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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
47,398
State cf Nebraska. Count v of louKlan. a.
Owlgjit William, circulation manager
ef The Bee Publishing compenv, belnu
dulv worn. seya that the average dally
circulation, less polled, unuaed and re
turned C4..lea Tor tne month vt rvnteniUci.
mi. DWIOHT WI!T.IAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presanr and sworn to
before ma thl
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of Hi tuber,
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ROBERT HUNTER.
. Notary Fubllc.
abacrtber leaving (ha city
temporarily sfcaatd bare Tbo
Baa mailed to thesn. Aaldrcaa
will ba rkigi aa oftea aa
requested.
The Italian boot has been raised
against Turkey.
Solicitor McCabe la now at liberty
to solicit another lob.
And George Fred Williams has coma
back. Boaton Herald.
Under which flag?
Though aviation la so young, tta
most noted champions are already
dead.
Were Italy and turkey Included In
Mr. Carnegie's 110,000.000 peace
endowment?
"This country"ie-wbrth $540,000,
000,000." Bays Dr. Wiley. Some
flgurer, la the doc.
' In Bpeaklnrof"ariTctrea' rise, do
not aay "elevated to stardom," with
out naming the play.
The eaaFlselrverse. Hardly la
war tn the far east quelled when
trouble breaks out In the near east.
The royal-! SynaatybfXk-BarBen
need make no apologies for the laat
In the succession surnamed the Sev
enteenth.' ' i
In certain-small-Missouri towns
the postmaster Is the best Informed
man In the community, for he reads
all the mall. '
Having got rid of the files tn the
ointment, ApothecaryWiley may go
on now mixing hla tooedlclnes pure
and unadulterated.
Many men who are opposed to
prlie fighting on principle still think
It would be a good thing not to abol
ish the ring until another champion
Is chosen.
The Pt. PauT Pioneer-Press Invites
Us readers to suppose that President
Taft should .decline a renomlnatlon.
What la that about the thought and
the wish?
It the shopmen's strike remains as
peaceable to the finish as at the
start there will be no reason to com
plain about the behavior of the strik
ers In Omaha.
Still. If Hitchcock, aa he complains,
did not get aa many votea in the
Third ward for senator aa Mayor
"Jim" did for governor. It certainly
wasn't hla fault. '
Sedalla "folks bad a" fine plan to
have' President Taft ride behind a
span of mules, but the president
balked. He did not want to trespass
on Champ Clark's preserves.
Report has It that "Charley" Fan-
in ate real masterhand guiding
the local democratic machine this
year. If there are any smooth tricks
that can be turned "Charley" Is the
boy to rely on.
Beatrice is the second town In Ne
braska to adopt the commission plsn
of government Bat the proposition.
which carried only by 6 J votea, evt
dently had harder sledding there
than here In Omaha.
!t was quite proper for therm to
put on the Frontier dsy show again
for President Taft at Cheyenne, oth
erwlta he would not know from what
be sees on bis western trip that there
ever mas a frontier.
It is worth remembering -that the
first success achieved with moving
pageantry floata electrically lllun,!
nated from trolley wires was scored
In Omaha, and the art has been like
wis carried to Its highest perfection
here.
The Water board has at last let a
contract to complete additional
water mains, but the duplicate feed
main from the Florence plant la not
In the list. Wonder If that is being
reserved to help carry the next bond
Vaue that may be aaked.
Ai to Applause.
The most beautiful and Impressive
street pageantry ever put upon the
streets passed the eyee of more than
100,000 people in Omaha, accom
panied by the blare Cf trumpets and
strains of music, without eliciting ap
plause enough to note. This dots
not mean that the spectators were
Inattentive or unappreciative. It
means that our people are temper
mentally disposed to take things as
they come as If due to them; that
they seldom get wildly excited and
that they manifest their approval
and delight without spasms of band-
clapping or outbursts of enthusiasm.
These obserratlons corroborate
the comment made on the greeting
accorded to President Taft that its
cordiality is not to be measured by
the noise. Answering the charge
that the reception of tlio president
in Lincoln was a "frobl," the Journal
of that city declarea:
Lincoln pt-ople don't rhow concerted
enthuxlaam for anbody. When the Ne
braska regiment marched through the
atreeta at the beginning of the war In
1KW to receive the color at the capital
tliey ualked between walla of silent peo
ple. When the First Nebraska boya made
a flmllar march after returning from the
Philippine the cheering waa ao tame aa
to ranae dlaguated comment. The only
real rooting done here is at the bail
grounds, where It Is virtually controlled
by the game, and at the university foot
ball functions, where It la as carefully
organised aa any other part of the ex
ercise. Without asjuad leaders the Lin
coln public seems almort voiceless.
Perhaps there la some satisfaction
here for those who put so much
money, thought and labor on prepar
ing for and pulling off our annual
Ak-Sar-Ben parades.
Turkey's Pitiful Showing;.
What a spectacle of consummate
weakness Turkey Is making against
Italy! The sultan with all hlB tlnaled
trappings of military pomp and
power, his vast wealth and empire
becomes a pitiful pigmy, pleading for
rescue from smaller and less potent
hands. He cannot even command his
own subjects, nor define a policy of
action. His soldiers but mark) time,
his young men and old are still fight
ing among themselves, his cabinet re
signs. No faithful Kurds hasten to
bis relief, no Arab banda come clang
ing on armored steed to do blm
honor. The Christian "dogs" fire
upon his sacred head with little show
of resistance.
Turkey looms up In this crisis aa
the melancholy monument to the Bin
of cruel Intolerance and morbid self
Indulgence. While others went on
developing national greatness and
power, Turkey lingered in the soft,
voluptuoua lap of lustful excesses
Now the Inevitable penalty has come
and It taxea emaciated strength to
meet It. If bad lta handwriting upon
the wall in the revolt of Its young
men, but,, unmindful of the warning,
It continued Its saturnalia and now
comes unfit to Its doom.
Turkey Is a vast empire still and
will be until Italy or some other pow
ers dismember It, but empire and ter
ritory do not make a nation. And
Turkey Is not a nation when It cornea
to the quaJltlea of patriotism and loy
alty that make men risk their lives
for that of their country. Mosques
and monasteries, superstition and
ceremony are not Inherently power
giving In Turkey any more than else
where. All they are or ever have
been are the symbols of a kind of
power which one day bad to fall, the
power by which the masses are kept
In the darkness of Ignorance. Grad
ually that darkness is being dis
pelled, light la penetrating the veil
and young men are beginning to see
even If the older ones do prefer to
shut their eyes to what they know Is
going on about them. Turkey's only
hope lies In catching step with the
march of human progress, and how
far behind the procession it has fallen
may be perceived from the craven
cries that are now coming from Con-
ttantinople for helphelp, not peace;
protection, not Justice.
San Francisco's Primary.
San Francisco deserves all the con
gratulatlons it U receiving upon get
ting rid of an Insufferable mayor
and doubtless most any fair method
of accomplishing that highly laudable
object must atrlke good rtlzens there
and elsewhere aa worthy of emula
tlon. The feat was achieved by means
of a new primary election plan which
gives the office to any candidate who
may receive a majority of all votea
cast at the primaries., If no candi
dste receives such majority, then the
two hlgheat become the nominees to
be voted on at the regular election
later.
Those wfco favor thla plan ask
why have two elections when one
will accomplish the reault. In other
words, why send McCsrthy, the d
feated candidate and Rolpb, the vie
tor, bark to the polls to be voted on
by the same 'electors a second time
after one haa obtained a decisive ma
Jorlty over the others, la this spe
etne Instance, the plsn seemed to
work well and may have been fault
less enough, but Its application is still
open to question .
The mere cost and trouble of hold
Ing a second election Is not, after
'all, aa Important as Is getting a finsl
decision from the voters entitled to
a voice. It does not necessarily fol
tow that a majority choice at th
primary would be the majority c hoi
at the regular election. The oppoalt
often happens. Primaries as a rule
do not bring out as large a vote as
the regular election and a majority
therefore, at the primary might be
a small minority of the voters in that
community.
There is the point also to be re
membered, that m-hile this plan
worked out this time in the Interest,
evidently, of good government In Pan
Francisco, there la nothing In the
plan, Itsi'lr, to prevent It working out
ho other way. Generally in politics,
s In bunlnr-sa, a plan that will work
one way, will work tne otner. It
seems like giving up something of
the system of checks and balances on
hlch our politic, Itself, rests to
make the primary a conditional elf-t
on.
Wilson's Delicate Precedent.
Governor Woodrow Wilson
set
rather an uncomfortable precedent to
guide other democratic presidential
spirants when he refused to let the
New Jersey 6tate convention endorse
his candidacy, did he not? With the
convention In his power, be could
s easily as not have let It endorse
him. It seems from reports that be
had to do some tall talking to p re
pot It from endorsing him.
In any way the action is viewed,
suggests that Governor Wilson
concluded he would gain more, by
taking the unusual course than by
ailing down a fulsome resolution.
But whether It la bad politics or bad
taste for the governor to have per
mitted the use of his name In this
way. Just the same other democrats
ave not been as tactful or modest.
Mr. Folk a year ago In Missouri
worked an endorsement out of the
democrats and Mr. Folk la regarded
as a very sedate gentlemen, If not all
he might be aa a tactician.
One finds It hard to believe, how
ever, that such amenities will bother
old political foxes like Champ Clark
or .Governor Harmon. The chances
are If either of these men sees a
state endorsement hanging out. be
will seize It with all the avidity pos
sible and let delicate precedents go
to the winds.
Circumstantial Evidence.
If registration frauds were com
mitted anywhere In Omaha last year
they afford no Justification or pal
liation for registration frauds com
mitted this year. Correct. But. the
sudden conversion to loud-mouthed
reform of democrats who hold office
as beneficiaries of the Third ward
vote makes their sincerity decldedjy
questionable. It would be mighty
easy, for example, for the democratic
bosses, who are known to be none too
scrupulous, to plant a few fake
names on the registration books here
and there and even label them "re
publican" to help cover up their
tracks, and then make a grand ex
posure to the galleries. We do not
say this Is the democratic program,
but lots of tlrcumstantlal evidence
point-' that way.
What a forgiving disposition Mr.
Bryan haa on occasions. Only a year
ago "BUI" Oldham was lamenting
him as a "beerless" statesman and
appealing to democrats to Ignore Mr.
Bryan's advice to bolt the ticket. But
here is Mr. Brysn urging the election
of "Bill" to the supreme bench aa e
reward for faithful political service.
It's a great game, this game of pol
itics.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
shown himself to be up-to-date by
taking advantage of the latest means
of transporting mall. He has es
tablished an air route from New
York to Los Angeles. Now, It la up
to the mail carrier. Oh. oh.
Mr. Bryan la again swinging round
the circle In Nebraska. He Is not
going to tske any chances that can
be avoided to have those national
convention delegates from his home
stste where he can deliver them to
his preferred candidate.
The president highly offended cer
tain opposition organs when In his
Waterloo speech he said, "Let ua
reason together." Nothing puts
some folks ujk-ln the air so much as
to Insist that they stop and reason.
Traffic by Rail and Aato.
Springfield Republican.
In Nebraska at least railroad officials
think they detect an injurious effect on
passenger traffic from automobile. They
may be mistaken, but the automobile
find exceptionally extended use In the
western grander sections. Nebraska is
said to have ever 9,300 -ars. which would
average one to every 12 persons.
I'oeiale of the Rare.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Ueruuse a big billboard obscured the
view at a spot where a wagon road
crossed a railway track near Neenah.
Wis., more than s dosen people who
were enjoying a rid on a hayrack were
run down by a train and Wiled. The
Inventor of th billboard was one of the
worst enemies of the human race.
Are Nebraska Modvata Too Gayf
St. bouts Republic.
When the chancellor of the University
of Nebrsska asserts that th young men
In his care are altogether too gay, and
to that extent agrees with th censorious
Mr. Crane, la he doing a llttla Judicious
advertialng or only pointing a moral? if
th students In Nebraska aro given over
to conviviality where shall w look for
sobriety T
Vtberv tta Troable LUs.
Indianapolis News.
If th New Tork financial papers really
ant to know "what's th matter with
bualnes." they can rind out closa at
hand. Th troubl is largely. If not en
tirely, due to the fact that th people ax
. ared by Wall street's "successful
squeezes ' and "schemes." and th Insta
bility resulting, rather than 4 bat Wall
strvet and business ar afraid of th peo
ple, or evn their govaromant '
jEookln Backward
IhisDav inOihalia
COMPILF.D FROM Bf.fc FILE'S
OCT. 8.
Thirty Years Ag
King Kalakaua, king of the Pandwlch
Islands. Is in Omaha today, having
arrived af noon In th private car of Mr.
Perkins of the C. B. & U- Wltb
him were Colonel Judd. one of his
four ministers of state. Major McFar
land, first chamberlain, Hon. J. M.
Woolworth and Miss June Woolworth.
They were entertained at Judge Wool-
worth's residence on ft. Mary a avenue,
stopping there over night, and are en
route to Pan Francisco. Here Is The
Bee's description of the king: "Kalakaua
Is of medium height, and Inclined to
be portly. His face Is full and found;
he wears a set of heavy black mutton
chop whiskers with a mustache. His
complexion Is very dark brown. He
waa neatly and fashionably dressed and
exhibited but little jewelry. A whtta
Panama hat was th only thing about
him that looked a little odd." - The
gueats at the bail given at the Wool
worth house, where the dancing opened
with the lancers led by His majesty
and Miss Woolworth Include the follow.
Ing: Bishop Clarkson. Colonel and Mrs.
Chase, the Misses Butterfleld, Roddls,
Hall, Roes, Jewett, Hambleton, Lyman,
Jackson, Summers, Franklin, Horbach.
and Mrs. Hambletoi, and Messrs. Clark
son, Scott, Beach, Barr, Roas, Berlin,
Days, Jones, Summers, Morris, Clary,
Rlngwalt. Millspaugh, Chase, Patrick
and Walker.
The Marquis of Lome, governor gen
eral of Canada In Her Majesty's domin
ions of North America,, alao passed
through Omaha on his return from an
extended tour of the northwest; his
party numbering sixteen.
Two United fltates senators from
Oregon, Senators Farley and Slater,
occupied sections In one of the Pullman
cars from the west on their way to
Washington to attend the extra session.
Considering the Inclement weather
there was a good attendance at the
Land League meeting at Clark's hall.
Charles Hanley, secretary, reported 30S
picnic tickets yet to be accounted for.
The secretary was Instructed to corre
spond with Patrick Ford, editor of the
Catholic World, to find out when Thomas
O'Connor, M. P., could come to Omaha
to deliver a lecture.
"Secure your seats for "Nip and
Tuck'' and avoid the rush. It is the
most laughable comedy you ever saw."
Miss Molly Mamagua wishes to Inform
outitomers that she baa moved to tho
Northwest corner of Twelfth and Dodge,
and will do dressmaking in families aa
usual.
. Jacob Reiner, foreman of the Herald
press room, .and George Oibson got Into
a mixup which figured In the police
court. y
Colder weather Is predicted by th
local seers.
A goodly -part of one block on Tenth
street Is being curbed.
Twenty Years Agi
Miss Alice. Chambers left for St. Louis,
Dr. Kohnmamm gave a very pleasant
entertainment at the Dellone. Part of the
program waa of Instrumental and vocal
music by the doctor, Mrs. J. D. Harrison
Lieutenants Kenits and Van Llew and
Mr. Gunning, after which a dinner tailed
all to the big dining room. Among those
present were: Dr. Kohnstamm, Mr. and
Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Slocum of Chilllcothe, O
Mr. and Mrs. Faffenrath. Mr. and Mrs,
Cal Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eng
lish, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs
Bliss, Misses Poor, Blanch Reed. Knld
Valentine, Major Benham, Captain Carter,
Lteutenanta Kensie, Van Llew and. Arra
smith. Messrs. Max Meyer. Wood, Gun
ning. Flsco, Vallls and Connor.
MIhs Nellie Wllkins returned -from Chi
cago. where she had been visiting frlenda
and relatives.
Mrs. J. E. Preston attended th Veiled
Prophet's hall In St. Louis.
The Germans Forefathers dsy was
celebrated with great ceremony. The
German societies rendesvoused at Elgh
teenth and Harney streets. C. Bur
melster was marshal of the day. These
were division marshals: Frits Mueller,
Fred Wlrth. John Waaelo, William Mack
and Julius Meyer. The long procession
was headed by Peter Penner, the herald
who was mounted on a richly caparisoned
white charger. He waa attended by two
pages M. Mollner and Charles Wlngen
berg and two trumpeters Frederic Roos
and Albert Butscb. Th festive speech of
the day waa made by Edward Rosawater
In English. He paid tribute to the Ger-
mans as a nation at horn and a people
abroad, and his address waa punctuated
with loud and frequent applause.
Detective Vlzsard made a capture that
brought hlgb compliments from his su
perlor officers. His captlva waa one John
Riley, a professional burglar, self-con
teased, dangerous and notorious, wanted
In many places.
Ten Years Ago
Nells Bartelsen, 9!t South Twentieth
street, an aged man, died as th rasult
of a brickbat fight with Frd Schwitser.
Bartelsen waa laying a brick wall when
along came Schwitser with bis little girl
and Bartelsen aaked him to pay an old
debt, whereupon ill words ensued. Bar
telsen, his antagonist said, threw a brick
which hit the child, and Schwitser fired
back another, which finished Bartelsen.
Mrs. Louis M. Bouk, wife of James W
Bouk, died at the Presbyterian hospital.
She had been prominent in lodge work.
President Adklns of the South Omaha
city council announced that h.e had called
upon General Manager Holdrege of th
Burlington with the notification that he
must erect a nw depot In the Maie City,
and that b got from Mr. Holdrag th
promts to "look Into the matter."
Some of the prommtnt pulpits of th
city wer occupied by these clergymen
Kountse Memorial Lutheran, Rev. E. F.
Trefs: First Methodist. Rev. A. C. Hirst
snd Presiding Elder J. W. Jennings; First
Congregational. Rev. H. C. Herring; First
Chiibtlan, Rev. F. T. Martin; Trinity
Methodlat, Rev, D. K. Tyndall; Trinity
Episcopal cathedral. Rev. Francis White.
I
Workias a Cluck.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Every time aomethlng happens sugar
go up. Sugar la the most sensitive com
modjty on earth. It's I cents a pound
higher this canning season than It was
last year at this time. Along comes a
Canadian election and boosts It soma
more. If Europe doesn't quit having riots
on aocount of th high oat of living, it
will go up again. If ther should happen
to b troubl in th Balkans, look out,
W don't th connection, but who
ar wT
Hie Bee's LdlcrBox
as
If
IT
Want (iotrraor to Get
OMAHA. Oct. 8. To the Edkor ef The
Bee: In a letter recently published 1
observe that our eetteemed governor,
nominated and elected by the republican
voters of Nebraaka says that:
If President Taft does not do any bet
ter In the future than he has-In the past.
not only win he not be named, but u
amed will be defeated.
Same old story. Same old song.
This, coming from a governor so re
cently elected by republican votea and
who stumped the state pleading in the
most persistent maimer to republicans to
stand by the party nominee; urging party
loyalty, appealing plaintively for the
principles which he. Aldrirh, (on a re
publican platform) was advocating.
sounds very, very strange, indeed.
Mr. Taft haa come and gone, but his
friends and admirers will see to It thaVJ
he will not only carry this state at the
primaries, but that the electoral vote Is
uly delivered with promptness and dis
patch.
The governor will please take notice.
No man ever became great In an attempt
to belittle those who elevated him to
power. No man ever met with success
by deserting his friends. No man ever
achieved anything In life who played false
o those who trusted him.
Tske this friendly hint, governor, and
get wle. W. B. T.. A REPUBLICAN.
Position of the Priest. .
OMAHA, Oct. 4. To the Kdltor of The
Bee: The editorial In this mornings Bee
concerning the arrangements for the
president's addres, which was to have
been delivered In Omaha last Sunday.
misses entirely the point of the objection
any priest would have to participating
in the proposed meeting at the Auditor
ium. The Bee says: "In inviting the clergy
to participate In the reception to the
president no discriminations has been
made, but this Catholic paper (The True
Voice) declared that It Was Impossible for
any prieet to accept and thus give
countenance to any organization, how
ever undenominational, whose manage
ment Is reserved for members of
Protestant evangelical churches."
No. The True Voice did not say, or
Imply, that the reason why any prieet
could not accept the Invitation was that
his acceptance would "give countenance
to any organization, however undenomi
national, whose management is reserved
for members of Protestant evangelical
hurches." The Bee writer has alleged
that reason, aa a guess, and he Is wide ot
the mark. It may be remarked. In pass
ing, that an organization whose manage
ment Is reserved for members of Pro
testant evangelical churches is a queer
sort of "undenominational" body but let
that pasa
The point Is that religious services
under the auspices of the Young Men's
Christian association had been arranged
for at the proposed Auditorium meeting.
Now, Catholic priests do not take part
In religious services In which they do not
believe, no matter under what auspices
these may ba held. Protestants may be
able to take part, without offending their
consciences, In services other than those
of their own creed. That Is their concern,
not ours. Catholics, believing-firmly, as
they do, that their religion Is the only
true one, cannot. In conscience, partici
pate In what is, to them, false worship
of God. It Is a matter of principle, not
prejudice. A Protestant minister would
know better than to invite a priest to
participate In his church services, though
he might be on the most friendly term
with him personally. He knows that the
refusal would be a matter of principle
and he respects that principle too much
to even ask his friend to violate it.
The address which President Taft was
to have delivered last Sunday at tne
Auditorium was. no doubt, Intended for
all the citizens of Omaha without respect
to religious creed. Tet those In charge
of the arrangements for the meeting ai
lowed it to be turned over to the Young
Men's Christian association, a notorious
sectarian organization, under whose
usplces a religious service, with the
president's address to follow it. was to
have been held. When will those having
charge of arrangements for such tunc
tlons learn that at a public meeting, in
which the whole city la supposed to take
part, sectarian religious services are en
tirely out of place,? Catholics can work
with their Protebtant fellow citizens in
everything that concerns the civic better
ment of the community, but they cannot
Join them in Protestant religious services.
When President Taft has been the guest
of the Knights of Columbus, the function
has never Included religious services in
which those of other creeds were in
vlted to participate. That is the' differ
ence between the meeting arranged for
last Sunday and th Knights of Colum
bus programs given In honor of the presi
dent.
When The Bee states that no dlscrimi
nation was made, It Ignores the fact that
the conditions under which the invitations
were extended precluded any priest from
attending. Aa well discriminate positively
as to make conditions which rendered ac
ceptance impossible. I do not ' believe
nor did th True Voice charge that
was intended to exclude priests from the
meeting. The True Voice asked: Who
blundered? That question is still un
answered; but The Bee is still blunder
Ing blindly about It.
(Father) P. C GANNON
People Talked About
At the wedding at Fresno, , Cal., last
week of. F. G. Foster, 73 years old. a
rich rancher, and Mary A. Snyder, 70
years old, Dora pevine, 10 years old and
the great-granddaughter of the bride,
acted as the maid of honor. ,
Managers of an eastern railroad who
have had to settle seventy odd claims for
damages for Injuries due to high heels
getting caught on steps of cars, hav Is
sued a circular urging women to chop eft
a few sections of hlr shoe heels. Ever
hear such uerve before?
Two members of th cabinet in Wash
ington ar "sandwich men" whenever
they ar hard at work Mr. Nagel, th
secretary of commerce and labor, send
out for a cheese sandwich and makes hlo
lunch on that. Postmaster General Hitch
cock frequently convert hi desk into a
quick-lunch counter and gulps down a
ham sandwich.
Philadelphia was so pleased with the
outcome of prtmaria for mayoralty
nominations on Saturday last that th
Record, on Sunday morning lifted the
editorial hat and with bowed head rev
erently exclaimed : "We have mora tc
thank God for thl blcMted morning
than w hav bad. in many a day, and
should not neglect it.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago Tribune: The people are now
In a fair way to have sheaper shoes.
The freeNst bill would not have given
them; the breaking up of the shoe
machinery trust will.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The con
stant Increase in naval armaments In
dicates an International belief that. In
spite of late defeats of prohibition, water
is still considered a good thing to fight
over.
Baltimore American: In the war with
Turkey there Is a chance for the Black
Hand to withdraw Its peculiar activity
from the obscurity of private life and
become exterminated In the sweet and
glorious duty of dying for Its country.
Chicago Record-Herald: International
politics will some day, we hope, be freed
from cynicism and hypocrisy as well as
from the elements of burglary and
brigandage. But that day hae not yet
come. Let us establish arbitration where
It is possible: let up also condemn ag
gression and . spoliation, bullying - and
trickery.
Cleveland Tlaln Dealer: For over a
year It has been known that the great
dam (at Austin, Pa.) was in an unsafe
condition, yet nothing adequate had
been done to remedy lta weakness. For
such negligence someone surely must
bear the blame. The state of Pennsyl
vania, after it has performed Its first
duty of aiding the suffering survivors,
must not be lax In fixing the responsi
bility for the disaster.
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Two striking exam
ples of the new Cros
. setts. No. 31 smooth
chrome calf vamp
with dull calf top.
Arched shank. No. 62
gun metal calf
vamp, pxtra row of
stitching prevents
ripping. Both
strong in style, lit,
wear, comfort
$4. to $6. everywhere
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EPOSITS made on or before
October 10th in the SAVINGS
DEPARTMENT of the UNITED
STATES NATIONAL BANK
will draw interest from October
1st.
THREE PER CENT Interest is paid on
savings deposits and COMPOUNDED
SEMI-ANNUALLY. Funds may be with
drawn at any time without notice.
The combined capital and aurplus Is $1,400,000.00.
It Is the oldest bank in Nebraska.
Established in 1856.
United States National Bank
of Omaha, Nebraska
SC. T. Barlow, Prasldsnt.
O. W. Wattl, Vio-Frs.
V. B. CaUdwaU, Vlcc-ms.
" W. X. XhoaxUs, Caab.
Open on Saturdays
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Western Farms
Grow Cities
Battl anaat ef lands la the vjst
can") Semaod for msrehaata, fao
torlaa. towns and cltioa. Foraalgbtcd
man ar burin land bow, knowing
that a fw yaars will mean much In
cimaail valuation and f-minaa for to
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LUTES TO A LAUGH.
"Isn't that Mr. Dafflatcll thai ecftacJ
thing?"
What's his latest?" 1
"Why. he said he supposed the larty mv
ators were now selecting their fail waa&'l
Cleveland Leader.
"Women never get a good grasp1 on i
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tnina;.
"Are you a married mant"
Yes.''
"Then, for gracious sake, tell ma wTiara
your hide your loose change." Caltlmora
American.
Owner How did you come to puncturJ
the tire? ,
Chauffeur Pun over a milk bottla
Owner Didn't you see it In time? '
Chauffeur-No: the kid had It UndeJ
his coat. Town Topics. '
"Tommy. I noticed you in the front rovf
st the musical comedy last night. Hots)
did you like the show?"
"Best thing I ever seen! The drummej)
In the orchestra made twenty-seven dlfx
ferent kinds o' noises with his lnstnv
ments. I counted m!" Chicago Record
Herald.
He was out .ith his automobile.
"Looks as if we were poing to have SJ
driving rain." remarked the other person
"No," said ' the professor, "motorinaj
rain. That's a horse on you."-hlcag
Tribune.
"So your name is Tommy Johnson aoq
your mother's name Is RmlthT"
"Yes. miss; you see she married agaul
and 1 dtdn t. "-Black and White.
She If I were you, dear, I would jipS
send for that plumber again who cAm
today, lies too Inexperienced. .
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She-Yes. he did the work all right, tin
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he brought all the tools ha needed wit
him. Baltimore American.
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Lewis A. Crossett, Inc., Maker '
North Abington, Mass.
Sole Omaha Agents
Crossett Shoes
O. E. BsTrtick, Asst. Cash.
H. P. Moraman, Aast. Cash.
J. O. MoOlur, Ast. Cash.
a. H. Yatas, Asst. Cash.
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