Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1910)
in THE V.F.K: OMAHA. TITS DAY, DECEMBER 20. 1010. 'hi;-; tTvfAiiA Daii.v i':. founded rv edwaru hosewatek. victor roswater. editor. lntered at Omaha poetoffice as second class mutter. TfcHMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Fi.m'ny i'n on- year $--r t-nturdny Hee, one ytai ' Dally Pee (w thnut Sund.iyl.one ywr. It ' iuily llo and riund:iy, nw year li.Oj UKLIVKKKW iiV CARRIER. Tlvenlng Hee (wlihou- Sur,da . per week i'c rlvnin Hce (with aMnituyi per week ...I'H. laily Bee Includ.nx Sunday, per week. .he i-ailv Hee (w.thout Kunftayk. I i week lw Address u II roruplsints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation LHpaiinieni. OFFH'Kh Omaha--The He Building. South Omaha-3 North Twenty-fourth Hrw t. Council lilu.'fs 15 Scott Mteet. Lincoln i2 l.litle Ru.ldlng. Chicago V.A Marquette Hu'.lding. New York -Rooms 1101-llui .o. 54 V est 1'hlrty-thlrd Street. ... Uasliliit;ton Fourteenth Street, N. V . CORREFPONDENCK. Communications rdai.ng to ni ""'1 rditoitavl matter should be addressed: Ornuha lite, Kdltorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Rem t by draft, express or poatal order pselie to The Hee publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mail account personal checks except on (Jtualia and eastern exchange not accepted STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ftate of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss. i. cornce H. Tzsthuok. treasurer of 'I he Be l'ublikiiing Company. beinK du'y sworn lays that the actual number of full and complete cop es ni The Daily. Morning, Evming and Sundy bee printed dunnn the Month ef November. 110. was as follow: 1 S 43,600 t 43,004 4 43,67) 1 1 .43,830 1 44,roo 1 8,330 f 43.310 8 64,68 11... 4S.470 11 44.640 It .'. .43,380 It 44J00 14 43,359 i; 43,860 ( 43,858 17 44.330 tS 44,080 II 43,780 (0 43,00 1 43,9X0 f 43,680 mm llfttll X 4 13.630 16 43,740 43,150 IT 43,880 43,380 43,340 0 43,3)0 Total 1,330,880 Return1! copies 16,436 . ' Net Total i.306,464 Dally Average. 43,616 GEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 3oih dev of November. 1310. M. V. WALKER, (Seal.) Notary Public. Subscribers leaving; the cttr tem porarily sboald have The Dee tuaJleet t them. Address Trill be rhaased mm nftea ae requested. The early Christmas Bhopper is now on toe home stretch. The new battleship Texas ought to be 8 good fighter, If there is anything In 6 name. It seems Mr. Carnegie takes no stock n Patrick Henry's lamentations about peace. Perhaps Mr. Carnegie believes $500, 000 worth of peace a. year will be better than none at all. England Is considering the abolition of plural voting. Inspired, no doubt, by the example of Illinois. George M. Pullman is building a $3,000,000 residence In Washington. That comes from an upper birth. . President Taft drops 200 depart mental clerks from the public pay : roll. There go 200 more votes for the opposition. i Oregon has a parsnip that weighs twenty pounds. Listen to that, you states that have not yet accepted the initiative and referendum. The Balllnger-Pinchot committee re port was referrred to the corn ml tee on agriculture. The senate evidently re gards It as a bucolic affair. Arizona's governor says the consti tution about to be adopted in that new state Is the worst ever written. Oklahoma is vindicated at last. i The latest casus belli between Texas and Mexico Is the rumor that a ; Mexican Insurrecto has kidnaped one of Houston's red-headed widows. James J. Hill believes Canada and the United States should enjoy closer commercial relations. It is a pleasure to find Mr. Hill coming to our way of thinking. One wonders if the press report meant to be humorous in stating that "no objection" bad yet been raised to the program to adjourn congress until January S. "Fair and warm," says the govern ment weather prophet at Washington Well, since the weather insists on it that there is nothing like making the forecasts to suit. Strange how hard it is tq keep the desire to make holiday remembrances to friends within the limit of a pocket book already overtaxed by the high cost of high living. According to the Courier-Journal, Kentucky can proudly boast that none of her tilliens has ever been shot for a deer. No, those Kentucklans are far better shots than that. " Milwaukee has "shown up" Chi cago's crude notions of grand opera The city made famous by a certain amber fluid declares Mary Garden in "S&luine" to be the grandest thiug In that line since the "Girl In Blue." The railroads are not permitted to change their rates without first secur ing assent of the railroad commissions representing the public. Railroads should not be permitted to reduce their train service and abandon trains on which the public depend without first tecuriug similar permission. Tho-.i Ovrrwerked Clerks. f la neural that the nres dnt should be criticised fur addin one- half hour to the workday of the d-ltt partment clerks at Washington. He was likewise critlzed by those 200 clerks dismissed from the service. The clerks work from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m., except, of course, the "sun downers." and they get thirty daysi vacation earn vfr and their nav Is I f.e t,o.,.it rn,hiin, n A i i i mm as.s-iTiiL Batasii-ian ... ...I (omplnlnts one seldom hears of a gov ernment clerk or eninloye in Washing-I ton resigning, or leaving the service voluntarily, despite all the pretended hardships. One of the Washington papers tak ing the overworked clerks' side of the case. argues that the president could do much more for his plan of "ef ficiency and economy" by cultivating the good will of these clerks, because they are the men who know where money can be saved. That pays scant tribute to the clerks' loyalty to the public service and none at all to the authority of the president, or the dig nity of his office. If he had to secur the co-operation of the clerks only by concessions, ho could not expect much from them beyond time serving per formance of allotted tasks. Th situation recalls the story of President Grant's delayed voucher. His claim, a personal one, had been hung up in the auditor'! office an un reasonably long time, when one day the president chanced to meet the auditor and aslted that his claim be advanced "Why, Mr. President," exclaimed the indignant auditor, "don't you knowthat even the president of the United States cannot crowd an audi tor?" "Yes, I suppose that is true," re plied the president, reflecting, "but I tell you what the president can do he can get another auditor." Oklahoma's New Capital The Oklahoma legislature has passed the bill removing the state cap ital from Guthrie to Oklahoma City by a large majority with the emer gency clause attached, but It is still a question just how much of a victory this is for Governor Haskell, since the new site for which he was so ener getically laboring was not the one se lected. From a sentimental stand point,, of. course, the removal means much to Governor Haskell, for he has a deep-seated hatred for Guthrie, but from a practical standpoint it may be different. Governor Haskell did not accept the compromise, either, until he was con vinced by other powers that the whole plan of removal would be defeated If any attempt were made to change the location as fixed in the bill, - The, land the governor wanted selected for the capitol site lay some six miles' from the business heart of Oklahoma City, while the accepted site is a mile and a half away. Evidently Oklahoma City, since It went Into the fight, meant to be really the capital. It probably la more to the credit of this city that it won the contest thla way than it would have been had the bill gone through with the other site: Guthrie undoubtedly sustains a se vere blow In the loss of the capital. For years it promised to become the metropolis of Oklahoma, just as It was the center of the great boom move ment, but with the sudden growth of Oklahoma City it soon began to take a back seat, and now its hope of over taking the larger city seems to have gone glimmering in the wake of this struggle. It means much for Guthrie, therefore, just as it will mean much, on the other hand, for Oklahoma City, for, while state capitals are, aa a rule, not very potent business cen ters, in the case of a new state like Oklahoma, it will be of great advan tage to have the official headquarters In the same town with the larger business interests. And it is generally understood that the larger business In terests have brought this about. Oil as Fuel. Much la being said of the urgent necessity for developing the Alaska coal fields as a means of increasing the fuel supply and reducing prices to the consumer in the United States. In a few years, some experts reckon, the Alaska coal will be needed wholly aside from any relation to prices. But there is little likelihood of our fuel supply running out any time soon. The country still has vast quan tities of coal and it has also untola sources of wealth in petroleum oil, whose production and consumption go on Increasing enormously year by year. This Is a new element In the fuel ques tion, which, if the law of supply and demand were left free to govern, would work in favor of the user of fuel for home or industrial purposes. Coal has not gone to such high prices because the supply was not equal to the demand, nor even because of the cost of production, but, as most peo ple now are content to believe, be cause the Interests controlling the coal market have been strong enough to hold It. So In learning that railroads, steam ships the navy, In fact and other Industries are yearly increasing their consumption of oil for fuel, displacing coal, tb'e people need not go to the trouble of rhapsodizing until they are certain that identical Interests may not control coal and oil, or, at least, that a "gentlemen's agreement" could not be arranged between separate ownerships amounting to the same thing as one. Of course, under ordinary conditions, this steadily and euoruiously iutrcasiuj consumption of petroleum by fcr.ner co-il-usln roa-u,.;. . . , r .1 1 rt to -1 in level ,'!! ili CP. " " " " ' , " h""IJ s ould la''linK ot the Alaska coal mines and In time, certainly. gome such equalizing will be done. The government still owns the coal and oil fields In Alska and, while It Is difficult to figure out a way for Uncle 8am to go into the coal business. It should not be Impossible when ready de velop t heso f iel d s t o m ake sure against the output being monopolized in the same manner as the other coal iand " "Pp- There Are Others. In view of the glee with which some of our rural contemporaries have per- slstently held up Omaha as a hideous object lesson of vicious deviltry and reckless lawlessness, we are surprised and almost shocked to read the fol lowing in a newspaper pubMshed In a nearby town: nialr can and will stand for a nor? vip erous enforcement of the law asalnst a-ambl ng. not only with poker decks but with the dice box. the selling of clmnces on articles of merchandise etc. Th?se things are being done In Hlalr 'openly and notoriously." and no one knows It better than our mayor, yet nothing Is done. Holy horrors: Is It possible that tne goo(i town of Blair should tamely submit to "open and notorious" out lawry? Omaha has been the target for some rather caustic comment emanating from Blair, and some other towns, where It is reasonable to sup pose similar terrible conditions exist, and the mote in Omaha's eye seems to have obscured all vision of the beam at home. In a nutshell, human nature seems to be pretty much the same every where. If more difficulty Is encounr tered in the strict enforcement of laws against gambling and for the suppres sion of vice and the regulation of the liquor traffic in big cities than In small towns, it is because population is there concentrated and the temptations and the opportunities for law-evasion in creased by that very fact. The Patient Postman. Patience is a lesson the spirit of Christmas ought to teach. Vet it seems a hard one to learn, or learned, to practice at this particular time of the year. When Christmas morning comes round and your postman falls to bring you the gift you "Just know" you are going to get you are not in clined to be very sweet tempered and it Is not highly Improbable that you let the postman know it. Of course it is not the fault of -the postman. He car ried, probably, as big a load as his physical frame could support. And he has been doing the same thing for several days. He is likely to be a very tired man and not in the mood to be Impatiently dealt with' for some thing he coutd not possibly help. The fault. In all probability, lies With the. sender of the article at the other end of the line. He or she, as the case may be, had thoroughly good Intentions about getting the present on time, but just did not mail it until Christmas eve or the day before, and, of course, that was not soon enough to Insure speedy delivery. Thousands and thousands of other articles were mailed just that way and, as a result, the posto dices at the sending and re ceiving ends of the line are congested and every man inside and out is work ing his hardest to deliver the goods. So when you awake on the bright, merry Christmas morning, save one lit tle Bmlle for the postman. Surprise him. Instead of meeting him with the customary complaint at not bring ing more, thank him for bringing sb much as be did and see how much that will take from his load. ( One member of the coming Ne braska legislature has announced In advance his opposition to loading down the legislative pay-rolls with a horde of supernumeraries listed as commit tee clerks, doorkeepers, custodians, etc. These good resolutions appear every two years, but rarely last long, and It remains to be seen whether the coming democratic legislature will be less generous to the camp followers than have been preceding legislatures, joke. The heads of the state institutions and departments in New York are ask ing $50,000,000 for the year's budget. As the state's estimated Income from revenue will be $36,000,000, one can see at a glance where the new gover nor, Mr. Dix, is going to have a chance to display some of his genius for statesmanship at the very outset. A compilation of the fees exacted from students' in various colleges and universities shows that the graduate of the University of Nebraska gets through at much less cash outlay than those of other similarly ranking insti tutions. Wonder if the students there really appreciate the great advantages they so freely enjoy? . T ' Omaha must be developing quite a muskal ear to put It on the map as a desirable visiting point for the best musical organizations of the country. We believe this city has as many ap preciative music lovers as any other American city of its size, and this fact must come to be recognized outside. . Tbe American Sugar Refining com - pany, popularly known as the Sugar Trust, Informs us .that it has four stockholders in the state of Nebraska holding shares at the par value of $2s,200. Who are the sugared four? We can prove an alibi. If Nebraska is to be permitted to supply the vacancy on the federal cir- court of appeals for this circuit, ' , V t .. I. .. I. 1 .1 - ... i.ie ua. v, , w ... a j en . itit o .u p. e, entlal consideration, inasmuch as ail our federal district judges have hailed from up-state towns. Champ Clark says that usless King David was wrong when he said "all men Hre liars." he will be elected speaker, for he has the pledges. One can easily imagine that David had reference to democrats, too. lj A fifty-year-old church In a city like Omaha, which Is only fifty-six years old. puts it among the old-timers. Our congratulations to the First Presby terian church on rounding out the half century. Two hundred and fifty liquor licenses In a city of 125,000 popula tion, means one license to sell liquor to every 500 Inhabitants, which is a ratio certainly quite large enough. How does It come that every time the democrats elect a few men to of fice it is a "regenerated democracy?" Is the old democracy so. bad that It has to be constantly apologized for? Reminders of Other Days. New York World. The win west may be passing, but some of Its old prestige remains In the. cowboy who stood off a company of militia, and the lono bandit who robbed a Kansaa bank in broad daylight. Fine fttroke at Dnalneaa. Philadelphia Record. Sometimes a major general of politics can do a stroke of fine work outside of the game. The success of Postmaster Oeneral Hitchcock In actually cutting down the anniml deficit In the sum of tll.500.000 Is an economical exploit of the first magnitude. With a little congressional help In the way of suggested Improved methods there Is no doubt he will wipe out the deficit altogether without Impairing the efficiency of the service. Publicity rinreaa for Peare. Baltimore American. Ten millions ought to be a good start In the ways and means of securing world peace, but unfortunately there are some things which money cannot buy, and among them is the sense of. right and justice which must become an actual as well as Ideal condition before the Instinct of strife Is eradicated from human nature. Nations, as aggregations or Individuals, must de velop a national conscience and be Just, even at the expense of their own Interest, before war Is eliminated from human re lations. Rockefeller's Charity Fend. Brooklyn Eagie. Probably the safest place for the Rocke feller fortune to be employed is In legiti mate business where business methods prevail. Organized Into a charity, a huge sum like $100,000,000 will be expended with far less wisdom. In business it Is never necessary to think up rainbow schemes for getting rid of money, and the managers of an enormous fund who have to do thla will be forever falling from the stars, and In time they will renew the old supply by covering the earth with grease spots. 'la the Name of Mars. ; New York World. . General Fred Orant says that we need 1.000,000 men at once to defend our coasts and borders and that In case of war the enemy would be on ua with a jump. Let us see. The Canadians might rush over the border, but they don't want to; they are too busy with other things. The Mexi cans don't want to either, and If they did the Texans wouldn't let them. The Jap anese If left alone might get a sufficient army across In three years, but then their sollders would grow homesick. The Ger mans wouldn't let the English, the English wouldn't let the Germans and The Hague tribunal wouldn't let the others. Merry Christmas Is coming and Santa Claus has no use for war scares. SENATORS BV POPULAR VOTE. Constitutional Amendment Proposed In I'nlted States Senate. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Resolutions have been presented to the senate by Mr. Brlstow of Kansas and oth ers submitting to the states a constitu tional amendment providing for the elec tion of United States senators by direct vote of the people. These resolutions have been referred to the Judiciary committee, which in turn lias referred them to a sub committee composed of Senators Borah of Idaho, Dillingham of Vermont, and Ray ner of Indiana. The subcommittee will no doubt make a favorable report, as Messrs. Borah and Rayner are favorable to the step. It Is also thought probable that the full committee will make a favorable re port and that action one way or the other will follow In the senate at this session. A newspaper canvass of the senate in dicates the possibility of favorable action. Thirty-five senators twenty-two republi cans and thirteen democrats have openly declared themselves In support of such a resolution. None of these Is from New Eng land. Only twelve senators have so far been found in opposition nlns republicans and three democrats. This list Includes Messrs. Lodge of Massachusetts, the two Connecticut senators, Burnham of New Hampshire, Frye of Maine, and Dillingham of Vermont. Eleven republicans and five democrats are noncommittal this list In cluding Crane of MaasAchusetss. The re maining twenty-nine senators who as yet have not been Included In the canvass are believed to contain a majority In favor of submitting an amendment. It will take sixty-three votes, or two-thirds, to carry the resolution, and It Is quite possible that with thirty-five openly favorable at the start, enough will be found from the list of thoee In noncommittal or undeclared at titude to make up the required number, gueh a resolution would go through the house with something like a hurrah. The senate will be wisely advised In tak ing favorable action. It has stood In cold and selfish obstruction to this movement quite long enough. The question with the senate Is not now whether such a change as proposed should be made, but whether, after long consideration throughout the country, the states should be allowed through the'.r legislatures to vote on the subject. It Is one thing for congress or the senate to refuse a resolution of amend ment U)Kn an unconsidered matter gener ally unasked for by the states: and quite another thing to refuse when a great majority of the states, aftor long consider- iatlon. haze exprerd themselves in oa s way and another as In favor of the change. This last Is the stltuatlon In respect to the popular election of I'nlted States sena tors, and continued refusal by tri senate to submit an amendment becomes action or nonaction of a revolutionary character. It amounts to a declaration by the senate that the people of the I'nlted States shall not he allowed to amend the nation's fun damental Uw in the ordinary way. no mailer buw generally they may want to. Army Gossip Matters of Interest oa sad Back ef the nrlng- Line Oleaaed from the Arm sad Hsry Begieter. Captain K. O. I'avla. fnlted Ptates army, retired, who Is on duty with the or ganized militia of Idaho, has been elected to the legl.xlattire of that slate and he en teitalns considerable doubt whether he ' may serve In that body and at the same time perform the duties with the mllltla. to v iilch he has been assigned by the War department. The ' question has been re fetred to the department, with the result that although Captain I'avls' Incumbency of office In the legislature does not seem to fall within the letter of section 222 of the revised statutes, it Is believed to be opposed to Its spirit to such an extent as to make It highly Inexpedient that Captain Pavls should hold legislative office In addition to his present employment as a retired officer of the army. Captain Davis has. therefore, been Informed that the military authorities In Washington do not regard with favor his request for con tinuance on duty with the militia. The reports received from our military attaches abroad on the subject of the care and endurance of military equipment fur nished the European armies have led to some animated discussion In the War de partment of the situation In that particu lar at home. It has been alleged by one observer that the equipment, small arms, leather articles etc., of Kuropean armies last two or three times as long as the same material used by the t'nlted States troops, and this making due allowance for the Influence of climate when troops are stationed In the tropics. One reason given for the difference Is that the European commanders are required to make the allotted quantity last a specified period. There Is no opportunity for early condemnation of the equipment. In the leather articles, with the American ma terial greatly superior to the European. It Is alleged that the economy shown In the European artnlea In the lasting quali ties of various artlolos la In striking con trast to the frequency with which that material must be renewed In our army. In the past this has been due to the fact that the rating of organizations Included the appearance of equipment and the theory that newness of material made for the "smartness" of the soldier. The War department will at once take up the question of the duties which de volve upon general officers and the as signment to command by virtue of the changes to take place In the personnel of general officers. The retirement of Gen eral Ward on Maroh It is preceded by the present leave of absence which has been granted to him, and It becomes necessary to assign an officer to the command of the post at Fort Riley and the Mounted Ser vice school for which the duty Colonel Walter S. Schuyler, Fifth cavalry, until I lately on duty in the Hawaiian Islands and recently assigned to duty with the beneral staff at the headquarters of the depart ment of California, has been selected, In anticipation of his appointment as a briga dier on January 4. Brigadier General M. P. Maus, now In command of the depart ment of Columbia, la des'tlned to take command Of the Department of Vlsayas in the Philippines. .The command at Fort D. A. Russell has been vacant since No vember 14 and the command of the Depart ment of Dakota will be vacant on Decem ber 31, while the command of the Depart ment of Colorado will be vacant on January 4. Colonel Duncan is destlhed for one of these. The command of the Department of the Lakes will have to be filled In March upon retirement of General Hodges and It is possible that General Murray, who be comes a major general at that time, will be assigned to that billet. General Funs ton succeeds General Potts in command of the Department of Luzon, the latter taking command of Fort Leavenworth. A circular letter has been addressed to chiefs cf bureaus, and others who are con cerned with the subject, conveying the in formation that the War department views with marked disapproval any activity which shall attach Itself to the promotion of army personnel legislation save that which has to do with the pending amended bill providing for extra officers of the army. There Is no mistaking the admoni tory character of this communication, and It is intended there shall be no doubt as to the desire of the War department In the matter. Every influence which Is controlled by the administration will be applied to the enactment of the extra officers' bill, and there will be trouble fur those responsible for any effort which seeks to divert or' divide congressional at tention, now that the personnel measure Is' pronounced as the most important of all projects pertaining to the military per sonnel. It is realized by those who have to do with the general scheme of reliving the personnel situation that the extra offi cers' bill is of greater moment than any ot the other measures before congress or un der contemplation. Were It not for this prohibition some effort would be mude again this year In behalf of the Increase of the signal corps and of the quarter master's department, but it is now out of the question. There la some doubt whether even this prohibition will save the day for the extra officers' bill. Congress Is, gener ally speaking, in an Indifferent mood, which is sufficiently good sign, provided there is not too much Indifference. At all events, It Is Intended to Imperil the extra officers' bill, which, If it must fail, shall fall on Its own merits and not because congress was confronted with too much In the way of special legislation. Our Birthday Book. December 80, 1610, Theodore E. Burton, I'nlted States sen ator from Ohio, was born December 20, ISM, at Jefferson In that stute. He was for many years member of congress and Is reported to be out best posted law maker on the subject of waterway Improvements. Harry Pratt Judson, president ot the Cnfverslty of Chicago, is Just (1 years old. He was born at Jamestown, N. Y., and was a professor of history In the Univer sity of Chicago before succeeding to the headship after the death of President Harper. George M. Tunison of the law firm of Jefferls, Howell & Tunlson, with offices In the Bee building, was born December 20, lhk2, at Parkersburg, la. He graduated in law from the University of Nebraska and became associated with Jefferls A Howell two years ugo, being admitted to the firm this year. Erhardt C. Hoeg, manager of the Inter state Lumber company. Is just 27 years old. He was born in Denmark, coming to this country In lsfi. He was employed first with the National Lumber and Slilngle company at Omaha, going with his present firm In lHOT. Dr. Solon R. Towne. practicing physician, Is C4 years old. He was born In Stone. Vt , and Is a graduate of Portinouth col lege. He practiced first In New England, locating In Omaha In MiM. He was for five years assistant health Cummissioner for the til . 'WAR ALARUMS." rhllarieiphin ItuV.rt in : The report of our nVfrn'sc It ronuitinri will not Is made put lie. W hat is wanted Is rnough of u scare to make congress "loosen up," and not enough of a disclosure to Incite Japan or China to destroy us before we have time to get weapons and ammunition. Washington Post: President Taft does the senUle thing In pigeonholing the secret document congress could not take up. The president remark that connress hail already been made fully acquainted slth all the facts upon which legislation could be based closes, the incident of ficially. There need be no national council of defense, no Increase of the standing army, no war scare. Philadelphia Record: The pacific coast s terror lest China or Japan should send o er an Invading army recalls some pro scrlptlve legislation by California that U not very old. .and some discourtesies to thu Japanese navy which are very recent, and a pretty constant stream of belliger ent and often offensive talk. William 5hakepeare remarked that "Conscience doth make cowards of us all." Springfield (Mass.) Republican: We con fess to a great deal of surprise that Mr. Taft's secretary of war should have per mltted to get by htm a report by the general staff on this absurd Invasion ques tion without exposing the fallacy of It all. Secretary IMckinson Is performing a dis seivlce In this business, and the president's trouble In keeping him within prope. bounds is no very excellent testimonial to his fitness for his post. Louisville Courier-Journal: We now have a. navy second to that of Great Urltain, according to recent estimates. Colonel Roosevelt says a great navy Is a great guarantee to peace. Great llrltaln Is afraid hers isn't and must have a larger one. Germany Is trying to move up to first place. How much must we spend to keep otit of a scrap and what shall we have left wherewith to buy the hog and hominy for our peaceful meals? New York World: Mr. Dickinson seems to contemplate a standing army almost as large as that of Germany, fully equipped, abundantly supplied with reserve material and ready to the last button, as was Moltke's machine, for slaughter. The United States army which Mr. Dickinson now decries Is costing about $100,000,000 a year. How many other hundreds of mil lions would be needed to maintain his pro posed 600,000 men while they were rotting In their barracks awaiting Imaginary In vaders? PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. Government clei ks in Washington have had their working day lengthened by half an hour. At that rate some administra tion of the future may yet subject them to the rigors of an eight hour day. Leonard F. Blalsdell of Champaign, 111., after spending a lifetime and all his money, aa well aa that of his relatives, In seek ing to collect millions of dollars from the government, is dead In the Soldiers' home at Danville of that state, at the age of 3 years. The Important correction is made that the British suffragettes did not knock Mr. Augustine Blrrell down and kick him. They only knocked his hat off and kicked It about the sidewalk. Thia establishes the right of the suffragettes to be classed aa perfect ladies. Cash Cade is to succeed Jack Abcmathy as United States marshal for the western dlstrlot of Oklahoma. It Is a sounding name, smacking both of the prosperous present in Oklahoma and of English his tory, made by men who could "catch 'em alive" or dead. Boston's largest individual taxpayer used to be the late Qulncy A. Shaw. He has been succeeded In that position by George R. White, who is president of the Potter drug and chemical corporation and' who Is assessed for $3,S0.000. Governor-Elect Foss stands ninth in the list with an assess ment of 11.320,900. Pullman porters have aaked for an In crease of wages on the ground that tips are growing less. The thought occurs In this connection that the Pullman people would have many precedents for paying their own hired men. Such a rule, in fact, prevails pretty generally among institu tions having employes. Harriet Kmella Fclsom, seventh and favorite wife of Brigham Young, died of paralysis, aged 72 years. In Salt Lake City. Her birthplaoe was Buffalo. She crossed the plains In lS'W, and became Young's wife In 1863. She was queenly in appearance, and for her Young built Kmella palace. Up to her death she was firm in defense of the Mormon principles. WHAT DID THIS UUSIMUSS. Significant Features of Election He turns In New York. New York Sun. The votes received by the candidates for governor of the two principal political parties in this state In three successive elections may now be compared: Year. Republican. Democrat. IStOb 749.0W! 73.2il8 1M08 m.m 7:ffi,lk 1910 ZU.ZW tW9,7O0 The fairest deduction from these figures confirms the opinion that the overturn In political control of New York on November S of this year was far less a democratic victory than a republican defeat. Mr. Dix and his associates were elected to offloe by the republicans who stayed at home on election day, not by the voters who went to the pells. Appreciation of this fact should not be without effect on the democrats in their management of state affairs. Consider What Would Happen. Chicago Record-Herald. Senator Young of Iowa wants congress to take a rest of two years. There would be danger In such a decision. In two years most of the congressmen would be so com pletely forgotten that they would not hope to ever be able to regain public attention. Start Your Bank Account It is not necessary to wait until you can make a large deposit. Muke a beginning with ANY AMOUNT Once started you will want to make it grow. Equal care and attention is given to every account, whether large or small. Come in and let us talk it over. raying- by Check Zs the Safe Way to Settle All Bills. I mi Mi) Tttlrleeintti.sind CHEERY CHAFF. Thomas Dad. when is the freedo-n of ti e titv irneu to a ninn? lioil-W if'i ills wife oes to the country for the summer, -llai pt r s ItuiitA'". "I hoi-e you won't think of calling Chi 1st. ms" night." "Whv not? Will vou be rnanged?" "No.' but papa will have mistletoe hung up under the chadeller, and one has 14 stand under the llht to read tme's Christ rnsK Tit ettntts. know." Ialtimor American. "What s the woist vou can say atioul him?" He hasn't an honest hair in his head.' "Well, that's lii,l i'Ii.mikIi." "Oh. not so !,! ax on think. 1 mean, he wears a v is. Uli iiilnghaiii Age-Herald. "IH yon think the Panama canal ought to te fortified?'' "Cei tulnl . " i t piled t ie artistic girl. "A tew fortifications will n.alie the poet emd pi tuns of It ever so much more quaint and attractlv e." Chlcimo Tribune. Eve hnd Just tied n aaiiand ot maple leaves about her ankles. "What on eaith are you up to. my love?" asked Adam. "1 am Irving on my new hobble skirt. sweetheart." returned the partner of hs Joys Willi a sweet smile - Harper s Weekly. "Where did you get that medal you're wearing ?" "i hat s a medal for life saving." " hat did y.oi do?" "I never drove a motor car." Cleveland Leader. "Can you keep anything on your siom ach .' " the ships doctor asked. "No, sr." he retnrnett teddy, "nothing but my hand. ' Indies' Homo Journal. Mis. Smozer-llcnr.t, tne alarm clock has Just i;i)ti off. Snoozer i hank Koodness! 1 hope tht thitiK II never come I U':k. - Boston Tran script. WHEN CHRIST -.AS CALLS. Gtsntland Rice In St. Ixiuis Times. Christmas has called and 1 want to go home: Chrlstn.as has whl pevel-nnd out throuch the night There's somi-ih ng that beckons to ua who must roam Far from t.ie berries of scarlet and white; There's something that beckons and out on the road We follow tlie way of a dream that Is old. And weary the travel and heavy the load Of those who may never turn back to the fold. Christmas has called and 1 want to go through the years to a day that I know Over the trail of a dream-woven track Into the heart of the long-time a;o. Where scarlet and white from the gray wall above The hoily twined In with the mistletoe bough. And all of us met In a circle of love 1 went to go home and 1 want to go now. I want to go home to the day where njt dawn A tow-headed youngster rushed forth with a whoop At the clarion call of the little tin horn And the roll of the drum as It sum moned the troop Of the tln-soldlered legion with muskets agleam Serried and straight In an unbroken row I want to go back where a fellow can dream Of Christmas like that in the long-time ago. A Fire Back Guaranteed For Five Years IF YOU burn coal, the Fire Back of the Charter Oak Stove or Range you buy is guaranteed for five years. If you burn wood it is guaranteed for twenty years. It will more than likely last for double that time, but we insure its life to prove the integrity of the stove you put your money in. Charter Oak Stoves and Kanrjes for alxty-three years have been doing more than their duty in the best portion of our American homes. Primarily Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges are built to give the necessary volume of heat with the least consumption of fuel. Thia they do. But more than that they are constructed artistically with graceful designs handsomely orna mented and well and accurately balanced throughout. Why put up with a stove thst is not reliable heat producer, or that does not bake even or cook steadily? Why invest your money in something that eats up tons of coal and gives you no return? A Charter Oak in your home provides you with all the heat you require, yet it consumes a minimum amount of fuel. You can regulate the volume of heat to suit yourself. You can keep you; fire over night and be sure to have it next morn ing. It needs no attention. It is made extra heavy and for over half a century has proven its lasting strength. Each etove is gas proof so that your room or kitchen is not filled with unpleasant odors. One in your house will improve your home conditions and insure well cooked meals. If inconvenient to get to the sealer, write us for our free books. You can't aflord to buy a stove or rant unul yea nave louad out all about the Charter Oak. Charter Oak Stove & Range Co. .i.IU', St. Louis Aif Mo. 'C1 V -"JWrr JOAK AND FURNACES. jsmm r"arnsin Hlreettsi