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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ' rOCNPgP BY EDWARD nOSEWATKR. VICTOR KOSKWATEK, EDITOR. Tha Bee Publishing Company. Proprietor. 9T.K BUILDINO, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. JCntered at Omaha, postofflce aa eecond-clnss mstter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Bf carrier Br mall moitk Mr ir. .:. Ms w 4 Ot trvl !. Hiinri.v C Vt'a In i wltVinllt flundav . 3f5. a.mrf.v Bm onlr i Send notice of rnar.se of addreee Or complaints of Irregularity to delivery to Omaha rVe, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Jtemlt bv draft, enrress or postal frier. Only two. rent stampe received In payment of mall aa. counts. I'erennal cheeks, esrept on Omaha end eastern exchange, not accepted. jiafl? ewj tnnflar-.. I 'llllj "1MIITB1 . .. ..ua . . . . ,C j 4.W orncES. Omsha-The Dee Building. Bnuth Omihi-Sift N arrest. v'nuncll Hluirs 14 North Main street 1 Incoln Little Building. Chlrean U lirarst Bulldlna New York Boom II, t Fifth avenue. Bt lnuta--8AS Nrw Bunk of rnmnwrw. Waahlngton 786 Fourteenth Bt.. N. Vf. CORRESPONDENCE). A a (Irene communications relstlnr to news end edi torial matter to Omaba Bee, 341Urtal Department. SLAV CIUCLLATION, 53,345 Clemency for Frank. Eicepting Georgia, where opinion It ad mtttedly divided, lha action of Governor 81aton, j saving Leo M. Frank from ih death penalty and making his sentence life Imprisonment, un questionably command popular approval throughout the country, which hat been nt'rred by few criminal caaea a It baa by thl. Regardlest of the facts, though the Innocence of Frank eeema thoroughly establlthed. the uni versal verdict hag been that his conviction wu brought about by the preaaure of prejudice and excitement and that he did not have the fair trial to which he wat entitled. All that wm asked for him In all the legal proceedings con nected with hit appeals to higher courts waa to have another trltl ordered, and the petition for clemency was only a last retort. If Frank It an Innocent victim of circum stantial evidence and class hatred, then, of courte, life Imprisonment It an awful fate. Com mutation of eentence, however, glvee time for the true Inwardnett to develop, and it goes with out laying that proof that the murder wae com mitted by another would, whenever produced, open the doors and tet Frank free. Those of our readers who Joined with Tha Bee In petitioning Governor Slaton in Frank't behalf mutt thare the satisfaction that, to this extent, the effort has not been unavailing. State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss: Dwlitht Wllliama, circulation manager of Tne Fee Publishing compiinjr. being duly sworn, says that the average circulation for tha month ot May, ISIS, wat DWtnT1 toT-UAMS. Circulation Manager. Subedited In my presence and sworn to before me, thla sd day of .Tune. 1016. ROUERT HUNTER, Notary Public. friubscrlbere leaving the city temporarily should have The He mailed to them. Ad dress trill be changed aa often as requested. rr Joss S3 Thought for tha Day e.'ecfeef by Alif Prittkmrd "27i victory btlongs to thou vihom nothing can dlsharUs or dittourag and who ptr$evr tothetnd." Fortunately, nailed down. the soutbtlde city hall wat Neither Bedan day nor Waterloo centennial. It teems, possessed the charm. And yet there eeema to be a quettlon how long Mr. Bryan will ttay dead this time. It must have takon some smooth work to do the government out of 127,000,000 ot oleo taxes. The Irrigation problem can take a thirty- day layoff without endangering Its standing in oratorical society. , Governor Blaton'a real recompense will be the satisfaction that comet from a conscientious performance of duty. In appointing a public defender who was backing another for the Job, the governor surely put him on the defensive. No doubt the honorable court took Into ac count the Impossibility of splitting a cant to give the railroad half of It. Nebraska's semi-centennial of statehood Is scarcely twenty months off. If It Is to be prop erly celebrated, the plans must soon be laid.' Colonel Bryan could not agree with the president he made. Naturally ha disagrees with all the exes' who kept him out of the White House. Aimed at Omaha Beatrice Espress: The announcement that Oraln Is ahortly to become the chief atatlon of the weather bureau service wae followed by cloudburata through out the state. It thla Is to be one of the reenlts f the change, the quicker the bureau returned to Fort Weather. Virginia, the more satisfactory It will ha to the people of Nebraska. HantinM Tribune: The Omaha Bee warns eastern millionaires not to come to Nebraska's metropolis and attempt to play rowboy. What, can It be that theae eaaterners haven't heard of Mayor Jim? Why, we thought everybody knew him he can do all the cow boy stunts that are necessary to entertain the people of Omaha, The Nebraska Two-Cent Eate Caie. In Its decision on the 2-cent passenger rate case, the supreme court of Nebraska lays down the rule that the power of the State Railway commission doet not extend to nullifying maxi mum rates specifically fixed by the legislature. In thlt case the legislature had substituted 2 cents aa the maximum for the 3-cent rate estab lished and maintained by law for years and tha court holds that It is without the scope ot the commission to raise this rate. The court also eaya that where a law has been enacted gov erning a specific point, and later a general law 1 passed dealing with the subject, the provi sions of the special law must apply to its par ticular point. Thlt ruling makes it clear that the legit loture It the only place to which the ratlroadt may go for permission to increase intrastate raasenger rates. The decision also more plainly deflnee the powers of the commission, and thus should enable It to approach Its business more confidently. Albion Arus: The Arua gtvea pct to an edi torial Uken from The Omaha Bee that fairly expreaaca the aenUmenia of the partisan republican preas of the country. The Bee la stalwart republican, but It apeske I wordf of wls.tom and loyalty to our government. It ! expreaaea the sentiments of e-Preeldent Taft and j other great men. Apparently ea-Preeldent Rooeevelt I and some other thoushtleaa agitators would argue the caae flrat. and support the president afterward. They make the hard task of the president etlll harder and are doing much the aame kind of work that the rebel sympathisers did during the civil war to embarrass Preeldent Uncoln. It la comforting to know that while we etrenuoualy disagree about domestl adminis tration and domeatlc policies, loyal Americans hasten to offer themselves upon the altar of their country and aacriflce their personal ambitions, personal, wlahas, personal theories, their property and even their lives for the good ot their beloved country In so doing they obey the doctrine of the lowly Neinrine who said, "It Is more bleseed to give than to receive." Norfolk Newa: They arretted a man In Omaha for doing nothing more than shoot up all the prominent hotels In town. Gosh, but Omaha Is getting fussy. Kearney Hub: Tne newspapers are giving the Omaha Board of Education some well deserved pub Hetty in connection with Its orders relative to the teaching of American history. The course of study provides for It, and the student la required to study It "unless excused by the principal of the high school." Commenting on this absurdity a cltlsens of Omaha in a letter to The Bee says: "My children are not yet of high school age, but I certainly will have them take American history and shall deem It a disgrace If they do not have brains and patriotism enough to at leant obtain a passing mark. This age Is becoming shambling, wlshywashy and unpatriotic. What we need on the school board Is strenuous patriotic men. who will consider the atudy of their own country ono ot the most Important a atudent can take." The mat ter is well worth looking Into In the public schools throughout the country generally to ascertain ho many schools are neglecting the most Important study in the curriculum. With Whom Would We Oo to War? Our militarists are busy again, thowing how nr. ready we are tor war. Our culpable neglect In falling to provide for arms and ammunition, and fortresses and the like. It again being re viewed, and the administration of the nation's affalrt (t aeriously criticised because nowhere In Itt program for many years hag appeared de tailed plant for a large army and a larger navy. All these, charges are well founded. The United States Is unprepared, to ngage In war on the ttupendout teale now being exhibited in Europe. We have ten million young men who would make splendid soldiers, and who would die like heroes In the trenches, and elsewhere, but we haven't the ten million rlflet to put Into their. hands. .. Wherefore we should go to mak ing rlfl.ee Immediately. Why not determine with which nation we are to go to war, and then make our plant ac cordingly. A century of peace ' with Great Britain may well be followed by another. The traditional friendship with the other great pow ers it not likely to he broken aoon. We Have no really good reaton to look for war anywhere, but if we are to get Into the war game, left do I; right. We should pick our foe, or victim, end get ready to conquer that particular nation. With whom will we go to war? Ninety-cent gat hat been decreed In Det Molnea and Trenton, N..J. Greater Omaha is becoming a lonely above-the-dollar tpot on the gas map. . . The World-Herald quotes one of Itt Bouth Omaha frlenda at laying, "I am surprised that there It still tome money left even in the gen eral fund." Well, they ought to know. Beatrice Express; Commenting on newspaper re ports of robberies In the city of Omaha In which valu able diamonds are given as among articles mlailng. the Douglas county assessor asserts that the reporters have evidently made some error, as the schedules re turned by the parties mentioned In the robberies show that they were not the possessors or diamonds or any other articles) of Jewelry. The Douglas county official Is entirely too discerning to hold office long In Nebraska's metropolis. Norfolk Press: The Omaha Board of Education, finding the study of American history too difficult for some of the mollycoddles taking the high school coutse, "kindly" dropped the same from the curriculum, uut still (nsfst on military drills. J3k a F.isrrt awlassaera for l.lf Gara. OMAHA. June il. To the Editor of The Bee: Now that one life already baa been unneceaeartly snuffed out at Carter lake by drowning. I would like to offer a few suggestions. The city now hss one lawsuit In the ourts on ecrount of a boy being drowned at one of the etr perk, and there will be many more such lawsuits It the city commissioners do not hire expert lire siarrts to protect the bathers St the beaches. I sm a swimming instructor and have taught life saving to a vry great extent both here and In Chicago, and I am posi tive that the last drowning at Carter lake could have been averted had the life guard been an expert, as he should be. Any person familiar with the swimming game knows that It Is a very easy mat ter to break any hold that a drowning person may secure on a swimmer. I have had experience In the Missouri river with drowning people, and I know how a cli owning person acts. It Is not a very difficult matter for an experienced man to rescue the most excited strong people from drowning. The city commissioners should not hire a man tor thla life guard work unless he can pass an examination which shows him to be competent. Such an examina tion Is required In all large cities. This test should lncludethat applicant be re quired to show breaks for at least three holds in the water, five holds on land, abow methods for towing a man both struggling and unconscious, demonstrate methods of resuscitation, and he should be able to swim at least one mile. I hope the city commissioners will act on my suggestions. G. P. W. MIRTHFUL EI MARKS. Wife Henry, you really must hare the landlord come and see for himself the damage the rain did to our celling. Hub 1 can t without letting him aee the dsmaae the children have done to the rest of the house. Boston Transcript. "DM you hear about the big movement there Is on foot In Chicago?" "No, Indeed. Tell me about It?" "It's the public's movement walking home on account of the street csr strike. Baltimore American. Master North seems quite gone on that lette.- carrier. Mlstress-Oone! Whv. she actually malls a nostcard to herself every riant, so he II be sure to call at the house next morning. Boston Transcript. "Tou certainly put your foot In It when yo-j told Mr. Flirty that the fact you were arguing waa as plain aa the nose on her face." "Whv did I put my foot in It?" "Recauae she is considered to have a pretty nose." Baltimore American. . . hmr working or worry- ina that nobodr has time to envy the ley wi spend rconey'-Washlnyton Star. Rio Van Winkle rubpea m ev-. -What veer Is this?" he a.iKeo responded an Twice Told Tales While the allied monarchs hug their palaces Kaiser William Is on the Job In the field all the time. Rulers who thare the lot of flf hten at the front put pep where It countt most. At utual, Mr. Bryan Instate that hit peace pltn la the only blown-ln-the-bottle eu re-cure remedy for war and that all plana proposed by others are bogus and calculated to tntentlfy the malady. The city of Omaha under Itt charter hat had the power for many years to acquire Its public utilities by condemnation process. There never as any good reason for resorting to the ap praiser system. Try to Imagine the burst of indignation it our city comlsslonera should undertake to sell to some favored crony for $100 a comparatively new automobile, paid for with money out of the public treasury. " iMt n rmtm mM rit. The senate lutrratate Inveatlgatlng committee tf having a pleasant time la Omaha. They listened to a number of witnesses, among them N. B. Falconer CapUlu i- H. Stickle of Hebron, Charles K. Good man and Edward Hoaewater, and afterwards took drive about the city in carrlagra. as arranged f r by Xenator Mandereon. Several handred dollars have been put up by Omaha business men aa prtxea for the rule vonleat er tae ceitRarr pepartmeef sharpshooters. Dr. J. C. Davla left for Evanstoa. Pa., to spend two weeks with his parents. lre Rosenthal, whe haa'been via tlnj her daughte.-, Urs. A. Mandelberg, for so roe time, left for her. home la Baltimore. , Aiidrew Bevlne has Bub tu New york, and be toie returning 'will visit the scenes of his boyhood around Lake George and I'tlca, and before returning lll deliver the Fourth of July oration at Foil Tl conderoca. . Mrs. Wilson and her daughter of Ueneva. X. '., are the gtwela of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bangs at Faruam street. - - Mis Sadie Henry, daughter of t'olooel Henry, la tKni from tit. Agnes' school, Albr- Safegnarding; the Future. The Travelers' Protective association, which haa Just closed a successful annual convention In Omaha. Is one of the smaller organizations in the assessment insurance field. It la neces sarily to because Itt membership Is limited to a tingle occupation regarded at harardous, yet it has reached a membership of 61,000 in a quar ter of a century. Itt growth and widening benef icence It typical of the American spirit which finds expression In safeguarding self and de pendents from the pinch of accidents as well as the uncertainties of life. No nation In the world comes within balling distance of the United States In the forehanded- noss of Itt people In this regard. Life and acci dent Insurance policies in force in this country on the first of the year totaled. In round num bers, 140,000,000,000. Of this enormous total 600 aatetsment companies and orders, with a membership of 9,000,000, had outstanding 110, 000,000,000; reserve life Insurance companies, 1110,664,00,000, and the balance In accident, health and vorkmen't liability Inturanre. During the past year the various life Insur ance organisations, old line and assessment, dis tributed lr- the United States and Canada $686. 100,000 in claims and benetltt, an Increase of $40,ir.0,000 over the disbursements of 1913. The payments were nearly equal to the total disbursements, exclusive of the PostoffUe de partment, by the United States government dur ing the fiscal year of 114 for the civil, war and iii.vy establishments, Indian service and Interest m the public debt. Great Britain, France and Germany barely equal one-third of the life Insurance la force In the United States, and these nations with the rest of the world added carry less than one-bait the North American total. The Immensity of the buCness Is more than a tribute to the thrlftlness of the Insured. Fortifying the future with two score billions it s monument to American foresight and business sagacity. Pvotjerlr Named. Not all of the good negro stories come from the south. For instance, there Is the one told by John Boucher, jr., now ot Omaha, though formerly ot these parts, whe haa been visiting his brother-in-law, "Heathen", Wood, n Louisville recently. John waa a newspaper man once, but he is preaching now. He says there Is an old darky In Omaha who, strange as It may seem to that latitude, never, was a slave. The old man does odd Joba of hauling, for which purpose he uees a gigantic mule of tremendous strength and equal deliberation and determination. One day John asked the old man. the mule's name. "Dat mule am name Co'poratlon," waa the answer. "What on earth ever made you give it such a name as that?" John asked. "Jea' cause dat am de nachal nam' fo' 1m," aald the old man. "Dat ar mule It kin stan' mo' 'buae an' go right ahsld havln' Its own way dan any wMte pusson yo' eber see." Louisville Times. Seeaaed Probable. ' A young business man, who haa been married but a short time, waa greeted by his wife one evening Just before dinner with the Joyful announcement that she had that very afternoon received' her diploma from the rooking school at which she had been an assiduous student for some time. "And I've prepsred the whole dinner tonight!" she added gayly. When they were seated st the table, and the young man was endeavoring to masticate a particularly tougii piece of one of the new dishes, his wife suddenly ssld. "I took special pains with the dish you are eating Guess what It Is?" "Well. I really don't know," he replied unee. tainly. "la It the diploma?" Pittsburgh Chronicle. harpealae Himself. When the train stopped at the little southern st Hon the tourist from the north aaunteied out and gaaed curiously at a lean animal with scrsggy bristles, which waa rubbing Itself against a scrub oak. "What do you call that?" he aaked curiously of a native. "Baxorback hawg, sah." "What la It doing rubbing Itself against that tree?'' "Ile a stropping hlaaelf, sah, Jea' stroppin' hlsself. ladles' Home Journal. M KABIBBU KABARET 0TRCT BOY VlhS. FlWT HS tfTrS THE jot HP M TOUTrW HAR WoKK MB THm me3 rar fMtrrru pants f rU 5K R7- A RAW?! Nlneteeen forty-three, nnocent bystander. , What's new?" queried the sleeper. "Bryan has Just Issued a new Mate- raAn7 "r" more'-tire than ever turn-d o4r ind soon snored the sleep of the just. rhiladelphla L's.er. Fntarlv (a moderate '""rr". ft ye th' Roodhlans are beglnnln t leel ta ,0r.,heA;lktw.rmlyWIon't y. swipe 'over . Mar-rk wujwide. they II retake it eg in before long. -uc. ;he-tf I'd rejected you would yo have , flH'e-NotUrnuch! I d have kept rltht ej trying to win you If you d turned me down a hun-tred times missed She Ah. what a lot of run i muwru. Bofton Transcript. THE LOCAL POETS. T. the All-IAH. Within the granite hills, whose bresdts Ecl.pdm'r.thhandlwork. is found Thy In m-Km-tlr. 1- prtnclp Forever rlKht and changele, ime. The fri?nt flowers proclaim Thy com- And mfr"endlTnes. The endleee sta.'S b?vL u. tn.th radiate. mine """"!'""---..-,. i.i,i.te. Beyond tne none o"'"'' " ' - There are no secrets in i n nu "..T People and Events FaUe reports do not get very far when they affect the honor of nations. The fabrication regarding the Identity of the German ambassa dor's messenger to Berlin wat a mltchtevoua Invention designed to complicate a delicate tltu ctlon. Refutation waa necessary at It waa prompt and complete. While lamentations are heard In various quarters regarding the hardships' imposed on Americkn shipping by the La Follette seaman's law, American ship ysrds are rushed with orders for freight and passenger craft. Over fifty steamers are now on the ways in Atlantic coast building yards. Ing money to bring tack from Butte, Mont., a man wanted for the crime of murder. Fitting action to name scores again. George F, Tihl has graduated from a pharmacy school In ChloafO- ritubursk la Inclined to do like Boyd county, Ne braska, save the money snd put Justice on short grass. The Smoky City authorities are wrangling over spend- One of the ostriches of the New Tork too is on a Stnke. All sorts OI penumon ojr Induce the striker to resume her Job or hatching ostrich eggs. Shades of Robert Bonner! A penitentiary is risiug on the site of hie famous race track at White Plains. N. Y.. where the noted literary sport secured relaxa tion from the palpitating thrills of the New Tork Uedger. A want ad husband aoqutrad In 111 b a lonely woman of Chadron. O.. Is now flghtl'd an attempt to divorce him. It should be noted that the want ad did the business for the lonely woman and brought some business to the court. QenereJ Huerta Informed a census enumerator that be waa In business aa a surveyor with orricea at l Broadway. New Tork. It will be recalled that about this tune last year he waa sum eying the route ef ee cape from the Mexican muse. All old favorite eai-reaalone for riches leeome volee leas la front of the lataet Ford Motor compeer dividend. A atock dividend ot ta.000.0O) and rebatae of t1S.t0.0ae caali to purchasers of this year's eare constitute a "melon" ot uncommon Jubinesa. A girl of It, tha poet end all-round favorite ef the graduating claaa of the New Brighton (Staten Jaianat High school, turned out to be an Industrious "Rafflea Che robbed and escaped: suspicion for sis montha In a thoughtless momont aha wore a etolen hat which her clesamatee recognised. Bundles of plunder wete found at her borne. Police oourt. tears, subbing sympathy, etc Kiswlsf Too Maes. OMAHA, June JO. To the Editor ot The Bee: Elbert Hubbard used to say, "Better not know so much aa to know so much that ain't so." 1 wish to extend this with this: "Better for your ma terial wellbeing not te know so much when you are disposed to allow others the economic benefit of your knowledge." Tour moral wellbeing la another Question. I am In a certain manufacturing busi ness. A prospective customer came with a lob of work to be done, asking If I could do it. I said. "Yes, I can. but X don't want to do It." Asked he, "Why not?" Said I, "Because I know a way In which you can get that for nothing." Then I told blm what I knew. He thanked m very cordially and got It. Plainly, by knowing too much about the business, like the parrot, I got It In the neck. Now, according to "business ethice," should I have done this? Well, If there Is such a thing as buelnees ethics, es distinct from any other ethics, I should have done It For ethice Is ethice what ever the qualifying adjective. . However, it Is hardly the business practice. In business prewtlce, eo far aa Immedi ate economic benefits go, it one has toe strict a conception of fair play, it la not well for him to know too muub, even about hla own business. Tet for htm to remain deliberately ignorant of these facts, on account of tha eoonomle effect upon himself, he also violates hla con science. The fact te that all disseminators ot knowledge receive the least returns tf Indeed they do not actually loee what they have. - Some years ago the funny papers ran a good series entitled, "Pro feasor Nix." Why they discontinued. T I up, for they were really clever. I recall that one day he was wanderlnc aloruv and saw some boys trying te roll a heavy barrel toward a slide Into a base ment. He said, "Ah, my little friends, let me show you vot It Ise van tt lss a scientific" So be took a lever and pla cing a fulcrum under one end, showed them how easy It waa te pry under the barrel and roll it with little effort. He sent It spinning down the chut to the great delight of the boys, who took to flight. Last scene of all. however, was when the workmen, whe had Just toil somely succeeded In getting the heavy barrel to the sidewalk, were using "Prof. Nix" ss a street mop. "Ain't It the truth" that a little knowledge Is a dan gerous thing? It Is the aame If you have Ideals. All Ideals are a disturbance to those who seek to profit by things aa they are. Those whe are profiting do not like to have their profits disturbed. So resentful are they ef those who Introduce Ideals Into social or private life that they wtll not hesitate utterly to ruin the business of those who dare to disturb them. It Is for this reason that the old Idea had It that those whe have least of earth have most of skies. This was the spir itual consolation for doing one's duty give up here that you might hold on thei-e. I make no complaint against this seeming natural law. I believe I can understand It Nature's God gives us whatever we deelre, but there la a price that we must pay for It. We cannot gain even moral growth without earning tbat achievement. We need not, how ever. Imagine that the satisfaction Is postponed to the "life In tbe skies." The reward is here and now. Tbe peace that conies from day to day In the knowledge that one has done hie best to be true Is compensation quite enough.. No material gain can take Its place. I should never have felt satisfied to take my customer's money tor a service wnicn I knew h could get for nothing. Though he did not know It I did. and that waa quite sufficient. Though It may cost money to hold to Ideals, I would not part with those poor ones I have. "No. not for Venice" So, whatever the coat, stick to your Ideals. NAMELESS. 'Here, have this out ud. It will cost about 60 cents." Doctor, will you lend me the so cents? "Uet me have the prescription. There. you can have It filled now for a quarter. The Item 1 scratched out was for nerve tonic." Nebraska Awgwan. "Gee. that secret aocletv must pull some rouirh stuff In degree work." wm aor- "I see. anions: other officers, that they have an eminent worthy custodian of the liniment." Loulsvill Courier-Journal. "Do you feel that your work Is of any real benefit?" "Tes." replied the censor. "While we cannot prevent war from twins- terrible. we are at least ouing everytninc possi ble to render It uninteresting." V ashlng ton Star. "I hope there will never be any bard times," said Mrs. Cumrox. "That Is a verv selfish wish." "Not entirely. When times are hard Th, benefits exclude no longing swii. Thy Deneiu mljUg HUDSPETH. Ashes of Roses. There wt a time some weary moons, a MWld all suffused with golden Tbe'tT tiappiuoss pursued me in my Theremin".' no mortal greater bits could know, And I. all wonderment that It was fO; From heavens wide open door-way gladness atreerred. ... , My futuie all complex with radiant schemes. , .. With love's fierce fires my sky was all aglow. But now, aias! there is no rosy sky, It s brightness raaea su itw uii, soon , r- When I svld e pipe went out, the flame did die M , ..... That kindled It, and now again ti June; . . . And lo. I nurse my fractured heart and stub Bepro-iChfui sonnets to the sullen moon. DOLORES. OUT OP THE ORDINARY. China's national hymn la saM te be so long that it requires about half a day to sing It. An t-year-old boy was recently sent by parcel post from Salt Lake City to San Diego. The postage area sO cents. The lateet thing In the way of suffrage propaganda la to wear veils Into which are woven the words, "Votes for Womea." A blind man at West brook. Ma. haa built an ell to hla house, laid the hard wood floors and hiatal led a hot watar system. The tallest pole In the world floats the Stare and Strtpea at the eoraer of the Oraajon building at tke Saa Francisco fair. It la Ml feet In iMdgkt and waa shaped from an Oregon far tree nod la Imbedded ten feet la a KO-ton block ef concrete. Heir fatfcaa, a Oersnaa, who waa) bora without arms, has been engaged by the German government te give Instruction to soldiers who have leet both arms la the war. Here CoUvaa la tt yeare old. He can play a vtolm, write Vsttere. eaut and weak himasif with tbe use of his feet fe'! """ " ,etV Ufa; 1VI A w i tMi t ' 111 Safety First ! "Safety First" to the housewife means safeguarding the family's home-baked food. Always use Royal Baking Powder which insures delicious and healthful Food. Royal Baking Powder is made from Cream of tartar derived from grapes. Contains No Alum p rw b (Ti p Ed 1 VISIT iEBMiesotas Cool Lahe Retreats la the beautiful wooded Lake Park Region en excellent place to spend your summer vacation. . Stop at food hotels or rent a cottage for the sum mer if you prefer. Oood fishing, booting and camping, and affording immediate relief to those suffering from Hay Fever. Tbe heart of this delightful vacation land is located along the Northern Pacific and Minnesota & International Rys 8plendid train service to the thousands of lakes in this cool, picturesque vacation spot, ' Bead for free copy of "Mlaaeeeta Lake" book let containing detailed information regarding fares, hotels, rates and facilities, etc - E. D. ROCKWELL, D. P. A. 212 Century Bldg., Des Moines, la. a V .(ft .al1XJ II r1" d "F- Z . , - ' ' 1 J