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THE BEE: OMAIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1912. sTHE OMAHA DAILY BEEJ. "i 5i FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSBWATER, EDITOR. BEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha Pcmto'fica m second . class matter. iltsJ ' TERMS OF SUUSCIUPTION. Sunday Bee, one year............;... wai -w. ........ . Dally Be (without Sunday) one year.HOO J- Daily Bee, and Sunday, one year;...00 L DELIVERED BY CARRIER. J Dally Bee (including Sunday) per mo..c tT Daily Be (without Sunday), per mo. Jto t Address all complaints or lrregularlt.es iln delivery to City Circulation Dept. & REMITTANCES. . , J' Remit by draft, express or postal order. 4 payable to The Bee Publishing company. : Only l-cont stamps received-In payment vof small accounts. Personal checks, x f cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, net accepted. OFFICES. " Omaha Th Bee building. . i South Omaha SIS N St. j , Council Bluffs-14 No. Main St. Lincoln-is Little bulldlnp. Chicago-1041 Marquette building. Kansas City-Rellanc building. New Tork-M West Twenty-third. 8t Louts-44S Pierce building. M Washington 72S Fourteenth 8t N. An Honor for Omaha. The election of Omaha's popular city commissioner, John J. Ryder, to be president of the League of Ameri can Municipalities is not only a com pliment to him, but an honor to this city, which our people should recog nize and appreciate. To be called on to furnish the head of this great na tional organization, : which is the clearing .house for the forward move ment in municipal- government throughout the country, puts Omaha right in the front row, and shows that Mr. Ryder's common sense and practical ability has struck the mem bers of the league as favorably as they did our people when they gave him their vote of preference last spring. President Ryder' new Job Is particularly gratifying to The Bee be cause he was promoted out of this newspaper office into the city hall, and addressed CORRESPONDENCE. rmmnnitiona retatlnff to news Altria.l matter should b Omaha Bee, editorial Department. f AUGUST CIRCULATION. i 50.229 V tttmtm nf N.hruk. County Of DougUS, ! fit Dwlght Williams, circulation manager H of The Be Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that th averag dally m circulation lor tne momn 01 auimj Was S0.ZM. D WIGHT WILLilAMJJ. Circulation Manager. C Subscribed In my presence and sworn Z to before me this M day of September, ROBERT HUNTER, E friTal.) ' Notary Public S- , . - . . leaTlaa; city heal hare The to them. Address " . Sbcrt ! ' temporarily Ai Be sall4 jj will be ckaased mm a re- The colonel is ' mad. That's very evident S As a matter of fact, boy bandits lare heroes in story books only. - : , $ Ak-Sar-Ben begins a few days :? after Omaha's ball team cinches the j pennant. M SSBBBBBBBSBBBMSSSSBBsSJSSSBSBaSJ .11- . .- v Dr. Wilson would advise the young g man contemplating politics not to 3 write booUs. 5' 'st New York's 80 0-acre farm for I tramps doubtless finds farm labor as 't scarce as erer, That jingle you hear is Mr, Mpr gan declaring himself for his fa Jfvorite candidate. I? That Is not fair for Governor Wi lson to try to beat President Taft's 4 time with Ty Cobb. , 13 Thanks to these late rains, pa tures .and lawns will go Into winter well provided with moisture. t: Every one to his hobby. Dr. Wiley insists that the real issue of the 5 campaign is pure food legislation. Every up-to-date man believes in fall house cleaning, especially If he can be away from home at the time, Well, if it's a square deal he wants, let him pull his misbranded electors off the republican ticket in Nebraska. , , ,;v. . It is strange how Mexican people, " with a national air as pretty as "La 1 Paloma," can act as ugly as those , .rebels are acting. . i None of the protests sent up f gainst high ' prices have brought mucn relief, probably because the prices beat them up. i. "Postmasters Want More Pay." As if that would be unusual In post masters any more than In Incumbents . of other salaried positions. - v The little Oroaco girl who pleads with President Taft not to let Mr, Madero get her papa and grandpa is j borrowing trouble, we should say. i Still Colonel Roosevelt was very " desirous of and willing to accept the support of Victor Rosewater up to the moment he decided to bolt the t 'Chlcago convention. ' It is not rash to presume that the Commercial club cost of living will be still higher when the club ascends . to its new, seventeenth, and eiga- .teenth-story quarters, 'j ' That unconfirmed rumor of the Recline of meat prices may have grown out of the fact that an aero plane collided recently , with a cow, doubtless the cow that jumped over the moon. ;. Nicholas Longworth's definition of himself as a steadfast republican of progreesive proclivities, who believes 1 in the enforcement .of Roosevelt t doctrines, sght to satisfy the paren rial censorship. f Can You Beat It? . Paper ballots Instead of voting - ma chines. .Douglas county has about 159,000 tied up In voting machines, but the exigencies of republican politics this year seem to demand paper and pentfll. World-Herald. Can you beat it? The continued use of the voting machines was stopped, not by the republicans, but by the democrats of the county board, as the record clearly shows. ' Our democratic con temporary must think people have very short memories. It assumes that every one has forgotten how the machines were put into the discard, when everybody should know that after the election last fall the county commissioners, ascribing democratic defeat to the straight party lever, voted the machines out of commis sion with the notion that they were promoting the exigencies of demo cratic politics at the next turn of the wheel. The Bee at that time pointed out that the democratic county board was doing exactly what had caused such a commotion from the. World' Herald when the republicans ob jected to the use of the voting ma chines the year before, but we could not then get that sheet even to peep on the subject, : ' ; It is certainly an exhibition of gall for the democrats to find fault with the republicans for something, they, themselves, have done. ffliisDay taOmakj 8EPT.2J. IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS - Some Events of Importance in the Old -World. ICTBTHFUL JAES. Business and the Campaign. As chief of the Harriman lines, Robert 8.- Lovett concludes a tour of the west with expressions of satis faction as to the general prosperity abounding. . He was impressed by the large amount of new construc tion work and the demand for labor. Tet this is a national campaign year and this activity prevails all over the country, so that it is a mat ter of current comment. Men agree that they hare never known business to be so little impaired by the dis tracting Influences of a national election, despite the fact that politi cal lines are more than ever con fused this year. , Commerce and in dustry are going ahead just1 as if no presidential contest were on. New precedents are being set. Hereafter when men speak of diverting these consequences tney will nave to ex cept 1912. 1 What is the reason? Is it not largely a tribute to the wise admin istratiofi of President Taft? 1 In all reason and fairness, is not his ad ministration entitled to much of the credit for conditions which neutralize the disturbing effects of a fierce presidential election? Thirty Yearn Ago Two fires kept the department busy, Th first threatened a two-story frame house between Jackson and Jones near Thirteenth, occupied by Mrs. Duncan, and the second took a barn right back of the Dodge street school bouse, rented by Bell A Behrens. The republican state convention nom mated James W. Dawes for governor and A. W, Age for his running partner. Frank Ransom came within an : ace of being nominated for attorney general. The First district democratic conven tion, presided over by A. J. Poppleton, nominated John L Redlck for congress by acclamation. Members of all Masonic lodges are asked to participate In celebrating the quarter centennial anniversary of the grand lodge, the notice being signed by O. W. Llnlnger, master Capital lodge; Charles K. Coutant, master Covert lodge, and E. B. Carter, master St John's lodge. Mrs. John O. Willis wants a good Ger man girl for general housework. On the local market cash wheat No. 2 is quoted at SB cents, corn at K cents. A general court-martial is called to meet at Fort Omaha next week with a detail of six officers, and th explana tion that "a greater number of officers cannot be assembled without manifest In Jury to th servtes." ' Twenty Years Ago Chairman A. E. Cady of St. Paul of the republican state committee was in th city with reports that the state ticket was steadily gaining In strength. W. A. Taylor, superintendent of the Omaha office of Bradstreet'a, left for a brief business stay in Can Francisco. Paul Alblerl, a Bohemian author of note, lately of St. Paul, Minn., spent the day in Omaha, enroute to Chicago, to take a position with a leading Bohemian dally newspaper. , Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Baurn. ieft for New Tork. ,Mrs. J. N. Page of Des Moines, formerly of Omaha, was visiting her daughter, Mr. C. Axford, ZU1 Lake street. The cornerstone of the new . Episcopal church, SU Philip the DeiOOu, TWnty- flrst and Paul streets, was laid with ceremony by Bishop Worthlngton. The assisting clergymen were: Dean Gard ner, Canon Whitmarsh, Rev. Dr. Do herty, Rev. Mr. Lloyd, Rev. Alexander Maonab, Rev. Paul Mathews and Arch bishop Sparling. Th pastor of "the church was Rev. John Albert Williams. A on was born to ,Mr. and Mrs.' Jo seph .Crow. . :' i A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A.' J, Turkl. . . - Ten Years Ago-'- u Peter A. Nelson, who died of asphyxia tion while working on a gas pipe, was laid at rest In Prospect Hill cemetery, funeral services being Tield at the fam ily , home, 4221 Piero street by Rev. Mr, Carlson, Rev. Clyde Clay Clssell preached at Hansoom Park Methodist church upon man a (Vd's greatest problem and said that th secret of man's greatness was his independence. The program for th American and foreign societies of th Christian church In their convention In Omaha was completed and given out The convention dates were October 18-23, inclusive, and the blgget men la this church were coming for that gathering. Rev. D. K. Tlndall at Trinity Methodist church sounded the call for the need of pewer in th church. "The greatest need of the church," he said, "is not numbers, but power." It became known that nearly every town in Nebraska to be visited by Presi dent ' Roosevelt on his journey through th state the last of th week ,had ar ranged to have th school children out to greet him. How thoughtless of J. Plerpont Morgan to- declare himself , for the colonel has" at the moment the col onel was busy declaring that all the Steel trust fellows, except Perkins, were for somebody else. Woman on the Hustings. It Is no new thing for women to make political campaign speeches., Party organizations have had their auxiliaries led by such women as Mrs. J. Ellen Foster and Mrs. John A. Logan, and of late Mrs, Martin J. Littleton, Mrs. and Miss La. Fellette and other wives end daughters of candidates-for office have gone on the hustings in their behalf. Their influence has been distinctly felt in some cases, indeed. Congressman Littleton gave his .wife most of the credit for his election In New York But it remained tor Mme. Nordlca, known in private life aa Mrs. George K. Young, wife of a New York broker who Is running for the state senate in New Jersey, to sing as well as speak on the stump for her husband's candidacy. To be sure campaign singing is not a novelty; but the role Mme. Nordlca proposes to perform will be quite novel. A voice that has thrilled people of two continents with its wonderful range and sweet ness, should be a powerful help in a political campaign. It should soften asperities and touch the emotions, whether or not It appeals to the rea son of the voters A And if the prima donna does that she will not suffer by .comparison with the more sonor ous campaigners' who too often mis take noise for argument. N . L later Day. Saturday, September 28. Is marked "Ulster day" In the calendar of the op ponents of home rule In Ireland. A series of preliminary meetings preceding the main event are to be held in various towns in the province, culminating in Belfast on Saturday. Distinguished speakers will Ting the changes In the political and sectarian phases of the agi tation and all opponents of self-government will sign a covenant to resist home rule to the death. The Orange order Is the backbone of the opposition to Irish self-rule. Tory party leaders, from Mr. Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson down to the minor political secretaries, have fanned th flam of bigotry Into as con flagration and' are themselves unable to check Its headway. What the outcome may be time alone, will tell. So far the agitation serves an . excuse for the Or angemen to. beat up home rulers and get their Jobs. If the government is forced to act It la prepared to handle the re bellious with the vigor shown In applying coercion laws to nationalists in years past. The Balfour crimes act, designed to suppress Irish nationalists, remains In force and Its application to the Bel fast extremists would contribute to the gayety of the rest of th island. Indeed, a goodly portion of Ulster would enjoy the spectacle of pouring coercion medi cine, compounded for the enemy, into the gulleta of the compounders. For Ulster Is a divided household. Of Its representa tives In Parliament sixteen are national ist and seventeen tofy. On religious lines the population stands 52.2 per cent Protestant and 47.8 per cent Catholic Many of the" former are horn rulers. To claim Ulster a unit in opposition to th aspirations of th rest of Ireland la baseless. The opposition centers in the Orange lodges and those whom they coerce, and the tories utilize this organ ization as a means of furthering the restoration of landlordism to power. German Waterways. The natural arteries of commerce in Germany are to b enlarged, deepened, and new canals constructed to meet the expanding needs of the empire. It Is proposed to build a transcontinental canal due east beyond Dortmund. All the rivers running from south to north Into th Baltic and North seas are' to b Joined together by a large canal run ning from west to east, thus bringing the east and southeast In direct communica tion with the North Sea through the Rhine-Herne-Djortmund-Bmden canal. Th construction of th Rhine-Weser canal and the enlargement of the Berlin Stettin canal have already been taken la hand. Th River Ruhr, at Essen, in Westphalia, Is to be deepened and widened.- At Blnge on the Rhine, the dan gerous Blngen Loch is to be mad more easily navigable. The Rhine, itself, which so far la only navigable for large ships as far as Strassburg, Is to be made navi gable as far as Basel. The Mosel and 6aar, tributary rivers of the Rhine, are to be deepened and canalised as well By this means the industrial districts of Al sace-Lorraine and Luxemburg will gain Immensely. Th River Lahn, an im portant tributary of the Rhine, is to be deepened and canalized . at a cost of 1,000,000 in order to enable sonfe of th Rhine ships to navigate up the Lahn. British Federation. The grant of home role to Ireland, which appears reasonably certain within two years, promises to 'be the means of recasting the whole British government system. Landlord feudalism is already broken in Ireland. Similar means of re storing the land to the seople in th United Kingdom is inevitable. Hereditary power, in the House of Lords, is all. but shattered. But these reforms are local. There remains the' constructive task of more closely unifying the widely scat- I . in .. People Talked About i. Now that it is judicially decided that a burlesque prise fight is not a prohibited price fight when shown on a moving picture screen, it ought not to be hard to prove that other sup posed prize fights are nothing but burlesques, too. f' Which reminds us, that just about this time two years ago, speaking in 'that same Auditorium, ; Colonel " Koo&evclt gave Senator Elmer J. Kurkett about as fine an endorse ment for re-election as any reason able an could want, :". Former Senator Hernando De Soto Money of Mississippi, who has Just died, had a somewhat distinguished career in both branches of congress. While in . the house, especially, he was regarded as one of the stormy petrels, at least a . man who stood ready to back up his convictions with physical emphasis, as one. of his col leagues discovered to his personal discomfort" : .; . ' . v Talking of straws, It will be noted that Governor Eberhart of Minne sota, a strong Taft man, ran first in the primary nomination race, with tne ia Fouette man .second and a J bull, moer.btJiixd. , ' . r The police dutch on speeding- motorists in Indianapolis is notched at $1 a mil with a limit of $50. . Everybody la doing It now. Even the esteemed Tom Taggart of Indiana has Joined the band of political prophets. Mr. Haines, governor-elect of Maine, threatens to go fishing as soon as regu lars and moosers toss their hats in th Ting.- '" . The Impression is growing In New Jer sey that Thomas Woodrow Wilson and James Smith, Jr., do not speak as they, pass by, . . . , s. Interest In the Penrose-Fllnn campaign for righteousness at Pittsburgh la evi dently on th wane. As present the kicking Is confined to th weather.' Miss Eleanor Garrison, a granddaughter of William Lloyd Garrison, has been for the last several months a familiar figure In the streets of Boston, selling a suf frage paper. Kindly nature must not be accused of favoritism in , threatening ' campaigners with an early frost. Unnecessary heat Invites a Ml. Besides, frosts ar a P&rt of th system. V: Since "Suspender Jack". stampeded the nun moos nera at Syracuse, N. Y., po litical Straus - command more respectful consideration than In any former cam paign In the Empire state. A Philadelphia working girl who per sisted In wearing tight stockings until her circulation system was ruined had both legs amputated below the knees as a means of saving her Ufa ' General Coxey Is planning to lead an other Industrial army around th coun try. A picturesque diversion from the hot air marathons of candidates would be welcomed by a defenseless public Miss Lucy Good Whit of San Fran cisco, a grandnlec of Chief Justice Mar shall of th United States supreme bench, was th only socialist candidate for superior judge who secured a nomination at tne recent cajiiomia primary. Word comes from Washington that with the retirement of Major Daniel Arnold but one officer who had seen service In the civil war will be left on the active list of th United States army. This Is Colonel John L. Clem, now serving as chief quartermaster of the central il vision, with headquarters at Chicago. . Th world's record for perfect Sunday school attendance Is claimed by Samuel T: Wlnterton of the First Baptist church at Keyport, N. J., who has completed fifty consecutive years of perfect attend ance at that servlca At the age of S he went to Sunday school for the first time, jand sine that first day he has never tered divisions of the world empire. Dur ing the recent visit of Premier Borden of Canada to London the question of Can ada's contribution to the imperial navy was considered. Canada, according, to Premier Bord sn, was willing to assist by direct appropriation or by construct ing one or more warships, but Canada would Insist on some control over Its Investment In the imperial defense. There must be representation on satisfactory terms, else Canada would adhere to Its present Independent position. The inti mations of the Canadian premier sim ply emphasized the necessity of an Im perial federation if the colonies are to be effectively united. Winston Spencer Churchill renewed his advocacy of the federation system In his recent Dundee address, reiterating the arguments ad vanced at Belfast last spring. His plan contemplates a number of local legisla tures, having control of purely local .con cerns. These legislatures aireaay exist In the principal' colonies. Their creation in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales would relieve Parliament of th burden of local affairs, and confine It wholly to imperial questions. Such a system In augurated In the kingdom would clear the way for a federation Parliament com posed of representatives from the "self governing divisions of the empire. ' Russian Atrocities In Persia. The outcome of the shameful alliance between Great Britain and. Russia for the suppression of independence In Per sia is brought home to England with shocking force. Prof. Edward G. Browne of Cambridge has received a set of pho tographs, some of them too revolting for publication, depicting Russian atrocities In northern ' Persia., One of the photo- j graphs shows eight Persian nationalists, j including the venerable Sikat-ul-Islam, ; th chief ecclesiastic of the province of Azerbaijan, of which Tabriz is the cap ital, hanging from the gallows, but It gives only a a faint Idea of the scenes reproduced in some of the others when th Russians and the partisans of. the ex-shah entered the city and restored the old regime. Prof. Browne, in writing of th photographs, ' says they show the Russians at work in the way familiar to all who have followed their doings in the Caucasus and In the Baltic provinces. The presence of Russian officers at the spectacle depleted In the photographof the hangings of the eight victims is at tested in the most unmistakable manner, for . they stand out prominently in the picture, so clearly Indeed that they oould be easily identified almost anywhere, . . Decay of German NoMIlty. ' The aristocracy of Germany, like that of France and England, loudly lament the growing lack of popular respect and veneration for the titled idlers of 'the empire. Count Siegfried Bernstorf, writ ing in th Berliner Tageblatt, voices the feelings of the standpatters and Inti mates that they must Join the procession of progress, do something worth while or perish ingloriously. "It is undeniable," says the count, "that the German aris tocracy is on the decline. An order of men which somewhat arrogantly,' cer tainly unjustly, boasts of having founded tb empire now feels Itself in its death agony. Once upon a time the nobles reigned supreme at Berlin; now they spend ' their time on ' their estates, not finding sufficient money in their coffers to meet the Immense taxes upon their resources demanded for the support of two establishments, one in the country, the other in the town. Once'upon a time, fair weather or foul, they frequented the1 Imperial court; now. If the nobles, from time to ; time, seat themselves on the steps of the throne they feel themselves compromise, as they say, by associating with certain men of trade, even with the Chicago dealers in salt pork, the sort of people the kaiser esteems highly and receives cordially." "I see your son is building an airship." "Yes. He has it nearly finished.".. "Aren't you afraid to have him ex periment with such a thing?" Oh, no; not at all. I overheard him promise to let your boy try the first flight with lt"-Chicago RecordTHerald. "I don't think we had better lose any time about calling on our new neighbors," said Mrs. Mainchance. "VYhy," Inquired her husband. . ' "I have watched "them unload the mov ing van and they have a lot of things we will want to borrow." Washington Star. .... "He's always saying that the world is his friend." ' ' , "Yes; keeps It In such -a Jolly- good humor that it hasn't the heart to send a bill to him." Atlanta Constitution. Muggins I suppose It is human nature to sympathize with the under dog. Buggins Yes, especially if we are pretty sure he is going to get on top. Philadel phia Record. 1 'There's an economical girl for you." "As to how?" "Eats a 5-cent lunch every day."' "Yes; she's trying to save-30 to buy' a willow plume." Louisville Courier-Jour nal. - i - "A man Is very much unlike a house In one way." -"What one is that?" "A man can still be full of fire after ne is put our-; Baltimore American. ao you minx you can support my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed?" asked Mr. Cumrox. "I hadn't thought of the matter in ex actly the light you suggest." replied the nervous youth. "You see, I'll be leaving a pretty good home myself." Washington Star. "There are some very ugly, features in this case," mused the absorbed lawyer aloud. ' r Then he found himself staring vacantly. Into a photographer's showcase with a' crowd around it. Iialtimore American. Young Widow Did you have any trouble getting Jack to propose? , Girl Fi lend-No, dear', I told him you were after him. Boston Transcript. "Darlingi" said the fond youth, produc ing a ring, "which is the right finger?" ; "For goodness sake, Algy!" responded the maiden, "don't you know? Nineteen: years old, and never been engaged to a' girl before!" Chicago Tribune. She I am almost baked. .1 have been; shut up in a close, stuffy room for two' hours. . He What was the occasion of that? She A meeting of our Fresh Air so-' clety. Lippineott's Magazine. . . MOUNTAINS AND MOLEHHIS. x. A little dud or so left off." , " A little sneeze, a little cough; A little shower, a little damp, , And a little germ decides to camp Inside our throat or lungs or head, And straightway do we go to bed. And there we cope with the disaster Behind a great big mustard plaster, ; H. i A few little changes of the weather; A little dampness of shoe leather, ' A little, too little, or too much covert A little hole we didn't discover; A little kerchief, some little blows, A little red blossom on the nose; A little snuffle, a little drip, And a great big cold sore on the Up, , HI A little warmtha little breeze," A little draught, and a great big sneezer A little drip, a Jittie wipe, -A little sore throat and a little gripe, Down in our innards, say our liver, A little flash, a little shiver, ; A little advice, a little pill, . And a great, great, great big doctor bfflj, Omaha BAYOLL NE TRBLE. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM " By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. or as they called It in the. to have killed or captured every man in Lee's army. "A "drawn' battle, under the conditions that prevailed, was a mighty slim honor to the commander of the Army of the Potomac. He should have given an alto gether different account of himself. After all due allowance is made for the superb generalship of Lee and the splendid character of his men, it remains true that McClellan should never have allowed the Army of Northern Virginia to get back to Dixie. The chances are a thousand to one that If McClellan's 89,000 men as brave men as ever pulled a trigger had been led by Lee and Stonewall Jackson, the Army of Northern- Virginia would never have fought another battle. It would have been annihilated. , However,. McClellan, no doubt, did th best he could; and even as Upturned out, he was able to report a greatmoral vic tory. ..' After its almost superhuman achieve ment, the little, ragged, ' half-starved Army of Northern Virginia found Itself under th necessity of turning back from the proposed Invasion of the north, and the effect upon the nation and th world was even greater than would have been an. actual victory on the, battle field. ' . Antietam, south, Sharpsburg, was fought fifty years ago, September 17,. 1S62. Beginning about o'clock in the morning, the bat tle raged until 4:30 o'clock In the after noon, and when th stars came out that night they looked down upon one of the bloodiest fields of the war. . . The order of the battle was as follows: The attack of Hooker upon the confed erate left; Mansfield's move to the sup port of Hooker; Sumner's advance to the aid of Mansfield and the attack of Burn side upon the'eonfederate right. The net result of the i ten-hour strug gle may be stated In the words of Brig adier General Francis Wlnthrop Palfrey, In his book, "The Antietam and Fred rlcksburg," page 11: "Taotically, the battle of Antietam was a draw, with th advantage Inclining slightly to the side of the federals. The confederates, however, held most of the gtound on which they fought and held it not only to the close of the battle, but for more than twenty-four hours after, and then retired unmolested and in good order," ; . , Swinton, In his "Army of th Potomac," page 222, says: "Antietam was a drawn battle, a battle In which McClellan had suffered as much as he had Inflicted. What McClellan knew was that the bat tle had cost th terrible sacrifice of over 12,000 men, that two of his corps were completely shattered, and that his oldest generals counseled a surcease of 'opera tions." The battle losses were, according to Swinton: ' Federal, 12,000; confederate. 8.000. . . . . - The battle of Antietam caused Lee to turn hi face back to "Old Virginia" and on that account it was a great union vic tory, but as a fight it was the most bril liant that was ever put up by the Army of Northern Virginia, The generalship of Lee throughout that terrible day was weel nigh perfect It would be difficult to find anywhere In the long and varied annals of military achievement a more brilliant day's- work than that of Lee at Antietam. He had leas than 40,000 tmen, while McClellan had 89,000; and yet so consum mate was his skill In manoeuverlng and shifting from point to point, that he was always able to meet the opposing forces with enough men to hold them in check. With no reserve, and outnumbered more than two to one, Lee held his lines throughout the ten hours of stubborn as sault, and at sundown stood practically where he had stood at sunrise. McClellan ought to have ' annihilated Lee's army. He had everything in his favor,1 even to a perfect knowledge of Lee's battle plan.' The lost dispatch told him exactly what Lee was going to do, end with that information and his tre- roinjaua..nMmerlratjuinodij0iButbi HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS. New York World: A new evidence of our growing preponderance among the nations is shown in the statement that of the 88,000 tons of crude rubber pro duced last year we consumed one-half, leaving the remainder to be divided among Europe, Asia Africa - and Aus tralia New Tork Tribune: A highly "progres sive" and "emancipated" man and woman have Just "married" in ' Los : Angeles under a special contract, which, among other things, provides that "neither shall have the right to restrain , the other should he or she see fit incur other parental responsibility." But why do they pay such tribute of hypocrisy to the prejudices of a reactionary society as to call it. "marriage?" 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