THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1913.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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An Important Olub Election.
As our principal buslnoaa organi
zation, tho Commorcial club Is a
vital factor in tho upbuilding of
Omaha. Regardless of its successes
and failures in the past, its oppor
tunities for present and futuro use
fulness were never greater. Tho pe
culiar conditions of the moment
thorcforo make tho forthcoming
election of directors to have chargo
iwcmiiK. wmium ou a
?f the c,,,b;8 nci,:,t,e9 cdru:
AddieM nil complaints of irMsyiariuss lng year of much moro than usua
In aemeries to t uy incin
usual
Imnortancn of Imnnrtnnrn nnl nlnnn
Hen.it by draft, express or postal order, to tho members, but to every ono llv-
... . w i tj- inhiihitii; company 1 . . . . . . ,.
snaring in us
prosperity.
Tho Commercial club Is at tho
point of rearranging its work and ro
offlcerlng at least one of its depart
ments. Many projects of public
moment or of business value aro
calling for consideration, and con
certed and woll dlrocted effort ia
constantly required to keep Omaha
abreast of its trade competitors, and
to hold its prestige high abroad. Tho
Commercial club is tho agency
through which tho community works
in business channels; tho machinery
must bo kept manned for tho highest
officioncy and best rosults.
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payable to Tho lice I'ubiuhltig g in Omaha and
Only 2-cent stamps received in payment o
of smalt accounts. Puisonat checks, ex- progress and prosper!
cept on Omatia ana eaiiw" --
not accepted.
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
52,068
aute of Nebraska. County of Uouglas. m.:
Dwlght William, circulation manatfer
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, say that the average dally
circulation for the month of November,
ItU. waa S2.W8. DWIOUT WILUAM8.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence und sworn
to before ma this 8d day of December,
jail HOUIiltT 11UNTEH,
(Seal) Notary Public.
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DECEMBERS!.
Thirty Yearn Ago
Here Is a list of the at home announce
ments for receiving New Year's calls:
Mrs. II. W. Yates and daughter, at
Nineteenth and Capitol avenue, will re
coivo at 3 o'clock, assisted by Sirs. Gum
ming, Mrs. S. S. Caldwell, Sirs. 8. R.
Brown, Mrs. W. II. McCord, Mrs, W. A.
Itedlck, MUs Brown, Miss Berlin and
Miss Smith of St. Joscoh.
At Mrs. Qeorgo W. Doane's: Mrs. J. X.
If. Patrick, Mrs. II Wakeley, Mrs. P.
Wesscls, Mrs. N, Shelton, Mm. J. Clark-
Twice Told Tales
Warner Hip fnrnlnir After.
Here Is one that was told by Congress
man Edward W. PoU of North Carolina
at a recent banquet where the topic
switched to the Inevitable Pat.
The esteemed Patrick, so related the
congressman, went to the depot to meet
a relative that ho hadn't seen for sev
eral years, and the result was great hap
pines. Pat being muscular, the police force had
musli trouble in convincing him that he
ought to bo the guest of the city, but
finally he was placed In the municipal
resL
"Shurc, Judge," remarked Pat, when
he waa haled before the magistrate tho
next morning, "ir yci win he so kind as
son. Miss Claire Kustln, Miss Mamie
Shears, Miss Jane Touzelln, Miss Minnie to fontot lt on, do B8 much for yol8lir
jicin. .Misa .Miner ot iouisviue, aiiss i sometolme.
Butler of Philadelphia, Miss Qreenhow
and Miss Doane.
Mrs. J. S. McCormlck and Miss Mc-
Cormlck, 2 to 7 p. m., at their residence
on Capitol avenue, assisted by Mrs. D. O.
Clark, Mrs. Nye, Mrs. Balch, Mrs. E. S.'
Dundy, Jr., Miss Newcombo of Qulncy,
Miss O'Brien and Miss Newman of Bur
lington, Mlsa Pugh, Miss Tompkins, Miss j
Ijatns, Mlsn Carrie IJame, Mlts Held, Miss
Lake, Mlsa Morgan and Miss Lyons.
"Let me see." reflectively responded tho
magistrate. "You are tho man who gave
the officers so much trouble. I under
stand lt took seven of them to lock you
up."
"Yls, ycr honor," Innocently admitted
Pat, "but lt would take only wan to let
me out." Philadelphia Telegraph.
Tlic Itrnnon foe It.
Herbert Putnnm. librarian of congress,
Progress in Eugenics.
Tbo movement for a chomically-
puro race, llko tho old darky's faith,
seems to havo "ketched n fall," for
people do not seem to bo taking as
kindly to professional and logallzed
eugenics as thoy were scheduled' to
do. It 1b the way with most folks
that they revolt at compulsory vir
tue, howover prompt and willing thoy
Tho lawyor bunch Is groat on fine may bo to practlco virtue on tholr
Subscriber leaving tbft city
tetupomrly should bare Tho lice
mailed to them. Addresa vrlll be
changed na often a reaaentcd.
resolutions.
i
It is evident by now that predic
tions do not mako weather.
own account. This old and rather
woll-cstabllshod pcrvorocncBs ot hu
man naluro is tho chief obstaclo for
our eugenic friends to ovorcomo.
Out in tho state of Washington
rt a km A t . 1 I
uoo, wnai n mo moviu iuuu uiibdcu tu6 movement procured tho enact-
that eight of Mexican federals rushed mont ot a aw requiring a physician's
Into the river 7 I cortlflcato showing evnrv nernnn mar
nine to be froo of certain diseases
That Indiana coupio married m u ftnd tho vory n0Xt BCSgion ot Ul0 t0Kia.
church Btcoplo must wish to start lifo laturo ropcalod Ul0 jaW( or thl8 pnrt
on a high plane.
This playing hide and seek across
our Texas border must bo a quite ex
hilarating gamo.
I
Whoever it wan that had Moyor
slugged displayed a very peculiar
Idea of tho way to cure tho infec
Thoso Japanese' resolutions of oynv
patby aro all right In tholr way, but
Hucrta could uso tho taonoy to much
better advantage
of lt, with a thundoring popular ro-
spouso. Now, Wisconsin has a elm
liar and even moro drastic law, and,
according to medical exports, no cor
tlflcato of the sort required can
honestly bo given short ot six months'
observation of tho matrimonial can
dldato, and a vory costly succession
of intricate tests. It remains to bu
neon whothor the outcome In Wis
consin will bo tho same as in Wash
lngton.
Fundamentally, thefti can not bo
very much tho matter with a country
that produces $10,000,000,000 worth
of farm crops a year.
Our Cosmopolitan Schools.
A striking significance arises from
that convention ot tho American As
sociation ot Cosmopolitan Clubs at
Iowa City, giving collogo yolls in
twenty-two languages. It shows tho
drift of our educational Institutions
President Wilson will havo to find lownru wiuoneu cu.ujjubb oi us
.... . .. I fitfnnnd nrt .Infltfnnrn. Nnt nnlv n tv
a moro ouscuro niaing piaco tnan " v
Pass ChrisUan to keep tbo porslstent BOnB Rnd uau8nlorB t roreign-uorn
favor seeker from finding him out. ParonUj Pouring into our colleges anil
univorBiuos, uut streams ot young
Tho old ecout, Harvoy, whb dls- men como moroly to bo cducatod
covered Uio young bushor, Woodrow One Nebraska college alono has a
Wilson, Is now wondering why ho cosmopolitan Club that includes gov-
ever tipped him oft to the majors, oral oriontal nationalities. Anotner
of the smaller Missouri valley col-
But It tho administration currency logos has a still larger cosmopolitan
bill is really as bad as ho kept Baying club, and scarcely a representative
it -was all tho tlmo, how could a con- university is without a largo clement
acicntlous person dofylng tho caucus I of such studentship,
whip ever voto for it. What a splendid tributo to tho high
character of our college, that thoy
Romembor, however, that dellber- aro foun(, adantablo to tho wants ot
ate perjury in cpurt, tno Kino mat all pepjogj And how better might
goos to malte a so-called ' framo-up," Amcrica exton(1 influences than
in nlno out of ten cases originated In
tho fertile brain of the crooked
lawyer.
in tills way, through, eo many chan
nols ot tho Btream of civilization?
Our missionaries aro oxortlng dy
namic Influence. In tho many lands
san rraacisco la gouing soino oi ri vn tho Isles of tho Bea. but
ts back Btreeta cleaned for tho first horo a,B0 ,B m88lonary work of tho
tlmo In many years with Its army of t pracUcal KJnd at our very door.
unemployed, so reports say. Omaha
lslies no such army, hut wo havo
tho- back streets.
v. biivui iui a lub.uuai uutiiw, wuv aidv
the unlquo handicap ot having fur
nlsbed tbo only democratic United
States senator who stood out against
ls party measure.
A lopsided Situation.
San Francisco Is besieged by an
unemployed men,
000 and so mo othor
cities In smaller numbers, According
to reports, most of thoso men are
willing to work. Up in tho copper
regions of Michigan armies of miners
are idle, not for lack ot work, but as
President Wilson Is sure to carry the result ot a wago disputo with
Pass Christian, Judging frofti his pop- their employera. Tho 'Frisco railroad
flarity reflected in tho Krown-uns' orders aeveral thousand tolegrapn
cramblo to attend tho samo church operators laid off to forestall a itrlko
ha doeg and tho kldd flehtinit to There is something amiss, not only
.addy for him at golf. with our economics, but with our in
dustrialism or such a situation would
In boasting that the prevailing not confront us. This is trlto knowl
high prices make tho 1913 Bhort crop edge, of course, and yet what sue
worth as much as tho full crop of tho cobs can we point to for our efforts
year before, our democratic friends to prevent such a state ot affairs!
admit failure ot their promise to re-1 With all the wholosalo disclaiming
duce the cost ot living. against social and industrial Ills, no
acceptable plan haa thus far been
One, thing eeems very certain, thnt advancod to correct these abuses
with radium as a euro for cancer, uaralyiln for the tlmo. to the vital
this country can no longer afford to Uelfaro ot tho country. Railroads
havo been told that thoy waste
send tho raw ore to Europe for re
duction and buy back the refined
product at fabulous prices.
The Dean and Mrs. Mtllspaugh will re- I mlled the other evening when tho con.
celve. their friends at St, Mary's avenue I versatlon turned to henpecked husbands.
and Nineteenth. I He sold that tho reference to poor otd
Mrs. O. II. Collins and Mlsa Collin 'ther reminded him of a certain Incl-
at their residence, 1MB Capitol avenue, dcnt'
assisted by Mrs. John A. Horbach, Mrs. Homo tlmo ago a man from the city
James Watson, Mrs. T. If. Stanton, Mrs. "Pent a few days In a country town, and
John C. Cowln, Mrs. John O, Bourkc, While there a real estato dealer tried to
Mrs. Prank ft. Pusey of Council Bluffs, interest him In suburban scenery. Tie
Miss Wakeley. Miss Barton. Mies Boyd, turning- to the hotel that night the city
Miss Margaret Boyd, Miss Campbell, Miss 'nBn Baw lno ent in tho lobby.
Megeuth and Sliss Henshaw. "5oK here- 0,d fellow," remarked the'
city man, "l thought you told me that
you didn't have any malaria down , In this
scctlon7
"That's Just what I told you." was the
prompt declaration of tho agent, "and
told you right"
"Maybe you did," doubtfullv reltirnl
the city man, "but just the samo I saw a
moM 1nw li .
assisted bv M. flnv nnrf Mr. ' " """" I0W minutes ago
vvn... r,"n cmla an fovcr."
"XT"- "Oh. I eeo. now." sm.l
Mrs. T. II. Lacey will receive at I013
Jackson street.
.urs. v. j-.. lost, northwest corner
Webster and Twenty-third, assisted by
Mrs. E. M. Morscman, Mrs. H. B. Jones,
Mrs. C. If. Coutant, Mrs. D. B. Sargeant,
Mr. If. a. Blair and Mrs. F. B. Khlaht.
Mrs. George A. Hoagland will receive,
Mm. , w. Ambrose and Mrs. P. C.
Illvlnlous, at I92t Parnam. with Mrs.
Colonel rimythc, Mrs. S, P. Woodbrldge
and the Misses Wagoner, Tzschuck, Cal-
oerwood, Oung, Larsen, Pfennell and
Churchill of Cedar naplds, la.
Twicnly Years Airo-
a little home on South Fourteenth streot
was destroyed by fire and In tho ashoa
lay the charred remains ot foUr norsons.
tho father, mother and year-old babe and
tho maternal grandmother and those pur
porting to havo been ye-wltncsses as
Bcricu mat me ratner.
smiled the real attain
man, with a look of enlightenment. "That
was Smith. Ho was ahudderlng nnd shak.
lng to thlnki what lila wife would say to
mm wnen no got home." WashlnElnn
mar.
New Banking Law
new xorK Times: If the bill waa SO
per cent good when Mr. , Vandcrllp put
assay mark upon It, and 82tf per
his
u. DuiwnKocner. cent irooa wiinn nir. Knhrr r.n... ui.
who had been in ill health, deliberately opinion, wo Bhould aupposo lt must be
upset a lamp, closed tho door of the
In which all tho family was, and there- about as near to attainable perfection, aa
v.v mo ure. can reasonably b ox;tntfl nr
..r. unu .iirs. w. t). jiector ana sister, lawmakers
XflllM 1 II u u . L. W I. . I
t to SteLL1"1"' rslurnM rrom aLI,-."0,., " i
A. M. Walton, city editor of the Klm . :"Z . ' ' muonal ""T
Clly Journal, came down to n,rf tj, 1 " """"' " as 7
Year's wi.i, r-...n. i uio passage or tno new currency
lnw ft at thMmt i a . .
A ir.Kr t:i -k-ii. m....... " wuMn mai snut
strtoL reported to the doIIca thnt w.n i "rl . , . ul w
attending night scnMce at the Swedish not now ilWns 7a Mri T biV.rr
JHIA.aM nHII.nl. l . . . M i
" .., .-..iioicuiiii una V-Rgaiwnrkn u wnll n. I.
street, his horse and buggy wore stolen.
no nad left titetnjln front ot the church,
New York Tribune:
to.
Tho democratic
Mrs. Bllraboth. wife ot Jacob KltOn of i, "M a!T 8lewmy ncarc- to.souna
rnnn aa ..i., " finance, until In tho last hours of the
.uciisun, iuca nearly w yoarn or age.
just ns the old year was merging into the
new.
senate debate and In conference defects
In the administration bill, which Senator
J. IS. Wteman. principal ot manua! 1. hV h . Z 1fes denl
trninlnif at tho high school received, th, W".B'l.ha8 b-ro"Bht .h,s out t,f tn
articles contrlhnti..l hv h. . - uryanism. it has been n
hlblta at tho Chicago World's fair andrrttt cxhlb,Uon oC dershlp
placed them on display at Uio hlith sohoni. Bltvux Journal. Tho best friend.
Where Omaha natrons mlo-ht. vir h.m oC tnt new currency bill will mot claim
and thua see for themselves tho excellent p.'?ectllm for ,L Necessarily many, do-
work their children were dolntr.
Italia have been decided In a. tentative
at Tr (7
White SlaTerr.
OMAHA, Dec. 30.-To the ISditor of The
lee: I have made It a rule nover to
notice an anonymous communication.
pueh ns that of "I M." In yesterday'
Uee. It Is a cowardly attempt to assail
iny character, rather thon to refute tho
truth of the article referred to, whlsh
appeared In Church and Homo two weeks
ago. If "L. M." will' come out into thoi
6pen I will reply to his or her malicious
Article. Furthermore, If "I M." will
produce a case of genuine "white slav
pry" now 'existing- In Omaha I will gladly
Retract what I said and will pay to tho
Omaha City Mission the sum of fifty
Hollars! T. J. MAC KAY.
The Itellcdon of the rtepmlillc.
OMAHA, Dec CO.-To tho Editor ot
The Bee: Your editorial comment on tho
tlemocracy of Christmas-was Indeed ap
propriate to tho occasion and. expressive
of tho most exalted sentiment possible to
religion, because tho ultimate virtue of
the religion of the Bible Is a true de
mocracy. And the strife now on for re
alization of that democracy will con
tinue to bo negative unless tho masses
telzo upon the teachings of the Btbla
and make them their common righteous
'ncss, because the righteousness, ot tho
freedom, the righteousness of the prog.
reus ot a nation Inevitably conforms to
Its religion.
Therefore, to cpntrol national destiny,
a people must necessarily control the na
tion's altar. A political democracy is
only logical to a religious ' democracy.
This most glorious epoch In; human his
tory ia nqj( a thing, of prophecy, but of
actual, achievement, whon- the masses
givo to tho Bible an Individual interpre
tation .as opposed to creedal and dog
matic .limitations.
The religion ot this republic is the re
llglon of tho Bible, but Its altar is vio
lently disrupted by differences In Ita In
terpretation. The triumphant division pro
claiming democracy and freedom: an-,
other proclaiming clerical absolutism by
dlvlno appointment to rule the human
race, Thus we. behold the freedom, and
progress of our country trembling in the
balances ot a religious conflict,, that
makca n true democracy for which wo
plead Impossible. An appeal of the masses
to an open Blblo Is the final remedy, and
jCUt of that appeal will como a wisdom
that will found a democracy whose
crowning glory will, be the fatherhood ot
Qod and tho brotherhood ot man.
i J. BRAXTON GARLAND..
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
I
ENDING THE YEAR.
We know, of course, 'tis often bst
Our true thoughts to concl;
Better a laugh that Is a blur
Than a sigh that Is too real.
Sunday school Teacher Why was Daniel
forced to enter the Hons' den?
Bright Pupll-i-Why. he'd a spoilt a
whole film If he didn't.
Hen Landsakes, Marlar, take that ben
line can away from the fire!
Mariar What's the matter Hen? Get
tin' superstitious?
Maid Is this paper from Mr. Scribbler's
room waste paper, mum?
LandladyNo, He' hasn't written any
thine on It yet,
WlUrcd-Do you know Mlis Cuter, too?
Krnle Yes. We used ' to be the same
ago when, we- were growing up.
Bridegroom Didn't I look like a fool
when I was at the-nltar rail?
Best Man No, but one could see that
you were not yourself.
Thornton Fnnnle Plashey carries her
bank roll In her stocking.
Rosemary-I'm not surprised.. She al
ways seemed fond of flaunting her
wealth.
Tourist (In I.ondonlt certainly took
a bunch o' bobbles to arrest that ullk.
hatted suv! What did he do?
Cabby Wy that bleedln blighter hain't
pinched; 'e.'s a hemtnent statesman
fe-oln" to luncheon!
The hour
year's
My hand In yours, old friend!
hnml neara
The midnight stroke upon this
arrears: . , .
Rise ffotn the table, and lot hush the
And laughter, and extend your honest
mlt.
While the froth dies upon our fights and
beers! Ted Robinson.
Good-by, old year, not with regTet.
For jou have been a strenuous-one;
There Isn't much, in way ot 111.
Or mischief that you've left Undone,
An managers of dramas say,
You've put much action In your play;
None can look back and call you dUlU
"With something dolng e,ery day.
Baltimore- American.
Tomorrow.
"The sorrow
For Old Year is thought of no more.
We bury him sadly.
We cover him gladly.
And lock up tho garments he wore.
The nernset- . i
Arid dearest
Of friends he-has taken away
- He led us so kindly,
TfA IaiI 11b mft hlindlv.
And cheated us day after dayl '
Tliouah sadly. I
Yet gladly, J
We think of his ended career.
With glad voices singing.
With Joyous bells ringing,
We welcome tho royal New Year.
Margardt Andrew
r
Unscrambled Helios
For the new year and
every day of it the.Fordis
the car to boost your busi
ness and broad.en your
pleasure. Ifs the car for all
occasions all year 'round.
Start the new year right.
Buy an economical Ford.
Five hundred dollars is. tne new price of
tho Ford runabout; the touring,, car is.
flvo.fiftr; tho,town,cat seiv.en .fifty L. 6. b.
Detroit, complete with" equipment, dot
catalog; and particulars from Ford Motor
Company, 1916 Harney St., Omaha, or
direct from Detroit ' factory.
Jeremiah O'Brien, vonemhl. riiir.n wv ttnd mut remain subject to change
familiar figure on Omaha aua n latter experiment, lt tho banking lnter-
tho home of his nephew, Thomas Sw, e8tB C0Uld eet alonB w,th tho old hodge.
W North Flftcnth street. Mr, O'Brien P0" thy along- with the minor
was born In Ireland in 1S8 and was a faUUB f the now system until they can
highly educated man. Ho was In training be Fenced.
ror tno uatuolio priesthood when one of I n" orK worm: Two years ago any
the blights periodically atrlklng Ireland man would have been laughed at aa a
swept away his plans. Ho came to this U001 u ho had ventured to' predict that
country In tho 40'a and to Nebraska I a democratic president and a democratic
thirty years ago. coryeresa could accomplish In four years
what this administration haji
Ten Years A30 Ipllshcd In nine montlia. The "schoblmas-
Reports of the Iroquois theater fire Irt ter" tho "irofessor"-as his n..
Chicago revealed the fact that Mrs. Dal sneeringjy dubbed him, haa given, tho
Jones, a telegraph operatdr, formerly ot country a new lesson in the. art of gov
Omaha, was among tho dead. Miss eminent.
theater, but though her mother worried SSS.STtoS?,
much until hearing through The Bee. exorcUe an lmportant effect upopubll"
she escuped safely. The mother's feel- ,, x. ' ,.KV 1 "j? " p":." .
a. uuvu.t.v nvu.o n 111 I II U glB V L I M.,- v. . tun... , . , ...
u'j.i.vm.wi ...w ..cviis.u..., Hilt. II1HI HXB
appointments will be without political
dead qppeared the name of Miss Daisy
Livingston, another girl,
Aaron Calm was laid to rest In Pleasant
favor and with tho slnglo purpose to
11111 r.m.v 11,- f..n.i ..-m... u.. make the board command tho respect and
conducted by ltabbl Simon at the home, confidence of the banking and business
I'-arnam street. 1'allDearers were,
actlvo; Morltx Meyer, Samuel Kats,
John H. Butler, Howard Kennedy, Judge
Gustav Anderson and John P. Frcnzer;
honorar', Judge George B. Lake, William
A. Paxton, Edward Rosewater A. J,
Plmpton, II. A. Kosters, Count John A
Crelghton, Senator J. H. Millard and
Harry P. Douel.
interests of the country.
People and Events
New York World t Th rilnsnluHnn nf
the telephone trust Is a real dissolution. !
The eggs, havo been unscrambled not
theoretically unscrambled, but physically
unscrambled.
Chicago News: The ono. feature of -the
agreement between the. big. telephone
company and tho government which Is of
dlsUnct public benefit that giving to
other telephone) companies access to the
toll lines ot. tho Bell concern Is gro
tesquely Inconsistent with tho spirit of tho
agreement aa a whole, since that agree
ment alms to force separation and Inde
pendent competitive mo.nage.ment.
Philadelphia. Record; Tho settlement
docs, not Involve an agreement by the
government to the-- reasonableness of
existing rates; this will bo left to the
Interstate Commerce and Public Utilities,
commissions for their determination. Be
sides competition as a regulator ot rates
there will still remain regulation ot Tates
and practices by pubUo authority. Be
tween tho two the public ought to obtain
good service at reasonable cost.
Chicago Record-Herald: Tho spirit In
which tho negoUatlons wero carried on
and the agreement reached Is tho spirit
that brings Improvements In business and
in legislation. Evasion and stubborn re
sistance to law encourages crude, hasty
and drastic legislation. Bad and wild
legislation in turn begets unrest and dis
turbance. Conciliation, concession, decent
regard for public sentiment, the disposi
tion to recognize evils and meet, reform
half way are tho ' conditions of healthy
progress and of Industrial and commer
cial stability.
Springfield Republican; The federal
government has no Jurisdiction except for
the enforcement of an antl-tnonopoly law
applying only to Interstate commerce. It
has been literally driven to enforce that
aw by tho clamor of the independent
telephone companies in the west, and also
!y tho Western Union Telegraph com
mny's oldrtlme competitor, tho Postal
Telegraph company, which has resented
the, merger betwesn the telephone com
pany and Its rival. Yet the increase of
competition In the telephone business
must depend, In the future a. In the past,
mainly upon local volition.
Vice President Marshall has signed ur
for a series of lectures: In' thn mMHin
- ... h.V. ...mmn. lit. .- . .. .
A. a Jaqulth denied a report that he ","Y " ,' "'t pvISo tnat
was about to re-engage In the grain bus!- ',e b"l " with-
ness. from which he retired on account 0Ut refcrtnc6 t0 M ar Job.
of III health. He had been associated UnUl President Wilson, decides whether
with tho Omaha Elevator company and thB w,ve" of c0'1" officers have prece-
lt waa rumored he waa DreDorintr to start denco ovcr tho wives of United Btates
a new concern under the aviplces of the senators, lt will not be safe to bet on
Omaha Grain exchange, which he denied. thB Perpetuity ot the republic. Mean
Charles B. Hanford nnd his company wh,,e tho orlflamme of liberty must wag
presented the Collsy Clbber version ot wmincr mo wina nstety.
"Rlcbard III" at the Boyd. Among the Mrs. WJlhelmlna Yodng Is tho third
company was Devore Parmer, an Omaha I white woman who has penetrated Into
boy, who took the part ot Buckingham. I the land c" snows as far as Port Nelson.
The Omaha Curling club had a game I She went with' her husband, aboard a
1 tioai ups M DEPARTURE
I 1 1 fl 1 n. I
scheduled for New Year's day at Court-
land beach.
It la, indeed, a fast age In which
we live. Look bacK over your
bhoulder a short span and then on
this; "Railroad presidents aro will
ln?f for the Interstate Commerce
commission to supervise their Issuer.
of stocks and bonds."
$1,000,000 a day in poor manage
ment, the federal government that
Its Inefficiency costs at least $300,-
000,000 a year. Dut in this lop
sided condition ot strikes and bread
lines there Is an astonishing eco
nomic wasto which wo endure as a
natural incident In the course ot
events,
Those jingoes who are trembling
because Japan kindly received Do La
Barra overlook the fact that Toklo
turned over Its municipal keyB to our
The San Francisco Chronicle's
"Twenty-five Years Ago Today"
column reminds ita readers that
Collla P. Huntington sold ho wanted American base ball world tourists.
Tanway rates pui on a more perma
nent basis. And partly because he Bpeaker Clark promises that this
and his contemporaries wero able to congress will hold Its appropriations
put them on the kind ot basis they down to $1,098,000,000, Think ot
desired, certain revolutionary events a man from Plko county referring to
have in these latter days transpired. I over a billion dollars as "down."
Nebraska Editors
R. P. Sheldon has sold the Rising City
Independent to Charles Seeey ot St.
Joseph, Mo.
The Curtis Reporter Is the name of a
new newspaper venture which will be
launched at Curtis New Year's day by
P. Edgar Adams.
The Auburn Herald celebrated Its
Twenty-sixth anniversary last "Week. J.
C. Vollne Is proprietor and publisher and
Allen D. May Is editor.
The Foruyce Press is tne name or a
newspaper to be started by the business
men and boosters ot Ftordyce. C J.
Shepardson of Hartlngtan probably will
.,1.' ti
ruiv li.
Arthur O. Williams and Ralph O
Beede of Rolla, N- have purchased
lumber ship, the crew consisting of fif
teen Chinamen. They started. August 27
and did not arrive at Port Nelson until
September 14.
Chicago does not object to old world'
Immigrants coming into the big tent.
but Insists on newcomers conforming to
the customs of the town. A colony of
Persians, Ignoring the rule, started a
boisterous prayer meeting on a vacant
lot and were pulled by the police before
they could put In the finishing amen.
Robert Alphonso Taft, son of the ex-
president of tho United States, stood, at
tne top 01 sixty-six applicants at a re
cent examination In Columbus for admls
ion to the Ohio bar. He had a grade
ot 90.7, while the man next scored SIS.
The father also made 'a record when he
was examined, and the son sought to
equal It.
Three brothers, separated when Presl.
aent Lancoin iisuea ius,c&ii lor voiun
toers at the beginning ot the civil war.
met at Wichita, Kan., recently tor the
first Urns since that separation. They
the Winnebago Chieftain ot M. A. Ban
croft, who has owned and published itvere 8. P. Ferguson of Minnesota and
for tho last few years. The new owners. I his brothers, John of El Paso. Tex., and
who are graduates of a school of jour- I James of Montana. A dinner arranged
nallsm, take possession New Year's day. I brought them together.
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SBECIAL NOTICE T CONTESTANTS,
Thn rnntp.Rt- mnnnrrpr haa decided, to make the. following new rUl-
, inp. governing the distribution ot prizes at the' close of tho contest
Aiarcn z&, iyn.
As before announcod boys and, girls under IS yoars of age in all
' tho districts and outlying towns organized may, compete for the Detroit
Automobile and for the Pony, Cart and 'Harness, in addition 'to these
prizes tho boys and. girls residing in any of tho four districts "may com
pete for tho Pla.no and .Diamond King, giyen in each district.
Moro prizes for which to xompete, boygind girls'. Greater induce
ments to get down to real work" in tho M. & M. Voting contest; Save
the labels. Ask for the coupons. Then vote them at least once a
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Somewhere in the long, dark shadows
of the western night the dlsesteemcd
William J. Sulser dropped his lecture
tour and hiked for home.
Mayor Fittgerald -of Boston has re
tired from the field as a candidate for
re-election, owing to ill health, compli
cated with a grievous shortage oftpopu-larity.
Former United States Senator Foraker
of Ohio Is raising his voice for party
harmony. Huckeyes aro rubbing, their
lamps to make sure that the-voice docs
not come from a tomb,
With the opening of the new year the
governor of New York state and the
mayor of New York. City each will have
tt.OOO.OOOi worth ot Job,at his disposal, it
Is safe to bet that the demand for pie
will, exceed the supply.
A merry, It not a happy, New Year Is
assured assistant postmasters If the
democrats In congress put through a
clause in the- new- postofflce appropria
tion bill removing assistant postmasters
from the sheltering folds of the clvtt
service law.
Two furmer members of the police
force of St. Paul, Martin J. Flanagan
nnd Fred Turner, have their halos
wrapped In a package of Indictments, In
Which thty are charged with holding up
the underworld for several bunches ot
tainted money,
J, J. Clark, newly elected mayor of
the village of 'Minerva, O., probably vrlll
be longer in, office Uian any other Ohio
mayor six feet four Inches from head
to hose,, to be explicit. 'When Mayor
Clark enters his chamber In the town
hall on January 1 and sits down in his
offlre chair on one side of the little room
he will be able to prop his feet up on the
other side, If be feels inclined to stretch.
OP THE
AFTERNOON CHICAGO EXPRESS
Commencing Sunday. January 4th, the Burlington's mid.afternooB
train, No. a, will leave Omaha at 3:45 v ni instead 'of. 4: 20 p. m. It will
arrive Omaha at 3:30 p. m.
Telephone D.
IMHsH
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1238." 1503 Jaaroam Street.
1WRAN.Y a merchant, who
i X won't spend; a cent on
advertising," getsut free
-under "Business: BiiGuliies;"
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