THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, APRIL 2fl, 1911.
TUB OMAHA DAILY BEE
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walled to them. Addreaa will bo
changed aa often ae requested.
No one can say it was a million
dollar rata, but It was worth a lot of
money, Just the same.
Remember that the tree planting
season has sot closed Just because
Arbor day has passed.
The Glldden pathfinders are off
again. Looks as if they would find
the path after a while.
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At any rate, you do not hear many
people disputing Mr. Hlnea' vaunted
claim that "I put Lorimer over."
With all his critics in England and
Germany, Uncle Sam ought to learn
after a while how to walk straight.
The Water board got the answer to
its last communication' to the water
company that it expected, so it cannot
be disappointed.
In the meanwhile, nothing has oc
curred to relieve the 'urgency of
strengthening the police force by addi
tion of more patrolmen.
Edna Goodrich has written a novel
on "Love and Life.' She ought to be
Qualified, having been a chapter of the
Nat Goodwin aerial herself.
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AH we hope about this western trip
of Governor Wilson's is that It does
not prompt Bryan and Hearst to send
Champ Clark on a similar Jaunt.
Some of the lurid theater 'managers
must have turned green-eyed with
envy when they read of that real
lynching on the Kentucky stage.
An eastern college . professor says
swearing is as "necessary as any other
language." Like some alienists, some
college professors will swear to any
thing, " ,
Another, interesting little phase of
this dynamiter story is that the Burns
detective agency seems to be putting
It all over, the rest for free front page
space. v ,
When you play a funny trick on your
friend and he sues you for no less than
100,000, where does the Joke finally come
in T Buffalo livening News.
In the verdict, "Not guilty," of
course.
One American newspaper has come
out with a criticism of President Dlax
for releasing the two American boys
from prison. Some people will never
v'i satisfied. -
takes so much time for the varl
ru would-be political leaders to ar
range their own plans that they seem
to have little time left to attend to
the people's business.
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Senator Karris Brown expresses
himself as highly pleased with his
committee assignments. He does not
get what he asked for, but he Is
pleased, Just the same.
If Oom Paul Kruger were living,
wouldn't he rush, to London to attend
the coronation, knowing his Mend,
John Hays Hammond, is to represent
the United States there?
Omaha's experience in law-suiting
with its franchise corporations has
been rather' costly for Omaha taxpay
ers, who foot the bills. But, pre
sumably, as long as there are lawyers
we will be kept embroiled In lawsuits.
Congressman Victor Berger and
Congressman- Lobeck are both on the
house) committee on the District of
Columbia, If the district fears the
socialist's radicalism, it may comfort
itself In the counteracting conserva
tism of the member we contribute.
The best friends of organised labor
will not condone crime, but will insist
upon a full Investigation before set
tling upon their conclusions, holding
no man guilty or Innocent until proven
so. One side cannot demand that the
other "suspend Judgment unless it
do the same thing.
. More Eebating I
Comes now the government's report
that four large iron ore carrying rail
roads have been granting rebates to
favored shippers In violation of the
federal anti-rebate law, which bears
the name of the late Senator Elklne,
himself a railroad president and
owner. Indictments have been returned
against accused parties, and prosecu
tions are to follow.
This Is rather discouraging to the
public which must have begun to be
lieve that rebating had been stopped.
It Is a most pernicious form of dis
crimination and the government had
flattered Itself on the good results ac
complished toward its extinction. The
law enacted by congress was made se
vere enough to abolish the evil and
supposedly It had done so. It Is a fact,
however, that strong as this law Is,
Its most potent provisions have never
yet been Invoked. The prosecutions !
have been conducted under the civil
clauses, not the criminal, and fines
Imposed, not prison sentences.
If rebating Is still being practiced,
It might be well, then, to turn the
criminal side of the law to the of
fender, only as an experiment. No one
can tell but the effect might prove
thoroughly satisfactory. Men might
shun to do an unlawful thing
if they - felt that Its commission
meant a prison sentence quicker
than if they knew it meant only
what to them and the interest
they represented, would be a nominal
fine. The law prescribes fines from
jl.OOO to $20,000, but even the maxi
mum is small to a corporation doing
millions of dollars of business a year.
It also prescribes prison terms ranging
as high as two years; even the mini
mum sentence In that case would in
sure against repetition.
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Boston Emulating Hunnewell
Led by women, some citizens of Bos
ton are said to have appealed to Gov
ernor Foss to give them a woman as
superintendent of police. Evidently
they have heard that Hunnewell, Kan.,
has a woman for police chief, which
only adds to the singular curlousness
of the Boston case. When did ever this
center of culture and conservatism find
anything In Kansas worth emulating?
It affords a new view of the Boston
temperament. The public may hear
next that'. Boston Common has been
turned into a midway, with its wilder
ness of fantastic fakes.
The New Orleana Picayune pleads
with Governor Foss to deny the re
quest, but we feel that such a plea is
superfluous. Men and not women are
doing the voting in Massachusetts, and
anyway, while a woman might do for
chief of police In dear old Hunnewell,
she could never be expected to fill the
bill in a city as big and bad as Bos
ton. Of course, it would be only reason
able to assume that it a woman were
made chief in a short time" the whole
force would be, women." Think of a
woman on the beat attempting to in
tercept a holdup, or a squad of fair
officers from headquarters sent out on
a riot call. Think of a big, burly foot
pad being dragged into the station at
3 a. m., by a couple of the girls and
searched. Well, there Is one place
where the woman's deft and practiced
hand might do a better Job than the
man's. But suppose some culprit de
clined to talk, think of the fair ones
subjecting hlmto th "third degree."
Oh, it is all too much. What Is our
dear, effete Boston coming to, any
way? Had such a thing been told of
Pittsburg, or Denver, or some of the
wild and woolly cities of the land, it
might have seemed more credible, but
of Boston and that, too, after a Kan
sas example- never!
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A Legisaltive Summary.
For a clear, concise and unbiased
summary of our late Nebraska legis
lature the following, which has been
published over the name of State) Sen
ator Cordeal, Is the best we have seen:
The accomplishments of the recent ses
sion ot the legislature seem rather of a
negative than of a positive charaeter. On
the last days of the session, especially,
legislation of a pernicious sort slipped
through, but for the most part the bills
that became laws, aside from those of local
Interest are rather harmless than bene
ficial. It Is doubtful whether the Initiative
and referendum measure Is satisfactory to
anyone. Of the four nonpartisan board of
control bills that were Introduced, It is cer
tainly not the best that passed, and It was
nothing more nor less than politics that
defeated the Beileck bill, which la gener
ally conceded to have been the best. All
good citizens now maintain that the pub
Uo service corporations must be regulated
and they must ba subjected to even more
rigid control than they now are and that
many corporations which are now free to
do their will without hindrance must be
subjugated. With the exception of the
stock yards bill, which. In the form in
which It finally passed. Is of doubtful ef
ficacy, practically no regulatory legislation
was enacted. The commission form of gov
ernment bill Is food. The law providing
for the exemption of real estate mortgages
from taxation, and that authorizing the
creation of trust companies, will be prac
tically beneficial. The law prohibiting the
conveying of voters to the polls should tend
to clvlo righteousness, as. In a different
way, will the law abolishing bucket shops;
the law penalising' the white slave traffic,
the law permitting the granting of injunc
tions to restrain houses of proatltution.
and the law Inhibiting the use of trading
stamps. The features of the new primary
election law that provide for the closed
primary are good. The law granting state
aid for the building of bridges is nqfaiioua.
aa bridges are Improvements of nurelv
local character, and many sections of the
state that will receive none of the ad
vantages will be taxed for the construction
of bridges In ether sections that will re
ceive the exclusive benefits of the law. The
university was entitled to better treatment
at the hands of the legislature. The build
ings on the ol ty camuua are overcrowded.
and una of them, at least, which shelters
hundreds ot students every day. Is In a
dangerously decrepit condition. Khould
some terrible catastrophe, similar to sev
eral that have recently horrified the nation.
occur, the legislature would receive the
condemnation it deserves for Its parsimon
ious attitude toward one of the great U-
stltutlons of learning In this country. The
same may bo snld ot ths fal'nre o the leg
islature lo provide adeqimte tmuslng for
the pilcelrss treasure of the state library.
The appropriation snoiitfl hare been made
for the grandstand at the state fair
grounds. The hospital tor the tuberculous
Insane should have been provided for at
Hastings. The Rood roads legislation
which both of the great parties promised
the people of the state should have been
nacti d. These are a few of the things
the legislature did not do.
While we differ with the Judgment
of Senator Cordeal on one or two
minor items of legislative omission,
his statement as a whole hits the nail
on the head and Is worth preserving.
Navy Snobbery.
A "complete and official apology"
having been made to Miss Beers by
the superintendent of the Annapolis
Naval academy,- naval officers and
students desire to consider the matter
a "closed incident." They may, but
they cannot thereby close the eyes of
the public to some of the absurd so
cial "amenities" that obtain In what
is called the exclusive circles ot army
and navy life.
Miss Beers is the daughter of one of
the oldest and most prominent mem
bers of the Yale faculty. She goes to
Annapolis, engaged as the companion
of an army officer's wife. She is in
vited to an academy dance. Of a sud
den a precocious midshipman awakes
to the horror that she is a "domestic
In the family of an officer," and
abroad goes the notice that as such
she is entirely unfit to mingle in these
august social events. The young woman
communicates with her father, who
takes up ' the matter with President
Taft, a former student under him at
Yale, and the president and the sec
retary of the navy, Mr. Meyer, deal
with the case in proper fashion. The
apology from the academy superin
tendent Is the result.
The apology contains the excuse
that the young woman's status In the
officer's family was not understood;
that it was believed she 'was a nurse.
Suppose, however, she had been a
nurse and was earning her own liveli
hood by that honorable calling instead
of as the "social companion" of the
officer's wife, equally honorable, what
then? Where would the harm have
come to the dear midshipmen ? Parents
of midshipmen doubtless will hope that
their boys always hold- to the loftiest
ideals of social companionship, but
some of them are foreordained to dis
mal disappointment, '
When will such silly snobbery cease
In the official life of this democratic
country? The social status of the army
and navy is not quite impregnable
against criticism, not quite ideal
enough to challenge public attention
in the way it has by this absurd dis
play. It would be a good thing if the
curricula of West Point and Annapo
lis included instruction,- in the simple
fact that It Is all the people who are
making possible the extraordinary ad
vantages "Jthese "fresbies" and "mid
dies" are enjoying and that common
sense, as well as common decency, cut
a bigger figure In real society than
uuuuriua uuu mass uunons,
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Hot Fight in Dry Town.
From the vantage point of this dis
tance from Lincoln the hot political
fight in progress in that dry town
offers almost as good entertainment
to a spectator as a seat on the bleach
ers overlooking the Rio Grande did a
few weeks ago.
In that city of brotherly love and
neighborly communion the' people
seem to be Tanged in hostile camps
with sharpshooters on sentry duty
biasing away at each candidate when
ever he shows' bis head. We remem
ber at various times having been se
verely lectured by Lincoln newspapers
for permitting personalities to be In
jected Into Omaha municipal conflicts,
but Lincoln Is Just now engaged In
washing a large accumulation of dirty
linen right out in public in the most
unladylike manner. Reading the ful
mlnations from one camp an Ignorant
stranger might conclude that Lincoln
was, Indeed a holy , city, with pearly
gates and spotless garments and spot
less streets, to which Saint Peter will
soon remove his capital from on high,
while perusal of the counter proclama
tions leaves no room to doubt that
Lincoln Is a nest of besotted Pharisees
and hypocrites pretending to- be better
than their neighbors, when In fact
ranking several degrees below them.
Fortunately, the city election In
Lincoln takes place next week, for if
the campaign were much more pro
tracted we would not want to be re
sponsible for the consequences.
Writing to the Lincoln Journal
about the site for the proposed new
High school, Prof. Lawrence Fossler
says:
The advocates of the present high school
site fall utterly to take Into consideration
this very simple proposition: To do good
work requires good conditions. It should not
be necessary to have lungs of bratrs or vocal
chords of leather to make oneself under
stood, nor should It be necessary to sus
pend operations every so often till the
street cars have passed.
The same thing is true in' even
greater degree of the State university,
located, as it is, hemmed in on two
sides by railroad tracks that make
more noise than street cars, and ren
der impossible laboratory experiments
that require delicate adjustment cf
Instruments.
" President Woodbury of the water
company furnishes the Information
which the Water board has been sup
pressing as to the probable cost of the
improvements recommended by the
engineering expert engaged - by the
city. The second main from Florenoe
to Pierce street is estimated to .cost
not lees than . $600,000. And - they
have cot yet begun to talk about new
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reservoirs, filtration plant and exten
sion of servi4p pipes.
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There is no reason why paving con
tractors should not be compelled to do
their work with the leaht possible ln
convenlenco to the people who have to
use the streets. Omaha has much to
learn yet from other cities in this re
spect.
The newly appointed commission to
codify the Nebraska statutes will soon
start at It. When their work Is com
pleted the legislature will start at the
Job of chopping It to pieces.
A Sacred Precedent.
Indianapolis News.
In riot cutting out that mileage graft,
however, the house democrats are merely
sticking to the good, old-fashioned and
well-established principle of following the
policy of their iredtcessors.
A Warning Flutter.
Indianapolis News.
Senators who are on the fnce might
note , that Congressman McKlnley ot Illi
nois, who voted against the reciprocity
agreement last week, is hearing unpleas
ant comment on his action from his own
district. .
Soggestlng a Bis; Job.
New York Tribune.
Said ex-Senator Lafayette Young in a
speech at fcoaton the other evening: "It
ought to be a penal offense for governors
and senators to tell a thing politically that
la not so." Is Mr. Young trying to create
Jurisdiction and provide business for a
new federal Judicial establishment as large
and as active as the present one?
Pointing; I'pward.
New York World.
Hudson Maxim's prediction In a lecture
at Columbia university thaj the warfare
of the future will embrace air battles by
aeroplanes, and the special message of
the governor of Massachusetts to the legis
lature recommending the legislative regu
lation of aeroplanes, indicate a near real
isation of conditions that were only re
cently a theory of dreamers.
Why the Dnke Roars.
Springfield Republican.
The duke of Manchester, aa he leaves
America for England, advises us to beware
of an Income tax. It is a curse to England,
he says, and will prove to be a curse to
America if ever adopted. The English tax
is no doubt a curse to the dukes, and by
the same token an American Income tax
would be a curse to this particular duke,
who depends so greatly for his state of
Idle magnificence upon Papa-ln-law Zim
merman's millions, which would finally be
made, under an American income tax, to
contribute in some reasonable proportion
to the support of the American govern
ment. 'TOJiGlK TWISTING NAMES.
Tips oi Words Appearing; In Mexican
War News.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Some of the words frequently usedjn the
dispatches from Mexico are pronounced, aa
nearly as can be Indicated by letters, as
follows:
Agua Prieta (Blackish Water) "Ahgwah
Pree-a-th." both accented on the next to
last syllable.
Cludad (City) Pronounced "Swedah," ac.
cented on last syllable.
Juarez "Whah-race." accent on first syl
lable. Huachuca "Wah-choo-ka," accent" on
second syllable. -
Chihuahua "Cbe-wah-wah," accent on
second syllable. N v
Rio Grande (Great River) "Ree-o Grahn
de," both words accented on first syllable.
Guadalupe "Gwad-dah-loo-pe," accent
on next to last syllable.
Ei Paso (The Crossing) "All Pah-so."
Paso del Norte (The North Crossing, or
Pass) "Pah-so dail Nor-te," all accented
on first syllable.
Tlerro Blanco (White Land) "Teo-alr-ro
Blahnko," both accented on second to last
syllable.
Guadalajara "Gwah-dah-lah-hah-rah,"
accent on next to last syllable.
OJinaga "O-heen-ah-gah," accent on next
to last syllable.
Cuchlllo Parado (The Ready Knife)
"Coo-chee-yo Pah-rah-do," both accented
on next to last syllable.
Ruralea (Countrymen) "Roo-rah-lace,"
accent on next to last syllable.
Lopes "Lo-pace."
Garcia "Garshah."
Madrno 'Mah-dee-no."
Rlnaldo Dlas "itee-nahl-do Dee-ahs."
Oonr.ales "Gon-sah-lals," accent on sec
ond syllable.
Guerrero "Gayr-ra-ro," accent on second
syllable.
The general rule In pronunciation of
Spanish 'words Is to accent the last sylla
ble If It ends in a consonant, but If It ends
In a vowel, the next to the last syllable is
accented.
People Talked About
"Zlmmie, old toy," as his Intimates sa
lute him. Is a shining light in eastern
theatrical circles. He divides his time be
tween Philadelphia and New York, but he
Is well known In theatrical circles through
out the country.
Miss Mary Unger, who has bought the
state quarries and factory at Slattlngton,
Pa,, owned by her father, the late John
F. Unger, Is said to be the first woman
te enter the slate business In the United
States.
John W. Thomas, said to be the original
hot dig man of Calais, Me., has Just been
elected an alderman ot that city. Mr.
Thomas claims the honor of being the
first to introduce the quick lunch Idea and
hot frankfurt in eastern Maine.
E, U. Arvin of Wall Walla, Wash., a
telephone lineman, who has but three fin
gers on each band, has Juat completed a
violin. He began making the violin two
months ago and the only tools he used
were a pocketknlfe and a flat piece of
steel which he used for scraping. This is
the second violin he baa made, and, though
he has never Liken' a lesson, he Is said to
be a really proficient player.
Patrolman George Malone of the Denver
police department, Is a firm believer In the
efficiency of prayer. One day last Week
be was called to make an arrest following
a neighborhood quarrel. After listening to
the stories of the women Involved, Malone
lifted his helmet, laid his club on the floor
and knelt In prayer. The prayer was brief,
bat to the point. Whan he arune the
women were allamt. "Cut out this squab
bling, " ho said, "aad pray saoro."
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Anonymous Letters
.Wotee Are Often Traced to Their
Source by the Exercise of
Common Sense and Jadgment.
The mystery surrounding the source of
anonymous "black hsnd" letters which
have almost prostrated two Omaha fam
ilies, harassed the police authorities and
atrltated the city, would not be considered
much of a mystery by Wllllnm J. Burns,
the chief detective in the dynamite sensa
tion. In his atory of "Tracking Anony
mous Letter Writers" In McCture's masa
slne, he Illustrates his method by detailing
a case In which Lord Pauncefote, British
ambassador, was Involved. ' During the
progress of the Boer war an unsigned let
ter, mailed at Detroit, reached the am
bassador In Washington. It was written
evidently ' by an Intelligent person, who
knew all the facts leading up to the war.
The letter concluded with the statement
that If Lord Pauncefote did not stop the
war within six months the writer would go
to Washington and kill him.
The ambassador turned the letter over to
the then Secretary of state, Hon. John
Hay, and by him to the Chief Wllkle of
the secret service. Detective Burns was
Intrusted with the case. "It seems to be
a popular belief," says the detective In
telling his methods, "that a successful de
tective must possess some mysterious
power not given to the ordinary man.
My contention has always been that We
do not possess any such mysterious power,
and that it is not needed for solving any
of the problems that come to the detective
of Investigation. In order to succeed, the
detective has only to exercise common
sense and Judgment.
"To one who la accustomed to tracing
the authorship of anonymous letters. It Is
a familiar fact that when a person under
takes to write an anonymous letter he
starts out with the Intention of disguising
his handwriting, but that as be proceeds
with his composition he unconsciously re
turns to his normal manner of writing.
He may catch himself at this, and resume
his disguised hand; but he Is sure to in
corporate some of his peculiar character
istics In the letter, through which it is
poHslble to identify him. It was so In this
case. We were able to determine, from
an Occasional joining of the words, which
is peculiar to telegraph operators, that the
writer was probably an operator.
"When I reached Detroit, I called upon
one of the telegraph companies; and at
this point it may be noted how necessary
it Is to appear confident in order to suc
ceed in securing the information ono Is
after. When I presented a portion of the
letter to the chief operator of the tele
graph company, Instead of asking him
whether or not he could tell who the
writer was from an examination ot the
handwriting, I made the bold statement
that the writer of the letter was at that
time in his employ. This at once had the
effect of stimulating the chief operator in
bis endeavor to find out who the writer
was. After making a careful examination
of the letter, he admitted that there was
a certain familiarity about the writing-,
but said he was sure the writer was not
then employed by the company. I assured
him, however, that he was mistaken, and
stated that I would return later. I then
visited the other telegraph company. Here
I went through the same procedure, and I
noted that the chief operator of this com
pany, after ho had carefully examined the
handwriting, showed considerable surprise
and amusement. I was satisfied In my
mind that ho recognised the writing, and
I was very much chaglned, thereeforo to
have him turn to me and declare that,
while the man might be in their employ,
he did not recognise the Writing. Ail this
took place In the presence of the man
ager of the company. I thanked the chief
operator for his kindness In going over
the matter, and we both left the presence
of the manager, who expressed his regret
that he was not able to locate the writer.
Outside the manager's office, I turned to
the chief operator and assured him that I
had not been deceived by his statement
that he did not know the Identity of the
writer. I told hira that he did know, and
that I knew he did. At this positive state
ment the chief operator appeared very
much abashed, and promptly admitted
that, be did know the writer, but that he
did not care to Involve the man in so
serious a matter.
"After some persuasion he agreed- to In
troauoe me to the writer when he re
ported for work that evening. As you can
imagine, I did not propose to sleep on the
job, so I kept that particular office under
surveillance until the man was located. I
then wired Chief Wllkle that I had my
man, and asked for instructions as to what
I should do with him, supposing, of course,
that ho would be arrested for improper
use of the malls. You may Imagine my
surprise when I received a telegram from
the chief stating that Lord Pauncefote did
not desire to prosecute, and asking me to
turn - the man loose. The man, however,
bad hot been placed under arrest.
"The ambassador lost interest in the mat
ter as soon as he found that his life was
not in danger, and wanted only to know
how the wonderful mystery was un
raveled. ,
" 'What do you want to do with him?'
the ambassador was asked.
"'Do with him!' exclaimed his lordship.
'I want nothing to do with him!'
"'Do you want him prosecuted?
" 'Oh, not' said his lordship. 'But I am
Intensely interested to know how they
found him.'
"On receiving this " Information I
promptly directed the man to write a let
ter of apology to the ambassador, and
dropped the case."
BIO JOB AHUAU.
Saaaested Istreatlaatlosi of Varloii
Federal Commissions.
New York World.
Being of an lnqulslUve mind. Senator
John Sharp Williams wants to know how
many special commissions are now in
existence by virtue of federal law. It is
a subject on which the publlo would also
be pleased to have exact Information.
There Is no mystery about the Interstate
Commerce commission. It has a cheerful
way of keeping Itself before the country
and especially the railroads. There is a
National Monetary commission, which leads
an obscure but prosperous life. There is an
International Boundary commlaslon, chiefly
notable aa a congenial asylum for "lame
ducks" There is a commission that Is In
vestigating the physical vaJuaUun of rail
roads. There Is a Tariff commission, that
Is expected some day to produce a report
and whose members meanwhile figure oc.
casionaily aa afterdlnner speakers. There
is an Immigration commission, from which
several volumes are promised. How many
more are there? There is only one draw
back to Senavtor Williams' proposal. It
requires the creation of still another com
mission to Investigate all the other commis
sions maintained at government expense.
A Military Isupreaaloa.
' Pittsburg Dispatch.
Germany Is to have a million men In its
coming wax maneuvers. This spectacle
ought to make Its deepest impression on
the tmfortunaU taxpayers wbo foot the bill
Auditorium Rates
in Other Cities
Kanaas City Convention Unit.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April . To th?
Kdltor of The Pre: Replying to your let
ter I will say that the rental of Conven
tion hall Is governed by circumstances,
and we do not adhere to a fixed schedule.
As a general proposition we consider three
hundred dollars ($.W) a night our mln'
mum rental for the entire building. We
have an arrangement with a seating ca
pacity of 8.M) for which we pet a rental
oi one hundred and fifty dollars (I1S0) a
night. Both by the day and by the week,
however, our charges are fixed according
to the circumstances. When the enter
tainment Is one from which ths promoters
naturally expert large returns, we ask a
higher rental than when It Is for a char
itable or seml-publlc affair, or when the
returns cannot possibly he very great. We
try to make the building as useful to the
city as we can, and, ' therefore, consider
the separate rases as "they arise. We
sometimes get pm or . $700 night for
the building, and for such affairs as an
automobile show our rental for six days
Is thirty-six hundred dollars (W.sno). In
caso of conventions and publlo meetings
we make a charge practically covering the
expenses to which the building Is put,
ranging from $100 to 1W) per day.'
I am enclosing a copy of our last finan
cial statement. I shall be pleased to give
you any further Information.
LOUIS W. 8HOUSB, Secretary.
The Chicago Coliseum.'
CHICAGO, April 26. To the Editor of
The Bee: Your Inquiry Is at hand. We
charge for the use of the Coliseum for
one day dr night $1,000, but for trade and
industrial shows we charger $3,500 per week.
The one-night rentals are generally tor
great public meetings. In which the place
has to be seated and the chairs have to
be fastened to the floor to comply with
oity ordinances.
We have, In time past, made concessions
on account of publlo purposes and given
the Coliseum rental free, the enterprise
paying for the bare expense and for light
ing and conducting; but such public pur
poses are generally backed by public
spirited citizens of ample wealth and the
publio exhibition buildings, which are not
gold mlafs as a rule, should not be asked
to contribute any more than anyone else.
Wo have no printed financial report or
any report that we make public; ours being
what you might call a close corporation.
THE COLI8BUM COMPANY.
By STEWART SPALDING, Secretary.
Aoditorlnm nt St. Panl.
ST. PAUL. Minn., April 26.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: Replying to yours of ISth
Inst, relative to rental charges for the
Auditorium, would say: The Auditorium
board basa schedule for rentals which is
based on" securing sufficient money to
maintain and operate the building.
For convention purposes or gatherings
where no admission fee is charged the
rental is $150 per day.
For local organisations when an admis
sion fee Is charged the rate is $200, with
all help extra. By extra help Is meant
ushers, ticket sellers, doorkeepers, carriage
callers, maids, etc.
Outside attractions are charged higher
rentals, based In a way on the admission
fee charged. The Chicago Grand Opera
company pays $400 for each evening per
formance and $200 for each matinee when
the afternoon performance Is on the same
day as the evening one. The New York
Hippodrome was charged this winter $2,000
for a week, which (figure Included ushers,
ticket sellers, etc
Concessions are frequently made for con
ventions where the benefits are supposed
to be advantageous to the city. For In
stance, the National Conaervation con.
gress was given a special rate of $75 per
day. Enclosed please find copy of report
for the year, 1909.
A. F. MORTON, Superintendent.
in Satisfaction Not in Economy
A force Ca.tl and
t a a ssvij
make baking powder cheap or .even less expen
siye than Calumet the high-quality, moderate
price kind. It certainly cannot make it as good.
Don't judge baking powder in this way the real
test- the proof of raising power, of evenness, uni
formity, wholesomeness and deliciousness will be
touna only in the taking.
ALUM
BAKING POVDEB
is a better bakinar rxvwder than
ever used before. And we will leave it
to your good judgment for proof. Buy a
can today. Try it for any baking pur
pose. I f the results are not better if the
baking is not lighter, more delicious, take
it back and get'your money. Calumet is
medium in price but great in satisfac
tion. Free large handsome recine
book, illustrated in colors.
and slip found in pound can.
Calumet Received Highest
World's Pur Food Exposition.
XHI5J BANK Ifi
54th
In Its
During. all this time It baa commanded the confi
dence of tbV people. This confidence la 1111 evidenced
by the dally opening- of new accounts and the coestanlly
Increasing volume of business.
Your account U Invited.
1 ffe
WIPING OUT A DEFICIT.
Philadelphia Jteeotd: U w.is a nohla
achievement to wlw out t'ie lnrgt pixtal
(deficit we hove h(d In less than twn yrsrs.
The postmsster general Is entitled lo plume
I himself on It.
St. Louis Republic: The seesaw bet ween
revenues and expenditures In the post
office department promises to keep r'ght
up. Just as there Is a prospect that the
sllegrd "deficit" will be wiped r -t rhe
proposal for 1-cenl postage is renewed.
Springfield. Republican: Postal revenues
so far this fiscal year are almost ex.ictly
equal to expenditures. Such Is the an
nouncement enmlng from Post mast r Gen
eral Hitchcock's office. It Is the first time
this has happened within the reach of liv
ing memorivs.
Washington Post: The announcement Is
a sufficient answer to criticisms ss tj ths
way the Posiofflce department is run. No
department Is so perfect that it cannot
be Improved, but the Improvement can best
be accomplished by the quiet buslniss-llke
efforts of the men In charge, rather than
by wholesale criticisms from the outside
based on misinformation.
Washington Herald: According to Mr.
Hitchcock, the saving tins been accom
plished without decreasing In any degree
the postal facilities, while the compensa
tion of the employes has been Increased.
There has been, however, a marked re
duction In expenditures due to the Intro
duction of Improved methods, and If the
revenues had shown normal inoreases the
department would have had a substantial
surplus to its credit.
LAUGHING GAS.
"How does she get rid of her undesirable
callers?"
' Why, she has made up a scrapbook of
magaxlne poetry, end she gives it to the
callers to read while she Is out ot the
room." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Well," panted the defeated fooot racer,
"you won fairly, but you beat me by only
a nose."
"Huh!" gasped the other; "I beat you
halt a yard."
"Yes; that's what I said."
At which point the hasry Interference of
the referee became necessary. Chicago
Tribune.
"Happiness," declared the philosopher,
"Is the pursuit of something, not in the
catching of It." "
"Have you ever," Interrupted the plain
citizen, "chased an owl car on a rainy
night?" Toledo Blade.
Hasn't that man a rather supercilious
air?"
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne.
"What has he done?"
"Foolish question! His reason for being
supercilious is the fact that he doesn't
have to do anything." Washington Star.
Hudson How did you vote?
Mrs. Hudson Well, I wanted to vote
both ways, so I paired with myself. Harp
er's Basaar.
First Railroad OfflclalrWhat was there
to the last accident? '
Second Ditto Thirty .passengers killed
and our station agent had his hands in
jured. F. R. O. There! That substantiates my
claim that we ought to have an extra man
at every station. You see, after the fellow
was hurt there was no one to wire the
newspapers denying the story of the wreck.
Puck.
- , APEEL
Tom Dally in Catholic Standard.
April. .
Irish through and through.
Here's my caubeen off to you!
Look you! now my head is bare,
Drop your tears upon my hair.
Weep your till upon me, then
Warm me with your sun attain.
Here's my heart, O! make its strings
Populous with linnets' wings.
So your holy birds are there
Not a ha'porth do I care;
Mute with sorrow, wild with glee,
So they make their home in me.
April.
Dead, forgotten days
Tremble in your dun blue hase;
All the glories of the race
Flicker on your mobile face.
Heroes panoplied fur fight
Glimmer in your golden light;
Martyrs, sanctified by pain.
Murmur In your silver rain.
All your smiles and ail your tears
Voicing now our hopes and fears,
April, Irish through and through,
Here's my caubeen off to you!
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