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Tin: Omaha Daily bee KOI.'MIU) BY KHiVhS KO'PWATKR VICTOR IKlSKWAlEii, KMTOH. Entered at Omaha postoffioe ss second- ( Ihss matter. TKRM8 OF Hl.'HSCRIl'TION: Pundav Bee. un year U..V) Hat in-day Bee. one year l.iV) liMily Ken (Without Hunday), one year.. 4.0 Imily Hee and Sunday, one year t OJ HKL1 VKKED V CAKRIKK. livening Hee (Without Sunday , per mo.. 35c r.tning Urn wlth Sunday), per month.. tin: I ia.lv lite ilmluding Kundayi. per mo.. Iially Hee (without Hunrtay), per month. ,4f- .irii-!! all complaints of li regularities In delivery to Cltv Circulation Uepartment. OFFICES. ( mialia The Bee Huilding. Hiiuth Uinaha-wi N. Twenty-fourth St. ( oum-ll luna i rWoti Pt. Lincoln-is Ultle Building. ( hU ago iMk Marquette Miillding. Kanaiu t'ltv Hfllanie Building. New Vork-J4 Went Thirty-third St. ashlngton -726 Fourteenth St., N. W. CUKltEBFUNUKNCE. I'linnnunli attorn relating to new and ed itorial iiih 1 1 ei- aimuld be addressed Omaha lice, Editorial Department. KKAU 'ITAMKS. Remit by draft, expres or postal order, 1ii to iiia r! fublinnirig Company, only i-i ent Htampn rec eived In payment of i ii it 1 1 accounts. i'ersonal checks except on Omaha and eastern exchange nut accepted. MARCH CIKCl LATION. 48,017 Stale of Nebraska, t oiiiity of Douglas, as: nwlglU WiniaiiiH. circulation manuger of The r.c 1'iioiimiiiik voiiiprtiiy, be:ng duly it worn. ea a that (ne average dally circu lation, less h pollen. unued and returned copies, tor 1Mb month of .March, Hill, waa .!. DWlGMT WILMAM.S. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my preaence and sworn to before me Una 31t day of March, lull, ((seal. j Kotifc.R'r ilt.N'Ibrt, Notary Public. nbacrlbera learlng the city trm. porarlly abonld have The Bet mailed to them. Address will be (-hanged aa oftea aa requested. The lobster famine, in Boston has been broken. They came across, did they.'girls? This skirmishing on tha border looks like another scheme to attract sightseers to Texas. Senator Bailey does not have to argue tq some folks to convince them that he is oil right. Mr. Bryan drew a picture of his "ideal" president. Probably did it while looking into a mirror. 1 All quiet between the Commercial club and the Auditorium management until something else breaks loose. Chicago is in no Immediate danger of being left mayorless, for Carter H. Harrison III becomes of age this year. The Kansas City Star reporU that the Ben Davis is a "fallen idol." Ben was in big luck to stick as long as he did. David Starr Jordan goes to Japan this fall to lecture on world peace. The doctor ought to go to Mexico this spring. Nat Goodwin says he has had enough wives. Some of his ex-wives might say they had had enough Nat Cioodwins. ' J Did you ever notice that it is the fellow in the bleacher seat who can tell the manager all about how to run his team best? "Taft Sits Down on Fake War Ru mor." Headline. Which is to say that particular rumor has been effec tively squashed. v "Insurgents Gain One Point." Headline. Where, in Mexico, con gress or the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution? It must make Miss Lydla Plnkham Pankhurst boll with envy to think of a woman being appointed chief of police in Hunnewell. Kan. An Omaha man has been wounded in the fighting in Mexico. Count on Omaha being in the thick of it wherever trouble breaks loose. Colonel Lafe Young does not have to be knocked down to take a hint. The moment he heard the news from the broken deadlock he began packing his grip. It is a question whether man who deliberately takes his life in his hand in order to witness a gun fight on the border can be rightly called "an inno cent bystander." The elder Mrs. Swope announces that she will stand for no fancy fees to lawyers in this second trial, which seems to indicate that things are com ing Dr. Hyde's way. Now If Mr. Bryan had been offered $75,000 a year to live in Washington four years he would not have turned It down as he did that $2,000,000 offer from Memphis. Wonder what would happen if the sinecure position of registrar at the High school should be abolished, and the money used for the hand-out saved to the taxpayers. Councllmen who sre so solicitous for the pool halls now want to com promise on midnight closing. People who are seeking merely wholesome amusement In these places will be glad to cut off at 10:30 or 11 o'clock and go home and go to bed. If Omaha is to have a special elec tion on May 10 to vote an Issue of f 8,2o,000 water bond, as announced by the Water board some weeks ago. some lively moving by the board will be necessary. Can it be that the urgency of the case which wss then so Imperative no longer presses? Campaign Fund Pnblicity. The passage of the before-electlon campaign fund publicity bill as part of the democratic house program at Washington Is a reminder that Ne braska baa had a law on Its statute books designed for the same purpose since 1899, and that it has had a before-electlon provision engrafted on it since 1909. There may be a differ ence or opinion as to what extent this legislation has restrained the Im proper use of money In elections in Nebraska, but our experience with the known defects of the Nebraska law would Indicate that the bill wblcb the democrats have railroaded through the house without amendment is put up solely for advertising purposes, and with no Idea of making it an effective brake on campaign corrup tion. The democratic bill so far as it re lates to money spent in congressional and national campaigns is even less comprehensive then the Nebraska law so far as It relates to money spent In state and local campaigns, and leaves so many loopholes for evasion that it need be observed only by those who want to observe It. Merely to require the filing of a public statement by treasurers of regular party committees is a form that has here. proved no bar to the secret use of money through outside agencies organized as anti saloon leagues, personal liberty asso ciations, Bryan volunteers, political clubs , and other makeshifts whose main distinction Is In name only. If the democratic law-makers in Washington were really in earnest they might plug up the holes in the Nebraska campaign publicity law as a framework and apply it to candidates for all elective federal offices. Apotheosis of Base Ball. In algebra one process of removing an unknown quantity from an equa tion is by elimination. Supposing base ball to be an unknown quantity in the equation of American national life, its imaginary removal by elimi nation may give us some appreciable idea of its place and influence." But, like so many modern advantages we enjoy today, it is doubtful if the aver age fan, even, stops to note the great place that base ball fills in his life and in the life of his country. Some writers tell us that base ball is of very ancient origin, that it was played in Egypt during the days of the Pharoahs. Perhaps it was. In fact, late encyclopedias present draw ingspf ancients holding clubs in very much the same position aa ball play ers grip, their bats in the modern game of today. But if the ancients did play the game, they overlooked a wonderful opportunity not to develop it and bring out all the beauties ant? niceties of the inside plays. But the fact is that not in history has" any nation made of a national sport or game what the United States has made of base ball. Prom a mere pastime for youth it has come "to amount to a great profession, afford ing young men, many of culture and intellect, an excellent means of live lihood and of acquiring a future com petence; a wonderful business pro lific of good revenues to the shrewd man of means and last, a superb source of entertainment for millions. It is the one form of sportsmanship inherently strong enough to be com mercialized without injury, but with profitable results. . ' ' . To find the value of this quantity, then, .in the equation of our national life, suppose Its elimination. Take base ball out of the country and look at the gap made by the divers angles of its influence. In the first place, it would lettve a hole in our com mercial life which nothing short of $30,000,000 annually could fill, for, conservatively estimated, thfft amount is put into the game each year. And what as a game or means of entertain ment could be offered as its substi tute? The spirit of base ball is the spirit of high-toned rivalry and com petition, which gives a certain touch of virility to the youth of this land and which could ill be spared from it. But it gill not soon, If ever, die. To day It is on the Increase. Other na tions are borrowing this one's national game, coming along a new line for help from' America. Aa Ingrowing Inreitipatioa. People who have read of tbe United Ststss Steel ccrpcrxUon'a decision to investigate the charges that It is over working Its employes must be struck by two points, especially that these large corporations are becoming more heedful of public opinion and that they are willing to listen to the griev ances of labor. The Steel trust is quite typical In both casea. This is a mighty good sign of the times. Certain magazine writers recently have made quite severe charges of misusing Its employes against the Steel trust, and at a recent meeting of Its directors the charges were taken up and seriously discussed. Finally it was unanimously voted to name a committee for their investigation. Note that these directors, sitting be hind closed doors and transacting the business for a gigantic industrial In stitution, did not waive tbe charges aside as baseless canards panned off on a credulous public by a lot of muck-rakers. Tbe directors admit ted, some of thera, that they did not know about the accuracy of these charges, but declared they wanted to know, and if they found them to be founded. In part or in whole, they would promptly take steps to remedy tbe situation. Here is a subject for careful thought for that man who has con- Jured in his mind the hallarinatlon that the "power of tbe press" has waned, or is waning. What other power could have, or would have, brought about this change in the atti tude of vested interests? Public oplnon? Yes. but public opinion, or public sentiment, has to be crystal lized into expression before It is of any account. It Is a long cry from this Steel trust directors' meeting back to the "Public be-dsmned" or a great railroad magnate, and the coun try has to thank, very largely, for this evolution the limelight of publicity which Is too strong for any real abuse long to withstand. Armi and the Woman. These are days of war and rumors of war. On the Mexican border mimic battle rages, but even at the seat of our own government rumblings are heard. .Troops have invaded Wash ington. A whole arsenal of paint and powder shells lias been estab lished in tbe very shadow of the cap- itol. The dispatches say pj the ef fect of the Mexican war, "The presi dent Is visibly distressed." Perhaps, but on the other hand the president has gone personally among the Daugh ters of the American Revolution with the olive branch extended. A war cor respondent at the front says: President Taft told the daughters that he knew there would be enough difference of opinion among them to add interest to the occasion of their visit, but he hoped they would be attended with "that love and amity which we hope to see established throughout the world." In the face of foreign war almost at our elbow, it is to be hoped that this earnest plea for peace from tbe commander-in-chief of our army and navy will not fall upon deaf ears; that flags will be, furled, arms sheathed and stacked, lines dissolved and peace reign. Will the brave women hear? At most any other time we might stand for a few battles, but not now not now, with our southern boundary threatened with invasion. A bulletin from Washington declares: Rumors indicate that the fight In the present convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution over the election of officers will be carried on with more than usual virulence, the factions being especially "net up" in regard to the meth ods of their opponents. May the persuasive voice of the chief magistrate prevail. May inter vention by the head of the nation not be in vain. "More than usual viru lence." An ominous foreboding, see ing just what the "usual virulence" has been. If there was ever a time for the daughters to resolve not to "revolute," this Is it. Some sinister scamp has ventured the slander that the Daughters of the American Revo lution existed chiefly for tbe purpose of electing officers, since, so far as the public ia concerned, the officers really do nothing after they are elected. But they seem to be doing something now and so do they at each recurring election, when they "fight with more tban usual virulence." . ''. ' - Just Sparring: for Wind. OMAHA, April IS. To the Kdltor of The Bee: You discuss the report of the engi neering expert on the needed improve ments in the water plant, but you say nothing about the letter of the Water board to the water company proposing a plan of settlement of the whole contro versy. What do you think about that? W. B. J. . The Bee has given attention to the report of the engineering expert be cause it seema to be a real contribu tion toward the solution of our-water problem. It passed the Water board's letter up because it does-not appear on Its face to be seriously intended. The Water board has been beating the drums about the absolute necessity of immedlato relief for water users who are overtaxing the present capacity of the plant and proposing a big bond Issue to furnish the money. To ex pedite the work the water company, through Its president, renewed its standing offer to build the second main to Florence for the city on agree ment to reimburse and pay accrued hydrant rentals so that the money thus tied up could be used for that purpose. Instead of trying to reach a working basis the Water board seels to complicate things by a counter con dition that the water company deliver over its plant on part payment of the judgment and litigate afterward as to what more la due. With reference to this plan President Woodbury, when last in Omaha, made a public state ment, giving the Water board the an swer la advance. He said: We shall never deliver this plant upon a partial payment and allow questions to be litigated. We will not handicap any prop osition which has for Its purpose the acquisition of the plant. All we want is our money in full, and when It Is tendered us we will quit claim any Interests we have In the plant Knowing the position of the water company, the Water board seems to have taken merely a roundabout way to decline its offer to build the new main and to spar for wind, while the bill which the taxpayers will have to foot continues to grow bigger. One of the judges of our district court declares that we put the wrong people In jail, and the jail birds should be allowed to exchange place with those who put them there. This ought to prove a very popular pro posal with the various parties of the first part. It is to be observed, how ever, that the judge has sufficient self restraint to avoid volunteering to practice' what be preaches. Mayor "Jim" la opposed to a rock pile on the ground that it Is Inhuman and barbaric to make the vags work so hard without giving them feather beds to sleep on. Anyway, crushed rock ran be bought almost as cheap as uncrushed rock. What every up-to- date city wants, and must have, is a golf course on which the prisoners may exercise without overworking. Omaha's yiew assistant city attorney recently imported from South Omaha thinks he has discovered something In our city charter with reference to reg ulation of rates Charged by public service corporations which no one else ever knew before. What docs our old friend, "Ig" Dunn, think of this, which amounts to an innuendo that he waa asleep at the switch? A Berlin newspaper has found something new to admire abouf Americans their propensities as spenders. Even small favors are thankfully received, when they come from over the ocean. As a precautionary measure we suggest that hereafter county hospital Inmates be exposed to the tender mer cies of the barber only on a properly attested prescription by the physician In charge. (At any rate, no more vetoes will be forthcoming from Qovernor Aldrlch for two years unless the legislature should be reconvened In extra session to meet some unforeseen emergency. Sarprlalnar Heatralnt. Philadelphia Bulletin. Perhaps one of the most remarkable fea tures of the Mexican trouble Is that Col onel Roosevelt, has thus far managed to keep out of it. Aaileii to Please. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Since Memphis failed to get Bryan by Its $2,000,000 offer Omaha lias offered Its "cow boy mayor" at a slightly reduced figure. Omaha Is the generous town. Varieties of Iowa Insargeney. New York World. Judge Kenyon, the new Iowa senator, Is classed as an Insurgent, but Iowa insur gency in the senate has assumed so many strange phases of late that it may be best to see how the judge votes on a few pend ing issues before classifying him. Patting; Portias to the Teat. Brooklyn F:agle. , New York university has Just turned out tapon a waiting world tblrty-one new wo men lawyers. If the courts don't like this they can stop it by simply assigning the Portias to the defense of women crim inals. One dose of such medicine will In duce a return to hearth and home In nine cases out 6f ten. Reforming the Other Fellow. Philadelphia Ledger. The campaign publicity bill passed by the last congress requires the publication of all the candidate's expenses Immediately after the elections. The new bill Just passed in the house requires this publica tion before the election. The republicans and Insurgent democrats succeeded In add ing an amendment which Included expendi tures at the primary elections. The reason for the excitement caused by this Is that down south where there is only one party the primary is the real election, and It is there that the money Is spent. Naturally this degree of publicity wss offensive to the southern democrats and party dis cipline was invoked to strike the amend ment out. Everybody believes In reforming the other fellows. KNOCKING DEMOCRATIC HARMONY BryanUm a Menace to the Partr'a Welfare. Houston (Tex.) Post (dem.). Mr. Bryan's recent presence in Washing ton, where he was active In urging upon members of the minority party in the sen ate a course of procedure well calculated to destroy that harmony among demo crats so essential to success in the com ing presidential election, was most un fortunate, and while his admirable per sonality and clean private life Impel many people to moderation In commenting on his action, it is certain that well Informed democrats everywhere who have the suc cess and real welfare of the party at heart are- very much displeased at Mr. Bryan's continued presumption In Imagin ing that the party cannot get along better without his oounsels, for the time being, at least, than with them. It is difficult to believe that Mr. Bryan's harmony-disturbing counsels are prompted by disappointment over his frequent de feats and a determination to force his own radical views upon the party or else create conditions which will bring about Its defeat In the next election, but cer tainly his present activity is difficult to reconcile with the unselfish party loyalty which has in all the past history of the party characterised the conduct of its de feated presidential candidates. Certainly the motive, or motives, back of Mr. Bryan's present course of action Is susceptible of misconstruction, as is amply evidenced by the open insinuation of republican newspapers that he ia a receptive candidate for a fourth nomina tion for the presidency. People Talked About Richard Croker says he would rather live In Ireland on 16 a week than in America on 126. Like Napoleon on 8t. Helena, he Is making the best of his exile. Very few Irishmen are starting back. George Love of Houthport, Me., who is M years old, has finished cutting twelve cords of wood from his woodlot. lie has not missed a town meeting for seventy years, and baa sailed in more than fifty sailing vessels. A homesteader In North Dakota has re turned his patent to Washington for the signature of Mrs. Taft, fearing that the document Is Insufficient with merely the. signature of the Pre dent. That Is what might be called a careful man. Aa aa Illustration of the Insignificance of man in tha scheme of nature Prof. 7uc- carinl of Italy estimates that, taking the world's population at 1.500,000.000, the whole human race could stand comfortably shoulder to shoulder in an area of 500 square miles. A Henry Vallance. tax collector of Ar cade, N. Y., is thought to be the first blind man ever to hold such a position. It la said be goes about the streets of the vil lage as easily as a man with the best eve sight Mr. Vallance also carries the malls to and from the depots and delivers papers to residents of the village. , The leader of the large band of revolu tionists now. operating in the state i.f Guer rero is a girl. Mary Klta Nerl, daughter of a man who was once a general In the Mexican army. General Canuto Nerl, but who, forsaking hla country's cause some years ago, took up arms against the Olas government. The glr Is Immensely rich, her father having safely hidden his wealth tn French securities before starting the re volt which ended in bis death twelve years age. ' The Bee's Letter Box Contributions oa Timely .-ejects tot Exoeealag Two Hundred Words Are lavlted from Oat Beadeia. A Saffraaetle Haraaln. OMAHA. April IS. To the Kdltor of The Bee: In answer to the question why the republicans were willing to do more for the American negro than for the American! woman in the matter of franchise, a good Omaha republican publicly stated that the republicans had use for the negro vote and had not for the Woman s. that as soon as they did they would also grant her the franchise. A brutal fact, but we are accustomed to them. 1 see in an editorial you are asking the women of Nebraska to emulate the Missouri women and get to work for good roads. Women are Interested In good roads, In clean cities, in pure water, In all kinds of progressive things and if you truly want good roads. I suggert that you strike a bargain with the women of Nebraska "swap" the franchise for a good roads measure; we'll throw in enforcement, an extra you men are not accustomed to. for good measure. What do you say? Here is a chance to prove your business ability, the power of your great paper, and get lots of advertising In the bargain. It's your next move. MRS. ADA SHAKER. IS 16 Capitol avenue. The Vetoed Phone Merger Bill, LINCOTN, Neb., April 18 To the Editor of The Bee: In common with other In dependent telephone operators and offi cials, I very much regret that Governor Aldrlch did not have the time to thor oughly digest and understand what was Intended to be accomplished by the Minor bill, which he vetoed. I feel sure that the governor thoroughly misinterpreted this act. The first objection lodged by him was that it would monopolise the business under one management. As a matter of fact It would have been the one way possible to protect the integrity of Independent tele phone investments In Nebraska. Governor Aldrlch, with others, overesti mates the extent of competition In the state. The records of the railway commis sioners' office show 48!) telephone com panies operating 721 exchanges. Of this number the Bell company operated about 100 exchanges. In but 28 cities and towns are there two exchanges competing for business there, leaving nearly 700 exchanges operated by more than 400 Independent companies that have a monopoly of the business In those communities. There are two toll line systems, one operated by the Bell company, and the other by the In dependent system. These 700 exchanges are connected with the one or the other toll system and a few are connected with both. The value of any telephone system, to patrons as well as to owners, ties in its ability to maintain and protect Its con nections. Through the Minor bill ample protection of all connections could have been eecurred through tha railway commis sion. If this bill had become a law, mergers could not have occurred in but twenty eight out of 721 towns having telephone exchanges. The provisions relating ,to mergers thoroughly protected minority stockholders and the public was guaran teed security against Increases of rates by the proviso that no rate could be Increased until after a physical valuation of the applicant, and approved by the commission. Governor Aldrlch objected also that Sec tion 6 would prohibit the organization of competing companies in the future and that it abrogated existing franchises. In both cases the governor was clearly wrong. Section 6 simply required that before any company could secure the right to engage In the telephone eBusiness It must first secure from the commission after a publio hear ing a certificate that its construction is necessary and proper for the public con venience. This section lea verbatim copy of the administration utility bill of Ohio, which passed the house by a vote of 90 to 14. Similar provisions are found In Gov ernor Hughes' utility law enacted by the New York legislature two years ago, In Senator LaFollette's utility law, which has been on the statute books of Wisconsin for several years. Massachusetts, Okla homa and other states have similar laws and today all the leading authorities on control of utilities recognise the necessity of supervising duplication. This section la in line with the modern progressive Ideas of Roosevelt, Bryan, Hughes, LaFollette, Cummins and others. It Is recognized aa a necessary protection to capital honesty Invested against the cutthroat competition of trusts and monopolies that seek to Invade fields adequately supplied by lolal capital. Such a provision Is necessary In Nebraska to protect the small capitalists of many cities and towns from having their Investment wiped out by the trust Invading their home town and making rates absolutely unremuneratlve, but the loss from which could be made up by the trusts in those centers, where It has no competition. The people of Falrbury and many other Nebraska cities can tell you what this means. If the governor had accorded the independents a bearing before he vetoed this bill he might have been saved from the deplorable blunder, the. enect or which Tails hardest upon those he claims to be protecting. The governor says Section 4, the physi cal connection provision, Is permissive only and compulsory In no sense. Tbe ab surdity of this statement is apparent from reading the section which repeatedly used the verb "shall" aDd In no esse uses the verb "may." The bill was m-ell considered and no unfair or objectionable methods were used In its passage and any Insinuations to the contrary are entirely unwarranted. It is true, as the governor states, that the measure is of far reaching Importance. It was carefully framed to protect both the people and the telephone Interests of the state. It is to be deeply regretted that the governor, through a misinterpretation of the provisions of the act, has been led by his veto to block the wheels of progress, v FRANK H. WOODS. An Old Soldier's Tribal. NATIONAL. HOME SANITARIUM, South Dakota. April 16. To the Editor of The Bee: This Easter Sunday morning is a most beautiful morning, and what on earth could represent a risen Savior with grander effect than the sun rising over the eastern hills in such majestic glory and brightness? What on earth can com pare to such beauties where all the ele ments have combined today In tha honor and glory of God. While our hearts have been saddened by the loss of one dear to all of us. one who commanded the deep est respect and utrfloet confidence of both rank and Me of this sanitarium, yet. for all. we ran rejoice in the fact that the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, and He doeth all things well. And though He has deemed it best tc separate It from our beloved local manager, known on earth as Captain Henry Palmer, yet this glorious Easter morning by faith we can see him with the angels before the throne rejoicing in the risen Savior. Oh, how our hearts ( expand with Joy and gladness to the beau tiful, grand and majestic ' scene, and greatly as we mourn our dear friend we feel our loss Is heaven's gain. This glorious KaMer morning. He sees I Mm luce to face. A glorious risen Havlor. Whose works we may retrace. As one who dwelt among us. One whom Pilate named tnejvlng. Yet who as risen Savior Eternal lift doth bring. CHARLES E. TVRXEU. HANDOUTS FOR OMAHA. Fremont Tribune: Governor Aldrlch lias signed the Omaha Medital college bill. Of course he Is not disposed to Ignore Omaha entirely on Jim Pahlman's account. Hastings Tribune: That Omaha Joy rider who got a penitentiary sentence for run ning down and killing Will urn Krug will have learned to respect city ordinances by the time he becomes a free man. Grand Island Independent: Editor Rose water wants the next postal savings bank to be established In Omaha. Once estab lished there some other enters will be clamoring a bit more loudly for these Increased circulation-making Institutions. Plattsmouth Journal: The Omaha Ad club failed In getting Its proposition to advertise Nebraska through the legisla ture, but was more successful in getting the commission bill adopted. That Ad club Is a great thing for the metropolis of Nebraska. ' Springfield Monitor: Omaha Is getting Its first ta.'te of what It Is to be an Indian supply station. Awards are now being made there to contractors for ll.00it.ono worth of stuff nr Indians In the old days it used to be only blankets and beef, but now It is almost everything used by their white brethren. Crete Democrat: The legislature should not have passed the lioo.nno appropriation hill for a medical college In nmahi. at least not till a few years later. It Is practically Just thst much "prrk" thrown to the wet organs In that cltv. The r'reiBh ton Medical college Is large enough and well enough equipped for all present de mands. But to get a "lift" out of the "pork barrel" the wet organs would bring state competition against t'reighlon. Kearney Hub: Chief Probation Officer Bernstein of Omaha states that more boys wrW wrong during the last year than during the year previous, and he ascribes the cause to the unlicensed and unrestricted pool halls. Officer Bernstein and the Judges of the district court will therefore again ask the city council to pass an ordinance requiring pool hall owners to give license bond, that the hours be re stricted and that they be made responsible and accountable for the character of their places. The Hub does not believe that the public pool halls should be abolished, but it does believe thnt they should be under strict regulation and maintained as clean places of recreation. IGNORING THE TEST. .lodge Sanborn's Derision on Pas senger Rate Question. Pittsburg Dispatch. The United States circuit court at St. Paul, Minn., does not seem to have heard of the,supreme court's theory that the al leged "conflscalon" of a state-imposed rate might better be determined by actual test. Circuit courts, possibly through esprit de uovps. do not deem that practical method of determination, which reacted so severely on one of their grade in New York, worthy of notice. 1 Yet there Is good reason for deferring to that test In regard to the plea that a 2-ceiit fare law Is taking the railroad's property In the form of profits. Pennsyl vania courts paid no attention to the vir tue of experience. But In Ohio and Michi gan, where curiously enough the railroads omitted before the courts their regular plea of confiscation, this test of the law for an extended period proved that the increase of traffic by reason of the lower tates gave the railroads more net income than the old rate. Yet the density of passenger traffic, in those states must be less than on the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, on which route our courts held the 2-cent rate unre muneratlve and therefore confiscatory. Is It possible that the facts are so unmindful of respect to the Courts as to prove the supreme court of this state and the United States circuit courts to be In error? A National Shame. St. Iols Globe Democrat. As long as the fire waste In the United States amounts to over 200,000,000 a year, with a startling loas of life, this country has a blot on its methods of publio regula tion of which it ought to be ashamed. SEE HOSPE'S Dollar and a Half Art Window Pick out tbe articles you want by number. Pictures up to S8.00 Brlc-a-Brac, up to 87. OO Assorted Art Goods, up to Qtj All Go At S1.50 Each Really good pictures and art goods; excellent for prizes, gifts, etc., the odds and ends of our winter line. Goods in this window are changed every few minutes. A. HOSPE CO. 1518-1515 DOUGLAS ST., OMAHA, KEB. nrr Hot Water and Don't toil over a hot water you need. A Gas Water Heater j Will nmvide It. anil thr rnr iUnr nor.rrorn la i:U 1 will provide it, and the only labor necessary is to light the burner. In a short time the water is heated in your kitchen boiler and mav be drawn from anv hot water faucet in the house. The house is not kept at fever heat to enable you to obtain hot water at any time. The heat from the ga3 burner goes into the water not into the house. Price, connected, $10.00. Send for our representative who will explain our terms for A Gas Water Heater OMAHA GAS CO. NEED ONLY THE RICH APPLY t Philadelphia Itrcord: If American em bassadors are unwelcome at the kaiser's court unless they are provided with super abundant wealth It might be lust as well, perhaps, to leave the embassy at Merlin vacant for a while. We do not send rep resentatives abroad merely to make a "splash" In foreign society. Washington Ptar: The re'lrement of Dr. IIIH Is regretted even more In this country. Nonspectactilar in all his activities, soun 1 and ripe In experience, versed in the In ternational amenities, he was a valuable asset In American diplomacy. At the am bassadorial post at Berlin he acquitted himself,, as all his friends knew he would, with credit to his country. Springfield Republican: If his laok of wealth Is the cause of his retirement, a remedy should be found In the action of the last congress In providing for the building and maintenance of residences for the ambassadors of th United Stales In foreign capitals. In the natural line of promotion. Dr. Hill might have served both in Parts and London. By reason of hla ability to pay the rent. Whltelaw Held continues to live In Dorchester house year after yrar. with no successor In sight. Indianapolis News: The resignation of Dr. David Jayne Hill as ambassadur to Germany and the report that Dr. Eliot had declined the mission to the court of St. James are another national warning to young men not to be so shorts ghted n to devote their lives to the pursuit f learning, research and culture instead of dollars. In boih Instances It was simply the case of lu men having made great mistakes in life. They ought to have ac cumulated millions. Cleveland Plain Draler: David Jayn Hill has no great personal fortune, there fore he was umible to continue the dis play that marked the term of hla predeces sor in Germany. The Germans, not under standing the American system of under paying lis diplomatic representatives, felt they had been slighted by the change. Thlt naturally brought about a coolness in which the ambassador did not care to abide. The poor man has an opportunity In thlB country, but he need not seek It in the diplomatic service. LINES TO A SMILE. "Now, Johnny," said the Sunday school superintendent, 'can you tell tne what it wan that caused the prophet Elijah to go up?" "Yeth, Thlr," said Johnny, "It wath the Payne Tariff Bill." I lai per' s Weekly. "I have decided to he a vegetarian." sm,V the man who is nhvat s won led about something. "Trouble with your stomach?" "No. Pocketbook." Washington Star. "i:ibbs is a great man for insisting that everything In his life must have flavor." "Yen. I hear he will not even sit down to anybody's else's table unless he is as sured the wood is seasoned." Baltimore American. "Poor man'" said the kind old winian who was seeing the state prison. "Why are you here?" "Because my lawyer Inherited $.V.0iifl the day before he made his plea to the Jiiry, and couldn't weep." Reporter (at door of mansion There Is a rumor that Mr. Greatmiin has Just ditd. Is this true? Butler Yes; hut he has nothing to sav for publication. Boston Transcript. "I don't find anything to eat." said the man of the house; "my wife's away from home. But here's a harem skirt that be longs to her. Maybe you can raise enough on that to get a square meal." i A flush mantled the grimy cheek of Tuffold Knutt. "Mister," he said, stiffly, turning awav, "I ain't wot you'd call a prosp'rous citi zen, but I've got some pride left!" Chi cago Tribune. VANISHED DANGERS. S. K. Klser In the Record-Herald. He used to hate the Idle rich, And often spoke with dread About the fearful dangers which Were looming up ahead; He saw a time when blood would flow. And anarchy be rife; But that was when his funds were low. He had the luck a year ago To get a wealthy wife. He used to say the millionaires Were blinded by their greed; He thought the world and Its affairs Were managed wrong, Indeed; He saw the time when class and mass Would wage a bloody strife, When chaos would prevail. Alas! Since then a change has come to pass He has a wealthy wife. He cannot understand today Why those who toll complain; The Ills he feared are cleared away. No signs of strife remain. Content to let things drift aloig. He lives an easy life, Forgetting, If sometimes the strong Oppress the weak, that It Is wrong He has a wealthy wife. Cool House fire in order to get the hot A s ( 4 1 1 i A1 I f