with fu pow-"
der. passe under an ignition point, fixed, and Con
nect downward to a flash tub, if th time-ring 1
Placed so that th park must travel th full lengtn
of the groov In th time-ring, the final explosion ia
for extreme rang. By turning th time-ring, th fue
path 1 ahortened for near range, to say one-tenth of
a second, to buret the heli about 800 feet from the
gun. Piece of gun-cotton In th flash tub, copper
transmit th spark to th baa charg. Th apark 1
tarted automatically by th Inertia of a trlkr fad
ing upon fulminate. If th shell fail a to burst In th
air. It will burst a It strlk. for thla liberate a re
serve atriker. which act by Inertia and cause a di
rect flash to th ba Charge.
The Beat Gaa.
Tho most MglTry perfected field piece I th French
Deport, now th field gun of th .United 8tatea army.
It ha a divided trail which In action Is opened like
an Inverted T. Thl permit th breach to ba de
pressed to any angle, even for firing at aircraft Jt
also permit th gun to ba swung right or toft, 45 de
gree each way, without shifting tha carriage a very
marked advantage. German. British and other gun
hav wide trail, with portal, which permit high-angle
fire, but the guns cannot be swung right or left with
out shifting th carrtag. Liking th wide apreadlng
ba of th Y-trall, they would upset.
Th largest gun ever built wa mad by our Aryan
relative, in Jndia. about1 18 It. bora la about
thlrty-aix Inchea, diameter about alx fet. twenty,
flv feet long. It required a crew of GOO men. and wa
ued against th British In th mutiny. A similar but
horter gun stands beside th great bell In Moscow
Indirect firing wa Introduced In JTnch army
maneuver In 1SW and employed by th Japanese ln
their war with Russia. No more heroic posting of
batter! on ridge against th sky-line. That was th
harpehooter-a delight. The gun are now concealed
and controlled by Held telephone by officer concealed
t a distance.
The Fortr-Twe-Ceatlsaeter iimn.
Th forty-two centimeter German Haublu (sling).
11 S3-Inch bore, ha been so carefully guarded that
reliable statistic are not to b had. Th gun ia
probably thlrty-lx feet long, the sheU probably
weigh from 1.600 lo 2,000 pound, the range, from the
Battery to High Bridge, or eleven miles. it. total
wlght I probably 130 ton It may hav been built
for short life and Ushtnvaa. That waa deliberately
don at tho alec of Charleston. ISO, when an eight.
Inch Parrott rlfl. th "IJveamp Angel." threw shell
flv mile Into th city. Th gun threw thirtyMix
shell, then buret. H waa worth It, atraUgloally.
Th larg Oermun and French howltsera are
mounted on ped-raU wheels, not caterpillar wheels a
commonly atated. Th ped-raU wheel waa flrat 'ap.
plied U two-wheeled carta by the Britlah In tha
Crimean war. A Improved by Dtplock of England.
It I widely usd for farm tractor, roe very sort
sou th caterpillar tractor is uaed. a long flat treaL
revolving endlesaly upon two whela. with luUrmedl.
at guide wheels. Th Austria employ caterpll'ar
tractor to haul their mortar.
Maehla Uaaa.
Machln gun are operate by hand eranUs and
lever. Automatic gun, one started, automatically
Jeot empty ahell. reload and fire aa long aa they are
fed tin cartridges aad th -trik . I hur back- by
th operator. '
Th marhln gun wwa coaoelved by Dr. QaUIng
burgeon. U. 8. A., during- th clvO war. H noted'
that three Biea d of alcknes for each on who died
of wounds; and argued that. alae. oaeq would continue
to fight with anything until th questions at Issue
wr settled. If they foua-ht with
pon. th end would come oonar with le total loaa
of Hfa. Th Introduction of long rang ahrapoet and
repeating rifle noticeably hastened th end of th
ar. . .
. Th automatic gun have but en barrel, which la
watar cooled a In tit Maxim, , air-cooled by ribbed
radiators a la th BeaUMrclerr by larg metal ma
aa In th Colt, or by Induced air current aa In ColonH
I -awls' gun. They all employ part of t)' gas of x
ploeloa to operate th withdrawal of empty shell, re
load and fir th gun. Loaded web-belt are moat
i-uinruoDly employed for feeding.
Ihr JKnry MtMr,
OMAHA. March l.-To the Editor of
The Bee: I am of the opinion that the
lltiey bus business i a menace to our
city. The killing of little Kdward. Bar
nard at Thirty-eighth and .Farnam. street
Thursday noon, and the many other Oc
cident that have occurred sine the jit
ney bus ha made its appearance on our
street make a parent fearful of letting a
child of school age iittemrt to go. out
alone even to tioo',. It seems that any,
one, no matter how irresponsible, that
knows enouKh. to turn en the gns and
start a car 1 riven a license to run a
jitney. Blnte the advent of the Jitney
on our busince street, and especially
on Farnam, I have noticed the apparent
Increased fear on the fares of pedeatrlans
in creasing Farnam street. It seems .to
me that the city council should call a
special meeting to dv1s some remedy
for the handling of this haphazard and
promiscuous running of Jitneys and no
on should be allowed to drlv a Jitney
bu without giving a bond of at least
125,000 and being required to forfeit hi
license In esse he run down or Injures a
Person. It em "anything for th
money" I th slogan of our city author
Itl .who hav the teauiiur of license.
a any old rattle-trap that win run, I
given a license and turned, loo ,ln our
busy streets to such an extent that Far
nam street reminds on of a country fair.
I should not be surprised any day, If on
should be compelled to wait at Sixteenth
nd Farnam street until a discarded
wltoh engine and dilapidated "way car'
could pas, labeled "Jitney" aad stamped
with the approval of the city.
The freedom and right of the people
to walk th streets are not considered by
a larg. per 'cent of drivers of cars and
motorcycle. There Is an ordinance
aaalnat fast driving on our city street
and If that ordinance waa enforced, and
th offender property punished. It would
mighty, soon be observed and the klllina
and Injuring of 'people -would be reduced
to the minimum.
If there are not enough police to prop
erly patrol th dty street let the police
1eprtCBnt gtv authority to a few
private citizens In eaoh ward to trrt
such .offenders; I wll tak a "tar" en
that and serve ; without' pay-
We have "traffic officer" who ar
looking carefully to th protection of the
horse, but no one paying much attention
to how children and old people got ovr
our crossing. Put the apeed law Into
the hand of a few fathers and mother
with euthotlty to arrest and I will ven
ture that Omaha will hav few killed or
Injured by being run over: make all of
fender pay a liberal flu and put the
money into tha street cleaning fund.
then perhapa we can hav eonv decent
looking- atreet. We are n hooatlnj
Omaha, then let us see to It that no on
need fear to come here lest he be wiped
off the face of the earth by a careless
rivr , F. H. DRAKE.
fSaaollne.
NORTH LOUP, Neb.. March I8.-T0 the
Editor of The Ree: Tha public ha been
attracted to the matter of th so-called
discovery of a process by Walter T.
Rlttman, by which more gasoline may be
obtained from mineral oil. A you ar
well aware,' ganolme end kerosene eome
from the same tank and the difference
I In th gravity of the liquids. The or
dinary method of refining these oil Is the
procs of boiling th crude' oil In a
Closed tank, or bollqr. by. which a vapor
I made and conveyed to a second tank,
wher th vapor I distilled. That pro-
ces I what may be called a "saturated
vapor" process. Where thl process) -I.
used, the kerosene, gasoline and allied
products all bear a certain relation. That
relation ia that the molecule of the oil
remain undisturbed by the process of re
fining. Any person who ha atudled "sat
urated steam" may hav a good Idea of
saturated oil vapor. .In th process of
making white lead, a cyatem of super
heating Is used by which th molecule
are changed.
In making a practical study of th
nature of keroaene and gasoline, three -year
ago, I found that oil companies
might increase th amount of volatile oil
by a proce of superheating 'th atur- '
atad oil vapor by passing th vapor
through a superheater and the to the
distilling tank. Many others, too, had
been working on th nam matter. Other
probably run onto th same Improved
process, but none aeem to have made an
attempt to get a patent on the process.
I think tbs patent office records will ahow
that no Inventor previous to 1914 evor
made an application for a patented
process by which to superheat oil vapor,,
thereby Increasing the amount of volatile'
oil. I had apprehended that if act and on
August 3. 1914, filed an application In
the patent office with full and complete
descriptions ,of the process,
Th process converts the oil vapor to a
complete ga and th gas is converted
beck to a liquid In the aeme process, by
pressure.
I do not believe that Mr. Rlttman ha
any rrocesa for making gasoline that
doe not Include my process of super
heating. It the atent office records do
not already contain my p rones I am
entitled to the right and it la hardly th
businea of other people to give away
my property to the public. A mixture of
oil and greaa will not change the process.
At the Mm of making th experiments
I mad another application for patent
right on the same subject, bat with re
spect to burning oil inside a boiler under
pressure. The number of the patent is
1.N7.M7 aad the application wa mad
March 1. 1111 Thent la room for a law
suit on thl subject, but there can ba no
mistake a to my application. Befor tha
government get too far It will be a good
ide to find It Rlttman ha a discovery
which doe not Infringe tay application.
WALTER JOHNSON. '
Ill
Around the Cities
Cleveland .In four year ha marked up
it downtown property 100,000.000.
During January and February nearly
1.0tie professional beggars Tnav beea "run
in" In Nw Tor City.
Rochester, J4." Y.. tried to fore t-ont
fare on th street railway, but th effort
fUzied la th court.
Philadelphia I to try th experiment of,
women assistant judge of tb Juvenile
court to tak charg of the cases of
young girl.
Ogdsa. Utah, hang out th alga of
plenty of work for Idle hand, aad th un
employed of Utah ar flocking ' there.
Railroad activity 1 th cause.
Th on Joy-riding outfit to receive th
glad hand In New JTork la the dty pay
-iraam wM&h aoattar th Joyful en Ita
round. The dty 1 aa big that It I
cheaper to send th cash than hav hired
bands call for it.
en
LAUGHING GAS.
Mildred IWt you think MissBlder1y
looks much younser In her new bet T
Helen 'ndetd I do. Why. Mildred.
It make her look but very little older
than all say she la Judge.
"Is the mn your sloter Is sola' . tu
marry rich?" ,
".siiv; every time the marriage Is men
tioned pa save, "Poor man!' "St. Louis
Post-UUpatch.
Farmer-When's the next train north?
Ptetlon Aacnt In an hour.
Farmer When Is the next train going
south?
sci oss the trackft-Kansaa City Star.
Station Agent Fifty minutes.
Farmer All right, Mlrandy. we can get
"Whv don't vou oDtnnlie with u Turks
and Bulgarians and Serbs to demand your
llKhts in the I'nlted States?"
"I haven't anv special rights ln the
United states." responded the other
quietly. "I was bom' here." Louisville
Courtor-Journel
' The teacher was holrtlnir up' a picture
of a ebr.
"Now, children, what is this?"
"II looks to me like a hdrse In bath
ing ult,"-answered .little Arthur Har
per' Magazine. . '
Editorial Sif tings
New York World: The only man in.
the line who cannot pas along a freight
rate raise, with an added percentage. Is
the Ultimate Consumer.
Pittsburgh. Dispatch: Notwithstanding
the energy with which the Queen Eliza
beth Is hurling 15-Inch shells at the Dr
Csnelle fart, an eighth of a barrel of
flour still make a dreaded hole In the
week's housekeeping allowance. '
Chicago Herald: The fct that our
three new .battleahlp. will be speedy and
carry big slxtcen-lnch gun confirms th
suspicion that our naval authorities have
been careful readers of the dispatches
about the European war. x
Baltimore American: Now China Is
looking to ua to settle Its troubles. And
ther I neither !ry nor 'honorariums
attached to any of these forced atten
tlone nothing but toll, trouble and often
thankleasneu
Brooklyn Eagle: War statistic are be
wildering. The report comes that there
ar 24.000,000 pigs In Germany and that If
each pig In Germany be killed .It will keep
tor. Germans alive until October. That
would mean 109,000,000 German kept alive
until October, and there are only TO.OOO.OOo
Germans in th empire. . Th difference
ef 190,000,000 may Include scattering Rut
Stan and French prisoners and belated
Amerlon tourist. ,
Chicago Tribune: Flyers seeking repu
tations aad money had to enter th circus
bustne. Lincoln Boachey, who was
killed on Sunday In Ban Francisco, had
said that tha crowds gathered to see him
to nJoy tb emotion of horror. He felt
that they were like the crowd who turned
thumb down on a gladiator. Hi wil
lingness and skill In taking chances made
hlin th best known American aviator.
Prudeno caused htm to give up trick
flying, but th desire not to' be outdone
la It by other flyer brought him back
into It' Evidently an aviator may reckon
hi expectations and be assured that If
he continue taking chances on chance
will take him. .
TO A ROBIN
Arthur D: Rces.
O crimson comrade of the wandering tun,
Chanting a herald song of spring begun.
At thy melodious art ' .
Exultatnt Impulses that long had fled
Iad wild within my heart!
Peeplte these ravished day, tina-arlanded,
Tho. . tldmgs thine -imtdiant soul doth
, bring.
And unextinguished muse,'
Resurge- resplendent with the flam of
spring
As joyous as of yore.
And over sundering leagues, 'midst bat
tering gale.
Thou clrclest northward In, thy sunward
trail.
To lng for us once more.
The cycle of thy song we love to greet.
And simple faith that guides thy winged
feet, ' '
O Master of March airs,
Pweetenlng the raucous . winds with thy
refrain,
Dispenser of all cares, I
Whose matin chirps are blrthed without
a pain.
Thou art not daunted with th light and
shade
Of this mercurial March! '
O lyric tourist from the southland glad,
It Is thy life to be
A faithful wanderer in thy circling flight,
A follower of loveliness and light.
A singer of great glee.
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WORLD MOTOR BIKE FREE
A picture of the bicycle
' will be in The Bee every day.
Cut them all out and ask.
. your friends to save'the pic
tures, in their paper for you,
' too. See how many pictures
, you can get and bring: them
to The Bee office, Saturday
April 10.
The bicycle. wiU be given Pre
to tba boy or girt that send us
'the most picture before 4 p. m.,
, Haturday, AprtI 10.
Subscribers, can help the chil
' a dren ia the contest by asking for
;A picture certificates when they
pay. their Bubfcriptioii We give
a 'certificate good for 100 pictures
for very dollar paid. .
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