4 'iiii; Ubh: O.MAliA, JriilJJAl. AU V JlUDhlt , 1-J14. THE OMAHA DAILY DEE FOUNDED BY EnVAiU ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSKWATKK, EDITOR. The He Publishing Company. Proprietor. TF.K BU1LDINU. FA UN AM AND FEVKNT EENTIl". r.'ntered at Omaha postofflce as second-class matter. TKKMB OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pv carrier Py wall par month. per year. j-ny and Ftinday fcSr 16 on Tallv without flundny.... -c 4 09 J-venlrg end Sunday 6.00 Kvenlng without Sunday SRo 6.00 Sunday F nly I m Pmil nntic of char.Re of addrrre of complaint of Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Be, Circulation Department. . REMITTAKCtt Itemlt by draft, rre':s or postal order. Orly two cent stamps received In payment of amall ac counts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and esstern exchange. -not accepted. . nrriCKS. Omshs Th Bee Bvlldlng. South Omshs OlS N street. Council Hluffs 14 North Main strtet Lincoln Little Building. Chicago SOI Ufarat Bul'dlrf. New York Room 11', Fifth eventia ; flt. tovn- Nf Hank of Comnwr. Wsshlngton 7S. Fourteenth St.. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE). AddrcM commnnlrstlons relstlnr to ntwi and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. OCTOllEB CIRCULATION. 55,104 ' State of Nebraska. County of Doug-as, as. Pwlght S lllmiiia, circulation manager of The Be Publishing Temi'any. being duly iworn. aaya that the average dally circulation fur the month of October, ItlK wa v.H.( DWl'iHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subecrlhcd in my presence and aw era to before ma, thia lh day of November. 114. nOBEKT HUNTER. Notary Public Subscribers tearing ths city temporarily ahonld have The Bx mailed to them. .Ad dress will he changed aa often aa requested. Despite the excitement of war, these aro dry times la Russia. Everybody boost and no on will hart tlms to do any knocking. The wisest owl la not alwaya ths one that does the most hooting. Co sura the Speedway will be popular with the newsies forevcrmore. , Now for those ever new old .'una about the "leavings' and the "hash." . Now for ths animal Inventory of foot ball casualties and death losses. Quarantine in Kansa. Headline. Now, "what's ths matter with Kansas?' The man who had his turkey paid for as well aa eaten had additional cause for thanksgiving. The settlement of the Smyrna Incident makes It possible for A. Rustem Bey to prove an alibi. ' When It comes to making a fancy retreat, ws will back old General Depression against ths best of them. ; They , call O. Bernard Shaw erratic, but a man has to bo something to get on ths front page these days. ( .Harvard and Illinois claim to be ths foot ball champions of ths year. But as neither has met Nebraska, ws cannot, tell. New York's Constitution. -Headline. It must be a rugged one. Judging from some of ths tests It has survived. ; Dick Croker, former chief of Tammany, has married the descendant of an Indian chieftain, but he was only a Cherokes. If those French soldiers succeed In master lng all the Texas bronchos they are buying for cavalry use, ws fear they will do very little mors fighting. According to the official announcement, It la always ths enemy that Is "routed," while our forces, never suffer anything worse than "aa or derly retreat." ' Minnesota has elected' a man 21 years of age to ths state senate. Oh, ws In Nebraska have young ones who did no worse than some of their older colleagues. A Washington barber complains that only ons of four cabinet members he shaves tips him. He seems to forge that It Is a long time between drinks for the democratic party. Mr. Bryan might afford to be mors patient with those who have not yet followed him Into ths suffrage and prohibition camps, Seeing how long it took him to get In. The demand from Arkansas for federal aid to check forest fires Is another reminder how far ws are getting away from ths old states' rights doctrine. . . "" mom ' mt'k rUij aGssssaaasaaacsll This Thankagliing was duty observed. Vnioa services . wr held at Trinity, the First Baptist enure, the Bouthwe.it Pesbyterinn church and th South Tenth etcet Methodist episcopal church. Th attraction at the Boyd's was the melodratnv "Burr Oaks." while at th Acsdomy of Music Madam Stanley's Xlactodun minstrels held forth. A reception was given to Rev. E. a. Fowler at his residence. l pierce street, by members of his rcngregatton and frtenda. Tuu Bee acta forth In detail tL Thanksgiving d.-y menu at th Millard and at th Paxton. In which beild.ee th retrulatton turkey are to be foun t such "specials" aa "black-tailed doer- with Jelly." "baked amU pie," "broiled speckled trout" aril ether raoutli-weterers. Mrs. L W. Miner, Mlee Anna Dunbar and Mlaa Edith Van Amaru are spending- Thanksgiving wtn friends to North Platte. Miss Molll Cotter left for Davenport to pay a Visit ta th Academy ut Immaculat Conception, sx pocling to return later with her aisters. Misses Magl aad Nellie Cotter. " Millard unlfonied degr ramp. Independent Or. der of Odd Fellows, save Its openins party at Cruuna' ball, wlta Henry Dulln aa master of core monlea A beautiful banner, presented by Hon. Esra Millard, was on of tn decorations. i John Ij. Bnred and Mlaa Sllnnle Adam war msr- r.d by Itev. John Will Unit. Mr. Kneed, who Is em ployed by the Fuciflc Express company, beat knowq as otfo of Omaha's- track ball players. ' ' Who Can Tell? When our war with Spain broke over the sinking of the Maine in Havana harbor, who would have supposed the chief result would be to give us the Philippines and Porto Rico and lcavo Cuba an Independent republic? When the Boer war was waning so fiercely, tv ho would have Imagined the sight of the same conquered Iloern fighting under the British flsg for the supremacy of Great Britain? When Japan had RusMa bumbled and ap parently at Its merry and was, as it believed, cheated out of ths legitimate fruits of victory, who would have pictured the Russian and the Jap so soon joined in arms against the German? When the Mexican revolt started against Diaz; who would have thought it possible to produce a situation In which two revolutionary leaders llks Villa and Carranza would fight to keep each other from becoming Dlas' successor? When the great European war conflagration blazed tip, who expected It to last four mouths without decisive achievement on either side? Prophets sre numerous and rash, hut who enn tell? Timely Arrival of the Jaion. The Jason's arrival In Europe on Thanksglv lng eve helps further to deepen the rplendtd meaning of its mission. Exactly one month from the day it touched at Plymouth tho ship's C, 000, 000 Christmas gifts from the children of America will he In the hands of their little cousins of the war-stricken lands abroad. Not ons step In ths progress of this fleeting messen ger of "peace on earth, good win toward men," was obstructed by mishap or misfortune. An all wise Providence haa conserved the safety of the enterprise that stands forth as an eloquent expression In practical terms of ths ' sublime principle of the democracy of. man. The spirit of England's reception will be the spirit of all Europe. This Is a benediction of unquestioned neutrality. Comfort to ths needy and Joy to ths cheerless has been the only thought In ths minds of those back of this enterprise, which betokens ths real concern of Americans, young and old, In the welfare of Europeans, young and old, of whatever state, creed or race. Surely on that score there can be no misunderstanding. Bryan and the Next Battle. Nebraska "home folks" will find mors than passing Interest In ths rsvsmped story that Mr. Bryan is soon to leave ths cabinet, as set forth at length by the New York Herald's Washing ton correspondent, who thus begins bis state ment: From a usually well Informed democratic source th Herald hears that William Jennings Bryan will retlr from th cabinet on or about March 4 nest. Though th Itorald haa no official confirmation of th report. It cams from a aourc of Information, ao far as can be determined, where no III wish to Mr. Bryan could ba parent to th thought. No sugges tion of a schism with President Wllaon was con tained in th report and th Initiative for the chang In th cabinet, was said rather to lis with Mr. Bryan than with th president According to jhe Herald's correspondent, Mr. Brysn is to seek relief from ths "wearing routine of executive duties," and further ths opportunity of "girding up ths loins of democ racy for ths battle of 19." Ah, yes! And is Mr. Bryan to bs sent forth again as ths chief glrder-up of ths loins of his party, or can It bs that Mr. Bryan has ths notion of returning to Nebraska to gird up his own Joins for ths next senatorial race? In ths meantime, the Herald's story is bol stersd up by ths addenda that Mr. Bryan Is "providing for thoss of his most intimate friends In office who would be most directly affected by his resignation." Hers, again, some of ths "horns folks" find their interest becoming acute, especially the hungry who have been waiting ao long and so patiently. Kentucky's Fig Clubs. Kentucky Is another of the southern states leaping ahead in the matter of scientific agricul tural and live stock culture. While Georgia and South Carolina are making conspicuous suc cesses of their boys' corn clubs, ths old Blus Grass state comas forward with ths Innovation of pig clubs for its boys, ths purpose being to promote Interest In the raising of swine, with all the advantages offered by the ever increas ing demand for sweet ham and good bacon and succulent pork chops aad ths llks, this ought to prove a most profitable departure. . Now. the last time Kentucktans voted on the liquor question It became apparsnt that even Kentucky was not secure from ths encroach ment of prohibition; Indeed, somo of Us coun ties ars'dry today. All of which suggests the possibility of ths larger popularity of another kind of pig club. To be surs, old Kalntuck has before this heard of ths "blind pig" that some times Infest tall-grass-countrles, where ths hid ing Is good. But Kentucky haa always taken hers straight and above-board, and ws venture to say that If Its people do finally decide to get aboard, bag and baggage, of ths water wagon they ill hang on to ths last, dry and rough though ths road msy be. The 'wife of ths American ambassador to Vienna has been decorated by the Austrian em peror with the grand cross of the Order of Elis abeth. The Americas constitution forbids any officer of our government without ths consent of congress "to accept any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign state," but presumably this does not extend to preventing the ambassa dor accepting them In his wife's name. From Beatrice comes the suggestion of a Ne braska "Hall of Fame" to take care of ths two Halls Just elected stats treasurer and railway commissioner, respectively, od the third Hall Just appointed university regent. These "Hall Room Boys" seem to be coming back. It is fins to develop the spirit of charity among the school children by stimulating giving on proper occasions, but It must not bs forgotten that the real helpful charity Is that which helps people to help themselves. Oeneral Funston went to Vera Crui a briga dier and conies back 'a major general. He would hardly have mads that Jump sticking around army headquarters hers In Omaha. , No social functions at ths Whits House ths coming winter. My, but that will be tough on Washington society cltmbrs. Sidelights on the War fiaartr Parle. Paris atlil droops. The eobfrlng power of war grips th people of tho one gay capital. The transition of th city from gay to grave rhirlng the flrat week of Auguat has not changed materially, except that the tears of separation from fathers and eons hurryhK to lh front In numberless Inmancps have been su ceeuVa ty mourning. The Rue dn ta Pal, whet a few months ago th talk was mainly of raahlons and th crowds were compceed for the moat part of worawt contending with, one snother for style supremacy, t now Raid to lc diverted, and. escept for an occasional shop selllnK old-fashioned mourning garments at re duf'd prlfen, ulmont closed. Famous reataoranta hav been turned Into lied Crons honpltala, danco halls now' harbor llelrlan rfu'ees, nnd the women of the aris tocracy are making bandaged and selling needlework for th benefit of widows of soldiers. Women are everywhere doing the work nnc aealgned to Ynen. and wheraver poHlble wives of soldiers have been employed lr. tho poattKns formerly held by their hua hanris. Montmnrtre and the bars !tr lnad places where a few foreigners and elderly, men make a pla tens of reviving the frtvolty of a few months agn. . Lovely Tpree Wipes . fhiccesslv bombardments, chsrg- and counter-' charges of battling armlea. have reduced the Htt!? ctty of Tpree to a ruin. What remains of It Is held by th allies tn West Elan. lot a. Hundreds of years ago Ypres (pronounced cpray) was a city with a popu lation of more than 200.(Ot. During the devastating days of hideous wsrs of conquest and slaughter the streets and rlvuleta ran red with blood, onn of the most Infamous leaders of th day being the, duke of AIM, who hss no counterpart In this time of horror. Tens of thousands were "lain with ss little reason ss the shooting and beheading of the thouannda ef men and women during th French tlelgn of Terror. ',VW IQ 1 I J7Z OX OMAHA. Nov. M.-To th Editor of Th Bee:- Something to be thankful for? Yes, much to be thankful for, even If fat has led us slong a path of adversity. For whether we trod a daily path ' of want, or whether it be the golden road of plenty, there Is always much t be thankful for. , . Wo live and we Vive, and this !n is enough to be ever, thankful for; enough ta fill. bur hearts with kindness snd grati tude. Although thla day Is supposed to be a dsy of expreselng and acknow ledging our gratitude for divine mercies and fa vor, still we do no look upon It in this one light alone. There are many, many things to which w turn our hearts .snd minds to and are thankful for wtileh do not come from divine mercies alone, b-jf from th kind, and honef endeavors of those who tridg this vale of tears alongside ef ua! Bach day adds and weaves a webb of thankfulness and grati tude around our whole xltenoe, that in th end wo may ctoae our final day satisfied within that ws are thankful and glad w lived. Thankful for th many kindnesses ahown us and. glad because we showerod them on others within th limits of our simple but honest fforts. There Is Indeed much to be thankful for on this dusty road to death, but some of ua fall to comprehend or seek It out. With the Women .1 tiles snd horr huay product! delicate of lac a well aa 4 cheeses and b peoples of thef tho makera. These thing of th maker, lng th same nances, ss did cording to all to ths level of their poor poe War Bread I Th commie ' rope In supply j to give to the trltlve value palatablllty. Is regularly b consumption 1 that Is Isaued cannot be ha when the wai haa no doubt Th war br wheat flour. and Is spiced n The war br wheat flour, r! and Is flavor Th war bi wheat flour, French soldier th war bra baked wheat f Ilk the first needed. Motor Cyclist "No, speed llf and lots motorcyclists 1 at th front They are th must stick to tried to use tl dlr result. A lng to the sone ring by In elo snentallty, abo selfishness toil of danger are 4 All classes at cyclists. Most school boys, rr lng corps, ma th most com knights of the vanished. An "I offered rider," says a declined It. apologetically, don't you kno "Th Ufa Is mostly to shit too often to army arranges! headquarters ii It and been die! to find (a) a at (e) aomew Is kent." Boos Let us all try and spresd cheer snd be to a pnpiilaMnnnL.flr,;irtlii-thankful to on another. Aid each other ' a .... u time of need, sorrow and trouble, and pread sunshine along our dally pathway. Beautiful Indeed Is th heart wherein h blossoms of love, thankfulness, 'gratl ude and sincerity blooms. We should onrstly endeavor to cultivate these stm ts but beautiful thoughts of life, that In ho end we can cherish them and be hankful to one another and to all. Msy this day cast forth all its blcss- ngs In splendor on the heads of all my indred friends and my acquaintances, nd to sJl th world. , HAROLD 0. MITCHELL. Private Property. OMAHA, Nov. 2S.-T th Editor of he Bee: Two speakers at the Phlloaoph- oal society stated that the socialists kould do away with private property. Now, that statement may be construed n different ways. Th socialists' pro. tram la to socialise th ownership of hat property which la socially used but rlvately owned to exploit the masses. A start In collective ownership and co pe ration haa been mad in many coun ties,, I believe It. is Denmark especially here ths farmers and other workers ollectlvely own and operate both conv- Inercial. agricultural and Industrial en- nrprises, - even co-operative banks. Although the principle involved In those o-operatlv societies Is socalllsttc, so- ialism, with it entire program, cannot 1 Vstd locally, but must be national nd International In Its scope before wa an reallie Us benefits and blessings In Now, .supposing, the workers of the orld owned collectively all the piachln- ry of production and distribution which icy must operate in order to exist at profit to those who own it under the resent . system, that profit Instead of Hint up millions of dollars for those ho own those things now, would then lemaln with ths workers enabling mil- one of them to possess more private roperty, such ' aa homes of their own, istead of rented shacks, and other cont orts which many of them can' never at tain under the present wag and profit ystem, wher they onjy get, as Wsges bout one-fifth of the wealth they, pro- uce, and a good part of th time are nabl to , aecure employment at any I tried to prove In th limited apace f this letter that socialists strongly be- ev In prlvat property; property which k most suttabl for Individual ownership. nd cannot be used in oppressing others. 11 other property, which ' is used col ctlvely, to be . owned collectively for ie good of all. R. B. BENDA. Chicago Tribune: Th retiring chief of staff. Major Oeneral Wotherspoon, In his final report makes the moderate recommendation that th regular army b raised to aon.OOp enlisted men, and that by a system of reserve there be provided a mobile, force of 600.000 first-line' troops, equipped for a six months" cam paign. The Tribune emphatically endorses this rec ommendation of one of th best Informed end most Intelligent officers In the service. New York Post: Today multitudes sr ro4elnsr that some of our factorte ar reaping a harvest, and that w are profiting from a war that la Impoverish ing hundreds of thousands.' The only cur for It all Is disarmament, disarmament. This is tho stako the United states haa In the wart for H w must flight wheu tb peace hour strikes, and for it we should fight ss a united nation, sick of the armament makera and th generals who are forever prating. Ilk Gen eral Wothcraioon. of the fresh ' sacrifices we must make to the god of war. - Nw Tork World; Congress appropriates about on, quarter of a million dollars vry year for the army, navy aad coast defenses.' In six years 11.400,0,000 has gone for th military establishment. It has not been starved. whatvr may be Its condition. Tito tax payers at least have don tholr ehare. To convince them that they must do more, it should first be proved to thra that the money will be put to better ua and that plans for military expansion Include more than larger appropriations. Indianapolis News: World penes, ss an answer to th argument for a large army aad navy, has sud denly lost practically all Its fore. In short, tb time Is rip tor Instituting a campaign for a big army an navy, bene the r en wed activities of th advocates of that policy. Major Oeneral Wotherspoon Is r.ot alone. Th Hobson forces ar at work on a schein-i for a navy so Urge as to call ror the building of tght battleship a year. On avery aid the radicals a re pouring out Impassioned Imprecations on the heada of thos who ate looking calmly at th prob lem and searching In vain for aom rval cause for alarm. Twice Told Tales Kaew His Klad. Tb last mlnatrel stopped at a back door aad said t th houaewif who greeted hint: "Olve m something to eat fair dame, and I will tickle your ear with a marry tale of rosuance." - "But why not tell m th tale first r th dam suggested. "No, I must tiavs the food and drink befor I -talk." Thereupon ths dam slammed th door with th tart retort: "Vou'r not a m.rry minstrel, you're only an aft Clnuer speaker." New York Olube. - Political Tips ' Buffalo, . Y.j has .adopted the eom ilaalcn form of government Fiv men ectd at large will do all the business. Missouri's official .'returns afford little iture hop for suffrage esd Prohibition. ill, former was turned down by a ma rity of ltu.Xtt and th latter by US.I7I. Senator-elect James W. Wads worth ef New York spent (31,431 to land ths Job, In battling for a big Job in th empire state It is necessary to have wads worth while. , The federal net In Indiana has gathered In eighteen mn at Terr Haute charged with connpirmry against th purity of the ballot box. Th net Is spread fer more. Assurances com from Washington that measures designed to check foot and mouth disease will not apply to congress men ' who sport wisps of alfalfa In their hair. . Back in Ililgh, Pa., th landelld was so tremendous that a republican was elected state senator, defeating a demo crat lor th first tlm In 102 years. The world moves. Holy mackerel., what a wad of money was turned loose In th Ohio campaign. Th total is close to 11,000,000. Calcula tions made at Columbus, show tUlO.000 spent by antl-prwhibltlon force. $33,407 by th antl-salnoners, S61.PA0 by the dma rrailo atata commute and U6.H5 by the bull , mooaers. RopuJiittcaiv party srd individual expense make up th balanoa of the hug pot. Around the Cities Fort Wsyne. Ind.. has an elactrlo tight plant of It own, aad 1 slashing rates so recklessly thst private producers of "th Juice" are screaming about the bunches of money they are losing. Bait Lake City' new iectrlc light and power . rates fixes the maximum at t cants per kilowatt hour, graduating down ward on the. basis . of consumption. Omaha's maximum rate la It oenta. , A dog In Centerville. Viae., ks formed th habit of howling morning, noon and night directly atar th w btsU blows ta en of tb factories, but eeasej hi bowk when th whtstl was silent for three weeks during a recent strike. la an application for aa Injunction pro hibiting her hiMband going owtsid of th stat to Inatitut dlvore prooeedlnga, a hew York wife alleges that Philadelphia la a full-fledged Reno for husbands seek ing legal separation. Th road to divorce there, u la asserted. Is smooth and noise less, . .i Mle Elsie Burt, a wall known Boston society girt, will become a nurss In a Paris hospital, having already gone abrosd for thst purpose. Mra. Kllxabeth Dogner. who lives on s truck farm near Philadelphia, haa found th- raising of celery profitable employ ment, and has made a profit of nearly 12,000 this ynar. Next year she will add to her equipment and expects to dn the w-ork on a much larger scale. Mrs. Annie Petty of Junction City, Kan., der-Ued that her church should have a building of Its own. ood not a rented room. She therefor took In washing dally snd earned money enough to pur chase a lot, and then contributed lsrgely to the erection of the recently completed biuldlnv. ', Mlfs Mary McDowell and Miss Mary Vlttiim were ejected commissioners In Cook county, Illinois. They ran as pro gressives, but had many friends In all parlies because of good work they had dvie. ' Miss McDowell wss one of the women who helped br ng to light abuses In the stock yards of Chlcsso. Women leaders In the official set st Wsshington are planning as a memorial to Vrs. Wood row Wllaon the erection of a block of model houses at a cost of JJM, COO In the slum districts of th capital oily, It is a fitting memorial to a woman who had so much at heart snd planned so well for the Improvement of this dis trict during the few months of her lite that she resided tn the White House. LAUGHING OAS. "Why don't you try to se the ruinous ffecta of alcohol '.'" asked th rlncer reformer. "I can see 'em without Irvine-." replied Senator Morghum. "The war the 'weta' neat us dry s' last election was an exam ple of depravity I (hall never forget." Washington Ptar. Highwayman U! Why, I know more aw- than most of your lawyers. His Sloe Partner ? Well, most law yers got you skinned as a blshwsrman. Puck. "Why. what In th world haa become ef four wstch? Th one you used to have had a handsome gold case." "I know It did, but circumstances alter 'sees." Philadelphia Telegrspb. "T am awfully afraid of Infection." "Then you had better not read the book you have just taken." "Why not?" "I am told It contains some germs ot thought." Baltimore American. MADE IN U. S. A. There Is a bran6 new alogan out. tntrduced thrcugh Europe's war, 'Tie one American people shout; Maybe you've heard It before. "Made In Germany." they say, Is quite substantial proof That 0rman-rnanulactured goods 8tand always quke aloof. But Germany Is now at war So th people aay; "Made In Germany" Is no mora Now it's "Mad In V. 3. A." There's something else America makes. And right here we will say That the highest types of manhood Ar "Mad in U. S. A." Omaha. H. C. One id: Mill U21 JjCD ootclni Guarantee :eir is sufficient for a family of three chiefly because v they are packed in their own juice without a large percentage of water. Booth Guar anteed Oysters are sound, fresh, and deli cious, in hermetically . sealed, sterilized cans to protect them from con- V tamination and Every Oyster Guaranteed Have them served raw next time; that's the test of the fine flavor of an oyster. Booth Guaranteed Oys tersareclassifiedin three sizes: 'Standards, ' ' "Selects' and "Jum bo but the size has .nothing to do with the Quality They hve that delicious, natural, salt sea flavor in all sizes. Booth Fisheries Company SEA FOOD . Omaiut I30S LesvYgnwertH Street Craneht in All Principal Citfa,