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THK HEH: OMAHA. MONDAY, MARCH 22. 1915.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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alscrlber leaving; the city temporarily
should have The Dee mailed to them. Ad
drees will be changed aa often reqaoated.
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Thought for the Day
Selectee by Grace Hanfrford
Ltam as it to live Jonvw ;
Lire a$ if to die tomorrme.
John FUlc
Still the city dads Insist that tbey are not in
the dougbdougb class. .
Omaha ought now to be firmly anchored on
the hotel map of the country.
It would seem that our graft-greedy sheriff
does not know when he ia well off.
Panama exposition tourist travel i begin
ning In earnest. Stop off in Omaha!
Fifty 'candidates already out for the seven
commlBSlonershlps. No crop failure there.
The sea-road to Constantinople is 130 miles
long' and ' deep enough for all marine funeral
purposes.
Coming down to the actualities of war mil
itarism, on land is hopelessly outclassed by the
arrogance of militarism on the seas.
General Kitchener says the output of British
ammunition factories Is not up to the needs of
the nation. Evidently the general does not ap
preciate the efforts of the Germans to supply the
deficit.
Let us gently- remind our readers that our
"Letter Box" Is not designed to be a free adver
tising column. Some of the contributions we
are receiving should be labeled "political adver
lining," and paid for at the usual rates.
Panama toll receipts have mounted up to
$400,000 a month in spite of Culebra's per
sistent opposition to business. The iaconie does
not promise much nourishment for an invest
ment of approximately 1400,000,000, but the
.stockholders are not worrying about cash divi
dends.' . "
Our suburban neighbors make a mistake
when they delude themselves with the notion
that their needs will be neglected after annexa
tion. Vltb the combined resources of the Greater
Omaha, the development of the outlying districts
cannot fall to command more consideration than
heretofore.
" "No pent-up Utica contracts the powers' o!
the American league to limit armament. Its
scope Is world-wide, and its book is an Interna
tional agreement which will put cannon fac
tories and powder mills out of business. The
task is a huge one for a small body, but the aim
is worth the effort.
Some very imposing diplomatic gossip comes
out of Rome. The Eternal City has the best
equipped gossip factory in Europe, surpassing
London in the versatility of its output. The
artistic side of the product draws Inspiration
from the adjacent column of Aurellas, but the
artists too often ignore the message of 8t. Paul,
whose statue tops the column.
'dtrlcuJlA Uty
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Entertaining services were held at the Young
Men's Christian association conducted by XX L. Chub
hock, who proposes to hold a aeries of like, meetings
In the Baptist church thla week, and (hvitea all to
attend. Members of the Young Men's Christian asso
ciation also held nooa aervlcea In the county Jail at
t tided by forty-two prisoner confined there.
An tntereetineT event la chronicled In the sward
of prise watches to The lie carrier boys by Theodoie
WUllama. leasee of city circulation. The winners of
the premiums In their order were Edgar si. Crowe,
Krnert Road. Oeorge Carpenter, H. M. Town. Lou it
AVeymullT. Irving Head, Nell Nelson, N. J. Nelson,
Arthur Frost, Q. Aroout. John W. Ptrelght. E. V.
Rowley.
Charlie Mlllc- has returned to his Ola post at the
ity Jail. Doc Pettlt is bow In charge of the pest
house.
Tba number of landasekers passing thromrh Omaha
is Increasing dally. One night last week (or the first
time lit tho history of the office the esoursloa tickets
sold at the depot were all exhausted and soma emi
grants were temporarily turned away until a new
etock aouid bo secured the next day from bead
quarters. The progressive euchre club of the. nurthslders in
iliuirs: Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. WI
Itice, Mr. snd Mrs. C. K. Coutant. Mr. and Mrs. Bar
uMit. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Yoat.
Vr. i,d Vra. RuiuHay. Mr. and tin. Richardson. Mrs.
M.wj.ueu arid John Wilbur.
Look Before the Leap.
Before the amended municipal lighting bill
is passed. The Bee advises our lawmakers to
look before they leap.
The amendment which has been tacked on
the bill by its Water board cponsora changes it
completely. Instead of being a bill, as originally
proclaimed, "to regulate rates by the competi
tion of a municipally owned plant," it is now a
Mil to purchase the existing lighting plant with
the construction of a new plant only a dim and.
distant contingency.
But in providing for the purchase of the
exleting plant, does not the Water boarder's
amendment put us again in substantially Nthe
sane hopeless dilemma we were thrust Into In
the acquisition of the water works by the costly
compulsory purchase law? Our water works
troubles grew out of the fact that we were by
law compelled to buy the plant by the three
appraiser plan, the city naming one appraiser,
the water company the other, and the third, se
lected by then two, elding with the water com
pany's man on every point. As a consequence
we were mulcted upwards of a million dollars
more for the water works than it could have
been bought on the open market.
Do we want a repetition of this sad experi
ence now with the electric lighting plant. If we
restrict ourselves to the three-appraiser plan, we
certainly will run that risk. The only safe plan
In the water works purchase was by condemna
tion proceedings which could have been stopped
any moment the city might feel it was getting
the worst of It. That is also the only safe plan
In connection with electric, lighting purchase.
The proposed light bill amendment, however,
does not as we read it give the board condemna
tion rights, but merely appraisement powers.
Suppose the appraisers all, Join In a unanimous
report for an extortionate valuation, how will
the city ever get away from It?
The Bee sounds this note of warning how
before the damage is done. As a rule, the burnt
child shuns the fire, and after Omaha's water
works experience under the three-appraiser plan,
is It wine' to expose ourselves to another
burning?
Labor in the Land of Cotton.
Conditions of life for the tajaant farmera of
Texas and Oklahoma, "where the cotton comes
from," as disclosed in the testimony before the
Industrial Relations commission, suggest that
the sweat shop practices are not confined to tho
great industrial centers of the United States.
With the possible exception of the advantage of
fresh air and sunlight, no tenement-housed fata
lly in a crowded city ever tolled with less of hope
or for more meager reward than do these cotton
hoers and pickers of the newer realm of the
"king."
. Chattel slavery was abolished in the United
States half a century ago. but the landlords of
Oklahoma and Texas have found a substitute
that Is almost equal in its effects, and has some
advantages that did not pertain to the older sys
tem: Tbey "rent" their acres to tenant farmers,
and the more children a renter has the more wel
come he Is. And these families toll from dawn
to darkness during the "crop" season and live
In poverty and squalor during the remainder of
the year. One man, who said he was trying to
get ahead, testified that at the end of a year of
unremitting effort and frugality on part of him
self, wife and four children, he had $15 to apply
to the purchase of the farm be hoped to acquire.
Of course, the .servitude in thla case Is vol
untary, but its servitude or starvation. The
terms on which the tenants occupy the soil are
such as prevent accumulation by them. The
disclosures of the landlords show a most as
tounding condition, and a calloused indifference
ta part of the big land owners that seems In
credible. ' The remedy for poverty is not easy,
even In this much-favored country, and the ten
ant farmer of Texas is looming big as a most
distressing factor in the problem.
Two Democratic Views.
Thomas Riley Marshall, the vice president
who found his voice, refuses to be overcome by
gloom. He sees the country safely riding out
the storm that now tosses the ship of state on its
tremendous waves, and pictures before the pilot
a wide expanse of smooth water, unruffled by
rud breeze of politics, over which the vessel
will glide with gentle motion along its peaceful
mission. At the same moment James Hamilton
Lewis, who also speaks with the -voice. of unter
rifed democracy, sees the clouds gathering stin
more darkly, the forked lightnings darting from
Japan's storehouse of diplomatic thunderbolts,
and poor Uncle Bam without a life raft or cork
belt to depend upon, should the heaving deck
be suddenly swept from under his trembling
feet 4
These prophets are likely to get folks mlxod
up; there's too wide range between their
visions. It may be accounted for in a measure
by considering the fact that Mr. Marshall was
enjoying the wonderful blue of Salt Lake's
sunny sky, bis lungs filled with the life-giving
osone that sweeps down from Mount Nebo's
summit, while poor Jim Ham was stupefied by
the smoke cloud that hangs forever over St.
Louis. Whatever the cause, the democrats
should develop better team' work and get their
signal straightened out, or the people are likely
to quit paying any attention to them.
Serious problems are now presented Jhe ad
ministration, their consideration requiring the
utmost of wisdom and prudence, and the people
are calmly awaiting the outcome, confident In
Justice eventually being done. The vice presi
dent and the senator from Illinois may well take
pattern from their less conspicuous fellow
cltlsens.
As a measure of business precaution steps
should be taken to limit the number of candi
dates' pictures in show windows. A few might
stand inspection as works of pictorial art or a
decorative adjunct, hut unless they are sifted by
experts there is grave danger that a multitude
of mugs will cause congestion of street traffic
and put public clocks out of business.
Woven Into the diplomatic problems growing
out of the sinking of an American sailing ship
are memories of the historic "First Battle,"
when the founder of the family owning the lost
ship tailed Mr. Bryan's presidential kite. Recol
lections of his battle-scarred bunkle, Mr. 8ewell,
undoubtedly will give soru ginger to Mr, Pry
sn's psrt in the negotiations. - '
Modem Sea Warfare
j
i 7 Prof. Xlaeola J Groat Moss.
t t.nfie ea Board Pain.
Why have warxhlpn become ohaolele su rapidly? As
of old. the answer la to be found m the greater ranr
of projectile, with hcvi-r shells, and greater mobility
of artlUery.
Consider the action between the Kcersargo and
Alabama. The Kearsarge was nwlfter snd poaaeveed
two eleven-Inch Rodman pivot guna. while the Alar
hairia poageaeed two 100-pounT Biakely rifles On Its
fo'c'sle. The swirtir Kearaas-e ws able to take
a position arroas the lwa of the Alabama at an
angle out of reach of the Alabama's broadside bat
tery, but able to deliver Its own broadside fir so
a to rake the Alabama, whose big riries were soon
put out of action. Every effort of the slower Ala
bama to swing so as to use Its hroadnide guna was
met by going ahead on the part of the Kearsagn, so
that the engagement was fought In spirals as the Ala
bama endeavored In vain to get Into position.
The HlUo Monitor could have finished them to
gether, with only two eleven-nch Rodman guns, be-ca-use
tha revolving turret could bring its guns to
hear on any part of an entire circle, regardless of
how It was heading, and Its armor could not be pierced
by any existing guns. The Monitor wjia fought in
that manner In Its engagement with the Virginia,
moving only a little ahead or astern to avoid ram
ming. Stevens proposed turrets In 1R12. Theodore R.
Tlmby submittal plans for them In.lMl to the War
department, and Ericsson acquired his patent rights
before building the Monitor.
Armor now Is not equal to heavy gun-fire. In IMS
the Imtch built an armored sailing ship, which went
shore for lack of wind, and was taken by tho Span
iards. Ira all naval ships, there Is a sloping protective
armor deck, like a turtle's carapace, covering the ship's
vitals, and worked down all around, below the water
line. Tha Idea Is taken from the confederate turtle
back rams.
Comparing onr extenalve number of battleships of
the Connecticut class with tho Michigan, dreadnought,
the latter can bring twice as many twelve-inch
rifles to bear ahead, astern, or lit broadside. Morn
recent ships added two more twelv-lnch rifles astern.
Our moat reoent ships will have twelvo fourteen-lnch
rifles, speed twenty-two knots. Tho most recent Brit
ish ships have twenty-five knots speed with eight
flfteen-lnnh rifles, ajTnored bottoms, and cellular con
struction. They ran choose their own positions, fight
or run away, and outrange our biggest guns. Our own
super-dreadnouarhte make 20.5 to twenty-two knots
Many of our first line battleships cannot make nine
teen knots. British battle-cruisers make twenty-seven
to thirty knots. Tho Lion la as fast as tho Mauri
tania. Tho Tiger Is three knots faster. These Uhlps
mount eight ' 13.6-lnch rifles. The Japanese battle
cruisers have fourteen-lnch rifles. We possess none
of this type of ship.
Froaa Coastltatloai to Qneen Bits beta).
The great advance In warship construction in- 19
years appears when we contrast Old Ironsides, the
frigate Constitution, which lies at the Boson Navy
yard, with the Queen Elisabeth.
Tho Constitution, with fifty-four guns could throw
a broadside of 738 pounds. The Queen Elisabeth
with twelve guns can throw a broadside of 13,600
pounds. The twenty-four-poundcr Long Toms . of
the Constitution could throw a twenty-four-pound
shell one mile, or across tho Hudson river. The f Ifteen
tnch rifles of the Queen Elisabeth can hurl 1,000
pound shells twelve miles. That la to aay. If H were
engaged with the Oregon, the latter could throw
thlrtecn-lndh shells six miles, while the Queen Elisa
beth, six miles beyond the splash of the Oregon's
shells, could land on It. Indeed. It could stand oft
nearly two miles beyond the range of our largert
twelve-Inch barbette rifles at Sandy Hook and land
shells In the fort.
In 100 years of naval warfare the range of guns
haa Increased twelve times, weight of broadside has
Increased twenty times, speed of firing has Increased
twenty tlmea and weight of shell haa Increased eighty
times. Most of this Increase haa taken place In the
last forty-five years. Contrast thla with the action
of the Houae of Commons, April , 1M3, authorising
the construction of three turret ships, speed 13 S knots,
displacement 440 tons, horse-power M0, each with four
ZVton guns! -Only forty-six years ago.
Saknaarlne Tsraeds Boats. .
Robert Fulton, In 1WH, blew up uuiks In the harbor
of Brest Admiral de Pelly reported against the adop
tion of the device, as he "had conscientious scruples
against such a terrible Invention." The submarine
'was also declined by Great Britain, a little later. It
was driven by screw propeller and hand cranks.
In the war of 1M David Buahnell, a Tale student,
devised and built araall turtles, operated by one man
with toot-treadles and screw propeller. A small con
ning tower extended Just above the water. With them
It. M. 8. RamlUles and H. M. B. Eagle were attacked,
unsuccessfully. Our newest submarine is named the
Bushnetl.
During the store of Charleston, lieutenant Olas
sell, C. 8. N.. with three men attacked the New Iron
aides. October t, last, disabling It with a torpedo, using
a cigar-shaped submersible, the Theodore 8toney. A
little later LJeetenant George Dixon. C. 6. K. with
six trten sank the IT. 8. 8. Housatonlc with the 11. U
Hundley, a true submarine, driven ity screw-propeller
and hand cranks. When the wreck of the Housatonlc
was removed, tha Hundley was found alongside, with
the bones of seven men. In October. 1864. Lieutenant
Cushlng sank the confederate ram Albemarle, with a
spar torpedo attached to an open steam cutter, jump
ing a log-boom around the ram. The Intelligent
Whale was tried and rejected by the United States In
1864. It Is now In the Brooklyn navy yard. The sub
marine torpedo boat eould not be a genuine success
until the advent of the Internal combustion engine,
whic also mad the aeroplane possible. The sub
marine also required auxiliary electric motive power
to run when submerged. Ballast tanks and pumps
are also needed. Recent vessels have an anchor, wire
less, and disappearing gun. Periscopes, operated on
the principle of the camera obscura, are employed,
so that the vulnerable conning tower may be kept
submerged.
Whitehead of England devised the automobile
torpedo. In 183 then- range was 1.000 yards, maxi
mum speed thirty miles per hour. Now their range
la 8,000 yards, maximum speed forty miles per ho'ir.
These were discharged at first from swift torpedo
boats, alxty tens displacement, speed twenty to twenty-two
knots. Destroyers of 1,100 tons now snake
twenty-nine to thirty si van knots.
Merhanlsne of the Twrveae,
The torpedo Is an automatic self-contained ship
with an engine of about U0 horse-power for a twenty-one-Inch
torpedo, twenty-two feet long, weighing one
ton. Two screws, right and left, must be used to pre
vent drift, which always oocura with a single screw.
The direction rudders are controlled by a gyroscope.
Hortsontal depth rudders are eoatrolled by a very dell
rate system actuated bj a diaphragm affected vy
bydraullo head. About SOS pounds of gun-cotton la
contained In the war-head, with a detonating prlmor
projecting forward. The firlng-plo Is released aa soon
aa the torpedo gathers way. if the torpedo misses Its
target. It Is arranged to sink Itself. Air compressed
to about 1.300 pounds pee square Inch is used to drive
the engine, with an automatic reducing valve to analn
tala uniform engine pressure.
People, and Events
Mrs. Ptgg of Topeka, Kaa, asks the courts to
restore her maiden sum, These is no reason te
doubt her plea that she was In a trance at the time
she annexed the name and the owner. Repeataaoe
follows recovery. .
The governor of Pennsylvania wants a tax of tS
Imposed on qaallfled electors, one-half to be returned
to him when -ho votse at the primaries and the re
mainder when he votes at the general election. Two
dollars will net scare the stay -at-he me voter because
the tax ferret would have a Job to get the money.
MUs Theo B. Orlfflth. a IS-yeer-oid university eo
ed. ventured Into business in Chicago with a tea
room built for high society. The venture failed. Mies
Orlfflth explains that her manager absconded with
ll.ee. and society ahunaed the place because aba
would not serve cocktails on the side. fxperteauM
conies high, but if. an exorlleat running mate for a
unixerslty tralnlag - . , . . . J;
flerrere nf . aderooa vllle.
OMA11A, March 20. To the Editor Of
The Ree: Referring to the controversy
In the papers in reference to the treat
ment of the union prisoners raptured and
held In Andersonville prison, I recall a
lecture delivered by the late Oenersl Paul
Vumlcrvi o, t. 1 was only t. boy sbout
13 years of age at the time and I well
remember women fainting In the hall
while he deputed those awful scenes.
It made such an Impression upon me
thst in after years I always read any
thing I could get upon the subject Jutit
to see If his description could be verified.
I have found that even he could not por
tray the awful scenes enacted there, how
the brave men crossed the dead line pur
posely to be shot rather than sniffer the
pangs of luir.Kcr and disease. Some yrais
after I had the pleasure of his company
on a train going to St. Louis and again
he told me that no tongue could depict
these awful days of filth, starvation snd
disease. M. D. V.
More A boat Mexteo.
SCOTT'S BM'FF, Neb.. March 20.-To
the Editor of The Bee: Under the head
ing, "The Page of Silver Creek," appeared
an article over the signature of Charles
Wooster which brings to our Hps the
words of Christ, "Father forgive them
they know not what they do."
The article la too ridiculous and un
worthy of comment were it not for the
fsct that It Is misleading and might
spread Its poison among a few loyal
citixena who possibly have not kept them
selves posted on the Mexican situation.
We find our friend In his ardent desire
to strike vehemently at this administra
tion, failed to poet himself on the existing
conditions for he states that the dif
ferent factions ef the Mexican people
were slaying, pillaging and murderins
each other because our government re
fused to recognise Huerta, the treacher
ous traitor and slayer of President Fran
cisco Madero, aa the official head of the
Mexican government. And be further In
forms us that with thla recognition the
deplorable conditions in Mexico would
have ceased. Evidently Mr. Wooster was
so engrossed -with anarchism that he lost
all conception of time and supposed war
broke out in Mexico when Mr. Wilson
was Inaugurated. He la In Ignorance ef
the many appeals and protests made to
our government urging action regarding
(Mexico and of the beneficial Influence
our fleet had at that critical time when
we took Vera Crui.
Finally he suggests that we, the most
powerful, fair, and best equipped nation
o cope with the Mexican situation, back
down and Invite the A, B, C governments
of South America to effect a settlement,
which undoubtedly would involve them
in an endless and unequal war with
Mexico. Unload your troubles on your
weaker brother, Bravo!
EDMUND ST. PIERRE.
Trlhete to American Railroads.
CHICAGO. March 20. To tho Editor of
The Bee: A railroad Is not the unfeeling
and relentless devourer of automobiles
and little children at grade crossings de
scribed bV Impassioned advocates , In
crowded court room a The whistle of
danger la an engineer's use of a piece ot
machinery, but It is also the echo of a
man'a thought for his own babies left at
home. '
A railroad haa been likened to an octo
pus by those who do not know the flesh
and blood and personality of rallroada
Tho soul of a railroad Is fidelity, and IX
a railroad Is an octopus, it Is an octopus
with a soul.
A railroad is a disciplined power; own
ing rails and cars and locomotives; en
gaging the highest quality of mechanical
skill and expert knowledge; but the glory
of a railroad Is the united ladjustmeat of
Its living nerves te patience, courtesy.,
speed and safety.
A man who has been ' selling steel to
railroads since hla twentieth birthday
has a, moral right to crown hla fiftieth
birthday with a tribute to American rail
roads and the men who run them.
E. B. JACK MAN.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"It Is a gAod thine that base ball was
not among the old Roman snorts."
Why not? "
"Why, f.c audiences would sis. ays have
Insisted on killing the umpire." Bslll
im.rs American.
"I say, my Kood farmer, why do you
s.atter that corn so 'avlhly to your
fowls? W hy don't yntl husband It?"
' I em. In a way. Ion't you see how it
Is trettlng hen-perked ."'Baltimore A mer
it an.
"Does your husband waste his time
talking politics?'
"No," replied the determined looking
woman. "I don't let him waste his time.
When It cornea to polities he Improves
his time listening to me."
KABIBBLE
KABARET
I rDs!TRAl36 MINE UP TO fW
AM FYC8KOW
AND I 501-04 ME A LP WITH
Of AG,rM THIRTY TWO
Mother (sternly) Young man. I want
to know Just how aertoxa. are your in
tcntiona toward my daughter.
Daughter'a Voice (somewhat asltated)
Mamma! mamma! He's 'not the one!
Puck.
"No," exclaimed Richly, "our son will
never amount to anything until he mar
ries." ,
"Why?" asked his wife nnxioualy.
"He's got to get over the habit of hang
ing around the house." Philadelphia
Ledger.
She I mm lit msrry if I could find a
man T could look up to.
He Well, there's the man in the moon.
Boston Transcript
"I wonfler what that poet meant when
ho alluded to woman In her hours of
ease as being uncertain, coy and hard to
please?"
"I don't know about the coy part"
said the salealadv, "but when it comes to
puking cut a eprlriK hat ahes all the
refit of It. LouisvUle Courier-Journal.
"Whenever 1 make a speech to my
home folks." eelri Senator Sorghum, "l
feel as If they were laughing In their
sleeves."
"Pshaw!" exclaimed the hearty cltisen:
"e wouldn't lauah in our sleeves at you.
senator. We'd Jcjr go nhead an' laugh
out loud." Washington ftar.
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
t . H. Beach In Is Anteles Times.
At last the train had left the town.
And romtonaoly i d wttieu down
To watch the rolltne: hills allp paab
To see my native land at last!
Of giant cows I saw a herd,
t.srh one of which did bear a word:
and each was tmtnrd to stand 'twould
seem.
To let me read: "Lse Pewdrop Cream."
Beside a row, a stool, and on It
A maid who bluahed beneath her bonnet;
I wondered why she hiusned. forsooth,
Until 1 saw the cause! A youth!
Full thirty feet hla proud form rose,
His ankles rlad In silken hose.
A Love wi.ich loomed his wind-swept
knees,
And horrors! naught but D. B. V.'s!
T saw a pickle green snd thin,
With the profile of a Zeppelin:
'Twas but one of fifty-seven
That blotted out and soured heaves.
I saw a Durham he-cow snort
Bes.dca a towering flask of port;
A ekidlesa tire toppled the hills;
The vales were pink with Ioacham'e
IHls. V
I ssw a girl In lingerie,
A pen the rise of a redwood tree.
Colosaus In a dollar shirt.
A shoe so big It couldn't hurt!
The evening shadows fell at last.
And still the curious world sped peat;
Till the sun was Quenched by a bottle ol
Stotcli.
And moonlike rose a dollar watch.
Ah! the landscape la an open book.
W he'vln all wiio ride may look.
Go forth! I would to all advise.
And see America advertise!
Here and There
Seventy-five per cent of the work ot
manufacturing rifle ammunition for the
United States army and navy Is done by
women. . -
Excluding Alaska, tho whole of the
United States could be put Into Brasfl,
and there would still be 0,oo equare
miles uncovered.
Sixty years' supply of natural gas at
the present rate of consumption has been
wasted in Oklahoma in recent years, ac
cording to government figures.
At the first of the year, according to
a government estimate, there were 198,
tTT.Soe farm animals in tha United Slates,
a gain in a year of about T.M?,0S0.
The ancients credited the raven with
unusual longevity, but modem Investiga
tion shows that It Is not warranted. The
bird rarely lives more than seventy years.
Delaware ia taking sups to abolish the
whipping post. It is the last state to re
tain the old Institution, which taught
vengeance instead of reformation of
criminals.
From the bottom of the deepest hole
In the sea to the top of the highest moun
tain oa the land there Is a distance of
(1,00 feet, which aa a globe six feet in
dlanseter would be represented by one
tenth of aa Inch.
Around the Cities
Peterson. N. J., has marketed at tLfS a
bond Issue of H.ooo.OiQ, for a modern
sewer avateua. .
Dry Sundays are now the rule at At
lantic City, but It Is not dry enough to
cause suffering.
Buffalo's health department haa In
augurated a movement to save the eye
sight of Infanta
By a new legislative enactment, St.
Joe. Mo., sees it way clear to a bond)
election for f7b, for school building.
New, York la seeking men skilled in
digging with shovels, and Trenton, N. J.,
requires special training for sewage plant
workers,
Kansas City Inquieitrves want to know,
you know, why the MetropulHan street
car company valuae lis ' (franchise at
tK,0M,ue and turns In a value of MO.eoo
for taxation.
The celebrated Ieavenwnelii case has
been cleared up. The disappearance -of
confiscated booae from She court houae
storeroom, has bee trailed to stocks of
empty bottles In the furnace room, but
the culprits have net been apotted.
Why
away foe "I
buy, who yo can get
tha bee raoAaa; at a
reasonable prion of year
arena loeal dealer whoon
row kavow?
A man la Iowa got at
guarantee em a cheap
roofing, bat when km
wanted the)
mada good, Use
had disappear od.
Buy materials that last
teed
Is anasimluiil ha aniline t veaxa for l-nlv.
10 rears for 2-ery, sad IS years for J-piy,
ana the lessonsibility of oar big mills
stand behind this guarantee. Its qual
ity is tbe highest and hs price the most
reasonable.
Geaeral Roofing l!ff. Company
WerWa IstvMuuiitoftm e a
snwTahCay Snilaa (Masts
Roofing
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At each of oar big saUts we aaake the fol
lowing products :
AachaJt Reaflngafafl aiajes as prises)
Slats SarfMadleWlse
Aalt Fella .
D rlswhe Feka
Tarred Felta
BolMiaa Pssera
Bwaslathai Peseta
Flaatie RonwsC
Asphalt Ceaasat
ft oof Coaowgi
Metal Paints
PaMWraab
Shiaajle Stasas
CARPENTER PAPER CO,
OMAHADISTRIBUTERS
CERTAIN-TEED ROOFING
BUILDING PAPER
Spring moving time
will soon be upon us
1 1 is true that we cannot give you a very general
selection of offices, but if one of these pleases
you, come and look at it at once, because you
may r.ot be able to get it next month.
It will also pay you to call. Even if we have nothing
that meets your requirements, we will place your name
on our list and notify yon as soon as a change occurs
which will vacate the kind of an office you want.
THE BEE BUILDING
"The building that i$ alwayt ntw
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The fact that there are but two vacant offices
in the Bee Building Is the best testimonial we can
offer yon of service, comfort, safety and location.
Suite 222:
Room 420:
Ground
Floor
Room:
Rooms 628-623:
This is a very choice office on the second floor,
facing the corridor around the court. It Is par
titioned for a very comfortable waiting room
and two private offices. It has north light.
Price, per month $45.00
This Is one of the corner offices which Is con
sidered ao very desirable. It is 20x20 feet, and
bae two windows facing north and two west.
The Urge vault Is particularly desirable for
some classes of business. The door of this office
is directly at the end of the hall, so that the
sign may be seen by everyone walking down
tho corridor.
IVice, per month $40.00
Especially adapted for printing office. This baa
been occupied by a printer for many years and
on accouut of Its location In an office bnUding
and In the heart of the office building district,
the location itself ia an asset In this business orx
any similar business, it has an entrance from
the court on the ground floor and also from the
alley. There ia very satisfactory light and ven
tilation. It likewise haa the advantage, from
the standpoint of insurance and safety, of being
ia a fireproof building. The floor space la
1.332 feat.
Price, per month . 9100.00
available: apiul is.
This space Is now ia one room, but can be divid
ed by permanent partitiona into two rooms
10H20 and 16ttx20. or it may be rented aa
one large room 27x20. This space is on the
north aide of the 6th floor. It has splendid
light. In fact, it has been occupied by an arch
itect and is particularly desirable for drafting
or office work, on account of the north light.
If rented separately, the price for 626 is 118.00
per month and (28, $28.00 per month; or the
two rooms together, $46.00 per month. This
will be entirely reflnished and redecorated to
suU the tenant. It Is an exceptional opportu
nity to obtain a good sised office or two con
necting offices.
Apply to Building Superintendent. Room 103
THE BEE BUILDING COMPANY