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THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1914. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED MY KDWAllU KC-BBVYATEK. VICTOR HQ8EWATRK. SDITOn. MEE BUILDING. FAKNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha postoltlco as sccond- riaas manor. m i 1 i a Ol ? IiarTt t ITION. Sunday Bee, one year..... Baturday Bee. one ytar pally Bee, without tfunday, one year.. .W Ually He, and Sunday, one year &w DELIVERED BY CARRIER, livening and Sunday Uec, per month.. .400 Evening, without Sunday, per month.. .jac frally Bee, Including Sunday, per mo...C5c Ually Bee, without riuhday. per month.JSc Addicts oil complaints of Irregularities In deliiertes to City Calculation Dept. ' UEMITTANCE. Ben.lt by draft, express or postal order, piiyaole to The Beo Publishing company, only 2-ccnt stamps received in payment of tmull accounts. Personal checks, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchanges, ot accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee UuiIJing South Omaha-2.118 N Street. Council Bluffs 14 North Main. Street. L.ncoln-26 Little Building, thlcaao-yul Hearst Dulialng. New York-Room UOU, Utf Fifth Avenue. St. Louls-toS New Bank of Commerce. Washington 7S Fourteenth at.. N. w. CO RRESPON DUNCE, lommunlcatlons relating to news ana rrtltnrlal matter should be addressed Jinaha Bee. Editorial Department. NOVEMBEIt CIRCULATION. 52,068 'I frtate of -Nebraska, county of Douglas, s.: Dwlght William, iliculatlon manager ot The Je6 Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for tho month of November, 1313. was .. DWIOllT WILLIAMS, , . Circulation JtanSger. Subscribed lu my presence and sworn to before me this '3d day of December, 111, HOUEUT HUNTER. (Seal) Notary l'ubjlc Subcrlbera . lcaTln the city temporarily eUoold bare The Dee malted to them. Aildreas -will be ehanijed na often an requested. Did time? you get it "1914" tho first Thoso eggs coming from nro not loaded, wo tako It. Russia Remember that overy handle ou tho wator wagon Is groaBod. Perhaps Pass Christian 1b that "Beautiful IbIo of Somowhcro," about which a favorite eong tolls us. Good Old Year, After All. With all tho meteorological atroc ities charged up to 1913, tho old year turns out to have been not wholly bad, rather productive of remarkable good. True, soma evil genius of abnormality appeared manifest In nearly every monthly revolution ol tho cycle, yet tho spirit of anomaly crops out also In an Inventory of Its virtues, for proof of which wo may turn to tho New Year comments of tho Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, leader of tho American suffragists nnd Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, commander-in-chief of tho army of antl suffraglHts. Says Mrs. 8haw: "Tho year for us was ono of gratifying suc cess," and Mrs. Dodge:, "Wo doubled our membership and gained such Impetus to the cause of anti-woman suffrago sb to insuro another doub ling of our numbers for 1914." Thero yo,u .aro. A year of , ag grcsslvo warfare with both generals content and each claiming tho vie tory. What more could anyone ask? Pity that this pleasing paradox does not find n counterpart in tho af faint of England's militant auffragcttlsm, thus removing further occaslpn for I I . f T 1 jyopKing J) acKwan , rJh&J)ay m Omaha coMFiir rum hi nui 7 2. JANUARY Thirty Years Ano The regular annual Installation of offi cers of the Knights ot Pythias at their rooms on Fourteenth street Invested with the official insignia the following roster: John Hayward, P. C; S. M. Wilcox, C C: J. T. Wlthrow, V. C.; IV M. Davis, lV.'M. Toft, M. E.; C. J. Johnson. M. T.i It. B. Fmlth, K. It. S.; J. S. Harpster, M. A.: J. A. Qulsgard, I. G.i M. II. Hor ner, O. O. The resignation of E. P. Vlnlng, for twelve years freight traffic manager of tho U. P., has been accepted and Mr. Vlnlng left for Chicago to enter on his duties as commissioner of the Western Trunk Lino association. The real estate firm of C. E. Mayno & Co. is no more .and in Its stead is the firm of Barker & Maine. Miss Neclcy Stevens, the celebrated pianist, and her sister, are registered at the Paxton. Collections of Internal revenue taxes In the Nebraska district for the year to taled Jl.i,0T3, of which 1,H8,451 was paid by the Willow Springs distillery here. Mrs. Lctltla Moody, mother of C. E. Moody, died at her eon's residence on -h ... MlMincril.il ltlil ... r i , inn i'vii fifing urlcKbatB and Hunger HtriKes.i taken t0 Bprlngflcld, ill., for Interment The Delfge Hose company gave Its first A MnRlr Thought. 'We are united In this movement," said Thomas M, Heed, a Denver physiologist, propos of a fight against the drug habit. Yes, a single thought possesses us, and In that respect we're like Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 'At 3 a. m. of a bitter cold morning Mrs. Smith in her thin nightgown was pacing the floor with her colic-tormented babe In her arms. The babe's squawks ot pain were terrible, yet they were; Alma Itccord. A monster Christmas aslly drowned by the ear-splitting roars 'tree in front of the1 court house In of Young Smith, Jr., who towed about i Omaha was a new and orglnal stunt his crib with a toothache. pulled off by the good people of the mc- Mr, Smith, shivering In his pamai, bent over the washstand, trying to pre pare a cotton filling for his son and n mustard plaster for his babe, when his 1 abundance of this 'world's good. If that wlfo'n voice, scarcely audible above the ($20,000 Billy Sunday jackpot was distrib uted among the poor of that city It would do a greater amount of good than it will when added to the ex-ball player's already fat bank account. Are all who condomn the tango entirely familiar with It or aro they Just Joining In the chorus on faith? Tho weather man, too,, has the chance of his life to regain prestige by making good in this glad New Year. If all thoso good resolutions aro carried out in spirit as well as In letter, the year 1914 will uo a hummer. The Calumet situation Is another rebuking remindor ot our official in dlfferenco to the root causes of In dustrlal disputes. ' Safe and .Sane Autoing. San Francisco's campaign for safe and sauo, autoing. should become a general propaganda throughout tho country. Perhaps with such an Im pulso behind it, tho movement might really amount to something, Every city is in need of safety and sanity in tho operation of automobiles and tho longer we put off tho evil day tho worse It will bo. No use to say it cannot bo dono, with the results of our national movement for a safo and sane Fourth boforo us. Reckless observanco of our natal day was a much older and more deep-rooted ob stacle to ovcrcomo than the one now boforo ub and yot, while tho Ideal Ib not accomplished, seo tho progress mado toward tho proper end. A pco plo that can achlevo so much, nood not falter in essaying this other smaller task. And wo cannot afford to falter con fronted as wo are on every hand with the romorflelosa consequences ot our neglect and fol)y. Tho automobllo Is a permanent patron of public high ways, urban and rural, and incrcas Ing steadily In number. What has boon dono to regulate Its operation manifestly Is not sufficient. Wanted yot is a concrete public sentiment with some definite facility of action. Tho reckless and daring man at an automobllo whool Is no harder to curb and control than tho ono at tho throttle ot a locomotlvo, If only tho propor method is applied. The care ful autolsts, of course, need, no such constraint- It's all grist on Uncle Sam's post- office mill tho' picture postal, the Christmas gift mall parcel, tho New I Year's card 'habit. Washington without a Wblto TTmmA Kw Ynnr'n rncnatlon lit lflant starts the record with a novelty in upon tho activity of tho Wllson-Dryan .roubleiome Roger. ' It was lnevltablo that tho candidacy ot Mr. Roger Sullivan for the deraocra.Uo bonatorial nomination should provo wedge to split the state democracy. Chi cago Evening Post. And tho PoHt proceeds to comment precedent breaking. Lcaguo of Illinois as a promise and portent that Mr. Sullivan's ambitions are not to go unchallenged. Truly, tho ways of Illinois Btatosmon aro rough and uncortain, It would not be surprising to hear of a wish bolng decorously expressed that somo dig- Th first oltv rnmmliuilonr nf timed motnocl mignt DO lOUnU OI Omaha ca make this third year tho knocking Mr. Sullivan into a cocked It turns out that General Villa I did not receivo 'New Year's calls in Mexico City, much less eat his Christmas dinner there.. it of the trio, with all the splendid opportunity for Improvement. hat, his presumption Is bo very au noylng. He must have forgotten that Mr. Bryan long ago read him out of tho amen corner of tho democracy What If he did come across In tho Dispatches say Mr. Llnd was glad ot the chance to talk to somebody and yet what a queer manner he has niche of time with his Illinois dele had ol showing that h6 waata to talk. gatlon at Baltimore In 1912, a party out for popular acclaim cannot af It is getting so that many Hal ford to be known as favoring his sort owners are Just as willing to lot chll- 0f politics, however much it may dren Into their buildings as dogs, Wh to patronlre it In times of Btress provided, of course, the children are and strife clean and quiet. Newspapers like men may some' times bo judged by the onomles they make. A newspaper that keeps tho searchlight on graft is sure to Incur the enmity of the gratters. Any port Is a friendly port In a storm, as Mr. Sullivan ought to un derstand. Kansas City Is In tho throes ot a nonpartisan movement for a com mission plan pt city government Here's luck to Kansas City, tor Omaha has been through it. Rev. "Billy" Sunday Is playing to "S. R. O." business in a great taber nacle nightly in Pittsburgh. Rev. "Billy" has all the other theatrical press agents beaten before they start Where Ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise, was not spoken in jest when It comes to the joy ot being un able to see all the terriblo things astrologers find In store tor us dur ing 1914. Where There's a Will, There's Way. Chairman Epperson is eminently correct in his position that thero is only one republican party, but un fortunately In Nebraska . thero Is second so-called state committee over which Mr. Epperson presides which got off on the wrong foot In the last campaign by refusing to align itself with tho national organ! ration, thus losing Its status, It It ever had any, as a decision ot the supreme court attests. All tho wrinkles will bo Ironed out. how over, in ample time under the Ne braska election law, which calls for the constitution ot a new state com mittee during the present year. The rank and file of Nebraska repub licans who really wish to get to Bother for the rehabilitation ot the party, rather than for their own ag grandlrement, will find the way with or without the help of the "bosses or the "leaders." annual bnll at Masonic hall. Councilman V S Hascflll was master of ceremonies, A lively polo contest wan pulled off at tho Capitol avenue roller skating rink between two teams, the neds, composed Messrs. Gallon, Stevens, Moreford. McCluo and Gordon, and the Blues, com posed of Messrs. Helphrey, lUtchcock. Cramer, Dennis and Eastman. Twenty Years A go- It became known that Omaha, at last. as to have a decent depot. A company known as the Metropolitan Union Depot and Tin II road company had been incor porated by the following! Guy C. Bar ton, Henry W. Yates, Herman Kouritze, Benjamin F. Smith, Charles W. Hamil ton, Frank Murphy, John A. Crelghton, red Metis, sr.: William A. Paxton, Alfred Millard, C. W. Lyman, Milton Rogers, R. L. Stone, Thomas Bwobe, John Rush and Charles J. Karboch Irfnd was to be acquired either by pur chase or condemnation, covering a tract from Capitol avenue to Howard street, between Ninth and Seventh streets, for trackage, and Jl.'OO.OOO expended In the plant. The authorized capital ot the cor poration was H.ttfO.OOO. General Passenger Agent John Francis left for Chicago. Messrs. Kd Dickinson. 'G. W. Megeath and K. I I.omax returned from Denver, Several prominent business men met at the Paxton hotel In the evening on in- Itatlon of Herman Kountze. B. F. Smith, G. N. Hicks, Judge Doane, Frank Murphy and Henry T. Clarke to discuss tho government of 'the city, with which they felt there was radical fault, espe lally In the expenditure of money, Judge Poano was elected to preside, and of the many present Qeorge H. Boggs Dr. 8. D. Mercer, City Engineer Andrew Itosowater, A. P. Tukey and others spoke, suggesting various plana of Im provement, such as fairer valuations, re trenehments, discontinuance of enforced public Improvements and so on. The voice of the meeting was for an ag gressive action on the part of the prop erty owners and taxpayers, who had waited on tho defensive long enough committee waa finally appointed at the suggestion of J. B. Kitchen, to devise definite program and report at a future meeting. This committee was composed of Judge Doane. chairman: Herman Kountze. B. F. Smith. G. N. Hicks, Henry T. Clarke, Alfred Millard, Henry W. Yates, George H. Boggs and Frank Murphy. Ten Years Abo Official announcement was made or the resignation of President Horace G. Burt of the Union Pacific, an office he had held for five years. The announcement stated that he had no definite plans for tho future. It was reported in local-railroad circles that n. W. Baxter, formerly Nebraska division superintendent of the Union Pa rifle, had accepted the position of gen eral manager of a western line. He was In Portland, Ore., and could not be con suited. John E. Cosgrove. 68' years of age, carpenter In the Union Pacific shops, left his home. 2006 Grace street, to attend his spiritual wants at Holy Family Catholic church. Eighteenth and Izard streets. This he did and started back homo when he fell dead In the yard of the church where he was later found by Father Fltx Patrick, a victim of heart disease. Though doctors worked over him, life was bo yond their reach. Word was received from Mrs. Matnan Merrlam In Chicago of the recovery on New Tear's day of the bodies ot her sis ter, Mrs F. M. Per'slnger, and nephew. Hewitt Perslnger. who were muneu to death In the Iroquois theater fire Erastua Young treated all the employes In his department to a "smoKer" as celebration ot a raise ot $2&o a month In his salary, Johnny Murphy went to bed with lighted pipe In hla mouth at his home in Dorchester. 'Mass. His funeral was largely attended. Somo New Yorkers will continue the search this year for a man who, as governor, can say "no" In less than a thousand words. Andrew Carnegie starts the new year with an eloquent plea for poverty in an eastern magazine. Millionaires weary of their load will find the preachment highly amusing hot stuff. The distinguished membership of the Ananias club will be gratified to learn on the authority ot a St. Paul preacher that the world-renowned apostolic liar possessed somo good traits, but not enough to balance his fault. The children of Chfef Maverick, an Indian famous In Texas, are ,holdlng a reunion, at which the head of the family Is planning to divide among his five children property worth more than 11,000,. 600. He Is keeping merely enough to maintain himself comfortably the rest of hla life. Mrs. Julian Heath and three of her friends have agreed to work as pure food lnanectors In New TorK wiinout any Unit. They will devote them gardlesa of pain and death. And they Uclvos to the problems ot having the.) aie not-few. these heroes of peace. They ; cold stoiage lawa enforced. There are means -Of extras In addition to the' m- 0r them are to be found In Wo. I deal of s-inervlslon to ualary for which he hired out. I motive cabs. Leo t, at tncy are propcrl) enforced. Mayor "Jim" promises to try to forgive such ot his enemies as are worth forgiving. Incidentally, the mayor reserves the right to himself decide which,, If any, of his enemies Philadelphia. ninnl xnat onio aemocrat retiring rrom Among the heroes of peace let us re congress because be has- discovered I member the name of William Cam en It to be no place for an honest and glneman. who did not Jump for safety rnn-lintlniia man mtiat find Ufa .. when the steam chest exploded, but Jonesom, and dreary existence in this rr-TS with his hand still grasping the- lever. Behind mm waa a tralnload of nui Ol .course, Hi "nonesi grail xers, ana in the face of a sudden and wherever; the law does not prohibit appalling danger he did hi duty re public officer from lining his jackets at the taxpayers' expense b proar, reached him ' 'John,' she said, 'if, seven years ago, I could have looked forward and beheld this scene, do you know what I'd have done?' '"Yes, love,' Smith answered. 'You'd have done Just what I wish I'd done.' ' Denver Post. A Chamber of Horrors. In Persia," said the barber, "we bar bers combine medicine and dentistry with our trade. When I valeted I-onl Ioveless, the explorer, I often used to Islt the Persian barber shop Just to seo the fun, you know. "Once I was being shaved when a man came In with the rheumatism. Excusing himself to me, the barber knelt beside the patient and offered up a short prayer. Then he touched the patient three times with a hot Iron. That was the cure. On another occasion, while I waa lot ting a haircut, a man came In with the toothache, tvicualng himself the barber yanked and tore and gouged away at tho tooth for twenty minutes. Finally he succeeded In breaking off a piece. People and Events Twice Told Tales Aimed at Omaha Blair Enterprise! Down in Douglas county the county board has demanded of the clerk of the district court that he "cough up" and cover into the county treasury some $5,CCI and odd hundreds of dollars that he Is charged with unlawfully "holding out" ot naturaliza tion fees. In this connection the ques tion presents Itself as to why there should bo this amount of fees? Why make naturalization so expensive to the applicant for citizenship. tropolls to bring good cheer nnd glad nesn to the hearts ot the people. In that city who were not blessed with an Howell Journal: Down at Omaha the city council did an unheard ot thing for an Omaha council refused to grant th,ree saloon licenses, tho basis ot the refusal being the bpposltion of the coun cil to Increasing tho number ot saloons. Now the question is, what was Jim Dahlman doing while personal liberty was being thus cruelly slaughtered? Seriously, this first attempt to restrict the number of saloons In Omaha Is a hopeful sign. Around the Cities A woman bosses the fire and police Ue tartment of Gary, Ind. Gary is a steel mill town, with a population that scraps at the drop of the hat. , Cincinnati Is putting one over on Cleve land. The former Queen City is to have a J3,000,0,i0 Interurban depot, while Cleve land clings to a smoke-shed ot the vintage of 1S60. New York's newest hotel, about to be opened, covers a block, cost J10.000.000, has 1,000 rooms, each with a bath, and rises twenty-six stories above the street. Columbus, O., limits to ten minutes tho time autos may stand on High street, tho shopping street of the city. During the holiday crush In New York City $20,000 worth ot automobiles were stolen from Broadway alone. Brooklyn Elks have Just laid the corner stono of a lodge building to cost $400,000. Tho assessment roll of Cleveland for 1912 totals $514,308,010. New York legal aid bureau for a fee of 10 cents furnishes a lawyer to assist Immigrants and poor persons In obtaining Justice. h- remarked: "but as I look at It. thla wur-rk Is benathe me." Boston Trans cript. "The boob tells me that ho has cured himself of insomnia," remarked the U'Aow'Jilld he do It?" asked the' old f"li'e got a Job as night watchman.'' .re plied the wise guy.-Clnclnnatl Enquirer. 'I suppose the bands will piny 'Hall to the Chief when you get "I suppose so." replied Senator fcor Rhum. "But I can't say 1 nj,r'?1?i" It. What a statesman In my Part of the country needs Is a head for figures, no on car for music." Washington btar. ISH-GA-BIBBLE. Blair Tribune: The Omaha ministers have passed a resolution condemning tho tango, and say that It shall not be put on at the charity ball. That's all right as far as It goes; but what does a minister know about the tango any way? Do tney get their Information from hearsay, or did they meet the vile thing face to face? ,h.' he said, 'that's tho piece the ""ne 'UM; un pain was In. Two piastres, please.' " I a," amua.n. Chicago Post. ,H l" ", " " - Krass lown taut uuuui uic inuiiimuun of Omaha, and how should It bo done. Keir Alteration .Needed. Johnson had Just recovered from one of tho periodical sprees to which ho was addicted. During the sobering off process he met the village good Samaritan who had often helped him over the rough places In his almost worthless ilfc. Shamefaced and In a repentant mood, he confessed: "Well, Miss Polly, I certainly have been making a fool of myself again. 1 found I didn't havo to make many al terations to complete tho Job." Hammer Taps A man doesn't know It, but the sewing circle often reviews the same stories ho hears at his club. A woman's Idea of a Smart Aleck Is a neighbor who horns in when she Is dry ing clothes In the house. Once In a while you meet a man who Is so honest that he has to Keep telling peoplo about It all tho time. It Is hard to please men. One ot them will get drunk because a girl wouldn't marry him and another will get drunk because a girl did marry him. The trouble with some philanthropy Is that you can get more advertising by glvlnr every family in town a cranberry than you can if you gave ten families a turkey apiece. When a fool man sees a new baby for the first time and Is too bashful to admit that It looks like a monkey, he can al ways get out of It gracefully by saying it has a fine head. Of course, there is a lot of class to a tall, graceful, svelte girl. But if she Is on this side of the street you will notlco that tho men all are rubbering at the curves of the cornfed girl who Is wob bling along the other side of the street The cld-fashioned man who used to put away a pound or nam, six eggs, a ioai of bread and four cups of coffee for breakfast now has a son who gets a hearty meal out of an absinthe frappe and p. cigarette when he gets up In the morning. A, man likes to say that he despises flatten". But he Is a cheerful liar. We all like to be told what good fellows we are; how smart we are and how much better than other people wo are. And we have a warm spot in our -hearts for the people who hand us the salve. Cin cinnati Enquirer. LAUGHING GAS. "Is VOIlr wlfn crntnir n ct,n n.i this winter? ' " " " "1 suppose so. She has a whole lot of fine furniture nml It .in. ir BO,In.eb.?1,y.,ourJ!,t t0 slt " It onco in a -- " u.iiuihiui iTiur. "I SaW tile OtllPr llnV U-Imi. a ramn ..f whisky had mysteriously disappeared In transit. "That oughtn't to bother tho detectives. Anyone could easily pmnll out a case like Footpad Your Mrs. Tightly That'B reasonable enough. Jnkc! louve got only SO cents.-Chlcago 'I tlSed to UllOW twin hrnMi.r. Thv looked exactlv nllko In their vnllfli. tint one of them got rich, while the other re mained poor. One developed a discon tented expression: the other always looked no nnv "wen, you can t hlnme tho poor brother for looking discontented." "You have It twisted. It's the rich brother who looks discontented." Liouls vllle Courier-Journal. Grand Island Independent: Rev. T. J Mackay, ono of the most prominent di vines of Nebraska's largest city, sup- ports the contention of the Omaha city commissioners and pollco authorities that there Is no white slavery in Omaha, The social evil no more and no less than over, is there, but, tho assertion Is. "slavers'" In the sense ot bondage to the life docs not oxlst. Mr. Mackay states that ho has personal knowledge of efforts to save wayward girls and women efforts Including tangible offers of assistance tnd protection, but that such efforts have been rejected, those to whom they wero offered preferring their way of living. Other authorities are making statements indicating that some of the dramatic stuff of the day is "putting It on" too thick, if Justlflca Hon in fact is to bo given any consldcra tion. The question arises: Arc theatrical managers, lecturo promoters, etc., play ing, In whole or In part, upon the dls- position to follow sentiment as faddlsm to get the money7 Plattsmouth Journal: A burglar broke into the home of a citizen of Omaha the other night, stole three eggs, boiled them on a gasoline stove and ate them. If caught he will no doubt be sent to the state prison for life. Mulcahcy Paused a moment In dlcclnir the trench and mopped his perspiring brow. "Ol'm not sthuck up, Qrogali," Clrlf Mexander in Pittsburgh Dispatch. (With Apologies to Sir. Longfellow.) Night tips the day its glim to douse When through tho burg with growing souse ., A nut unsalted totes a flag To wise the hayseeds to the gag. , lsh-ga-blbblc! It. t.na a fi-nnrh: rnclt flcrV gltnl Declares there arc no flics on him: And when ho chews the rag we feel He'll have us dippy with his spiel. Ish-ga-bibblel In roosting places dubs cut loose The light by turning on tho Juice. . Ho gives 'cm glassy eyes and then He springs the same old gag again. Ish-ga-blbblcI "You're In wrong." says an ancient gink. "Its 'Nlcht-ge-flddlcd,' friend. I think. And then the silly boob replies. "I not no uso for you so old guys lsh-ga-blbblel" "Saw what's your hurry, kid?" A skirt Hands this one to him kind o' pert, Says he, "You give me lamps the weeps. You has me going. I.lz. for keeps! lsh-ga-blbblc!" "Don't you take no bml money, Jack. An" give the' street cars all tho track." This was the cap's good-night, no doubt. And In reply came. "Cut It out! Ish-ga-moDicr- .t dawn when milkmen, still a-dream, Of course left milk Instead of cream, They heard a voice edged llko a file Repeating every little while: "Ish-ga-blbSle!" They found him lying cold and pale Adjacent to tho county jail. He murmured ns a trip ho made With myrmidons of Tom McQualdo: "Ish-ga-blbble!" While in the cooler nil might note He ran a buzz-saw In his throat. The copper to the sergeant sped. "Whltcllner Jack!" was all ho said. Ish-ga-blbble! About Women NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Tekamah Journal: The meeting of the republican national committee shows In the harmonious action that was taken and the get together spirit of the leaders of both factions ot the party that thero will be a solid front opposing democracy in the national elections of 1016. The rule or ruin candidate from either side Is not to be countenanced and the rank and file of the party will endeavor to do the "bossing." Blue Springs Sentinel: Senator Hitch cock can read his title cloar to retire ment at the close of his term as United States senator from Nebraska. In fact, the feeling among the rank and file of the party over the state Is, If a move ment were started to recall him and the question left to the democrats, he would be recalled by a very large majority. Fairbury Gazette: Of course the in dividuals and newspapers earnestly de sirous of destroying the republican party are not pleased with the work of the national republican committee last week, and see no promise of good results to follow. In the meantime, however, re publicans are returning to the fold In numbers that bid fair to depopulate Ar mageddon before another election rolls around. Beatrice Expreai: A Nebraska man wjo dreamed golden dreams of Texaa and left hta home In this state to accumulate vast wealth in the south, has written to friends In the north that dreams are treacherous things. He says: "There la nothing doing In this part of Texaa, and In the course ot a year or so all ot the people who came here to get rich will be back In old Nebraska working like niggers to make up what they lost in Texas.' Miss Florence Guernsey of the New York Federation of Women's Clubs, has the club habit, and is a member ot thirty two clubs. These include all the promi nent clubs of the city. Miss Ellen Emerson, granddaughter ot Ralph Waldo Emerson, spoko before the seniors of Wellcsley college last week on the subject ot social service in con nection In social problem ot all kinds. Club women In Cleveland have begun an attack upon the prevailing styles of women's wearing apparel. The .Women's Christian Temperance union adopted reso lutions condemning the modes of dress nnd both the club women and tho mother's congress, it is said, will Indorse the movement. Drf Kerr Duncan McMillan, president of Wells collage, said at a mooting of alumnae JrlBuffalo recently that women's colleges In the United States are better equipped than the colleges of men. In the women's college self-government has worked out beautifully, while in men's "colleges it has not been attempted. The Portland branch of the alumnae of the University of Oregon gave the first $100 toward a woman's building, and with this small beginning a quite large sum has been collected nnd the 'women have decided that $30,000 Is to be the amount they will work for. The building Is to bo called the Abigail Scott Dunlway hall, or simply Dunlway, In honor of the old lady, now 83 years old, who has been for forty years associated with the history of the suffrage movement in the state. ? PRICES CREAM BAKING POWDER A Pure Cream of Tartar Powder Indispensable to best results saves, worry saves work saves money saves health saves complaints at table l D IEPOSITS made on or before Jan uary 10th in the SAVINGS DE PATMENT of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK will draw interest from January 1st. THREE PER CENT interest is paid on savings deposits and COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY. Funds may be with drawn at any time without notice. Tho combined capital and surplus is ?1, 550, 000. 00. It Is tho oldest bank In Nebraska. Established in 185G. United States National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska M. T. Barlow, President. O. W. Wattlei, Vloe-Prei. V. B. Caldwell, Tloa-Pras. W. E. Xnoades, Cash. Q. S. Haverstlck, Asst. Cash a. P. Uorsman, Asst. Cash J. C. McCluro, Asst. Cash 3. E. Tates, Asst. Cash. Open on Saturdays Until 0.00 P. M. A mother Dmh for IMr Counter. Philadelphia Preai. The new postofflce appropriation bill Just completed by the house committee on postofftces makes all assistant post masters exempt from the civil service rules. Civil service will "be a thing of rags and tatters when the democratic spoilsmen are through with it tm Over the Seas EARLIE DEPARTURE OF THE Retail dealers In Hong Kong, China, are adopting the American plan of win dow dressing. Londoners pay one-half of the money derived from the Income tax In Gngland. The notion that a heard Is the out ward sign of wisdom gets the hammer from the fact that a larger proportion of Itusslans wear beards than any other people In the world. The basement portion ot the grewsome Tower ot Ixmdon. wherein Sir "Walter Jtalelgh. Guy Fawkea and other lils torta characters were confined, will be open o vis.iurs ncxi Buniniur. g Ftau Bertha Krupp controls a fortune of tn.000,000, or as much as any other three German millionaires combined. Switzerland share with Scotland the distinction ot being the best educated country in the world. There is an enormous demand for nicotine for spraying grapevines and fruit trees in the Lyons district as well as elsewhere in France. Nicotine has been found particularly efficacious as an insecticide. trai arrive S-.30 p AFTERNOON CHICAGO EXPRESS Commencing Sunday. January 4th, the Hurllujrton's mid-afternoon n, No. 3, will leave Omaha at 3:45 p. m. Instead of 4:20 p ra It will Ive Omaha at 3:30 p. m. No. 14 will leave Omaha for Plattsmouth at m. Instead ot 8:50 p. m. CITY TICKET OFFICE Telephone D. 1238. 1502 Farnam Street. rrerilom Ib Ilolililea. Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Russian gavernment did not ap peal the case against Mendel Kelllas. Ac cordingly Belllss goes free; that Is to say, he goes as free as anyone goes In Russia, which Isn't saying a great deal SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. SCHOOLS AMD COLLEGES. NEBRASKA MILITARY ACADEMY PARENTS Look your boys ovor during vacation, and if they are not doing well in school, don't lot thorn lose tho year, but send thorn to the NEBRASKA MILITARY ACAD EMY. Next term begins January 7th, 1914. For information, address B. D. Hayward, Superintendent LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.