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4 TIITC BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913. Omaha Wins All Firsts. In the election of tho Nebraska Stato Teachers' association, Omaha wins first place In both of tho two main competitions. Tho principal of our Omaha High school, Miss Kate A. 12.00 McIIugh, wins hands down for the Jj presidency of the association, and In TBS OMAHA DAILY BEE POUNDED BY EDWARD nOBEWATEK VICTOR It OSS WATER, EDITOR. PES BUILDING. FARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha postofflce a second elms matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Sunday Be. one year Q.fiiNl.i. am vVo r . &! 52- MLSSr"dSi vear7": Mo the choice of the next meeting place, delivered BT carrier! Omaha has tho preference over Lin Evening and Sunday Bee, per moJ" coin by about thrco to two. SlSrS' "r.i.RMnV. oer mo.. 65c Thla ontcomn la moro than cratl 5lSiS to us in Omaha-a voluntary j In deliveries to City circulation Dtp. trlbuto to tho high standing of our remittance. t ortvt. ,ocal teaching forco as typified In parable to The Be? PubllBhlni? company' their chosen representative, and a Jopkin J)ackward hbPay in Omaha ccmpiud nioM arc nui DECKMnKIt 15. Thirty Years Ago The article of Incorporation for an other telephone company to bo known as the Midland Telephone company, were filed with the county clerk. The Incor porators are John J. Dickey. I II. Korty, Flemon Drake, Louis M. Reahm and Harvey J. Well.. The public library will be closed three or four day next week on account of of the full discharge of Zn the a 1 ... Tlrnnni CncCKV. O wpt on Omaha and eastern exchange, not 0Ur duties as host whenever the accepted. OFFICES! Omaha-The Bee Building. South Omaha-aiSN Street. Council Bluff-14 North Main Street. Llncoln-28 Uttle Bulldlny. Chicago 901 Hearst Building. New York-Room 1108. 2K Fifth Avenue. Ft. Louls-WS New Bank of Cornmjrce, -Yashlnrton-725 Fourteenth St- N. W. teachers have accepted tho Invita tion to bo tho guests of our city. Communication noting to new and editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 52,068 State of Nebraska, County of DougjM. M.t Dwlght Williams, circulation rnanaKcr of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average , dally circulation for the month of November, 1913. was 61.068. DWIOHT WILLIAMS. mis, wmu,. circulation Manager. ?2niWtfEtZtoAtto brand of weather that has pre ROBERT iiuwie.ii, vallod In tho contral west thus far Notary i-uohc i . ... HUB uuiumu unu tviiuur. xnu juuu In the Balmy Central West. A drawing appears In a Los Ango les newspaper showing a maiden fair sitting undor tho leafed limbs of a tree besldo tho placid waters read ing such headlines as "Death-Dealing Floods in Texas," "Dllzzard Raging in tho East,'' (all this sldo tho Rock ies Is east to Callfornlans), "Central West Snowbound," "Traffic Tied Up, Business Suspended." Tho hapless citrus fruit growers of 1012 would havo boon all right if southern California could havo had to before mo WIS. (Beal.) floor In the William block. The John L. Sullivan combination showed In Council Bluffs last night, and were greeted by a small audience. "The Council Bluffs people didn't get very badly Bold." Charlie Wlthnell fell from a scaffold at Dr. Pcabody's houso. He was not seri ously injured, but dlslocatod tho shoulder of a fellow workman In hi haste to reach terra firm a. At the skating rink there was an In teresting contest between ten young skat ers for a pair of nlckle-plated roller skates. After an exciting trial the honors were carried oft by C. H. Oratton. C. C. Hewlitt, bookkeeper at the Mil lard, left for Adrian, Mich., for a visit at home during the holidays. Rev. Philip Hubbard of St. Joseph was in tho city, tho guest of W. T. Drayden. on Howard street. Rev. D. R. Lucas of the Christian church, has returned from Gallatin, Mo. Is on our California tourist-baiters, who seem oblivious to the fact that in tho balmy orango belt of Nobraaka and adjoining states, wo have scarcely sniffed a wintry breozo ns yot and in Omaha seen no snow, ox It may bo easy to mortgago your , f0w Btray Hakes that blew over homo to buy an automormo, dui not tho nocklos In October. With tho Subscribers lenTln the city temporarily should have The Bee matte io them. Address Trill be chnng-ed often aa requested. bo vice versa- Good little Mona Lisa will now, we trust, keop her place as a mod est lady should. Yes. but tho Chrlstmas-present- for-teacher has no proper placo In the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Early Shopping should rcmombor that they aro now entering the last lap. i Just what years was It that wo paid 10 cents a dozen for eggs In summer and 75 centa In winter? mercury ranging from 40 to 6G and 70 not many peoplo havo found it nocessary to turn from this section to tho pleasure resorts of otherv climes .for warmth. Wo would llko It if thero wero a semblanco of truth In soino features of tho picture, which is labolod, "Almost Unbollev- ablo." Tho only almost unbellovable thing about It Is that tho great corn and whoat belt could so completely havo appropriated this Pacific coast weather, the chief asset of winter business around Los Angeles. "Death Divo Nearly Fatal, But Thrills the Crowd." Headline In ether words, successful aviation. The Letson of the Egg. Peoplo doing without eggs, undor tho spell of tho boycott to combat high prices, realize, if thoy novor have before, that the egg, though a highly useful and desirable articlo Thn host nrosnoctor of all the for food, la not Indispensable. It New Kld&rados never could locate is even possible for us to live very raises half as fast as the promoter, wholesomely without it. 'But, of course, we are not supposed to do If, as Huerta Bays, ne naa piemy that indefinitely. With eggs as of money for his immediate needs, I pitiful as they are, there is no our. advice to him is, "BBop eany. yRua reason why wo should. Evl dently the conditions provoking the At the prevailing price of bricks, that $20,000 Mrs.. Pankhurst lugged home ought to go farther than eggs, 0, Can This Be True? It can hardly be, though, that the author of "The Prodigal Parent" is the prodigal son trying to get even. Como, now, Mexico, 1st us rise boycott are abnormal and croatod and maintained, largely, by unjusti fiable private greod. Nevortholoss, thoro Is a valuablo lesson In the"sltuatlon for thoao who would forrot out for themselves all of tho causes of high living cost. Doos not tho experience with tho and sing that fine old anthem, egg suggest tho possibility of ox " Peace on Earth; Good, Will Toward travaganco duo to bolng accustomed Men." They still call him "President" Yuan Shih Kal, after ho has expelled 109 members from tho first parlia ment. to plenty t As a matter of fact, would It not bo well for ovory fam ily, especially ovory ono in moderate circumstances, to Indulge In tho lux ury of a gonoral overhauling of the family expenso account, particu larly of tho method of purchasing and preparing articles of food? Unfortunately, tho averago family does not hoed the samo strict rules of economy that govern a business concern, Most prlvat6 Industries, as well as public Institutions, havo experts to do their purchasing and others to check up on them, to keep constant watch on every posslblo Only about two-thirds of those en- channel of waste or extravagance. titled to vote participated in tho Stato Of course, it is not supposed that so Teachers' association election. What rigid a discipline shall bo appllod to Anyway, the lure of commercial ized vice set to stage acting Is a fino box-office lure for the Commercialized drama. The Missouri Justice who cut "love and obey" out of tho marriage cere mony doubtless thought he was not cutting much out at that. Twenty Years Ag' ucorgo w. mil, superintendent of pub lic instruction of Douglas county, wan appointed secretary of the North Ne braska Teachers' association. W. II. Holcomb, formerly first ivlce president and general manager of the Union Pacific, Inter superintendent of transportation of the World' fair at Chi cago, was in the city. Owing to the Inclement weather, the at tendance at the weekly meeting of the Current Topics club was smaller than usual. Major Elijah Halford was the chief speaker, discussing matters of cur rent Interest, particularly the bomb- throwing in the Trench Chamber of Com merce. Omaha's bank clearings for tho week were $5,23G,CT2, which was a loss of SO per cent as compared with the corresponding week for the previous year. John M. Klncannon, acting at Santa Claus on the fg Santa Claus wagon of tho Morse Dry Goods company, happened to an unkindly fate while accompanying his wagon to Council Bluff. It had passed the toll houso on the Douglas street bridge when It was hurled by a strong wind against the railing, throwing1 Klncannon to the ground soma twenty five feet below. It broke hi right arm and shoulder blade. He was picked up and taken to a hospital. He had a wife and family residing at 812 North Twenty sixth street. Ten Years A To la. IL Harriman and party on their private train steamed Into Union atatlon about 1 a. m., making the run from Cheyenno to Omaha with-but five stops. President Burt of tho Union Pacific and Superintendent Deuel of the Cheyenne division wero aboard. Officers of Nebraska lodge No. 1, Knights of Pythias, received word of the death In Los Angeles of J. F. Morrison, formerly with the PerfWld Piano com pany, residing- at 1B Jackson street. A letter wns read at tho meeting of the executive commltteo of the Commercial club from J. F. Hill, offering to erect a large building at Eighth and Farnam street for Jobbing purposes on an 8 per cent gross or 6 per cont net lease basts, and the proposition wa favorably considered. Three dairies, the Alamlto, Farm dairy and Locust Lano dairy, were combined and Incorporated for 150,000 as the Ala mlto Sanitary Dairy company, the new officer being! Charlea H. Brigga. presi dent: W. Farnam Smith, vice president and treasurer; Charles F. Schwager, ec retary and general manager. The Alamlto farm, seven and one-half mile from the city, was made the center of the dairy operation. Miss Louise Tukey, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. r. Tukey, and B. R. Mori on of Kansas City were married at the bride's home. 2H1 Chicago streot. Miss Mortson, a sister of the groom, of Lin coln, and Miss Honeywell, also of Lin coln, attended the bride and Wllford Rralth of Kansas City acted as grooms inn n. From Successful rarmlng under heading-, "Inside Hews from Our Washington Correspondent." Sometimes you have to go away from Washington to find out what's going on in congress. What follows may be wholly a curious train of coincidence. It may be something else. At least it Is curious enough to be worth printing, and think ing over. Said a friend to mo here the other day: Do you know Senator Cummins?" I said I did. "Klne fellow," continued my friend. "I hear he's talked of by the re publicans for president In 1911 If bo's as good at politics as he Is at golf, ho ought to win." "What do you know about his golf?" I asked. "Oh," said my friend, whoso chief busi ness Is killing time by high-priced methods, "I played with him down at White Sulphur. W. Va., at the opening of that big new hotel down thero In Sep tember. They've got fine links, and Cum mins plays n good game. Nice lltlo party we had down there, tool quite a lot of well known men more or less mixed up In politics, and I heard a lot of talk about this currency bill.'' "Tell me," said I. "Too much trouble," said my friend, "and it Isn't nows now anyway." "Who was In your party?" I asked. "Oh," said he. "It wasn't any party Just a fine crowd of men who happened to bo there. Let's sec. There was Sen ntor Cummins, Senator Brlstow of Kan sas, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. Sen ator O'Oorman of New York, Senator Reed of Missouri. Frank A. Vandcrllp and George F. Baker of New Tork, former Senator Watson of West Virginia, and a lot of others. Pretty classy com pany for me, ch? It seems Watson, who used to be In the United States senate, and who owns a big slice of West Vir ginia, with a few dozen mines, railroads, banks and' things, had put up a lot of money to build tho new hotel. Baker and Vanderllp also have an Interest In it The senators, I suppose. Just happened to be there." Now, on tho face of It. thero Isn't any thing remarkable or unusual about two wealthy Now York bankers and several United States senators happening to bej guest at the same time at a fashlonablo hotel In tho mountains near Washington Not worth printing, Is It? And tho news. papers didn't print Itl But you farmers will be interested In the story- Read on. When you look over names a second time, however, and understand that Vanderllp and Baker aro the presidents of the two biggest banks In New York City, that Vandcrllp Is the man who nearly busted the administration's cur rency program by his proposal of a cen tral bank, and that each and every one of the United States senators who hap pened to be at White Sulphur playing golf with Vanderllp a month beforo he appeared before the senate committee, declared himself for the Vanderllp central bank plan as soon as It was publicly proposed I say, when these facta stick out, the story of that White Sulphur golfing party begin to be interesting, docsn t It? Twice Told Tales is the trouble- with the stay-at-homes? Those who have admired the good judgment of Porflrlo Diaz find no occasion for changing their opinion of nls decision not to return to Mexico. If you think Dame Fashion Is no longer the imperial potentatess ask tho Chicago street car companies that havo had to build new style cars with low steps to accommodate the hobbles. housekeeping, and yet greater caro by mombors of the household in purchasing and accounts would holp. The troublo is, too many of us are slaves to a sort of falso pride, while others thought lessly let a plenty make them prodi gal, useless and burdensomo ex penses being the common ond of both, Our very demand for the best of everything, prepared and dellv ered in the boat and most expeditious manner, is one considerable Item in this high cost of living, to which, lot us hope, the present vexing experi ence with the egg may arouse us. Hero of Peace Now that Panama Governor Mot . . i i i x . ij nas maue u piain ua uuua uuv iu tend to return to occupy the Lincoln I rpl.. ...I 1 1 I I stato house, the other seventeen u6.u uu w uraUgUS1u Hn,ftrrtln asnlrants have, tha field "0 Voting MB OOmOCratlO UCKet in all to themselves. ,ne laat Presiuentiai election ma not suppose woy were voting tor color Any old railroad man will tell you segregation of the clerks and other that the physical valuation f IgureB of departmental employes of the govern- the Nebraska State Railway commls- ment at Washington. It remains to sion are below the mark. The only be seen, however, whether they will time he sings a different tune is when ote that way again knowing what the tax valuation is being made by I putting the democrats of the south in the state assessors. 1 the saddle means for the negro Now that Senator Root has mado When the democrats take credit to the principal speech on the same side themselves for fine results In tha of the currency fence as our United Postoffice department through tho States senator, our local democratic postal savings and parcels post, they newspaper organ may for once find are presumlne on short memory In a few kind words for the dUtln- I the hope that the extension of tho guisfeea Mew Yorker. service into these two new fields by the last republican administration X Chicago woman got a Judgment may be so soon forgot. for 100 agalnBt a restaurant la tvkkb soup was spilled on her Speaking of speedy Justice and dress. Instead of bothering about the ability to pay fat lawyer's fees, the hundred, the lady should have I have you noticed the celerity with Baltimore American: A complete break down, creating conditions of serious malady, has brought to death a figure scarcely less prominent In the creation of the Panama canal than Colonel Goethals himself. Pittsburgh Dispatch: A grateful people mourns that this, valiant soldier, who proved himself a hero in pence, should not have been spared to witness the cul mlnatton of the great undertaking In which he bore so notable a part. Ho gave hi life for hi country a bravely and truly as any soldier who ever foil upon tho battlefield. Chicago Record-Herald; In tho popular imagination a canal I not "built" but "dug." The greatest manifestation of digging at Panama Is, of course, th Culebra cut. It is possible thut, more and more as time goes on. the visitor at the Isthmus, Intent on the spectacular and the broadly representative will ac cept the Culebra cut as the most typical feature of the great undertaking. All this will redound to the fame of David Du Bose Halliard, who had charge of the engineering work In the Culebra division of the canaL St Louis-Democrat: According to tha statement of his grief-stricken wife he norked night and day on plans for over coming the slide. Plan after plan he devised and tried in vain. He worked Into the small hours on new plan and arose while It was yet night to personally superintend their application. The loss of sleep and the incessant worry showed their effect and hi friends futilely tried to Induce him to take a rest He stub bornly persevered until he mastered the problem and left only after peremptory order ware given by the secretary of war. While the country was celebrating the final blast In the great work the hero who bad for seven years poured out hi life for Its success lay unconscious In the hospital. He did not know of tho pralso lavished upon him. He was not aware that a tiu naa been introduced KTryliody Friend. Jack Podger wa the most obliging man that ever lived. His services were given gratis to all applicant. He could mend a clock, repair a puncture, drown a kit ten, paper a wall, and, in fact, perform any operation known to mortal man. In consoquenco, Jack's services were In con stant demand. A week or two ago. after cobbling a neighbor's boots, lancing his cousin's gum. boll, sweeping the vicar's chimney and writing a testimonial for his charwoman's nephew, ho retired to rest He was awakened by a terrific bang at his front door, and immediately rushed to the window. "What's the matter?" he bawled, irrl- tabiy. "You'll excuse me for troubling you at this time of night," came the reply, "but the fact Is, our baby Is so very cross, and we would like you to come and pacify him. He always laughs when he sees your funny nose."-Plttsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Kern Snrrovr. A nice old lady met a friend of hers on an castbound Euclid village car yes terday afternoon. They talked eagerly about numerous mutual acquaintances. and finally the friend said: "And have you heard all about Nellie SmlthT" "no o ten me about her! I rcmem ber everybody used to think- she was so brilliant, and wo predicted that she would make her mark In the world." "Well, she' done It She has written a very successful play." ' "WhatT A successful play?" "Yes. Indeed." 'To think of It! And we all used to think her such a pure-minded girll" Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Unreliable Doctor. Mr. Seabury came home from the office one night and told his wife he had been to see the doctor. "He said I was all tired out." and ought to go away on a fishing trip." "But of course, you don't believe him?" responded the wife. "Why not?" queried Seabury, in surprise. "Well," said Mrs. Seabury, "you didn't have any confidence In him when he told me I ought to go to Europe.' New York Times. "I.orp Thy .Vetichtior aa Thyself." OMAHA, Dec. H.-To the Editor of The Bet: The life, example and teachings of Jesus Christ himself, Is the best evl- enco wo have to enabte us to distinguish the true ohuroh of Christ from tho church, which has led its followers astray and wandered into the wilderness after strange gods. Christ knew by the holy spirit within Him that He was Infinitely above His earthly father and mother, yet He hon ored them, and although as tho Bon of God, He was father to them as man in the flesh He was was their son and consequently subject or obedient to them, Luke 11:51. He was also submissive and faithful to Ills civil parents, the magis trates under which He lived, and al though the evil spirit showed Him tho kingdoms of the world and offered to give Him authority over them if He would forsake good and worship evil, yet Christ could not be tempted of the devil by promise of earthly kingdom or temporal power, for He replied: "Thou shalt worship tho Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve." Therefore, we see, that the true church cannot be tempted by the evil spirit to hanker and thirst after temporal authority and worldly power. And further to show Christ' submission to the kings of the earth Ho wrought a miracle to pay the tax of a shekel, which was charged against him. Matt xvtl:27. Christ went about doing good and Ho made thoso who were blind to see the light of the- Holy spirit Christ foresaw tho coming conflict between good and evil and that the righteous would bo persecuted, when He said: "Think not that I am come to send peaco on tho earth. I am not come to send peace, but the sword." Ho also said that the second greatest commandment is, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," Luko xll:31. Nowhere in Christ' teachings do we find any doctrine which would Justify or lead tho true church to murder Jews, or burn heretics at the stake: for Christ loved his bitterest enemies. The nature of God aa pure spirit Is manifested to man In the Christian re ligion as revealed in tho New Testa ment, and not from any council, or cer tain body of men, who, influenced by a variety of prejudices and mental perver- sttles. or by their ambitious desires and worldly Interests. Therefore to be true Christian we must drink the water of life at Its fountain head, untainted ana unmixed. 'Veritatls simplex oratlo eat. Magna est Veritas ot praevelebit" O. W. D. UNCOLS, Hnnscom rnrU Nclalibor ricnaed. OMAHA, Dec 14. To the Editor ot The Bee: I havo noted the newspaper contro versy between the Rlvervlew I'arn Im provement club and the "cltlnns end home owners In the vicinuy oi ro nolle park, both urging needed improve ment to the park in tneir respecuvo localities. The residents of the Hanscom park section, we feel, have no oritidsm up to this date against Joseph B. Hummel, commissioner in charge of our park n-s-tern. The writer ha resided adjacent to Hanacom park for many years, nnd has watched administrators of H.s oflulrs come and go. These administrator might be classed a good, bad dnl Indif ferent To Joseph Hummel we feel great pralso and credit Is due for tho quick awakening in Hanscom park. The Hanscom park greonhousiss, includ ing the Joslyn conservatory, eresiod dur ing the last season, are somothlng tho neighborhood Is proud of, and no visit of a stranger to Omaha is now uomoteto until they are shown through these flower palaces. Even citizen and taxpayer Interested In our park system, and of course we all are. should make a personal inspection of these Hanscom park Improvements, and wo feel Mr. Hummel snould not be unduly criticised because 'ho doos not spend more money than Is at his com mand. M. J. GREEVY, 3H Hickory Street In? hand of Providence played a very im portant Part In tho deliberations of the delegates In their selection of a candidate for president? Have we any assurance that that hand that guided the destinies of this nation In the past, will desert It henceforth, because of the continuation of a delegate convention system? ED F. MOREARTY. Political Tips "Free food beforo dreadnoughts" Is the Canadian slogan launched by Sir Wilfred Laurlcr, liberal party leader. Senator Norris of Nebraska Is striving to put street car straphangers In Wash ington on the half-fare schedule, full farea to be charged when seats ore pro vided. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, the noted publisher of Philadelphia, Is mentioned as a pos sible opponent of Boles Penrose on the republican ticket for United States sena tor. Whenever "Uncle Joe" Cannon looks In tho direction of the democratic steam roller In Washington he feels, somewhat sobfully, that ho was an amateur czar In his day. The reform administration of Phila delphia Is practicing the most rigid econ omy, not from choice, however, but from necessity. Income lacks elasticity be cause taxes are crowding the limit. Tho state government of Now Mexico Is unable to meet current expenses and taxes must bo Increased to meet deficits. The Santa Po Railroad company Is said to pay almost one-third of the state's taxes. Governor-elect Walsh of Massachusetts on tho cvo of taking office announces that he will devote all his time and energies to stato affairs and will there fore decline all invitations to banquet and similar round-ups with the boys. Mr. "Walsh evidently knows something about "tho dark brown taste of the morning after." Comptroller William a. Prenderbast of New York City, who nominated Theodore Roosevelt at the Roosevelt national con vention In Chicago last year, has for mally withdrawn from the progressive party. He say he Is out of sympathy with a leadership which makes "pro gresslvism a vendetta against the repub lican party." LITE'S BRIGHT LINES. Simplicity Is the art ot making people wonder how much more ono know. Aristotle, wlshlnc to cure Alexander ot his hsstv temper, which he was apt to display to many, wrote thus; "Anger is an emotion that Is not felt toward In feriors, but rather against superiors, as you havo no enual. there can be no fit object of your wrath." 'Tray, what Is there about the kiss You so enjoy?" I asked a miss. She smiled, then softly said to met "I like the sweet monotony." Bess Docs Georgo send you good Christ mas presents? Teas The finest I ever exchanged. George (on the parlor sofa) What's tho matter, dearest? You seem nervous. Oeorglana (also on the parlor sofa) I urn I do wish father wore bells. Perplexed Bachelor (to saleslady) Er supposing Ihnt you were the uncle of eleven children ns to whose age and sex you were quite uncertain, what kind of presents would you buy them? A CHRISTMAS BILL RECEIPTED W. D. Nesblt In Judge. Of course I'm extravagant needlessly sol You haven't sold anything that I don't know. It's true I've sent presents to kin and to friend Just yielded to that surging Impulse to send. It's true In November I fixed up a list, Tho cost of which scarcely would ever be missed: And then, nearlng Christmas, moreoiamcs came to mind. . , , And I went a-huntlng for what I might find. And fifty-cent gifts grew to dollars and more Oh, yes, you may say that I bought out a store! . . Go on, then, and say itl I did It; but. then. You know very well I would do It again. l'cs, trinkets and glmcracks and booklets and card. And other things purchased by pounds and by yardsl And they had to stop me. I truly believe. From buying when all the shops closed Christmas Eve. And I'm unrepentant I know I'm In dobt, But I have no glimmer or trace of regret Why, man, you don't know what Its worth Just to live And never top thinking of where you can give! How's that7 I'll be sober and solemn and And wish I'd known better when I get the hill? M , All, friend, you may put such advice on thi shelfl A Christmas-gift spree always pay for Itself! Am to NntlonnI Conventions, OMAHA. Dec." H. To tho Editor of Tho Bee. I am much pleased with tho agita tion at this time aa to the mode of hold- Ing our future national party conventions I am surprised that a subject ot such magnitude Is not more generally discussed in your columns. The views expressed by the president on this subject in his messago to congress has occasioned much comment throughout the country. In hi advocacy ot his solution, he has. In my Judgment touched a very unpopular chord, ono that hould and will be neither heeded nor adhered by the congress or their constituents. Why, at this time the necessity of a change from the old system? Has there any great hue and cry gone up from the American people along this line since Mr. Wilson became president on March 4 last that has assumed such a proportion that would warrant him In Placing such a subject In hi message to congress? Hod a law been passed two years ago by con gress embodying the president's ideas as suggested, he would not today be presi dent of the United States, aa he was the minority condldate so far as the will ot ; his own party was concerned. Hence the wisdom of the present delegate system, i Had Abraham Lincoln to be nominated by the vote of the people as expressed , by his party at the primary, would he ! have received the nomination; and what a blessing it proved to the world that such a system did not exist at that time. , There are many other such results, the outcome of national party conventions un. , der our present system. For more than a century and a quarter j tho respective political parties havo nom inated their candidate for president and vico president by delegate conventions. Germany and the United States tie for lT "'"' the second place In imports Into British u.f . T V ... u South Africa. ' ventlons assembled. And in states where , ...... . t some candidate was the favorite, in- : The Pennsylvania railroad runs quick-1 trucled delegates were sent for the can- ' lunch-counter cars on trains between dlda,e Tho a ,led tQ ate New York and Philadelphia. , th( Un,on fcnd cn , opp,y Statistics appear to show that men are The history of all our national political more likely to be struck by lightning conventlonr has shown that the major.ty Here and There - atc , tot iinmiw . til'-' vlv - Antics . . tvea TO Ot -Ant? rt,,r Be- ' fAO.J ,vct 400 pet 'for per mtte improvements First Into St. Paul and Minneapolis When you want to dine at home and still get to St. Paul or Minneapolis In time for that early morning connecting train beyond, or give yourself plenty of time to keep your business appointments, use the Great West ern's TWIN OITY LIMITED. Leave Omaha 8:30 P. M. Arrive St Paul ..... 7:30 A. M. Arrive Minneapolis . . 8:05 A. M. This is the first train leaving Omaha in tho ovenlng to arrive Twin Cities in the morning. Through steel chair-car coaches and sleepers, buffet club car until 1:50 A.M. Day train now leaves Omaha 9:30 A. M. Use your telephone call Douglas 260. P. F. BONOItDEN, O. P. & T. ,A., 1022 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. Phono Douglas 200. than women, more than two men being killed by it tor every woman. The largest apple tree In New York state Is said to be one standing1 near the town of 'Wilson. It was planted In the year ISIS, and It Is on record that It once yielded thirty-three full barrels ot apple in a season. A thoroughly up-to-date saw mill with a capacity ot 00.000 board feet a day has been erected on the south coast ot ot tha delegates therein have been act uated by high Ideals and unselfish and patriotic motives. The fear ot party 'de feat also stimulates them, and brings to the surface the combined wisdom ot the practical men of the convention, in di recting their energies In selecting from amongst the many available men pre sented to the convention, having- in mind the record, convictions, qualifications and geographical location of the candidate. In (Mindanao Island. It Is of American make addition to this, I it not an undented aoij I Aku.iioliA.its si l mwl.n v... . l . a I i.i nt iriol In mnif Sill 1t walks Btmcnt to the Kitchen and which the Thaw case is being . , m.vB him a minn.i .. !.. Thi. i. Dnw on of .nAl-.i.i minimi conventions wh. our aa c or two- irusneai tribute to his efficiency and loyalty. I mills in the Philippines. j presidents were nominated, that the guld- j Change In Time Rock Island Lines Effective Sunday, December 14th COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA EXPRESS No. 5 will arrive from Chicako at 1:10 P. M., instead of 1:40 P. M.f and will leave for Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo at 1:20 P. M., instead of 1:50 P. M. as now. CHICAGO-NEBRASKA LDMITED-No. 13 will ar rive from Chicago at 8:30 A. M., instead of 8:00 A. M. No. 14 for Chicago will continue to leave at 6:08 P. M., as now, J. S. McMLLY, D. P. A. 14th and Farnam Sts. Omaha, "Neb.