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4 THE BEE: OMAHA, MOttDAY, AUGUST 18, 1913. Tiie Omaha daily bee FtLNDED HV BDWAtlD ItOSKWATBU victor rosbwatbr. wditor. BBK BUILDING. FARNAM'AND ITfH. Rntered at Omaha postoftlce as second- class matter. THRMf, or SITHBCniPTION! Sunday Bee, one year ...J2.00 Saturday lit, one year l.M Pally Dee, without Sunday, one year. 4.09 Pallr Bee. and Sunday, one year.... 8.00 ' tiRi.iv-rciiEn y cMiniEH: TOvfnln and flundav. nr month 40o Evening, without Sunday, per month. o railr Beo, Including Sunday, per mo.Kc Dally Bee. without Sunday. per mo.ttc Address all complaints of Irregularities Jn deliveries to City circulation uept. REMITTANCE. Remit br draft, express or postal order. payable to The Bee Publishing company, Only S-cent stamps, recslved in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on. Omaha and eastern' excrange, not accepted. j OFFICES: Omaha The Dw building' South Omaha 231 B N Street. Council Bluffs-lt North Main Street. Llncoln-I Ut HuHdlng: ' Chleago-01 Hearst building. New York-Roortf 1108, 2M Fifth Ave. Bt Louls-M New Bank of Commerce, Washington-- Fourteenth St. N. W. " CORRESPONDENCE. T Communications relating to news and rd'torlal matter ihould bo addressed Orcaha Bee, Editorial department. JULY CIRCULATION. 50,142 State of Nebraska, County of DoUBlas, ss. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being ' duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for the mont?. of July, 191, was M.HJ. DWIOHT WILLIAMB, Circulation Manager. Bubsarlbed In mr presence and sworn to before me this 4th day of August 19U. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public nbsertbers IraTlna; the oltr temporarily should have The lies mailed to thnm. Address Trill be rhangraA an often reanested. If looks count, you have to giro It to Glynn over Bulzor.n t Old Sol must find us a mighty raw lot to need bo much cooking. Yos, but would a lld-ladon country club show a surplus or a doflclt? ' folks who go around tror affinities take that searching means of Hooking for trouble, i Once upon a tlmo Omaha had a i base ball pitcher who could last tho nlno Innings through, i Whether tho fans want the ball lingo changed or not, it cinch the umpire does. ' baso is a No wonder Watermelons can atnllo on the vine when thoy bring CO cqnta 'the minute they loavo it. , Johnny Bull will-take part in thaj , iSan Francisco exposition unless he vrisKds to play the baby act. ' Maybe Huerta wanted to deport (those Americas reporters because they scooped their Mexican rivals. T 1 The joke 'of tha4oBls .Mr. Bryan being, designated to tell Am bassador Wilson ho talks too much. Vardaman prates -.a -lot about tho perpetuity of tho government. Won . der if-ho thinks -lynch law. helps it , along. It is Just Secretary McAdoo's luck to offer that- money -to move-the crops when thoro are pot many crops to move. Remember last winter how you talked to that faithful old furnace because it didn't heat up all the rooms alike? That boy Ursur, who twists the hull's head off. in "Quo vVadls," might be a good one to turn loose on Tammany tiger. tho The San Diego' exposition Is going right ahead as if it mado no-differ ence whatever whether tho San Fran cisco exposition keeps school or not The purely gas franchise compromise Is a business1 proposition: Is dollar gas. now preferable to contlnu ,ing a law suit with doubtful tormina tlon? SUli, it is sort of rubbing it in to offer a house or flat for ront right now at no much a month and J 5 add! ,'tlonal -fon'hoaiing during -.tho winter yeason.v' ! . s . "'. I The Knights Templar in conclave 'at Denver marched, to the tuno of .'.'Onward, Christian 8oJdiers" Just elf (hey wero all unafraid veterans of Armageddon. . After preaching "back to nature" all these -years, some perverse folks begin to fcohipraJn when the abbrevia tion of clothes has, reached only the a a . i Medical experts assure us that the greater number of our insanity cases aro preventable, but we keep right on enlarging our insane hospitals as Jf that 'were the only thing" to do. A man In Washington who' has been a house employe for twenty years says he is going to tell the "un varnished truth" of all ho knows at to the events of congress la that time. But will ho stop at what he "knows?" American railroads are capitalised on an average on auoui fuz,oon a mile, which is only about one-third of the corresponding figures for Great Britain. It is bocauso wo hare bp jnany mllca that our railroads look Jlke such a tremendous lot ot money.' . - Impeachment, Suspension, Removal. That no such situation as is pre sented in New York, whero tho execu tive office has two claimants, coud follow an impeachment of a governor in Nebraska is mado clear by reading of our state constitution. Tho sec tion relating to tho lmpeachmont of a governor concludes as follows: No officer shall exercise lUs official duties after ha shall have been Im peached, and notified thereof, tintll he shall have been acquitted. Our Nebraska constitution further provides for the exorcise of tho func tions of the govornor during his incapacity-by tho lieutenant govornor In Nebraska, Impeachment that is to say, tho bringing of a- true bill of Indictment charging misdemeanor in office ipso facto suspends the offl cor Impeached, subject to re-Instate mont on acquittal or romovsl on con viction. Color Lino in Office-Holding. oi register oi uio treasury nas oecn held by a negro; now it Is held by an Indian. President Wilson pro posed A. II. Patterson, a highly re- spectod negro of Oklahoma, for the place, but tho senate majority of southorn democrats, with a good deal of inborn antipathy for the black man, anyway, roso up on lla dignity and rejected tho appointment, Pat terson, showing himself far above the avorage in manliness, thon re quested tho president to withdraw his name, which ho did and substi tuted that of Oabo Parker, a full blood Choctaw Indian of Oklahoma, who was confirmed. It was such statesmen ,aa Varda man of Mississippi who defeated tho negro's appointmont Vardamaa, who says tho 'perpetuity of tho 're public dopends upon segregation of tho races In all government service. But with Senator Owen, nuothor (part-blood Indian from Oklahoma, at his sldo, Vardaman Is ablo to re press this ignoblo sentiment whoa. rcdmen aro undor consideration. Evidently it Is only tho black man whoso olovation to ofijco would un dermine tho government. Wbilo nothing different is to be expected from a sonator Uko Varda man, it la most inconsistent for tho senate to support such a precedent Tho white race cannot afford to draw tho color lino so unfairly. President Wilson might have done well to have lnsistdd on tho confirmation of ' his original appointmont Instead of giv ing way to tho Vardaman influencd. A Few Milk Don'ts.. With Uruo paternal interest, the Department of Agriculture has issued a bulletin on tho handling of milk calculated to prevent mistakes dan gerous to health in hot weather, par ticularly of children. It points out. what ought to lM.apbarent to all that no matter howicarefiilly the milk Is guarded between the farm and the home, or in how sanitary a condition It is delivered to the loo box.rlt may be ruined as food by cureless home handling. Above nil olso, stress Is laid on keeping tho milk cool to pre vent bacteria multiplying. And here are aorao "don'ts" ' that might bo helpful: Don't remove milk from the original bottle or the bottlo from 'the refrigerator until heeded for use. Don't let the milk stand on porch when dollvered, but put it' In the ice box at once. Don't let the toe box boeomo unclean; wipe dally With clean cloth and scald once a wee);. . Don't let the milk stand in a warm kitchen or dining room longer than neces- &r' -m , , Don't placo the milk In a refrigerator oompartmnt with onions and .other food of strong odors. All of which is perfeotly obvious. of course, but' Bbt.'perfectly adhered to. In the season of greatest disease hazard is tho time for greatest pre caution. Deaplto the protests of our demo cratic senator from' Nebraska, his colleagues have caucus-decreed against postponing consideration o( the currency bill. Tho senator has said ho is "irrevocably opposed" to legislating on the currenoy at the present sosslon, but tho prospect is he will have to como to a showdown when his name' is called ' to vote "Yes" or "No." ' The big glaring omission from that list of achievements s the redomp tlon of the promise of 26rcent water rates. If this promise had been re deemed, the water boarders would not have had to waste their time in explanation of minor details, . . Secretary ot War Garrison saya the chief need of the army 1b publicity that-wjli.anabjo tho, peoplo 'to. know what tho army is, and what it is doing, The secretary will soon be here as a viator, and we will be glad to help out with the publicity. . Tho wife ot the secretary! of the navy is distinguished as "the cham pion whistler of the cabinet family." Vet it i doubtful if she will ba able to do all the whistling for tho ad ministration. You, ComM Keel It, Toe. Washington Btar. "An oblong hot wave' 'Is among the novelties mentioned In a resent discus slon ot the climate. The principles Of cubist art cannot bo applied with sucoea to weather maps. llrlnlnv W?it Man, Philadelphia Ilecqrd. Senator Baulsbury has offered a bill to raise the salary of the vice president, but It's the secretary of state whose oalory l Insufficient, Looking BackVard i QliisDtwiuOraaliaJ compiixd raoM deb mlba E2ELS AUGUST 18. "p POD Thirty Yearn Affi The V. P. 'a scored a splendid victory In Chicago, where ttvy beat the Unions on their home grounds by a score of 11 to 7. Mme. Modjcuka, the famous actress, with her husband and son, were passen gers on the castbound Overland. Btubendorf A Co. have purchased a ear ner lot on Douglas, where they will erect a four-story building. A picked nine from Max Meyer & Co.'s store beat the Herald nine by IS to It J. II. McAlvln of tho Union Pactflo headquarters Is back from Denver with a large collection of crystallsed woods, minerals, etc., which the road, will placo on exhibition at the state fair. Tho hunting party conslsUng of Judge Thurston, Henry Itoman, Dr. Pea body, J. 8. Collins, IIclllo Hogle and B. F. Troxel returned from their trip up the Ixjup valley, where they killed between 800 and 400 chickens, to say nothing of Jackrabblts, etc. The senior member of the firm of WUg & Westberg Is receiving congratulations over the birth of a son and heir, "al though he has three daughters, this Is the first boy, and he says he Is going to bounce Weather? and hang out the sign of 'Wllg & Bon.' " Dr. George U Miller, accompanied by his wlfo and Miss Helen Thomas, started for Europe. They will go direct to Lon don, and then travel In various countries for five or six months. Henry Yatss and Warren Yates, who went ip to Norfolk, returned with a praiseworthy exhibit of prairie birds. Miss Megeath and Miss Jennie Megeath have gone to Cheyenne to visit Mrs. Rob ertson for six weeks. Master Wlcr Coffman Is vUltlnff his grandfather at Indlanola, la. Tvrtsnty Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Hanover, Pa., were visiting their son, Robert Young, and Mr, and Mrs. M. O. MaUL Ex-Mayor Cushlng came In from Los Angeles for a two-weeks' visit, intending than to return to the coast, where he had taken up his abode. Officer D rummy and Block Watolunon Bteln arrested three men dragging a woman along Howard street at night, either for the purpose of kidnapping or worse. One of the men managed to elude tho Officers boforo they reached the station. The good, old. fashioned summer mer cury ranged from 78 to 84. The death of Samuel P. Shears, tho well known hotel man of Lincoln, pro prietor of the Lincoln hotel, was re ported as having occurred a day or1 two before. He was about 7 years old and died of heart disease. - Declaring that they . believed silver shoulu be used by the government as money and entered at the mints at the same rate of coinage as gold, a number of prominent cltitens, Inoludlng the fol. lowing, issued a coll for a mass meet ing at Jsfferson park to further the cause of silver: George P. Uemls, W T Qurley, J. D. Kitchen, W. J. Welshana J. W. Edgerton, John Rush, V. O, Btrickler, J. P. Premier, J. Hayden. Champion S. Chase and D. Clem Deaver. Ten Years Air Dr.. Van Camp with his racing duck. HalpaUa WPH,tthp excltlng- duck race at the WJt"cub an 4 Arthur ( Algernon Oreen of Chicago took second money with a perfeotly , ladylike duck named Dors It was some event. The latest announcement from- the Auditorium company through Its directors Was that the building would be under roof before winter. Mljses Etta ohd Georgia Whipple Were preparing for a vacation with" friends In the windy wilds of, Wyoming. Le O. Krats returned from his svramer Chautauqua musical work, which took him to Fullerton, Neb.; Canton, 0 D and Lake Chetek, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. II. IC Burket and sort left for Minneapolis, Mr, Burket on busi ness and pleasuro and the others on pleasure purely. Mrs. E. M. Bartlett received word of the death of her mother, Mrs. YV7 L. Fllklns, 71 years old, at Albany, N. Y. She had visited frequently In Omaha. It was announced that the Great West ern would be running passenger trains Into Omaha by September 1 Instead of October 1, as at first announced after it Won Its fight for entrance to the Upton station. Around the Cities Portland, Ore., will build a municipal garage to house Its forty automobiles. Jacksonville. Flo., Is to utilise publlo playgrounda as evening recreation cen ters. Lo Angeles has Jutt completed a muni cipal wharf titty feet wide and 1.900 feet long, Memphis. Tenn., water department dally supplies over 10,000,000 gallons ot water. Bt. Louis IS to establish a dairy farm to supply milk for city hospital and other Institutions. Cast Orange, N. J., Hoard of Educa tion has refused to admit, a Japanese to the publlo schools. Newburgh, N. V., Is dlsousstng utilisa tion ot moving pictures for municipal ad vertising purposes. Boston, Pa., has a school superintend ent In W. W, CotUngham who has taught sixty years In the same position. ConneltsYtUe. Pa., nsgroes ore protest ing against the presence of white chil dren In a school devoted to negroes. Chicago young woman has oaueed the arrest of her beaux for yowling like a cat under her window to attract her at tention at midnight, Proof ot Iattenee. Cincinnati Enquirer, The day grows apace to Beptember,, and yet old Ben Tillman has net finished Ills Investigation Into the causes ot the de terioration ot the modem -fried chicken. All ot which shows that, we are. Indeed, a patleat people. Oabtat Currency. Wall Street Journal. Amended ourrency bill looks Ilka the well-known "Nude Descending a Stair case,', but that's nothing- to what the banks will look like It It becomes law. In Toushest Texas, . Houston Post J It Is stated that Secretary i Bryan has sent a telegram calling In all the mis sionaries In Mexico. It Is wall wo need Vim at home. Editorial Shots j Baltimore American: New York democ racy seems a bit ditty. Strangely enough, the party wherever In power has a rare faculty for falling Into trouble. Chicago News; lleports Indicate thai the corn crop Is recuperating and that there haa been a record production ot wheat. Also, the Mexican situation Is Improved. Let us all cheer up. Louisville Courier-Journal: "There Is nothing In Europe like a month on the farm," says a writer Upon vacation topics. Which eXplalhs why steamers for Europe are crowded with Americans. Kansas City Journal: The Missouri river may not be worth much for naviga tion purposes, but as a steadfast reli ance In a year of drouth It Is worth Its weight In gold. Boston Transorlpti Lightning hit the Navy department the other day and blew up the ammonia tanks. It's a lucky thing It didn't strike the hot-air tanks over at the State department end of the building. Washington Btar: At all events. Am bassador Wlison wlll.be remembered by the New York reporters an a man who did not repudiate his Interviews as soon as he saw they wero likely to cause trouble. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Boss Murphy of Tammany hall, Interviewed some weeks ago, predicted Governor Suiter would be In the progressive party within a year, and sold: "I'll stake 'em to htm. f. o. b." It now looks as If he had undertaken to guarantee delivery. SAID IN FUN. Stella Why do cows wear belle? Bella To call the calves to dinner, of tuuno, new iqrtt ovw. ' lTalr Ones Will your doe- bite u? Navvy I shouldn't ba surprised, miss", Ei got an uncommon sweet toothl London Opinion. 'Doctor, what's a good food for hot weather?" "Personally, my dear madam, I prefer Ice cream." Chicago Tribune, "So you got the opinion, of two law vers on the case. Were their opinions the same?" "xs; 125 each." Everybody's. Willie Pan what is a boy scout? Paw A woman of , thirty who chases a youth of clghtosn, my son Cincinnati Enquirer Willie. Paw, what Is the difference between genius and talent? Paw. Talent get paid every Saturday my son. Cincinnati Enquirer. "Doctor, what's a good food for hot weather?' "Personally, my dsr madam, I prefer Ice cream."-Chlcago Tribune. "Did he kiss you cowl-bye?" I asked her. She nodded her pretty need. "How slngularl" I was sarcastic. "No; plural," was all that she atld. Rejected .Bultor And may I ask what the "sad circumstances" are that compel yuu to nijTCi my suivi She Certainly, sr they are yoUrsl Dprfarbler.. , , "Hubby, bur me one of those $35 hand bags." "All you carry Is a Dowder rajr.and a few samples." "WCI17" "Don't yott enJ6y the merry prattle1 6f little children r' asked the ntimentalUt. "Yes," replied Mr, Oroucher. "I like to hear them prattle. It seems a shame that so' many of them are going to grow up and drop this Innocent chatter In order to discuss the,, Washington star. -l , rt m ' v J1 it" "Wall' 'chuckles the optimistic failure, "I'veygot oris satlsf action',". . "Ahawhat'e that?" asked the sympa. thetlo friend. ; "If I -had .succeeded I. ehould probably have made a'nuisancs of myself telling people that I waa 'a self-made man." uelroit Free Press! "Yes, Indeed, my husband Is a remark able man." . , "I suppose nearly eyery woman has that opinion of her husband." "But I'm sure my husband la an extra ordinary man. I told him this morning where something was ,tn One of the closets and ho found lt."-Chlcago Record-Herald. , . "Wombat Is always, willing to sts.y late," remarked the junior partner. ."Has his heart In the offlco work, eh?" said tho ssnlor partner. 'Wnt mn much that. He has his family In tho country for the summer, and he's thankful for an excuse to stay In town.' Washington Herald. SUMMER WATERS, TRAGEDIES Carelessness aal Needless Risks Briasr Serrwvr to Xsar Hemes, Out in tka rural rsglons, and la the vicinity of dtles and . towns as well, torrid weather drives a targe number of individuals to' - rivers. creeka and ponda for bathing purposes. Coinci dental, tt brjiir great increase of fa tality. ' . - A newspaper dispatch .from a south ern Indiana town sayt that for four" oonsecutt' Sundays there has been a drowning. Sunday Is a day of rest and "the old swimmtn' hole" Is a popular I lace when th thermometer IS In the nineties. Fishing, boating and bathing aro In high favor as summer pastime Most of the pleasuro resorts have some thing to otter In that line on paper at least. The bathing facilities may br both meager and primitive. The fish ing and boating streams may be miles away. The boats may have no exist ence except on poitoards and advertis ing pamphlets, but ths man who de lights In suoh outdoor pleasures Is not apt to find theie things out until he hat disbursed some of his hard-tarned casb for railroad fares and hotel, bills. Summer fatalities ot this charactet are much greater In volume than they would be but for the great American habit of rarelo'snesa. Men who cannot swim, for Instance, persist In .taking chances by going beyond their depth Inexperienced persona venture Into all sorts of dangeroUs places. Fishermen perch themselves on dead limbs and decayed legs. Boys plunge Into cold streams while drenched wtth perspira tion or Immediately afte partaking of a heavy meal, Bathers shoot tht chutes over mllldeme or diva recklessly Into the water without regard tor hidden perils such as projecting rocks or snags And high up on the list of casualty con tributors la the Inevitable "fool who rockr the boat," Advice, of courts. Is merely thrown away when It Is' dffereA to Individuals of this class. Thero are those who scorn caution and who have an Innate, prejudice against any 'sort of dlscretltn under any sort ot circumstances. Un fortunately their number Is legion ani, the damage they do Is not always con fined to themselves. Ttie great major ity of drownings re unnecessary. They occur for the sole reason that somebody has taken a needles 'risk In some way land has thus Inst his own life or caused the lota of some othr person's life. jLoultvlllo Courier Journal IWeesieiyi oxi A Business Mnn Kraaons. OMAHA. Aug. I8.-T0 the Editor of The Bee: Shall we vote "yes" or "no" on the 'gas franchise? I am a business man and all I have In this world Is Invested in Omaha. I want to see Omaha go ahead; I am sick and tired of a lot of reformers and protectors pf the dear public "sand bagging" eivery enterprise that comes along. I want some of tho good things while I am here on earth. I want the benefit of dollar gan and the extension of gas mains during the next five years, while I live not after I am dead. I havo carefully read the gas franchise and be lieve It Is fair and reasonable. The only objection I over heard worthy ot con sideration Is that It took away the right of the city after five years to regulate the price of gas below a dollar. This ob jection Is completely disposed of by the very able legal opinion ot Stout & Hose, published In the newspapers yesterday. It Is also fairly met by the positive state ment In writing by President Hamilton of tho gas company. I am in favor of the gas franchise for tho following reasons: 1. It protects' the rights of the city and gives fair treatment to a company that hou always given a square deal to' the city and Its patrons. 1 It gives us dollar gas at once and will give us without delay much needed im provements ' and gaa main extensions. Who can fairly expect the gas company or any other concern to put' In a lot of money making Improvements' on a five year franchise, 3. It terminates expensive litigation and for a tlmo at least ends all .scheming for municipal ownership .or talk about con struction of another gas plant by the city. Wo haVe had sufficient experience alone this line with the water works. Who wants our streets dug up tor a how ltns of gas mains or the operating of a gas plant by the city as well as the water works? Our present burden of taxation Is al ready too grievous to be borne. I hope and believe the gaa franchise will be approved by an overwhelming ma jority. J. I. KEMP. Yes, Bat Who'd Trade Permanently. OMAHA, Aug. IT. To tho Editor ot The Bee: Why boost for Omaha? A friend writes from Colebrook, N. H., In a letter dated Monday, August 11. that she Is sitting on the porch with a coat and shawl, over her and a hot stone nt her feet, while we are sweltering with 'the thermometer above the 100; mark. M. Maintenance Cost at Penitentiary. LINCOLN,. Neb., Aug. 16,-To tho Edi tor of The Bee: In your yesterday's Is sue you publish what purports to be tho per capita cost ot maintaining the penl' tentlary for tho semi-annual period be ginning December 1, 1912. and ending May SI, 1913. You made 'the same error that, the Lin coln papers made, In their original pub lication of this matter, Tou took tho one Item, the deficiency .appropriation of $50,000, on which to base the per capita cost of $132.18, which la entirely too high. To correct this error and to correctly Inform the public concerning tho actual per capita cost during this period pleaBo publish the following official statement: Statement of maintenance of the, Ne braska state penitentiary tjr the semi annual period beginning December 1, 1913, and ending' May' 31. 1813. 'Expenditures: From regular maintenance funds...! o.szs From emergency appropriation...... 18,400 From cash fund Items, chargeablp .. to maintenance 4,634 Total ... Average S32.756 this population during The per capita cost, $37.18. If you wish to make any comparison between this and former semi-annual periods you may look up tho records at the state house. W. T. FENTON, Warden. A Story tnr nova. OMAHA, Aug. 17,-To the Editor of The Bee: I had tho Pleasure of hearing an old beggar talk yesterday evening, nnd' I desire' to repent some parts of his story ! for the benefit of the young boys. Among other things he said: i 'I am 54 year of age, half slc.lr, dead ' broke and Without a home; of course I nm accustomed to this condition, yet I can -not say that it gives ine any great amount of enjoyment When a boy at sctnvol I was considered one of the bright est In the class, and I was humored and,' petted by parents, teaobei-s and friends, SO that by the time I reached the age ot It, I flattered myself that I possessed more wisdom than Solomon, and a better judgment than Napoleon. I might easily have graduated from a college and en tered a profession, as my parents ad vised me to do. but my Imagination was too rich to be wasted on text books, and having an Incurable Itch tp seo the world, I was persuaded to ' join a party of tramps. I soon became an expert beggar, and won the estecrri of Wery hobo In the." camp, and seeing that I possesied' all the necessary qualifications, they elected me their grand master. "My cheap dreams had ax last come true, and I wan living without labor1 and' seeing the world at cost, and I am be ginning to think that I have paid too high for what 1 have seen. I am too old, however,, to retrace my steps, fro T live from hand to mouth, raid corn fields and chicken coops In the summer and break. Into Jail for the winter months, tight llct, dodge railroad detect'veK and stand ' at back doors with trembling humility and receive a packsge of broken victuals left after the houso dogs havo dined. But begging, I tell you, is hard, work; to getj whisky I must have mony, no I stroll about the streets In towns and villages soliciting every man and vomnn thati looks tender-hearted. And now. my friends, If you will Kindly slip me I . 1 , t .111 . ........ ., , roupia Ul uiiucn, a mil fcv u auiiyat uvi. catch a train for Blovx City." The old beggar hobbled off toward the freight yards, and I sat reflecting upat the great number of onbappy lives an-1 untimely deaths caused by that cun-! taglnus and distressing malady known as "wanderlust." K. O. M. nisht to nnl!it Continue. OMAHA. Aug. H.-To the Editor of The Beet After careful consideration and ex arolnatlon ot the proposed gaa franchise ordinance as a whole, and especially Sec tion 3 and the provision of- the city charter of pmaha, giving to the council the power to tlx and regulate prloes for gas in Omaha and also the power con ferred upon tli city by the legislature Under ts police regulations, and the act of 1H3, known as house roll No. Ma, and other legal authorities, I have no hesitancy In saying that In my opinion, the adoption of the gaa franchise ordi nance would not-prevent the council from exarctstng the powers conferred upon It by the legislature to regulate the price ot gas In Omaha; also that the council, i under its general pollco regulating powers, would havo the right to fix the rate of gas to consumers. The authorities hold universally that the powers granted to municipal corporations art continuing; that is, they are not exhausted by one exercise. City councils are entirely powerless to -restrict tho actions of sub. sequent city councils In regard to any particular subject of legislation, and the act or Judgment of one council cannot bind Its successors. The city charter as It now exist, gives to tho council, authority to fx the price of gas to the consumers and by no act of the legislature has this power been re pealed or any limitations placed upon the same, except that It give? to the council and the gas company the right to enter It.to a contract by which the price of gas may bo -fixed for the consumers, and this Is done by tho act df the legislature of 1913, but this act does not In express words, nor by Implication, repeal thu present charter provision relating to the power of tho couhcll to fix the rate fol gas. Judge Dillon, ono of the most eminent writers on constitutional law, says: "If Upon the whole, there be fair, reasonable and substantial dpubt whether the legis lature Intended to Confer tho authority In question, particularly If It relates to a matter which will be attended with taxes, tolls, assessments or burdens upon tliu Inhabitants, or oppress them' or abridge, natural or common right or divest them of their property, the doubt should bt resolved Jn favor of the citizen."" Thoretore, If thore should be any doubt as to the power of tho council, after the adoption- of this gas franchise, to regulate the price of gas In case of a fallurea to enter Into a contract with tho gas com pany, under Judge Dillon's opinion, that doubt must be resolved In favor of the clllten, or .rnthcr the city; .that would mean that the council would have the Business Men of Omaha Favor the Gas Franchise Compromise To tho Users of Gas In the City ot Omaha: ' We bollevo that the proper and speedy settlement of the gas controversy Is of tho' greatest Importance to tho people of Omaha. Individually, and as cltitens, we have given tho proposed gas franchfso careful consideration and recommend that tho samo be approved by tho voters at the election August 19 for the following reasons: It Is In effect an extension" of tho franchise rights of the gas company for but twenty years the present franchise has over five years yet to run: It Is Immeasurably superior to tho present franchise from the standpoint ot tho consumer, becauaa It will secure an immodlato reduction of 13 cants per 1,003 feet In the price of gaa a saving to the consumers of cr.er $700,000 during the remainder ot the term of the present franchise; It Is. not In perpetuity;,. It la not exclusive; It will be neither bar nor obstacle to raunlo Ipal ownership, because tho city will be tree at all times to build and operate a city gaa works, or to condemn and appropriate the present gas plant; It will not lncreaso the prlco the city wilt be required to pay .for the present ,as plant, If tho city , purchases or condemns the same, because It specifically provides that In such case, "no value shall be allowed for the franchise;" It secures to the city tho power of regulation over future gaa rates by short term contracts; and It will enable the gas company to make extensions and additions' as tho. growth of the city requires. - Tho growth of. Omaha demands progressive publlo utilities '. We cannot ex pect a utility corporation either to obtain or Invest largo amounts of capital unless It Is fairly treated. Wo know that the course of litigation .In the federal courts Is slaw, and 'the results uncertain. We know that at the expiration of the present franchise more than five years from now no court, will uphold any effort which the 'city might make to force Uio gas company to sell gaa tor less than cost., plus "a reasonable return on the fair value of its.property. , . Wo therefore recommend ' that this franchise be voted, for as..the best settle ment of 'the gas controversy: , . Byrno & Hammer -Dry Goods Co., by Thomas O. Byrne, president. jonn ueure x-iaw to, oi umaiio, ujr tv. u. nosioru, treasurer. Gurdon Wk- Wattles, - , W. A. Smiths . . . ,,.... L.-C Nash.' ' ' u e. smith' & Co.v by ; Ward M. Burgess, vice, president. . Myers-Dillon , Drug V. by P. ,B. Myers, -president. " United States Supply .Co., by J. B. Rahm, vice president and general manager. Lee-Gluss-Andreescn Hardware Co., by B; M. Andreesen. treasurer. -Richardson Drug Co., by.H. S. Weller, vice president. Wright & Wllhelmy Co., bir W,' S. Wright, treasurer'. ' ' ' American Radiator Co., by A. H. Williamson, manager Omaha branch. E. E. Bruce & Co., by E. E. Bruce, nrealdent. Allen Bros. Co., by Oscar Allen, sec retary and treasurer. W. I Musgrave. Her 6 Co., by A. L. .Meyer, manager, John S. Brady. W. II. McCOrd. F. J. Hoel. Omaha Printing. Co., by.F. B. John-, son, treasurer. . C. W. Hull Co., by C W. Hull, president.- " ' Luther Drake. Rome Miller, Hotel Rome, Millard hotel. Merchants hotel, Herman B. Peters, Proprietor. Paxton hotel. Ralph Kitchen. 0. M, Wllhelm. . C. IS. Tost. 1. A. Medlar CO. WESTEI3M UNION TELB6RAM THCO. N. VAIL, PR1SIBZNT 6 (K, . THE WESTERN UNION poiiiiiiiH slth expert 1 HA maKIIsir OT 3 DDI I fl lady i fitters. for the correction of deformities , requires expert skill in fitting and (ho most, modern manufactur ing equipment such as is offered by The W. ; j Kin-ui jurcuy urw, luagaesi XloBglaa 1L0S c j "Buy you, surgical upiu oiri your pnysicjaa buyp hla.'' ?ssri ininiitii, Minn iiiiinniMiiliitiriuiiillIll nil l itl lllllll ITltl IIIHM MimiH l in iniMin i.i i right to fix the rate for gas to be chorged the consumers In the city of Omaha. CHARLES T. DICKINSON. Why the Gas ComnnnT li Wllllno-. OMAHA, Aug. 17. To the Kdltorof The Bee: Tho gas company contends that good faith with tho t'lty ofllclals de mands that tho company and the city commissioners advocate approval ot ths franchise by the people. The real reason why tho company Is willing to accept tho franchise Is that it will- confer a twenty-five-year privilege . to .control the itas business In Omaha and Its suburbs. The franchise permits tho company to charge not more than SI for ga-i. The company Is also for the ordinance .for tne reason that the Initiative and referati'lum cannot be applied off.'ctlng tho rates and service' of tho company, staUnicnts to the contrary notwithstanding. As was said by tho attorney. for the gas company, the reason tho company Is anxious to renew the franchise 'fiva 'years before Its termination Is to avoid future hostile councils! the deduction being,thati the prcsept council Is hot to Very "hos tile," and might In a pinch concede the "gas company a favorablo ordinance from the gas company viewpoint. ' 1 What "things favorablo to the gas Com pany have been omitted from tho pro posed franchise? Can vou think of any substantial tiling protecting the peoplo'si right which Is inserted In tho proposed franchise? Why be misled by urntniscs ot extensions of gas mains by the -gars company under the Jl gas when economic' condition has prevented extensions undor U-1S gas? M. O. CUNNINGHAM. ' III Blorr ot Fortune. St. Paul DlBpatch. Vice President Marshall lost a pocket book containing a base, halt pass and now! the high cost of living is getting to htm properly. Sunderland B'rds., by1 land, president. J. A. Sundcr- ui.,.i.io iji others. 3nn,nh R. Da vta Burgess-Granoen Co., by Wilbur L. - Burgess.' president? ,t'-- , King-Peck Co, , .v , ., fciw'tvii Laier. C6'. by Q.' W. Laler. vice president. H. P. Wnttmore. Albert, Bdholm. Jeweler. People's Coal Co., by "B. IE Kemper. S. H. Butfett & Son. John Dale. .. , . F. P. Klrkendall A Co.. by Glen C. Wharton, vice president. Scott-Rawitter Co., by Av H Rawlt- T. F. Stroud & Co. Evans-Model Laundry, by R, E. So- gur. manager George H. Ie Co., by George H. Lee, president. : The Byron Reed Ccj by. A.' L. Reod. president. Chicago Laundry Co., by John J. Mc- Mahon, president. Kimball Laundry .Co., by H. A. Jacob- berger, secretary Tribune Publishing' Co,,' by' Vol J. Peter, president. Central Coal and Coke Co. of Omaha. by R. C. Goddard. predont. umua Hayden Bros., by J. Hayden. Victor B. Caldwell. W. h; BUbholt. ' ' ' ' F. H. Davis. L. Im. Kountss. M. C. Peters. J. C. Root, president Woodmen of the World. , T. L. Davis. ' 1 Pi?t05i a"aKllf..r C.0" Charles H. Pickens, president. Aon TELEGRAPH COMPANY n-- ---.-ww G. Cleveland Co.