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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JUXE 30, 1911.
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Babacrlbera leavlag the city tea
pwrarlly shoald bar The Be
ailed these, Addreaa will a
When in doubt, blame It on Rose
water, . '
Another new $20 counterfeit bill is
out. Not In our roll.
The barbers art still agitating Sun
day closing. Why don't they? .
It la snowing near. Duluth. , Oh,
you "zenith city ot the unsalted seas!"
. Well, n thinking so much about the
coronation we had almost . forgotten
O, Bernard Shaw. . ; ...
"Our laws are . made by the ig
norant." bewails Chancellor Day. Ah,
there, you congress.
As fast as Ty Cobb Is, he has noth
ing on the slowest water motor when
It comes to beating out a bunt.
"Why do not . the troops leave
Texas?" is asked. Probably because
theyf haven't, the physical strength by
now. " . '" ' .
gtlll, it Is a little prematiye to de
liver Nebraska to any candidate for
president, either republican or dem
ocrat. A Philadelphia artist has been en
gaged . to paint , the coronation.
Thought that had been -pretty well
done.
The dangerous holes in Carter lake
are to be charted and marked as a
warning to bathers. Better late than
never.
Having shown ns what a fine drum
major he makes on dress parade, now
let's see what a king George V can
become.
How strange it is that Bailey's! fine
constitutional sense generally leads
him out on the wrong side of every
question.
A Philadelphia socialist gives the
world a new view ot his party, saying
Its purpose is not "to raise the devil"
with established order.
While Silver Dick Bland mowed his
hay, young Bryan captured the nomi
nation. But Champ Clark goes right
along sawing his wood.
My, bat there must have been an
awful graft In sight In that $8,150,000
water bond Issue, .Judging from, the
way the stuck pig squeals.
Now that Governor Aid rich Is back
at the old stand, we may look for
some fireworks from time to time in
the vicinity of the state house.
Champ Clark says he will not run
after the presidential nomination.
Perhaps not, but he will certainly try
to head It off if It comes his way.
Which high-priced lawyer is going
to get the Job of specially representing
the city when the case Is brought to
test out the dollar gas ordinance?
Senator Cummins would not sign
the letter petitioning Senator La Fol
lette to run for president. Well, has
La Follette signed one for Cummins?
The question is raised by a reader
of the Public-Ledger, "When are we
nearest the sun?" When In Salina,
Kan., where the mercury rises to 114.
The coronation was a success. Jack
Johnson says It was ' the "greatest
sight I ever saw." And Jack has be
held at least one other very gTeat
sight
With Lillian Russell doing the
. Beatrice Falrfii act in the newspapers
and Mme. Pattl talking of going into
vaudeville, what la our stage coming
to, anyway? , 4
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If Sam Blythe were to go to Texas
1 right now he probably would 6a rid
den on a pole for his lambasting that
Is. his telling the' plain truth about
N Bailey. But It would have to be a
good, strong pole. v .
Presi-Muzzling Legislation. -The
so-called Grady bill before tbe
New York legislature requiring that
every editorial appearing in a news
paper shall be signed by its author
is the climax of a succession or ridic
ulous press-muttling measures, that
have found their wsy Into several
state legislatures In late years.
Grady, a member of the senate, ad
mits that he was prompted to Intro
duce tbe bill by an editorial criticism
of his official conduct.
The honest man In politics or else
where hss nothing to fear from an un
trammelnd press. A free press is one
of the rights and blessings of a free
government and is needed more today
than when the constitution was
adopted.
So far as the plan contemplated In
this New York bill is concerned, it
would Come nowhere near meeting the
demand which Its author has In mind.
Nor is it a fair or Just proposition.
He seeks to hold the individual writer
responsible and to force a comparison
between him and the object of his
criticism. In the first place, It is the
newspaper, the great organ of public
expression, that speaks, not any Indi
vidual. The Individual sinks his iden
tity In the paper, not to escape respon
sibility, but because of the fact that
tbe Impersonal utterance is the more
potently influential. The best way for
men In public office to escape un
pleasant publicity is simply to be
clean and upright In their official life.
Executive Interference.
Senator Cummins and other Insur
gents criticise President Taft for try
ing to influence the action of congress
on Canadian reciprocity and other
tariff legislation, , declaring such a
course unwarranted Interference by
the executive. Two years ago Sena
tor Cummins and his Insurgent col
leagues criticised the president be
cause be did not use his influence with
congress when the Payne-Aldrich tar
iff bill waa under consideration.
It seems to make all the difference
in the world which side is favored by
tne executive Interference Whether It
is fair or. not. If .lt was tight for the
president to Interpose his Influence
two years ago, it la right for him to
do the same thing today. The fact
that euch Interposition how mav not
happen to help the political schemes
of certain men cannot possibly change
tbe principle any. And it Is the prin
ciple of the thing on . which the
Iowan seeks to lay all his emphasis
now.
President Taft must have given up
all hope long ago of trying to convert
a certain minority of senators and
house members. They probably would
be the most disappointed men If he
did refrain from interference with the
action of congress at this time, Just
as many of them obviously were dis
appointed when he championed the
cause of reciprocity, a measure whose
popularity they could not help but
recognize.
The Call of Duty.
When Senator O'Gorman of New
York resigned his seat upon the su
preme bench ot the state and accented
one in the United States senate his
friends lauded him for answering a
call of duty that took him from a
position paying $17,600 a year to one
paying only $7,500, and one that
would immediately, plunge him Into
the vortex of politics. ' Those who did
not know the senator so well won
dered why he did it Perhaps if they
knew that the senator, had picked up
one. fee as a lawyer since making the
change equal in amount to the differ
ence In his salaries they'talght cease
to wonder. On the bench he could
not practice law. Off the bench, he
becomes a member of a leading law
firm as well as a United States sena
tor and can practice all he Pleases.
His prestige as a judge and that aa a
senator both become assets In busi
ness to him.
. Senator O'Gorman probably Is no
different In this respect than many
other men. Much has been said of
Senator Root resigning a Jaw practice
paying him $800,000 a year to take
a cabinet office at $8,000. But these
are calls ot duty that provide their
own recompense. Emoluments are
more often enlarged than diminished
as a result of them. Certainly Mr.
Root la no less distinguished a lawyer
by having gone Into public offlce
holdlng. Indeed, his largest cases
have come since he made that de
parture. Mr. Rockefeller Comet Back.
John D. Rockefeller, at the age ot
7, after ten years of retirement from
active business, has come back to take
a hand (and doubtless a ruling hand)
tn the reorganization ot the Standard
Oil company, pursuant to the terms
laid down by the United States su
preme court Tbe reports say Mr.
Rockefeller has lost none of his
earlier ability to solve Intricate busi
ness problems. That is gratifying,
but not surprising. A man who was
able in a comparatively short time to
accumulate more millions than he
could count would be expected to re
tain his marvelous business acumen.
Might aa well talk of a man who could
swim forgetting the art after years of
absence from the water.
Mr. Rockefeller's attendance at the
Standard conference was his first ap
pearance at the famous ; Broadway
In years. It is said he has been there
only twice in the last decade. Then,
we may assume that the Standard
really is reorganising, for perhaps a
mission of leas Importance wonld not
have called this old man from the re
tirement of his comfortable Forest
Hill home and golf links at Cleveland
back into the busy marts of commerce.
It Is superfluous to add that "Mr.
Rockefeller took an active pnrt In the
conference." No matter what new
hands have taken up the lines of con
trol he' laid down ten years ago, none
knows quite as well as tbe man who
did it, Just how the great, supposedly
Invincible OH trust wss organized, so,
therefore, in undoing what he had the
largest hand in doing it is quite fortu
nate that his associates and successors
can depend upon his guiding genius.
Of course, the layman will not be
able to determine whether the reor
ganized Standard Is any different from
tbe old one the court dissolved, but
the court wllL and we may trust It
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tha dlasnlnf Inn and mnrnn HI nn
shall be genuine and compete.
What Hit the Bonds.
nu oil tne Donm.
The Water board Clacquers seem to
tArrthlv ritatrap.Aft sith thai fU.
be terribly distressed with their fail
ure to put the $8,250,000 water bond
proposition over. As was predicted,
they are now looking for excuses and
making all sorts of wild, and reckless
charges, because the majorities against
.v. k 1
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warm, oenator imcncoca s newsna
per has no epithets too vile to throw
at the voters In tbe Third wsrd, al
though it was this same Third ward
that sent him to congress twice and
only last fall gave him a majority for
senator, and that before the red-light
district was abolished.
If money was spent in the bond elec
-r- 1. uw i
tlon it is safe to say that most ot it
was used by the Water board, al
though it was taxpayer's money they
used. Because of grave doubt about
the water bonds carrying the Water
board prevailed upon the county com
missioners to submit the court house
bonds at the same time in the hope
that the court house bonds would help
pull the water bonds through. But,
unfortunately, the reverse resulted,
the unpopularity of the water bonds
defeating the court house bonds, which
by themselves would unquestionably
have carried.
What hit the water bonds and
knocked them out of the box Is plain
enough. It was tbe gradual awaken
ing of the people to the enormity ot
the bunco game the Water board has
been playing. It was lack of confi
dence in the Water board, and more
especially in its noisy bellwether, that
disgusted people and made them re
fuse to take Interest. There are
nearly 20,000 qualified voters in
Omaha, and yet with all the beating
of tha bushes only 3,500 could be in
duced to come out and vote "yes" on
the water bonds, and the only argu
ment that appealed to those who voted
"yes" was that the Water board had
gotten the city into such a bole that
if these bonds were not-voted a worse
dose might have to be swallowed! late
The insincerity ot the Water board
la submitting the bonds at this time
was also - plainly apparent. If delay
In consummating the purchase is cost
ing the city money every day. the loss
has "been accumulating because of
Water board mismanagement for five
years ever since tbe appraisement
was handed down in July, J906. Tbe
Water board Impugned its own mo
tives when it postponed calling the
special election, first projected last
February, for three months, and by
that very act showed that it put no
stock In Its own argument The peo
ple realized that the special bond elec
tion at this time had no significance
except as a vote of renewed confi
dence which the Water board wanted
merely to tickle its vanity and Justify
the legislature for exempting it from
the commission form of government
Bonds or no bonds, the city could
not have gotten possession of the
water works until the court rendered
the decree, and had the bonds been
sold prior to the final adjudication the
taxpayers would merely be compelled
to pay interest on the bonds in addi
tion to interest on the Judgment. So
all this yelping about the Third ward
running tbe city is pure buncombe.
Neither the Third ward nor any other
ward can control the city or decide
any election if the people of the other
wards are sufficiently interested and
unified of purpose to go to the polls.
Admiral Togo and General Nogi,
the distinguished Japanese war heroes,
are to be invited to visit Omaha on
their tour of the United States. If
these two eminent Japanese, who have
been attending the British coronation,
want to take home some impressions
of the real thing they will come here
and be Initiated into the mysteries ot
Ak-Sar-Ben's reign.
Maxine Elliott, we note, was among
the "nobility that laid aside its
crowns and tiaras" while it held a
little Bohemian aftermath to the cor
onation. Our crowned Americans
seem to be holding up their end of
the show.
In the meanwhile the extra tax
which the poor people are compelled
to pay for ice in Omaha, over and
above what la charged in other neigh
boring cities, is a load which the
proper authorities ought to help them
lift
One-trustee ot the cathedral of St
John the Divine says it may be fifty
years before the imposing edifice
completed. Of course, there will
is
be
no diminution in the faith in
meaatlme.
the
Oh yes, $8,000,000 of city money
would have come in right handy for
the banks that would have held lb on
deposit while the courts were still
considering how much ahould be paid.
Tbe Commercial club endorsed the
water bonds and sent circulars to that
effect to each, member, paid for pxe
surnsbly out of the Commercial club's
treasury. The Commercial club Is !
su
d Posed to have 1.100 members and
th
e total vote for tbe bonds Is 3,600. I
W
onder how many ot the 1,100 voted
for the bonds.
It certainly takes nerve for Gilbert
. Hitchcock's newspaper to talk
M
about thieves, crooks and mercenaries
with that confession of sharing the
Bartley loot so freshly written on the
records.
Among other things that passed be
fore King George's observing eye at
the coronation were 167 ships of other
nations, me errect is calculated to
he peaceful,.
I
Ileware nt the Water
Rronklvn Kaerla.
A house of representatives committee has
I voted $10,000 to entertain Admiral Togo of
Japan when he cornea here. If the doughty
Jan !! f frntn Waahlna.Att .!.. k.
Jap suffers from Washington water ha
will have nobody to blame but himself.
Joe Xeeded tha Bnirar.
Chicago Record-Herald
Joseph Smith, head of tha Mormon
.church, la alleged to be In leagua with tha
sugar trust. Mr. Smith la the possessor of
several famlllea and can hardlv he hlajnad
for entering Into almoat any kind of a
schema for getting his sugar at reduced
rates.
Bark to Plain Llrta.
Indianapolis News,
With the Imports of champagne cut in
half (h. Imnn,.. Jr.m..J. -!
,,. . uiuiviiu uwiuiwir
reduced and an increase In tha value of
uiiLsuiiou wurxa oi art aunng s even
months of the fiscal yar. wa rather seem
to be getting on a plaln-llvlng-and-htgh-
thinking plane.
Vpllft of tha Safe aad Sana.
Springfield Republican.
All tha signs are that the annual Fourth
of July celebration will make the corona
tion seem like a fizzle. Tha sana Fourth
People are rapidly capturing the United
Statea and they are bound to Justify their
Idea by tha popular suoeeaa of their style
of celebrating.
Aa Undeniable) Right.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The president's special message to con
gress against patent medicines bearing
faked labels will not deprive a man with
liver complaint from getting a strong dose
put up under official sanction that will do
him Just aa much good. The constitutional
right to dose Is not to be denied.
Why Waa it Oat Oatf
New Tork Tribune.
It is now Dolnted out that in Proof nr
Knott's Duluth speech, as printed in "The
Congressional Globe." the phrase. "The
senlth city of the unsalted seas" does not
occur. That waa what especially caught
the punllo fanoy in in, and Knott must
have used it, though It somehow was
dropped out later tn the revised draft.
Many of the most striking aa wall as the
most objectionable things said in congress
never get a place In the permanent records
of that body.
POSTAL SAVINGS RECORD.
Some Facta laraored by the riaaty
Critics..
Chicago .Record-Herald.
Certain opponents of tha soatal aavlnn
"""vj h 1 nicy, .iuhj to vviuoncesj vi
fa41ure in the.' Hkot" tha, during the first
live monins or operation, with forty-eight
banks in operation, the deposits amounted
to only 1390.606. "Why do not tha nnni ne
foreign birth, who are supposed to desire
the postal bank, welcome It and show theli
confidence by depositing their money In HT"
they cry.
But tha second group of forty-five de
positories, opened for business on May 1,
received In the first month of thair rn ra
tion 1147 per cent more than was taken In
during the first month's operation of tha
forty-eight first established. What folly
to talk about the initial group record as tha
oniy criterion.
Tha argument that the people of forelan
birth do not use the banka meets with
refutation when the record of the bank at
uary, ill., la examined. Early in June the
first month's business at this bank Waa an
nounceda total of 13.800 deposited bv
seventy depositors. No other postal bank
east of the Mississippi river surpassed thla
record.
Considering that those of foreign birth
are under strong pressure because of
racial, social and buslneaa tlea tr
their countrymen who have private banks
or error Investments, the wonder Is that
tha record of deposits Is so great, not that
It la so smaJL Give the postal savings bank
time and a fair teat It will surpass ex
pectations.
People Talked About
( ZA rW
S$: UilAUJl La.
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of New Tork, resident of Virginia, long
ago demonstrated that his middle name
mrttm wall nlaflad. Ha haa oln anouKh to
hand out four-figure cheeks every time
grandchild arrives. At tha last can sua
there were sixteen kids entitled te call
him grandpa.
In James Adolph Cody, years and
-- - i - - - -
months old. Mount Airy, Ga., boasts the
klawaat Warns. i tka faWeUI TskmshaS aA
biggest baby tn the world. Jamas bow
weighs 12 pounds ana is growuig every
day.
Congressman OUIe James appears to be
the coming man aa United States senator
from Kentucky In place of Senator Payn-
bo
from Kentucky In place of Senator Fayn-I""
..r U. .rill tw. th. Kl. ma. h.Lrall.
speaking. In the senate end of the capltol ory ot arab-all-you-can and devll-take-tbe-and
bis voice will rival Baileys. hindmost, com In. The corporation robs
and liia vok will rival Baileys.
'The meat certain thing in the world,"
says Justice Harlan of the supreme eourt,
"Is that If you give tha people time to
think on any question their final judg
ment la batter than that of any political
convention or smaller body of men."
Among those who are mentioned as pos
sible managers of the republican national
campaign next year are William Loeb, Jr..
collector of the port of New York; Frank
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Charles D. Illlea. s-oretary to the prest-
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n. u.viiwi:a, iwfliwuw iiuvnii, aim
Around New York
mipple ea tha Oarreat of Xlfe
as Meaa la tha Oreat Amertoaa
Metrepoihi frana Bay a Pay
The flneet exponent of fraternallsm In
theory and practice passea off the stage
In the death of John H. Thiry at Long
Island City. He waa the father of the
school savings bank system and also tha
father ot five children born after he waa
78.
He died at the age of 89.
Mr. Thiry was a Belgian by birth, a
ac
ihool teacher by training. Ha brought his
family of wife and two eons to the United
ftiatea la 1853 and sett'ed in. Brooklyn,
where he beoame a collector and dealer In
rare books. He retired about 1870, went
abroad for a time, but found that ha hH
come to like the United States better than
the old world and. returning, eatantiahiwt
noma in Long Island City, whera ha
presently became a school commissioner
nd continued his work for tha schools, of
s home In Long Island City, where he
I Which hlfl ISVlnfl hftnlr w.a M )
hlch his savings bank waa merlv nn.
item, for the rest of his life. His wife
died In 1895, and he married again In 1900.
Of thla second marriage five children were
born, of whom four survive him, the old
est being and the youngest t
"But although Mr. Thiry had become by
choice an American." aaya the Brooklyn
Eagle, the principle of his lite and the
secret of his remarkable preservation of
youthfulness were something he did not
leam from the city of his adoption. Hs
said: 'The secret of youth Is moderation.
Use everything which God put on this
planet, but use It In moderation. I myself
use liquor and tobacco, but never to ex-
cesa.' Moderation Is. inriMii n ,... .
a.iiuu us, inaeea, an unusua
doctrine to be preached and above all prac
tlced by a man who has been a successful
merchant In New Tork. But probably if
there were more of Mr, Thlry'e moderation
the records of deaths from various affec
tions of the heart would not be climbing
as they are. Hurry and worry are the
undertaker's beat friends."
Fourteen-year-old Louise Hoelcer of
Paterson, N. J., went Ajax one better, for
she not only defied lightning, but she
kicked It and put It to rout. Her father.
Rev. J. M. Hoelzer, aaya aha did, and he
la a minister, pastor of Christ Evangelical
church on Graham avenue, a man of tha
highest standing and probity.
His assertion la that a ball of fire, after
hitting the church, leaped Into the par
sonage and Into the kitchen, where the
minister's children had taken refuge with
their aunt. As the ball passed her Louise
kicked it and It broke Into small sparks
and did no damage, not even to Louise.
Louise said that her action was Instinctive,
that she thought the ball would set fire to
the house and that, without thinking of
anything else, she kicked at the object.
Mrs. Hoelzer was away at the tlma ami
the three children of the minister's family,
when the storm came up, ran to the
kitchen, where their mother'a sister, Miss
Esther Beck, waa at work. Thev ut thnut
listening to the crashing ot thunder.
xnen came one that waa daafenimr an
the kitchen was filled with light as the
ball rolled across the floor. There Is a
mark on the wooden wainscoting which
looks as If an electrio fuse had blown nut
there, and there is a mark on the sino cov
ering of the dish drainlna- board, hut nn
other damage waa done to the house. The
children were unhurt. exceDt Kdwant i
years old, was knocked or fall from hi.
chait in fright
The church adlolnln tha h nil, nv m m u.
fortunate.' for tha aolra wa. .trk .-
badly damaged and apparently set on fire,
but the fire was put out by the rain. Real
dents of the neighborhood say the bolt
leaped from the spire to the house, but
there Is no mark on the house that can
be seen.
With 1,400 tons of Korean money on board
aa part of the cargo, tha steamship, Seneca,
of the Standard Oil company's fleet has ar.
rived at the Bush docks. Brooklyn Tha
tons and tons of money are only part of
wnat is to come. From time to time other
vessels will arrive In the next mnntn
two from Korea bringing tone of money.
until a total of ,000 tons has been brought
to this country. That amount Includes all
of the money Korea owned when
annexed that country and decided that
Korean money should be replaced by Jap
anese currency. The money, in k. ...
piled on the docks. There are no special
policemen guarding with rifles what was
once a nation's wealth, aa the coins are
merely valued as so much old m.t.t
Each of the coins, which were known as
cash' in Korea, and which. Ilka Chtnaa.
money, were mads round, but having .
square cut in the center, has been cut In
two pieces.
Goon after the Japanese
olded to replace the Korean 'V.-i.h" m,nt.
Japanese currency a group of Americans
rormea a syndicate and brought all of the
discarded money. As faat aa it arrive
In this country the money win be taken
to tne smelting mills of tbe United States
Metals Refining com pan y. at chrom m
J., and melted up. The various metals ex
tracted from the coins will be remolded
into bars and sold In commerce. Consider
able copper and silver will be obtained
from the coma, which are moatlv allovs
of those metals.
Mrs. Elisabeth C Seaman, one famous
as "Nellie Ely," the woman reporter who
circled tbe globe la seventy-two days, de
clares that her business eonoarn. tha Tmn.
clad company of Brooklyn, was robbed of
at least u.ouu.uv in moat daring fashion.
She was a witness In bankruptcy proceed
ings.
"l br Jujrt ' that my employes
have taken as much as 11.000 a day for
weeks at a tlma sometimes av.n tikin
twloe that much. Some of the m actually
eioppea teller earners, took hundreds of
letters from them, stole hundreds of checks
sent to us by customers and forged my sig
nature upon these and oashed them. In
two months mora than 1100,000 waa stolen.
I vow Hwii ii . mm uiuun sup siuv a Gay
T.I i m . .
v uij uiuiiejr, ma nut Ol n HIV Hat
avery couple of weeks, costing five times
as much aa I eould afford to pay for my
. m y
"The Ironclad company did an enormous
business, its customers were good and yet
It waa forced to bankruptcy."
Only two of the employes are under ar
rest, Charles W. Caccla, cashier, and 8taa-
. ' - -w vawia, vaa-ujvr, ana cian
ley GUnlk, hla assistant. It Is said., bow
I . a.avfu - 1
ever, that others have eonfeased thefts.
laflaeaea ef Bad Example.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It Is the age of graft. Individualism, with
,U nl"b ' DUb,, and personal
ana person
bOOC gOOO Out. paUmAllSm. With lU th
the publlo and the officials rob 4he corpora
tion, i ne Dig rogues aet an example to the
little rogues. Tbe 11 tie rogues are every
where. Tbe Iron drtvee so dean, the wound
of the body politic and tbe body corporate
are SO dispersed, that the verr ranuwtlaa
prop ess a frighten the timid and threaten
ute juac
Wew CasnsBtaaloBev of Bdaeatlaau
WASHINGTON. June Mi-Preaident Taft
i iMuj suBBunm in appointment off
pander Claxton of the UnlverslTy ol
jTenryaesae evs sxamlsefciaag ffdVat log
I - j. . .
OS OF CELEBRATED CASE.
Washington Times: It Is to he observed
that the decision by Secretsry Fisher
1 points out the need of pew coel Uws for
Alaska. This Is now the hope of the (Jug
genhelms. Completely controlling trsns
portstlon, snd. having claims plasteric'
on prsrtloslly the entire rehrln rlvei
coal field, they expect yet ta flinch theli
grip on the situation. Far from being won
the fight for the public Interest has onl
carried an outpost the real war la still
shead.
Kansas City Times: Consider further the
sorrows of Mr. Guggenheim. The head of
the smelter trust and of the Alaska syndi
cate takes a doleful view of business
from whose griefs he Is golr.r on a vsca
tlon trip to Europe. "The officers cf large
corporations do not know where they
stand." laments Mr. Guggenheim, in the
case ot some trust heads this fact had
been heretofore supposed to be a cause of
giadnea. The courts have lately given
them a rhnnce to "stand" outside of
cramped quarters If they will adjust their
business to a lawful basis hereafter. Cut
it may be feared that Mr. Morgans
Alaska partner simply cannot get used to
the notion that the country can get along
pretty well f the country and not Mr.
Morgan and Mr. Guggenheim get the
wealth of Alaska. And probably, too, he
simply cannot understand It.
A MERGED WKCKS9ITY.
Circa It Coort's Decision la the Talon
Paelflo Case.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. .
The government's prosecution of Union
Paolflc atock control ot the Southern Pa
clflo railroad haa been weak from the
start because of the Southern Pacific's
control of the western third of the Union
Pacific's line. The old Central Pacific from
Ogden, Utah, to San Francisco is Southern
Paelflo property, and It gave to that com
pany greater control over the Union Pa
elflo In regard to transcontinental rates
and traffic than the Union Paelflo ac
quired when It bought a large minority of
the Southern Paelflo stock. As long as
the Southern Paelflo was allowed to hold
the Central Pacific no case of merging
parallel and competing lines could be made
out against the Union Paelflo In taking
control ef the Southern Pacific. It be
came merely a case of acquiring for the
Union Pacific a line under Its own control
clear to the Paelflo ocean In California,
This Is the main ground on which the
circuit court of appeals dismisses the gov
ernment's suit. The two roads had not
been parallel and competing before the
merger; they did not therefore become
more cf a monopoly through the merger
than they had been. Nor was there evi
dence of changes In rates after the merger
or of other action toward a restraint of
trade which tended to support a charge
against the merger of having monopolistic
Intent and effect. The government sought
to strengthen Its charge of monopolistic
Intent against the Harrtman regime by
pointing to the coincident acquisition of
Northern Pacific control by the Union Pa
cific. But as the Union Pacific had di
vested Itself of that control before thla suit
was begun, the court refused to consider
the matter.
DEATH RATE) OF THE) FOURTH.
Tragedies of the Celebration Bronght
Oat as a Warning.
Philadelphia Record.
The accompanying statistics In regard to
Fourth of July accidents In the United
States were gathered by the Journal of
the American Medical Association.
Tear. Killed. Injured. Total.
18 4R , t,m s.m
104 ' i 183 mn m
1M6 .w. i IRt 4 tA4
188 -4.IS4 V 6.17"
168. 1,303 4.4TS
164 . 4.249 4.418
1908
iwr
1308
1909
1910
m S.tW 8.523
in ,m . 8.064
Totals..: 1,663 88,620 87,289
The detailed figures for 1910 show 7! esses
of lookjaw, 67 of which were fatal; seven
jeraons lost their sight, 33 lost one eye, 83
lost legs, arms or hands and 114 loot fin
gers. Blank cartridges were responsible
for 886 of these accidents and firecrackers
for 1,060; cannon for 212, firearms for 229
and powder and fireworks for 976. Of the
73 tetarfus cases blank cartridges were re
sponsible for 64. The decrease from 464
deaths in 1903 to 131 in 1910 was due to
more Intelligent methods of celebration,
the most marked decrease taking place In
states where the agitation for restrictive
measures was stronkest. ,
. Let the dreadful results of the sort of
celebrations we have been having be
brought out In all their convincingness.1
Let no whit of the horror be forgotten
Let nothing connected with It be mini
mised. We must stop our insanities and
oeeae turning what should be a day of
Joy Into one of sorrow and humiliation.
Symptoms of Vacation Kerer,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nature In all her varied phases, the
fields fragrant with the new-mown hay or
with the blossoming clover, the wild roses
with their charming blooms, or the honey
suckle with -Its sweet flowers, the fruits
of the orchard and the garden, the stately
oaks, the drooping willows, the whisper
ing pines, the shady nooks and the purl
ing brooks, they delight the children, at
tract the mlddlle-aged. rejuvenate tbe old
aad give pleasure and bring rest to all
mankind. It Is good, then, to forget cares,
to abandon worries, to cease, for the days
or the weeks, possibly, the grind of dally
toll, and go to Nature's sweetest haunts,
her choicest spots for recreation, and en
Joy her beauties profusely sbown In earth,
sky, air and watsr.
MA Heal Calamity."
Kansas City Times.
Besides, under the reciprocity agreement,
potatoes would be brought over from Can
ad when the price reaohes 76 cents a peck
on the American side. Gracious, wouldn't
that be a calamity T -
sUUJVUvU
. ROW FOR MkKKRS'jTni ST.
Can Mere Man Matte Itrred aa 4ee4l
ae Mother Wsdet
ft- lol'is Olobe-Irniocft.
There may he a haker trust, snd the,
trust, developing the skill ot our mothers,
msy eventually come to maklnc bresd to
'ante ss vood ss thst of our schrol rtsve
such ss are having their rliool days
. We chsllense the kl!l yf any trust,
the skill even of any roothe-if tft 1erne!.
ske a bread ahick will taste as good
a man of SO as It wlllato a hoy of in.
ture takes Its toll rf us all. A man
may still be In hla prime, without an or
tsnle dlsesse of any kind, able to eat, sleep
and 'live much life In a day. and yet find
that the keen edge of his taste Is dulling.
Still capable of enjoying the good tilings
of the table, hS still remembers that the
gustatory sensation Is not as full as once
It was. The gifts ot the gods ran no longer
appeal with all of the tang, and all of the
Juice, with which- they flood the mouths
of boya
But presuming a bskera' trust can make
bread ss good as mother used to make it,
will the trust, when once it hss reached
that high eminence of distinction, raise the
cost ot living by gdvandng theories of
bread such as our. mothers used to make,
and which then cost us nothing? What an
Irony of fate It would be If we should find
ourselves forced to pay exorbitant prices to
get back to mother's bread after we have
lost the faculty of appreciating. It at Its
best. It will be all . right for the young
folks. And they are the ones most to be
considered after all. .They can get out of
a good thing all the good there (e tn It.
It Is to them the bakers', trust must cater
If It la coming to stay, but It Is not likely
to stay even then lf .lt puts up the prioes.
For the rising generation holds the para
mount question of all questions. to be a
reduction of living expenses... .,. , ,
It may even learn how . to bake corn
bread aa a refuge from the oppression of
a bakers' trust. And Into the making of
corn bread no bakers' trust could evsr
follow it. No bakers' trust . ever could
develop tslent to give o corn bread that
divine flavor which the hands of the
housewife can give when she Is well pro
vided with the necessary materials.
HOT WZATHXB, CHAFF.
"What a Pity It seemed that the ancient
Romans with their love of gladiatorial
sports, knev nothing about base ball."
"Why sot" .
"They would so have enjoyed killing the
umpire." Baltimore American. '
Potts Much ntoer to own your own home
and pay no rent, isn't ItT
Lotts In a aeneral wav. but It haa Ita
disadvantages. A fellow can't go around
driving nails anywhere he pjeases in the
wooa worn or his own noma, you know.
Boston Transcript
Maud Muller bad. lust refused the judge.
"Marry a fellow who mar lose his job
any moment on the recall?" ahe sniffed.
"Not much."
Herewith she smiled on a. farmer In
stead. New York Bun. ' ,.
"Who gave ye th' black eve.' Jim T"
"Nobody give ltt'ame.,.I had.' fight
fer lt."-Llfe. "
'I canned live without ran." . he de
clared.
"Don't say that!" she replied. "I shall
not marry you, but I will ask- father to
give you a Job." Judge.
"No one can go wrong If ha follows the
ten commandments," said the sincere clt
Isen. "Tea," ' replied Senator Sorghum, "the
only trouble about the ten commandments
arises from the amendments people try to
tack onto tnem." Washington Star.
"Mlr." aaJd tha alr-W man tn hla wlfa
after the Oootor had pronounced It a ease
of smallpox. 'If any of my creditors call.
ten tnem tnat l am at last in a condition
to give them something.' Boston Tran
script. '
"How do you know that ronr daasrhtar'a
music is Improving T"
"The neighbors are getting mors
friendly." Houston Post.
New Minister Now Just one thing more
before 1 accept this charge. Have you
got a "sudpIv?"
Deacon Well, yea though we never said
anything to the last preacher about it..
I'll show you where It Is. and get you a
key. but I tell you you'll have to be Just
as careful about using it aa the rest of us.
-J'uek. j
THE CAST WORD.
Arthur Chapman In Denver Republican.
Seated one day at his "lino"
A printer waa 111 at eaae.
And his fingers wandered Idly '
Over the banks of keys.
He knew not what he was ssttlng,
For the stuff was writ with a pen;
(The typewriters always are busted
In the city reporters' den.)
But he struck one word astounding '
'Twae a word of the newest coin
And he sat Is over and over
"ETAOIN KTAOIN ETAOIN."
And the line went into the gallery.
And the proofreader let It stay, '
And It glared forth from the paper
And it puasled nvtq next. day. . ,
And everybody wondered
Just what that strange word meant.
And "Veritas" and ''Hubaertber"
Their notes of query sent.
. . ..
And someone aaked If tbe printer
Could make word and meaning Jobs,
But he simply set, in answer:
"ETAONI ETAOIN ETAOIN."
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