THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1911. THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE FuVNDED BV EDWARD ROSKWATER VICTOR K06EWATKU. EDITOR. t:ntred at Omaha poetofflc second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday bee, on year W haturdav He, one year... I lally Bee (wtihout Sunday), one year.. 4 00 Jaily Bee and Hunday, on year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Evening Bee (with Bunder), per month. Be l'allv F. (Including Hunday), par mo., (tea Dallv Mra (without tiundayt, rr mo.... tec Address all complaints nf Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICE. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha M N. Twenty-fourth It Council bluffs la Scott 8t. Lincoln 2i Utile Building Chicago 1S4 Marquette Building. Kansas City Hellene Ilulldinf. New York 34 Weat Thirty-third St. Waahlngton 724 Fourteenth 8t., N. w. CORRKSPONDENCR. Communication relating to new and editorial matter ahould be addressed Omaha Bea, Kditorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, eipreaa or poetat order, payable to The Bea Publishing Company. Only i-cent stamps received In payment or mall aecounta. Personal checka except on Omaha and eaatern exchange not accepted. JUNE CIRCULATION. 48,466 Plate of Nebraska, County of Douglaa. ss: Dwlght Wllllama. circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly awom. aaya that the average dally circula tion, lens spoiled, unused and returned coplea, for the month of June, 1911. was 4K.404. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and awom to before me this flrat day of July, 101 L (Seal.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public g a bar rt here learlsia; the ely tem porarily ahoald The Deo mailed to tkona. Addrcaa will b chested aa often as r.eete. Hello. Recovered from your vaca tlon yetf Could It be that the- good Mr. Hines had forgotten a fact or two? What's In a name? Ethel Barry niore's kid husband Is a Colt. Senator Bailey can always find con stitutional grounds for opposing a good thing. The Smith family is doing Tery well In congress. Hoke makes the ninth member. Bishop Fallows has taken a hand In promoting reciprocity. You can not lose the bishop. It is time for Nebraska democrats to barken unto the cry of J. Adam Bede, "Let us love one another." Speaking of the arson trust reminds one that fire Insurance companies are sometimes quick to take a risky risk. In trying to bottle Dr. Wiley the Impure food and drug artists should be sura to see tha the cork is in tight. " ' Congratulations to the North Da kota officers for promptly capturing eight of those three train robi . al ready. Why do our courts Insist on the "truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?" It Is so trite and de pressing. The Record-Herald speaks of "Bet ter eggs and better prices." Good. We felt all along that the amiable hen would reform. Really, It will not do any good for anyone In this controversy to call Mr. Shallenberger a liar, for that is ad mitted by the pleadings. Some folks will not feel reassured until it Is made absolutely certain that the blaze in the executive mansion at Lincoln was really caused by defec tive wiring. News comes that a missionary In Alaska has been frozen to death. Think of It. And for months not even a frost bite has been recorded in Omaha. The Sugar trust lawyer says if Jus tice Harlan's view were enforced our Jails would be overrun. Well, per haps that 1b why the majority of the court took the other view. Attorney General Wlekersham says he is looking forward to a vacation and wishes a rest from the "Dick-to-Dtck" letter fake and the Wiley case. So do a good many others. Certainly it has come to a pretty pass when the former editor of the World-Herald has to ask The Bee for space for a letter shut out of that only democratic daily in Nebraska. The present congress is already re ferred to as "A Billion-Dollar Con gress." Yes. and if the democratic house can prolong It much further It may run into the $3,000,000,000. Chairman Stanley of the steel Inves tigating committee proclaims that there Is a monopoly in that com modity. Does the gentleman from Kentucky aspire to the place of house humorist? After the battle or Bull Run, just fifty years ago, most people thought the republic was headed for a smash up. But here it Is doing business at the old stand, "bigger, better and grander than ever." The bellwether of the Water board Dnds the people of Omaha misinformed about the water works situation. That's a sad reflection on the two newspaper organs of the Water board, who fountains of enlightenment are so pure and undeflled. The Father of the Trusts. John E. Parsons, former president of the American Bar association and former counsel for the American Sugar Refining company, known as the Sugar trust, la by all odds the most entertslnlng witness who thus fsr hss testified In the Sugar trust contro versy. Just to define his relative Im portance, Mr. Parsons modestly , ex plains at the outset that whatever credit or blame Is due for the organ izing of the combine, that Is, consoli dating the sugar Interests, must fall on him for he did It, not Henry O. Hsvemeyer, who Is dead and unable to answer for himself. Whereupon old Hawkshaw, Representative Madi son of the house Investigation com mittee, leaps forth with his "Aha, dis- cuv-ered at last the real father of the trusts." And It Is even so, for Mr. Parsons confessed rather Jauntily that his Sugar trust antedated even the Standard Oil; It showed the way, others followed. So much for Mr. Parsons as a great organizer and a pioneer In the gentle art of gettfng the money. He has soma Ideas on the matter of conduct' Ing trusts, however, that will Invite consideration. For instance, he says the government should allow com merce to take Us course and permit an industry to capitalize men as well as property. Also, that there shall be no government control of corpora tions; that they should be permitted unrestricted freedom in running their own affairs and that then the ultimate consumer would profit by it. He hoots at Judge Gary as a socialist and probably would regard Andrew Carne gie as an anarchist for their Ideas on government regulation. Mr. Parsons Is a great lawyer) but he has evidently lost step with the march of progress. What he says ought to he has been, but without the beneflclent results of which he speaks. The ultimate consumer is the fellow back of all this crusade of reforming trusts, of bringing commerce some where within the purview of the laws for its regulation. It Is only a reactionary- of the reactionaries who will now talk against sane governmental control. The progressive men In the Industrial world having fallen Into line on this proposition. An Old Weather Delusion. In order to pay a compliment to Montana, Collier's tells its readers that, "Forty degrees below zero that you occasionally read of in the news paper dispatches from some govern ment post on the northern frontier Is not more uncomfortable than zero In New York, and rarely lasts longer than forty-eight hours." This must be said for Collier's, that It has shown excellent taste In bring ing up this subject at this time. It has a breezy timeliness about It that Is Inviting. .Accepting' the Invitation, we would beg leave to suggest that somebody had been trifling with Col lier's credulity. Forty degrees below zero In Montana, Minnesota or any where else In the suburbs of the arc tic region means 40 degrees colder than zero, and the sweetest hallucina tion In the world will not change facts In the winter. It would not be well for any warm-blooded New Yorkers next January, when the mercury slips down to zero, to hasten out to north ern Montana for relief. In Texas when the weather gets cold you will hear it said that up "nawth in Kansas City it Is colder than this, but you don't feel It." In Kansas City some folks talk that way aDoui umana. jn umana tney say similar things of Minnesota and In Minnesota of Canada. Always you hear: "Oh. It Is Colder up there, but you don't feel It." Madero and De la Barra. The first seeming clash has coma between Madero and De la Barra' In Mexico. It is not as yet overt, but It records a lack of complete harmony between the factions following the revolutionary leader and the head of the ad interim government. Madero appointed a committee, in cluding his brother, to Investigate the causes of the outbreaks in different parts of Mexico. The report indicates what Madero feared that a certain movement is on foot to discredit him and undermine his candidacy for pres ident, casting a complete shadow upon the triumph of the revolution. Cien tiflco agents are held partially re sponsible for this conspiracy. Large financial Interests from abroad are likewise blamed. Madero'a friends contend that these elements are seek ing to establish the Impression at borne and elsewhere, particularly In Wall street, that Madero Is weak and Impotent when It comes to holding the ground he apparently gained and con trolling his forces and hat It la these who are committing the depredations. It Is not claimed that De la Barra la In any way responsible for foment ing trouble, only that trouble goes on under his regime and the Maderlsts nave nrmiy aemanaea mat tie aup- press it and dismiss from the govern- raent service the recreant officials who have aided or countenanced periodical outbreaks. Reports Incline to the theory of sn amicable and satisfactory readjustment. It remains to be seen whether De la Barra Is being Imposed on. but if that were true it would reflect less credit upon him as a forceful executive than to know that be waa aware of un toward movements for undermining the influence of the man responsible for the new order In Mexico. Amer icans viewing the situation from a dis tance must be convinced of Madero'a sincerity and anxiety to lead his coun try around to an ultimately aatlsfac- tory stste of affairs. They will hope for him the faithful co-operation of De la Barra, who certainly would have little to gain by lending his Influence, active or otherwise, to enemies of the republic, whether they reside In Can ada, Wall street or Mexico. Is an Oath Worthless t In all seriousness, the Chicago Tribune asks the question, "It an oath worthless?" and as moving cause for Its Inqulsltiveness, explains: There hss been a glib giving of testi mony before the United Btatee aenata Sub committee investigating the Lorlmer elec tion that will move all men to wonder whether perjury is a crime in tho United States. The room In which the senate snb committee Is conducting Ha Investiga tion Is not the only place where that binding quality of an oath is not recognized. Every little while some plain and palpable case of perjury Is exposed right In front of our faces, but a successful criminal prosecution of a perjurer is rarer than the appearance of an iceberg at the Equator. An official hearing was had In Omaha a few months ago on charges alleging a shakedown of subordinates by the postmaster, and one set of witnesses under oath testified to the same trans actions diametrically opposite to an other set of witnesses. No wonder people wonder whether there can be such a thing as perjury in the United States. Oh, How Funny. There is nothing in funny, sunny Spain that is funnier than the antics of the fake reformers hunting1 for ex cuses to oppose the commission plan of city government merely because The Bee has taken hold of it. "Don't sign the petitions," they shriek. In other words, they say "the com mission plan is a good thing, and we can't get it too soon, but we don't want it just now." They tell us that the commission plan petitions are pre mature because "it is too hot to vote before November," and also because "many people do not turn out to spe cial elections." The funny part Is that these same fake reformers boosting the Water board's bunco game, precipitated a special election to vote $8,250,000 water bonds on June 27, and are Justi fying another special election for the same purpose to be held on August 2. It Is not too hot to vote an $8,250,000 mortgage on the city In August, nor is It any objection to two special water bond elections that "many people dp not turn out for special elections." Oh, how funny! N. B. The commission plan law by Its terms expressly requires the ques tion of adoption to be submitted at a special election. ' One of khe Water board's promises Is to lay the new main and make ex tensions as soon as the city gets pos session of the water works, and an other is to make these Improvements without waiting to get possession of the water works. For nearly five years the water company has had a standing offer to lay that main on mere agreement for reimbursement of cost, so there can be no trouble about locating the responsibility for not having it long ago. The Ahtt-Saloon league la directing Its attention to druggists "who sell liquor promiscuously." We were un der the Impression that druggists could not legally sell liquor at all, ex cept for medicinal purposes, and that they also had to keep on public view a true and correct register of all sales made. If if Is on the square in this, the Anti-Saloon league should have no difficulty in locating the "promis cuous" sellers. On recommendation of his pardon board Governor Aldrlch has turned down several applications for tlckets- of-leave from the penitentiary. A person who has been convicted by a jury of twelve men and had his sen tence reviewed and affirmed by the supreme court should have something more than a mere desire to get out to back up an appeal , for executive clemency. And now comes ex-Governor Shal lenberger and draws cards In the game. If the other players are wise they will Insist on a new deck and look under the table before each new dealing. Masked men robbed a jewelry store on Kansas City's busiest thoroughfare at 9 o'clock In the morning. Ho, for those Omaha volunteer policemen! Rapid t'hanaea ot Scenery. Chicago Inter-Ocean. A we understand It. the "Dick to Dick" sensation at Washington has been super seded by the "Wick to Wick ' complication. Hairless or Merely Mowed f Indianapolis New. If the people who are alter Dr." Wiley' acalp will take a careful look at the top of his head they will note that It is not J an KPrlal,s' ood Pac ,or setting a firm hold. Aa Enjoyable Spectacle. iiA..UinH i.j , . , . , ... ' The country ha. greatly enjoys th. ex- perlenc. of frying congress In Washington. but we feel authorised to Inform our parched statesmen that when they adjourn h country will be too far gon. Haelf! to exult in an unstemly way over their exhaustion. Titles oaj the flararala Coante. ' St. Ixmls Globe-Democrat. The Bru sh House of Lords is said now t contemplate the defeat of tha veto hill nit ralnlnir i.f atrllrht (nana with the common. Thou w will hav. between SuO and 400 new lorda, and there will be more opportunities at much cheaper prices till. ua a postal card." The visitor was for Amerk-an gtrla who are shopping furjalloweo to go on promising taj take tha lords at bargain counter. j first fast train fur her home in Boaton. jljooklnBaclwronl 'IhbDay InOinalm COMPILED FROM DF.t FILFS r-J JULY 23. Thirty Yeara Ag Hon. Oeorga W. Doane. tho well known attorney, announce aaaoolatlon In partner ship with Mr. A. C. Campbell. The new aw firm will be known as Doane aV Camp bell. A little boy about 10 years old, name not given, who reside on Tenth treet between Farnam and Harney, waa kicked by a horse in front of Stephenson's livery, but was not badly "hurt. Th Bee Hlv Temperance society holds It closing service of the season, the Rev. Mr. Oraham of the Presbyterian church delivering the address, with music by Mis Bonner and Mrs. Charlton. Th United Catholic Library association held a largely attended Ice cream sociable. Th program was furnished by the Mlssea Murphy. Ray, Bwlft and McNamara, Mr. W. O. Saunders, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Tuttl and Mr. McDonough. 8herlff Guy, In company with a war bling assistant, disposed of a large number of stove at sheriff sale on Thirteenth street today.. Mr. A. Pollack and Mra. Max Meyer left for Lake Mlnntonka, and will visit Atlantic coast resorts before returning. W. E. Annln, associate editor of The Bee, started for a short vlult to Chicago to meet his brother, and who Is to return with him to Omaha. Twenty Years Age Announcement by John C. Watson, chair man of the republican state committee, that a gubernatorial election shall be held In th fall, create great eonsternaUoti In all political circles. Th Be said editorially: "A metropoli tan city Ilk Omaha could not afford to b without a base ball club." Clerk Elmer Frank of th United State court receives message from Judge Brewer, stating he will be in Omaha to hear the Union Paclflc-Rock Island bridge case. J. C. Vissard of the police fore returned with Mrs. Viszard from St. Edward. James E. Boyd and L. M. Crawford of Topeka begin lawsuit to see who is en titled to the name of th Boyd threater for hi playhouse. Crawford was the new lessee of the old Boyd's opera house at Fifteenth and Farnam and Oovernor Boyd had just put up the new Boyd theater at Seventeenth and Harney streets. Colonel W. Farnam Smith started on a trip to Boston. Ten Years Ago Five die of heat,' David Monroe, Michael Fleck, Clarence D. Otbson and an Infant daughter of Ous Mattson, all of Bouth Omaha; Fred Cornelia, City hotei, oin&i.a Four are prostrated, Thomas McCausland, Fort Omaha; R. W. Johnson, Council Bluffs; Ed Kruse of Kansas City, Mrs. Harry E. Burnam, S4Z5 Dodge street. Temperature, maximum, 104. The Bee's vacation contest ends with these winners: Nebraska, Vera L. Kra mer. Columbus; Anna Ouhl, Grand Island; Lydla Harrison, Nebraska City. Omaha: Emily Wlgman, Amanda Lindblad, Jennie Ferran, Alice Hoddar. Council Bluffs: Mamie Aumann. South Omaha: Mary Sar gent, Iowa; Jennie McElroy, Dunlap; Llssle Kennedy, Missouri Valley. South Dakota: Nora Harris, Lead. A large crowd of "true knight" turned out to the evening meeting at the Den, despite the torrid weather. Flrat of aerie of case wherein society women seek to replevin rugs held by Con stable Mike Linlhan of 8outh Omaha, waa heard In Justice Crawford's court, result ing In a verdict for Mra. Oaorg W. Buck. Dr. Wiley and II la Methods. Springfield (Mass) Republican. The chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agriculture is loved for the enemies he has made because of serv ices that are to his credit. It ls to be ex pected that President Taft will spare Dr. Wiley but It must also be said that there are wiser men. As the result of long ob servation, and with no Idea of joining forces with the patent medicine folks or anybody else, It Is to be recognized that there seems to be no more persistent per aonal advertiser In Washington than Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the pure food expert and that some of the observations credited to him that get currency In the newspa pers are extreme to the point of silliness. His trouble Is like unto that of the old lady's parrot who talked too much, and his weakness long ago reached the point of wearying sensible readers. People Talked About CHBI5HOP "A KM FV --'iff' Archbishop Farley is nut fond of either an automobile or a horse and carriage. He prefer walking to any other mean of locomotion in his travels around New York. A hike of forty-eight milea in eighteen houra over dusty roada In the heat of last Sunday was the feat performed by Miss Florence Noren, a student at the John A. Johnaon High school of St. Paul, Minn Oovernor Marshall of Indiana admits he has the democratic presidential bee In hia bonnet, but givea It out straight that he had no campaign fund, no press bureau no hongs to sing into the receptive ear of possible delegates. The boys in the trenchea must look elsewhere for a hand 'out. i ; The United Spates has a floating court c gei of e R , ; rieU.h.r Maddox of tn Treury depart. . u on . ... . . . . j have accumulated since the preceding sum ! mar. On the complaint of a daughter-in-law that her inother-in-law, during a ten days' visit, boated her out ot bouse and home, a New York judge laid down the rule that ten das Is tha limit of a muther-in-law'a visit in hia Jurisdiction. "Make 'em the Judxe continued. "Better shorter. Hie Beds Idler Box H IT o Moaamenla to Disloyalty. OMAHA. July 30.-TO the Editor ot The Bee: I waa surprised In reading the pro ceeding of eongrea In your valuable paper that aa appropriation ot tlOO.OPO waa passed to erect a monument to th confederate navy. I was at a loss to know what th purpose could be. I wondered what groat service th confederate navy had rendered the United State of America that would rail for such an extravagant recognition. What kind of an inscription would b placed upon It T Senator Cummin ot Iowa shed a little light on th subject whan he aald. "It waa for th purpose of recog nising th bravery of th confederal sol diers." I wish to say that Mr. Cummins 1 fifty year behind th time. We who war In tho army found that out by experience. No one doubt It; Bhlloh and Gettysburg are burning teatlmonlala of aouthern valor a well aa a hundred other battle. That Is what makes the victory won by th union force of such great valu. All those fact are written In th history of th war and will be read by unborn millions. But that in no sens justifies congress In ap propriating money for the erection of a monument such as is proposed. Monuments are erected by nation in honor ot men who have rendered some great service to their country or th republic; such Is Washington's monument; such are th statues of Lafayette, Lincoln, Orant and th armies under them. I wonder It It ever occurred to Senator Cummin that if th confederate had had a few mora men and little mora amunttion, together with their courage at Gettysburg that th map of the republic would have been so changed that he would not now be representing Iowa in the United State senate. Th fact la, th mora courage th con federate had th woraa It waa for th union army; it was their courage that fat tened southern soil with the bodies of th lain of th union army, Mr. Editor, It is wrong, all wrong. While It is true that the confederate army won on more than one field of battle It never occurred to me that w were particularly Indebted to them for licking us. We do not owe them anything for sinking any portion of our navy or for preying on th commerce of our merchantmen on th .high aeaa. No brave, manly man who served the confed eracy during '61-6 would ask for any such recognition as is proposed; such proceeding is a kind of weak sentimentality used for political purposes and is an Insult to both union and confederal Soldier. 4933 Underwood Avenue. J. H. PRESSON. Vote for Women. OMAHA, July a. To th Editor of Th Bee: When the barbers went before the council to ask for an ordinance to close their shops on Sunday, I noticed that no one got up and roasted them for getting their idea out of th Ladies' Home Journal, no one demanded that they provide in' stanter a substitute for Sunday barbering, no one accused them of selfishness, Im pugned their motives, or questioned their patriotism; no one moved, at the proper moment, to squelch the ordinance by post ponement; no one even rose to speak against It, and not a vote opposed It, and though the request waa entirely Just, there was no question of lit or death concerned. And yet, over a year ago, when the club women took the same method of aeourlng an ordinanoe stopping the sale of danger ous fireworks, when the very lives of their children were at stake, all these dl respectful things did happen. Of course the councllmen who passed the barbers' ordinance must face these same barbers at the poll on next election day, and they certainly did not have to answer to the mother of Omaha at the ballot box at any future time. The relation of the above facts Is so perfectly plain that I wonder how much longer the intelligent women of Omaha will view such happenings with their present degree of complacency. SUFFRAGI8T. Only a Partial Exhibit. OMAHA, July 21. 1911. To the Editor o; The Bee: Referring to recent editorial comment on "Municipal Statistics" would respectfully advise that the statement was prepared and made as required by law to the mayor and city council, and other municipal officers, for guidance In admin istering the financial affairs of their de partments. Since the Board of Education Is not a part of the city government amenable to the mayor and city council, It having an Independent financial exist ence, no attempt was made to exhibit the school board revenues, which are quite elaborate within themselves, embracing aa they do all license Incomes, police court fines, state apportionments, tuition chsrges, Kales of school property, bond sales and others. A showing of this Important branch of government was in contempla tion In the next issue and In no manner an oversight, as evidenced by a careful In spection of the report. There are other Important functions of government not shown In the current issue, the financial transactions of which will be shown in detail In luter Issues. The "taxation statement" table to which la referred of necessity contains an exhibit of the regular tax levy for schools; otli-r wise the showing would be valuelesa to t i many who desire to learn the basis i Omaha's taxation. Regret that your editorial writer was no fully advised aa to what waa In contem plation, and trusting- this Information will set him right, I am, very truly, FRED II. COSOROVK. City Comptroller. An Apoloar for "TJacla Dave." BRADSHAW. Neb., July ao. To the Ed itor of The Beo: In an editorial of today's Bee you virtually cajl upon us to make an apology to the venerable David Anderson Thla we are perfectly willing to do, unde: the following qualifications: First, we disclaim any intentions at questioning lii republicanism, but rather that we gave him credit of being a standpatter; second, we had no knowledge that the article waa written by an old man of SO years, but rather supposed it to have been written by some amateur politician; third, had Mi-. Anderson used some other caption than "Reciprocity va. lnaurgoncy" we certaln'y would have had no desire or reason fur comment. If good old Father Andeixui. had made hi caption "Flyleaf Republican Ism." th caption and article would imvi nicely agreed. Of course, wa apologise to the grand old father In republicanism We. too, have been a life-long republican, casting our first vote for Abraham Un coin in November, 18t4. with carbine In one hand and a ballot In the other, while ilood'a guna were thundering around Co lumbia. Tenn. JOHN B. IEY. udln the KiB(. Boston Transcript. What it John Hay Hammond did touch th king on th elbow! He did not offend nearly ao much by his action aa ha did by his accompanying bromide: "I ahould think, sir, you would be gratified that everything passed off without a hitch." What heught to hav aald In order really to Imprcaa himself upon the king's mind la something like this: "Too bad, Un t I'. George, that you ate not au popular at your fathtr or grandmother!" In Other Lands Id tag-ate e What u Trwa plrlag Among th aTaar and fas aTattoM af the ana American capital and enterprise are likely to share In th railroad development projected In Asia Minor under th new reglm of Turkey. Dr. Arthur T. Cheater, son et Rear Admiral Chaster, head th company whoa proposition is pending la th Turkish Parliament. Th company do not aak for a government guarantee, such as has been granted to other foreign companies. All the Americana ask I th right-of-way for about 1 000 mile ot road, with th mineral right that 11 along th way. Th liberality of th propoaltion. compared with thoa already granted, pre dispose th Turkish authorities In Its favor, and th approval of th concession I but a question of time. Th proposed Una start at Tourmourtallk on Alexan dratta bay, runa northward through on of th valley of th Taurus mountain to K bar put, thane to th copper mines of Arghana, than to Dlerbeklr and Blltla, and on to th Lak of Van. A aouthern ex tension through th Euphratua valley la contemplated. Th rout cut through region rich in Biblical and historical aaso clatlona. skirts Mount Arrarst and pene trate th Garden of Cdn. These moaa covered hlatorlcal associations will supply unsurpassed material for th llterarj bureau of the new Una and boost th tourist business. But what the company look for aa a dividend maker Is th de velopment of th mineral and agricultural reaouxce of th ancient land and th rich product of Palestine and Persia, now transported by camel. Competition prom ise to be uncommonly lively If a merger Is not brought about Th German railroad Una I already under construction from the Mediterranean to Bagdad and tha Persian gulf, taking a rout southward of th American line. Ruaala is reaching out for th trad of th country south of th Black sra. French capitalist control the present line from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and British enterprise control trading boats on the Tigris and tha Euphratus. Under these conditions the American will have a splen did chance to show the atuff they are made of. In tones cynical and sarcastic, James Douglaa asks in London Opinion, "Are Americans fleeced T" and then proceed to show that they are, but that they were so wise that British blackmail failed to make them victims during coronation week. "It's a long worm that has no turning," aaya (Mr. Douglas. "The American worm has turned at last. Th American worm for a long time has rejoiced In th fact that he posssssed th most expensive accent In th world. He gloried in th knowledge that a nation which speaka through lta nose muat alao pay through it. ' He wore his purse on bis sleeve and Invited all Europe to pick it, and all Europe picked it with affectionate skill. Th plunder of American became a European habit. They paved tha path to Rom with gold. They lined th English lake with allver. They rolled their doll are In avalanches down the Alps. Tha American worm made up lta mind to miss out London this year. 'Europe,' said th worm, 'Is good enough for me. Europe bleed me, but at least Europe does not cut my throat.' What Is th consequence T London la auf faring from an American famine." Commercial considerations are back of the revival of the project of a tunnel be tween France and England under th Eng lish channel. A score of years ago th pro ject wa In a fair way toward realisation when General Lord Woolseley and the English jingoes gave It a death blow by arousing public fear of Invasion from France. Time and the flocka of aviator crossing the channel have banished the Woolseley phantom. Bealdes, England and France are on friendlier term than they have been for centuries. These considera tions make for a calm discussion of the feasibility of a tunnel. Travel and traffic between London and Paris, as well as between other cities In England and France, are enormous, but it Is recognised that both would b very much greater if the stormy sea passage across the English channel could be avoided. Short as the voyage across the channel Is, It Is proverb ially uncomfortable for landsmen, and without doubt many travelers are deterred from making the trip for fear of the in evitable mal-de-mur. A letter from Budapest to a Vienna paper says that "another language has been ad ded to tha many already in use In the Austrian army. This one. however, is one which the man In search of linguistic data would not look for English." He writos further that the rank and file of the Sixty-sixth regiment of Infantry, stationed at Karschau, have voted in favor of English as the language to be employed In the regi mental schools. The reason for this Is found in the fact that the regiment Is made up of recruits from the Karscheau district. From there men and women In great num bers went to America. Many of them and their deacendents returned to th old homa, brlngmg the English language with them. Consequently, the children employ English as much aa they do their native tongTJe. Help to Save Lite IT was a question of life or death, and the victim's life hung by u slender thread. A difficult operation was necessary. The services of a specialist were required. To be successful, the operation roust be performed nt once. The specialist was reached over the Bell Toll Line, the case described und the operation arranged for. The sufferer's life was saved through the efficiency of the Universal Bell Telephone Service. THE REPUDIATION 0T BETAJT. Washington Post: Th Douglaa county, Nebraska, democrat hav finally con eluded that Colonel Bryan la a traitor. It shore doaa take a long ttm for aa to tenet rat Into darkest Nfbrasky. Ploux City Tribune: Th .democratic state conventlbn meet at Fremont on July 2i. It will have to choose between Bryan and Dahlman, and upon lta choice depends the life of th party la Nebraska. Pittsburg Dispatch: Douglaa county, Ne braska, ha repudiated Bryan and endorsed Harmon. But the completeness with whloh It did It arouse suspicion that Its admira tion for Harmon la due principally to Its hatred ot Bryan. Which earn motlv. by th way, may get th Ohloan lot of sup port elsewhere also. Washington Star: 1 this Nebraska de liverance th Inauguration 'of a movement to keep Mr. 'Bryan out of th democratic national convention T Shall w ee an ef fort mad to hav other counties In th tat repeat th performance? The anti Bryan men throughout th country would be glad to hav him defeated for delegate to that body. They dread hi appearance there. Ha I a master of stag affects, and manages hi exits and hi entrance In way to catch tha eyes of the gallerlea and make th occupant vocal In his honor. New York Tribune: Mr. J. C. Dahlmaa, th "cowboy" mayor of Omaha, one the most devoted and boisterous of Bryanlte. ha persuaded the embattled Omaha demos acy to pas resolution censuring Mr. Bryan for treachery to th democrat I e state ticket last fall. Th Dahlmanltes than In dorsed Judson Harmon for th presidential nomination. Only th most Olympian among- our politician can rise above th weakness ot allowing their policies to be shaped now and then not by principle or expediency, but merely by a desln- fur per aonal revenge. TAPS ON THE FUNNTBONE. Tom and Sam were old cronle. On On occasion Ham took umbrage at some re mark from Tom and he earvaaticaJly ejacu lated "Tom-ass!" But Tom's ready wit was equal to the occasion. Ha replied: "Sam-mule!" Boaton Transcript. Particular Vestryman Before w accept your donation to the church fund, sir, we must be assured -yours Is clean money. Millionaire Trust Magnate Of course li la. Every bill has been through the gov' ernment laundry. Baltimore American. Fond Parent I hope they don't give ml little boy any naughty nicknames In school Tough Son Yea, pa; they tall ira "Corns." I .Fond Parent How dreadful. But whs do they call you thatT , v Tough Son 'Cause in our clas. you know, I'm always at the foot Toledo Blade. "On of these days you'll see business Is going to th dog," aald tha cheerless parson. "I don't believe it," replied Mr. Dustin , Stax. "But If that time cornea, you'll find me running one of the biggest kennela on earth." Washington Star. Mrs. Bargandy (at ball game) Dear me. What a miserable little hit that I. He ought to be ashamed of himself. Bargandy (excitedly) Why, you marble top that's a sacrifice. Mrs. Bargandy O-o-o-oh ! And Is that why so many players rushed to It? Puck. "Did the recent drouth hurt you farmers much?" , "I should say It did," answered Mr. Corntossel. "We used to mske a heap o" money hnulln' out automobiles thnt got stalled. While that drouth waa on we couldn't afford to liaui water iu ktp up some of our best mud holea." Washington Star. Doctor You are now convalescent and all you need Is exercise. You should walk ten or twenty miles a day. sir; but your walking should have an object. Patient All right, doctor: III travel around trying to borrow enough to pav your blU.-Boston Transcript. " Patsy--8ay. Chlmmle, who waa Robinson "4 Crusoe? Chlmmle Ha was de dunk wot got a long term on de island. St. Paul Dispatch. "There goes Jenkins' widow " , , "res. but he was married twice, vou know." ' "Well, what of that?" "Well Is she his first or second wldowf Catholic Standard and Times. SONG OF THE NAIL. Baltimore Sun. ' Hitting the nail on the head's th. thing. That's the philosophy borne folks sing; 2 But driving it through and making it clinch I On the other side In a terrible pinch 1 Is better than all, than all to do ' Clinching the nail that you've driven through. Hitting and driving and clinching It. Making each blow atrlke home sucn la tha secret of all success, Art, or music, or poem. Merely to hit it that all can do; Hitting and clinching) and driving through. It is never the half but the whole that counts, It is never th one-winged soul that mounts, nut the balanced pinions, poised snd flung To the peuks of glory toward which they sprung; Hitting and clinching and driving through. That is the best of all. The winning note In the pulsing throat ' When the bugles of beauty call. Hitting the nail on the head's all right. But It Isn't the whole by a terrible sight; It takes some skill and it takes some pluck. And often It's merely a stroke of luck; But driving It through and clinching It. that Is the thing makes the country loss up lta hat. Hitting and drlvlim and clinching it, . It's the best of all to do With the day mid the dream and the golden deed And the ball that .vou'm inugh. t NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO. . F McAdams. Omthi Maraier V I