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    The Omaiia Daily bee
rOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSKWATIR.
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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omaha Bee, aoltorlai Dtrartmenu
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JUNE CIRCULATION,
48,466
Bute of Nebraasa, County of Douglas, :
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of
Th Bee Publtthlng company, being duly
worn, say tha th average dally circula
tion, laa spoiled, unused and returned
copies, lor th month of June, mi, was
.. DWIOHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence- and sworn to
before me this llrat day of July, 1911.
(Ileal.) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
Sabaorlher leaving; th city tem
porarily aaeald have Th Be
mailed ttrm! Aadrcea will a
haajel aa ftea aa reqaeetea.
Even presidential booms find the
soil dry and hard just now.'
Kansas also got a good rain. That
la once It waa glad to go wet.
When It cornea to pioneering, give
It to Old Sol for blazing the trail.
New Jamaica has gingered up to
the point of asking for reciprocity.
"Butter . remains firm," aaya the
market report. It does when kept on
the Ice. N
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Missouri Is thumping its heart to
tee which is Its favorite son, Champ
or Joe. ,
Manufacturers of fireworks doubt
less regard safe and sane laws as class
legislation. s
, Castro la not as wise aa Dl&i of he
would know better when to let well
enough alone.
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The umpire who) -killed himself la
Salt Lake doubtless thought he heard
the crowd coming. ' '
I
. Having been divorced Richard L
Oallienne may now hope to take bis
place with the real artists.
If England's 40-year-old king bad
bean chloroformed Dr. Osier never
would have become, a duke. ("
Such excellent things as horseshoes
and buttermilk, ' however, can be
crowded back only for the nonce.
I
An Investigation Into the conduct
of the officers of the Ill-fated Santa
Rosa might help fix responsibility.
Evidently the trouble with the Al
bert law Is that It falls short of the
deacrlptloa given by Its advance agent.
Think of what talking points the
present generation will have when it
gets to be the weather philosophers
of the future.
Oar republican United States sens.,
tor and our democratic United States
senator are. already getting to consti
tute quite a mutual admiration so
ciety." Well, that railway . mail service
headquarters will be something to off
set the loss of the army headquarters.
But we ought to have had and kept
both in Omaha.
It costs no more to manufacture
and deliver Ice in Omaha ta July than
it did In April, but the ice man ia
charging 18 per cent more ia July
than he did for the same ice ia April.
Local democratic candidates for dis
trict judge will run this year as demo
crats, and not aa nonpartisans. It
will be left for those democrats who
run on tha state ticket to play the
nonpartisan dodge.
Ireland was not ss cordial to King
George and Queen Mary aa it might
have been when they set foot on Irish
soil. King George conld melt the Irish
heart in just one way, which be is
evidently not yet ready to embrace.
The New York World aays that if
xiattng conditions continue, "Charles
F. Murphy will be the excuse of teas
of thousanda of independent demo
crats for supporting the republican
ticket next year." And the World
knowa.
. Ex-Governor 6hallenberger has been
slightly injured in a train accident
while chautauqualng ia Wisconsin.
No one haa any business to take to the
chautauqua circuit without putting on
a little extra accident Insurance.
Tha concrete sidewalk laid on the
state house groundf at Lincoln ta cost
ing IT cents per square foot. The
concrete sidewalks laid in Omaha un
der city contract eoat the property
owners 11 cents par square foot. Is
the difference) ia quality, quantity or
simply la price t
Monument of Hundred YeiV Peace.
President Taft gives out the assur
ance that the pens of England and
the United States are about ready to
Sign the arbitration treaty, which shall
bind these two great nations In a com
pact of peace. That is good news and
welcome. Americana of a sentimental
turn pf mind might wish, however,
that the actual signing of the treaty
be delayed until 11J. so that it might
In fact become the celebration of 100
years Of unbroken peace between bese
two countriea. But It may well ba con
sidered such a monument anyway and
the brief space of time will make no
great difference.
It Is Indeed a worthy monument to
rear to such a grand achievement.
j Since the war of 1812, Great Britain
have lived on terms of
ever-increpslng friendship and good
will. They have blended their Inter
ests and bent their wills to a common
plane and in every atage of develop
ment have thereby set the pace for
other powers to follow. The Influence
of their example on the world's civili
sation and progress has been tran
scendent. Wars leave x nations weakened In
many ways and confronted by new
and perplexing problems, potential of
still other outbreaks. England and
America have not been excepted from
this rule. They have, however, gath
ered atrength and wisdom from the
past and passing years, enabling them
to meet the new conditions as they
came, complacently and without war
or even hostile spirit. We have every
guaranty within reason now that be
tween these nations war shall be no
more. What more fitting capsheaf,
then, to lay upon the structure of 100
years of peace, than thla arbitration
treaty?
Snicides and Modern Life.
New York Spectator mortality ta
blea show fewer suicides committed
In this country In 1910 than In either
of the two years immediately preced
ing and a falling off in the rate of sui
cides from 21 per cent in 1909 to 19.7
per cent in 1910, the computation be
ing made on the basis of 100,000 pop
ulation. And 100 cities throughout
the country are taken for compiling
the figures. Omaha la one of the
cities that showed a gain in percent
age of suicides in the last two years.
Thirty-one persons took their lives In
Omaha in 1910, which makes our rate
per 100,000 population above the av
erage, showing an increase of 4.2 per
cent as between the rate for the ten
years preceding and that of 1910.
The general tendency of suicide is
downward, but thla, the Spectator
says, is probably only temporary. It
looks for a reaction showing an en
larged number of suicides as a result
of our complex modern life.' Thla
seems not illogical, for surely the
complexities of onr modern life tend
to Increase moral and mental discon
tent, and yet how is it that western
cities, where the complexities of life
are not to be compared with those of
eastern Industrial centera, are the ones
that show the largest increases In the
suicide rate?
This suicide problem is a strange
and perplexing one. Germany, where
the complexities of life are not sup
posed to be more confusing than in
the United States, haa a larger suicide
rate than we have. It cannot be
blamed on the complexities to the ex
tent of wishing to simplify conditions
so as to retard our national progress.
It seems to be more, a question of ad-
Justing ourselves to our complex life
and aa time goes on we ought to make
headway in hat line. If we do, then
we may expect to make this tempor
ary downward tendency permanent.
At leaat that la a goal to strive for.
Selfishness undoubtedly baa much
to do with self-destruction. When
people learn to thjnlc more of the un
fortunate fellow-being they may be
able to alow down the suicide rate to
aome extent. Often a kind word or
deed at the right time may send a
ray of hope and cheer to dispel the
gloom that li weighing down a heart
land change the whole course of a life.
The complexities of lire are not so
great that the busiest person cannot
think aome of his neighbor, and think
ing of his neighbor may have a tre
mendous Influence upon him.
When Detectives Fall Out.
These are rather serious chargea
whtch the Perkins Detective agency
hurla at the Burns Detective agency,
accuaing it with conspiring with post
office inspectors to put the Perkins
people Out of business. The accusers
demand an official Investigation, with
all the free advertising which they
would get out of it, promising to show
op aome of the inside work of the se
cret service men in the employ of the
national government, which disclos
ures would doubtless furnish interest
ing reading, whether or not they
proved any more than that one detec
tive agency had atolen a march on the
other.
From these ehargea it would seem
that with all the big, fat feea recently
picked up by our eateemed detectives,
there haa not been enough to go
round, or at least the distribution haa
not been aa symmetrical aa some of
them would have liked. The Burns
people end the Plnkerton people ap
pear to have been getting the lion's
share of- the windfall. Burns coming
out beat in the San Francisco graft
upheaval and plunging again Into this
limelight through the McNamara case,
although acarcely had he begun ' to
reap his reward from that source than
his neighbor, the Plnkertona, are sum
moned poet-haste to London to over
see the secret service work for the
coronation.
Surely, it Is enough to get on the
TIIE BEE:
nerves of the other detective competi
tors, for we assume that competition
Is still brisk and no professional code
or gentlemen's agreement observed.
When the detectives begin to detect
one another, and keep tab on Uncle
Sam's sleuths aa well, the public may
expect to have aome wonderful secrets
divulged, unless, of course, the detec
tives get together and agree that mu
tual protection la absolutely necessary
In the Interest of "th future of the
business."
Steel Masters in a World Pool.
The Sherman law scarcely reachea
International commerce. Possibly
that fact may have some bearing upon
te Brussels agreement entered into
between the ateel magnates of the
world. Judge Gary gave ua previous
notice of this agreement and dis
missed It aa merely a social meeting
and, understanding of the big ateel
manufacturers The conference, how
ever, took the trouble, reports say,
to appoint a committee of thirty to
work out a plan for International steel
organisation. The Golden Rule is to
obtain In the carrying out of what
has been done at Brussels.
Chairman Stanley of the steel In
vestigating committee of the house
la quoted as saying that he regarda
this action as reflecting a desire on
the part of the United Statea Steel
corporation to neutralize" anything
done as a result of the congressional
Investigatiop. The Steel Trust is astute
enough to know of more than one way
of getting around the stump. It is
not going to undo all that t haa taken
years of time and millions of money
to do without resorting to several ex
pedients. If It can find a way of
avoiding obstacles in this country by
uniting the resources of nine steel
producing countries, it certainly will
adopt that way.
So far aa organizing a world com
bine, It ahould be no more difficult for
the steel interests than to organize a
national combine, and between ita
membera what could work with more
facility than the "do-unto-othersT",
Omaha Railway Mail Headquarters.
The location of the headquarters
for the new railway mall service
division at Omaha must be particu
larly gratifying to our people in view
of the strong contest put up for it by
competing cities. The selection by
Postmaster General Hitchcock of
Omaha over - Denver, between which
the choice had narrowed, is a recog
nition of Omaha'a superior advan
tages for transacting the buainess of
railway mall supervision.
For the whole United Statea there
are fourteen railway mall service
divisions, and Omaha la therefore to
be one of fourteen headquarters cities.
What adds to Omaha'a importance in
the railway mall service must also
add to its importance In other
branches of the postal business, and
the determining factors, i. e., central
location, accessibility, railway facili
ties, volume of local and through
traffic and strong financial Institu
tions, ought to count In our favor as
a center of government activities for
the tributary territory.
But in expressing satisfaction over
the successful outcome the friendly
disposition of the postmaster general
and the high postofflce officials must
be taken into consideration, for it
would have been possible to find ex
cuses for a different decision. It is
results that count, however, and all
agencies that co-operated to secure
the headquarters for Omaha should
be made aware that our people appre
ciate what they may have done to that
end.
The water company is asking for
payment of five Judgments for hydrant
rental aggregating $260,000, on which
7 per cent interest is accruing. Ia
the meantime there ia money lying
idle in the water fund, except that it
is drawing 2 per cent lntereat from
the local banks where it Is deposited,
sufficient to pay, off at least one of
these judgments. For the money on
hand, therefore, the taxpayera are
losing 5 per eent interest right along
from day to day. This is another ex
ample of the shrewd business manage
ment of our Water board.
Another Nebraska state bank ia
nationalizing to get away from the
guaranty fund assessments. It Is up
to someone to organize a few state
banka to take advantage of the new
deposit guaranty law.
A Saaplcloma Hanch.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
On t Inclined to suspect that La Fol
lott will not buy the, material for his
forthcoming platform from his colleague,
Stephenson, In spite of the fact that the
latter Is a prominent lumberman.
Sarprlaee Short-Lived.
Wall Street Journal
Eleven aviators crossed th English chan
nel In a bunch, and a few lines lu th news
papers was the reward. Eleven months
ago one crossed and th world atood agape.
An excellent Illustration, of twentieth cen
tury progress.
Floating; tk Jlaarae.
New York World.
The theory ot Major General Leonard
Wood that th fort on th Atlantle ea
board are sufficient to repel hoetlle fleets
shows a eonssrvatlsm that will carry no
oomtort to Jingo sJarmlata. How are new
appropriations for naval dafena to b got
through congress If such views prevail!
Mas a lea for Kival Officer.
Washington Time.
Secretary Meyer's new order, prohibiting
officer and men of American navy yards
ahowlng vryth!ng we possess and telling
everything tbey know to visitors, will
stria th man In th road as being a caa
of locking th stable door after th horse
ha been stolen. Th common gossip that
our military "aecret" ar known to th
world Is undoubtedly tru. but they will
probably contlnu to be known, vawlth
th naval secretary's muasl order in full
blast
OMAHA, MONDAY, JULY
ESookln( CacWarcl
niisuav in uinana
COMPILED FROM DEC FILFS
J"
JLLV 10.
Thirty Years Ago
The tenth dav of July fell on Sunday.
Kx-tViltrrt Statea Senator rhlnea Wl
Hitchcock, the father of our present sen
ator. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, died suddenly
st his resldt-noe at Twentieth and Dodge
street. His fllneas Is described by th
physician as "chronic verity phlltls." He
had been pitching hay on the ground back
of Ma resldpne the previous Thursday,
drinking lorre quantities of lc water when
overheated, and waa prostrated th next
day. His two son. Ollhert and John, wer
at the bedld.
The new South Tnth street Methodist
Episcopal church Is formally dedicated
with appropriate services. Bishop Hurst
of rva Moines delivered th principal ad
dress, and Rev. John B. Maxfleld and Ttev.
A. P. fr'herrill assisted at the aervlc.
The young women of Trinity guild are
conducting an Ice m'eslon. the oommlttee
In charge couriering of Mrs. M. C. Hamlt-
ton. Mlsa Poppleton, Mies Millard and Mia
I Dosne. ,
The Young People's society of the
Luthern church elected officers. Including
A. Lleenrlnj as president and Miss Clara
Roeder an vice president.
The fnlon Elevator Company Is advertls
Ing for fifty mori carpenters to work on
Its new elevator. ,
An address praying for th recovery of
President "JarfMd, lylnp stricken by an
assassin's bullet, was delivered In Trinity
cathedral.
Twenty Years Ari
Members of the Southwest Presbyterian
church held a ptcnte at Hanccom park.
Winners In the boys race wer Warren
Wells. Guy Henton and George Bander.
Mertle Weame. Bella Webster and Middle
Williams won the girls' race.
Omnha was leading the Western league
pennant race, the other teams In order be
ing Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Lincoln. Kan
sas City. Sioux City, Denver, Puluth.
Aleck McOavock went to Denver to take
possession of 4,000 head of cattle he bad
just bought.
John Dale went to Chicago on a brief
tlt.
Grant Williams and Georgia Van De-
venter were married at 1017 Center street
by Rev. C. N. Dawaon.
Uncle Jo Redman (then as now) pro
posed a scheme to the county commission
ers for keeping the Omaha bait team In
town, to buy th team and pay It to play
for th amusement of tha people.
J. J. Dickey and '. a party of friends
started on a trip to Minnesota lake.
Th temperature as reported by th local
weather bureau was 66 at 7 a. m. and Tl
at 1 p. m.
The family of W. W. Slabaugh. Forty-
second and Chicago street, had a narrow
scape from an accident when It was dis
covered that their grocer had sold them
gasoline for their lamps Instead of kero
sene.
Ten Years Ago
Four thousand Epwdrth leaguers pass
through Omaha en rout to national con
vention on the Paclflo coast.
' City council decides to spend tu.ooo on
asphalt repairs.
Omaha la awept by hot wav.
C. F. Weller puts his arm in a sling as
a result of a misunderstanding with a new
horse he bought in South Omaha.
Governor Pavage and other state officials
srent the day the South -Omaha street
fair asanclatlon'a show.
Report announced that "Kansas com Is a
failure," owing to dry weather.
Frank A. Sears. 1310 Spauldlng street,
lost a leg at ths Pratt atreet crossing of
the Missouri Pacific.
The executive council of th Episcopal
church of Nebraska met her to legalis
the dfflce of bishop coadjutor, oonf erred
upon Dr. A. L. Williams by Bishop Worth-
Ington.
Omaha newspaper folks and their fami
lies attended a party at Manawa in th
evening, given by President Wells of th
street railway. Among thoae present wer:
Edward Rosewater, editor of The Be;
Richard L. Metcalfe of th World-Herald;
Larry V. Ashbaugh of th News and many
"Mgh privates." '
People Talked About
WiareeMev rm
Tradition has It Mr. Harris is the man
who "broke th back at Mont Carlo."
Ordinarily hi chief joy as a theatrical
magnate is bouncing th thicket speculator
from th front of hi playhouse. -
Miss Mabel Albright, who ha been ap
pointed deputy prosecuting attorney of
Douglas county, Oregon, hag, been assigned
to the prosecution of Juvenile offeadera
Robert Toombs DuBo, , a member ot
Georgia's general assembly, is a grand
son of Robert Toombs, who one said
something about calling th roll of hi
slave at th foot of th Bunker Hilt
monument. ,
Three lawyers In Scranton, Pa., rattled
th dry bone of th "blind goddea' In
behalf ot on client and so thoroughly
hypnotised th Jury that It returned a ver
dict for cents. Without sacrificing a
mlt of professional dignity th lawyers
told th Juryman to keep th change.
Rev. Thomaa Harwood, n years old. na
tional chaplain of th Grand army, waa
married In Albuquerque, N. M., to Mrs.
Mary Clark, eighteen years his Junior. Ths
marrlag waa th culmination of a romance
of thirty year. Harwood la a mlaslonary
for th Methodist church and has been a
resident of New Mexico for forty-two yr.
Th air In ' th schoolroom took on tbe
ton of a furnac working overtime la
January. Th program waa long and some
what Jarring on th nerve of bubbling
youth. .Harold Proud foot shambled to th
footlights to recite hi pi ere without
getting a welcoming hand r a cheer of
encouragement. ' Pausing tor half a mtnut
to graap th (tax of th audlenc and
gather atrength for th crowning afort h
announced his them with rising Inflection,
"Why should th spirit of mortal be
proud V "Search me!" cam In a clear
piping vote from th middle of th baJI.
Th band Joined la th commotion that
followed and adjournment was had la due
form.
10, 1911.
TKe BccS LelicrBox
-ir iSi ir-1
ThaaW of lonimrrrUI f lub.
OMAHA. April it.-Vlctqr Rosewater,
The Bee. Omaha My Dear Mr. Rosewater:
In sending you herewith check to cover
your expenses of trip to Washington to
lay befor the postal authorities Omaha
claims to th headquarters ot th new rail
way mall division, we do so with the
thought tn mind that while w may meet
the expense of your railroad far, etc., we
cannot reimburse you for the sacrifice of
your tlm. effort and tnfluenc in our be
half. W feel that no matter what th
outcome may be, that our caus was In
the proprr hands and could not possibly
have - been laid befor th Washington
authorities mTr ably. It w do not get
the headquarters It will be no fault of ours
and no reflection on our presentation or
our arguments.
Mr. Haverstlck wishes to thank you per
sonally for 'having served us in this mat
ter. J. M. GUILD,
Commissioner.
Oa the Oroasd Floor.
OMAHA. July T.-To th Editor of Th
Be: With reference to your Item, the
municipal affairs eommltte of th Com
mercial club approved, endorsed and en
couraged th commission form plan for
Omnha long before Th Be did.
However, we welcome The Be among
It supporters and commend th lead It
haa taken. In -cwrin petition for Its
adoption, and will be very Slad to aasist
In every way poaulu..
WILLIAM F. BAXTER,
Chairman.
Appeal to Parent of Deaf.
NORTH LOUP, Neb., July T.-To Th
Editor ot Th Be: An association has
been formed of Nebraska parents ot deaf
or partially deaf children to be known aa
tha Nebraska Association to Promot th
Teaching of Speech to th Deaf.
Th object I to promote th teaching
of speech to the deaf children of Nebraska,
to th end that they may learn to speak
Ilk normal people and to understand
ordinary speech by reading the lips of
other, and thu b better abl to Join and
tak a part In the actlvtUe of lit. '
Th plan of education of the deaf con
templated by th new law paased by the
legislature has proved a' success in Wis
consin, Michigan, Illinois, - Ohio, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York Rhode Island and
other states wherever given proper condi
tion and a thorough trial. W believe the
Nebraska School for the, Deaf will be no
exception.
It Is the desire of the association to en
roll among Its members all parents or
guardians of deaf children In th state.
W wish to get into communication with
parent or guardians of young children
not of school ag, aa th association wishes
to glv them information that will help
them to give their children a start In Up
reading befor entering school, and If de
sired to be of assistance In employing spe
cial teachera.
Any ot th following officers of th asso
ciation will be glad to glv information
desired: E. J. Babcock, president. North
Loup; Mr. A. N. Dafoe, secretary, Tecum
seh; Major C. F. Scharman, Omaha;
Superintendent J. F, McLane, Florence,
and A! M. Dafoe, Tecumaeh.
K. J. BABCOCK.
j . - - President.
; ,MR. A. N. DAFOE, '
Secretary.
GREAT LAWYERS' WILLS.
Wits Leg-al Light Fall Down, What
Will Happea to Laymoa t
Pittsburg Dispatch..
It Is on of th singular phases of th
complication of our legal system that
salient evidences of It are furnished by the1
error of th most eminent lawyers. The
case of Samuel J. Tllden s will, drawn by
James Carter, with full consultation with
th astute and expert testator, ta a case in
long atanding. Now Pennsylvania fur
nishes an example even mora striking.
The defeat of Tllden s will lay la over
looking one of tha requirements of New
York law In regard to charitable or phil
anthropic bequests. The will of tha late
Chief Juatice Paxson of this state4 fails
on th same neglect of a formality of Penn
sylvania law, namely, that where chari
table bequest are mad ther must ba two
witnesses to th document.
Her are wills In which three of th
eminent lawyer of th country committed
errors fatal to th validity of th docu.
ment "Bvry man la supposed to know
th law." tartly remarked a Judge In a
trial ef a ease. Tea, your honor," re
plied th counsel for th defense, "ax-
oept th Judge en th bench: and w
maintain appellate courts to correct the
err or a" But her was a supreme court
chief Justice committing an error that th
lower courts will reverse.
Besides this Irony on th legal Action
that everyone know th law, which no
on knows until th supreme court ha
had th last say, th eas Illustrates th
ours ef wisdom In charitable donations.
If Tilden, Carter and Pasaon could not
get up flawleas will, th layman who
wish to glv to charity may wlaely de
termine to avoid ailpa by administering
th charity during hi lifetime.
Jeraey Thrift.
Springfield Republican.
James K. Martin had a New Jersey farm.
It was invaded by a town, and James cut
It up into lots, built seventy-five houses
and went to th nat. ' Speechifying on
his experiences th other day. "h ald that
If It had not bean for th tariff on nail,
glass, boards, paint and putty he Would
hav built fifteen mor house for th
sam money. Tet James EV Martin doe
not appear to hav don so badly. To be
th landlord ef Mventy-flv paying tenants
and to sit In th senate Is not ao bad.
Will Oeerge D Itf
Baltimore American.
W. T. Stead, th English writer, want
a statut ef George Washington In West
minster abbey. This proposal la enough
to mak that other George III of stubborn
memory turn over la his royal grave at
such an honor paid to a blooming rebel,
whom h would hav hung had b been
lucky anougb to catch him.
Still HaaaplaT Aloas.
Chicago Kiwi.
It Is new mor than a year since th
whit man' hop want glimmering from
Reno back to hi farm, and un th whit
race ha maintained It ancient urrmacy
In many avenues of human effort.
They Will to Be Gooel.
Cleveland Leader.
Th express companies hav filed new
schedules of rates. And tbe small boy la
agate safely within th fold of hi Sunday
school claas against th day ef th annual
picnic.
Tfer th St ah.
Chicago Inter Ocean. ,
Oeaefal Blxby think th Malnes maga
zine blew as from th tnatda, Very likely.
But what exploeJoa on th eutald set off
tha gnsf ssina Inaldel
Washington Life
Some Xnterestlgg r ha sea and
Condition a Obeerve at
th Capital of U nation.
Dr. Harvey W. Wllev. chief pur food
doctor of th government, Is a fraction ot
a degree hotter "than th Insurgent group
In congresa Old Sol's furnace In Wash
ington do as fine a grsde ot overtime work
In midsummer as any foundry outside ot
Tuma. Add to their output liv wire barbs
tickling th perspiring cuticle, norms! man.
doctor or insurgent, cannot help cutting
loose and saying things. Dr. Wiley's pres
ent annoyances are anonymous circulars
scattered broadcast by the "Advertisers'
Protective aasorlatlon." acting In the In
terest ot patent medicine maker and deal
ers. "Dr. Wiley," reads one ot th clrcu
Isrs. "can read Into th (pur food and
drug) law what congreas never Intended to
put Into It. and what no court or Jury, or
any other person can find in th law. If
Dr. Wiley la not removed befor January 1,
1913, it will be th endeavor of th or
ganisation to obtain a pledge from th next
presidential nominees for th removal of
Dr. Wiley, before said nomine can obtain
th support of this organisation."
The "assoelahon" intimate that ther la
a motive of graft behind th official's
actions, declaring that th Kentucky dis
tillers could tell a tale about th whisky
case, that Helnse's "fifty-seven varieties"
was behind the bensoat of soda case, and
that the "doctor's trust" waa th leader
In the fight on proprietary medicine.
Th "Advrtler' Protective, association"
hired lock box 214 at th postofflce at New
York City, but, although the box was soon
filled, no one haa yet com to tak posaea
slon of th mall. The contents were con
sequently taken charge of by the officials
and marked "fictitious."
"Why don't these men come out In the
open and fight?" Interrogated Dr. Wiley
to a reporter for the Washington Herald.
"I think I know the men who are behind
this movement, but I Shall not disclose
their name, for I am not absolutely cer
tain of their part Inith shatter. Let them
try to put m out 11 they think they can.
I do not consider th movement In Us
present state anything to be taken seri
ously," .
A most amusing' thing happened While
Horace Havemeyer, who Is 25 years old,
was on the stand at th sugar truat hear
ing in Washington. H had tried to give
an answer to every question asked, but
Representative Malby, forgetting the age
of the witness, questioned him In elaborate
detail about something that took place
twenty-tour years ago.
"I could only say from hearsay," declared
th witness. Tim after tlm thla was re
peated. "You were quit young when all this
took place, wer you notT" finally asked
Mr. Garrett
"I waa 1 year old," said Mr Havsmeyer,
smiling.
Mr. Matby had been busy with th wit
ness for at leaat and hour. Th Jok waa
on him, and his colleagues aJoyd It.
Francis J. Kilkenny, father ef th Irish
home-going movement. Is a clerk In th
Treasury department. H I th most genial
and peaceful of young men, yet saturated
through and through with Irish tradition
and proud of th glorias of his race.
On his return from Ireland last year,
Mr. Kilkenny brought horn two or three
genuine blackthorn sticks, which he gave
to some of his' friends. A newspaper man
went Into his office th other day with on
of the stick and in th course of the dis
cussion Kilkenny picked up the can and
explained that the ganuln blackthorn 1
identified by th branches protruding from
th main stick In groups of three. Then,
grasping th stick near the' ferule the
traditional clutch of th Irishman his eyes
grew dreamy and reminiscent and seem
ingly he forget th presence of hia visitor.
"It make a clean cut," murmured Kil
kenny, his mind far away; "no blood
poisoning follows tbe blow."
About S o'olock each Tuesday afternoon,
relates Leslie's, the newspaper men gather
at the Whit House office building and ar
shown Into the cabinet room. They occupy
th chair bf th members of th cabinet,
crowd th ampl davenport on th right
and dispose themselves over the few easy
ohalr on the left, while the late comers
stand about th fireplace at th foot of
th table. Two fixed rule of long stand
ing ar all that restrict th newspaper
men. First, no one may, under any cir
cumstance, directly quote th president.
His mental attitude may be described, the
reason for this, that or the other polley
may be given, but never may th direct
quot be used. Secondly, whenever the
president Indicates that any portion of th
conversation la confidential, th confidence
must be strictly observed.
"What would happen If the confidence
were broken T" Well, It nvr has been
but one, and that was In th eas f a
foreign correspondent during th last ad
ministration, and h was promptly eon
signed to th Ananla elub.
It I not generally known that until a
few years ago ther was a suburban resi
dence within the District ef Columbia,
owned by the government, which was at
the disposal of the prastdsaty This was a
IT IS A FESTIVE EVENT to come
across a book suchi as "The Prodigal
Judge," written by Vaughan Kester.
The novel which treats of American life
and conditions of several, decades ago. is
wholly unlike anything else in recent fiction
It glows with sturdy spirit and is so
resolute and gladsome In its methods that
at the very first page the reader is cap
tured completely; and he is thereafter
its most willing and uncomplaining slave
Mr Kester has demonstrated in this'
story the fact that America offers many
inspirations to the real artist in literature
along lines not frequently worked and
"TheProdigal Judge," let us hope, is the
forerunner of other creations equally virile
and engaging, -ruid,ipku
At evtf BuUtru Ptin Th B0B8S-M&XRILL CO rM,kr,
i...'J......li.l Li. -I -1... - -
building within the grounds of th Nstlonal
nldlers" Home It was never used to any
great extent. President Hayes occupied It
for a short time and president Arthur fre
quently went ther. But after Cleveland
cam Into offlc the building was never
occupied by a chief exeoutlv and it 1 ni
used as en of th dormitories of th home
Colonel Fred Hale of Portland. Me '."son
of former Penstor Eugene Hale of thst
state, came to Washington and called on
his old Mend. H. C. Kmery, or th tariff
board, also from Mstns.
Emery's office Is 1n th treasury build
ing: and Kmery showed Hal, not with
out pride, th long row ef granite mono
liths en th Fifteenth street side ef that
building, explaining that ther were thirty
it in th lot. recently put up to rplaee
th eld limestone columns, and that thy
oost tift.ono ajlec.
"Ten thousand dollsrs each?" repeated
Hal.
"Yes."
"And ther cam from th Maine quarries,
I suppose T"
"Na" replied Emery: thy earn from
th New Hampshire quarriaa."
"From New Hampshire?'
"Tes."
"Tou don't mean It!" said Hala "Where
the deuc was father?"
THROWING ROCKS AT rAIRVIKW
Coaarreaamaa t'aderwooel Defle the
Peerleaa I.lghtalagr.
Houston (Tex.) Post (dem.V
Representative Oscar W. Underwood,
chairman of th ways and means commit
tee ot the Sixty-second congress, delivered
a most senslbl speech on th value of
organisation.' party organisation In par
ticular, befor the Tammany society In
New York City on July i
'Tarty organisation.", he declared, "Is a
political necessity that must be maintained
for the advancement of th nation. Th
tendency of our times ia toward Individual
ism. Many of our leading newspaper and
magazines condemn organisation as an evil
and a menace to good government. I do
not agree with them. Our national
growth ha advanced step by step with
some powerful organisation behind it. This
is true, whether It be the fields of religious.
Industrial or political development. . Party
organisation waa a neoesssry evolution of
a free government,"
Th speaker then referred to the paucity
of results of democratic effort on th legis
lative battlefield In. recent year that Is,
w should ssy, since the gentleman from
Nebraska appropriated the party to his
own use and behoof because it lacked the'
coheslv strength of a perfected organisa
tion working to produce a definite result.
Happily., however, he was abl to assur
his hearers that this condition of Inef
fectiveness was rapidly changing under the
present splendid organlxstton Of the demo
cratic member of the house of repre
sentatives. -, j '
All of which Is as gratifying as If is
true. And In passing, It is but Just to state
that much of th credit for th splendid
moral of the house organisation and, In
a larger sense, th esprit de corps which
Is beginning to show in the party as a
whol. Is due to th good sense snd pa
triotic courage of Oscar W. Underwood.
He refused to eat popullstlc leaven out of
th hand of William J. Bryan, and in so
refusing set an example that Is catching.
Tammany did weU to listen to su atle
and courageous a democratic etattsmsn
one who Is worthy of the nat.on lugiiei
honors. More length to his arm! .-
MIDSUMMER MIRTH.
"I am not surprised at the general w.h
aFour.hh:W "dop" 2 e w'd
bender during a pauae .n tne .unveil
tlon. Aviation meets a.io. niotu.ccle
race fumlah snouMn aocments to uiy
tha DOOUlBK im.tli. t.,.
oay' -Chicago , nbun: u""'
Me (loftily) I will mairy no girl becau.
she haa money. I would not .di mw.i. '
h (caustically) ion l won,, a ,i.l
witn money enough to buy any kind of a
husband she wanted would never pick you
uut for a bargain. Baltimor Auieucan.
Engag,a Man-Lov me? Why. she ac
tually counts the kisses I give her!
Cynical Friend That s bad. one msy
Tt'P.U. fP our nanae. Uo.toli
Transcript.
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of em.
"Do you? Say. do you give lessons?"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Cousin James wss very angry with ths
chauffeur for hi carlaness, and when
h ran th machine into a telegiaph pole.
Cousin James just exploded."
"Well, that waa unpleasant for the
chauffer, but worse things might have
happened than your cousin's temper ex
ploding." "Wors did happen; so did th gasolln
tank." Baltimor American.
It wa at a reception and the lady, who
had bean reading up on health culture,
mistook Lawyer Williams for his brother,
tbe doctor.
"Is It better," shs asked confidentially,
"to lie on th right eld or the left?"
"Madams." replied the lawyer. "If one
is on the ngnt side it often lin t necessary
to u at ail. eucceea jaagasine.
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