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THE REE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 191T. "H-""?SJ TIIE . OMAHA DAILY BEE rflUNCEB BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROKE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poetoMce aa seoond- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ftmdajr fcee, one year B MturiJav Be. one yar l- rl!y F (without Sunday), one year . LI)y nnd Ronday, one yesr w DtUVEREO BT CARRIER. Eveninc Bee (with fiumlgv), per month. SRc tlly e (Inrludint Sunday), per mo..f t1ly Pee (without Sunday), rer mo Address all complaint of Irregularities la delivery to Cltv CinrnUtlon Dept. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal erdet Mvable to The Bee Publishing company. nlv 2-eent stsmps received in payment ef mall account. Personal check, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accented. OFFICES Omaha The Bee Bunding. South Omaha 2A N. Twenty-fourth St Council Muff IS Prott Bt. Lincoln-; Little Building. Chicago IMS Marquette Building. Kansas City Relinnc Building. New York 34 Went Thirty-third St. Waahlnrton Fourteenth St.. N. W. ' CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to new and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Beo. Editorial Department. . AUOTJBT CIRCULATION. 47,543 Kta& ef Nebraska. County of Douglaa. : Dwlght Williams, circulation manager ef The Bee Publishing company, being duly (worn, say that the average dally circulation, less spoiled, unused and re turned copies, for the month of August. llU. waa 47.S43. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Pubscrlbed In my presence and sworn to fcefere m this 4th day of September. 1911 (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public, anserlbera leavlna- tfc elty temporarily saoold The Be nailed to them. Address rlU b rbaatiil a oftea as reqneeted. Even, the footpads In Omaha are polite during Ak-Sar-Ben. "Italy's Note to Turkey la Final." Co wag France's note to Germany. SUll it is hardly fair to judge a man's disposition by the fuzzy hat he wears. In other words, Mr. Morgan says he will do his own tempering of his own Steel trust. Now we know who they mean when they say "the men higher up" they mean those aviators. HI Johnson, governor of Califor nia, has assailed President Taft for rejecting the Arizona recall. Oh, well It might be recalled now that Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia was1 also oase regarded as a reform candidate. The man who does not drink cof fee or take sugar In hta tea may be Juat as happy today as he was. a month ago. , , I ' . ' . Though leader tf the Insurgents, Senator La Follette stands pat wlton an Interviewer or a camera man ap proaches Mm. - May Ban Fraaclsoo find its new mayor aa Improvement. It surely will, though we do not know much about the man. Sam BIythe says the way for a fat mta to get this is to quit eating. He can also get to the cemetery by the same route. It is to be hoped the weather man realises the responsibility which de volves upon, him as custodian of the comfort of King Ak-Sar-Ben'a sub jects. ' England is so ghoullshly gleeful ver Cauada'a rejection of reci procity that It perhaps wishes sow that It had not signed that peace pact with us. Don't forget that the Hltchcock Denlson World Herald combine used the same identical registration list to beat the commission pian in the Third ward. Douglas county medics are unani asous ia denouncing the contract system of furnishing medical ser vices. That Is to say, they are unanimous except those doctors who har the contracts. The Nebraska Democratic club, watch is the Bryan volunteers re christened, Is after more contribut ing members. Wo suggest that the alub engage Marry Hayward again recruiting officer. Joe Jacksoa and Ty Cobb, it is said, will bo oa the stage thia win ter. We do not doubt It. Jackson ean neither read nor write, but he bats ltt the .400 class, so must be eminently qualified for acting. Stridently fearing the president might place the wrong construction on his acts of friendship, Senator Brtstew deemed It necessary to notify Mr. Taft before he left Kan sas, that all Is not gold that glitters. Arthur Pue Oormaa, jr., running fur aenator in Maryland, la referred to as a new type of politician, who, though practical, tells the people cxsctly what he expects to do. Why, that is the old shell game in dii guise. The friends and acquaintances) la his old to we home of the democratic nomlaoe for congress ia tho Third Nebraska district are said to bo "delighted" over tho hoaor that has cowe to him. It la really too bad ho Is aot ruaalag for coaxrcwa over tiers. The Reformed Reformer. Every one knows there is no re former like the reformed reformer. As soon as he experiences contrition and conversion he' baa no patience with the perverseness of his former companions and associates, and at once insists on revolutionizing the whole world from the housetops for fear he may not get all the lime light that belongs to him. This Is the sad case of Mayor "Jim'a" police court clerk, who, on being nominated for police judge, has auddenly had his eyes opened to the terrible conditions that surround him. From his vantage point in the police court conning tower he asserts that "there are dozens of dis orderly houses, notorious and dis reputable, within a few blocks of the police station," and "scores of others within the business and resi dence districts, running openly, no toriously and brazenly without the slightest effort at concealment." He adds also that "gambling joints, no torious In their methods, flourish In all parts of tho city," and to cap the climax declared that "if the ,olic are not familiar with their locations and conditions, thfv are the only persons in: the city who are Ignorant" It seems to as that Mayor "Jim's" police court clerk must be either overdrawing the dark picture or confessing altogether too much. If he knows all about these disorderly p'aces, what has he been doing as police court clerk, under solemn oath as a public official to obey and en force the laws of the city and state? If he has known of these question able places all the time, presumably he knew of the particular one occu pying a building belonging in part to him. We have had periodic grand juries, and we have a democratic county attorney charged with en forcing the Albert law and the gambling laws, but whoever heard of our police court clerk going be fore them or uttering a peep until he won in his candidacy for the democratic nomination for police judge? For more than two yeara he has been content to draw two sal aries, one aa police court clerk and the other from the city paving con tractor, which . some believe' is in violation of the city charter, and has never once thought of turning re former. But now is his chance to do something that will bring an im mortal name. If the police court clerk wants to make good on his oath of office, all he has to do is to swear out complaints against all these notorious law-deflers. What is he waiting for? Sid We Err with Canada? .Now that the hope of reciprocity with Canada has been demolished, those who felt that such, an arrange ment was necessary to the fortunes of this country can see where the United States possibly made a mis-. take, not in ' the last congress, nor during the present administration, but a good many years ago and a good many times. Before it at tained its present state of national strength and development Canada recognized the need of closer trade relations with Its powerful neighbor, the United States. Time and again Canada sent representative to Washington with proposals of such relations and time and again these representatives came away rebuffed and empty-handed. Finally the Canadians settled down to the conviction that the best thing tor them to do was to proceed with the development of their own rich resources and work out a na tional policy as best they could with out the aid -or co-operation of the United States. So when President Taft, the first to put into concrete form a statement of the supposed advantage to thia country of reci procity with Canada, got his proposi tion in such shape to forward to Canada for its approval, Canada promptly vigorously pounces on It with both' feet and sumps It Into the ground, from which it is not likely so (in to rise. The advantages of reciprocity with Canada may have been a little overdrawn, but everybody must ad mit that close trade relations with this growing Dominion are not only desirable, but profitable. Of course, this talk of the Canadian conserva tives closing the door against the United States is foolish, for Canada will need the United States a great deal more than we shall need Canada, after all, and when the first flush of their decisive victory is past, the conservatives too will nrob- ably see the mutual advantage of keeping the door ajar. . For Morgan Had Spoken. The dispatches describing the last Wall street stock market riot read like the narrative of so mo Titanic military conflict. "One of the most exciting episodes in the history of Wall street" "Bulls and bears fought relentlessly." "The men surged and swayed about the post and then moved la a struggling mass across tho floor." And what was it all about? Had come gigantic Industry crashed, bringing dowa la its debris the ruins of allied Institutions? Nothing of tho sort No panic or suggestion of panic; ao ran on a bank nor thought of it; no new goverament- pollry declaratloa of tnost control none of these things had happened. One man fell to talking and mad this remark. LaddeaXaliy, U eeas: The steel corporation has no plana for either dissolution or disintegration. "The range of prices In some cases exceeded six points." For it waa J. P. Morgan who had spoken. True, Mr. Morgan had not said much, but enough to warrant Wall street spec ulators In twisting his words into a basis of market manipulation. What would have happened had Mr. Mor gan dilated at length on the steel trust's contempt for governmental authority, one can only conjecture. Turkey's Naive Appeal to Sympathy. The Turkish press complains that the 'present Italian aggression re garding Tripoli is the outcome of the old animosity of Christianity toward Islam. It goes further and declares, with special reference to Germany, France and Russia, that there is no Justice in Europe; that treaties are made only .to be broken as instru ments of deception to gain advan tage. It comes in. poor grace for Turkey to set up such argument, especially to appeal for sympathy on the ground that Christianity is punish ing Islamism. Can Turkey deceive itself enough to imagine that the world has so soon forgotten Its reign of . anti-Cbrlstlan atrocities, its bloody persecutions of Armenians, its relentless cruelties in the name of Islam for the extinction in the Turkish empire of any power that dared become outspoken or self-assertive there? For years students of history have pointed the warning finger toward Turkey in the solemn conviction that unless It turned from its semi-barbarous course It would pay the pen alty in national decay or destruction. It will not do now, no matter what the immediate provocation may be between Turkey and Italy, for the sultan to fall back upon so poorly improvised a defense as the one his censored press has set up. Italy says Its attitude is based on recent wrongs Italian subjects have suf fered at the hands of the Ottoman government. Italy's case will be heard in the court of world opinion and If that seems to be a bit biased against Turkey, let Turkey remem ber the past and be patient Kansas Does Itself Proud. It may be disputable, of course, whether the majority of Kansans are for or against Taft. Yet this did not prevent Kansas, insurgent lead ers and all, from turning out record breaking crowds to greet the presi dent with all- the vim and. cordial enthusiasm of ardent admirers and supporters . .. ' That Is highly to the credit and honor of Kansas. It betrays In the people of that state the proper re gard for the high office and the per son of the chief magistrate of their land. It sets a wholesome example in patriotism and civic regard to the entire country. President Taft, In one of his Kansas speeches, hit the nail oa' the head when be said that many good people may differ with Kansas folks in their political views, but they must admire them for their adherence to principle and their steadfast devotion to their gov ernment. Except for one little brief Incident that transpired at Hutchinson, Kan sans permitted not the least .sug gestion of .political - divergences to creep Into their entertainment of tne president. . They made it as hospitable as If they had endorsed everything he advocated. Of course. the president received some pretty good evidence of hearty support in Kansas, although the state is never theless popularly classed as Insur gent territory. The Hitchcock-Dennison-World-Herald combine carried the Third ward against the commission plan of government, which may explain why the hyphenated organ is raising so much dust tojmake it easy for the same gang to pile ud a maioritv there for the democratic ticket in November. The churches all over the country are asked to observe a good roada Sunday. The preachers may want to know first whether good roads will bring more people to church or lure to pleasure jaunts those who still at tend regularly. The first stunt pulled off at the National Guard encampment is a stabbing affray between a nrlvaie and a corporal. Some of those fighters just cant wait until they get the common enemy in front of them. If tho city hall officials - sre to have their customary reviewing stand for Ak-Sar-Ben parades, we move the appointment of an arbi trator to whom shall be referred all disputes over tickets. A New Mystery. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Question of IdenHtw ni xru Mich., being now apparently settled. m somebody rorveaj the Identity of the man who drank the Bronx nrw-ktuM dent declined T There la a loud cry of name" In tho vicinity ot W. CL T. TJ. headquarters. - Watr-Latrel Tobeee Trul. St. Louis Republic la bis report on the Tobaoeo trust bert Knox Smith object to the combine, tlon'a valuation of Its good will at flit.. 00. 000. Ha thinks Sfi4.000.Oie wonbf h. about right. It ia to he remembered, hv. ever, that a partnership with the United Stale government's tax lag machine to almost a prloaiee a sent. Naturally enough, the Tobacco true has tt realised It kMOvUr. Ojookiri Backward mmmm asa, w mW -- j COMPILED FROM DEC FILES 1 SEPT. 20. Thirty Years Ago The city seam In a summer sea of glory today. The torrent of rann that fell during the night swept dirt and debris with resistless force down to tha business portlona of tha city. Tha signal service reported about four Inches of rain, of which about one Inch fell In fifteen minutes. Republican primaries are being held today to elect delegates to the county convention Saturday. Seven delegatea are chosen from each city ward and three from each country precinct. Member of the two Episcopal deaneries are preparing for a Joint church conven tion to ba held October 4 and S at St Barnabas church. Tha notice la signed by Rev. Frank R. MUlspaugh, Rev. C. a Harris, Rev. John Williams and Rev. J. W. Greenwood. A special car on the Rock Island brought In to examine tha ruins of the Council Bluffs explosion the president of the road, Hugh Riddle, General Man ager R. R. Cable, Division Superintendent Rots, General Solicitor Thomas Witheril, Assistant Manager Kimball and ex-Senator Wright, the counsel of the road. The officials estimate the damage at $200,000. Toung Frank, the school boy who waa shot at the Dodge street school by a companion. Is resting comfortably and expects to be out soon. Mrs. John Flood, wife of the Bonanza king of the Faolfio slope, and party of friends occupied a special car attached to the Union Pacific and went out on the Q. "Among the rumored elates fixed up by the democrata for county officers the following Is mentioned: For county clerk, F. J. McShane; treasurer. .Chris Hart man; sheriff. Cyrus Morton: county commissioner, Van Smith; county Judge, John J. O'Connor. The lion continues to- roar for Moore's harnesa and saddlery. Another party of- Chinese students from eastern colleges went through Omaha on their way home. Twenty Years Ago A delightful surprise waa tendered Miss Marguerite Riley at her home. 2219 Maple street. In the evening. There was danc ing and music, the latter being furnished by an Italian orchestra These made up the company: Misses Mai Linahan, Win ifred Paxmeter, Maggie McCarthy, Mamie Brennan, Agnes O'Connor, Katie Nestle bush, Nellie Nestlebush, Jennie McAvoy, Alice Cannon, Maggie Cannon, Mary and Katie Reagan. Maggie Carroll, Annie Burke, Kattle Burke, Anna Cosiens. Rose and Mamie Brady," Mary Tracy, Mary Riley, Mrs. Nestlebush, Mrs. Kinney, Mrs. Reagan, Messrs. Dan Linahan, A. Latey, M. Kane, D. O'Neal, D. Hegarty. J. .Wtaalen.. T. Brown, J. Fltsmaurlce, J. Reagan,. T. Reagan, F. Brady, F. Burke, J. Kinney, .J. Morrlssey, J. Tracy, J. Kirk, Tom Mullen, Tom Corby, J. Riley. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burroughs of Dead wood arrived in Omaha to make their home hare. Miss Alice T. Clute and William Bur roughs were married' by Rev. F. W. Fos ter at the tatter's residence, 2230 Ohio street. ' Mr. Mary ' Peterson, 43 yeara of as, wife of P. Peterson, died at their home, 1707 Webster street. . A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. Rubin. Earl; the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Snodgraas, 223 North Nine teenth street, died at his home. A horse and buggy were stolen at night from the barn of John Baohman, VU California street. Thieves also helped themselves to a set of harness belonging to W. R. Crandall, living near the Uir grounds. Ten Years Ago Rev. Merton Smith closed his summer gospel meetings with a tentful of people. Dr. Stephen Phelps of the Omaha Theo logical seminary made an address in the aftemTton at the Toung Men's Christian association on "The Book of the Cen tury." He said the Bible lifted the. veil between origin and destiny. Mrs. K. 8. Fisher, K years of age, died at the family residence, 2130 Burdette street She was a daughter of Mr. and Mra. John McDonald and a sister of former Sheriff John McDonald. Mary Huteson Luts died In the after noon at Clarkson hospital. Colonel Spurgln reported that since farm work bad let up aome, army re cruiting was going on rapidly. H. Gordon Bangerow of Sioux City was visiting his brother In Omaha. Senator Dietrich arrived In the city over the Burlington and Immediately went to the home of General Manager Holdrege of the Burlington. People Talked About War between rival labor organizatlona in Chicago and the strikes Incident there to, so far this year cauaed i loss of wages In the building trade estimated at 8. 500,000. The Connecticut legislature easily cap tures the endurance record. It has been In session since the first of the year and the membera show no disposition to give up the salary and go home. Colonel John James MoCook of New York, who died recently at the age of S, was the last of "the fighting MeCooka," who sixteen In number Joined the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil war. John Ia Sullivan positively refuses to break Into the poMtleal game In Massa chusetts by running for eongresa, pre ferring to stick to his farm and the Independence that blooms close to na ture. Bounds likes old days In Maryland, this charge of stuffing the ballot boxes at the primary election a few weeks ago. The son of the late Senator Gor man was a beneficiary ef the returns, and showed marked familiarity with the game aa his father played It. It seems, however, that young Gorman was not a high lonesome on the lob. Machine leaders of both parties, according to g.aad Jmy reports, are smeared with the same quality of tar. Nina trustees of Uie sanitary district of Chicago draw salaries of (3,000 a year each. The legislature raised their sal aries to 16.000 each. As the constitution forbids Increase of salaries of trustees while la office eight of the nine trustees arranged matter so that the lr.ersaa In each eaae goes to sons, daughters or wives plaoed oa tha payroll aud given nominal duties. Army Gossip Matters ef Interest Oa ad Back ot Firing Llae Gleamed from Army aad Navy Register. Army Hats and Pone he. It la expected that the new army poncho will be Issued to soldiers some time during November or December. The new campaign hat will hardly be ready for use Inside of one year. This is due to a large supply ot the old style which Is. on hand, and It la the policy of the department to use the old hats be fore Introducing the new one. There Is no great difference in the appearance ot the new and old hat, and both can be worn with the Montana peak.' It Is, however. In line with the practice of th quartermaster general to withhold tha new material until the old Is practically exhausted. The new campaign hat will have a five and one-half-inch crown and a three-inch brim. The brim Is stiff and the crown has a blocked Montana peak. Sal of BnffaJo Overcoats. The quartermaster general of the army has received many requests for Informa tion concerning the buffalo overcoats which are being offered for sale by the army. It has been decided to place these coats In lota ot ten In various cities, Including New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and several western cities, where they will be open to In spection by those who desire to purchase them. Bids must be submitted for lots of from one to ten, and the quarter master general will award the lots to the highest bidders. -No bid will be con sidered that Is not over 325 for each coat. It haa been decided not to allow on party 'to purchase more than ten of the coats. Shortage In Army Officers. It Is Interesting to note the fact that at a time when there seems to ba an un usual number ef vacant commissions In the United States arm, there appears to be a dearth of candidates who desire commissions In the British army. It la stated that the English authorities are at their wits' end to fill existing vacancies. There seems to be practically no com petition for cadetshlps and bare qualifica tion is now generally sufficient to Insure success. In the English army the pay of officers of Junior rank Is such that It may account, In a great measure, for the shortage, as It Is necessary for cadets to finance their way through the army col leges. Infantry Promotion. The block In promotions of Infantry of ficers cauaed by delay In setting the court martial case of First lieutenant Robert G. Rutherford, Jr., Twenty-fourth infantry is being cleared up. Up to September 20 forty -nine first lieutenants, above the place to which Lieutenant Rutherford was reduced have been promoted or commis sions directed to be prepared for them, and fifteen more will be promoted after Rutherford passes hla examination tor promoton to a captaincy. Further, ninety seven second lieutenants have been pro moted or commissions ordered prepared for them, and eighten more will be pro moted when Rutherford pasaes his ex amination. - Promotions of all qualified first lieutenants have been directed down to and Including First Lieutenant W. H. Johnson Eight Infantry and promotion are due down to and Including Firat Lieu tenant. A. L. Brlggs. Promotions of all qualified second lieutenants have been directed down to and Including Second Lieutenant C. L. Davenport, Nineteenth infantry, and promotion are due down to and Including Second Luietenant L. R. Fredendall, Second Infantry. First Lieu tenant R. W. Case, C. 8. Donavln, and A. O. Mlnlok ot the In fantry, under detail as first lieutenants of ordnance, have Juat been redet ailed as captains of ordnance. New Uniform Order. Juat before Secretary of War Stlmson and Major General Wood, Chief of the General Staff, left Washington to begin their tour of Inspection In the south and southwest, there was handed to General Wood the final draft of the new uniform order that la soon to go Into effect, and a copy of which will be made public when General Wood returns to Wash ington. Ail that Is necessary now is the approval of President Taft, which will be given when he gets back from his western tour, Nothing like the new order haa ever been Issued to the army, and It will be about the most complete thing of the kind ever promulgated In any army. It Is stated that ' the order is so Indexed that the officer who has occasion to re fer to It and find out at once what kind of uniform he ought to wear on any oc. caslon. At present the post commanders prescribe when full dress Bhall be worn, when white trousers are appropriate, the color of shoes, and whethor a campaign hat or a cap Is to be worn on formal and Informal occasions Under the new order the number of occasions when full dress Is necessary have been reduced to a minimum, the proper number of medals that an officer should wear la designated, and he la told where to hang them on his coat. In fact, the smallest detail of drees for all oc casions Is given. Are Yob Oaf Brooklyn Eagle. Russia's new premier has before him a problem as complicated aa the pro nunciation of his own name, Kokov taeff. The vowels of compassion are notably conspicuous by their absence there. CORN FODDER DAYS. C. L. Edson In Kansas City Star. The morning glows on marching rows Of weaxy, tattered corn; The lantisuape looms with draggled plumes And garments frayed and torn. The day of gloom is rising high When all the cornfield soldiers die. Scream, ravens, scream, the garish dream Snail crumble in the breeze: Stare, red-eyed day, with sickly ray, o.buve the dogwood tree. The cringing nymuhs are terror dumb; The harvest of the corn baa come! Trail, tangled, ellken sheen ao more, blue velvet blossom, bleed and die. For craahing through your bosom's cor. The oooio hal snuie you hip and thighl A tear or two of tangled dew Th mourning year shall weep for you. The farm boy standa with eager bands 'i hat clasp the bluish blade. Then right and left the atalk are cleft. Aud now a wigwam's made. And like an Inaian phantuy The mytlc village soon w sea Each blade stroke stirs th cockle burrs And crab grass growing by. While euhoe about "Come out.oom out. And see th cornfields die!" And unseen nymph go skipping past Unhouaed, unheveled, doomed at last! Stamped hosts of Indian ghosts And many a vanished chief Ride raclne; by with battle cry And never stir a leaf. And brooding dreams of other days Drift dowa Use duat upoa the uulUsw i v as? m .nsurgency is not what you think Let Senator La Follette stand as the most fully defined type of insurgent that we have. La Follette has written .a history of insurgency; La Follette 's story, or diary, or autbbi-' ography,with La Follette in the leading role, naturally, will run in The Ameri can Magazine for the greater part of a year, beginning in October. You will learn that insurgency is a broader and more significant move ment than you have thought. Neither is it a new thing. The foundations were laid twenty years ago, and much of it has already borne fruit. The political history of the next presidential , campaign will be better understood, after reading what La Follette has to say. 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