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THE J3KB: OMAHA, FKliUY, MARCH 7, 1913. 4 THK OMAHA DAILY BEK VlOTOR ROSBWATBU. RDlTOIt. HKB IUI1LD1NQ. "FARNAM AND liTH. Hntered at Omaha potoinee as second class matter i . ' THUMB OF SUBSCRIPTION; BUnday Bef. one yonr Saturday Be, one year i'no Dally Be, without fiuncay. one year., jw Dally Bee. a.nd Sunday. on Tear DKLIVEHEO BY CAHHlBIt. Evening- and Sunday, per month ? Brenlnr without Sunday, per month., go Dally Bee, lncludlnr Runway, per mo., wc Dally Bee, without Hunday, per mo .... J AdVSfesa all omplalnt or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation DgPi " RBIkIITTASf55 ... Remit by draft, express or rtR' "r.I' payabli to The Tleo PubllahinK oompanif. Only 2-cent atiunp. received ''f.'j ot amall accounU. Personal check"- ex cept on Omaha and eastern cxchane. not accepted. -'- OFKICK3J Omaha-The Eee Sulldlnir. South Omaha-MlS N street. Council muffs-It North Main street. ).lncoln-r Ultlh building. chlcaRO-lHl Marquette building. Kansas Clty-Rellance building:. .New Tork-34 West Thirty-third. Kt Louls-KB Frisco bulldlnc. v Waahlngton-725 Fourteenth St., N. w CORRESPdNDENOB. Communlcatlona relntlng to new; ana editorial matter ahould b . nddressea Omaha Bee. Editorial department. JANUARY CIRCULATION. 49,528 State of Nehraka. County of Douglas, ui Dwlght Williams, circulation manaser of The Bee Publishing company, being (luly sworn, says that thfe average do" circulation for the month of Janiitr. bU. waa 4J.KSL DWIGHT W1LLIAMH, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and worn to before mo thin 6th. day of teliruary. 1913. HUBERT HUNTER. (Seat.) Notary Public "For Omaha." A drowning mn does not licsltalo to pull hln reaeuqr down, with him. to a watery death. The dotporatlon of our hydraulic statesmen and their ' nowspapcr mouthpiece Is strikingly Illustrated hy tholr latest rulo or ruin tactics. Thoy have beon pretending to bo bat tling "for Omaha," but now, finding themselves with the short end, they turn around and battle against Omaha by holding 8t. Joseph up to the world as superior to Omaha aa a Hvo slock market. Were this nttnek successful In Its purpose to mako Nobraska farmers bollovo thoy could do better by ship ping tholr stock to other markets, these fake patriots would destroy ono of the principal Industries on which 'Omaha' depends. Thoy know Very woil that the price of hogs in St,' Joseph has nothing to do with tho question. To mako a satrapy to bo governed by its Water "board over lord on life tcnUro without subjec tion to any homo rule power, they would sot tho wholp Htate against this city to our irreparable damage. What docs a j(r000-a-ycar profes sional salary-grabber care for Omaha if by tearing it down ho can build himself up? Looking BacWard. ThisDwitiOmalia COMPILED TROM 000 c DEE. MARCH 7. FILES Subscriber leaving the city temporarily should hare Tho nee mailed to them. Address TrllV.be changed ns often na requested. What will Washington bo without Kb Undo Joo? Made in Nebraska. Nebraska's agricultural wealth In creased from about $800,000,000 in 1000 to $2, 079, 818,647, according to tho census of 1910. The state, con Bldering Its population and resources, must, thorofore, be distinctly a farm ing community, with prodigious do volopmont ahead of It. But along with its agricultural potencies, Ne braska is already much more of an industrial commonwealth than most With Secretary Tumulty on the of our own poopltf realize. ' Job,, things will naturally Boon quiet century ago tho entlro manufac dowp. turod products of tho United States amounted to less than $200,000,000. Jim Jeffries wishes and thinks he That flguro Is surpassed ovory year Thirty Ycnrw A committee consisting of John A. Wakefield, Mr. Drlscoll and C. Spccht has been nppolntcd by the Board of Trade to look Into the matter of nn ordi nance, to roqulre people erecting buildings to first take out building permits. - The county commissioner nro advertis ing bids for the removal of the Sixteenth street brldgo to Florence, It having been determined to fill up the bed of North Omaha creek and make Sixteenth street and Sherman avenue ono unobstructed thoroughfare. The parlors of the Paxton were the scene of a brilliant wedding which united Alexander J&cotison of Milwaukee and .Miss JMattie Rothschild, sister of Mrs. A. Polack. Two llttlo girls, Dollle and Mnltlo Polnck, nieces of the bride, dressed one In blue and the other, In pink, carried baskets of flowers. Rev. Dr. Isaac Schwab of St. Joseph performed the 'ceremony. The Omaha Glee club has elected three new members, Sam C. Nash, Charles Deuel and David Wells. Jenkins Is removing his headquarters cigar store to the room .formerly occu pied by tho U. H. restaurant. ' A party ot Council Bluffs city officials came over on tho Invitation of Chhrles E. Squires to Inspect tho asphalt on Douglas street, A. A. Egbert nnd famlfy of Denver arc at the Paxton. Judge Q. W. Post, newly appointed col lector of Internal revemic, will' soon re move to tills city. Llttlo & Williams are eager to pay a reward for tho return' of a lost young black Newfoundland dog. can "corno back." as Reno, yoa. 'Back from as far by Omaha and South Omaha alone Somo half dozen years ago the wholo state of Nebraska made butter Among tho mado-ln-Nobraska amounting In value to $3,308,944 beauties, do not overlook the No- in Omaha alone tho annual output braska malda. now passes tho JO, 000,000 mark. In ono year tho flour mills of Nebraska ino neorasKa.Biaio senate rofuscs snin BoniotlunK UKo aoo.uuu.uuu ,to lie hoodwinked by tho Lincoln pounds of flour. . boarding housekeepers. The fact fs that Nobraska, with Its area of 48.640.000 acres of soil, Sinco things havo subsided some- lll0B.iv fertne nnd subject to tho what at Washington, wo should havo hghoBt cultivation, lta proximity to a llttlo tlmo now- for Mexico.. MPubl(6 Bohtlroont i bars a', mo'hey truBt,u sayB. '.Mn j Morgan. Public sentiment was not consulted,"" Mr. Morgan; " --- ll..l..tl 1-1 1 l. rtl..... nl. 1. . . , ... ,., . achievement and future possibilities Jm , T. . t oso,who will take tho trouble to 'Marshall Is on a four-year vacation, V and study it with 1hla thought though. ,5 ,t fS.-Lr,, ' . . , . tho contor of supplies, lta tronsporta tlon facilities and natural climatic advantages, is bound to .become groat in manufacturing, while con tinuing groat In agriculture. Tho lado-ln-Nobraska show will rovoal a surprising' -panorama of present Twice Told Tales Ttvcnty Yearn Aft Rev. Thomas Marshall, field secretary of the Presbyterian. Board ofr Foreign Missions, lectured at the Toung Men's Christian association building on "Travels In the Chinese Empire." Fred Anderson returned fr6m Cleveland where he attended the national conven tion of the A. P. A. U. 11, Balcombe, reading clerk of tho city council, was again on duty after an Illness of several days. Mrs. H. a. Burt, Mr, J, R. Buchanan and Miss Clara Hawley went to Chi cage In Genernl Manager Hurt' private cat to attend a Poderowskl performance at the Audltorlums Mrs. T. 8. Barrlger died at her home, 513 Worth Twenty-second street and plans were mado for tM funeral with burfal at Forest Iawn. , Dan Avery, coachman for Governor Boyd, fell from a horse at Seventeenth and Davenport streets and broke his right ankle. He waa removed to 8t. Joseph's hospital for treatment. Qenoral Passenger Agent E. t. Lomax of Uie-Unlon Pacific, returned from Chi cago, where bo attended a meeting: of railroad passenger officials acting upon plans for reduced rates to and from the Chicago World's fair, and .said, rates would not be announced ' for several weeks. Plenauren of Olxcnrltr. It Is apparent from this anecdote that a. story, although 2,200 years old, can still be fresh ami amusing. It l a a per sonal anecdote of ChUang Tzu, a bril liant Chinese writer and philosopher of the" fourth century B. P. Chuang Tsu was fishing In the P'u river, when the Prlnco of Ch'u, sent two high officials to ask him to tako chargb ot the administration of that province. Chuang T211 went on fishing, ' and, without turning his head, sold, "t have luard that In Ch'u there Is a sacred tor toise that has been dead some three thousand years, and that the prince keeps this tortoise carefully enclosed In a chest on ' tho altar of his ancestral temple. Now" would this tortolso rather' bo dead and have Its remains venerated, or be allvo and wagging Its tall In tha niud7" "It woOld rather be alive," replied thi two officials, "and wagging Its taU In the mud." . "Begone!" cried Chuang Tr.u. "I, too, will wag my toll In the mud." Youths' Companion. 1,1 fr nnd Denth. The treasurer of tho bank was dead. Word has Just been received over the telephone. It was shortly after business hours, and, an If by common consent, "alt of the employes gathered together In a llttlo group. , I feel as though I had lost a brother,' said the assistant treasurer. I ahall-never get over It," added tho cashier. ' . "It makes me sick," whispered the pay ing teller. It Is very, very terrible," murmured tho receiving teller. I shall think about It all night." re marked the bookkeeper. "It's awful awfull" said the clerks. There was a moment's silence; hn the errand boy spoke. I wonder who'll get the Job?" he chirped. Everybody gave an Involuntary start. The errand boy had' been a mlnd-readcr. Puck. Why Hhc Didn't Know. Supremo Court Justice Martin J. Kcogh of Now York City, haa a flno family of children. Ono of tho little Keogh girls, who Is Just taking her first steps In learning, came home recently sad of face. "What can be the matter?" asked .in older member of the family. "Oh," said tho llttlo one, "teacher asked me something and I couldn't tell her. Bhe asked mo what four and six make:" J , . . "And didn't you know that?" querrled jth$wlser. ,older;,ono In surprise. 'tNo, I ' didn't know, mow couia 1 knttw7 Nobody never tens mo any se crets." Pittsburgh Post. It ought to bp poeslblo to . bo a "patrotlc" citizen of Omaha without ' hitting any of our Industries below tho belt. in' mtnii. ' Good for 'the Socialists. If tho recall were always as wisely applied as in tho enso of William D. Haywood, llttlo would bo said against Many neoDle nay they want an in- it. Tho socialists by a roforendum dependent press, wtjen, they really havo recalled this apostle of ultra mean a press wuicn tney , themselves synuicaiiBm irom inoir naiionui e can control. y', , ccutivo commlttod, whore for years . 7- he has been a fire-brand of trouble. The fact that tho-uewl secretary of Tho repudiation significantly reflects war cornea from tho homo of tho Jor-1 credit upon tho socialists, whether It sey "akooter" at least commends hlsl represents a ponalty for Jlaywood'a ngnung quauuea, drastic views or merely a urcacn or , ,. IdlHclullno. Haywodd is divested of At any.fra,vo. tho. people' who got tho offCai backing and authority, away Bafoiyjrom that Ddwoy hotel ,, a membership in tho national lire win not-po bonBtniiiy recounting oxccutlvo commltteo ot tho socialist tuolr narrow escape. party gave him, a thing that Bhould havo been dono long ago. If tho.ao clallsts havo any Borlous notions of over appealing to tho clear-headed reason of the nation, thoy must get rid of.. all tho Hay woods oa loaders, It was a grave reflection upon their good Intentions that thoy over coun tonanced this man's leadership After hla Idaho exporloncca, but If they have finally rid themselves of him Mr. MujisoyJthroatona to dispose of now, so much to tnolr creait, Song of tho applicants' chorus waiting at the "White House door: "Oh, It's a Shamo, a Mcuatoy Shame, to Koep Ub Waiting Out In the Rain." , Perhapajjif James Hamilton Lewis would :dye-',hls,-plnk whiskers groen he mlghtr-put 'It acroes and land the eenator!l.'ig on -St. Patrick's day. Ton YftAtu A cm- John HcbafUflil, -Jienwallf Sassengtr agent of the 'rtoo)o Islaild railroad was in town in ms" rtrtVfrttt'TiaB Mr. and 'Mrs. Sotlbner entertained the Harmony clubl ' ' ' ' Mr, and Mra. Guy C. Barton wero ba'4k from tho south, where they had speht part of the winter. Patrolman Knox 'got a number of hard knocks with hlrf own club In the hands of other men at Eleventh and Harney streets. It, was night and KnOX waa patrolling his beat, and three thugs attacked him, took his club from htm and beat him oyer the head with It also giving him a ran- on tho hnnd breaking 'one finger. ' They all escaped. John J, Peterson and Anna M. Ijirso'n, !. I ft 1 1 . r-i . v. v-naiicn ij. vjiine linu earail Ai, AiorruW. II pf Omaha, obtained license to wed. The conductors,-ot the Union Pacific. through their cdmmlttce, closed confnr- ences witn President Burt and wero reported to have achieved their demand of a 20 per cent increase In wages. Tji conductors noivthe oompahy would make any official statement, however, con firming or denying. hia Boston, pajterv if. jl a not proflta bly patronized. Evidently, a llttlo hull mopslsm gooa a long ways in Boston. "V!" A Waiters' Anti-Tippfng. Club. After all, thoro Booma to be At 1 least one now thing under the sun It Ib a waltora antl-tlpplnR" club or- Several of the Wllaon cabinet Uanlzed by Chicago .waiters. They membora do not appear In 'Who'a!aak a atate law that wll Imprison a Wlio," but It ib wbat'a what with man for accepting a tip from (hem from now on, bo this exclusion kwaltor. need not matter. Tho waiters are Incensed, not at tho man who hands them IiIb loose President ' Wilson .and BecretaryL0 ., hn nmnlrivmont airorft. I VIIWIIhU MMV - " Bryan are asrocd in tholr personal ,K .t, - irtlne ihn waiter aversion for the silk hat, and we can- Th..a7far thn wnltera havo not not neip admiring tnolr democratic progrc8Bed to the point of demand taste In this particular. No Harvester trust In that llttlo lowa town, neither has any but a Harvester trust Implement' been Bold thero In twenty years. That might bo a straw from tho threshing. Ing a Jail sentence for the waiter who collects port qflila wagoa from the patron, or tho employer who rorcoB him to do it. It may be wrong for employment agencies to exact fcoa for finding employment for men, jot In tho present economic arrangement Six-dollar water "meters bduglit there aeoms to be no way for employ im in....mnn m i,a.d ment agencies to continue In busl .0 them for 511.26. That's the kind e88 b M for their aorv- jf business management that ought 'cc8' . .... ,, . ,n ,v iv ,, i w.. . The waltora might accomplish icnr aeo some real benefit through an antl . tinning system It they could securo The democratic national committee the co-operation ot tholr, employers haa held a meeting, but has taken no against It. If by any meanB yet un atop to rearrange apportionment of discovered by othora, they can Induce convention delegates, which for the their omployora to pay in full and democrats rcate upon the same un- not leave most ot It for the ovor- caultable basis as-It does for the re- charged public, then th,ey will hav imblicanB: done something worth while. There ara a few more of those "quick. By eliminating fifteen out of the turning" construction hotels, such as thirty nominated. Omaha will soon Omaha's left It Is well In such a hotel chooB0 tho men to make Its first ucutio.ba before retirina-.-MlnneaooUa b6me rule charter, Every Toter In It la better to locate the hotel and should post himself so as to be able pt up at another. '0 perform bla duty Intelligently. ox SHEAR FUN. :Pke Trap Hotels cfhlcago Ttews! Second rate hotels ap pear to(be aa Inflammable In Omaha as lit Chicago. ' , Philadelphia Record: The hotel fire in Omal'ia Is far from being unprecedented, and wo fear that It win not oe mo iaai Horror, of thVsbrt.' Very few Are" aro not preventable. Nearly all are the ro eillt Jpineglfcct and carelessness. In a hotel there ought to be exceptional care taken, and probably thero gonerally Is, hut there Is ,not enough. The Inspection of ..premises and ,the enforcement of precautions are rarely insisted upon faith fully excopt.Just after a dreadful disaster. Washington Star: A building meeting modern safoty standards could not pos sibly burn aa freely as did this Omaha hotel, and It would be virtually Impos sible to trap any number of guests even In case ot a swift blaze. But how many of the lower Krado places of public ac commodatlon aro of this character. T,he Omaha fire makes It " Incumbent upon municipal officials througout the United States to Inspect rigorously all such establishments, and In case they are not assuredly safe to prohlbt their continued use for such purposes. People Talked About Inaugural Debris Ilellef for Poor I'nmni Union itenl OMAHA, March '6.-TO tha Editor of The Bee': I havo been very'wuoh1 dis tressed by reading In The-P-qo tho dc coilrits ' of how the produce commission men ot Omaha are steadily losing money a a result of engaging In business in Omaha. It seems too bad that thov should not be permitted to share In the prosperity and plenitude which has" ben the boast of our great state for so manv years. That they havo been brought to a state of Indigence through the per formance of a self-imposed task of puo- He service Is apparent by reason of their own admissions. Would It not be vrwll for the legislature to recognize this alid make somo provision for the relief of the dealers In foodstuffs who aro being" brought to poverty by 'staying In tno business? If .the legislature cannot do this, should not the citizens by popular subscription reward these men for' their patriotic abnegation? . OLD KOUY ami Tin-r win smoke. OMAHA, March 6.-T0 the Editor ot The Bee: I wonder If tho mothers afe warning their sons of tho gleat danger of smoking and all its attendant evlU? How It hurts them physically, morally and financially? What good -will money or education do without health? How that reckless 'don't care" spirit takes possession of a boy that smokes cigar ettes and worse evils often follow. And how a boy will be kept poverty-stricken all bis life Just from the use of tobacco? If the girls would advise their boy friends not to'Use tobacco they will be glad later In life, for lucky Is tho girl whoso "sweet heart" does not smoke. Twice lucky Is the girl who marries a man that does not smoke. It the Woman's club would study more about how to abate this evil they would surely accomplish something lr. time. HOOPAU Her Grand Practically Fireproof. OMAHA, March 6. To the Editor pf The Bee: The statement is made in The Bco that the Her Grand bos only one fire escape, and no mention Is made ot tho adequate number of cards and slg nal lights In the halls. Aa a matter of fact, the Her Grand has three thoroughly mouern ana easily accessible nro es capes. The main or new portion of the Her Grand hotel, In which 75 per cent of tho guest rooms are located, Is ot steel frame construction, with' metal lath par titions and ceilings, and alt walls and ceilings are lined with mineral wool. When built, this building was recog nized as tho first fireproof building In Omaha, and "today is considered prac tically fireproof. Every precaution, pos sible is taken for tho safeguarding df our guests. There are forty, fire extinguish ers scattered throughout the halls. A night watchman makesthe rounds of the hotel every half hour, reporting at thirty- minute Intervals. In Justice to the Her Grand and the public,. I think this state. ment deserves prominence In your col umns. F. A. CATTLE. The lUnn and the Motive. OMAHA, March 6. To the Editor pf Tho ,Bee: I got tho Impression from listening -to tho .last' harangtio 'of tie Water boarders in Lincoln that their scheme now is to make it appear that The .Bee and the -legislature of JS00, which passed the original Howell bill are responsible for all the mistakes of this nautical Moses. The legislature is blamed for "forcing" compulsdr.y pur- chnse and Tho Bee for exposing tho un satisfactory operation of the plant. Woll, I think it Is a good thing for the taxpayers and water consumers of Omaha that thero Is a newspaper hon est and courageous enough not to give itself over, boots and breeches, to the selfUh purposes ot this one man. This wholo Water board scheme was con ceived by him In the sin of selfish am bition to get a public salary he could no- whero else earn and brought forth In the iniquity of falsehood and folly. If a person at the head of a largo private burtness Industry Miad attempted such methods as practiced upon the city, he would have walked out of the concern much faster than he got In. As to the other members of the board, It isn't meet to speak, for they are simply echoes, Dave O'Brien is there to do the clown act, which at Lincoln was more pitiful than funny. A 'WELL-SOAKED SUCKER. "Has Smythe any qualifications for servlee In tho diplomatic, oorps?" 'is; he can Interfere In a quarrel be tween friends and still retain the good will of both. "-Buffalo Express. Pa!' "Well?" "What Is a buttress?" "A buttress Is er why a nanny goat.' of course. Why don't you use your head a little and not ask so many questions?" Now York Star, "You havo been condemned to be shot' at sunrise," said the friendly guard. "Well." replied th& Mexican prisoner. "I'm willing. to take a chance on formal marksmanship. But don't let anybody send a rescue party for me." Washington Star. First Ixiwyer r near ybu are raving troublo In getting a Jury for that auto mobllo case. Second Lawyer Yes. We object to everybody who owns a car, and the other aide rulea out all who don't. Puck. "Drppped a little at roulette while' I waa abnoad." remarked tile iceman. , "'Can't beat that game," said the coal man . "Wasn't .trying to. I Just wanted to see how It reels to lose money."-LouIsvlllG Courier-Journal. Saplctgh It gives one a shock, don't you know, to realize that one has made art aw nf tiln...! Miss Keen You should be quite used I to that by this time, Mr. Saplelgh. Bos- ion Mranscnpi. "How many terms has tho alderman In your ward served?" , served? oxcat Scott, nonei He has enjoyed thn emoluments and perquisites of half a dozen, though," Chicago Tri bune. "What Is a conning tower?" asked the man who knows nothing about a ship. "I suppose," replied tho man who re- writs naval appropriations, 'ttmi fc cra ning tower Is a place where tho he'r to put across some sort of a 'con.' 'Wash Ington Star. Tommy Pop. are the bald eagles a dis tinct Variety? Tommy's Pop 1 can't say positively, my son, but I rather fancy a bald eagle Is simply a married one. Philadelphia Itecord. "IJttle boy, do you know the story of Cinderella?" "I saw her once in a musical comedy, but the production ha'd no Riot or story to speak of." Kansas City Journal. MARCH MADNESS. The mad March hare is on the Jump, The winds of heaven are on a toot; TKu old red hen Is on the nest, And the lilac Is getting ready to shoot. II. The wls"e little birds are down 'south yet, The sap hides-In subterranean roots; Tho pretty Ice lid Is on the brook And the hats In the windows aren t they beauts? HI The clouds go skipping across the sky; The March sun smiles his Icy smile; And Br'er Welsh hustles about his chores That he's been neglecting all this wlilts. Four divisions ' ot he' circuit court of St. Loula on Monday divorced forty-one couples without shattering the eight-hour law. The Hearst-Harrison and the Sullivan- Burke divisions ot Chicago's Imperishable demorcracy managed to do the inaugu ration without decorating the scenery with their respective scalps. Tommy Mlddlcton ot Philadelphia, a giddy youngster ot.SQ years, pulled off an elopement with his housekeeper a few days ago. Tommy is wealthy and needed a housekeeper anchored to the Job, A school for telephone operators In New York rejects applications for ad mission to lta course from more than JS.0O0 girls annually, accepting only about 2,000, who fulfill its requirements. Dr. Marglt Balough, , n Hungarian woman, haa been appointed vby the Hun garian mlnlstor of Instruction to engage In geological research work In connection with a French expedition, to the Atlas mountains nonnwesi Airica. W. A. Ztegler. who won the hammer throw In tho Oxford games, Is a Rhodes scholar from Iowa, and H. R. Stela1, who was first In the long jump, hplds tho same appointment from Stanford univer sity. Thomas Steele, formerly an attorney at Columbus. O., Convicted Qf blackmail in 1902, came out of the woods of Canada last week and 'took hie jmedlclne In the federal court at Cincinnati: "i nave sut- fered more punishment aa a fugitive," he said, "than It I had gone to prison and aorved my sentence," In the package of unique fyardona Issued by the late 'dovernor Dfit of New York " - ... , , -r, was one 10 a cruunru lawyer, it, Valentine, convicted ot swindling minor heirs, six years ago. By various shady means execution 'of the sentence was tayed,. and the fellow never reached the doora of the penitentiary, although the governor waa hoodwinked Into the be lief that ha waa In Jail. ' A The Duchess of Marlborough oPened Albion House near London last week as a home for working girls and women. It will be run on the same lines as the Row. ton homes for men. .The women can pay W centa rent weekly and can huy a meal from t-cent upwards. In all England Retiring President Tatt took with him to private llfo tho husky chair he occu plod at his desk in the White IJouse. Anticipating what was coming.- the sen ate restaurant locked up" Its silverware and put out the tin clad variety for the edification ot souvenir fiends. Four big and little Williams in the cabinet Insures at least a working quorum of Bills. Only one member of the cabinet decorates his face, with whts- kers. James U. MeKenney, clerk of the 'supremo-" 'coh'rt'and custodian ot the" Inau guration Bible, haa held tho sacred book for nine presidents to kiss, from Garfield to Wilson.' ' iFlvo million-dollars Is the estimated cost .of, the. Inauguration, ot which the railroads gathered In JSOOO.OOO. The cal- culator dodgei figuring on the cost nf the" dark brown taste. k v'Jce President -Marshall's- reference- to "'four years of silence"' means only in the' 'senate chamber. In the' grandstand 6ron" the-bleiichcts" when the game Is qn Jn'earncst'' liberty to scream' is the in alienable rfglit Jf a fkn: Something of a senate" tradition is about lo"!) shattered yby Vice fresident Mar ahall's' appointment o Mts. '81'agle. his Indiana 'stcho'grapherr'as privafa secre taiy. T.he appolntm'ent brlpgs info the senate, 'chamber fpr " the , first time a womaij'jn a working capacity. IV. to tho The sassfraa dope comes again iront; The old spuds aro sprouting In tho col lar; And old winter snoops round over tho hlil And freezes the llfo most out ot a feller. To old Pogasus, harness free, running a? large, Comes the wild .ducks' honk right well does he know it; And that steed grown skittish from long disuse . Takes a fall out of tho first spring poet, Omaha. BAYOLL NE TRELLE. The Itetallera' Candidate. OMAHA. March a To the Editor of ,The Bee: It was brought out at the last meeting of the retailers of Omaha that our secretary, Mr. James W. Metcalfe, was the only candidate nominated for the new city charter commission, who represented the retail Interests. Tho following committee was there fore appointed to co-operate with the dally papers toward the election of 'Mr. Metcalfo on March 11 next: RETAILERS OF OMAHA. . By HARRY K. RYAN, T. P. REDMOND, THOMAS QUINLAN, CHARLES SCHWAOER, tl. P. KERR, Committee. Thlnka Oniahn 3Veed a Crnsade. ONAWA, la., March R. To the Editor of The Bee: Your editorial In regard to the Dewey hotel Is too good' to pass un noticed. Almost every city in our land 1ms had a crusade of somo sort that has resulted In raising tno mprai tone 01 tne community. Omaha has never experienced anything ot this kind, but has Instead upheld at the polls an administration that is rotten to the core. Dahlman haa disgraced Omaha abroad many times, and I can't explain why Omaha's business men voto for such a j there are only three municipal lodging Right Off the-Wire Chattanooga1. Tenn., Is installing a sys tem of ornamental street lighting In Its business acctlpn. Xh city-of St Loula U replacing many o( 41a ."gaa "area", with high, power candle-power tungsten electric lamps. 'Bending platurea by wlr la nothing iew In Germany and France and now they are talking of cabling them acrosa the Atlantic . " . The city of Rupert, Idaho, has more buildings, home and 'offices heated by electricity than any other city la tha United States. It Is planned to electrify tha Pennsyl vanla !lns btwecn Philadelphia and Washington. Power wilt be 'obtained from, the, Susquehanna river. Wlrejeaa,' telephony between Rome and .Palermo. Sicily, a distance ot tSO miles, haa 4een very successful and the Italian government will take over the aysttm. E. D. CORK. Stories in Figures Makes Muscle, Bone and Flesh And that's what your growing children need give them Faust Spaghetti often and they will surely wax strong and brawny. A 10c package of Faust Spaghetti contains as much nutrition as 4 lbs. of beef ask your doctor. In New York state five forest trees are cut down to every one planted. Down in Jacksonville. Fla.. electric light wires are placed under sidewalks. Toronto la asked to expend J1,12.0SS In the next ten years on harbor .devel opment. Winnipeg's municipal electrio light plant claims to be making a profit of S1.3A a month. New York state plans to spend this year J1O.O0O.00O n constructing 1,000 rnlles of new good roads. The United States patent office. Issued 903 patents during the year ISM, but last year tho number reaohed J4.0SI. Walls Smith, who has served forty yeaia aa cashier of a Yonkerm. N V. bank", has handled during his service over 100,000,000. j . SPAGHETTI is made from Durum (hard) wheat, the rich gluten cereal. Makes fine eating delicious and savory .Write for tree recipe book and find out the great variety of delightful dishes Faust Spaghetti makes. At all Grocers' Se and lOe Package MAULL BROS. St. Loub. Mo -Comfort at Any Time, I Day or Night. - vA Gas Heating Stove Assures Comfort When 1 Other Heat Fails Instant heat is one of the home's greatest needs. 3 E A Gas Heating Stove can bo used in the bedroom S E when you dress; in the sitting room when tho regu- g p lar heating system fails to give sufficient heat; or 3 E in the bath room to provide a suitable temperature g E while bathing. A GAS HEATING STOVE WILL WARM CHILLY CORNERS OR THE ROOMS WHICH THE REGULAR HEATING SYS TEM FAILS TO HEAT. Stop at our store and see a Gas Heating Stove e Demonstrated. I Omaha Gas Co. DOUGLAS 605. 1509 HOWARD ST. 5 niuiiiHiuiMi(iminmitniHiimiinmiinimitTntiTniiinitiiiiiiiinHiiiHHiiiin Do you have to write a "Know Omaha" essay? School children will find a great deal of 1 e'p and suggestion by referring to our recently published NEBRASKA DEVELOPMENT EDITION If you did not save it we can still furnish a few copies at 10 cents per copy. Bee Business Office, 1 7th and Farnam Sts. The j Habit will get you . I