Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1911)
16 TTTK UKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY, PRCKMnER 10, 1011. Tin: omajia Daily Dick fTiTrSi k i H vFt mnTTtsVr vva t Kit vl:'Tr"t HKSVA f tiR, Kl" '1 folt fo:K Bt ll.lINM, FAHWAM AND 17TH. K'fttereil at Omahs, ietlflre as aet-ond rlAffn matter. TKI1MS OK Kl UHCKJl'TION. Sunday Bee. one year K A Patiirday He, ont year $1 M ily Hea (without SundH)). one ynr t(l lal!y Bp anil Sunday, one year .00 liKMVEREU BY CARRIER. Kvenln Bee (with Sunday), per mo...l" I "ally He (Incliirtliia! Sunday), per mo.6fc l,aJly lire (without futnlay). Ier mo. .. 4.V; Ad. I mm all complaint or trrularltlei In delivery to Cltv 'Irrigation Lept. nnMITTANCF.H. Ttemlt by draft, expreva or poatal order, f.avaliln to The. Hen Publishing- company. Only I-'-ent Mxrop rclved In payment cf email acronnta. I'eraonal rherk. ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not rrented. f iKF;:k.P. Omaha The Hee Puildlnif. South Omahn-rxi N. .t Council niuffe. I.'i P-ott t. Ijiwnln-I.ittie Hollillnn. 'blrR IMS Mr.iicue Itnll.iine. KaliM) f'itv Reliance HulldlnaA New Yotk-34 Went Thirty-third. Waahlngton-TS fourteenth Ht. X. W. f'omniunical Inna relating to new and editorial matter Fhould he addreoaed Dmr.ha TW. Kdltorlai Ieprtment. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 50,573 Mate of Kehraftka, County of Totila. : Dwlifht William, circulation manager f the Reo PuhllRhlna; company, being duly aworn, aays th3t the average dally circulation, lean apoiied. unuaed end re turned eoplea, for th month of Novem ber, mi, u yy.m. DWIGTtT WIM.tAHId, Circulation Manager. Htihcrllel In my presence and aworn to before ma thl Cth day of Decern her, 1911. (Seal) ltOHKKT IIL'NTKH, Notary Public. Pabeerlbere leawlna; the elly temporarily ahonld have The Bee mailed is them. Addreaa will tn (aaagei oftest as requested. The rarVajre trust does not be lieve. In a parcels post. T. Fortune's Ryan's parents must have been Inspired when they named him. Also, you will make a big hit with the girl at the counter by Shopping now. The Carnegie twenty greatest men does not include any builder of the Panama canal. The Express trust still holds onto its lead pipe, though, for some mys terious reason. Gene Debs has not been talking much for publication, outside of Glrard, Kan., of late. The McNamara trial, as far at it went, cost Los Angeles county more than $142,000. What if It had been duly completed?' r That : Texan named Shoot who married a widow upon ten minutes' acquaintance, must bo of. the hair trigger caliber." 11 Nebraska is getting its full share of advertising out of the McNamara esse, but could Just as well get along without the publicity. A deadly pall of silence seems to liavo fallen over those conservation ists since Secretary KUher made his report. Speak up, gents. The sheep men are surely having ft good time in Omaha. They have learned by added experience that Omaha hospitality is of the real sort. ; The St. Louis jury (hat Is now on Strike bids fair to establish a pre cedent in Judicial procedure, but the Judge w 111 .still, have the last word. j In a ' card . game at Newport re cently,, gentlemenpulled their guns, which shows 'that the new east 'has not passed, even if the old went has. ' Before Kngtand faints over Italy's harsh Invasion of Tripoli, it had bet ter' consider iPH secret agreement with Russia to chew. up little Persia. '. President Taft Jnlttated the fed eral investigation Into the case of the dynamiters, it develops, and he did it so quietly, therefore effec tively, too. Senator 'Ilalley, the logician, ar gues thut since, this couutry has pro duced snch men as Senator Koran of Idaho there is no need for it to ex ercise maternal care, over children working In factories. Wonderful. A New Gcrsey democrat writes to The Dee that the people there are not very strong for Wood row Wilson for president He will find consid erable sentiment of tho same sort throughout the country. ' Former Senator Iiurkett says that former President Roosevelt is firm in his declination not to be a presi dential candidate. But neither the former senator nor the former presi dent understand the effectiveness of Colonel Yelser's persistence. When It comes to the finish, "Teddy" will have to run either for the presidency or for seclusion. : The little row that has arisen in the socialist party at PeatrU-e will give a better understanding to the nature' of . that organization. The 'socialist mayor has been asked to iesign because, he, did not confine Lis appointments strictly to mem bers of the party, and replies to the demand thst he is no longer a mem ber of -the party. Prosperity vems to hf'-t tbeut all very much the aaiue.i , . Wool and the Wearer. President Gooding of the National AVool Growers association makes a very strong argument for his side of the tariff question. Ills comparison of wages and conditions of life In the wool Industry In the United States and In countries that furnish competition Is one of the most per tinent points. It Is entirely out of the question that sheop herding can be carried on In the I'nlted States on the basis of forf'lgn countries because of the different conditions that prevail, so for the mere matter of wages alone, the wool grower la entitled to the protection afforded by the duty on foreign wool. But the most serious point raised by Mr. Gooding Is the charge that neither the grower of the wool, nor the maker of the cloth shares In the high price that is ex torted from tho wearer of the clothes. This Is a condition for which the tariff Is In no way responsible, and no amount of legislation by con gress can have any serious effect upon It. Whether the charge to the wearer is greater than conditions Justify can only be determined by a thorough investigation into tho economic phases of the quontlon. The wool passes through many hnnds on Its wny from the sheep's back to the back of the man, and profits are taken at every step. To determine whether those profits are too high will necessitate an inquiry into every aspect of the service. The question is too much involved to per mit of an offhand answer, but the esse for the wool man could scarcely be presented with greater force than It was in Mr. Gooding's address. Department of Justice. Even from a strictly financial stand point the Department of Justice has paid this last year, as Attorney Gen eral Wlckersham shows In his annual report to congress; paid, that Is, in the simple sense of taking in more money than it paid out. It secured for the government in fines, recov ered customs and the like. $4,204, 115, and It spent in maintaining Itself and all Its aggressive . work $3,223,773, leaving a balance.,. . Dut this Is, of course, not the test of the department's efficiency; it is probably the .least important of; all considerations by which to Judge of the service it has rendered the coun try. In many respects the last year has been the most important of all yeara in the history of trust prose cution, or prosecution pf violations of the Sherman anti-trust Irw, which is coming to be the big feature of this department's work. For, while not all tho important results reached came from work initiated during the year, some did and others came from work begun during the present administration. At any rate, we may be sura that the Department of Justice under Attorney General Wlckersham; has been and still ' Is a very busy arm of the government. One thing for which the couutry has especially to thank this depart ment is the rigid enforcement of the customs laws. This Is a reform of very extensive influence and the more difficult to achieve because It bad through long years of practice become fashionable if possible to beat these; laws. In the matter of anti-trust suits the Taft administration has, up to November 1, prosecuted or begun thirty-seven, tho last one being against the United States Steel cor poration, the greatest of all ever at tempted by the government. Presi dent Roosovelt established the record of forty-four such prosecutions from September 14, 1910, to March 4, 1909, through three attorneys gen eral, Messrs. Knox, Moody and Bonaparte. Nothing like this had ever been done up to this time. September 14, 1901. to March 4, attorneys general. Messrs. McKenna, Griggs and Knox, started three prosecutions from March 4, 1897, to September 14, 1901. This shows, as compared with tho Roosevelt and Tart records, the evolution sudl growth of public sentiment with ref erence to trust regulation. President Cleveland (started eight suits in his second term, through Attorneys General Olney and Harmon, and President Harrison's attorney gen eral, Mr. Miller, started seven. Riotous Gotham. New York provluclallsm vill out. It will have its say In Maxlne Elliott's theater. Carnegie hall or upon the public thoroughfares dur ing a garbage haulers' strike, it does not matter which. The time, the place aud the occasion have appar ently little, to do with It. except pos sibly, to define the personnel. Racial resentment was charged with the demonstrations against "The Plsy boy of the WesternWorld." but that does not explain the riot that broke up the world peace assemblage la Carnegie hall. It Is probably the one place in the I'nlted States where An drew Carnegie would bb denied the courtesy or making a public address according to arrangement. And oth ers cs distinguished as Mr. Carnegie endured the same treatment. The bedlam was such as to necessitate an abrupt adjournment by the chairman. Joseph II. Choate, former ambassa dor to the court of SU Janus, before Mr. Carnegie and others could speak. Evidently the subject of world peace has a grating sound to the tar of some New, Yoikers. Tutlr rlotlug gave a groat setting to the plar. Was it Just a mob thnt turned the hull Into pandemonium and broke up a gathering led by men of International eminence? . Mobs do not ordinarily gather at Carnegie hall, any more than at Maxlne Klllott's theater, though. Tho provincial's last re course Is violence. Canal Tolls. It Is generally agreed that the commercial success of the Panama canal to this country at large de pends chiefly upon what the tolls are. They mimt be low enough to ef fect by competitive influence trans portation on land and give the ship per the relief he deserves. John Barrett, director general of the Pan American union, declares that these tolls should be fixed at the lowest possible figure aud that they can not be made too low. If they are fixed ot $1.30 a ton, as Is being agitated by certain Interests, he de clares they may effect a decrease annually of $7!,000,000 to the com merco of this nation, whereas if 50 cents a ton is the figure, he Bays It will mean to the city of Philadelphia alone In tho next three or four years an Increase in export trade of $20,- 000,000. Mr. Barrett makes the unpleasant assertion that: There In an apathctln condition In conBrrJn, prompted, I believe, by power ful Influencru, to make the tolls aa hlKh sa poHKlblfl, wlills the, general eentlment of the country la to have the tolls fixed at a figure which will make poaxlble aucccanful competition In trnnaportlng the commerce of the nation. But the popular idea now seems to be that these tolls should be fixed, not by congress, but by the presi dent; that this Is an administrative problem. Emory R. Johnson, a stu dent of the situation, insists upon this plan. In a recent discussion of the subject he said: Undoubtedly congress will ( this winter Include In Its canal leglalatlon a grant of authority to the president to decide what the tolls shall be and to. make such changes In them from time to time as may bo Jimtifled by the volume of traffic snd the amount of revenue obtained from the canal. Congress, therefore, whll it may not make the tolls, has the power to deflno tho authority for making them. It Is to bo hoped that Mr. Barrett has misinterpreted the tem per of congress on this subject, for It would be extremely unfortunate not to give this matter the most earnest consideration, and that, too, at the earliest possible date, for the fjxlng of tolls must bo done far enough ahead of the opening of the canal to enable shipping companies to adjust their affairs to the sched ules. I ' - President Woodbury's latest offer to the Water board ought to open the way to immediate construction of the additional supply main and extension of service throughout the city. It is by far the most liberal offer yet made, as it not only recog nises the fact that the city will soon come into permanent ownership of the water plant, but gives the Water board the choice of putting In the mains at its own expense or requir ing the company to do so, the cost to be added to the purchase price. Unless some unforeseen obstacle Is Imposed, the work on this improve ment should shortly be under way. SBSBSSBSBBaSBSSSSBSSBMBSaSSBasSBBBSSBBS From the lofty height where he sits alone, Socialist Berger takes a sweeping view of the proceedings In the house, and hit tho bull's-eye squarely when he told the democrats they were after votes, and not trying to do any permanent good by their precipitate actlon.v A half-baked Pension bill, the Sulzer resolution and similar proceedings, furnish bait for thoughtless voters and are not intended as serious acts of legis lation. The haste with which congress Is proceeding In the matter of abro gating the Ruhslan treaty seems more political than practical. Nothing would havo been lost by waiting for the communication the president promised after the holiday recess, but the democrats are bound to get all tho campaign material obtainable In the present session. Emperor William's three K's re ceived a severe jolt at the meeting where a resolution to prevent com pulsory military service for women was Introduced. If her sphere Is to be extended beyond "kinder, kirch si hen und kuchen" . lovely woman might as well serve In the army If sbo wants to. Tho "original Bryan paper" re cently said of Governor Wijson that "As an orator and rhetorician the brilliant governor of New Jersey is well qualified to Wear the mantle of Mr. Bryan." And It begins to look as If he were fitting himself for Mr. Bryan's hoodoo, also. Put Nfcota at the Hot,. New York World. Tho army, according to the secretary of ur, la wholly unprepared for anything ave peace. An the ocnato la unprepared to help peace slung. Mar llrauta fur Kalrvlew. HI. I.ouia UlolM-iiiiocrat. It miwt grfatlfy the aoul of the peerless luader lit Nebraska to find that In a newspaper poll of thouaands of Ohio democrat aa to their choice of presiden tial canclt, Ultra, a per cent were for him and only a per cent for Harmon. This victory over Harmon in hi OHn tale i a star la a UwuJy uiUl ut XiutyU EookincfBackvvanl lhisDav in Omaha r COMPILED I HOM BF.E PILES 2 DM'. 10. "L Thirty Years Ago- Mr. and Mr. Oeorgs C. ls-U were the victim of a' Hiirprise . party by a number of their friend on North Eigh teenth atreet. Among thoee pronent were Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Bailey, Mr. and Mr. II. K. Harnham. Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mm. William Brown, Mr. anJ Mrs. M. Klllott. Mr. and Mrs. .Bates, Mr. and Mrs.' II. A. Jlaekell, Mrs. I. T. Haekell, Mr. V. Aainim, Mlas Katie Enl ley. Mien Mamie Hodges, Miss Ines Has kell. Fiank Patrick. Frank Jlallfly, Wil liam Troughton, H. Small, William Tiset, George IlHlley and Charles KVet. Governor ,t. John of Kansas lectured at the First Methodist Episcopal church on temperance, the edifice being- only comfortably filled. "The lecturer Is a man of medium atattite, nervous arid of wiry constitution and very preposing in hla manner." The Ieiivltt Gurgnntean minstrels ap peared at Boyd's. The piece de resistance was :i burlesque on Hocasi la. A surprise parly swooped down on A. rtosenberry, tho contractor and builder, on the ocraelon of hla thirty-seventh birthday, tho crowd being made up of hla employes and friends, who presented him with a coffee set. The doners were M. S. MartlnovlU'h, C. O. Tullln, W. Con lln, Ira Pritchard, It. Thomas, P. Sperl ing, Foster & Gray, Chicago Lumber com pany, A. 1 Strang, I. Koalmsh, K. Front, A. Htohl, A. Malberg, A. Jansen, E. Hlx, K. Hollenhcrk, C. Hatbeln, J. Kendall, J. Loftus, H.NIcli and A. Swanaon. The new Ilohemlan theater recently built In Kessler's garden on South Thir teenth street cost I3.M0. Tho auditorium has a high arched celling, and seats 400 people. Mr. B. Lehman has purchased the prop erty on'the southwest comer of Twelfth and Douglas, formerly owned by H. Latey and now occupied by a drug atore. II intends to remodel It and fit It up aa a Jewelry atore. The grand Jury for two weeks Investi gating the Smith murder adjourned with out any action In the matter. The chllds' hospital for the care of sick and Indigent children was formally opened this afternoon and evening. Bis ter Sarah is in charge. J. If. Wells formerly of Detroit, has been made assistant manager of the Omaha office of 1L G. Dun & Co. Twenty Years Ago Mrs. Klisabrth Staley, wife, of J. F. StaJoy, died at their home, 116 North Twenty-U1! street. after an Illness of Olie -VeaJ. A hllhrwl an A ml v surd her as well' as two sisters," Mrs. r..C". rttuner and Mrs. John QuIU. - . II. W. Baxter, division aunerlntnndent of tho Union Pacific at Cheyenne, was it tho Fax to a. O. 1 Williams. A. Delonir. Thnm.ia Itnl- lock and J. A. West of Fremont, left Omaha for a hunting camialgn hi Texas and Arkansas. Marriage licenses were Issued to these couples i .Thomas W. IJndley, 23. and Flora M. (Jarlln. 23: Don . Tata . 7B ,( Hulda Green, 10; W. 'August Plel,' 21, and! ..miun. ivueane, ai; rea llulie, 24, and ICmma Edlnger, 23. ' Dick Moore, the pugilist, who was put to sleep sometime previous bv Tm Knlmit at South Omaha, was again knocked out. mis time by, Judga Helsley. who aent a thirty-day sentence' at him straight from the shoulder. Clinton K. Dixon was fining imiu. n the federal court before Judge Dundy of murdor In the first degree tor the killing of Corporal Carter of the United Hi.. army. Dixon was a trumpeter and both were members of tho Sixth cavalry ata iloned at Fort Niobrara. Tho murder was the culmination of a bitter feeling wuicn arose wnesi Carter drove certain women with whom Dixon had been in timate away from the fort. District Attorney Uaker pleaded for the limit ot the law In the sentence. Fire broke out on tho fnurlh the Paxton hotel and did a few hundred dollars of damage before overcome. Ten Years Ago "The Omaha Hoots smile at the lowering mercury and the thlckeninr i. e,. makes curling good. "Noo, break me an ss on tnot, shouts James C. Lindaay, aa he surveyed the congealod body of water, the lake. "Mori, mon. but that's a bargain! Poop er sp! Hoot, mon!" Kuward Roaewater addressed the Young Men's club of the First ivh urch on "The Machine in Politic" at the home of the pastor, He v. U, li. Jenka. Mrs. James F. Weart of Cherokee. Ia., was the guest of hor sister Mrs. Harry t curl . The election contest ca ,f r,'ri Unltt agulnht Harry Miller was con tlnued in the county court until the Jan uary termi Women Interested In the nrolei t to .-,., a building for woman's DhUicnthn.i.L.. such as tho Young Women's Christian uJ- aoaation, aent a delegation-Mrs. George Tllden, Mn, W. F. Harford and Mra, Kmma t Jtyers to the Ministerial union to present the plans and the mlnur. gave hearty endorsement to them, pledg ing ineir moral support. Mrs. Charlton entertained the Slx Handcd Euchro club, Mrs. Funkhouser, Mrs. lYltchett and Mrs. Ltndsev helnJ awarded the prizes. Airs. C. K. llunnester, Jr., left for Chi cago to spend the holidays with her mother. Prof. Richard T. EIv. bead nt th. rt- partment of economics of the University or vwsronsln, was the guest of Victor Roaewater, formerly one of his students at Johns Hopkins. People Talked About Mrs. Hetty Green remarks that Ameri cans are money mad. A contented plutess with millions to command can afford the philosophic poae. James F. Greek makes the eighth sky scraper suicide recorded In Chicago. Greek leaped Into Into the well of Ma sonic temple from the nineteenth floor, snd mudo a mesa of the cigar stand on the ground floor. The temple and the Chamber of Commerce building each has a score of four leaps to death. Chester O. French nent Into a Seattle barber shop to be shaved and found Mitts Florence Tarbell's chair vacant. When she had shaved blm he said It was the beat shave he ever had and asked her to shave him tor life. Bhe said she couldn't take a dare and they were married In the shop. i Next! ' Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany, whiua recent oppoakien to'the chancellor In the Keichetag ao excited his father's wrath. Is, a fervid admirer of NaiHileon, and hla study la filled with relics of his country's conqueror. Includ ing medallions and busts repteaeuilug tiUU.&l Y&XluLU. SfiUl In Other Lands Side Mghre oa What Is Transpiring- Among the .Mear anal Far Nations of the Earth. lOvrata la China. For the first time since the Manchu conquest of China, nearly 3K) years ago. the abdication of Prince Chun places a Chinese on equal terms with a Manchu in exercising Imperial power. .Vhl-H:tu Is a Manchu, Hsu Slil Chang a'C'hinese. For the moment both are the custodians of the rlglOs of the throne. Hut as events are moving rapidly in the Celestial em pire these clays. It Is useless to speculate on what the twin rulers will do or what will happen to them. The Imposing fact In the progress of events there Is the re tirement of Prince Chun, whose regency was stormy from the first. Ho tried to bold a middle ground, which pleased neither the Manchu reactionarales nor the native progressives. Ho has handled the existing crisis with perhaps something less than Ms old-time vlKor, and recent reports hHe hinted that bis mind was weakening. Prince Chun la tho father ot tbe Infant Emperor Pu-YI, w ho was born In February, 1906, and succeeded his uncle, the late Vmperor Kwang-Su, In November, I'm. After Kwang-Su and the mnch more Influential Empress Dowager Tsi-An died, within a few days of each other. Prince Chun, In the resulting con tusion, proved to be the most competent and clearest headed of the Manchu princes and became the ruler of the em pire. Is Tripoli a t.old llrlckf" The National Geographic Magazine ot Washington, D. C, adds weight to opin ions expressed abroad that Italy in tak ing over Tripoli, annexes a gold brick. Italian political writers who picture the region aa one of surpassing prospects draw the rainbow colors from - ancient accounts of the great nesa of Trlpolltanta under Roman rule, but modern explorers Intimate that ancient writers frequently exaggerated. "The only scientific Inves tigation of tho resources ot the soil," saya the Washington authority, "we owe to a commission sent out to Cyrenalca by the Jewish Territorial organisation to examine the territory proposed for the purpose of a Jewish settlement Prof. J. W. Gregory, the head of 'that expedition, came to the conclusion that the general reports ot the former wealth, dense popu lation and exceptional fertility of Cyre nalca have been exaggerated. Although the soil Is excellent. It is patchy, and the country is better suited for pastoral than for agricultural occupation. Owing to the scarcity of water, the country could ; never have supported.; and never will'support, a dense population. Storage of water presents difficulties, owing to the porosity of the soil." With slight modification the same conclusion applies to Tripoli, which has never been exam ined scientifically. "Italy's sanguine proKpects of mineral and agricultural wealth are bnsed on no solid grounds," concludes the magazine. , Troubles of Infant Hepnblle. , -, Portuguese, charmed by the lute ot politicians before and after the'' over throw of the monarchy, are beginning to realize that progress and prosperity de pends not upon political laws and prom ises, but upon Individual Industry. The change of government brought prosperity to new officeholders, but the multitude had to be content with promises. As a means of satisfying an appetite prom ises are not rated high In Portugal and tho tiatlves set up a rear that was heard In Lisbon and caused the downfall of the Chazaa ministry. But the republican factions In the new congress, realising the risk of a division with a monarchlal menace along the border, hurriedly got together and pledged united support of the new Vasconuellas ministry. The dec laration of the policies of the ministry won a vote of confidence In the congress. The program promised that the govern ment would carry out a radically anti clerical policy as regards sects. Laws relative to tbe electoral system, defining ministerial responsibility aud reorganiz ing the Judiciary would be Introduced, It said; reports on the national finances would be laid before the congress without reservation; the navy would be improved; the relations ot the working class with the employers would be the subject of consideration and the colonial organiza tion and the budgets would be subjects of serious revision. Japan Wants Peace. Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of the Stanford university, recently caie back from a tour of Japan, and Corea. In Japan he addressed alxty-four gatherings, talked with numerous officials, asked questions and kept his eyes and icars In action during a tour of six weeks. Ills opinions on Japan as a war menace should cany weight with Americana who are not hopelessly Ilobsonised. "In re gard to Japan," said Dr. Jordan In a New York .Interview, "1 found the attitude ot the. people very much the same as here or In France, except that Japan haa lately had a hard war and the people realise the strain produced aud left by war as no other tuition doea. True, they achieved victory, but that lias not made their bur den any less. Taxation Is very heavy. The total estimated value of property is !7,OuO,ooo.U"U and the taxes amount to about JltiO.OOO.U), of wnlch the Interest on the-wsr debt amounts to VT,0(A,QoQ. There is a very high Income tax; the govern incut ha monopolies on salt, tobacco and camphor, -and owns the railways and be sides there Is a wry high protective tariff. This last tends to Interfere with rather than beteflt the Japanese manu facturers, for the reason that It makes dlftlcur. the muklng of goods for the Chinese market, w.llcti demands cheap ness. The talonjft ministry, which went in last suntmer pledged to greater econ omies that the Katsura eople were and has cut down the military and naval esti mate, which makes Japan the first coun try In the world in which such expendi tures have had any real check." Aaatrnlta'a Defense System. The defetise system for Australia planned by General Lord Kitchener as rewards the land force and fir Reginald Henderson as regards the iravy, has been fairly launched throughout the common wealth. In the budget proposed by Irlme Minister Fisher at Melbourne last month a total outlay ot t.'.916.0u0 Is proposed for military and naval purposes. Including tl.0U0,M) to be tid to the Imperial gov ernment under the naval agreement and IT.iTj.UOO toward the construction of the Australian fleet unit. Altogether youths between the ages of 11 and li years have been registered as liable for the military service. Of these 1U2.1IH have been examined and tG.TT passed as medi cally fit. At the end of September 87, M lads were actually under military training. EaUi'jejir.li3 XSWJUU Are to. fcs .dVtsd into the naval reserre. There was no difficulty in obtaining the necessary num ber of volunteers. The naval srrvlre la proving unexpectedly popular In Aus tralia. Wben the time comes to man the Australian until of the Imperial fleet no dlfflcultyis expected In getting the neces sary number ot bluejackets from the ex isting naval reserve and corps of naval cadets. STATE PRESS COMMENT. Geneva Signal: The newspaper men of the state are mighty sorry about the Lincoln Journal poet's lamo leg, but it la better that the leg should limp than the verBe. Phlebitis may lay Vr. Blxby low, but nothing ever puts a limp Into his verse, Blue Springs Sentinel: Why la not Ne braska on the governor's train? It sterna to have lost out on a good advertising proposition. Bloomlngton Advocate: The contract for tho building of the agricultural collcKe building has been let to an Omaha firm for t:,VM. This Is but the beginning of another trM upon the public treasury. Kearney Hub: Governor Aldrich's criti cism of the fee system of the state uni versity appears to be. In the main, very much to the point. The university should be tho poor boy's school. Tho cost of an education there should be carefully held down. Falling to do this the normal schools will draw many of the best younir men of the state. Our entire educational system comprising the public schools, the noimal schools and the university should bo "common" In the true sense and pro vide all possible encouragement for the ambitions young man and woman with little means to avail themselves of the best that education affords. York Times: There Is not a criminal case, on the docket of the district court this term. This has hnrpened so many times that It seems to be a habit with York people not to go wrong. Beatrice Express: The Icpal advisers of Omaha voters have decided that "vote for seven" will be the advice on the pri mary ballots for the election of city com missioners next spring, similarly, Bea trice voters will voto but for three at the primary, thought the six highest at the primary will be placed on the regular ballot. To tho. casual observer this has seemed the only possiblo way, but cer tain parties in Omaha woto of the opin ion that the primary voter had a right to vote for fourteen, even though but seven could be elected at the regrular elec tion. Nolhlna Small About I'nclo Sum, Chicago Inter Ocean. ' Estimates for running tho government for the next fiscal year, as submitted to congress Monday, contemplate a saving of over 11,000,000 as compared with 1!U1-1!I2. Still, the estimates total r745.fW4.4:.3. There Is , nothing small a bout Uncle Sam's housekeeping. fortable in your home, no matter what the weather without The Perfection gives a strong, widespread heat, and gives it quickly. It is always ready for use and burns nine hours on a single filling no more trouble than a lamp. It can be carried anywhere ; no pipes, no wires, no flues; no smoke, odor or dirt The healer that give complete laliJactjoa. -This year's Perfect oe is nouhed ia either blue enamel or plain ttael : nickel tritatninn; light snd ornamental, yet strong and durable as can be made. AH parts catily cleaned. Automatic-locking Same apreader prevents smoking. Dealer, verywber s erwriutsaay aafacyof (a Standard Oil Company ( Incorporated ) F Yoli'll Find the Finest Gifts Always at Peacock's For a wide choice and an up-to-date stock of really fine jewelry and silverware you must buy at a large store which draws its trade from every part of the world and can therefore always show the freshest and latest ideas in greatest variety. The Peacock establishment has the reputation of being one of the largest jewelry stores in America carrying as fine and large a stock at is shown anywhere. The Peacock prices are equally famous for mod erateness and every article is backed by guarantee. You must be satisfied or no tale. Those desiring to give something extra fine foe Christina or other gift should wiita today foe the 1911-12 Peacock Illustrated Shoppet s Guide oi 224 page postpaid on request. C. D. PEACOCK (Established in 1837) DIAMOND. PEARL. RUBY. MASTERCRAfTSMEN y. tk STATE AND ' ADAMS GUARANTEE FOND LIFE ASSOCIATION OUGAMZKI) JAVVAHV 2. 10O2. 1't KK A'AtO x fcCI lO.N IS St UAA CK Assets, October 1, Atfll- . . . $51,641.70 Ucierve KiutU, October I, lit 1 1 '. . w. . 408.72fl.43 becurities wlUt btata Ifeparuueut October 1, 1011. 202,550.00 . . (To Becore Ooc Xnauraaoe Coatract.) Rat per thousand, age &i (other ages in iioportion), 98.73 Depository liauks appointed KMU. XdcsnseS ta California. Indiana, Sows, Sanaa. Woman, Vabraaka. Vorta Dakota, Or.foa, South Dakota, Idbo, Washiarton? j Wyonuar. and Breoartaf to enter nilaol and Mlchlcaa aiss capable el ptxxiueiajr in bee claaa of buaiaeas waated as atat Kaaagats X.OOB, Vr Hone Office: Brandcis Telephone Douglas 7021. CHEERY CHAFF. "Is vour fair frlond x1risr to stsy on St Vassar for an M. A ?" "No, 1 have persuaded her to take an M-r-s. elsewhere." Yale Record. "I notice." said t'ncle Ebon, "dat In foot ball, same as In a lot o' things, rt blKcst celebratln' Is done bv folks dal wasn't takln' no active part 1n de game.'' Washington Star. , "When I railed on Miss Mavme ths other evening I found her sweet, gentle, refined girl. h everyone thinks her yes, actually catiRht her In the act of smok ing. "Mow shocking!'' "Ves, her dress had caught fire." Bal timore American. TrrllaHe man at other end of phono line Hello, hello! what's the matter with you? Are you forty-seven? Angry spinster, at this end No. I'm not, who safil 1 a.? I'm only thirtv-three. Irritable Man Oh, ring off. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tho rebellions ntiKrU had Just been cast out of heaven, in tho swift downward flight Lucifer overtook lieezlebiib. ' What's troubling you. iJwh?" he called. "An old problem," answered the future foul fiend, between some rsAults. "Where, are we going li.is fall '.' " Lapplncott's Magazine. "Dishere Santy CiauK is s'posed to go around in a sleigh or sumpin' on Christ mas eve, ain't he? ' said lickaniny Jim. "Yass indeed, an' bring presents to ev erybody." "1's hern lookln' foh dem presents ev ery winter. It looks to me like he was puttln' in his time Jes' Joy-rldin." Wash ington Star. "My wife is very strict on vertical eti quet." 'Vertical etlqnet! What do you mean?'' "Why, In an elevator with her she In n'Kts on my removing my hat, but on a train or a street car Bho doesn't." Bal timuro American. Ted T bop; yon gave your girl a Christ mas present that will cause her to Ion remember you. Ned -I don't know about that; but It's a constant reminder to me, for I bought it on tho Installment plan. Judge. A PROMISIKG YOUTH. Harper's Weekly. I didn't think much of that kid of mine l.'ntil Fourth of July came along. I loved tho lad with a love divine. And he'd filled all our hearts with song; But I didn't believe lie d amount to much, He seemed so slow and sedate He appeared to me to be lacking the touch That goes with tho truly great. But Fourth of July with Its boom and blare First changed nil that outlook bleak. And 1 sort of felt there was genius there For reaching some pinnacled peak; For he suddenly popped from hla quiet shell, Straight out of Its confines dire, And seemed in a Hash to give promise of well. Of setting tho world on fire! And later on, when the Christmas chime Was making the world elate, It seemed to me If we gave him tlmo He'd rank with the wondrous great. For I tried to sleep for an hour or two On a nlco little divan curled. And then in another flash I knew He'd make a bin noise In the world! :ntial to Comfort Warmth Is essential to com fort As you grow older, it Is hardly less essential to healthy Get a Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater, and you keen warm and com EMERALD MERCHANTS .-4 PRtCIOUS METALS. ETC: STREETS. CHICAGO QUI KJSCOKB. Building, Omaha. Neb J )