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4 TIIE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912. Tke Omaha Daily bee. l ul XUliD BY BLiWARUROSBWATaW. K'TUH KO.-'KWATKR, KUl'l'OR. UKR BUILDING, FARNAM ANU-HTri Kntered at Oraalia tostofflce as seconu- clats matter. TvtlVfJ 111' BI-BSOPI PT Il"N. Sunday B-e, on year Saturday Bee, one year JJ-w 3 'ally Bee (without Sunday), one year.H w Daiiy Bee. and Sunday, one yr......6.W DELIVKRED BY CARRIER Evening and Sunday, per montn........c Kvenlns; without Sunday, per month.. &c Dally Be (including Sunday , per mo.. toe Daily Bee (without Sunday), per mo...4jc Address all complaints or irregularities in delivery to City Circulation DPt REMITTANCES. " Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing pompany. Only 2-cent stamps received in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. , OFFICES. Omaha The Bee building. gouth. Omaha-2318 N St Council Bluffs 14 No. Main St Mncoln-M little building. Chicago 1041 Marquette building. t.- r,,,.- p.iianM hulldlnr. New York 34 Went Twenty-third. St. Louis 448 Pierce building. Washington T25 Fourteenth ht. N. w. i -i tn nikva and tlorial matter should be addreasea Clmaha Bee, Editorial Department SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION. 50,154 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, s. Dwight Williams, circulation managjr of The Bee Publishing company, being duW sworn, says that the av erage dally circulation for the month of fPtmber. iS waiVlM. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, . as Circulat0n Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this J (Seal.) " Notarjr Iub"e Snbacrlber Iavlna; tb cltr temporarily .Uoutd kT The lie mailed to them. Addre will b changed a often a ra ti nested, j A banquet smile is the kind that come off. Thanksgiving Is coming, but ap- parentlr not for Turkey. Wonder whether those blonde Es kimos knov old Doc Cook. Turkey warns the great powers to 'keep hands off." Get the axe. Nothing prevents a man from tak ing straw votes If he persists in it, Anyway if the Omaha Greek regi ment reaches the firing line it will How can any man with a better half imagine that he is the whole thing? -i , , Governor Deneen is letting some of the Chicago convention secrets out of the bag. : Observe that that young Boston pitcher named Wood is not pat" way in his head. - . To say the least, those Wyoming convicts seem not to appreciate Tttnd and benevolent treatment",' " 'I ' Do please' help out the colonel's coin collector so they will tot have to go to Perkins so often. It is pleasing to note that Gover nor Wilson no longer insists on Mr, Bryan being kicked into a cocked hat :'" v! .-Y ' These must be happy days tor the vuuingv UUU U1WOU Vltw vv w av vigorously supporting ; Governor , Deneen. " ' ' . '? Paraphrasing a scriptural state ment, the third-term candidate would say, "All men who" are not for me :are liars.' -"'' V :v'-.;: t It'egistratlon in Oman and South Omaha Is still unusually light. Sat uday, ' October 26, will be the last 'chance to get on the registration list . When Denver, persuades Omaha to let her have our Ak-Sar-Bea floats, and then advertises them as coming direct from, New York,, it is sort of nibbing" u.'in.: . 1 -. In Nebraska the theft by the bull moosers of. the six places on the re-' publican" ticket belonging to 'Taft electors make the colonel the receiver of stolen goods. ;' ;."-.; u ':. :' Several distinguished space writers have donated their services to boost for the- third-term candidate, and after reading some of their donations you will not wonder. , Hereafter when ' Collier's calls Hearst a prevaricator one will be inclined to hark back to the Arch bold letters' episode, and demand corroborative testimony. Tbe bill board nuisance Is spread ing in Omaha, whereas in every other up-to-date city it fis being restricted find curtailed. What are our city authorities going .to do about it? Judge Parker disclosed all this the senate committee, is learning eight years ago, which suggests that the judge must , have had , a mighty straight pipe line into the reservoir, After reading accounts of the mutiny in the Wyoming penitentiary, Nebraska can look back at Its trouble In its own state prison with the con soling thought that "it might have been worse." : The new legislative apportionment is this' year, effective for the first time. ; Douglas county will choose fivcv senators and twelve representa tives Instead of three etate senators and nine" representatives as hereto Taking Liberties with the Ballot According to reports from' Lincoln the secretary of state proposes, In making up the official ballot, to add the word "republican" to the desig nation of the petition candidates for presidential elector, and also of the two "progressive" candidates for presidential elector who do not even pretend to be running as republicans. While from our standpoint this might be a highly desirable arrangement, it is directly contrary to the law, as we read it, which says such candidates shall have no other designation than "by petition." There is no more warrant of law for the secretary of state to put the word "republican" opposite the names of the petition candidates for elector than for him to put "repub lican" opposite the petition candi date for .United States senator. There is no more warranfof law for the secretary of state to label petition ' candidates ' "republican" than for him to distinguish them as "white" or "black," "American" or "foreign born," "Methodist" or "Presbyterian," "wet" or "dry." There is no more warrant of law for the secretary of state to label petition candidates "republican" than for the city clerk In our last municipal election to label candidates for commissioners "Citizens Union" or "On the Square." The proposal to give the designa tion "republican" to two "progres sives' is also equally without war rant of law. ' Our primary and election laws are presumably intended to mean what they say, but the secretary of state seems to go on the theory that he Is free to ignore them or to read them any way he pleases. UP Butter and Bread. . . ' Much is being said about the, new extra charge many restaurants have decided to make for butter and bread heretofore served with meals. But ter and bread form the staff of life, and if they have been given away it must have been in free soup houses or some kind of eleemosynary insti tutions. It certainly has not been given away free of cost by the gen eral run of cafes, restaurants and hotels. Where bread and butter has not appeared on bills of fare at a stated price, We may rest assured that due provision has been made, for them otherwise and that the omis sion was not an oversight on the part Of ye genial host. , The sooner that patrons of the cafes and res taurants realize that, the ' easier it bay be for them to appreciate how easy it was to work this apparently new plan of attaching a price to these formerly . supposed gratuities. It simply, means another gentle boost in the cost of Mvlng to the 'diner out, . , ,, ' ,..?. .. ' , .' -r y. i College Fraternities ' ; In fourteen years college fraterni ties have multiplied to the number of 2,500 active chapters with an ag gregate membership of 3 89,0,00. They own buildings' and ground val ued at 115,000,000. The college fraternity, then,, becomes a very' po tential Institution. It cannot be put aside for secondary .consideration. What is its influence upon' educa tion, upon the young men and women who belong to It, upon those who do not, or for pecuniary or other reasons cannot? Any Such organi zation wiih a membership approach ing the 600,000 mark so intimately allied with higher education must have a great power for good. The unfortunate fact is, though, accord ing to the emphatic declarations of some of the leading educators of the country, heads of large institutions, that the fraternity is not exercising a great power for good, but for ill; lowering , standards ol ! j scholarship and, in too. many cases,', diverting moral tendencies.: Kf , 'But it seems the educators have let this ; influence steal upon them unawares. It would, have been; less Beriou? as a problem before it be came so ' securely intrenched. Now it defies all but the' sturdiest hand. 1. m l 1 oKinoDaciwara DiuDiW inOmnlia r COMPU&D OM BfcE PIU- OCT. 15. Thirty Years Ak Rev. J. W. Smith, pastor of the Pres byterian tabernacle of San Francisco, on his way to New York, and stopping in Omatfa over Sabbath, was induced to speak to young men at the opera house. Dross earnings of the Union Pacific railway for the last month were 2,M.1I2. as against $3,84-4,367 for September of last year. .' . ' J. D. Skene of the Burlington auditor" office, has resigned to accept a position In Boston, where he will engage in the tea trade. . " A lively blaze called out the fire de partment to a row of small houses be longing to Byron Reed on the west side of the gas works. At the synod meeting Rev. H. A. Mc Lean gave the number of colored people in the United States at 6,187,009, or nearly one-eighth of the population. Beginning Tuesday, woman suffrage meetings are to be held every evening in different parts of the city addressed by Mrs. Hlnman and other speakers. As an aftermath of the Woman's For eign society convention, Mrs. Nlnde, the president, preached at the FJrst Methodist Episcopal church, and tn . the Sunday school Mrs. G. W. Powell In her oriental dress, Interested the children. - Twenty Years Ago E. J, Halner of Aurora, republican nomi nee for congress in the Fourth district, KPent the day in the city. .the populists put out this ticket at their city commission: For councllmen: lease Hascall, P. P. Smith, Richard Bur dleh, Charily Goodrich, Henry Ostrom, Hugh Stockman, uar.tei Burr, J. H. Hun gate, Churchill Parker; board of educa tion; John F. Conte, John Qulnn. George W. Brewster, John Williams and Joseph Shields. Simon P. Gamble, a timekeeper for the Omaha Sreet Railway company, was badly hitrt In a collision between a street car on which he was riding, and a horse nd buggy, Much agitation was stirred over the fact that publio school children were to ob serve Columbus day on October 30, in stead of October 21, the day to be cele brated In the Catholic schools. It was ald that the shift in dates was due to the A. P. A.'s in the, school board. W. It Roberson, local manager for R. G. Dun's, said trade prospects and con ditions in the Omaha territory were ex cellent , ':'. ' . Ten Years Ago The grand lodge of Knights of Fythlaa of the state elected those officers at Its annual gathering: Frank J. Kelley, Lin coln, grand chancellor; James R. Stine, Omaha, grand vice chancellor! E. C. Cross, Miller, grand prelate; F. , A. Thompson, Crawford, grand master-at-arms; W. H. Ingles, Harrlsburg, grand inner guard: Frank Clements, Eagle, grand outer guard; W. K, Rosenkrans, Elmwoood, grand lodge trustee for three years and these re-elected: John B. Wright Lincoln, grand master of the ex chequer; Will H. Love, Lincoln, grand kepr of the records and seal. .. George Sylvester, 8335 Ames ayenue, died at the age ot S3 years from, a gen eral physical collapse. He had conie .to Omaha directly from London,. England, in 1861, and , resided here continuously. He was prominently connected with the local meat Industry and for years conducted a markot at 1214 Farnam street He left one daughter, Mrs. Sprague. of T-amonl. la.; and four, sons, Georpe Sylvester. of Chicago, Isaac, John and b. Sylvester of Omaha. ) V; . , ;.; A westbound Farjiam street car bumped into a small wagon, driven by IX A. Lin hart at Twenty-ninth street and threw Mr. Llnhart and a boy with greut force upon the ground,, hurting the former badly.' He was taken to the home of his daughter, $14 South Thirty-seventh street. The first meeting Incident to the Chris tian church convention was held at .the coliseum. It was a prohibition rally. C. W. Bowles of Alma, presided and was the chief speaker. He denounced high license, local option and other restrictive methods of conquering Demon Il'im and came out forcefully for unadulterated prohibition, declaring It to be the only position tor the church to take if It were not to com promise with sin. People Talked About A Testimonial Worth Having, f Answering "questions propounded to him as a witness before the senate investigating committee, Charles P. Taft, the president's brother, in formed his interrogators that for the campaign of 1808 he had given Chair man Frank H. Hitchcock of the re publican national committee. $271, 917,40, of which Mr. Hitchcock re- turned $150,000 which It had not been necessary to spend.- Mr. Taft explained his readiness to make his contribution 4 iarge enough to meet all reasonable requirements in order to save 'the president from embar rassing obligations to large financial Interests, and added: I gave the money, and 1 wan vrv pleasantly surprised when Mr. Hitchcock returned so much of it " ; This unsolicited.; testimonial to Chairman Hitchcock deserves to be inscribed In large letters on the pages of history. It Is possible, but not probable, that there may have been other similar cases, but thiB Is the first authentic record of the return of a campaign contribution of sub stantial amount because not needed. The campaign manager who gives back 1150,000 - must be not only scrupulously! conscientious, bnt par ticularly careful not to spend more money than the campaign legitl- i matolv rolls tnv f In 4a '... implicitly trusted in any undertaking carried on, for otheia. v w -. With a great naval review, the world' series of base ball and two melodramatic murder mysteries on hand at the same time, New Yorker are able to forget politics and other minor affairs ot life. '"There are 50,000 women In New York supporting their husbands," says Mrs, Carrie, Chapman Catt No doubt this goes far toward explaining those Im mense crowds at the base ball games in Gotham.' ' 3 ' A clerk In a Constantinople department store must! be able to converse in French, Turkish and Greek and it Is desirable that he alao understand German, Arme nian, English and Spanish. The salesmen are paid 3 to $45 a month and the saleswomen IIS to $30 a month. -Miss Florence Spencer Is said to be the highest paid bank librarian In tha country. She is In charge of the library of one of the largest banking houses in the .Wail street district ! The -library comprises only about 4,000 book, but Is considered the most,' valuable of its kind In this country. -1 The scene ot the bloodiest battle of the Boer war, Spion Kop, a mountain out side of Ladysmlth,, Natal. South Africa, is to be "used by Seventh Day Adventlsts as a mission , farm for educating and christianizing the Zulus. Several chris tianised tribesmen will work -with the missionaries tn teaching Christianity to their brother natives. Joy riders In a New Jersey town pulled off a variation of the custom of dashing away -when the victim la down and out The revised system is to pick tin the cripple, carry him off to a desolate spot and leave him there. The authorities lent unexpected variety to their system by capturing the. perpetrators and clapping them in the bondless section ot the cala boose. ' - ' ' .' , -. Colonel Henry Watterson of the Louis ville Courier-Journal, who was taken sick In New York a few weeks ago, baa re covered sufficiently to return to his home near Louisville, where he la convalescing. At no time was colonel Watterson's ill ness dangerous. ' But It is mighty annoy ing for a Kentucky colonel to be obliged to kxf silent., while other colonels J monopolise tho conversation. C"" In. i colonel, the Uiki.ig's tui. , A LITTLE J0UENEY DOWN SOUTH Cost of a Eoosevelt Mission that Failed. Washington Star. ' ' ; Ormsby McHarg's little Journey through the south last spring, for instituting con tests for -"psychological effect," cost 130,000. A snug sum, for the work, even with a war chest in charge of so liberal and accomplished a financier as George W. Perkins. . The south, mark you, had no electoral votes as an Incentive to the activity, it was certain to support the democ ratio nominee, no matter his name, or resi dence, or platform. It was then, as now, and will be next month, the solid south. But it was assured of representation at the republican national convention and this representation wits being organised for Mr. Taft Why not try to make it appear that the southern republicans pre ferred Mr. : Roosevelt, and 'were being, dragooned for Mr. Taft? Why not set no a lot of contests down there, and point to them in the north, east and west as evidence that even In democratic terri tory Mr. Roosevelt was the republican hero of the day? . The 'idea is credited to William I Ward, a prominent New Yorker, and as that time a supporter of Mr. Roosevelt His hat was in the Roosevelt ling before that of Tim Woodruff. From the very day the seven little governors besought Mr. Roosevelt to yield to an overwhelm ing popular demand and save the coun try; Mri Ward was prominent in" the Roosevelt ranks. The carrying out of the Idea was In trusted to Mr. McHarg, who was familiar with southern politics from his activity in that section in 1908.' He knew the ground and the local leaders, and couid be expected to produce results If any body could. -, ; Mr. McHarg, there la reason to believe, did 'his best He certainly attracted wide attention to the echeme, and that was its main object But the scheme failed.. The Roosevelt people could not put it over at Chicago, and the southern vote Went almost solidly to Mr. Taft, who was fairly entitled to it : " ; ; W '. Today neither Mr. McHarg nor Mr. Ward is supporting Mr. Roosevelt What turned them from him? "T discovery that while willing, to have southern sup port manipulated for bis benefit, he" was willing to attack it , when the movement failed ?, Had it been possiole to deliver everjr southern delegate at Chicago : to Mr. Roosevelt, would he have accepted them and the nomination they would have brought him. It was not uutil the maneuver failed that he cisoovered the unfairness and the unwisdom of counting the southern aelegates at all. Thirty thousand dollars! The largest outlay for moonshine in the history of this year. BBEEZY TRIPLES. "My wife has such a tender way of throwing loving glanees at me. They make a bit with me, I tell you." "So do the fUUrona my wife throws at me,'1 Baltimore American. "The world to bad. totally bad!" wailed the pessimist. "Graft and grafters every where! Even some of the stars . are fixed I'Wudge. , "Still at Billton'8 lodging house, are you not?" "No, at the Cholmondeley apartments." "When did you move?" "Didn't move. They Just changed the name and put up the rent" Boeton Transcript "Some of us claim that It Is a cold world." "Well?' . . "And yet we think we are entitled to free calendars, matches, blotters, tooth picKS, almanacs, ice water and hotel writing paper." Kansas City Journal. Ing Jury acquitted him of assault." "Well, Cholly, you should have had him charged with destroying private property." Washington Herald. ,,. ... "Look here; you're big and strong. Why don't you go to work Instead of beating your way?" "I'd like to, bo, but I made a bet early In life dat I couid live to be an old man wlt'out ever doin' a stroke.: You wouldn't want me to ruin me career at dis late day, would you?" Judge's Library.- THE FLEET. , . New York Times. On Hudson's bosom, In the glare of day. Ungainly In their forms, all one dull gray, Our fleet of battleships, appears In truth A herd of monsters, hideous and uncouth. In long, dark lines, stretched out near either shore, They fitly symbolise the God of War; Stripped of all glamour, of all grace be reft Till little save destructiveness Is left But darkness falls, to blot them, from , the scene; Leaving grim phantoms where grim shapes had been, . ' Then, In an instant, swift as comes the thought, Before our eyes a marvelous change is wrought. - inow sireiuuuii, tar away 10 leu anu right. Embroidered on the sable robe of night, In dazzling outlines of the purest gold, A fairy fleet before us see untold. - From every vessel anchored far or nlghj Broad bands of silver stream across the . sky; - - And on a view from fairyland we gaze Our eyes half blinded by the sudden blaze. And this may serve to typify once more A certain aspect of the God of War, The glamour and the glitter make us blind To all the grim realities behind. - SOME FACTS ABOUT BEEF Decreased Production, Increased Demand, and the Remedy, , Wall Street Journal. In the seven months ending with July of this year the United States imported nearly 180,000 head of cattle. About 1,500 were blooded -stock; while the others (nearly all from Mexico) were for stocking the beef TangeB of the west. A com parison of these figures with the Imports and exports for a-number of years back should throw light on the beef situation of the country; ' Seven 1 Imports ' Exports Months ' Live ' ' Live - Dressed Ending With Cattle, Cattle, Beef. July. No. No. Fresh, lbs 1912 ,.,....179,859 ' 49,052 7,212,398 1911.. ..,.101,099 111,222 ' 21,741,643 1910 ........421.849 68,128 147,039.369 Uu5 '....17.221, t,7. ' 147,nB9,3K9 Time and again the public has been told there was plenty of beef In the country, but that it was being shipped abroad. These ... figures, taken from statistics regularly published by' the De partment of Commerce and Labor, are not loose statements, but facts. Taking no account of canned and cured meat if the shipments for the, remaining month of the year are in the same proportion as the first seven months, the total exports of fresh beef, both dressed and on the hoof, will not for the year average one pound of meat per capita.' On the other hand, census figures show there are 21 per cent less beef animals in, the country than a, decade ago. Since1 the first ot the year receipts of cattle at the six principal markets have fallen off j more than 10 per cent, from last year, while, notwithstanding the heavy tariff. imports of beef stock are now ten times what they were In 1903. ' Men who really accomplish anything worth while have time only for practical things. The magnificent corn crop of this year is in some measure due to the persistent campaign for better seed corn carried on by. railroads and agricultural departments and associations. At least two state agricultural colleges of the west In co-operation with the railroads, are preparing to extend this system of education to beef production. Live stock trains will be run over their states, carrying staffs of experts who will lecture to the farmers on breeding and feeding live stock, and attempt to teaoh them that the steer Is a useful mill to condense their feed crops into a more valuable product; one which at the same time will build up the fertility of their soil. If the farmers can see a handsome profit in the business, and learn how to do it the only practical solution of the problem Is assured. ' 1 Two colleges alone cannot cope witJi the situation. The movement should be nation-wide. Exclusive cotton or grain raising should give place to a system of agriculture based on live stock; and every state In the union should take up the matter In this same practical way. One fat steer on every farm would feed more people than all the expensive in vestigations set on foot by politicians Who darken counsel by words without .knowledge- . ' :, . CHEAPEE LIFE INSURANCE . ; MasgaxEusett Kan Induces Substantial' Seduction of Rates. Philadelphia Bulletin. Announcement that the actuary of the Massachusetts savings bank, life Insur ance system Is able to make a substan tial reduction on the rates for straight life and twenty-payment life insurance policies, the latter already much lower than those of the Incorporated companies, is an interesting indication of the success of this plan,' which 'has yet to develop any untoward Incidents. The Massachusetts plan is to be differ entiated from state Insurance. It simply permits the savings banks Of the state to do a life Insurance business If they see fit, upon a schedule of premium charges established and approved by the state au thority, and subject to regulation and supervision by the state, as Is the busi ness of the savings bank Itself. Essen tially, It is life insurance at cost. Busi ness is, all "over the counter," with no expenses for solicitation, and with the expense for. admission reduced to , a minimum. . , , The kinship between life Insurance and savings makes th function a reasonably natural one for the savings banks to un dertake. The sentiment ot the bank trustees- generally throughout the state was against the innovation.' Not more than one or two institutions were willing to lend themselves to the experimental working out ot the plan. The response on the part of the people was hesitating, and at first confined chiefly to groups influenced largely by altruistic employ era who appreciated the benefits. But what was considered a fad Is now be lieved to have come to stay in Massachu setts. Its practical possibilities are rec ognised. Cheaper life Insurance has been demonstrated to be possible, and It Is confidently believed that there can be still greater reduction. And so far as thU experiment proves successful and reduces the cost of insurance to Its proper mini mum, so much, further In the distance will be postponed the possibility of state insurance with all Its objectionable Inci dental features. for publishing that attaex. If you have any more space you wish to devote to the same class of articles concerning him I am sure that those tn charge of Mr. Baldrige's campaign will be equally thankful to you. v F. R. A. Omaha Italians are Grateful. OMAHA, Oct 14,-To the Editor of The Bee: On behalf of the Italian citizens of Omaha I desire hereby to thank the public and , city and county officials for their kindness, tn the enthuslastlo recog nition given to the natives of Italy In remembrance of Christopher Columbus on, Columbus, day., , We also wish to ex press our appreciation for the assistance given by the press, business men and the committee on arrangements. i . X M. CALABRIA. Marshal of the Day. Intended Knock a Boost. ' 1 OMAHA, Oct., 14,-To the. Editor of The Re:. We aaree ''with" "Voter"' that1 the World-Herald attack on' Mr. Baldrlge s Inconsistent all the way through and that it la more of a boost for Mr. Baldrlge than It Is the slur for which It was In tended. Ha.A the World-Herald devoted some ot Its time, energy and space to "eulogts- in" some ot the men, both democratic and reoubllcsn. who are at present en cumbering our city and county off tees. we could do naught but laud them, out when' such currish low-down means as this are employed to abuse a man of the character and quality o Howard it. Rnldrlsre then It is time fev the people to remark the fact and. remind the parties so slandering that , the day wnen sucn mud slinging harmed a man has long past gono by. ' , Mr. Baldrlge . is a man through ana tfcrnurh. a man who the people of this district should be prot'd to send as their representative to Washington, and deep nwn in then? hearts every man on the World-Herald knows this, . knows that Mr. Baldrlge is a better man than his nnnnnent knows that he Is going to be elected, and, as a last resort, they select this manner of abusing him, not stopping to think In their greedy hurry and sour ness that nobody but they themselves are harmed and that Mr. Baldrlge profits by their actions. . i I For Mr. Ealdrlse, I thank you, Harvey. THE "FATHEB OF rOFUIISM." Indianapolis News: Twenty years or so ago there was not a more widely known man In the United States than William A. Peffer. Monday la Grenola, Kan., this man died, leaving behind him the memory of a public life whose exaggerated hopes and bitter disappointments invited. In their time, both ridicule and pity. He was known as the ' "father of the populist party," , . . - ' "y I . .- New York World: It is as a founder and leader and United States senator of the people's party that William A. Peffer of Kansas is best : remembered. What ethers are just discovering In justification of a new party he discovered twenty years ago. What others are now advancing as essential remedies tor the ills of demo cracy be was advancing then. Springfield Republicans The election of Peffer politically extinguished the brilliant Senator John J. Ingalls, leaving Senator Plumb as the colleague ' of ; the long whiskered friend of the farmers, who Was as devoid of magnetism as a hitching post senate of the United States, and left no mark ot accomplishment or any personal Impress there. " ' , Cleveland Plain Dealer: Such doctrines, then considered freakish, but now popular, as the Initiative and referendum and the limitation of the president's tenure to a single term, were advocated by that Peffer platform of twenty; years ago Postal savings banks and the popuUu election of senators were other planks wfaioh were obliged to wait years for con gressional approval Any person inclined to Jeer at William A. Peffer may-well hesitate In view of thtzt considerations. Watching the Bek Deer. - Pittsburg Dispatch. , The report that Chinamen are emigrat ing to Mexico in anticipation of being annexed to the United States speaks bet ter for their enterprise than their judg ment. ' Dpn't covet your neighbors car. A Ford of your own is surely within your means now that the price has reach ed bottom. Higher stand ards of living at lower cost that's what the Ford price changes mean to you. Runabout - - - - - $525 Touring Car - - - - 600 Delivery Car - - - 625 Town Car - - - 800 These new prices, f. 0. b. Detroit, wita all equipment. An early order will mean an early delivery. Get particulars from Ford Motor Company, 1916. Harney St., Omaha, or-dlrect from the Detroit factory. Home Office Facte? ELECTRIC LIGHT is the most suitable for homes, offices. shos and other places need ing light. Electricity can be used In any quantity, large or small, thereby furnishing any required amount of light. Furthermore, electric 'lamps can be located in any place, thus afford ing any desired distribution of light. No other lamps, possess these qualifications, therefore, it is not surprising that electric lamps are rapidly replacing all others in modern estab r ' ' lishments. ' - . As a result a great variety of incandescent electric lamps are now available, but the only kind that gives a mpcltncy qf light at minimum cost is the Edison Mazda Lamp. , v Any one of the thousands who use Mazda . Lamps will affirm the truth of this statement Our Lamp Experts will prove it Ito (your complete : -. satisfaction.'-. , ' ' Qmha Electric Light V and Power Company T-M The naines of allvptcrs among the farm owners of five counties tributary to Omaha with '. addresses,: jn , THE BEE ATLAS u ;k of Douglas, Sarpy and Washington v ' counties, Nebraska; and Pofta- I wattamie and Mills counties, Iowa. ; ?: It makes an excellent book for candidates for officii V; and for all men interested in getting at the voters of th. Second district. J v , ' -v - ; , ' '-.'' This large, handsomely bound book contains informs- ? tion that should be on every desk in these counties. It has maps , of all roadsautomobile, railroads, etc; it shows maps of all towns and cities; contains land divis ions, with names of farmers; and gives hundreds of inter esting bits that you want in your possession. It will be ready October 16. It is priced at $5.00. . Send m your order now. i The Bee Publishing Co. Omaha, Neb. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS