THE BEE: OMAHA, WEttNESO W, MAY G, 1914.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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Labor's fool friends are fully matched by
capital's fool friends.
i.
No Inspection Is needed to mako certain that
'Johnny" Matter's typewriter is In good work
ing order.
If Wall street Is not ptoasod with the presi
dent's federal reserve board appointments,. It
must bo hard to please.
Reprisal Is not war and mediation Is not In
tervention. These International law definitions
ecem to go by negatives.
"Not later than July 1 Is now tho time
limit sot for adjournment of congress." "Many
a slip 'twlxt cup and lip."
Tho open session for tornado twisters Is now
on. Fortunately, tna uxportt assure ilk that
they never, never, never hlt-twico In tho samo
pot. ""
CIvll-Govornor-fora-LlttlprWhllo Kerr, In
chargo of Vera Cruz, also made tho doublo mis
take of talking too .much and writing too many
ilotters.
, So far as stopping tho leaks Is concerned, ti
Secret meeting of Nebraska democratic odltort,
ilosoly resembles an executive session' of tho
tlnlted States senate,' -r-."r -
How times havo changed 1 Down In, Vora
Crur It Is tho wator plant which is making all
tho trouble, whllo. at Manila, bo It remomborod
tho fight conterod around tho browory,
An Important Street Railway Decision j
A Bupromo court decision coming up from
Lincoln to tho, effect that the State Railway ,
commission has Jurisdiction over tho regulation
of service nnd affairs of common carriers, In
cluding the streot. railway within municipal
limits, challenges attontion for Its possible ap
plication to our Omaha street railway condi
tions. In this particular caso the supreme court
hns upheld an Injunction Issued by a lower
court against tho abandonment of a line and
ordoring restoration of uninterrupted traffic
on the ground that tho approval of the state
commission had not been first obtained.
It Is quite easy to see that the attorneys for
th c Omaha Street Railway company In pending
suits over tho aoven-for-a-quafter initiative or
dinance will seek to find in this ruling support
for their contention that regulation of fares
comes under the stato commission, and that the
municipal authorities have no Jurisdiction.
That does not necessarily follow, however, as
wo8oo it. No one denies tho power of the stato
bonrd over street railway scrvlco extending out
side of tho city limits, or connecting two adja
cent cities, but the city may yet insist that It
has concurrent Jurisdiction within its own
bouudailes.
In the Lincoln caso no action one way or
tho other by tho city authorities is disclosed,
end the lino which was sought to be abandoned
was part of another line to one of the suburbs.
If one order should have come from the city
and a dlfferont and conflicting order from the
Stato Railway commission, than the question
might ariso as to which one- should govern.
Rut the trend of legislation In Nobraska has
been to rccognizo the principle of home rule In
all local matters, and especially in the regula
tion of local public utility service. It will tako
a moro clear-cut decision from the supremo
court than this ono to stop the exercise of home
rulo powers upon our streot railways.
Wondof to whom Colonol Mahor refers as a
democratic candidate for governor in Nebraska
plotting to turn President Wilson out of tho
White Houso In ordor '.o make room for a mem
ber of his own family.'
Concodo that tho Albert law Is hero to stay
Indefinitely; tho wholo gist of tho Albort law
lies In the mothod It provides for enforcing pro
hibitions previously on tho statute books, U'h
Up to the county attornoy.
Congressman Lobock haB thrown his hat In
the ring for renominatlon apparently without
waiting for the aid or consent of Mayor "Jim."
Still, we must admit that this manifestation of
our congressman'! deairo to keep a firm grip on
his official salary Is In no way surprising.
From the moment 8ocrotary McAdoo too':
b,ls organlraUon committee hearing to Lincoln
U was plain enough without a diagram that
Omaha was In disfavor with the gentleman. His
treatment of Nobraska and Wyoming protests
against being included in the Kansas City dis
trict does not Indicate that ho has since warmed
4P toward us.
The cheering news comes from Colorado
that the Italians killed In tho nilno disturbances
there were naturallted, and, therefore, no claim
for Indemnity can be made by tho Italian gov
ernment. The loglo of this Is that In such out
breaks care should be taken to kill only natlvo
born or naturalised persons so as to avoid pal
ing a damage bill. -
roMMito rmoM ace rieJ
The last reeling- of the season of the Hermestans
was held at the Hitchcock residence, with thU pro-
Misses Maul and Tenncll and Messrs. Breckenrldse
and Fennel!; reading- from Longfellow, Miss Street
hUtrumental solo by Mrs. Hitchcock; Emerson and
Carta. contrasted. Mis, Minnie Maul; oration. "The
Jturaan Deluge.- n. w. Oreckenrldge; vocal solo.
M,ls Maul; society paper. Q. M. Hitchcock.
Coroner W. H. Kent tendered his resignation to thj
county. givinK a, hl reason for resigning that the
duties of his office Interfered with his newspaper
work m O. Maul was appointed to fill the vacanoy
Omaha street railway directors chosen for the com
ing year are. Messrs. K H. Clark. Frank Murphy.
Guy C Bartoa W. W. Marsh and W. A. Smith.
Arrangements have bn started for the proper
celebration of Memorial day. The Custer post com
route rorulits of Samuel Stober, S. V. Krager. A- il.
Clarke, George Jtathburn and Otqrge B. Lane.
Mr. Bruno Tssehuck has returned from a nine
months' visit to Mtxlco.
The rfty schools wl now be opened and closeii it
standard tiro. It. ban been culte annoying to fami
lies where the head of the hoiue works on sUndard
time, apd the children 'going tb school have ti eat
dinner on tun time.
The Concordia society serenaded Mr and Mrs
George JUlmrod at the, residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry JJundt. where they are stopping
3 J.-Oilifgan has been made assistant fire chief,
t"nd to Fire Chief Butler
The Federal Heierve Board.
Tho president's selections for the fedoral re
servo board will be taken as proof of tho deslro
to koep the personnel of that body to a high
standard. So far as they have public records
or business reputations, tho men namod rank
well. Whatever criticisms come will bo di
rected, In all probability, against tho poor geo
graphical distribution of the membership and
against the conservatism which would naturally
be expected to characterize a board so mado up,
In fact, we doubt If any of tho financiers chosen
to tako chargo of the new banking system could
qualify as 16 to 1 free coinage champions, and,
If any of them supported the free silver candi
date when tho money Issue was paramount, an
possibly ono or two of them did, It must have
been merely out of blind partisanship. Thii
much Is at least of record, that tho presidents
first cholco for head of tho new bank was out
spokenly and uncompromisingly doyoted to tho
slnglo gold stnndard, and was never known to
possess anything In common with tho financial
vagaries of his successor as secretary of state
Tho refusal of Mr. Olnoy to accent tho tendnrr.d
appointment does not alter the fact that ho rep
iroaontBf'Jttp typo b'f men which tho' president
would have administer tho new. ban.k. .
. , patriotism, of the Foreign-Born.
' A contributor' to Tho Doo's lottor box taken
excoption to the speech of Congressman Sabath,
which wo roprlnted from the Congresslon.nl
Record, .calling attention to tho foreign blood
in tho veinB of sailors and marine.. vhr tnlil
down thoir lives at Vera Cruz, and lauding their
spirit or patrotlsm and bravery. The question
Is aBked, What provocation, or grlovanco called
for a public tribute to the fallon heroes, with
special emphaslB upon tholr Immigrant an
cestry? It is only fair to say that upon receipt of the
news of the solrure of the Mexican port, with
tho namoB of those who had lost their Uvea in
this exploit, qulto a number' of congressmen
wero moved to pronounce eulogies upon the
first victims of tho war, particularly where tho
claim could be set up by a congressman that tho
hero was contributed by hli constituency. Ai
to tho appropriateness of such eulogleB, there
may bo a difference ot opinion, although tho
practtce Is neither new nor uncommon Tho
opportunity was tho InviUng, however, nay,
IrrisUtlble, while praises were beinsr ahnwr.!
upon the war victims' devotion to the flag, to
reiuto effectively tho argument, so often urged
for shutting tho door tight against all imrai
grantB, that the. newcomers are lacking in loy
alty and patriotism, or less likely than native
bom to rally around tho flag when- It Is In dan
ger. All history provos tho contrary to be true,
namely, that foreign blood achieved, our lndjo
pondence, saved the union and has upheld tho
country's honor whenever assailed. ""
Whatever other reasons may bo advanced
by tho immigration . reatrlcUonlsts, there Is
nothing whatever1 to their alarm that .foreign
blood is deteriorating to patriotism or weakens
the fighting strength of tho nation.'
Tho railroad publicity bureaus are again
working overtlmo trying to work up an appear
ance of public sentiment to support a decision
by the Interstate Commerce commission -In
favor of their demand for a horlxonta! 5 per
cent Increase In rates In eastern territory. Wo
don't believe they nro fooling anybody, not even
themselves.
The rule against collecting, money In the
schools Is to bo applied to tho .request for con
tributions to tho Panama-Pacific exposition
fund. If that Is tho rule and a eood mi it i.
too let It be enforced also on the other IHtl.v
money Bcnemes that have beon; nosing under
the school tent by coonlvanco, If not collusion.
It eeems that talk abpuj Bryan .resigning
Just cannot be suppressed. The only time ho
ever really resigned, howovor, was when ho
laid down his commission as colonel In the army
before tho treaty of peace waB ratified.
Within ten days after his return from South
America, the colonel will Bet Ball for Pnnmr.i
where his aon'a maj-rlago Is to tako place. When
this traveling habl gets a person it holds to
turn. , .
Inventor nf tho
JVaricls Wiley Jones, inventor of telegraphic ap-
iiwB, wim onginaiefl me piantoplex system of
sending sixteen messages on one, wire, died recently
at West Palm Bjch, Fla.
lulIKH tU UlllllllH,
OMAHA, May S.-To the Editor of The
Bee: We are off at last to that wonder
ful land of promise. We have lived so
long In Omaha that we were fastened
down like barnacles and had to be prJod
loose. When one sees good hentth flying
away he will run anywhere to get It
What a task It has been to get free.
We aie leaving so much; wilt this El
dorado be better? Our weather gaugu
UsUally takes three days to make a
change; theirs can hop around In six
hours to opposite sides of the compass.
Wo' sometimes get hot scorching winds
from Kansas, once In seven years, I be
lieve. Will the breezes from their reck
ing dceerts he any milder? Will their
chilly ocean winds bo aa fresh as tho
whiffs wo get from the Nebraska corn
and alfalfa fields? Will tholr Irrigated
patches be as green as our miles and
miles of natural green hills and valleys?
And the roees of California as big aa
dinner plates; will they be as sweet as
the American Beauty that my gray-haired
lover brings mn every morning from our
own. yard, Its totals sparkling with
myriad brilliants and the diamond dew
drop In Its loyal heart?
I've been crazy to see the Pacific ever
since that lesson In geography where
Balboa cllmbfd a tree to see the ocean.
Will It give half the pleasuro of a boat
rlile up tho Big Muddy, a lunch on tho
grass and a homo run in the rain?
Will tho snow-capped mountains be
finer thnn our varicolored hills, with
pretty farm houses tucked In here and
there, lying all about Omaha?
Don't tell me Omaha Is dull or behind
the times. Our skyscrapers rival any
city, our streets arc cleaner than many
others, our parka and boulevards nro of
the finest, A Jaunt on our streets Is as
good as a trip to foreign lands. Ydu can
meet people from almost any country
of tho globe, and hero he Is so American
ir.ed that he Is soon ono of ns, You know
that Is characteristic of the western peoplewhole-hearted
brotherllness.
We are leaving such good neighbors.
We havo not kept 'the path hot between
us, neither have we ever had occasion
to quarrel. Sympathy is one of tho best
neighborhood qualities,
. Omaha! I nm going to miss you, with
your smoky sky, your' muddy drinking
water, your noisy trains, your big brew
eries, your careless conductors, who tako
my rural visitors from one to ten blocks
beyond my street.
The coffee parties, characteristic of
our foreign friends, where I nlwaya ate
too much cake. I will miss those happy
social times.
And tho graves of dear ones that hnvo
been mado" In these short years. Ood
keep us all under the shadow of his wings.
The train Is moving. Goodbye, dear old
Omaha; goodby, goodby.
Chula Vista. Cel. M. E. NELSON.
Demncrnttn Inconsistencies.
SOUTH OMAHA, May 1. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: When Wilson and
Bryan rushed the United States navy
Into, tho harbor of Vera Cruz, after giv
ing the Mexican Indians and half-breeds
forty-eight hours within which time to-
salute the American flag, they showed
how Inconsistent- Is their-position, in try
ing to get All the naHonspf . tho earth
to agrc tb arhltrat"theln, .differences
with a -view, of preventing war in tho
future. After their show of Inconsls
tency before thr whole world, they are
not apt to get very far with their peace
proposals. Preparations have been mado
for a war on a glgantlo scale, as-If we
, were going to battlo with some great
nation Instead of with a torn and bleed
ing' people who are nearly prostrate nt
our feet from wara Incessantly waged
among themselves for 100 years. Instead
of protesting against tho murder of
American citizens and tho destruction of
their property in northern Mexico and
instead of trying to protect them in their
property rights all tho venom and spleen
of Wilton and Bryan havo been spent
upon Huertii because they did not like
lluerta, oven though all American citi
zens In his part of Mexico wero compara
tively safo in their lives and property.
For one, I do not approve of the way
lluerta gained control In Mexico, for he
Is guilty of cold-blooded murder, and so
aro the rebels in northern Mexico. But
the half civilized "people of Mexico need
n dictator to keep them under control,
for under any other kind of rulera they
run riot with murder nnd revolutions
and bloodshed.
How Inconsistent for Bryan to demand
tho giving up of tho Philippines when
they aro no morrf lit to govern them
selves than are tte Mexicans today, and
then rush Into Mexico because of some
fancied insult to the American flag
when some saBors were arrested for a
few minutes, if the cn'se was Impartially
Investigated It mtiht be found that the
sailor? from our", own ships my havo
caused the trouble themselves. Some
people may think It Is treason to talk
any such thing, but even salora are apt
to "Weak loose" when they are given
the freedom of the shore. There was a
time, not many years ago, when the
father of Wilson would not salute '.ho
United Btates flag, but Instead was
shooting at It to destroy that emblem of
liberty. When I made that statement to
a government Inspector a few days ago
he Bald that WSIson'a father simply re
fused to salute tho northern flag. I In
dignantly told him that there Is no
northern flag; that the only flag we .have
is the t'nlted States flag.
This great nation. In Its power and
majestic position among the nations ot
the earth, should have shown a little
more ot the spirit of peace and good will
toward the Mexicans, even with lluerta
In command. When we went Into the
Philippines we carried a rifle In one hand
and, school books In the other, .but that
Is Ao what we are dolpg In Mexico. We
are' simply going to lorce mem to nave
peace within their borders, even though
It b contrary to the nature of the Mex
ican Indians, and we will force them to
have peace with our cannon and bayonets.
It does not look well for the people of
this great nation to welcome war and
especially when the announced cause Is
so trivial. The ministers or the gospel
preach "Peace on Earth, Good Will to
All Men." during Christmas time and
tlnn tour months after that advocate
war'upon a helpless people at our doors
because of a drunken brawl between
some privates when on shore. Had the
republican party remained united In 1912.
as It should have done, we Mould not now
have the son of a rebel chaplain as dic
tator of this great nation and demand
ing that half-clvlllzed people salute our
fUg,,when only a tew years ago his pol
ished and educated father not only re
fused to salute the flag, but would have
trampled It In the dust had he had the
chance. Call this waving the bloody
shirt If you want to.
The lnconilstenclea ot the democratle
party are many. ' P. A. AGNBW.
Where Trouble Started
Mexico's Oil Metropolis
Is a Real Live Wire.
Attractive Mliles of Tampleo,
Trouhle pushed the button at Tampleo. but
switched Its business to Vera Cruz. The loss Is Tam
pleo s. for Irstead of eafeguardlng life and property
In Vera Cruz under the American flag, the federals
and rebels arc battling In their peculiarly fierce way
for supremacy In the oil metropolis of tho republic.
In normal times Tampleo boasted a population of
S.000, or 10.0CO less than Vera Cruz, but with resources
and prospects unequaled by any gulf port of Mexico.
Though seven miles from the ocean, on the Panuco
river, the deepened channel and Jettled mouth en
able ocean steamers to deck at the city's water
front and load or dlschargo cargo without lighterage
coat. Soven regular lines of steamers ply between
Tampleo and New York, Mobile, New Orleans, Galves
ton, Texas City, Havana, Kuropean ports, Progrcso,
and the southern seaboard cities of the Mexican gulf.
The custom house and fiscal wharf were con
structed at a cost of $3,000,000. The custom house is
1,000 feet long by 150 feet wide, of pressed brick, with
cut stone trimmings, and stands on piles of which
C.000 wero used under a foundation of cement con
crete. The fiscal wharf, J.XSO feet long, Is constructed
of steel cylinders filled with cement concrete, sunk
thirty fect below the river bed, driven full of piling
sixty feet In length, tho space above the piling being
filled with cement concrete. The suprstructure Is of
steel, covered with a cement floor. Five ocean-going
steamers can llo alongside tho wharf .at the same
time, loading and unloading from shlpslde to cars.
Practically all the Import and export tonnage for
more than half of Mexico, geographically, passes
through tho port of Tampleo. Tampleo has a good
system of water works, sewerage, paving, electric
lights nnd street cars.
Nowhere else on tho Atlantic coast of America
has there been wrought within the last few years so
marvelous a change as at. Tampleo., No' one can
appreclato tho improvements there so thoroughly as
those who go down to the .sea In ships, who do, busi
ness on the great waters.
. The fisheries at Tampleo are remarkably fine. and
present admlrablo 'opportunities for the establishment
of canning factories to supply the homo market,. which
depends on Europe and the United States. As tho fish
are abundant, this Industry could be carried on dur
ing tho entire year.
Tho best sport fishing on the gulf Is .found" here.
Tarpon, red snapper, Jowflsh, Jackflsh, tea bass,
pompano, sawfish rind shark all abound. Tho best
season is from Novepibcr 1 to May 1, when the flsh
orman Is certain of catching as many of the tarpon
or "silver kins" as his strength and skill will allow;
not like the partially flshed-out bays and estuaries
of Florida and Texas, where patience to hook the
fish, and not the ability to land him, Is the principal
requisite of the successful fisherman. Guides, tackle,
boatft, etc., can all bo procured, as more -people are
coming every year to take advantage of the fine fish
ing, Immediately tributary to Tampleo Is the beautiful
and fertile Huasteca region. This region has hardly
begun to show what It can do. Notwithstanding Us
great natural advantages, only a small fraction of
It has been brought under cultivation. A few scat
tered villages, hero and there a ranch, an occasional
coffe patch, a few orange nnd lemon groves, and
small plots of corn, beans, tobacco and fibre, and a
little sugar cane may bo seen there, but they merely
show tho possibilities of this region.
Mrxlen Second City.
Guadalajara Is the second city In the republic In
population and tho first In beauty. Population, 120,000;
elevation. 5.063 feet. The capital Is much larger, but
there are people who think Guadalajara Is more beau
tiful than the City of Mexico. One thing Is certain,
dm existence of such a magnificent city as Guada
lajara -In the fa'f Inlerlb'r dt the 'countryls proof of
th& richness of the "suVroiindlng .district'.' T.ho,Je.rtlrltj'
of tlus valleys and tho mineral wealth of the maun-i
tains of Jalisco nccount for the presence and prod-.
perlty of this city which (rounded 1535) today by ts
thrift astonishes and by Its beauty charms ever vis
itor. It la the capital of Jalisco, one of the wealthiest
states of the Mexican unlontnnd a' state which per
haps Is making more rapid' progress In the develop
ment of Its resources than- any other.
Twice Told Tales
SMILING REMARKS.
"Would George enllstr
"No, I don't think he would."
"What's the reason? He comes of fight
ing stock."
"Thats the reason. He's soured .on
fighting. His grandmother Is a Colonial
Dame, hi aunt Is n Daughter of the
America Revolution and his mother Is a
militant!" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He It Is only a month since I met you,
MIm Kthcl, yet I feel as it I had known
you for years and years and years.
She Well, you needn't pile on the years
so thick. Ono would think I was AO in
stead of 18. Boston Transcript.
"Do you sec where the rebels In the
Mexican state of Tabasco have Issued a
manifesto against the tyrant and the
despot Huerta?"
"From Tabasco, Is It?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll bet It's hot stuff. "-Baltl-more
American.
"I went to bcc a fortune teller the
other day," said Miss Cayenne.
"Do you believe in that.eort of thing?"
"No, but this fortune teller always
makes agreeable predictions. Good news
has become so scarce of Into that I'm
willing to pay to hear some." Washing
ton Star.
"I managed to get rid of the loafers
who Infested my storo and without Insult
ing anybody, elthpr."
''How did you work It?"
"I always had a few tickets on hand to
sell for picnics, strawberry festivals and
the like. Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Why has your wife decided to give up
the European trip she was contemplat
ing?" "She happened to hear somebody say
that travel broadened one." Chicago
Ilccord-Herald.
"Our city Is too well lighted."
"Why."
"If It wasn't so well lighted you
couldn't see the holes In the pavement."
Peck I'm surprised that you should
, lose your solf-control, Maria. That's
Mrs. Peck You lost controls of your
eelf the day I married y,ou. now hold your
tongue! Boston Transcript.
He had left her between the acts,. say
ing he had to "see a man."
"Well, and how Is John?" he asked
when he returned.
"John! John who?"
"John Barleycorn, of course," she re
plied. Boston Transcript.
"What a little, frail-looking man your
family doctor Is.."
"He may appear so. but he really la a
man of powerful fee-seek." Baltimore
American.
DID YOU?
London Tid-Bits.
Did you give him a lift? lie's a brother
of man.
And hearing about all the burden he' can.
Did you give him a. smile? He was down
cast and blue.
And the smile would have helped him to
battle it through.
Did you give him ycur hand? He was
slipping down hill.
And the world, so I fancied, was using
him ill.
Did you glvo him a word? Did you show
him the road.
Or did you Just let him go on with his
load?
Do you know what It means to be losing
the fight. . -
When a lift Just In time might set every
thing right?
Do you know what It means Just a
clasp of a hand,
When n man's borne about all a man
ought. to stand?
i
Did you nrk what It was why the quiv
ering Up?
Why the half-suppressed sob, nnd the
scnldlng tears drip? - .
Were you brother of his when the time
came of need?
Did you offer to help hlni or didn't ynit
heed?
The Greater Need.
The talk turned to the professional beggar the
other night, and B. B, Comer of Alabama told of an
Incident that happened in a metropolitan city.
A party named Smith was going down the street
one afternoon, Mr. Comer, said, when he was ap
proached by a beggar who looked like a cross be
tween a ton of misery and a comic valentine.
"Excuse me, sir,'1 plaintively said the beggar,
"couldn't you glvo me the price of a small sand
wich? I haven't tasted food for two days."
Smith, feeling sorry for the poor specimen, gave
him a nickel and went on down the street. Suddenly
he remembered that he had passed a place where he
Intended to stop, and turned back, He was Just In
time to see tho beggar comlfig ou of a saloon.
"Look here, you gink!" heatedly cried Smith. "You
told me that you hadn't tasted food for two days,
and yet you took tho money that I gave you to buy
beer!"
"Yes, sir," was the calm rejoinder of the beggar,
"but I hadn't tasted beer for two and a halt days"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
A Hound of SvrttchlnK.
The talk' topic at a recent social session awlfcKed
to the rising generation, when Joseph E. WKIard,
the new minister to Spain, looked up with an amused
smile. He said he was reminded of an Incident that
happened In a country school.
"Some time ago a small boy played truant, and
when he got back on the Job next day he handed the
following note to the teacher:
" 'Dear Teacher Please excuse James for not be
ing nt school yesterday, and don't lick him, The boy
he skipped school with licked him, and the man they
threw atones at licked him, and the man whose dog ,
they chased licked him, and the driver whose cart they '
climbed on licked him, and when his father cave home
he licked him. He thinks he will attend regularly In I
the future. Yours, '
MABY SMITH.' "
People and Events
Tlit George Washington statue whleh was pulod
down In the city of Mexico two weeks ago. Was
erected by the American colony and was dedicated
In 1310 In honor of the 100th anniversary ot Mexican
Independence.
At tho parsonage whero she went forty years ago
as a bride, Mrs. Mary Sims, wife of Key. Joslah Sims
of the Congregational church, died 'In Nevada City,
Cal. Mrs. Sims' record for continuous retldonco was
unequaled by any minister's wife In California.
In London has been established the Church ot the
New ideal, which admits no men to Its membership.
The minister Is Rev. Hatty Baker, who gives as a
reason for the church "the epoch-making advance In
the self-consciousness of women." There are 3X)
women on the church register. (
One of the I. W. W. heroines In New York, a Miss
Bdelson. essayed the hunger strike tn the Black weir s
Island Jail, but It didn't work. Finding the feeding
bass unsympathetic about her fasting, she tackled
tho grub at the end ot twenty-four hours and Is now
tame enough to eat out of hand.
1,1 J I Yast, grandson and successor to the late King
Menellk as kind of Abyssinia, is 18 years of axe, un
married and bears no resemblance to the pronounced
negroid type of hit grandfather. The seml-CaUcoitan
cast of his features la probably due to the ap.Ha blood
tn his veins. He dresses In Abysslanlan garb, but Is
said to be a very wideawake young roan. He Is well -Informed
on the affairs of the great powers as they
affect his country, speaks a little French and has
among but councilors more than one European,
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trpl ulating beverage.
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ciently roasted, it is spoiled before it readies
your table. Either flavor will be lacking, frag
ranet stifled, or itrength destroyed. No coffee
can be good without all three, for upon these
depends the imoothntu of your breakfast cup.
Because you get all the flavor and nourishing
oil out of Chocolate Cream Coffee it well merits
the name, smooth coffee
BRAND
Today it Is used br thousands who formerly coald drink
no coffee at all. And used by many thousands more who
bad a 'favorite" brand. It will pay you to change to
Chocolate Cream Coffee.
Get It end you'll always have good coffee because It's
reliable, and has the natural coffee flavor without a single
trace of bittern us. Smooth always. BUnitd aitd
roasUd to produce a distinctive coffee.
Packed In ribbon mI otI cant to prMcrre
It wbolesom purity. 35c per pound.
AT ALL GOOD GROCERS
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Our latest tea triumph
the "Orange Label"
Blend 30c a
half pound
Your Grocer
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DR. BRAD BURY DENTIST
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extracting , 2c Cp
Fillings fiOc Up
Urldeeurork ....$'J.no Up
Crown $2.30 Cp
I'late SU.00 Up
80 Tsars Same Offlo.
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MIsalne Tth aupnliecj
without Matea or llrhlKe.
work. NerTea rrmoTcxJ
rrltbout pain Work but
anteed tea yearn.