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Traaaurar.
Subacrlbtl In my araaouca and aworn to
Malwr roe tiiu aist day ol May, UU.
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Notuiy i'uuuo,
Cukaerlbara Uavlnsr th city taiav
fyurarlly ahoald tear '111
nutllcd to (hem. Addraaaea will Urn
ckaoaratl aa ftvai ava a tcaiad.
And think of a Georgia legislature
meeting In tbis kind of weather.
It la still a toss-up between the
golden rule and the big stick as shlb
boleths of authority. ' 1 '
Mr. Hill has been made a doctor of
laws, but even at that he cannot doctor
up the statutes to suit.
Is this Harmon boom really a move
ment for the governor of Ohio, or sim
ply anything to' beat Bryan?
Colonel Watterson thinks Kentucky
should advertise. Well, what has it
been doing for the last fifty years?
The renomlnation of Governor Pat-,
terson In Tennessee prompts the in
quiry. Will guns be barred in the
campaign?
If Colonel Roosevelt's Cairo speech
has already come to bear fruit in the
execution of the premier's assassin it
was not delivered in vain.
Magna Charta is to be read from the
steps of the New York City hall on the
Fourth of July Reno does not need
that sort of spur to its patriotism.
While putting motorcycle policemen
In uniform, the plain clothes detective
should also be labeled so the crooks
may have a signal to duck at first
tight.
The original Peck's bad boy Is re
ported to be dead at the age of 40.
Go on. Peck s bad boys, like the Tom
Sawyers and Huckleberry Finns, never
die.
And now it Is Intimated that the
resignations of those anti-Saloon in
surgents were only anticipating sum
mary ejection from the organization.
Perish the thought!
President Taft goes to Beverly for
a well-earned vacation. He has put
in some hard blows for the people and
they will not begrudge him a restful
summer at his cottage home.
Our democratic congressman wants
it distinctly understood that he has a
habit of running for only one office at
a time, and only every other year when
be does not take a trip to Europe.
What should be done with paving
contractors who keep our streets torn
tip for weeks and months without vis
ible effort to complete the work and
open item to traffic? Don't all speak
at onco.
J. Pierpont Morgan has added his
little epigram to that of the late Mr
Vanderbilt by saying, "I don't care
what the public wants." This reallv
does not coma as any great shock to
the public, fpr it had Just about begun
to suspect it.
Omaha is to have a fine new foundry
and iron works establishment added
to its industries. Every manufactur
ing plant acquired adds to the popula
tlon by giving employment to wage
workers, and likewise helps boost bus
iness generally.
Our good friends down at Lincoln
are trying to make a wet and dry issue
out of an election to vote sewer bonds,
so that if the bonds are carried it will
be a dry victory, while If they fall the
wets will win. Looks a 1 little far
fetched at hls distance.
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Important Judicial Appointment.
Six Judicial appointments are to b
made by President Taft within the
near futnre and general Interest at
taches to his action. He mast name
a new associate justice of the supreme
court to take the place to be made va
cant by the retirement of Justice
Moody and five judges to constitute
the first court of commerce created
under the provisions of the new rail
road rate law.
The Transmlsslsslppl country, from
the river to the Pacific coast states, is
without, a representative on the su
preme bench, and while these appoint
ments are not determined by geo
graphical selection, there Is no reason
why Justice Moody's successor should
not come from this great section,
which was In the field with candidates
for the late Justice Brewer's place
which the president gave to Governor
Hughes. In view of the rapid devel
opment and the diversity of industries
in the west, it would be well if this
section were permitted to furnish a
member of the supreme court thor
oughly familiar with its own peculiar
Interests, well, not only for the west,
bnt also for the court and tho country-at-large.
A fear has been voiced in the east
that the president, who makes the
original selections for the court of
commerce, is likely to name one or
more of the present members of the
Interstate Commerce commission and
the objection is urged that, while ex
perienced enough for the place, the na
ture of the commissioners' service
would tend to disqualify them for
these new Judicial functions, since
they had so long been dealing with
railroad rate matters from the stand
point of the prosecutor. We believe
this fear is not well grounded and that
the president may be trusted to make
no appointment that might jeopardize
the success of this court of commerce,
which is largely of his own conception.
Bidding for Tourists.
The ancient capital of Austria has
gone into the business of advertising
for tourists, with a preference for
Americans, who, of course, have the
most money and are the beat spenders.
This advertisement appears In many
newspapers:
WANTED Tourists from foreign coun
tries, America preferred; all sorts of in
ducements offeied; visitors have only to
make known their demands. Address City
of Vienna.
Evidently the lines of competition
for these desirable American tourists
with their plethoric money bags are
being tightly drawn and Vienna, which
perhaps has not been getting its share,
proposes to go after the game strong
this year. This suggests that the
American tourists might reap some
benefit from the competition them
selves. If they are so desirable why
not capitalize their popularity? Why
not demand certain exclusive conces
sions, in the form of rebates if they
wish, or otherwise? vBut why should
the preferred American visitor not get
more for his money than the other
fellow?
Still, what Vienna is doing in this
way to build up a profitable tourist
business may contain a hint for some
of our own enterprising cities. If it
is worth while for Vienna to make an
extra effort to get this business during
a few brief summer months, it surely
would be worth while for an American
city, which has slniiar attractions and
Inducement to offer, to make a
similar bid to keep some of the money
at borne that now goes abroad. We
are : accustomed to let the resort
keepers and railroads do all the pro
motion work to build up and stimulate
the tourist traffic. But if it is a pay
ing proposition to them' perhaps it
might be made to pay the cities them
selves to trump In with them and do
team work in exploiting their drawing
cards.
Quite a Remarkable Verdict
It la remarkable that a New York
grand Jury specially called for the pur
pose after six months of exhaustive
investigation finds that no organized
white slave traffic exists in that city
and it must be exceedingly gratifying
to the best citizens all over the land to
have this assurance. The chief sig
nificance of the jury's findings, how
ever, lies in the fact that J. D. Rock
efeller, Jr., who gave so generously of
his time and vast means to combat
what was believed to be a systematic
movement of this character, waa fore
man of that grand Jury. This tends
to give a climax of authority and in
tegrlty to the verdict and to compel
ita acceptance in the best of faith by
the peope generally.
This is a splendid vindication for
the fair name of New York, in which
gooa peopie everywnere must feel a
degree of satisfaction, and if it lndl
cates that no such organized system
exists in this country it ought to give
us still greater gratification. As to
those persons who gave currency to
the charge with such reckless zeal, the
judge to whom the grand jury sub
mitted its report seems to have hit the
keynote when he said: "It Is a mer
lted rebuke to the slanderers of this
city."
White slavery, so-called, Is an atro
cious crime that ought not to be tol
erated anywhere, but defaming char
acter, whether of an individual or a
large body of individuals, is an atro
cious crime that should also be se
verely dealt with. Those zealots who
made these sweeping charges which
six month of laborious investigation
could not sustain probably would ex
cuae themselves by saying that they
"thought so," but that does not miti
gate the great wrong they have done
New York and other cities.
This verdict ought to teach the 1m
THE BEE:
portance of knowing what one Is talk
ing about btfore making such serious
charges. Foher-mlnded people are
often deterred from lending their In
fluence to worthy moral and soclsl re
forms Just for the reason that they
lack confidence in so-called reformers,
who, as in this case, when the test
comes, prove to know absolutely noth
ing of their own knowledge, but base
al their wild defamation on hearsay
or imagination.
Sporadic cases of white slavery un
doubtedly exist In this country and the
federal government Itself has taken
steps to break It up, and while this
grand Jury report censures the instiga
tors of unprovable ciiarges, It offers
no comfort whatever to any engaged
in this criminal business.
Not a Question of Cowardice.
The Omnha Bee teem to take oonslder
able pleasure In publishing from time to
time anonymous articles reflecting upon
the administration that lr. I). S. Wood
ard is giving to the Lincoln Insane asy
lum. We desire to say, In the first place,
that this anonymous business is mean and
cowardly; and, in the second place, that
IT. D. a. Woodard halls from Aurora, and
that in this community, where he has been
well known for years, he is respected and
esteemed as a man of character. There Is
no one In Aurora who would for a moment
believe Vr. Woodard callable of doing the
small, mean things with which he Is
charged by this Ilea correspondent, who
has not enough manhood to sign tats name.
Aurora Sun.
If there Is a place where no question
of cowardice Is raised in giving pub
licity to an anonymous letter it is in
institutions where helplba inmates are
completely at the mercy of those ac
cused of mal-adminl8tratlon and abuse
of power. The inmate of the Lincoln
Insane asylum, who wrote to The Bee,
referred to, had "enough manhood to
sign his name," but the editor of The
Bee deliberately withheld It from pub
lication apprehensive that It might get
the writer Into trouble. The effect of
that publication waa described by the
same correspondent in a letter, which
reads:
Dr. Woodard la mad. The employes say
he Is "greatly disturbed." He Is "going to
find out who gave that Information to The
Bee if it's the last thing I do in life."
He also las said, "It's a bitter pill to
swallow." The exposure Of the special at
tendant fake and the cut flower deal
created a sensation in this neck of the
woods, and it Is true every word of It
That Inside Information should get out is
what hurts Dr. Woodard. 1 am placing a
whole lot of confidence in you, so keep my
name away from Dr. Woodard. It cer-i
tainly would be bad for me if he should
find out where The Bee gets Us Informa
tion. The "anonymous business" is evi
dently not so "mean and cowardly" as
the mismanagement business which it
has exposed, and which the good dem
ocratic doctor has not been able to dis
prove. No one will take the trouble
to dispute that the doctor is "respected
and esteemed" in . the community
'where he has been well known for
years, nor that he earned some kind
of a fat job by doing yeoman service
for the democratic ticket. But for all
that the unfortunate Insane, who be
come wards 'of the state, are entitled
to the very best care and treatment
which can be provided for them, but
which they have not been getting since
our democratic governor put all the
official positions on the -political pie
counter. ,
The special grand Jury which has
been making a thorough investigation
of the subject in New York reports
that it can find no evidence of any or
ganized trade engaged in what is
called the "white slave" traffic. A
little while ago we were told by our
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Bensauoo&i yeuow journals Wat a
branch of the international organiza
tion of "white slavers" had agents do
ing a regular business in Omaha. But
if there is no such organization, of
course, it can have no branch in
Omaha or elsewhere.
The city of Omaha has been en
Joined from opening a street across a
railroad track without compensating
the railroads. If that is to be the
rule, as perhaps it should be; it ought
to work both ways with the railroads
compensating the city when they aak
to have a street closed.
All the troubles of the anti-Saloon
league workers are always charged up
to paid agents of the breweries work
lng inside or outside or the ranks. In
the present schism of the Nebraska
reformers, which side is under suspi
cion with having connected with the
brewery pay roll?
Hoke Smith is again grooming him
self for another race for governor of
Georgia. Perhaps Hoke has bis eye
on the democratic presidential nomi
nation. It would be interesting to
have a marathon between him and
Harmon two members of Cleveland's
cabinet.
It seems the first duty awaiting Mr.
Bryan on bis homo-coming Is to con
sWtute himself an arbitration commit
tee between Brother "Charley" and
"Met," at least one of whom has got
ten off the reservation during his ab
sence. "When the cat's away the
mice will play."
With Governor Harmon and bis fol
lowers in Ohio refusing to stand aside
and the democrats of his own state
turning his picture to the wall, Mr.
Bryan must feel that the title, "Peer
less Leader," Is only ornamental.
Life at Oyster Bay is sedentary. The
colonel told the newspaper men the
only exercise he could get around was
cutting down trees and pitching hay,
Must seem mighty tame after a season
in Africa.
New York will not hold a world's
fair to commemorate the three hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement
OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE .10, 1010.
of Manhattan Island, as the committee
of business men appointed by the
mayor to consider the proposition has
reported adversely on it. Make way
for New Orleans and San Francisco.
laaprlmatajr af Pallkf alaraa.
Waahlngton Poat.
Most oongreaamen go back to the boom
of their conatltuenta with a senna of duty
well done, to ay nothing of an appropria
tion for their dlitrtoL
The "Tribe- of mint", Wandera.
Chicago Record-Herald.
United State Senator Ovre aays he waa
offered a bribe of $c4.00tX Various mem
ber of. the lillnol leglalature will wonder
why In the world he didn't take the money.
Farblahltta; an -Ola Trath.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
In referring to the changed aspect of af
fairs Jf congress and the capacity of repub
licans to get together, a democratic mem
ber from Georgia says: "The republican
party is a wonder." This view is correct,
but could have been reached fifty years
ago, or in any subsequent year.
Caaeeralng a Oooa Front.
Chicago Inter Ocena.
To be able to' "put up a good front" Is
well for the few minutes when It counts.
But after that it doesn't count at all.
Rooner or later, and as a rule very quickly,
the other man will Insist on knowing what
there Is bahind the front. And If there Is
nothing but front the procession moves on
and the devotee of the "gospel of the good
front" wonders why he is not in It.
The Amorlcaa Invaaloa.
Springfield Republican.
Eleven transatlantic liners left New
York for Europe Saturday with about
6,000 first cabin passengers and many more
in the second and third cabins. It Is cal
culated that they Carried away In money
and letters of credit some $23,000,000, which
Is no doubt a glaring overestimate. But
what they actually did take Is enough to
show that the average American Is not
being ruined by the high cost of living.
Protection 31 ot for Wrongdoers.
Harper's Weekly.
To secure at least fair treatment for
Americans anywhere abroad that Is one
privilege of a great power which we ought
to exercise. Lord PaJmerston's famous
civ Is Romanus speech of 1830 has never
been effectively answered. Nobody has
ever given a good reason why an English
man should not be permitted to feel, where
ever he may be, "that the watchful eye and
the strong arm of England will protect
him agalst Injustice and wrong." Neither is
there any reason why an American should
not have the same feeling provided al
ways, of course, that ha doesn't get the
notion he Is going to be protected in doing
wrong or Injustice to people of other coun
tries. ROBBIXO THE INDIANS,
Exorbitant Fees Cnarared Wards ot
the Government.
Kansas City Star.
The government Is under especial obliga
tion to prevent the robbing of the Indians
through the medium of exorbitant at
torneys' fees, as well as to investigate the
charges of bribery made by Senator Oore
la connection with certain contracts be
tween the Indiana . and their ; private at
torneys, j J -
In all their tribal relations, at least, the
Indians are ward , of the government
Therefore, in all- rtlr tribal affairs where
legal service la needed, the government
should furnish such service, and it should
be as efficient .' it is possible for the
Indians to procure, by any other means.
There should be b place in the prosecu
tion ot any claim., advanced by the In
diana for a private attorney. He is an In
terloper. He Is a wholly unnecessary mid
dleman. At least,' If the government Is
not now prepared to furnish as good ser
vice, free of cost, to the Indians as he can
get by paying enormous feea to private
lawyers, then the ' government should put
Itself In readiness to render such service.
The Indians should not be able to get
from the government, through private at
torneys with Influence In Washington, any
thing to which they are not entitled. And
anything to which they are entitled Bhould
be procurable through attorneys pro
vided by the government.
The group of attorneys presenting the
present Indian contracts for approval are
said to have a 10 per cent arrangement
with the Indiana 1 which would net them
several million dollars In one instance
and still more millions in another, If the
contracts are allowed. The same Interests
already have taken from the Indians
ITCO.OOO for procuring the government's ap
proval of certain contracts represented In
a single case.
Yet the attorney general of the United
States, head of a cabinet department, who
represents all the people that Is, the gov
ernment recenves only $12,000 per year.
He would have to serve fifty years to
earn as much as on of the private at
torneys . hi the present case Is reputed to
have received for a former service involv
ing much smaller gross fees.
The Department of the Interior employs
a special solicitor for the Indians. It pays
this man ,080 per year. It would take
this solicitor 120 years to earn, in this of
ficial capacity, what one of the private
attorneys received for a single transaction,
If this man Is not competent to procure
for the Indians all they are entitled to,
then some other man should be employed,
If the pay la not enough to procure the
right kind of man, then the pay should
be Increased. The government should elim
inate the privato lawyer from the Indian
business at least so far as tribal affairs
are concerned.
For that matter, the same thing should
apply to all private contracts with the In
dians, tribal or individual. Indeed, the In
dian fee scandal Is only another argument
In favor of the government-paid counsel
In general, whether in criminal or civil
cases.
Our Birthday Book
& SV If 10.
Robert P. Porter, -who was director of
the census in IS, was born June 30, 1X3,
in iNorwicn, j&ngiana. lie la a newspaper
man and has had experience on a great
many American newspapers, and is now
attached to the Times, In London.
Frank M. BllBh, manager for R. O. Dun
A Co., is just 45 today. He was born In
Wilmington, III., and studied at the Uni
versity of Illinois at Champaign. He en
gaged with IU G. Dun & Co., at Rock
Island, 111., In 1SU, and later became head
of the office at Lincoln, from which he
waa tranafarred to Omaha in 190L
Dr. John J. Foster, the dentist, was born
June 91, JJffZ, at Monmouth, 111. Ha
graduated from Ohio college and practiced
at Pawnee City In this state, later at Wash
Ington, la., and in London, Eng., before
locating in Omaha.
Frank H. Myers, real estate and mort
gage broker In the .New York Life build
lng, was born June SI, 1861, on a farm In
Wisconsin. He started out In business In
Vm in.. Beatrloe, eomlng to Omaha In 1901
as a mam bar of the rrni of Benson A
Myers, which haa alnce Incorporated with
him as president of The Banson Myers
company.
Washington Life
The Xaaararal Orowa, What tt
WU1 Coat, Tears of Battrel Frael
deate, sad a SaddlBg atateaman.
Precedents decorated with the muss of
ages banishes whatever surprise was felt
over thn notion of congrevs In shelving
during the closing hours of the session an
appropriation to pay the Il'O.OOO awarded
Hlchard Parr for discovering the crooked
welKhlng devices of the sugar trust. The
secretary of the treasury has authority
to pny 2&,000 of the award, but the balance
must be piovlded by congress, and con
gress Is scandaluusly averse to paying such
claims. There Is not p. worse government
In ...e world In this respect." observes the
Waahlngton correspondent of the lirooklyn
Eagle. "The claims that are II led against
the government and that are declared to be
good by the court of claims are yearly dis
regarded without compunction by congress.
Usually there Is annually a big claims
bill, which the house cuts to the bone and
afterward the senate pads and then the
bill dies In conference.
"The result la that many righteous claims
are never paid by the government. The
clnlmants even die and their heirs continue
the unequal contest. Of course. In a large
number of Instances tho claims are now
held by clulm attorneys who have specu
lated In them, and this fact has not a-llttle
to do with the refusal of congress to act
on them, but. all In all, the government 1
a miserably delinquent debtor, and while
there haa been considerable complaint and
much fulmlnution, congress has never been
Impelled to act.
'.Lonely figures haunt the corridors of the
capital buttonholing Indifferent members
and urging them to pa.s claims that have
been pending In some cases fifty and
seventy-five years. It Is to be hoped that
Parr's friends will see that action on his
claim la taken promptly and that ho may
not be added to the long line of forlorn
waiters."
A man named Bowers, residing in Mem-
nhl Tenn.. bombarded conirress with fran
tic appeals to pass Semite .bill No. 8503 be
fore adjournment. . This is a bin drawn
in the Interest of the consumers with a
view to reducing the cost of living. It is
intonHorl to break ud what Is oeciarea to
h a. bnvr.ott by wholesalers of retailers
Bowers has been spending
a lot of money on printed pamphlets relat
ing experiences he says ne nas nau wu
various supply companies.
i am that Bowers finds It u'lincuil
to buy supplies now because, he under
sells the retail trauo. ie Kives facsim
ile, nt lattera written by big houses re
fusing to furnish him with goous unless
he will agree to maintain standard prices.
An Interesting order has come to ugm in
Washington In the official correspondence
of the governor of Guam. Captain E. J.
Dorn. U. S. N., who ontexea nim-
self to accompany the Supply to Olon
gapo for Its annual docking and wmie in
the Philippines "to carry out such business
for the island government as could not
well be delegated to others. Including nego
tiations for certain specimens of the flora
and fauna of these islands desirable for In-
ttwiiir-Hnn Into Guam: consultation with
tho prison authorities relative to status of
prisoners from Guam, and exchange ot
Island currency Into American money."
Tho comptroller of the treasury has held
that Captain Dorn's order to himself can
have no effect other than authorised by
the secretary of the navy, who authorised
the Supply to Olongopo. The jurisdiction
of - Captain Dorn la ilimited to the Island
of Guam and any additional duties be
yond that must be Imposed by higher
authority.
An analysis of senatorial oratory
turned out during the session classes
Senator Clay of Georgia as the prise
shouter. When ne makes a speech in the
senate h's voice carries beyond the
chamber and out through the various
corridors. As the doors swing open
persons in the rotunda and near the su
preme court may hear bunches of ora
tory from the dlrect.on of the senate,
Olten strangers hearing the. noise are de
ceived into ....nklng somc...mg exciting
Is happening. They hurry In and find that
Clay is simply talking about the cotton
bo.l weevil. And the odd part Is that
the Georgia senator Is not aware that he
talks louder laan the average senator.
He is not strong and at the end of every
sDeech Is physically exhausted. Yet he
must go on In a nigh pitch or not at all.
Senator Tillman waa another screamer.
He waa always stentorian. No matter
what he said he threw his whole weight
Into It,' and hla venemence la thought by
many to have brought on his ill health.
at la.t bursting a bloou vessel In the
brain. His friends frequently remon
strated with him and urged him to lower
his voice.
A-id I holler?" ha would say. "I did
not know that idld. I suppose I can't
help it."
Representative Coudrey of St. Louis
easily plucks the session's record for
freak bills. Mr. Caudrey'a finishing
stroke was a bill "prohibiting conductors
on street railway cara In the District ot
Columbia fr.m expectorating on their
hands and fingers when Issuing tickets
or transfers to passengers." Tho bl.l
provided a penalty of IB for tne first of
fense and $10 for each and every offense
thereafter. Anot er ot his emanations
decreed "that any individual, firm or
corporatio.i owning and displaying on the
outslue of a building, or on any street or
avenue wK.iln tue, district of Columbia,
a clock which shall no be running at
all times of the day or night and not kept
within two minutes of the correct east
ern standard time, snail be liable to a
fine of til for each and every offense."
Along in the winter Mr. Coudrey became
possessed of the Idea that Washington
laundries had entered into an unholy
combination whereby they sought to ele
vate and maintain prices, browbeat inelr
patrons anu' fact.tiate the fraying of
cuffs and collars. He introduced a bill
calling for the appointment of a special
committee "of five members to "investi
gate the agreement or combination that
appears to exist between the leading
laundries In the District of Columbia."
The genius reformer from Missouri la not
at all distressed because his panaceas are
smothered almost at birth. His con
scienoi Is sasfieu with having pointed
the way. If congress falls to sea tbo
wisdom of his measures so much the
worse for congress and the suffering
multitude, '
NO LONQEIl "FKKE AS AIR."
Control and Refutation of Wireless
Telesrrapa jr.
v Cleveland Plain Dealer.
American air to not to be free. It is to
ba put under legal restraint The senate
has passed a bill to regulate wireless teleg
raphy, and to compel all wireless teleg
raphers to procure licenses and act under
federal control. ' If the house concurs In
tbts measure It will soon be an offense for
anyone to monkey with the atmosphere.
At present there are many amateur wire
less telegraphers In the United States. Soma
of them are mere boys, whose mechanical
turn of mind has taken this form of ex
pression. These young enthusiasts not only
are able to read all weighty government
messages, but they also, it 1 said, seil-
ously Interfere with transmission. The wire
less, at any rate, has become so Import
ant that the senate believes It Is time to
stop having It used as a plaything.
Probably some such regulations as that
proposed by the senate bill Is wise and de
sirable. One of the chief drawbacks of the
Marconi system has been Its complete lack
of privacy. Almost anyone can set up his
receiving apparatus and rend all the flying
messages. Cipher codes may be used, but
even thus It Is difficult to assure secrecy,
for many ciphers may be solved by men
who turn their attention to such problems.
It Is difficult to see how the proposed law
will remedy the existing difficulties. It may
help some, and may put some schoolboys
out ot business, but the task ot regulating
and controlling the air looks even too big
for the great American government. Wire
less wire tapping Is so easy and simple that
a large army of detectives would be re
quired to keep the air clear ot eavesdrop
pers.
llOOSKVli-.T'S AMAII.NU INDUSTRY
Fevr Travel Corrcapontlents Ever
I'rodave Mack Cony
Edward Marshall In Columbian.
A few days ago I talked with two men,
Important iu tne councils ot tire pub
lishing bouse for wrioin, since ha started
on his Journeying, , Air. Roosevelt haa
written for print the Outlook and Bcrlb
ner's Magazine. Both have been, of
course, more or less constantly in commu
nication with the traveler, and both lokl
me that they had reaaon to believe Mr.
Roosevelt to have been tremendously and
pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm of
his welcome, in far countries. Both spoke
with something kin te awe of bis great
Industry; both especially commented on the
evidence ot foresight and method afforded
by the progress of his great journey almost
without a change, upon the lines laid down
several years ugo .and the delivery of his
copy with a precision and perfection which
would have been a credit to the most care
fully expert journalist
His literary labors during his absence
were. Indeed, amazingly extensive. Few
trained correspondents, traveling for the
exclusive purpose of getting material for
publication, have on similar journeys pro
duced more manuscript, and never was bet
ter "copy" sent to editors by any man
working under such extremely trying cir
cumstances as have, sometimes, surrounded
the production of his. His manuscripts,
prepared In the field, show all those evi
dences ot thought and care which would
be properly expected had they been written
In his library at Oyster Bay. Mr. Bridges
of Charles Schlbner's Sons, showed me
some of them the other day. Each Is In
tho colonel's own handwriting. The only
time, during all hla African travels, when
he even had a typewriter available, waa
when he was at Ju Ju farm. All other
matter which he sent across the sea waa
written with a pencil in his own char
acteristic and easy script Indeed, at Ju
Ju farm, the only times when a typewriter
was used were on a few occasions when
more than the usual number of duplicate
coplea were to be made.
WIRELESS STOCK SWINDLE.
Devices Tried an Warahtpa and Be
Jected. na Useleae.
Army and Navy Register.
It is gratifying to note that the poetoffice
authorities have awakened to the uncon
sclonable swindle perpetrated on the people
ot this country by the United Wireless Tele
graph company. It haa taken the officials
a long time to get the Information which
months ago justified the prosecution ot
stock jobbing concerns, which, have been
misrepresenting tbe wireless telegraph and
wireless telephone situation. Nearly two
years ago the Navy department attempted
to enlist the co-operation of the Poatofflce
department is getting after certain people,
who were selling stock in a wireless tele
phone company largely on the assertion
that the system had been adopted by the
government and the Instruments made by
the company were permanently installed
on all ships of war. As a matter of fact.
the wireless telephone apparatus waa re
moved from the ships of the Atlantic fleet
as useless. Notwithstanding this fact, one
company made much of the itction .hat the
navy had adopted the system and stock
waa sold to people who could ill titord to
part with their small savings. Those who
undertook to expose the fraud were threat
ened with suits for libel. The allegations
ot the naval authorities were sustained in
all particulars and were followed by the
ultimate embezzlement of a large part ot
the funds by one of the officials of the
company.
The pity of the whole situation is that
the government haa not been able to act
until so many people, estimated at no leas
than 28,000, have been complacently robbed
ot their Investments. Of course, it Is easy
enough to say that a man or woman who
haa money to Invest should make the pre
liminary Investigation to ascertain the
merit of the speculation and there are
sufficient warnings of a general character
In the newspapers against the swindlers.
But It ought not to be possible for the
government authorities to overlook brazen
misrepresentation which seeks to give
a marketable value to alleged official In
dorscment or adoption ot the device for
which stock Is thus sold.
Talks for people
"You can't tell me that advertising
pays every man that goes Into it," said
a nonadvertiser to me awhile ago.
I have never said advertising pays
every man who goes Into it, because all
men don't go into it in the right way.
Half-bearted-once-ln-a-while adver
tising won't pay. Exaggeration won't
pay. Misrepresentation won't pay.
Red-flag-brass-band-methods won't
pay. Advertising not based upon true
worth and merit never will pay.
Advertising Is a. man's game, and
must be played accordingly. Success
ful advertising requires the highest
type of business Instinct, energy, Judg
ment and integrity.
More than that, It takes patience
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. PERSONAL K0XE3.'.':
Paris dressmakers are varilng ' to
whether women's skirts sl.all ba wide or
tight. The weareis of th" garmi-n's. jieed
lers to Mete, have nothing to ')' about It.
Thnse who have examined Mr. Jeffries
at dose range have confidence that ht
strength Is sufficient to pick up and rrry
the While Man's Burden without tiiut-n
grunting. 't '
A Montana lumberman is accused of
having cut timber worth SCll.e from gov
ernment land. As his offvmllng covers
twenty years, his moderation muni be
recognised.
Up to the clone of busine ss last niarUoy
night t9 gambling licenses had been is
sued at Reno, Nev., each costing $175.
Visitors to the town are. thus, assured, of
ample facilities tor (educing their rolls.
J. J. Hnrahan, president u( the Illinois
Central railroad, has arrived ' at Carlsbad
for the cure. He will have John W. Gates
to chum with soon, for the spevtacular
ex-plungT haa telegraphed his family ttiat
he will arrive next week.
If any of the old-timers want to know
where John G. Carlisle, former secretary of
the treasury, Is, let them learn that he's a
picture of vigorous health on the streets
of New York, clad In a light gray ; thin
suit with frock coat and white atoveplpo
hat. .
Lowering all records for the ualk a:res
the continent, "Jack" Kldredgc, 2S years
old, arrived In San Francisco the other day
covering t.oOO miles In seventy-seven days.
Eldredge's performance won him a puree
of t,000 offered by the Boston Athletlo
club fur anyone covering the 4,000 miles
within 100 days.
SUNNY GEMS... . ... .
"What kind of fence mending Is it you
statesmen are supposed to do wnen you go
home for the summer?"
"A little hedging, as a rule," replied Son-
ator fckirgliuin. V ashlngton Star. , ,
"I suppose the order Mrs. Bang sent her
husband from the seashore was a dead
letter?" ,
"Not a bit of It. It was a live wire,"
Baltimore American.
"My boy, I'm busted and shall have to
sell the autos."
"Horrors, dad; I could never walk." "
"You'll get used to it In time. You can
carry a wind alileia at tlral." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"How did the street oar company ooma
to fire that okl conductor! 1 thought ha
had a pull." ,
"He did, but he didn't uue it Oil the cash
register." Buffalo Express.
"Why are you so enthusiastic over the
opposition to prise fights? Do you dislike
pugilists?" "
"Not at all. But I dislike to have their
plctureaque and Interesting debates inter
rupted by vulgar physical . encounters."-
ClUcago Record-Herald.
"A cold la a very treacherous and danger
ous thing, isn't It, doctor?". ,,
"Yes," replied the physician. "I hava
known people to be made uncomfortable
for life by simply Imagining they had dis
covered the north pole." Washington Star.
"So you like the seashore better than tho
mountains?"
"No, indeed; I prefer the mountains."
"Then why are you going to the sea
shore?" "Because It Is easier there to get Into the
swim." Baltimore American.
"What have you got that hole under your
back yard fence for?"
"To let my neighbor's chickens through
into my garden.".
"Why, you were complaining the other
day about their flying over the fence." .
"That waa because I couldn't catch 'em
and wring their neoks. I made that hole
so I could stand over It and swst the
blamed hens as they came through."
"Well, do they come through It?"
"No!" Chicago Tribune.
ADVICE TO SUMMER GIRLS.
Detroit Free Press.
She waa pretty aa a picture with hep
cheeks of russet tan.
And her bathing suit was something good
to see.
So she took a swimming lesson from a
handsome college man.
Such a very handsome college man was
he.
Round her head her hair waa matted in
the fashionable way.
And she wore a bun to elevate the crown.
And she wore a lot of curls, as all maidens
do today.
The most expensive curls that come in
brown.
In the water they went splashing just as
gayly as could be,
- And the spinsters on the porches wore a
frown.
For they never thought they'd ever live
such awful sights to see,
That young man should be driven out ot
town.
But, alas for that young maiden, and alas
for that young man,
A saucy wave cama dashing o'er the
foam,
And It swept away her' tresses as a wave
Of water can.
Swept away her hair pins also and her
comb.
Tbe lake waa strewn with ringlets, to tho
west there sailed her bun,
Here and there a switch was bobbing
up and down,
In the distance you could see her store
curia dancing In the sun.
Those most expensive curls that come In
brown..
And a sadder little maiden never hurried
to the shore.
When she realised her wealth of hair
was gone;
Tbe moral of this story must I really tali
It o'er?
Is not to go Irt swimming with ' your
'phonies on.
who sell things
and time to let the work of constant
repetition convince and educate.
Most men who do business on a
broad basis advertise liberally, Intelli
gently, forcefully, regularly, bacause
they have learned that wide publicity
of true worth and merit pays, and payt
big. . u.
Those are the sort of business men
The Bee wants in Its advertising col
umns because The Bee Is read In the
homes of Intelligent people to whom
honesty, worth and merit appeals.
Isn't It time, Mr. Merchant, te take
some thought of the 120,000 subscrib
ers of The Bee who are waiting, money
In band, to buy honest goods, honestly
advertised? ...
