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TI-tEJ BICE: OMAITA, SATriUUY, DECEMBER 2S, 1912. If tl THK 0MA11A DAILY BEE! ! FOUNOF.U Y KDWA1U) ROSS WAT Hit ' VICTOK K03KATKn, KniTOK. BKB BUILDING. VAIINAM AU 1.T1T Kntered at Omaha postofflco as second t)ais, matter terms or stJnsuntiTiON. Sunday Uee. ono rear Saturday Bee. on your W Dally Pre, without Snndar. one year-J.TO Daily Dk, and Hunday. one year ... 6.W DnnvEnHD nr cabhier. Evening and Punday. per montn... .. JW livening, without Sunday, per month. Jo Dally lice, Including Sunday. Per mo. f Dally Bee, without Sunday, per mo... o Address all complaints or Irregularities in delivery to Cltv Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES, Remit W draft. express or postal order, Payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only S-cent stamps received In payment of small accounts. rrscnal checks. ; cept on Omaha and eaMern exchange, not accepted. OFFICKS, Oman The Bee building. Fouth Omaha-231 Ti street. Council Bluff-14 North Main street. I-incoln-: Little building Chleago-1041 Marquette, building. Kansas Clty-Rellance building. New Tork-34 West Thirty-third. St. Ixwls-402 Frisco building. "Washlngton-725 Fourteenth bt.. fr. v- . CORRBSl'ONDKNCK. Communications relating to new an" dltortal matter should be addressed Omaha Boe, EdlloTlal Department. NOVEMBEll CirtCCLATlON 49,805 fitatn of Nebraska. County of Douglas, as Dwlght Williams, circulation manage! nr The Beo Publishing company, bolnj duly sworn, sys that tlio average dalll circulation for the month of November, 1912, WM49.WG. UWIC1HT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager Subrcrlbed In my presence ana swor.l to botoro m this Bth day of Decemba ., HI! UOBERT HUNTER, (Seal.) Notary rubllo. Subscribers leaTlnc the city tuiBpornrllr ahoulil hnrn Tim Hee itisllrd to them. Address trill be rlinosjed na often na requested. Olrlr,, leap whllo ho may, old tcm PUb ts fuglttlnK. Evidently 1913 Is to be Omaha's host year up to date. A wholo lot of tree advertising In It for toasted 'corn flakes. The sick man of Europo complains that this dose of lead Is not curing him. It Is a -wonder James J. Hill over let Charles S. Mellon got out of his employ. The Department of Justlco pro poses to roast' thb toasted corn flake convpany. Those street cars that havo gone to umoking could' ijot havo heard of our anti-smoke fight. The Oregon hen that laid 2GG,eggs In ten months, ought tol'gfitetlme nnd a half for overtime. It remains to bo seen whether It Is. easier to unscramblo eggs (that sell for.t)Bly 'JG 'centB a dozen. . ' One M da of a loon Is. tho. man who glcotullyv informs his barber thnt ho ckmo by a Bftfo'ty-itjizor for Christ mas. , With so manyf'nters, cousins and nunts, Omaha's new hotol when it comes will Burelynot be permitted to bo nameless. ' The experlcnco of ono man shows tliat selling corsets for his wife puts n Bevere .strain upon his love. A light squeeze, as it were. Here Is that old question ngain, "Why does a woman, change her wind so suddenly?" Because Bho lias a mind of hor own. , "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men," may with prudence be sung und lived the year round. Tho men implicated retort that the Archbold letters wcro stolen. They were published and that seems to bo tho thing that really hurts. rrcsiacm wuson win nave no easy task selecting a worthy succes sor to the lato Ambassador White law Held. He will have to be both it spender and a diplomat. Out of consideration for his sue cossor, Governor Aldrioh will not try to mako any appointments to tho new Board of Control. Another pos plblo explanation may perhaps be found In. tbo fact that appointments. made now, distasteful to. the incom lug governor, might not keep the ravored person long on the payroll A homo rule: charter once adopted by the people of ajvv city according to the form . prpscrlbed in tho Ne braska constitution can bo repealed or amendod only in the same way In other words, tho nome. rule .char ter will put an end to charter tin kerlng by a legislature whoso mem bera bavo-po direct Interest in the government o!,. -a city, which, wo (take iV WiJLl. be the best part of tho thjange, Whut constitutes tbq' misuse of a street car transfer is he real aues- ti6n' fn'volve'il in the pending penalty ordinance rather than how long a transfer h,all be good. The purpoce of a transfer is to euable the pas lAjigcr to reach his point of destina tion; without paying two fares, but -jot to make a round trip with in termediary stopovera on one fare. Ther demand for air treatment from (ho street car company ought to be ctiuplod with'n' willingness to help protect th.e company from fraud and icvosltioii. Advice Born of Experience. Admiral Dewey at TG, robust in health, advises the simple life, avoiding dissipation and "especially midnight banquets," attributing his vigor to such n rule.' It happened that on the greaU sea captain's an nlversary John D. Rockefeller was ndvlsing a body of young women school teachers to "save your pen nies." Both of these old men spoke from tho depth of porsonal experience, bu what would Mr. Rockefeller at 73 j?lve for such a physique as Ad miral Dewey's at 75? For years ho has fought with his millions for health and gained but a semblance of it. Yet his only dissipation has been in overwrought industry. Tho admiral's counsel is Hie moro needed. Men nro saving thcin pen nies better than lives. Scientists talk of a- return of the day when' men wlll cominortly round out-their centuries qf life. It ma,y come we hope It'Wlll but If so, it will, bo when men dovqto more timo to living nnd less to getting; vhon thoy realize that life is nrore than meat nnd the body Ihnu gold. Longevity will never ' on1e to the man or tho race that Burns the eon-, die at both ends and defies nature's laws. . ' '. Dancing in Public School, "Shall dnncitig bo taught in pub lic schools?" asks an exchange, com menting on tho case of a. young woman teacher in a Chicago high school, who had endeared-herself to' tho pupils by teaching them a cer tain graceful step. Tho young woman happened to bo something of an artist in technical dancing. Bho Imparted somo of hor art to hor pupils as calosthcnlc exercises. Ono day sho tendered hor resignation for a certain reason. Tho pupils pro tested. They appealed to their par ents, who formed an association that also protested, urging upon tho school board tho great popularity and influence of tho young woman. Nothing seomB to havo boon made of hor nbllltlos ns a teacher in nnythlng except dancing. While young folkB may not bo blaroablo for so widely missing tho point, older ones Bhould sco that If it takes artistic dancing to mako school attractive woo be to tho edu cation of tho young. Dancing has its placo and virtues and, as taught by this young woman, doubtless serves well for tho needed physical exorcise, but It Is apparent from this very caso. that where tho bars aro lot down to tho admission of side Issues in tho school room, education, for which tho public school was created nnd Is maintained at great oxponse, suffers. "What tho school was originally lntondod for' is not obtainable anywhero olso. Dancing and these other fads aro. Why not put up tho bars before it Is too late? Alaska's Prosperity. In his annual report tho governor of Alaska comments charily on tho prosperity and progress of the pen insular, doploring tho lack or rail road dovolopmont and choap fuel. This In n country with 400 squnro miles of excellent coal, according to scientific research, untouched by tho pick, and a coast outlet offering raro facilities for railroad develop ment. Tho governor rorors also to a "moderate" decrease In tho white population of Alaska and the timid ity of outside capital to vonturo in sinco "tho remarkable calumnies about Alaska" havo boon heaped up and poddled broadcast. Prcsldont Taft ardently endeav ored throughout his administration to persuado congress to provide an adequato form of government for Alaska under which tho dominion of unfathomablo nntural resources might bo oponen up to development, but congress or enough of It to de feat action was top much engrossed in those "rom'afkablfe caluhinles and their political ramifications to do anything so stable. It is a calumny for tho central government longer to neglect this duty, which should impress itself upon the new admin lstratlon as of imperative im portanco, Just as it Impressed Prest dent Taft. Final Power. Most .men hnvo at some time in their experience felt the force of tho i'8aimist's assortion that "A man's heart devisoth his way, but tho Lord dlrecteth his Hteps." They have perceived the wisdom of the divine censorship. They havo been taught the verity that "man proposes and God disposes." Often at tho vory moment of tho dovlslng of a way, trie man is made to feel, either by a reproviug conscience or a better Judgment than the one of sugges tion, that It is a bad or unsafe way. Later, perhaps, ho may nee more clearly than ho ever did before what a good thing It Is for him that there Is a power that overrules his and a wisdom In comparison with which bis is futile. A witness 'before tho compensation commission declared that ho was 75 years old, and expects to live to the ago of 175 because he had promlsod himself not to die until ho saw Wil liam J. Bryan in the White House. It goes without saying that rather than have a premature death rbargfcd against him Mr itrvnn in I - - - - - "tu keep on running. okiiuf Backward ThtaDav Iyi Otnnlia v su vutu r QOMP1MID FROM DEE FlLE.9 1KC. 28. L.jjM Thirty Vcnrs Ago J. L. Kate' of Red Cloud Is a guest at the Millard. Chrlstmn festivals and entertainments continue to be the order .of tho day. Th ham) so mo prises to be given at tho approaching Pretiel ball by the Maenner chor are on exhibition Irl John Baumer's window. .' The King looked for hose cart ordered for Fire King company No. 3 Has arrived, and so proud nro the fire boys of It that they will give a New Y6ars reception to. lt their friends Inspect both house and cart Tho First nnptlst Sunday school chil dren held tholr service with opening prayer by Rov. Mr. Savngo of the First Methodist Episcopal church, and an ad dress by Oeneral Howard and recitations by theso little girls: Lulu Smith, Maude Kimball, Ma Pundt and Mlnnte Riley. Omaha lodge No. 829 Rave Its fifth an nual tanquct anT bull nt Masonic halt. The, floor managers were Charles Chen eym, Thomas Falconer, A. J. Simpson, Charles Mldgeley nnd J). S. M. Fretwell, and the reception committee. E. D. Mn svan'e, Charles Longdron, Samuel Ritchie and W. J. Kennedy. Tho -Colorado pool meeting In this city was attended by heso railway men: Gtorge II. DunletH, commissioner Colorado I'ool association; W. F. Wliitc, general parscnger agent Santa Fe! I'. R. Kustls, general' passenger agent B. & M-; J. W. Morsu, general passenger agent, and C. S.( Steliblns, general ticket ngent, Union l'aVdflq, and Oeorso Ady and E. J. fWords, Denver agents of the Union flaidfia and U. & M respectively. Twenty Vcars Agi Ilnnry T. Oxnanl of Grand island, the beet mJirar klnu of Nebraska, was In the city, stopping nt tho Mlllnrd. Trinity Methodist church announced that Itev. V. A, Wiseman of Dcs Moines, a prominent evangelist, would begin a series of meetings nt that church on January 1. Detective John VlrArd recovered a watch which had been stolen from Charles Parker on December 35. He nlso recovered a watch stolen from Thomas Baldwin In September. It was watch day or Vizard. At an adjourned meeting of tho city coutloll letters from President Cable of the Bock Island and president Miller of the Milwaukee were placed on file. They referred to the building of Vla'ducts at fcctlng the railways, Tho city detectives were searching for a certain negro charged with attempting to poison the entire family of 'William Kwlng, an expressman residing at Thirty first and Franklin streets. Tho darkey had been loafing around the housa and causing troubtc, and soon after the even ing meal members of tho Ewlpg family turned very sick, and the "conclusion waa reached that tho negro had put poison 'n the coffee. Ten Years co- vice President and General Manager Kd Dickinson of the Orient road camo up from Kansas City. Judge Entelle went to St. Louis', ac- oompnnylpg Mrs. Kstelle that far on her roundabout Journoy to "Fort Rcott, Kan., near whloh place she waa to visit old- lime friends. A. L. Itnnkln, stago director of "Hen Hur." assisted by Charles Felcky, mu sical director of tho company, started In the task of drilling 100 supers to help out In the production of the play at the Boyd, 8enator Millard returned from Wash ington to remain In Omaha, two weeks. Ho said he expected the land leasing bill, under which cattlemen "might lease Inrge tracts of government land for erasing purposes, to pass. Ilcv. J. W. Conley preached on "Grow ing Old" at tho First Baptist church. Ho mid we should grow old cheerfully nnd progrcsslvelyr "There Is no deal Hue to progress, unless you mako It yourself, nnd the mind and soul may develop while life lasts." People Talked About The- president and secretnry of a Georgia trust company have been an nexed to tho state's chain gong. Their only otfonso was hypothecating money In a stylo different from that prescribed by th state. During the eleventh-hour rush for the Christmas bargain counter in a store nt Wooster, O., Alfred Cnnencamp got so close to a woman's armed hat that a sudden swing of the turret sent a hatpin oUar through Alfred's nose. It took a surgeon to separate them. Mrs. Wade Hampton, daughtcr-lnlaw of tho lata General Wndo Hampton, U general secretary of the woman's aux iliary of tho Southern Commercial con- giess that hns already organized in eight of the sixteen states of the con gross, with eight state presidents ap pointed, and Is engaged in organizing In the eight other states. A lesson worth while may be drawn from tho successive defeats administered by tho courts to tho Des Moines Gat company, whloh is resisting a reduction to SO cents per 1,000 cubic feet. The federal supreme court refused to enjoin the enforcement of tho 90-cent rate, but will hear the minor issues Involved In Judge MoPhcrson's decree, entered last August. Miss Htlen Winslow say that there are now about R.000 widows In Massu chusatts dependent upon public charity at about h cost of S10 or fu a month. This money, she thinks, might Just an well bo puld to ths mother to take cro of their children themselves. Thu Daugh tera of the American Hevolutlon In Massachusetts Is favoring h bill for pensioning the mothers. From life us a high school student nt New Haven, Conn., to that of a soldier in the Bulgarian army was a change experienced In a few weeks by Huebal Rooeff. When war broke out, Hooeff de cided that his country was In need of his service. Miss Pctcrnon. hi" fornu teacher, has received a letter from hliu in which lie says that he has seen active service in the last few mouths. The surviving federal corps command ers of the civil war are G"enUB Sickles, Dodge. Wilson und 0terhaU. Tho sol survivor in the ucttvo list In the regular army U Colonel J. I.- Clem, who was bui i: years old whvii u drummer boy nt Chlckumauga. On th noutnern side; General Kttnou H. lluckner, who Is now W vears of an. Is the sola sun Ivor of all the generals and lieutenant generals, IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS . Some, Old World Events Blazing the T'ath of Progress. Chnnelny the Miip nt Ktiropr. - rule bill has Bone safely thrpunh various The year mz has defjnltely arsured n few changes In. the colors of Iho map. of Kurope, tho first wrought toy the sword since Jlussta knocked at the Kates of Constantinople thlrty-flvp years ubo. It is a fact of much slRnlficnncq that while nusRla failed to achieve Its ends on that occasion, the Balkan states were then born and ftlven a definite estate which enabled them to achieve that In which the foster parent failed. Trio extent of t'h'e map changing wilt not be settled until the peace conference reaches an agreement, Doubtless the agreement will be re viewed, perhaps .revised, by representa tives of tho six powers 'already In ses sion. The victorious allies demand nil of Kitropcan Turkey excepting a'.narrow strip extending from Itodesto on the Mar mora sea to tho Bay of Mulatra on the Black sen, leaving Just enough territory to allow Constantinople room for subur ban additions without over-reaching the boundary line. Albanln, on tho Adriatic coast, Is definitely slated to become a baby rtate, Independent of Turkey, but subject to the supervision of the powers. All other provinces arc to become spoils of war, Including Adrlanoplr, on the cast, and Scutari on tho west, In both of which the Turks havo thus for successfully re pulsed the attacks of tho" nllles. Tur key, as was expected, resists the de mands. The empire wjll not give up any more territory than 1t Is obliged to. Wnat the Ottoman government Is willing to grunt will bo announced today or Tues day. Between the demands of the victors and the concessions of the vanquished Ho the matorial for negotiation and trading; Turkey Is doomed to loso much, not only In territory, but In political Influence and military prestige. Coming within throe months of Its loss of Tripoli to Italy, It Is a knockdown blow to' Ottoman power In' Kuropo and along the Mediterranean sen. A I'rnccfnl ProspeH, The old world -on the eve of the new year displays tho outward calm of pro found peace. Austria's mobilized bat talions will not be needed to" closd tho window on the Adriatic which Servla sought. Friendly powers have attended to that disturbing factor. Otherwise, "every prospect pleases," only politic Is riled. The Infant rrpubllc of China Is moving along with moderate sped, even without tho financial assistance which tho six world powers appeared eager io grant on terms Chlmi would not' grant. It Is to thn credit of the new govern fherit' thnt It confronts Russian Intrigue In Mongolia with a military expedition under orders to subdue the Mongal plot ters who aro defying China's nuthoY-ity. The bomb directed nt the life jot Indla'n viceroy, Baron Hardlngc, ts reported na an echo of native Insurgency, though moro likely to have been prompted by revengo for thn removal of the capital from Calcutta- to Delhi. Tho failure of the missile to destroy Its Intended victim leaves theasaslnatlon of Premier Can-aleja-i of Spain the single cowardly achievement of world anarchy In 1912. Politically. France in absorbed in tho preliminaries of the gamo of electing a president, which Is scheduled for January. In Germany party factions In thts TTelchstig harass and block tho ministry, and only by compromise anil' concessions do tho wheels of legislation move along government lines. Similarly the Feurth Duma oC Russia Is ClncllnPrt to be obstreperous, refusing to stand where ths ministry desires. The eleo tlon of nn Insurgent as Presiding office;- foreshadows some Irouhlc ahead for the toani roller of btlreailoraqy, ' In "Merrlr England" n succession of political and Industrial storms have b?en weathered by the liberal ministry. Thcs Irish home NEEDED' LEGAL EEF0EMS Distinguished, Scholar and layman Points to Three. Springfield '.(Mass.) Republican. It would have been difficult to find nny 1 spoakor better qualified than Dr. Ello( a speak on tho law as "nn obsers-nnt , laymnn accustomed to Studying the trend and force of public opinion,"' and (n his address to the Massachussotts Bar osso- latlon Thursday In connection with tho presentation to Hampden county of Judge Knowlton's portrait, ho put his flngr unerringly on the weak spots of the ad ministration of Justice In America, in the matter of abolishing the old prnctlce of excluding Jurors who have formed an opinion be would probably liuve much, support from lawyers as-fronvlsymert: at present that restriction merely serves to keep down thn stnndard of intelligence In the Jury. A reform at this point, to gether with a Jlmltatlon of the right to challengo and lfess lenlohc'e; by Judges in excusing from, service would Bo far Xo raise th quality of Juries and thus pro Vide the Uw with an efficient Instru ment. Tills reform is fundamental, anil there fore rightly put first by Dr.'Kllot, though : other matter may cause more general discontent. Next to the' Improvement of the Jury ho puts the peed for a greater emphfcsl upon the' function of the Judge and makes a strong argument against the popular election of Judges for a limited term which obtains in many states nnd ' has been responsible- for much of the pr'- i-alllng discontent with the courts, As te forcibly says; "A Judge who desires re-election cannot help considering what effect his conduct In the court room and his published dor! rlons wll huvo on his te-oleotion. .s an elected Judge grows older, nnd therefon less able t" resume practice, he Inevit ably becomes more timorous nnd less In dependent, particularly as lie cannot look forward to nny pension when he fall to be re-elected, R Is perfectly Plain that In tho long mn an elective Judiciary can not command the popular respect which n appointive Judiciary commands." Rut not only must the Judge, be raised above such selfish motives by making hla position independent of the caprices at popularity; he must also servo a larger function than that of a mere umpire bo- tween loglc-cliooplng lawyers. Dr. Kllot puts It well: "The Judge should nlwnv be the principal persoiv In the court room. lie is in England: often he Is not In this country." It- is not a this point in the vigorous exercise or authority for the expeditious and dlrpasslonate achieve ment of Justice, that the Judiciary Is likely to excite distrust on the part of the public, nnd It ts likely that the bar would yield with ns good grace as Har vard did when President Eliot took up mo siacK rnnx Recent events have given much force to Dr. Klllot's strong condemnation of abuse of the pardoning power, which goes 'far iu irusinun juxiice. iiaruiy any one hlng Is more discouraging than to have ' pence pending a Judgment of the ques. a really efficient and honest disposition Hon of constitutionality. This is giving of a cas undone by the whim of an to the city lather than to the monopo'y executive who perhaps has but tm- 1 the benefit of the doubt for the tlipe be perfectly acquainted himself wttli the lng stoucs In the House of Commons and comes up for passage after the holiday lecess. Wslsli church disestablishment ts meetlnp many obstacles, but Is on the way, to be followed by the suffrage re form bill. All three are to go throutrh the legislative hopper In time to meet and overcome expected rejection by the peers, and become laws within the en- sulnjf two years, These reforms with what has gone before constitute a not ublo record of reform for the liberal forces of Great Britain. ... CniiRlit lletirrpti the Armies. An experience very rare to correspond-1 ent."' In modern wars befell .Francis Mc Cullagh, representing the New York Post, nnd It. K. C. Long, representing the Westminster Uasette, both attached to the Turkish army. They followed tho routed Turkish army from Lulc JJUrgas to the village of Albosan,. o'.few miles' west of tho Tchatalja Mine of defense. Feeling socurc from an naVance of tha victors for nt least fortytelght hours, the correspondents, on November 11,,' rode to tho town of Bogados, on the sea coast. where they filed dispatches. That'' duty dono they leisurely rode ,back In .tho di rection of Albasnn, taking note , of the! country on the way. They did not reach Albasau that dny. Instead, at dusk, they' rodo Into the advance guard .of .the Bul garian army and were disarmed nnd taken to the officers' quarters. In less than twenty-four hours the victors were on the heels of the vanquished, or In one half tho time tho correspondents cnlc'u. lated It would bo possible for thc.Bulgats to reach the Tchatalja zone. In his letter detailing tho capture, Mr. McCullagh notes the contrnp.t between the sjovcnly, slipshod, organization of tho Turkish' army and the quick, shnrv military sys tem of tho Bulgars. Sentinels watched in every glen and hilltop, road and by path. Challenges were accompanied 'by the click of r-teel. AVhocvor failed to'glvc tho password was brought up with a Jerk. "How entirely different io tho sys tem, or rather want of a system, after tho first few weeks on tho dear old Tur kish side, where I had never been chal lenged by a sentry.:, where I hnd' wan dered out. to tho front nt the battle, of !,ulo Burgas without any ono questioning me; und where I could have remained at tho front If I liked, until tho Bulgarians nan surrounded me." Tiie incident is a striking Illustration of the astonishing celerity of movement which has mode the two' mbiith.V war nn eye oponcr for, mili tary Kurope and revealed the decay and demoralization of the 'terrible Turk." ... The Cronx In XVnr. Tho cross played an Impresnlve role In tho' war against the Turk. Mr. McCullagh fells thnt while being searched by the Bulgar sentinels a small silver cross was pulled out of his haversack, with other articles, and dropped to tho ground where It lay, glittering In the darkness. "A soldier nt onco picked It up reverently und handed It hack to me. After that his manner toward nio became considerably mollified. Whatever I was. I was not at nny rate, a Mohammedan. In the vil lages which, havo b,eon occupied by the Bulgarians there remntn many .Greek and Slavonic Ottomans who still wcaf the fez. but on the front of that fez they havo all placed the sign of ,tho cross In order to show that they-nre not Tilrks. All Christian shops and houses In the towns nro marked In a' similar manner with tho Chrlstlnn symbol which the Bul gars swenr they will plant on the summit of Santa Sophia, Certnlnlyi this war de serves In somo respects the title of 'Tho Iast Crusade,' which has already been so frequently .applied to It." facts. Ho well says: "If In nny irlmlnal case new evidence bo discovered, or If somo of tho evidence relied on for conviction subsequently turn out to, be false, it is for a court to exerclso tho .power to grant a now trial or to set aside tho sentence. It Is for courts, not for executives, to apply tho correction when a mistake has been com mltted. If there can be uny doubt as to tho power of a court to act after sen tenco has 01100 been pronounced, such power should be explicitly conferred on the court by the legislature. Tho pardon Ing power Is to be used for mercy and for mltlgatlona of Justice In special cases. Applications to executives for pardons are almost always onp-sided, and they frequently afford opportunity for medical practltloners'to-glve-expert testimony of dubious quality. Against this abuse In dividual Inwyers cannot effectively pro test, so that bar associations must bo relied on to expound, 'and to prevent by new legislation the abuse of the pardoning power. EDITORIAL VIEW POINTS. Cleveland Plain Dealer: According to tho ruling, no matter what the age of a parcel pot egg may be, you can't avoid dangerous delays by using the sepclal delivery Btanip. Chicago Itecord-Herald; Carryings-on In the British parliament once more re mind' the rest of us that noble lords feometlmes talk Just like ordinary legis lators, who have brt-n elected by the votes of the plain people. Washington Star: President Taft's suggestion' that cabinet officers should be. on hand In the capital to give advice on legislation is nn idea that might be ex pected, to appeal stiopgly to W. J. Bryan In case h becomes one or tno secretar ies. Springfield ltepubllcan; Nelson's old flagship. Victory, fired a salute as the body of the lato American embassador was borne to sea on a wncshlp. Thern are naval vei-sels that can make more noise than the Victory, but none whose salute means more. Baltimore American: Congress proposes to save twenty-five minutes on every roll call by dropping the "Mr." before names. The country will regard the bene fit of this economy of tlmo rather du biously. It will bo very welt If they put the time thus saved in artlon. but It Is to bo feared It will make way for longer speeches. ' New York World: 8lnce ttfc experience with New York's (Consolidated Gas com pany the United Statw supreme court might reasonably be, expected to lend a more dubious ear to other like complain ants. It refuses to enjoin Des Molnrs. la., from enforcing Its K0-cent gas ordl J Hie Bees Letter Box he TT t'oiisoiSdntlnn, SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. , 27. To the Editor of Tho Bee: As orto who believes that tho consolidation of South Omaha with Omaha will be the best thing that ever happened for the people, of South Omaha, I want to say that I heartily ap prove of the article that appeared In The Bee a few days ago signed M and In which the consolidation of Hyde Park with Chicago was mentioned. A man who lived In Hyde Park before It was annexed to Chicago told me that as soon as Hydo' Park wua annexed to Chicago things boomed tremendously and property Increased rapidly In value. In South Omaha we have never had a Com mercial club that lived over night and when we did havo on It was controlled by men wb.9 ldpked ,aftor their own per conal Interests lather than tho public good. We need to ''be consolidated with Omaha so that we can help the live men of the- Omaha Commercial cjub In build ing tills .part of Omaha up'as It can be and' wlil be 'If- we.have "the lfllp of tho Omaha Commercial club to boost things for us. The .talk of South Omaha being made the "ddmplng ground" for Omaha of the tough elcmont of Omaha does not count, for they will be kept in quarters where they can bo best watched and con trolled. ; Tho people, of South Omaha are ripe for the consolidation and It would please a very large majority of tho people if 'thn legislature would im'hcx us after glv- 'Ing us proper recognition of our wants and needs in making us a part of the city of Omaha, With all due respect to Mayor Hoctor, I have wondered why he did not appoint ht least one level-headed annexationist on ,hla so-called charter re vision committee. I should think It would be bettor than to appoint a committee consisting entirely of officeholders or men who havo some personal Interest In Keeping the two cities separate when they ought to be consolidated in all reason and Justice to all residents of both cities. F. A. AGNKW. Uninlm the rule City! OMAlfA, Dec. 'Si. To the Editor of The Bee: Under the above title, Omaha the Gate City, the whole sermon could be preached. Tho fact that Omaha Is the Gato City never should he forgotten, and still We maintain n tarllr wall, I. e. the BJg Muddy bqtween-us and all western Iowa trade. Why not have a free bridge nt the foot of Farnam street and welcome our neighbors to com and trade with us, and at tho same tlmo revive lower Farnam treet to what It was once In tho long ago. I can raniember when Ninth and Farnam was the busy corner, forty years ago. Then most of the new money For best results uee Perfection Oil. n yv nace is balky) a Perfectiorf Oil Heater will make the dining-room warm and cozy. And the Perfection Heater is so light and handy. It can be moved wherever needed living-room, bedroom, bathroom. Ornamental. Inexpensive. Economical. Lasts for years. Atk to if at yvur tlmmUrt. STANDARD jWshintonCrisps ! .ttEKasjstturr.er nam cess rumrmlMteicAa Cut off 0 hi -third HIGH cost of living for anal food fe GUARANTEE that Washington Crisps are made under MOST PERFECT SANI TARY CONDITIONS possible to create in SPOTLESSLY4CLEAN MILLS, by high-class workmen. (US) "First in the HOMES of Ms Countrymen THrsgaUK amtvtOT TOJtsno.coe fut&..is AMiwcA.Axas IgMore !oCMca$o mm Chicago-Nebraska United Reeky Mouatata Limited Chicago Express . Day Express . Automatic f8l came from the east, that was wlicri' ."O bus slopped that connected with tin 'rr boat, which, connected wltlt the luirse car on the east"banK'of the -river. Omaha Is. big enough to havo a free bridge with out tho aid or consent of any other j stato or city, and the merchnhts hae a right to .demand it, nnd (hen watch Omnhn" grow. 1 - J 11. 'nt'NTiin. Iprry Ilmvnril In llcnrd From. SOUTH OMAHA, Dec. 27.-To the IMl tor of The Bee: Tho criticism that ap peared In your editorial columns about th South Omaha charter commission being named by the mayor and not being named by a vote of the people Is very correst and sounds all right to all thoso wlio believe that the people should govern. But to nn experienced politician of the caliber of our distinguished chief magis trate who has been permitted, to run the politics or this city without Interrup tion or Interference for the last quarter of a century, consulting tho people or giving their views or Ideas nnJ considera tion would appear nonsensical Consequently Mayor Hoctor selected, statesmen to net ns members of the charter commission that tho special ,p terests will not object to. The pcoplo be . .JERRY 'HOWARD! t SMILING REMAKES. ? Hopeful-Dad. what Is meant by the mother tongue 7 Parent 8'sh. my boy. Don't start her. Stray Stories. "I understand your woman -friend who was caught smoking n cigarette was put out." r "Why shouldn't she bo when she was on fire?" Baltimore American. "I hear the paulc-makera are threat ened with hanging." 1 "That's so? They might ns well go up with the rest of the living Cost." Balti more American. THE VISITOR AT THE SCHOOL; Somebody's at our school las' week, A Visitor an' wa'at he does Is tell you things you won't forget If you can 'member w'at they to,. An' we mus' stun', up In our scats An' n'en wo mus' sot down again. You dassant chew gum w'on he talks Ner .draw tilings with your pen. Th' Visitor wants boys to be Ileal brave so's we can all get shot Tjlks sojer-tnans he tclled us 'bout, N'en we'll be Hlst'ry, like as not! Th' Visitor, his glasses ain't Swung from a chain; they are th' kjnd You hold an' 'xplaln with w'en 'you talk An' point at boys but I don't mind. W'en Maytrie Smith, she got th' note, Th' Teacher says, "Bring that to met" N'en nil her curls went down "an' hid Behind th' big geography. An' Johnnie Jones ho made, tli' sun Shine In his piece of looklh'glass. An' n'en he hid It In his desk Till Teacher got thro' goin' pas'.. , An' w'y we all laffed out was 'cause Ho went an' made th' sunshine go A-bobbln' on th' Visitor's heart Wlte where his hair forgot to grow! , Tli' Visitor, he's dreffle glad If any word 'at he could say Has wreathed a children's face with smiles An' "That's all. boys 'an' girls, today " "TTjjl t& 1 r riipjj Dreaktast In a Good, Warm 1 Room jnunt.Lt On those bitter cold morn ings when the house is chilly all over (perhaps the fur OIL COMPANY (N.braik.) Omaha for) THAN IN'ANY OTHER CEREAL F00P. PACKAGE 6:08 p. tm. 12:20 a- a. 4:10 p. m. 6:45 a. bl. Block Signal Tickets and reservations 1323 Faraam Street. Cor. 14Uu Pb.t DsuiUs 438 Nebraska i