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HIE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16. 1911.
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Sabaerlher leavlBgr th city tria
orarlly hoal kav The SM
Balled them. Addree will he
as wCtea mm reaested.
Tha wages of Joy-riding must ba
about tba aame aa tha wages of Bin.
A aafa and aana- Fourth of July
means no loss of patriotism, pleasure
or Ufa. . .
Tie Washington Star speaks of
'Banishing Billboards." What does
"banishing"' meanT
Diai has not yet written back his
congratulations on the way tha new
fellows are running things.
Even tha "gallery god" is out with
a demand for lower prices. But ba is
up most too far to be heard.
Someone says vacations ara tha
coupona of industry. Yes, and money
caved Is the shears that clips them.
Why should the price of ice ba
higher In Omaha than in any of tha
surrounding cities? Don't all answer
at once.
"Deposits In a postal savings bank
ara secure from attachment by cred
itors." Hoopla! Best argument yet
for postal savings.
How rich does a man have to be before
ha la rich enough to be presented to King
George T Detroit Free Frees.
About as rich as our John Hays
Hammond.
It Is worth noting, too, that there
ara some outbursts of murderous vio
lence that no police force could pre
vent, no matter what its size. '
It is a hundred-to-one shot that the
Kansas edjtor who says red-haired
women are the prettiest has a red
haired wife, if ha has a wife at all.
Aa we understand It. Hon. Champ Clark
solved hi problem by standing beneath
the Underwood banner with a Bryan badge
on him. Oalreeton News.
And a Hearst . newspaper in his
hand.
When he expressed a preference for
Champ Clark, for presidential candi
date perhaps Mr. Bryan meant when
he, himself, got through with tha run
ning. ..(
So long as tha Board of Trade spec
ulators have not discovered any green
bugs wo may yet hope to have at least
a partial crop, unless tha quotations
keep dropping.
Tha governor of Kansas is said to
b thinking of calling out tha militia
to enforce the prohibition law. They
must miss Mrs. Nation and her little
hatchet down there.
South Omaha Is to have an old-time
celebration of the glorious Fourth.
We trust it Is not tba old-time kind
that takea count, of tha dead and
wounded the morning after.
A mere glance at the long lists of
gradutes from tha State university
and the high schools will explain why
Nebraska has tha smallest percentage
of Illiteracy among all tha states.
In this emergency Omaha ean get a vary
excellent school superintendent at Byra
aus. Washington Post
Thanks. Tba place waa filled from
our own ranka before that thought
occurred to us.
8enator .Hitchcock's newspaper In
sist that Governor Harmon of Ohio
la Just ss much of a progressiva as
Governor Wilson of New Jersey. There
Is another chance for argument with
Mr. Bryan's Commoner,
Presumably VIg" Dunn bag satis
fied himself that his name is not on
"the slate" of delegates from Ne
braska to the next democratic national
convention, and therefore is hollering
aronce without waiting for tha aid or
consent of anyone else. .
Tba coming 8aturday is registra
tion day In Omaha and 8outh Omaha
for those whose names ara not en
rolled, and who want to vote at the
Impending bond election. .It Is a safe
guess, however, that no one will ba
hart in tha rush to register.
Following Them Up.
According to reliable advices,, the
dmlnlstratlon will countenance no
evasion of the supreme court decisions
by either the Tobacco trust or Stand
ard Oil, but will compel the dissolu
tion of both under the terms of the
court's ruling, furthermore. It pro
poses to follow these decisions as Its
guide In dealing with other trusts un
til monopolistic combine has been ac
tually, as well as theoretically, done
away with.
That Is, Indeed, a large tank to un
dertake, but none too large for so
great a power as that lodged In the
federal government. Whenever it
takes a firm enough stand against the
existence of unlawful combinations,
then it will have to cease. But, of
course, to take such a stand requires
harmonious co-operation of all depart
ments of government, Judicial and leg
islative, as well as executive, and that
is why progress has been slow hereto
fore. But it must be encouraging to the
people to have thla assurance, that the
administration intends to make the
most of the court's decisions in these
two pivotal cases. Unless the two
trusts involved dissolve in accordance
with tba court'a decrees within the
specified time of six months the gov
ernment will step in and do its own
dissolving. Right here It Is of inter
est to nota that at the time tha de
cisions were handed down in both in
stances the trust magnates indicated
a prompt readinesa to comply with the
court's mandate, yet this public decla
ration by the administration Just now
would seem to suggest that Its credul
ity had not been over-aroused bssy the
trusts' protestations of good faith, and
does not propose to sleep on Its
victory.
Faithful to His Trust.
The house committee investigating
t,h, sugar trust must be deeply im
pressed with the testimony of Charles
R. Helke, 'the former secretary of
that concern, who declares ha knows
nothing about the policy or inner his
tory of the company and that he was
only a "stock transfer man, book
keeper and letter writer." That is
evidently why the Havemeyer inter
ests retained Mr. Helke at an annual
salary of fJO.OOO, Instead of hiring
soma one for a tenth of that amount.
Mr. Heike's facility to forget or not
remember everything about which the
committee wishes Information proves
hat when the sugar trust selected
him for its secret agent It made no
mistake. Ha is still guarding with
sacred vigilance all tha secrets im
parted totim, and though no longer
in tha company's employ he remains
faithful to his trust. But Heike's re
fusal to answer questions about
which, manifestly, ba knows all the
committee wants to know, is not cal
culated to help the case of the sugar
trust. This Information Is likely, to
come out from some source and when
It does It will not Improve the stand
ing of the trust or of Mr. Helke a
little).
Our Champion Abroad.
It has remained for royal England
to make Jack Johnson really under
stand what it means to be the cham
pion pugilist of the world. When
Johnson and his party arrived at Lon
don to attend the coronation ceremon
ies tha crowd that had gathered to
greet tha black battler was quite too
muck for the police to handle and
other celebrities, who had gone to the
depot to meet friends, were swept off
their feet by the horde of his admirers.
If any American devotee has feared
that our champion would not be prop
erly honored In England, let him scan
this excerpt from a London cable
gram: An automobile was in waiting for John
son, and, bowing hla acknowledgment,
smiling and showing hi mouth of gold,
lugging th mouthpiece of a aramaDhona.
Johnson shouldered hla way to tbe machine.
He guarded tha eight-karat stone he wore
with on hand untU be wa safely In th
automobile.
Mrs. Johnson, Ilk Johnson, wa loaded
down with diamond. There wa with him
l(lin ..I hi. - u - .
. wMMoi, juuuu0i, ana
Cutler, hi sparring partners and hi negro
chauffeur. Johnson waa driven to a flat
that had been rented for him La Shaft
bury avenue. Whll appearing her at
th Oxford Mualo hall h will reside there.
Th reception accorded to Johnson at
Plymouth, where h landed, was a great
demonstration. Whan th German liner
arrived la th harbor and th boat put out
for th mall and the paaangrs who were
coming ashore., It wa surrounded by
smaller craft with persons anxious to eatoh
a light of Johnson as be cam down th
gangplank of th liner to th mail boat
Evidently there Is no race prejudice
In England, or at least, our champion
did not notice It on his landing, nor
any dlmunition In tha worship of "tbe
manly art," scientifically practiced by
burly bruisers.
Still Loyal to Champ.
Mr. Bryan Is not given to replying
to all that la aald of him and his
plans In tba papers. If he were he
would have time for little else. So
when Mr. Bryan departs from hla rule
and takes notice of a public reference
to htm ha must consider it a matter
of unusual Importance. Therefore,
when Mr. Bryan wrote that letter to
Champ Clark, assuring Champ that
there Is no truth In tha reports that
ba had gone back on him as his choice
for tha presidency because of dis
agreement on tba wool tariff, it
stands to. reason that this, in Mr.
Bryan's Judgment, is a very im
portant matter.
While Mr. Bryan la writing this as
surance to tba speaker, Mr. Hearst
Is having his right hand man,
John Temple Graves, , give Champ
similar assurances from him. And
to clinch tha situation. Colonel
Graves goes Into print in another
New York newspaper to say that
both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Hearst are
for Champ Clark as the democratic
presidential nominee. In spite of his
faults (on the wool tariff) they love
him still. Hearst, however, has not
reviled him snd tbe other democrats
who have opposed Bryan on this
schedule.
In this evidently well planned con
cert of action of Messrs. Bryan
and Hearst, Messrs. Wilson, Hsr
mon et si. should find a note of def
inite warning to be well on their
guard. In the meantime, so far aa Is
known, neither Bryan nor Hearst has
gone to the extent of losing sight of
the possibility of bis own individual
candidacy, which Is ever on tap, need
ing only the psychological conditions
to develop It.
Ice Prices in Omaha.
Within the last month the price of
ice delivered to households In Omaha
haa been raised 25 per cent, or from
$4 for a 1,000-pound coupon book to
$5 for the same book.
Ice is a household necessity during
the summer months in Omaha and the
burden of the outlay for ice falls
many times heavier on the poor than
it does on the rich.
An arbitrary Increase of 25 per cent
in the price of this commodity means
either deprivation and suffering to
many people who cannot afford it or
a pinching of expenditures for other
necessities.
The Bee has been investigating the
price of Ice in nearby cities and finds
that in all of them it is much lower
than in Omaha; at least as low as it
was in Omaha before the recent raise.
In most cities the price of delivered
Ice is uniform winter and summer,
and in some cities there is actual com
petition between Ice companies for
business.
In Omaha all the circumstantial
evidence points to an ice combine de
termined to gouge the last penny out
of the people who cannot help them
selves. It Increases the price Just at
the time when ice is needed, and the
Increase, so far as we can learn, is
exacted identically by all the com
panies doing busines here.
We had a fight against the Ice trust
In Omaha a few years ago, but evi
dently it did not accomplish perma
nent results. Another fight by the
official authorities to break up this
combine and bring the price of ice in
Omaha down to where It belongs
would be popular and timely.
Model Program for the Fourth.
Many American cities are devising
ways of celebrating the Fourth of July
other than by the old method of mak
ing a noise and endangering Ufa and
property by the indiscriminate use of
explosives and fireworks. Chicago,
Boston and New York last year
achieved great success along thla line.
Baltimore now proposes to surpass
anything yet done toward a fitting cel
ebration of tni nation's natal day. It
has collected a fund to defray the ex
penses of a pageant of history, present
ing by floats a moving picture of tha
historic events in Maryland, with other
incidental ceremonies. But this pro
gram, like those observed in the other
cities last year and Ilka those to be
observed in many cities this year, has
some real merit. It is educative in its
influence, both to the young and old
and Inspiring of true patriotism.
But Pennsylvania's legislature has
taken an advance step by enacting a
law penalizing the manufacture or sale
of explosives, with the purpose of pre
venting their use on or about the
Fourth of July. This has led the Chris
tian Science Monitor of Boston to sug
gest what strikes us as a very timely
plan, namely, that Philadelphia, where
tha first Fourth of July celebration
was held, take the lead in arranging a
model program for tha observance of
tha day. This would not need to be
little or discourage Baltimore or any
other city in what they are doing.
Rather they could all co-operate to
bring forth a better model.
Certainly, It Is high time to address'
ourselves to this subject. Have we
not wasted enough money and sacri
ficed enough life and property in the
old, barbarous method of celebration?
Many people have actually come to
dread the thought of the day, not sim
ply because it may bring grief in bod
ily Injury, but because also it means a
day of ceaseless bedlam. When a new
and sensible program is generally
adopted and the old form of celebra
tion has finally become obsolete, peo
ple will wonder why they ever tol
erated it.
Tha New York Sun, in ascribing to
the Hon. Bill Joel Stone, senator from
MUzourah, expert knowledge of cows,
as reflected in one of his Canadian
tariff speeches, says: "He was famil
iar with Holstelns, Jerseys, Guern
seys, Morgans, red cows, brlndles and
the cow that Jumped over tbe moon."
We admit that la soma acquaintance
with cows, but we would like to ask if
be knows anything about "an old grey
cow called Speck?"
A captain In the regular army sta
tioned on the Texas border writes a
poem to ask, "Why Ara We Here?"
The captain should content himself
with knowing that for soldiers, even
soldiers on tbe Texas border in tha
summer time, It is "thelr's not' to
reason why tbeir's but to do or die."
The Water board has so far failed
to inform the public whether the pro
posed Issue of $8,250,000 water bonds
Is to take care of the accumulated hy
drant rental or whether, besldea vot
ing tha bonds, wa will have to raise
$300,000 additional by taxation. This
much light on the water would be appreciated.
The lonvj republican member of the
county board is Indeed a thorn in the
flesh of our local democratic organ.
As long as he is on guard the demo
cratic combine runs the risk of having
its schemes for political graft exposed
and has to go slow.
Gaiuhlina Vnder Thla Veil.
Brooklyn Kagle.
Public gambling Is not allowed in Eng
land. Tet Lloyds Insure women's coro
nation gnwnt against rainfall. This I
what a euphemism call Anglo-Saxon dl.
Ingenuousness.
Taper ( the Nimble Chans.
Cleveland leader.
Th pertinacity and perspicacity of Champ
Clark In refraining from getting tangled
up with the Underwood and Bryan Ideas
on wool tend to show that he Is on of the
beet little side-stepper ever.
Sn-attlnst the Jleeoe.
Philadelphia Record.
It I said that there are not enough ap
plicants for cadet ships In the military
academy at West Point to fill the vacant
places. Who will undertake to say that
this I not a peace-loving country, In spit
of the croaklngs of jingo enemies of Inter
national arbitration?
Porltan to the J a nk pile.
Boston Transcript.
The monitor Puritan which cost over
$3,000,000 to build, and waa still effective for
harbor defense when subjected to experi
ment to high explosive, Is now offered
for sale, for little more than $12,000. a old
metal. Th demonstration that the ex
plosive wa stronger than the armor wa
so costly that wa shall probably have no
repetition of It In the near future. It Is
strongly suggestive of tha proceeding of
Samuel Weller' acquaintance who to prove
that crumpet were wholesome ate several
dozen of them at one time and blew hi
brain out. thus escaping refutation of hi
argument.
A Htghteoa Demand.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Th massacre of harmless and helpless
Chines at Torreon appear to have been
the most atrocious Incident of the Mexi
can insurrection, and the Chines gov
ernment Is not to ba censured for de
manding a large Indemnity. Had such an
vent taken place In China, a th Boxer
uprising illustrated, th western powers
would demand damage puniv.lv aa well
a compensatory, and China would be
forced to pay. Possibly th Peking govern
ment now relishes an opporunlty to make
a r'.milar demand upon a western govern
ment, and, ahould a Chinese warship back
It up by making a naval demonstration In
Mexican waters, th evidence would be
fairly complete that the boot wa now on
th other leg.
EEMNANTS OF THE BOW.
Indianapolis News: Th statesmen of
China must find It a most pleasant relief
to demand Indemnity Instead of to pay It.
They at leaat are fully familiar with th
formalities observed in such matter.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Poor Mexico!
r irst, war. men earinquag. And now a
demand for Indemnity by th Chines.) gov
ernment and a terrible threat of a Chinese
warship to blow up th reconstructing
nation.
New York Tribune: Th passage cf
Mexican : troop ' and arm across United
State territory under bond to get at the
Insurgents In tower California Is an un
usual incident, but it would be a long and
tedious Job' for Mexico to ferry Its troop
aero tha gulf to thj peninsula, and th
United State Is almost a much int tr
eated a Mexico Itself i having '.hat pa
UferouN ruction promptly suppressed.
Boaton Transcript: A Chine naval
demonstration agalnit Mexico 1 hinted by
some dispatches. If this report 1 anything
mora than tbe colnag of om tired corre
spondent under th necessity of "senaing
something" China 1 Indeed ambitious. Th
Chines effective navy I made up of half a
doxen cruisers, th largest of which t the
Hal Chi of t.SOO tons, but Mexico' fleet
I even less formidable, being mainly small
gunboat. It I probable that tha friendly
office of th United State wilt be suffi
cient to deprive the world of a nautical en
counter between the 'dons1' and the
'chink."
People Talked About
CHAPLE3
k KLE1M
Charles Klein, th playwright wa bom
In London, England, January 7, 1SS7. but
hla work la better known In America. He
la the author of such successful plays a
A Mil a Minute." "The Auctioneer,
"Mr. Pickwick," "The Lion and th
Mouse," and many others.
Former Vice President Fairbanks ha
been challenged by John M. gtudebaker,
head of th Studebaker corporation, of
South Bend, for fh national championship
at horseshoe pitching.
Thome A. Edison 1 working to produce
nickel paper by electricity. Th paper I
Indestructible and will b o thin that the
Encyclopedia Britannic could b printed
a on thin, light volume.
Clarence W, Kuhn of Cincinnati, O., who
wa a member of th banking firm of 8.
Kuhn at Bon, who I credited with being
worth $1,000,000, haa given up his life to
charity. He I working as the principal
director of the aemi-aocialiatlc experiment
being carried on now at th workshop for
the blind to. that city.
Finding that power la law which atir
up latant genius has resulted in Prof. B.
H. Hawthorn of Eugene, Ore., taking the
Stat bar examination at th age of 71
years. Prof. Hawthorn had taught school
In Orgon forty-five year, and for th last
rrumber of year haa occupied the chair of
psychology at th Etat university.
Mrs. Roby, wife of an American brain
specialist practising in Japan, ha under
taken a trip in th wild of Africa without
a whit escort. She like adventure. One
she mad a trip Ih rough Australia aa a
nursemaid for th purpose of studying the
donruwtlo servant problem. During the Jap
anese-Russian war ah disguised herself
a a boy and accompanied bar husband to
the frosU.
Washington Lif o
oaa XatereatlBg Pbsae
and Condition Observed
at th Ratio' Capital.
Congressman Stanley of Kentucky,
chairman of th committee probing the
Steel trust, ha been a representative sine
im. but did not come Into the limelight
until the present Investigation. He Is ter
ribly In earnest In the present quest for
blow holes In th steel corporation's armor.
Is quick to see a point and drive It home,
and possesses a nimble wit. which he ex
ercise on hesitating witnesses and of
ficious attorneys. Mr. Stanley wa born
In Shelbyvlll. Ky., May 21. 17, being the
son or Rev. William and Amanda Owsley
Stanley. H is an alumnus of Center col
lege, Panvllle, Ky.. having grauated In
MW. and was admitted to the bar In
He ha been practicing In Henderson, Ky.,
slnoe ISM. In lno he was a democratic
presidential elector.
Of all the ancient senate tradltlona and
customs which have gone by tbe board
under the new regime, senatorial courtesy
probably has suffered most. One man is
still able to paralyx the business of the
upper branch by a simple objection, writes
the Washington correspondent of th Cos-
ton Transcript, but no longer must th
"bnby senator" sit quiet for two year be
fore opening his mouth. No longer need he
fear to critlcls the position of an old
timer. No longer Is he ignored simply be
cause he I new. The latter day reformer
are determined that "senatorial courtesy"
shall disappear from the face of legisla
tion. Not enough of It Is left now for a
chemical examination to detect the germs
of ordinary politeness.
In the old day senatorial courtesy made
a senator as powerful as h was vain and
foolish, which I saying a lot. There haa
been more nonsense over the dignities of
the senatorial offlca than over the presi
dency, and for no other reason than that
the senator who could hold hi office for
twelve year and keep silent most of the
time gained a national reputation a a wise
man. No senator could even criticise an
other, in tha day before th active I
Follett entered th i chamber and disre
garded senatorial courtesy from the mo
ment of hi appearance. Only a few days
ago the vice president called a southern
senator to order for presuming to make a
few persoiyil remarks, and an Impertinent
question of Cummins of Iowa disclosed the
astonishing fact that the senate had no
rule to prevent such a performance.
A great change haa coma over th senate
since the special sessslon opened. Almost
one-third of the senate 1 new. The new
comer had heard about senatorial courtesy
before they came on for the special session,
and they had made up their minds to dis
regard it, let th consequences be what
they would. They are engaged in a con
certed movement against the old order of
thing. They are talking "whenever the
spirit moves them." and they ara saying
thing that the senate, In th old days,
would not have permitted them to say.
But, best of all, they are being listened to.
The proposal to Increase the membership
of tha house of representatives by forty
two will cost 'he United State govern
ment quite a lot of money. The expense
does not by any mean end with the pay
ment of salaries. Forty-two congressmen
at $7,500 a head will coat the government
annually $315,000. That Is only a beginning.
Each on of the new member will be
entitlad to a ecretary, being allowed to
expend fl.SOO a year for that purpose. They
will also draw mileage. Th Agricultural
department will have to supply them with
seeds, th public printer with document
and th Poatofflce department with free
transportation for seeds and document.
Then the hall of th bouse of represen
tative will have to ba entirely made over
In order to accommodate them. Plan for
thla are already in hand. This will cost
the government over $300,000. Th result
will be a hall smaller In slse than th pre
sent one and, therefore, better In it acous
tic, but with more seats, due to the re
moval of the desks and substitution of rows
of chairs like seats In a theater. The new
hall will be a very handsome one.
A prominent middle western senator fell
Into a practlc common in Washington of
allowing a secretary to sign th formers
name to much of his correspondence with
a rubber stamp, relates Ieslie' Weekly.
He was warned against the custom, but
laughingly remarked that the fanners out
there wouldn't know th difference. Like
wise the senator, as many have, had a
stereotyped reply to communlcatlona. It
so happened that on of these form
stamped letter waa sent to a substantial
and influential constituent Nothing waa
known of th break until a few months
later, when the senator, endeavoring to
rebuild fence, wrot a letter to th con
stituent inquiring of - political condition
in th home state. A prompt reply was
received at tha capital, addressed to th
senaor, and In th exact form which h
had written to th constituent It read:
Dear Sir. Tour valuable communication
of th 6th Inst duly received, it give ua
much pleasure to consider th suggestions
contained therein. Very truly,
JOHN BROWN.
Tha letter waa signed with a rubber
tamp, not one, but several time, in
each Instance upside down. For It seem
the secretary had hastily stamped th
original letter downside up.
'The fellow who ar so much con
cerned over the Injury th reciprocity bill
will work upon the farmer remind m
of a soldier I used to know named Car
lyala," said Representative "Oil" James
of Kentucky. "Carlysle wa given a re
cruit to break In Just on th eve of the
first hattl of Bull Run," continued th
giant Kentucklan, "and waa greatly agi
tated because the new soldier expressed
some fear of cannon ball, grape, canister,
and even plain rifle ball."
" "Courage, boy, courage)' b cried to
tha recruit, aa the roar of battle began
from the breastwork and the ' whining
mlnie ball came through th air. 'Cour
age. I aay; have no fear, for I am with
you.'
" 'I ain't afraid, but I wish the domned
things would quit sasslng me as they go
by my head,' cried th new man. 0e,
her comes another!'
" 'B a man,' cried CarlysU, 'and don't
sham your country. Remember I'm with
you; I'm right behind you.'
"Another missile ann whirling through
the air ever their head, and tha recruit
dodged and lowered his head.
" 'Be brave,' cried Carlyal, 'and, what,
ever you do, for God's sake, don't duck,
Remember, I'm right behind you.' "
America's Dresdaesfkt Leada.""
Philadelphia Ledger.
The naval review at Splthead two days
after the coronation will prove an Impres
sive spectacle. Th most powerful vessel,
representing tha latest typ of militant
marina architecture, will b the contribu
tion of th United States th battleship
Delaware. Th Delaware haa a displace
ment ef 10,000 tons, with 25,000 horsepower,
developing easily a speed of twenty-one
knots, and tba cost of th vessel wa
$6,702,757. Th "Dreadnought," which gave
ita name to a class of battleships of which
It ha already beooms a relatively In
significant example, la of 17.JO0 ton dis
placement, and cost more than $9,000, 0U0.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution m Timely Snblect
Wot Exceeding Two Hundred Words
Ar Invited from Our Baadar.
What A linn the Water Honlf
OMAHA. June 14-To the Editor of The
Pee: Quod "government by the people" re
quires that the people be Intelligent. The
people must have agent (public officers
for th performance of many acts, and at
tention to many details, and also for the
direct acquirement of such knowledge as
la needed In the conduct of public affairs.
But a to . matters of great Importance,
such as questions that must be decided by
the voter at an election th people should
require their agent to give them the In
formation that It requisite to Intelligent de
rision. Our public officers are not always
careful enough about giving such Informa
tion and the people sometimes neglect to
demand It.
On the 27th of this month the proposition
to give bonds of this city In the amount
of $K,Kn,O0O for water works and extensions
and Improvements will be submitted to the
voters. Terhapa the members of the Water
board presume that the voters have been
Informed through the newspapers of all
th material facta pertaining to this mat
ter;but probably the truth la that but
verjT few of the voters are prepared to
form an Intelligent Judgment about this
proposition.
With clear, correct and authentic answers
to the fnllowlng questions perhsps a cltl
sen would be fairly well qualified to vote
In the coming election:
1. Did the state legislature undertake to
compel Omaha to buy the water work?
I. If It did. was not the proceeding a
strange and anomalous one; and how and
from what source could the legislature
hav authority to do thisT Have tha courts
passed on this question?
8. Would an affirmative decision upon
thla bond proposition by the voters close
the executory contract to buy the water
works nd preclude any possibility of vir
tually setting aside tha excessive appraise
ment and putting th city in an advan
tageous position? In other words, would
th voting of th bonds necessitate using
them, even though attorneys for the Water
board found some way virtually to nullify
th Judicial decree that apparently will
compel the city to swallow the bitter dos
and submit to the Injustice?
4. If the election goes against the bonds,
what then? Would there be a valid Judg
ment against the city, drawing Interest at
7 per cent? (The proposed bond would
draw Interest "not exceeding 44 per cent.")
B. F. COCHRAN.
On Women Teacher.
OMAHA, June 14. To the Editor of Th
Bee: I have noticed that many city folks
favor the election of a lady superintendent
for th high school. I fully appreciate
women' work In all departments, but aa a
father of boys strongly object to women
teacher In our schools above seventh
grade. Every parent knows that a boy
(manly boy) of 1 to 20 dislikes to be
spoken to and coddled as if he was a sissy
and of no account. And boy of that age
require men teaehera, for women cannot
have the control or Influence over them
that men would have. The teaching In our
Omaha schools Is not above criticism a lot
of tlm wasted in the higher classes In
The Delights
In Baking With
To fuHy appreciate th real pleasure of baking, bay a can of
CUumst and a a teat bake a batch of biscuit.
Bee how light aad wonderfully raised they com from th
oven.
Then break ; one of them open and note bow thoroughly,
evenly and fluffily the oomgh baa risen 7"
Aod th final test th on that nonnts bliss aad taatst
This test wtll prOTS to yo that Calumet la the most depend
aoi staking Powder imr mrmrj hiiiiims.
It will prove Ita economy evar th. high-price tntst brand
and it great superiority ever th ehaap aad big oaa kinas.
For Calmaat la higneet in Qualityand moderaU in coat.
RMsv4 WJhss Award WasWs Para
pill
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creasing ability to safeguard tbe increasing
funds of depositors; therefore, a good place tor
YOfll account and especially your SAVINGS.
3i Interest on Time Deposits
A Man With Confidence
ia the man you work for. He is the man who makes bigger, better
things possible in your City and gains the financial reward
The OaJcridge Investment Company are offering you an op
portunity to show whether or not you have confidence In a bieeer
and better Omaha. 86
They are also offering you 15 for the money you invest
every year.
Think It over and investigate It today.
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8TOCKS ,o.M r.,,.. ... FITMENTS
trylTi to maintain discipline, en1 a proper
respect fur the teacher, who, because she
cannot make those young men intircly sub
missive, leaves herself or n to their Fnir.e
llmcs I'prn criticism. Tln-n there Is th
trot down to the ntineiiMi ,r iMipertntcnd-
ent and the boy comrelled t apolouia.
etc., etc., the ifMilt leln Hint many pf
our boys lcae school before they outfit tr
lather tlmn put up with what they Justly
term such noneense. otriera. who Mi'Ptita
can afford the expense, send their bo n
nty to schools for boys. The work of
leachlnK Is tou Inipm tsnt to allow mere
I sentiment to conttol In the selection of
teachers, ai.d I hope the school board will
be gjvernrd by piactlenl common sense In
the appointment of teachers.
J. J.-ANOTHKU 1'AKKNT.
SMILING REMARKS.
"('holly says hla Lurvpran trip ns com
plete. y spoiled."
"As to how?'
"8eems a careless porter tost a Inbel off
hla suitcase." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Teacher And why should we begin at th
toot of the ladder?
Willie fo if any of the guys at the top
falls we'll be near enough to nc 'em th
laugh when they hit the bottom. " I'uck.
Church You know Shakeseaie said men
of few words are the bent men.
Gotham What did Shakespeare want to
"knock'' Noah Welter like that for, do
you suppose? Yonkera Statesman.
"When I went to climb up the rope tu
the church belfry in my great scene In tha
club theatricals," said the conceited leading
man, "it bloke aa soon as 1 touched It
almost. What kind of a rope could they
have put tip?"
"I guess." said tha humorous club mem
ber, with a chuckle, "it was something of
a guy nipo," Haiti more American.
"I see that London has a bank failure
with liabilities of $43,380,910."
"Well, say, that makea these bankrupt
American act I esses look pretty cheap,
doesn't It." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Doctor do you think it will be necessary
for me to undergo an operation?"
"I do, decidedly."
"How much will It coat?"
"How much do you think you ought to
pay?"
"Very little. I'd ba worth more to my
family If I were dead."
"Well, who said this operation wa going
to keep you from dying?" Chicago Kecorii
Herald. GETTING BACK HOME.
Detroit Krea Pres.
Horn, where the feather are softest.
Home where the grub Is the beat.
Home, where a fellow I part of
The circle, not merely a guest.
Home, where the bedroom la roomy,
Where upper berths never are known,
Where you can't hear the snores of your
neighbor,
And fog whistles never are blown.
Home, where the laughter I truest,
Horn to tha kiddle again,
Hume, where the skies are th bluest
Hack to the porch and th den;
Back where there I no confusion
Or clamor, or speeches, or shout.
Where the dining room never Is crowded,
And bellhops aren't rushing about
Home, where the song are th sweetest.
Home to the ones that are true;
Back to the life that completeat
Hack to the work we must do.
Back to the grind! Yea, and leady
To take up the buttle again;
For after the fun and the travel
Home looka .-nighty good to us than.
Had a good time? I should aay so! .
Laughter and sunshine and sontr
Went with us all aa ve Journeyed,
Nothing we plannel turned out wrong.
But now that It's over wa're hnppy,
For somehow whenever w e roam, '
We find that the best loy of travel
Is always the getting hnck home.
Feast
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