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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1917. The Om'aha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER . VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. ... Entered at Omaha poatoffico ae eeeond-cUai matter. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Br Carrier. Br MalL Dalle aM Sendee .. m mm. Mo Vnu. KM Oatlr without Sunday w Kreulne end SundM I 12 . !'S Krentns witbout aoadar... Z 122 sundw Bet onlj " lallj Hid Sendee Bee. mree l k BOanoa.............tlM0 Mend nrtl of cnenie of eddreaa or IrrafulerUr ta denrerj to Onto Bee, ClreuleUaa DepertmeBI. REMITTANCE Rralt kr draft, mnm or portal ordw. OnW t-eent Mean to taken k pun I of amaU aotoet in. Pereonal (boot, ouapt OK Owalia end partem oacbanee. Pot aooopteS. OFFICES. Omaha The Be, Bolli CWcojooyli'l Old BMUdtoa, South Omehe-Ul St Me trbl ( ifl Counoll Bluffa-4 X Mill I St. St. irel.-New B' of Qmmjm. Lincoln LUUa Bttlldtai. fftehltigtoa ?2S Ufa St W. w. CORRESPONDENCE Addnat eooamnrietfloM relating ta bowi and eottnrtal laMier to Omaha Boa. Jdltonal Poeartaeont. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION 64,582 Daily Sunday. 60,466 Arena MrcateUno tor the mmOt Mbatrlkad end mm hr Dole wtuiama, CIrcnIeUoa atnnaow. Subecrieere havfcu 7 W", ve Th Bee aealla ta) thooi u AeMreee dunged aa often as teMOe, Now for bmlneti at asoalt Those Russians have certainly bam "ruttrinT Aa soothing; prcparatioa for ttia drouth of Mar 1, aaawed dry-op of lawmatw i will help fh ttweataoad rtrite ii offt Thank, Rtrrtle tparH Bat w mat saw a law to proraot fatarc threat. ' . ' ,.' gbop vfadowa and th eafatoW agree that orrAg ia hare. NW let aha ivaatner aoma in od mala k taaanrmoaa, "Jls abode of war ob forciaa aabtnatt reveals flbar an inferior grade of woflnawnebip or a feoff otr of political itt. 11 fc a fair eoneltrtvoa abet aha otter roral attW of Europe kv not failed to observe what Baa happened to Contra NteheW Cabbed Mtarprlaa bloom down aaat a njaw before. Near aompaale lannched daring Wbaaaay rapraienta a total capital of 9281,811,000. TWfcag tftaid narer aarrawlar, Mm railroad ' nioagaoa like At king of Fraaae'and men, boldly 'anoytoW tl tfaa kifi and thn inatatwd down aVaftar b4 worKMi produetioD ei gold In 19M h airt tMaed at 78,000,000, Had tba ealeulatori h uadad Oraaba real aaaata (tw aoort woaid top tba hK bawoa matt. Ktelrnate of Incoma reoefpta for ah year fort- cast a total of $300,000,000, or abont two and a half tfmea tba return for 1916. Wealth pay not only tha fiddles, but moat of the band, A Datah editor let off aoma aaeam by rarnark ing that "a group of aonaoiencelei (tea brought on thia war," and won a prison teritence. Blurting out tha troth a dangarooa bttrmeaa abroad. It la move than t aoiocident that Koaaiaaa of greater Bberty "aftar tha war" thould ba hard in roval guartara aa too aa Fetrograd frabbed the apotllgbt TVa brattb of tear abate fba grfp of "dlvma rfghtaff," Stateamaa faacmaMd by ka aharraa of gov- eminent ownerahlp ahould give thoughtful itudy to anapahota of delay mail printed in The Sunday Bee. Al an eduaational foree a piotured fact puta theory oat of aha running, Tha Saw York World S itfll throwing fits over tha fact that Senator Stona of Miuouri re taine hit place aa chairman of the committee on foreign relatione. But, I oar democrat!; tenator from Nebraska, who h neat ba Una by aeniority, ahonld be moved up, tha World would have the tame ooaaaioa to throw Jaat aa anany fita. A corraapondeat aria to make out that the tafe of Nebraaka achool landt wa atopped in 1893 when, bacaute of drouth and financial deprecia tion, there were no demand for the land. In thia he It wholly mittakeB, for the law ttopping the tala wat enacted la 1899 at the very time a renewed demand wa becoming brisk. The law waa enacted at a definite policy to keep tht achool landa permanently in the endowment fund beeauae of abtoluta aafety and tteadlly growing value, rather then to mvest the aate proceedt m a carkiet bringing only nominal Intereit return. The Lines Are Busy -PUUoWBhlo Lodjoi One hardlv needed the annual tatlttica of the Bell Telephone company to know that tht tele phone hat become easily the chief guide, con soler and mend tor the largest number of peo ple who respond to any public utility. That it haa invaded every phase of our life, even to figuring sensationally in real crime, at well at in stage melodrama since no dramatic situation ia now complete without the interruption of the telephone bell, a much more etfectlve and blood' ioned ominous knock at the door it to patent that we seldom think of the wonder of the facta that lie behind the daily handling of the ever aresent receiver. The figures are, Indeed, aomewhat ttaaserlna. In 1916 the Bell company averaged 29,420.000 daily connections, at the rate of about 9,800,000, MM a year a gain of about 700,000,000 in four rears. The number of teteohonea in oneration in the United States at this period totals more than 9,000,000, as against 5,000.000 for all the rest of the world, not excluding the scattered islands of Oceanica. And if, as has been charged by in exasperated fcurope, amazed at our mechanical tfficiency, that we have a "dollar" or a "bathtub" civilization over here, we certainly have a tele phone Civilization. As to development, naturally the stride hat been one of the seven league-boots variety. With the telephone still tomewhat experimental In the late 70s, in 1880 there were 54,319 telephones in the United States, we having the lion'a share compared with the world at large at that time; outside our bounds the phone was practically un known until the late 80s. And while, of course, the Bell leads with us aa alwaya in magnitude and extent, ttill it is interesting to note that there were in the United States recently over 32,000 systems and lines other than the Bell, the aggre gate, however, adding but slightly to tha great totals as to use. The Bell and its allied systems still more than triple all other systems, the Bell increasing its wire mileage alone by over 1,344,770 a year, making a total of 19,850,315 miles in use, with 58 per cent of it underground. Back of all these' figures, however, Is the fact that the telephone represents service and that it has become a necessity of our lives, a vital factor in ail social and business relations. The Lesson of the Threatened Strike. The threatened railroad strike hat vanished, but the conditions that make possible periodical repetition remain unchanged. There I nothing to ttop either the brother- hoods or the railway managers from precipitating another dispute today or next week or at any time and endeavoring to force compliance with their demands by seizing the business interests of the country by the throat to make them bring pret- sure directly or through the government to force concessions from the other side. There ia nothing to atop interruption of com merce and stagnation of industry today or next week or at any time by the paralyzing effect of a mere threatened general railway strike. There it, in fact, no way of calculating the colossal damage wrought and the loss entailed by the threatened strike which we have just escaped to tell us what the cost of another similar expe rience would be. Will the American people sit tamely by now, at they have heretofore, and allow thit arbitrary power over the commercial life of the country yes, over ita very national existence in a period of peril such at we are in now without taking obvious precautions against it reckless abuse? This question, to our mind, summarizes the lesson of the threatened strike wholly separate and atid from which party it to reap the bene fit of the settlement of the affirmation of the Adamson law. Congress wilt be recreant to Hi duty if It doet not at once, when it convenes, tak up thia tubject and by law provide for a compul sory arbitration between the railrosds and their employei that will permanently relieve the peo ple from recurrence of thit danger. Senator Norrlt Invite RecalL By letter to Governor Neville, Senator George W, Norrit hat requested a special election by which the votert of Nebraska should (ay whether or not they want him to continue to represent the state in the United State senate, and he agrees to waive any technical constitutional rights he may posses to make such a recall election effective. The occasion for this offer is the severe criti cism of Senator Norris' part in the filibuster that killed off, in th expiring hourt of congress, th armed ship and plenary power measure asked for by the president, which is evidently worrying th senator. W agree with Governor Neville, at quoted, that a mere straw-vote election on the question whethsr the conduct of a senator be approved or reprimanded would be useless and therefore need iest, although for different reasons. In th first place, no such vote, reflecting the intelligent judgment of th electorate, could pos sibly be had by May 1, at th tenator suggests, and to which time he specifically limitt hit proposal In th second place, the vote would be con fused on the mere question, "Shall the senator be recalled?" and would not reflect the tentiment of the votert for or against the filibustered bill aa would a referendum on that particular measure. There is, of tourte, another way In which Sena tor Norrit could tecure t direct and effective ex pression which would let him know how he stand with the voters of Nebraska. All ha would have to do would be to resign and the duty would then devolve upon Governor Neville to call a special election to fill th vacancy in order that the state might have its full representation in th lenate. Senator Norris' 're-election, under such conditions, would be t triumphant vindica tion, Just a hi defeat would ba a signal repu diation,' W do not advise thit count, however, for it would not be fair either to him or to the people of Nebraska to make the election of a United State senator turn upon thit one issue or upon thit tihgle item in the records of the tenator. When (he time comes a year hence to re-elect Senator Norris, or to elect someone else in hit place, the issues wilt probably be wholly different and the sober judgment of the people will be gov erned by entirety other considerations. o V Gravity of German Situation. Germany haa given unmistakable evidence of purpose to hold rigidly to the unrestricted use of tha submarine in war. Three more American vessels have been torpedoed without warning, and a score of American live't may have been lost aa a result. Th gravity of the situation thus brought about admit of no doubt. Without discussing th best cours to be pursued In meeting th developments, it will be well for Amerleant to admit that the danger of dpen hottilltlel It becoming more and more omi nous with each day. Th president and hi ad viser certainly realise the very critical aspects of our international relations, and are proceeding with Caution and prudence that whatever action finally it taken will be well considered in all its bearings, Th time is passed for temporizing without surrender of telf-respect, and a definite policy must be adopted. If war may be avoided, the outcome will be more than welcome, but the worst thould be prepared for. Adamtoa Lai la Upheld. Reasoning that aomewhere must be found power to end a serious dispute which involve public rights, the supreme court, by close divi sion, hat determined that power it vested in congress. Therefore, the Adamson law is held to be valid. This decision it not to be grasped in it entirety immediately, for it amounts to an extension of the police power on Its broadest lines Into a new field. Hitherto wage contracts have been held exclusively matters for private nego tiation and state efforts at regulation have atopped with fixing a reatonabte minimum tcale for certain daises of workers admittedly at a disadvantage in bargaining. The Adamton law, for the first time, prescribe a minimum rate of pay for men engaged in one branch of Interstate commerce service, a new exercise of the legisla tive function. Having this wage rate thus fixed doea not end the controversy. Other classes of employe are equally interested, while the electric railway men, specifically omitted from the Adamson law, have lost none of their rights nor are their claimt les sened. These may be expected to approach con gress in due time for an upward revision of their wage scales. While the decision removet for the present the threat of a great strike, it by no meant eliminates all the perplexities of , the prob lem. , , It it quite conceivable that the principle in volved is capable of still wider extension and to other classes of workmen. For this reason the text of the decision will be closely studied, that its effect may be understood Uncle Sam ia th Caribbean No. 2-Why We Bought Them By Frederic J. Batkin Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas. D. W. I.. March 11. The night that the cable brought word of a break in diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany was a busy one in the offices of the Hamburg-American Steamship company here. Lights burned in the German establish ment until 2 o'clock, and a large force was at work. The next morning the offices did not open, and it became known in St Thomas that all the holdings of the Hamburg-American Steamship company in the island had been sold to a Danish resident for the sum of $175,000. It was said that the property is really worth much more, nd that the man who "bought" it could not raise $5,000. He departed from St Thomas shortly after the transfer. This transaction seems to have been merely a ruse to save the German property from confisca tion in case of war. It it a ruse that has been tried before, and has not always worked. But the so-called sale of the Hamburg-American' prop erty to a St. Thomian, who supposedly is about to become a citizen of the United States, taken in conjunction with a number of other things, is rather significant - The case mav be stated broadly by saying that, although there are very few Germans in St Thomas, it is a pro-German island. There are a few entente sympathizers here, and a good many who do not say anything about the war, but a surprising number of the native creolet are openly and vigorously pro-German. The Hamburg American establishment has been, in effect, a diplomatic outpost as well s a shipping office. There is no doubt but that Germany wanted St. Thomas, and it is probable that the could have Induced Denmark to cede it to her. The only thing that stood in the way waa the Monroe doc trine. Although she wat not prepared to defy that famous policy, it seems pretty certain that Germany was making friends in St. Thomat, ac quiring certain vicarious influence there. The strong pro-German sentiment that exists in this island and the transfer of the property are about the only facts that can be brought forward as Jiroof of this, but there it also much rumor. It s said, for example, that a few years ago con cealed Stores and armt were found on the island. It it also said that the real mission of two United States gunboats, which have been cruising among our new islands for several weeks, was a search lor a German submarine base, laking into ac count the sympathies of the St Thomiana and the character of the Danish aovernment. it seems probable that Germany would have encountered little opposition if the had cared to establish such a base or a secret wireless station somewnere in this maze of islands. - It is this state of affairs which most amply justifies our purchase of the Danish West Indies. St. Thomas U a strategically valuable island sit uated directly upon many steamship routes lead ing to our Panama canal. We do not need it badly as a naval base ourselves, nor il it ideal for that purpose; but to have it owned and fortified by a hostile power would be most undesirable, while to have the same power conducting secret negotiations to gain control over It might be even more dangerous. Hence it llprobably well that the United State own St Thoma. Although the price is high, it I lest than the price of on battleship. For the purpose of a naval base and of forti fications both the harbor and the island are not all that could be desired. It is true that the harbor has been described repeatedly a "splendid," a "absolutely afe," and It has even been asserted that it would accommodate the "navies of the world." A a matter of fact, the harbor Is very small and would not accommodate a large battle fleet One man of wide experience tate that It will not serve for anything mora than a submarine base, and there seem to be general agreement that the harbor Is too Small for an all-around naval base. Then, too, we are negotiating for a naval base on Fonseca bay with Nicaragua, while ft haa been learned unofficially that both of the principat parties in Santo Domingo are now willing to concede the United States the right to establish a naval base on one of the ex cellent harbor of that island. Adjoining the St. Thomas harbor is another one of about the same size, having a maximum depth of about forty feet and an average of nine teen. It is connected with the main harbor by a narrow, mud-choked passage. It is said that Sir Francis Drake had thi passage blocked be cause when h chased Spanish gallions into St. Thomas harbor they always (scaped by this chan nel between Water island and St. Thomas. At any rate, the channel could easily be made pass able again. ... Estimates as to the value of the island for fortification also vary. Some men who ought to know describe It a Gibraltar, while others say it is too large to be Ideal for defense. At any rate, there is one point near the center of the island from which large guns could reach the sea in all directions. It seems probable that the island could be made thoroughly safe, though probably at much greater expense than a smaller and more compact land mas. Once again, most of the description art wrong in saying that St Thomas had modern coaling facilities. For many years all the coal ing at St. Thomaa wat done with baskets carried on the heads of negroes, and this hand-coaling is all that ha supported ita population. Then the West India company installed t modern coaling plant Forthwith a hurricane came along and ripped it all to pieces a catastrophe which waa greeted in St Thomaa as a gift of providence. They have been coaling with baskets ever since. St. Thomas, then, as it appears to the inquir ing layman, ia neither an American Gibraltar nor an especially good naval base. It can doubtless be made a serviceable unit in our system of de fenses, but its chief value to us is that nobody else haa it. Shafts Aimed at Omaha Tabl Rock Argus: The annual spasmodic cleanup of Omaha is now in progress, with Mayor Dahlman sitting on the lid. Ye godst Don't that get your goat? Oakland Republican. Now that four judges have decided who is boss of the elevator in the Douglas county court house, Omaha papers will be able to devote a little more of their space to other momentous matters. Ainsworth Star-Journal: Omaha is planning to keep their young boy population out of trouble this year by planting every vacant lot to potatoes. If every town in the state would do likewise, Nebraska could reduce the H. C L. considerable. Wayne Herald: We have learned of an Omaha preacher who is evidently rich in material things, and whose name is Holier, appropriately such, no doubt He is offering a bushel of pota toes to any one who can show him a verse in the Bible mentioning a prodigal son. Fremont Tribune: It would be a fine thing if in om way we could settle it beyond cavil whether vaccination i the only preventive of smallpox and whether everybody thould take a chance at vaccination aa a guard against the disease. The revolution now in progress in Omaha ia another example of an old trouble. It is almost as bad at smallpox, and just as likely to break out Lieutenant Governor Howard tells the reader nf hia newsoaoer that one of the plans of the Omaha combination in the senate calls for ad journing the legislature without passing any law at all to support the prohibitory amendment "I am not authorized to speak for Governor Ne vill," says the lieutenant governor, "but my good opinion of him tells me that if such a trick as that ohmtM Ko ttirnod thai Dovcrnor would call an extra session immediately." Lincoln Journal. Health Hint tor the Day. Good advice to follow In the case of influenza is to go to bed and stay In bad until you are so well that you do not want to stay there any longer. One Tear Ago Today in the War. German Zeppelin brought down by French automobile gun crew near Revlgny. Sixty-live allied airmen raided Ze brugge, on Belgian coast doing great damage. Russian overpowered Austrlans at Uaoleczko, on the Dniester river, after a long siege. In Omaha Thirty Year Ago. Mr. John T. Clarke gave a dinner at the club to Mr. and Mrs. Colpet zer, the Misses Wadlelrh, Miss Ger trude Clarke, Mr, Monroe and Dr. Summer. The home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McKenna on Lake street was raided by a cailco necktie surprise party. The "surprise" were Messrs. and Mes dames F. E. Bailey, jr.; McBrlde, H. A, Haskell, F. B. Baker. Joseph Red man, George C. Bassett C. Woodworth, William xiy, Joseph Hensman, John Gannon, the Misses Minnie Collett Dolll Bailey, lines Haskell, Maggie Later, Mertle Baker and Messrs. F. E. Pickens, George Bailey, Charles Champlin, Harry Baker, William Nel son and William Hunter. A very enjoyable musicals was given at Brownell Hall by Mr. Franko assisted by Miss Balcome and Miss Roeder. The luncheon given by Mrs. O. G. Hoffman was attended by the follow ing; Masdamea Adolph Meyer, Ives, Wakefield, Orr, Troxell, Knapp and Coleman. C. C. Qulggle, a brother of Mr. Lizzie Wilkins. will arrive In Omaha shortly to take up Ms permanent abode. Prof. Dworak waa tendered a birth day party at Hoffman halt J. L. Miles, a banker from Daven port Ia., bought about 1 00,000 worth of Omaha city property loans. He la well pleased with Omaha and says he Intends to loan a million dollars here this year. This Day In History. 1771 American troops entered Bos ton following the evacuation of the city by the British. . U27 Subscription book for the Baltimore A Ohio railroad opened. 1828 Henrik Ibsen, famous Norwe gian dramatist and poet born. Died May 18, 1801. 1844 Peter B. Porter, secretary of War under president J. Q. Adams, died at Niagara Falls, N. T. Born at Salis bury, Conn., August 14, 1771. 1868 Commodore David Conner, who commanded the American naval forces In th war with Mexico, died in Philadelphia. Born at Harriaburg, Pa., In 1783. 1863 Willie Lincoln, second son of the president and Mrs. Lincoln, died In the White House of smallpox. 188S Btoneman'a raid In southwest ern Virginia commenced. 1905 England arranged with Italy to have the latter assume the pro tectorate of Bomaliland. 109 Colonel Duncan B. Cooper and his son Robin were found guilty of killing Senator Carmack of Tennes see and sentenced to twenty years' im prisonment, The Day We Celebrate, i Harry G. Jordan, vice president and treasurer of the Byron Reed company, was born March 20, 1844, in St Louis. He came to Omaha in 1888. Charles L. Dundy, who Is just 4S today, got his legal education at the University of Michigan and previous to going Into private practice was with the law department of the Union Paclflo for nearly twelve years. Dr. Charles W. Eliot president emeritus of Harvard university, born In Boston eighty-three years ago to day, Thomas Cochran, who arrived In New Tork virtually penniless sixteen years ago and Is now a partner In the firm of 3. P. Morgan A Co., born in ,St. Paul forty-six year ago today. Rt Rev. David H. Greer, Episcopal bishop of New York, born at Wheel ing, W. Va- seventy-three years ago today. J. Franklin Fort, ex-governor of New Jersey, now a member of the Federal Trade commission, born at Pemberton, N. Y., sixty-five years ago today. Meldon Wolfgang, pitcher of the Chicago American league base ball team, born at Albany, N. Y twenty seven years ago today. Joseph Boehllng, pitcher for th Cleveland American league base ball team, born at Richmond, Va,, twenty five years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Beginning of spring, according to calendar. A dinner Is to be given at the Na tional Arts' elub in New York City tonight in honor of the eightieth birth day of William Dean Howells. Prof. Richard Green Moulton it to deliver the oration today at the an nual spring convocation at the Uni versity of Chicago. i Th annual convention of the Iowa society of the Daughtera of the Amer ican Revolution open at Dee Moines today and will continue until Friday. The Georgia legislature has been summoned to meet In special session today to consider a "bone-dry" bill and a deficit of 180,000 in the confed erate pension fund. The railroad situation as It pertains to the lumber business, the establish ment of credits and grades of lumber, are the chief topic to be discussed at the annual convention of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' associa tion, opening today at Pittsburgh, Storiette of the Day. It was a Pike county woman who Indited a note to the teacher concern ing the punishment of her young hopeful. The note ran thus: "Dear Miss : You rite me about whlppin' Sammy. I hereby give you permission to beat him up any time it la necessary to learn hia lesson. He la just like hie father you have to learn him with a club. Pound not ege into him. I want him to get it and don't pay no attention what hia father aays I'll handle him." St Louis Republic. BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BLUEBIRD Boasunn Utile lltoklrd. In row voice X taosr Somathlnf kind and dea Somathlne raoajllnf the story OI smut routAial days yoatorraar. Baantlfol llttl bluebird. , Swoot ploaamres you brine To no ovry spring flwoot ploaouros of Juvontlo slorr, Whlc only I toot whoa yoa sing. Boaotlful mil HaoUr. Waon X know no wrong, . tt was your aama song s That now again (bloat orfortorr!) Makos mo tor more happtnaas long. Omaha. WILLIS HUDSPETH. Farmers' Union for the Union. Lyons, Neb., March 18. To the Editor of The Beei I would like to have a place In your paper to express to the public tne farmers' union as a quotient In this strike situation. To say that the farmers condemn the subversive and unpatriotle move the united trainmen are taking la plac ing it very olacld. In this time of such acute conditions, it Is a curse to the nation and every naturalized citizen to play the part of dictator. We have such In any man or union that gets up and demands of his fellow men to the ex tent of jeopardizing life and property. We have the best conditions on this earth, each and all. If I should com pare the Income of a trainman to a farmer at the present time, you would readily see the farmer would profit a great deal faster at an eight hour money guarantee than he now does. The farmer Is unionizing Into one of the strongest unions in exist ence, and the reason lies in the fact that he can no longer stand for the demands of these other unions. The last week has given us a great example of the curse on a nation, in a congress, that doea not stand back of our own national pride. We should be proud as republicans, democrats, populists and socialists, to stand united under the Stars and Stripes. Does the union of any kind, the trust of any kind, or a disunited congress stand for this great principle? It Is one of the most unpatriotic and ill-advised things that oould happen to our republic for any citizen or union to stand In the light and drench our flag In the fount of those spilling their life blood in the cause of the Orient Brother trainmen unions, conveying the heart of the great farmer's union: At this time of national need. It Is a curse for you not to stand with all unions and do your best to unite America so that a national en emy dare not say no to any of our country's principles. A. M. A FARMER, Rejoice Over Russian Revolution. Imperial, Neb., March 19. To the Editor of he Bee: Great events create great emotions; if they are sub lime, they are worthy to be expressed so that someone else may also en Joy them. No greater event except the present war happened in the last hundred years and perhapa more, which will affect the human civiliza tion more than the present revolution In Russia, which overthrew the most despotic government the world ever saw. Millions of liberty-loving Americans today can't wholly realize the Impor tance of this change In the affairs of the Russian people. No people on earth, no nation in the universe is more glad, could be more glad, than the Jewish nation, because no nation In the present world crisis suffers more, weeps more,-moans more, will ing to die more to save themselves from the Inhuman persecution than the Jewish nation. Life In Russia Is unbearable for all the people. To suffer was the fate of all, but no one nation suffered so much as the Jewish nation. Rivers of tears, lakes of blood have not dried as yet forever it will boll. This salvation, if true, is an unde scribable Joy to all freedom-loving people. This is another Indication that Innocent blood and tears can nev er go to waste without creating good. I wish all liberty-loving people extend across the sea our hands to congratu late the new light of freedom. DR. BENJAMIN ISRAEL. Proposed Sale of State School Lands. Spencer, Neb., March 17. To the Editor of The Bee: The Bee asserts that there la no reason for changing the law of 1888, withdrawing the school land from sale. The reason for stopping the sale waa that in 1893 no one wanted to buy land. Today every body wants to buy land; that finan ciers consider the proper time to sell. On the other hand, those want ing to hold the land are, first those where the land is already sold and paying taxes, and they want besides, a share in ours while we are robbed of the tax, and, second, the cattle bar ons who are leasing the western school land for 2 or 3 cents an acre. The state average Is 13 or 18 cents. Boyd county leases average 43 cents per acre, exactly per cent on the mini mum, 87 an acre. None would sell so cheap and much would bring $50. Six oer oent on this would bring 13 a year. G. W. WHITEHORN, County Assessor. P. S Has the state more right to be landlord of a farm than of a ho tel? Note: You are mistaken as to date of change In the law. It was en acted in 1899. If the state became owner of a hotel by gift or bequest it certainly would have a right to be the landlord. What Alls Night High School? Omaha, March 19. To the Editor of The Bee: It seems to me that a re port from the schol board on the ses sion of the night high school, Just closed, is due the taxpayers of Omaha. T o.m In heartv sympathy with a 11b- eral policy toward our educational In stitutions ana l oeueve ins eventual high school Is worthy of our support But If the report made by a student recently la correct and I think it Is, the management must be seriously at fault. The student referred to said that for several weeks past his classes had only from four or five to eight or ten In attendance. He wae certain, also, that classes other than those which he attended had numbers equally small. Some classes that he had heard other students speak of had but two or three In attendance. It seems that the number at the beginning of the term were from twenty to thirty or greater, but in a few weeks members began to drop out. with the result that for several weeke the whole plant has been operated for a number of pupils ridiculously small. Think of teachers being paid full salary for conducting classes of such microscopic proportions. Let us have a report of attendance, number of teachers employed, janitors, fuel and lights. Not a report of aver age attendance for the term, but By weeks and by teachers, showing Just what numbers each teacher had for each week and the pay received by each. If the management haa not been business-like, then put some compe tent person in charge next year. TAXPAYER. CHEERFUL MOMENTS. Tht afsnt marched up the front atcpt and fan the door bell briskly. "Good morninff," ht Maid, bowing politely to the meld who answered hie ring. "Is the lady of the house engaged?1' "Not bow," responded the new maid brightly. "She ueed to be, but ihe got mar ried more than a year ago," Philadelphia. Ledger. Minister. Daughter (after church) I don't suppose you nottced It, papa, but Mrs. De Style had on Another new hat Her Father I sometimes fear, my child, that the milliners are more responsible for attendance than th ministers. Boston Transcript. IfcAR MR.kABlBBlE, tft HUSBAtfe Uk6S ME 1t COOK dOASTBEEF AND X UKE vEAt-viHcr wuxbo? MAKE A HASH 5wO& "Pop, you're always kind to tiilmali. ain't you ?" "I try to be. son. We should all be kind to animals, particularly afflicted ones." "Well, tell me, pop, hows' that poor blind tiger, Out Banire iays his father says you went to last night?" Baltimore Amer ican. She Tom, dear, I have at last discovered that I love you. He An, you have heard, then, that my uncle has left me 90,000. ' She Sir, after that remark we must part forever 1 heard It waa S 0,000. Boston Transcript "Tak It away I Take It awayl" said th editor, handing the amateur poet's poem baok to him. "What's the matter? Why are you so dis turbed ?" "Tak It awayt Tour meter f so leaky that I'm afraid to tackle it without a gas mask." Life. You Can make Excellent Cake with Fewer Eggs Just use an additional quantity of Royal Baking Powder, about a teaspoon, in place of each egg omitted. This applies equally well to nearly all baked foods. Try the following recipe according to the new way: CREAM LAYER CAXZ Old Waft evpa Soar s tooopom ore! aaMaf tWtar J H cop alwrtontsg I tooapooa flavoring New Way 1 ra oarar I r milk com floor Itaaapoofia Rorol Baking eg t tablooawmo ahortoQlog 1 tooapooa flavoring ' Make 1 Large a-Leytf Cak DniKCTIOtrS Croom fheaaoit and ahortonlnt togotnor.tnw nti la thoaog. After oiftlng tho floor and ftoyol Baking Powdor together two or threo ttmaa, add II all to ihe miatoro. Orotuollr add tho mils as boot with opooa sntll torn hove omeoth pour batter. Add tho flevorfng. Poor Into grooood layer eoko Ilea and bako In amodorotolyhetoeottfortwentpmrnoteo. Thia eake ta boot baked la two lo.watitttogotnOffwhberoaAflUlag and apraad with whhaletrjg MDYAL BAKING POWDER maul from Crtam of Tartar, derived from (rapes. 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