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bserlbers leaving; thm city ta
o rarity shoala have The Bee
aualled to them. Address will be
hanged mm often as requested.
Every good patriot is willing to go
to war in order to have peace.
i King Corn usually quickens hia
speed coming down the home stretch.
At any rate, Jack Johnson, as presi
dent of Haytl, would command a
hearing.
It is a sin to plug a watermelon In
Georgia, and also the surest sign ef
Ignorance.
A Philadelphia man and wife hare
been separated by their ice man. That
is a cold deal.
When are the prizes to be awarded
for the biggest lies told by those Illi
nois Jack potters?
One baa to admit that Captain Hob
son is bearing up resignedly under the
presence of Togo.
Colonel John Jacob Astor has con
sented to lend his fair name 'to one
other young woman for a while.
It is too bad that in giving out M. D.
diplomas there is no way of detecting
who will become the fee-splitting
doctors.
An exchange says, "Secret Dies
With "Burglar." The burglar proba
bly died and the secret was buried
alive with him.
It must have been that good old
hymn, "Roll Your Burdens On the
Lord." that Inspired Mr. Rockefeller's
pious philanthropy.
The governor of Massachusetts. In
his vetoing campaign, must have had
to hire an additional clerk to keep his
fountain pen filled.
Mr. Bryan is very uncharitable to
overlook the fact that Mr. Underwood
had to hook onto somebody to start
his presidential boom.
. The Salt Lake Tribune speaks of
the Utah metropolis as a "vacation
headquarters." Omaha ta more of a
business headquarters.
Discussing his candidacy for gov
ernor, the Newton Kanaan declares,
"Arthur Capper Is sane." Then that
must excite comment in Kansas.
Autolats are being cautioned again
to observe the rule of the road. Just
because we have had a lull in the cas
ualty line is not valid excuse for being
careless.
The New York Herald ' says there
are thirty red-headed negroes on the
island of Trinidad. Huh, there are
probably several times thirty red
headed widows in Houston. Tex.
Local coal dealers have organized
a new association for the stated pur;
pose of protecting the public against
short weights. That would be a lau
dable purpose if it were the real one.
Fortune sometimes comes to a man
In disguise. It transpires that when
Superintendent Crabtree was kicked
out of his position as head of the Peru
normal. Instead of being kicked down
the stairs, he was kicked up the
ladder.
City Clerk Butler Is requisitioning
the city law department for light on
the new primary law, which has been
changed so often that it is hard to
keep up with. Still, the city clerk
ought to be able to guess right as well
as the city attorney.
Strange how some of these publics
officials who are constantly complain
ing about being underpaid, and telling
what sacrifices they are making to
serve the dear people, ahould be now
scrambling so hard to avoid being dis
connected from the payroll.
Public attention la expressly called
to the absence of the Ice men from the
meeting of dealers In fuel, feed and
builders' supplies called to organize
the new Merchants' Weight and Pro
tective association. Presumably, the
tee men do not need any further com
MnaUon.
Democracy's Steady Advance.
Another House of Lords wrestle has
ended In a dog-fall. The climax of
the veto contest is only a compromise.
It but stays the Inevitable for the
peers, which cannot be far off.
Though the government will have en
forced its partial program, embodying
the popular will, by a slight majority
of votes, its ultimate victory is as sure
as if it were now at hand, for this and
every concession gained in the strug
gle that began more than two years
ago to wrest power from the lords is
but the steady advancement of the
principle of democracy In Great
Britain. Time may halt it, but only
that. Let those who think otherwise
review the course of British history
and. see that this Is but the logical se
quence of events laid far back in the
life of the empire. Nor has there
been a backward step In recent years,
certainly not In the life of this con
test. Democracy has achieved every
victory. i
As for the present struggle, the
lords have at last been forced to real
ise that. whUe it might bo a good
thing to make a show of their unyield
ing tenacity, yet In the end "discretion
is the better part of valor," and it
would be far better to submit even to
drastic limitation of power than to
lose their last prerogative. They
took no stock, when it came to the
actual test, in the sweet theory that
swamping the upper house with new
peers would not wash away their
power because of the greater assim
ilating force of conservatism over that
of liberalism. At least, they Invited
no such matching of wits at this stage
of the game. The final issue is yet
to come and the time probably will
depend on bow well the lords adapt
themselves to their new restrictions.
The Red Flag of Warning.
In testifying before the house steel
Investigating committee George W.
Perkins, who has made something of
a name for himself as a coiner of epi
grams, said:
The government's dissolution of the
Standard Oil company haa served as the
waving of the red flag of warning to every
corporation in the United States.
Then let the other corporations that
are in the way of the law take notice
if they do not wish to Invite more col
lisions. Now that the danger signal
has been hung out, it will be the fault
of the corporations if a wreck occurs,
for the government's engine of law
enforcement is going straight ahead
and must be given the right-of-way.
Mr. Perkins also says:
The great corporations, grown up under
the demands of existing conditions, can no
longer successfully exist under the Sher
man anti-trust law as now rigidly enforced.
That is a very different view than
a good many of the big corporation
men expressed when this flag of warn
ing was' hung. out in the "rule of
reason" decision by which not only
the Standard Oil waa to be dissolved.
but every other big business corpora
tion must be governed. It waa ap
plauded in Wall street then as a fair
and safe principle and condemned only
In some corners, not all, outside of
the financial and Industrial center of
the country. We scarcely know from
one day to another Just where some
of these men stand, or, at least, where
they are going to say they stand. If
the government were to set out to pin
them down to a fixed program as to
what is best In trust regulation It
would no doubt discover that it had
undertaken Its very largest task of all.
The City as a Host.
The test of successful entertainment
of the guests of a city it to have them
go away reluctantly when the time is
up with a real desire to return at the
first chance. Gauged by this test, we
may be sure that Omaha haa made
good progress as an entertainer of
conventions, tournaments, conclaves
and assemblages of all sorts bringing
visitors from abroad.
To provide for comfort, amusement
and recreation, as well as tQ furnish
facilities for doing the immediate bus
iness in hand, calls both for systematic
attention to details and for a broad
spirit of hospitality. The entertain
ment of a large crowd devolves on the
community as a whole, Just as the en-i
tertainment of a single person de
volves upon the particular host, with
this difference, that the responsibility
for the welfare of the guest is not so
definitely fixed. In this, however, as
in everything else, it is foresight born
of experience that count most. Omaha
has been having the experience to en
able it to perfect its facilities and abil
ities aa host, and it is gratifying to
know that it is not neglecting its op
portunities. Where Omaha Leads.
The fact that Omaha, through the
initiative of The Bee in procuring and
filing the petition, will be the first city
in Nebraska to vote on the question
of adopting the commission plan of
city government la In Itself attracting
favorable attention throughout the
state. The second city to submit the
plan to the voters will be Beatrice,
where the special election will be held
on October 4, a little more than a
month after Setpember 2, which Is the
date fixed for the election In Omaha.
The Lincoln Journal points to the
significance of the movement In
Omaha and Beatrice as promising ob
ject lessons for other Nebraska towns,
and giving Lincoln, which In this re
form Is lagging behind In spite of Its
boasted progresslveness, something .to
go by, declaring:
When the new system .finally gets Into
effect we shall have, by the way. the
means of comparing in operation the two
rival plans of commission government
which divide Lincoln friends of the system.
Whatever happens, it is certain that
Omaha will take the lead in introduce
ing the commission plan into Ne
braska, and if Lincoln wants to follow
or to cling to what It has, that is Us
privilege.
Togo and the West.
It Is a little disappointing that Ad
miral Count Togo did not find time to
extend his visit to the Pacific coast.
There is where most of his country
men, who are in the United states,
dwell, and there Is where their only
problems have been. The only anti
Japanese feeling of any consequence
In this country has centered on the
Pacific slope, and if there is any preju
dice toward the race it is to be found
there. It is certain that the people of
California, Oregon and Washington
would have been delighted to receive
the distinguished representative of the
mikado and welcomed him Just as cor
dially aa did New York or Washington.
But Admiral Togo must have
thought of all this. In planning his
tour he must have gone over with the
crown all this situation, therefore he
must have a good reason for not vis
iting the western part of the country.
We Imagine the reason is one that
should encourage Americans and dis
courage all further agitation of an
anti-Japanese problem In the United
States. That reason must be that
Japan and Togo are satisfied that no
such grave problem exists here and
are content to let matters rest where
they are. At least there Is ground
for such a belief, and it should serve
to end all Jingoism of this sort. Togo
met and conversed with official rep
resentatives of the Pacific states in
Washington and heard from them ex
pressions of the most friendly charac
ter. Evidently he has no curiosity to
go behind these returns.
It the World-Horald report is not true,
Mr. Bryan withdraws his criticism, apol
ogises for the editorial and expresses re
gret that he brought the charge he did.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner.
Where Mr. Bryan is vulnerable In
this matter is in admitting that he
took the World-Herald's report as a
text for the mischief-making article
which he -wrote about Congressman
Underwood, when he bad repeatedly
accused that paper of misrepresenting
the facts for a purpose.
And now the, Anti-Saloon league has
come out of Its. shell with a list of
candidates for Judicial nomination on
all tickets detemed to be satisfactory
to the cause represented, by the league
and blacklisting those who are not
satisfactory. Well, well, well! We
thought the Anti-Saloon league in Ne
braska had troubles enough of its own.
"Mike" Harrington charges Har-
man with "cuttle-fishing." At any
rate, enough inky fluid has" been shed
to obscure the real question, which is,
What fault have the railroads to find
wltha the democratic appointee to the
railway commission put there by Gov
ernor Shallenberger, In whose interest
Harrington is making all this fuss?
Having remained single twenty
years after taking charge of her Texas
property, as he promised her he would.
Mrs. Hettie Green's son now an
nounces that the time of the mating
of the birds haa arrived. Come on,
girls, only 300 proposals ahead of you,
and he has made no decision as yet.
Neither the Real Estate exchange
nor the Commercial club has yet dis
turbed itself for the court house
bonds, although a reading of the ap
peal put out by the county board must
be convincing that the prosperity of
the community for all future time de
pends upon this bond Issue.
"The farmers' free list" has a sus
picious sound. Getting something for
nothing was all right in' the good old
lightning rod days, but we farmers
are a little skittish of gold bricks now.
Pauline's Importance.
Chicago Post.
MUk from the president's cow, Pauline,
ts to be sold at 15 a gallon at the Mil
waukee dairy show. If Pauline should kick
the pall over it would be something like a
catastrophe.
Matter of Bumps.
Houston Post.
A Chicago phrenologist says La. Follette's
bumps Indicate that he will be president.
La Follette never had half the bumps that
Bryan has experienced, and yet nobody
Is predicting that the Xabraskan will be
president "
Why They Wonder.
Chicago Tribune.
Somehow the average Chicago voter can
not rid himself of the impression that there
Is something weird and uncanny concealed
In the mechanism of the purchase whereby
the cost of a thousand voting machines of
a more or less experimental character Vaa
saddled upon him.
BRYAN NOT SATISFIED.
Peerleaa Leader Wants a Retura
Match with Underwood.
Minneapolis Journal. B
Mr. Erayan appears to have forced the
fight with Oscar Underwood Just when the
latter was In the pink of condition. In the
rattling exchange of blows Mr. Underwood
had the best of It. and at the end of the
round, while neither man was out, the
champion was seen to be hugging the ropes
and puffing prodigiously.
Mr. Underwood haa dropped the subject.
but Mr. Bryan, having plenty of time and
Chautauqua audiences to talk to, has kept
It up. He has intimated that he would soon
give Mr. Underwood something else to dis
cuss. He has said that he would take noth
ing back,-unless it could be shown that he
was misinformed, and finally he told an
audience that this was not the first time
he had been read out of the democratic
party. George Fred Wlllutma was the or
iginator of that Idea, he declared. This ts
a trifle disingenuous on Mr. Bryan's part.
There was nothing In the controversy to
Indicate that Mr. Underwood waa trying to
read or spell or shout Mr. Bryan out of hia
party. On the contrary, there was some
testimony, Mr. Bryan's own, to show that
Mr. Bryan was trying to establish the fact
that Mr. Underwood was no democrat. If
Mr. Underwood waa doing anything, he
was trying to show that Mr. Bryan was not
the whole democratic part
OjoolilnBackwanl
IhbDav in Omaha
COMPILED FROM BE.B FILr S l
s
AUGUST 12.
Thirty Years Ago
A dispatch from Lincoln announces that
the supreme court has affirmed the deci
sion of Judge Savage in the Slocumb liquor
case. The decision was unanimous and Is
the first in the constitutionality of the
Slocumb liquor law. Th teat cane was one
against Andrew Pleuler of - this city, ar
rested for an Infringement ef the law
Jinle tVakeley and General Cowln ap
peared for the defendant and General Esta
brook and Hon. (leorge W, Ambrose
against him. "The decision will be received
with considerable surprise. It affects a
large Interest and was not generally ex
perted."
The superstructure . of Trinity cathedral
on the curlier of Eighteenth and Capitol
avenue Is progressing very natlsfactorlly.
The building will be finished and roofed by
next November and will doubtless be com
pleted and ready for the bishop early next
year. ,
Sir Charles Tupper, minister of the
Canadian government railways, accom
panied by a party of friends, arrived at
Omaha today. They will visit all places of
Interest on the coast before they return.
Chris Hartmnn orrlved from Chicago on
business connected with the stale fair.
Ulshop Clarkson, accompanied by his two
daughters, left today for Boston and other
points in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Hubert McAusland returned from a
trip lu the east.
R. 8. King Is giving a novel street parade
of wild Rocky mountain lions, accompanied
by a band followed by a performance at the
Tlvoli gardens. King will enter the lions'
den at t o'clock and perform some wonder
ful feats of daring. Admission to the
grand concert only 15 cents.
Twenty Years Ag'
Miss Minnie Wood, principal of the
Leavenworth public school, went to Ot-
tumwa, la., on a visit.
George E. Parker and wife and three
children and James W. Parker and wife
left on the Burlington Flyer bound for New
Tork to take the Auraula for Europe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman left for New
York to board the Elder for Bremen.
J. M. Hungate, a Burlington switchman,
got a hand crushed making a coupling.
Hon. E. K. Valentine, sergeant- at-arms
of the United States senate, was at the
Millard.
General Agent F, A. Nash of the Mil
waukee railroad returned from Chicago
with the promise that that line would aid
In protecting Omaha from freight rate dis
criminations.
The young women of the North Omaha
Tennis club gave a delightful coaching
party to their young gentlemen friends In
the eveptng. These composed the party:
Misses Bailey, Haskell, Bauman, Church,
Livesey, Boyce, Rich, Nettle Rich, Smith
of Columbus, O. : Mrs. J. D. Foster, Messrs.
Sherman, Turley, Ooodman, Beach, Knouse,
Smith, Adair, Bradbury, Barrett, McCon
nefl, Foster.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Burns returned from
Europe.
Ten Years Ago
John W. Leverton, 3313 California street,
former policeman, assaulted Henry G.
Klrkpatrick with a pistol and policeman's
club at St Joseph, charging that Klrk
patrick ran away with Mrs. Leverton, but
Klrkpatrick denied It.
LeRoy Austin won the tennis champion
ship of the Amateur Athletic association,
virtually of Nebraska, when he defeated
Conrad H. Young, 6-4, S-t, 7-5.
General J. C. Breokenridga, Inspector
general of the United States army, stopped
in Omaha en route to the Philippines.
The editors of Nebraska did homage to
King Ak-Sar-Ben at the den. They were
welcomed to the city by Edward Rose
water. G. M. Hitchcock spoke, as did also
Edgar Howard and A. H. Sniff of Missouri
Valley. Ia.
Miss Florence Parmelee was informed
that she won the free scholarship given to
residents of Nebraska by the Oread In
stitute of Worcester, Mass.
Miss Ferrln, accompanied by Miss Doxler,
left for Chicago and Geneva Lake.
Pertinacity of thm Peerless.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The surest thing in connection with the
campaign of 1912 is that Colonel. Bryan
does not intend to be sneesed at. Jumped
over, sidetracked, spat upon or otherwise
belittled.
Buffalo News.
It was a fine point made by a woman
speaking before the National Ad Clubs,
when she said that women buyers prefer
to buy advertised goods, for they are gen
erally up to their advertised standard of
quality.
II For IMttabargh.
Chicago Post.
Pittsburg has added a final H to its
name. Glimpsed through the fire and smoke
of its furnaces it appears that the H ought
to be the Initial letter of its proper (name.
People Talked About
Dispatcher Bryan is sending out a lot of
specials ,but they haven't got any terminal
facilities.
When W. H. Furnlss waa assigned to
Haiti as American minister the eternal
fitness of things was not overlooked.
After noting the lack of popular grati
tude for donations for libraries and book
worm cures Mr. I. J. Hill seems disposed
to content himself with giving advice.
If Frau Woemer could have her way In
Germany, for every boy drafted in the
army there would be a girl doing com
pulsory housework in a school for house
wives. Though the Maine woods are full of au
thors and artists at this time of year,
Caroline Dale Snedeker, author of" "The
Coward of Thermopylae," goes for days
without seeing any one nearer than the
passing boats. With her husband, she is
pending the summer on the rocky Eg
gemoggln coast of Beach island, living at
an isolated farm.
Thirty-one years ago Miss Cora Clemens
Buchanau, then 3 years old, was given a
Pennsylvania railroad ticket by her father
at her home in Honeybrook, near Phila
delphia. "I'll keep this, and when I get
big I'll ride to Pittsburg on It," was her
childish remark. She used the ticket in
traveling from Philadelphia to Pittsburg
to visit her cousin recently.
Lady Bertha Dawklns. a widowed friend
Of Queen Mary of England, has been
chosen to guard the royal ohlldren, to see
that they do not make any undesirable
acquaintance. She will supervise all the
arrangements for the Princess Mary, espe
cially, acting In the absence of the queen.
James Glencalrn Thomson, a grandson
of Robert Burns, died In Olaagow in his
eighty-fourth year, He waa the son ef
Betty Burns, daughter of the poet, and
was a bachelor. Mr. Thomson resided
nearly ail hia life In the suburbs of Glas
gow, and was a frequent guest at social
gatherings, where his Singing Of Burns'
song was a feature.
Hie Bees Lcllcr Box
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Patrick's Contribution to the Melee.
SOUTH OMAHA. Aug. ll.-To the Editor
of The Bee: I have been an Interested
reader of the Harringt un-llarman contro
versy and desire to offer a few comments
on the subject of sucking railroad ess
Most persons who are alive to the situa
tion will agree that Hat man ought to be
defeated for having supported Cowglll. the
railroad candidate for railway commis
sioner In 1:IS. But how about Hhallenber
ger, who was the pref. ired candidate of
the railroads for governor In 1WS? He also
received the votes that "put Cowglll over,"
which not only elected him governor, but
with sjme additional wet votes garnered
here and there combined to make him feci
that he was a bigger man than William J.
Bryan, who, owing to his failure to receive
the railroad and brewery vote, ran some
what behind the democratic candidate fr
governor. In the light of these facts and
In furtherance of an intense desire for a
clean political household, will Mr. Harring
ton permit Mr. Shallenberger to continue
as a candidate for the high office of United
States senator? On election day of I'm I
saw one of the typewritten slips that were
distributed from a privnte car along the
line of the Union Paclfit; instructing em
ployes to vote for "Taft, Shallenberger and
Cowglll." I tried to get some of my demo
cratic friends who were In possession of
the identical document delivered to tho
Union Pacific agent at Papillion to expose
the situation, and upon their refusal I
went out and worked at the polls all day
against both Shallenberger and Cowglll,
for I wa of the opinion that both were
"sucking eggs and hiding the shells." I
am in a position to know that Mr. Har
rington I correct when he says It requires
courage, for my democratic brethren were
unable to find epithets quite strong enough
to apply to me, because I had the temerity
to make and repeat the statement that
"the Union Pacific railroad had instructed
its employes to vote for Taft, Shallenber
ger and Cowglll."
Upon the death of Mr. Cowglll, Shallen
,berger, as governor, appointed his private
secretary to fill the vacancy, and Mr. Furse
is now a candidate for nomination on the
democratic ticket, and It la my Judgment
that he ought to be defeated because of the
vicious pro-corporation opinion concurred
in by him in the case of Lowrle Chllds, et
al. vs. the Nebraska Telephone company,
filed June 8, 1911, holding that an Iniqui
tous, outrageous wire mileage charge of
from 17 to 43 cents per quarter mile per
month Imposed upon rural subscribers ad
jacent to South Omsha, in addition to all
other charges, including rentals and tolls,
are reasonable and Just charges-a holding
which permits the Nebraska Telephone
company to require the patrons qf a four
party line to pay for the wires over which
they talk, every ninety days in addition
to all other charges.
r WILLIAM R, PATRICK.
Belated Opinion of Foneral Fees.'
THREE LAKES, Wis.. Aug. 7.-To the
Editor of The Bee: I did not receive your
letter until Saturday, therefore am ex
cluded from your symposium, but would
Just say that we have no charge in the
Presbyterian parish to members in our
own communion for funeral sermons.
If we go outside and the requirements
are considerable and the parties able to
pay I would not think the price of 60 ex
orbitant. As for myself, I do not make
any set fee. I leave the matter wholly
with the bereaved family. If they wish to
contribute anything, well and good; if not,
likewise. The largest funeral fee I have
ever received was 325, but it came a a
gift unasked for. I consider all these mat
ters part of my parish work and I make
no charge. T. H. M'CONNELU
Pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Humane Treatment of Criminals.
KALAMAZOO. Mich., Aug. 7. To the
Editor of The Bee: "The Sheriff Leave
for Omaha," appears in large headlines
in a Kalamazoo dally. It is announoed that
the object of this Junket to Omaha, as
stated, I to boost tbe humane treatment
of criminal lawbreakers drunkards, bur
glars, murderers and to reform the brutes
who inflict the most horrible treatment on
their wives whom they have solemnly
aworn to protect and defend these brutes
whom the sheriff is pleased to call "the
unfortunates" (without reference to their
victims)), who may have some good streak
hidden away In their systems, and If those
engaged in this boosting can only find that
streak, their job in ushering in the millen
nium will be lea barbarous, etc.
It seems to me the real object of theae
boosters 1 to combine all the element of
discord that are floating about into a
sort of political factor for recognition, for
instance, anarchist, socialist, absolute life
cult, the concentrated extract of affinity
and free love, with other floating schemes,
all combined into one. They have made
their demonstration at Kalamazoo, Now
they decide to Invade Nebraska, ' the com
monwealth that stands In the front ranks
of the galaxy of law-abiding states of the
union. Nebraska, I opine, ia able to take
care of itself without the aid of the boost
er who would pardon or parol law
breaker. Tell them to go over into Mis
souri and throw bouquets to the beast who
beat his wife, choked, kicked her and
hitched her to a mule to be dragged around
a field.
Taift about human treatment of crim
inals! Sophistry, rank hypocrisy I Criminal
for year have been humanely treated. Th
Swings of magistrates have nearly all been
tempered with meroy toward th offend
ers. If anything the law Is too elastio and
not enforced enough. Th Interest of Jus
tice, humanity and kindness demand that
the law should be enforced.
The agitation of today ia only history
repeating itself. It ha been going on while
ages have rolled on their course and will
continue until that happy time when the
"lion and the lamb" shall lay down to
gether, Can th booster usher It In? I
doubt It. DAVID BURN HAM.
Democratic Taellcs.
Springfield Republican.
Th arbitration treatle will "11 over"
until the regular sees Ion, mainly on ac
count of th questioning and suspicious
attitude of Senator Bacon, the ranking
democratlo member of tbe committee on
foreign relation. Th treatie were pub
lished In full in order that the people might
form a definite opinion concerning them
and thus aid Mr. Bacon in finally deter
mining his own attitude and that of many
of his democratlo colleagues. It ts up to
Mr. Bacon to convtnc th people that the
treatie are dangerous to th country or
be convinced by them that they offer tbe
beat sort of Insurance against war.
, Dancer of the Recall.
New Tork World.
"Without a free and independent Judi
ciary," said Senator Borah In yesterday'
debate on the recall of Judges, "popular
government will be a taunting, tormenting
delusion." It will be a corollary to th de
lusion that Judge will be prevented from
legislating when they are subject to recall
if they decide iegal questions contrary to
popular sentiment.
Army Gossip
Titters ef Interest on and Back
of the Firing Lin Cleaned From
th Army and Wavy Beglster
timers! Wood'a In.peetloa Tnar.
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of the army, will shortly start on an
Inspection tour which will Include nearly
all of the coast artillery poets and stations
of the mobile army, which he has not
visited. lie hss lately Inspected the post
in New England and he deslrts to visit all
the posts In the United States. His trip
will take him through Texas where he will
specially observe the conditions along the
Mexican border and visit the maneuver
division at San Antonio. He will be ac
companied by Major Johnson Ilagood of
the general staff, when he visits the coast
artillery posts and by Captain Charles D.
Rhodes, also of the general staff, when he
visits the station of the mobile army.
Troop Movement Program.
Now that there has been a reduction of
a part of the maneuver division In Texas
by the withdrawal of ome of the troop
of that command, It will be possible to
tarry out the schedule of troop movement
between this country and the Philippines.
The first of the regiments, according to the
schedule, to be transferred Is the Thirteenth
Infantry, which was to have sailed for
Manila on the April transport It will
leave on the October I transport, which
means a six months' delay all along the
line, both In the departing and in the re
turning commands. This, of course, Is due
to the existence of the so-called maneuver
division In view of the menacing situation
In Mexico. The military authorities are
much gratified over the fact that It was
possible to send th troops to Texas and
return ome of thtm to their stations and
till leave a small balance to the credit of
army transportation for the last fiscal
year. There will be no deficiency on ac
count of the mobilisation of troops In Texas,
bilt this has been accomplished by cutting
a variety of necessary project and going
without some of the things which are
greatly needed, uch aa the repair to
transports. The postponement for six
month of the troop movement between
thi country and the Philippines simply
has the effect of transferring to another
fiscal year this cost, which amounts to
150,000 for railroad fare alone In the case
of a regiment moved to the Philippines.
There I no particular advantage, of
course, gained, since the postponement of
troor will require an undue draft on the
j 1911-1912 army transportation fund and in
me end there will be deficiencies.
Pending; Army Levlelatlon.
As is well known by this time, nothing
will be done during the remaining dav of
the present session toward the enactment
I me various bills pending before th
house and senate military committees re
lating to tne army. As has been stuted on
these pages. Representative Hav. chairman
of the house military committee, will be
in readiness early in the regular session in
December to report the bill Into which he
ia Incorporated the various measures
ihlch have been the occasion of hearings
luring the present extra session. Mr. Hay
i receiving replies from army officer to
ihom he ha aent requests for their vlawa
respecting the increase of the armv anllat.
ment period from three to five years. These
Inquiries were sent to field officer In the
unitea estates and in the Phillncines and
hen the replies are received Mr. Hav win
hav them analysed for the benefit of con-
reae, n is considered that bv this means
the house military committee will be In
possession of the army view of the situa
tion. In this .connection interest attaches
to the statement which has been made by
Representative Hay In reply to criticisms
ut nis course in obtaining this information.
Reimbursement for Loss of Horse.
An important decision ha been rendered
by the comptroller in the claim of Captain
Frank Parker, Eleventh cavalry, for the
loss of a horse which he valued at (450, the
purchase price. Captain Tarker was de
tailed to Cuba aa an instructor of the rural
guard and while on such duty returned to
the United Statea by order of the president
of Cuba to buy horses for the Cuban army.
He purchased In Missouri a horse for
which he paid the sum named and he took
the animal to Cuba along with the other
horse purchased by him, it being alleged
that hi horse died within three jveeks
after its arrival of pneumonia-contracted
while enroute by sea to Cuba. The ques
tion Involved wa a to the act of March
3, 18, which makes the government liable
for the value of lost "articles of personal
property," such as th secretary of war
shall decide to be reasonable, useful, neces
sary and proper for an offloer or soldier
while In quarters, engaged in public service,
In lln of duty. The comptroller does not
believe that a horse could be classed a an
"article" and he decided that "th act
doe not include horses and that th ac
counting officer are without Jurisdiction
to consider a claim made for th loss of a
horse." The assistant secretary of war
had previously certified that the animal
was reasonable, useful, etc., within the
provision of the law of 15. It was re
ported to the comptroller by the paymaster
general of the army that Captain Parker
received 10 per Cent Increase of pay for
service in Cuba and pay for two mounts
from September to December, 109; on this
subject th comptroller point ut that if
aa officer furnished hi mount at hi own
expense and hi horse ahould continue in
th aervlo six or seven years, th In
creased pay may operate as a compensa
tion, although, he adds. "I do not think
It waa o intended."
Let Christmas Alone.
Philadelphia Press.
The "sane Fourth" idea 1 well enough,
but there 1 nothing in It that JusUfie
or should prompt th organisation of the
'World League for a Sane Christmas.
Let Christmas alone. It 1 altogether the
beat holiday of th year. Th san Christ
mas agitation would eliminate the giving
Lof present at Christmas except between
.members of a lamny. ine motn
nlada-a themselves neither to give nor ac
cent Christmas present outside of their
own immediate family. Under that rule
those who need presents most would re
ceive the poorest or non at all. It cut
TlD ' Host
Tin TOO
TopS
Dread... 5c at all grocers
U. P. STEAM BAKING COMPANY
oi pacaage
all benevolent giving and l at war
with the true spirit of Christmas, That
holMnv la sane now. It la Ihnu who wuulL'
I reform It who are a little off. -T
LUXKLNO LAUGHS.
! "Has she any rich relatives?"
' "I guiaa not. I never heard her knock"
I Ing them. Detroit Free Press.
"Can I e you apart for a moment?"
"You mean alone, don't you? '
"K.xactiy. i want a loan of a fiver."
London Bystander.
"Met your wife lately?"
"No; but 1 see by the society paper
that she will be home In September."
Washington Herald.
"How long ran a man go without air?"
''I can't say. Tln longest Pullman trip
I ever took occupied seven days." Loutor
vllle Courier-journal.
d 4oJ
I know what Lncretla Itorsla woul
If she lived today. .
"What?"
"Shed go around wearing poisoned hat
pins." Clwvelsnd Plain Dealer.
Dyer There Is one thing to be said In
favor of a mosquito.
Ryer What Is that?
Dyer It haa great depth of feeling.
Judge.
Euclid was boasting of hi prow-eas.
"Here's one," remarked his wife. "If
we pay Bridget 3-5 per month and a neigh
bor offers her 326 how long will she tay7"
With a wall he fled into the night. Har
per's Baxar.
Miss Casey And when we are married,
papa, we are going to build a bungalow,
saving lor u now.
Casey And OI'U help ye, Mary. Shurn,
Ol'll begin saving the buna now, though,
it will take a long tulme to save enouga
to be av any use. Puck,
Mrs. Crabahaw 1 can't understand why
I didn't see those faults In you before w
were married.
Mr. Crabshaw It's quite plain, my dear.
I don't possess them. Judge.
"Father, the duke has proposed and wo
want to be married immediately!"
"All right. Here's a check for your mil
lion. Tell the duke to step In and I'll give
him a dollar to get the license. 'Pittsburg
Post
"The lady wdo did the shooting I an
actress, of course?"
'No,
"Authoress, then?"
"No; Just an ordinary Individual."
"Hum,'' said the city editor, "this Is a
blyMrr sensation than I tnought." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
A little lad was desperately ill, but re
fused to take the medicine the doctor had
left. At last his mother gave him up. ' to,
my boy will die; my boy will die," sh
sobbed.
B a voice spoke from the bed. "Don't
cry, mother. Fatheril be home soon, and
he'll make me take it." Woman Home
Companion.
. THE ABJUES OF PIECE.
IES OF PIECE.
After the tea things aie put away,
viner me paper is reaa,
After the noise snd cans of day,
And the youngsters arc abed;
After the prayers and the good night kiss.
UJ IMC HIV BIIU J,
And the winds may blow, but I'm glad for
IIIIH,
And the dream that go smiling by.
After the children's time for play.
After tho voices of care
Have echoed in distance and died away.
And night with Its peace is fair.
After the Uttlo stories are told
And the lilt of the lullaby.
The day seems dross bv the evening' gold
And the joys that go laughing by,
After the crib and the trundle bed
Are canopied high with dreams;
After the lust little curly head
la shorn of its golden beams
By the muffing out of the candle's light,
When she by th fire and I,
And I'm glad for the stillness and peace of
night
And the hope that go gleaming by.
After the gnomes and the goblins drift
Out to the sleepy sea;
After the hearth fire Muses lift
Songs of the Joys to be:
After the workaday world's asleep,
She by the fire and I
In the dream-a-whlle time, when fairies
peep
And gladness goes dancing by.
And this Is the strength that th Nation
boasts.
And this is the Nation's pride.
And these are grander than panoplied host
And ships on the sea beside;
The lullabies and the hearth fires bright.
And the cribs where the children He,
And the dreams of love that hallow thai
night
And tho Faith that goes smiling by.
J. W. Foley.
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Popular Bread Today
bread 1 by far tha bit seat seller
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today. With our liumenae plant and deliv
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it for sal except when absolutely freh.
Tip Top bread is being imitated in tyle
not in quality.
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