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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1917. fTHE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATE VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. PBOPRIETOB Entered1 t Omasa poirtoffleo as iw4lm matter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Br Carrier Br Mall v 1 ' per month Daily ami Stindar 6 Daily without Sunday ,..,..4oe Evening and Sunday see..... Eimimi WIIBHt OMIHWJ .........--''----- - Sunday Bee only "?; Vtaee Daily and Sunday Bee, three yeara in advenee. ' Send notice of nane of address or Irresmlaritj Is e livery to Omaha Bee, Cirenlation Deportment. per rr .so.ov . 4.o0 4.00 REMITTANCE Remit hy draft, express or poets! order. Only I-eent stomps taken hi payment of email saeounta. Personal eneeas, eaeept on Omaha and aaatarn oachanso. not aeeeptao. , OFFICES Omaha The Bee bufldlnff. Sooth Omaha 2S18 N. street. m Council Bhiffi 14 North Mais street. Linooln 624 Little Bnildhv. Chieavo 818 People's Gas Bnildlne. New York Room IDS, 184 Fifth avenue. ! St Louis 603 New Bank of Commerce. Waahinttos 721 Fourteenth atreet, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Address communication! relating- to news and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. ', - DECEMBER CIRCULATION 53,368 Daily Sunday 50,005 Dwltht WlllUma. circulation manatar of The Bee Poblisfaine company, beinr duly sworn, aaya that the averace eirenution for the month of December, 1914, waa l,4 daUy and 10.005 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manatar. Subscribed in my presence and eworn to before mo this 4tb day of January, 1017. C. W. CARLSON, Notary Fublla. '. Subscribers leaving ths city temporarily . should bar The Baa mailed to tham. Act- dress will be changed aa often aa raquattad. - V ' ' ' - Some legislative bills only clothe i delicste invitation in legal verbiage. ' ,' .It would ' seem that some of. those "Tom" Lawson cartoons were a trifle premature. . A blanket of "the beautiful" a foot deep gives Texas the finishing touch as a resort of winter. The "silent sentinel" of the White House are said to have cold feet. Impossiblel The trail is too hot. ' .' The privilege of having their pictures in the paper is doubtless considered glory enough for those White House suffrage pickets. : The astonishing growth of Omaha bank clear ings emphasizes' the wisdom of recent enlarg ments of local banking houses and facilities. - Living cost steadily 'mounts in the warring countries and distress increases in proportion. Still the well-fed enthusiasts insist that war is a good thmg. Although fly time, is several months away, the presence of several corporation swatters at the state house suggests active support of (he policy of preparedness. ; ; It is evident the Navy department has much to learn about the California coast. It is also evi dent that the Eureka school is too expensive fof permanent results. . ' the best way to expedite the count in the election is to shorten the ballot by cutting out the offices that are superfluous or can be filled better by appointment If farmers do not want good roads, usable in wet as well as dry weather, the improvement may be deferred, but not defeated. Meanwhile the farmer is the chief loser. . That nervy, Nebraska lawmaker who would regulate coffin bills may get away with It for awhile, provided he la youthful and healthy. Eventually the undertakers will "get him." Despite his failure to boost the newspaper postage, Postmaster General Burleson retains the esteem of the craft. Should occasion arise his picture is assured a place "next to pure reading matter"..- .. ; !,'., u - s ; - r The second round of the legal battle to annul 2-cent passenger rate laws in the west ended like the first in favor of. the states. The decision of Federal Judge Landi gives railroad attorneys the dazed feeling. - . , The new Commercial club regime will have to speed up just the. same to keep ahead of the record of the immediately preceding administra tion, though with the transmitted momentum it should, and doubtless will, do it. Still, the agitation to make the study of Lin coln compulsory in public schools would appeal more strongly, even to those of us whose admira tion for Lincoln is unbounded, if it did not smack so much of book trust promotion. The democratic office holder whose title is attacked for exceeding his campaign expense limit says the corrupt practices act is obscure. What he really means is that he himself is not as good at mathematics as he ought to be. Shafti Aimed at Omaha Hastings Tribune: A couple of Omaha de tectives arrested some "crooked" poker play ers. When it comes to spotting poker players you just have to give it to those Omaha sleuths. Nebraska City Press: The enforcement of promotion m a Dig city is a man's-sized job. Omaha couldn't hope to cone with the situation without help. . It should not object when Gov ernor wevwe oners his service. Xeligh Leader: ' Doua-las countv members in the legislature have started in early to wash their dirty linen, of which they always have a plentiful supply, and It' needs vigorous laundry work. Howell, one of the senators, accuses the other senators from that county of beinsr tools of the corporations, tc. As the, parties involved are all democrats it, does not concern the repub licans except that it takes up the time of the senate to no purpose.- What Howell says about his colleagues may be true, but it is to smile wnen sucn charges, come tfom Howell. Kearney Democrat. The Omaha Bee be. lieves that the liquor laws ousht to he an ar ranged that the up-alley club room and the back door Dooze joints in Umaha be eliminated, while the Omaha World-Herald makes sport of such an act and classes those who would make Omaha, and other Nebraska cities clean of such business as belonging to "boozehounds" and compares the undertaking as a companion of the "bloohound" variety.'' The World-Herald ob jects to anybody smelling of its breath, and per haps after one test the ordeal wouldn't be re peated. The Bee thinks, however, that as the people have voted to have a saloon less state the demands of the people should bo aa well pro tected against the illicit dealing in liquor as it u against tnc violation ol other criminal pro hibttory laws, ". , ... .. . Topheavy Government. In the extract which we have printed from the inaugural of Governor Capper of Kansas he hits the nail of topheavy and extravagant gov ernment squarely on the head in a way just as pertinent for us in Nebraska as for his constitu ency in Kansas. It is so self-evident that we are governed too much, or rather have too much gov erning machinery, that further demonstration is unnecessary. As Governor Capper says, the mul tiplication and complication of unnecessary boards, commissioners and officers charged with the conduct of public affairs would never be tol erated for an instant in private business and there is no good reason why the state and county and city should cling to wasteful and obsolete systems and refuse to adopt modern labor-saving, time expediting and money-economizing methods. Nebraska's state house is about as board-ridden and commission-ridden as it well could be and yet we have proposals for more boards and more commissions. Here in Omaha we have four sets of local governments county, city, school district and water district doing busi ness over the same territory and for the same people on money coming out of the same pock ets. We seem nnable to realize that the high cost of living and the high cost of government are closely related and every merger of governing authorities is offset by the creation of new of There is no doubt that if we could have the machinery of our state and local governments recast and rebuilt on efficiency lines we could save for the tsxpayers at least half of their money or, rather, give them 100 cents of return for every dollar for which they now get only SO cents value. Why, then, should we wait until the load becomes unbearable before setting about in earnest to lighten it? No Mooching on the Land Bank. , It isn't a very pleasant commentary on Ameri can ways of doing business that the farm loan banks should be made the subject of a bit of questionsble manipulation before even the first one is opened for business. Through the undue enterprise of a surety bond company the new in stitution is already made the subject of solicita tion of its agents to inveigle themselves into bsnk positions, the effect of which must excite Invidious comment Member Norris of the board very promptly has rebuked the energetic execu tive of the company in question, and it is hardly likely that more will be heard from that source. However, the incident calls attention to the ne cessity of local organizations exercising extreme vigilance, that they be relieved from even the sus picion of graft in getting the machinery ready for operation. Machinations of private corporations to turn the farm loan banks even indirectly to their own profit if successful would hardly popu larize these institutions when discovery is made. ' Organised Agriculture in Nebraska. One of the most notable assemblages of the season is now gathered at Lincoln, a meeting of farmera and scientists, who will discuss farming in all ita branches and ramifications. It is through such methods the stste has been brought to the forefront in both quality and quantity of its production. The Nebraska farmer is not only progressive, but is aggressive as well. He doesn't hesitate to experiment, nor to apply knowledge gained through another's experience. A' great college of agriculture is maintained by the state i- l I J . I . i . C: tur rcacsrtn snu development worx, ana scien tists there and in the field are continually en gaged on the farmers' problems, not only to im prove the breed, bnt to increase i the yield, and the great industry has gained immensely through this service, -. '. - The present session amounts to a clinic in every department of the farm's complex activi ties, and from it must come benefit' to all. A noteworthy feature of the gathering will be the preaence of a large delegation of farmera from the northwestern part of the state, who travel in a specially chartered Pullman train. These men come from a county that thirty years ago grew little but tumble weed and bunch grass. Their present prosperity is but a small evidence of the advance in Nebraska within a generation. This is the land of opportunity, and nobody re alizes it more fully than the Nebraska farmer. ' Organizing a New Congress -Edgar C. Snyder WaahUf tea Csmapaadent af The Bee For the fifth time in the history of congress the office of clerk of the house of representatives becomes of supreme political importance. No party has a majority in the house-elect of the Sixty-fifth congress. The process of organi zation of the new house must begin with the clerk of the present house presiding until a speaker is elected. By time-honored practice fashioned after the rule of the British Parliament, the clerk in the next former congress takes the chair and holds it until the speaker is chosen. That prac tice, with one exception, has been followed in the American house ever since the first congress. The Legislature of 1907. Our democratic friends down at Lincoln are talking of imitating the example of the legisla ture of 1907,: They couldn't pick a better model. That legislature, controlled in both branches by republicans, made a record which still stands without equal in Nebraska history. Its mem bers were elected on a platform of definite prom ises, and it redeemed each promise in order. Every pledge made before election was enacted into law,1 and each law was signed by a republi can governor, and when the aession was ended it was with a clean slate. Reformatory laws then pasaed hive stood the test of the courts,-are still on the books, and citizens of Nebraska have the benefit of them. This legislature, however, was bitterly assailed by the democrats, who even to day claim credit for legislation then passed by republicans. The lawmakers of today can do no better than to emulate the example of those of 1907. Only the shifty politicians will consider the likelihood of being overtaken by the ingrati tude of the people, as were the legislators who made up that body, now coming to be recog nized as the best of its kind the state ever knew. A joint commission of city and state experts recently advised the governor of the Empire state and the mayor of New York City what steps were necessary to check the rising cost of living. Mean while a state tax commission is devising meana of raisins more revenue to meet a state kri. of $80,000,000. Thus while one body searched for sources ot economy the other plans to reach the saving. The dear public gets the hammer both ways. . , A Philadelphia nreacher favored with mM. information told the Ministerial association that "the proportion of women to men in heaven is about three to one. nossiblv five to one." Thin semi-official census bears out the conclusion of a peppery wife who visited heaven in her dreams. "Did you see me there?" asked the humble minor half. "Yea, yon were there then I knew h was a dream." One man objects to the nenaltv vtem r enforcing promptness in paying electric lighting Bins, l he same penalty, however, is incorporated in water bills, gas bills. teleDhone bills, ire, kill. and milk bills. Why should the prompt-pay patron have to chip in to carry the slowjiay man? 1 hat is one place where private business ran well emulate the public service company. Congress had been running along smoothly for fifty years on this understanding when, in 1839, a house was elected which was politically so heterogeneous a mass that just what were the duties of the clerk as presiding officer came seri ously into question. The first clerk to be en tangled by difficulty was Hugh A. Garland of Vir ginia in the Twenty-sixth congress 1839. A house had been elected without any party hav ing a majority, the parties then contending for power being whigs and democrats. It proved to be the most disorderly and uncontrollable house that had met in the history of congress. Gar land, who had been clerk in the preceding con gress, according to .custom, took the chair at the opening of the Twenty-sixth congress and proceeded to call the roll. The call had got as far as the state of New Jersey, when the clerk stopped, calling attention to the fact that the claims of five of the seats from that state were in dispute and saying it was for the house to decide what action should be taken as to them. The members of the house had been expecting trouble over New Jersey's representation. That state had a law providing for the election of its six members en block, the six receiving the high est number of votes being elected. It had been a very close election, with both whigs and demo crats claiming victory and charging fraud against each other. , One party brought certificates from the governor and the other certificates from the secretary of state. The whigs had the governor, and when the clerk failed to call the names of the five members who had the governor's certifi cates there was an angry protest from the house whigs. The clerk .refused to proceed until the noose aectaeu tne quesuon lor useii. i ne demo crats were quite as insistent and vehement as the whigs, charging fraud and declaring the clerk had no right to yield to the dictation of the whigs. Thereupon arose a long and acrimonious debate as to the duties of the clerk. It continued ten days, at times it was characterized by the wild est disorder. The sergeant-at-arms was kept busy with his mace, trying to restore order and pre vent members from riotous conduct. Words led to blows and there were not a few fisticuff fights. It was the venerable John Quincy Adams, then in his seventy-second year and serving his third term in the nouse since he had been president, who led the way to a settlement ;. Eloquently re buking the house for the conduct which destroyed its usefulness he ventured to put a question to it which called for a vote. Representative R. Barn well Rhett of South Carolina offered a resolution that Mr. Adams preside until a speaker was elected. The resolution was adopted, and that after some days of debate led to the election ol Robert M. T. Hunter (democrat) of Virginia, who had evinced a fair disposition toward the whigs, on the eleventh ballot.'' t- The next close contest over the. organization of the house occurred in the Thirty-first congress, when Clerk Thomas J. Campbell of Tennessee had to preside and Robert C Winthrop of Massachu setts was chosen speaker, and again in the Thirty fourth congress, when Clerk John W. Forney of Pennsylvania . presided until Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachusetts, was chosen speaker. .Another political conglomerate composed t.he house., The whig party was about to break up, the repub licans were growing and northern and southern democrats were at odds, though together they had a plurality of the strength. Banks was finally elected after a struggle from early in December until (February 1. The next and last great strug gle over organization, and the most seriously ex citing to the entire country was in the Thirty sixth congress, When James C Allen of Illinois had to preside as clerk until a choice of speaker. In -each of the 'last prolonged contests for speaker over a hundred different members re ceived votes in the balloting. In the Thirty sixfh over half the members were voted for. A resolution to vote for ail the members alphabeti cally to try out their strength was seriously con sidered. One member thought the house ought to resolve to have no light fuel or food until a speaker was elected. On January 30 John Sher man, the republican candidate, who had been re ceiving the votes of his party all along,' while the democrats were voting for first one and then an other of their leaders, withdrew. On February 1 William Pennington (republican), who had been governor of New Jersey, was elected speaker. Then the much-tried clerk, James C Allen, found relief. It was some time in April before the other officers of the house were elected. It is a singu lar fact that Pennsylvania have held the office of clerk during half the life of congress, with Kentucky next in possession. ,. '; 'South Trimble, present clerk, due to preside at the opening of the next congress, should ap proach the ordeal with no misgivings. He has been three terms a member of the house and has had an experience presiding over a legisla tive body amid tragically troublous times un equaled by any living man. He was speaker of the Kentucky legislature during the Goebel con test for governor, when not only Goebel lost his life by assassination, but within a month over thirty men were killed in and around the state capital, when the state militia backed by 2,500 armed mountaineers, sworn to prevent Goebel's seating, precipitated a period that tried the souls of all Kenfuckians. Speaker Trimble so well ac quitted himself that his people elected him to congress. Retiring at the end of his third term he was elected clerk in the Sixty-second con gress, a post in which he has more than met the expectations of his democratic supporters and won, the approbation of all parties. ( Whether Derk Trimble will succeed himself largely depends upon himself. Barring death Or resignation he will be confronted with a house composed of 215 democrats, 21S republicans and five belonging to neither party. The five not elected by either party and who defeated regu larly nominated candidates of both parties are A. V. Fuller, Ninth Massachusetts, independent republican; Thomas D. Schall, Tenth Minnesota, progressive; Meyer London, Twelfth New York, socialist; Charles R. Randall, Tenth California, prohibitionist, and Whitmell P. Martin, Third Louisiana, a "progressive protectionist." According to expectations of the leaders of the two parties it is regarded as likely that Schall and Fuller will support the republicans, while London and Randall will vote with the demo crats. So the question arises and will grow in importance, what course will Martin take? What "Judge Martin," as he is familiarly called, will do he has not given the slightest indi cation, nor is there any hint as to what side will have his vote on the election of speaker and the subsequent organization. The republicans earn estly point to the fact that he has a serious grudge against the democrats and that as given in his biography in the Congressional Directory, he is the "first non-democratic congressman to be sent from Louisiana in pver twenty-five years." On the other hand, democrats claim that Judge Martin, coining of democratic antecedents, from a district and state overwhelmingly democratic, and himself long a democrat, will not likely depart from affiliation in their hour of need with his former party associates.- Thus the office of clerk, held by Mr. Trimble, assume a power and sig nificance it has not had occasion to exercise in nearly sixty years. i ' Health Hint for the Day. Anltoxin la practically a sure pre ventive of diphtheria after expo sure If given at any time before the disease is manifest and in large doses an almost sure eure If given within the first few hours after the develop ment of diphtheria. One Year Ago Today In the War. British artillery bombarded French city of Lille, In possession ot Ger mans. Germans for the first time reported fighting side by side with Turks in Persia. Reinforced Russian columns pushed new offensive against Turks In Cau casus along a 100-mile front Italian artillery increased Its activ ity against Monte San Michele and the bridgeheuds of Tolmlno and Gorlzia. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Hon. W. R. Vanghan, who has been a resident of Council Bluffs for the last eighteen years, during which time he was mayor for five years, has re moved with his interesting family to Omaha. Mrs. Vaughan Is a sister of P. C. De Vol of the wholesale hard ware firm of Rector, Wilheimy & Co. of this city. Mr. Vaughan is one of the most enterprising men alive, is way up in secret and benevolent or ganizations and will succeed In any venture that he may engage In. George H. Hagen of Fort Smith, who has been assigned to take charge of the signal service hers, has arrived in the city and is stopping at the Mer chants. The Eastern Omaha Land company Bled articles of incorporation with the county clerk, the incorporators being G. W. Holdrege, H. W. Yates, L. H. Tower and R. C. Cushing, associating themselves together with a. capital stock of 1250,000 for the purpose of buying and improving land in Doug las county, Nebraska, and Pottawat tamie county, Iowa. William McCague and C E. Mayne are selling Benson lots, to which street cars will run before fall. The Omaha Toboggan club is plan ning to give a great carnival In cos tume on the toboggan slide. The ladies will be carried to the slide In a large sleigh. The slide Is Illumi nated every night and there are al ways some of the members sliding, ex cept on Sundays. This Day In History. 1796 First patent for machine for heading and cutting nails granted to Jacob Perkins of Neyburyport, Mass. 1809 Sir John Moore.kllled at bat tle of Corunna between the British and French. , ; - 1815 -General Henry. W. Hallack, chief commander of the federal arm ies during an early period of the eivil war, born at Westerville, N. Y. Died In Louisville January 9, 1872. 1817 Alexander J. Dallas, secre tary of the treasury under Madison, died at Trenton, N. J. Born in Jamaica, West Indies, June 21, 1759. V.1838 Lord Durham was appointed governor general of Canada, with spe cial powers for dealing with rebel lion. ... ' 1855 First territorial legislature of Nebraska convened at Omaha. 1865 Edward Everett orator and statesman, died In Boston, Born at Dorchester, Masa, April 11, 1794. 187 A bill passed both houses of congress providing for the admission of Colorado to statehood. (Vetoed by President Johnson.) 1890 Dr. Lyman Abbott was in stalled as pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn. . - - 1900 Dawson City, Klondyke, al most destroyed by fire. 1910 Widespread boycott of meat was started at Washington by Anti Food Trust league. 1912 President Taft warned the Cuban 'government that the United States would intervene if the military continued to Interfere in I political affairs. , The Day We Celebrate. William H. Thomas, the real estate and loan man, has a birthday today. He was born in Utah in 1857 He is recognized as one of the beet experts on real estate values in Omaha. Rt Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest sec ond Baron Wimborne, the present lord lieutenant of Ireland, born forty three years ago today. Robert W. Service, who has been named "the poet of the Yukon" and "the Kipling of the Arctio world," born at Preston, England, forty-one years ago today. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, one of the most noted actors of the Eng lish and American stage, born in Lon don sixty-four years ago today. Rear Admiral Charles D. Slgsbee, IT. S. N retired, who commanded the battleship Maine when it was de stroyed at. Havana, born at Albany, N. Y., seventy-two years ago today. George V. Hobart well known as author and playwright, born at Cape Breton, N. S., fifty years ago today. J. Ersklne Mayer, pitcher of the Philadelphia National league base ball team, born at Atlanta, Ga., twenty six years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today is the centennial anniversary of the death of Alexander J. Dallas, who was secretary of the treasury un der Madison and father of the famous "United States bank." Republicans of New Jersey will gather in force today at Trenton for the inauguration of Governor Walter K. Edge and the other state officials chosen In November. The Inauguration of Governor James E. Ferguson, marking the beginning of his second term as chief executive of Texas, will take place today at Austin. The Board of Health of New York City today will put into effect an or der prohibiting the practice of "bloat ing" oysters, which is estimated to coBt the consumers many thousands of dollars yearly. . . , . Storyette of the Day. The family ware having guests to dinner, and 6-year-old Edward had his supper alone and was sent to bed somewhat earlier than usual. The ap petising aroma of roast turkey, in which he had not shared, reached him as he lay awake pondering over his hard fate, and he decided to descend to the dining room and claim his rights. But when father, beholding the small figure at the door, demanded sternly, "Well, sir, what do you want?" Edward's courage fell, and he answered apologetically, "I just came to see if you would lend me a bone when you're through with It" New York Times. Weaaea tal Hailaad. The Dutch lower . obaatoer has voted to make women eligible to, membenhlp la the Statea-General. , Hits a Responsive Chord. Manley, Neb., Jan. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: I notice the arti cle In The Bee, "What Are We Do ing?" That is what I say, and the man who wrote that wrote the truth. I was in the army in 1863, and well remember that time. If we could have had President Jackson or Presi dent Lincoln as president the last four years I know we would have nothing now to feel ashamed of. I voted for Wilson four years ago. but did not this last time, and It is my opinion that a aroodly number now wish they had a good kicking machine so they could j give themselves a good kicking. Yours on "Government and Good Roads" I think Is fine and to the point. 1 came to Nebraska in 1890 and I am sure the roads in this section were kept up better under the system of that period than they are now. What Is done with the $350,000 now paid in as auto license? The letter by Frank A. Agnew deals with a subject that we should all write about. If the fourteenth amendment to our con stitution gives the negro the right to vote I say it Is time we, who want to be law-abiding people, should see that they get their rights. I like your paper and close with re spects. W. B. ESSICK. Plan of the League to Enforce Peace. New York, Jan. 11. To the Editor of The Bee: When a movement as vital as the League to .Enforce Peace is seen to be sweeping over the coun try, it is to be expected that doubters, objectors and maligners will arise. But would it not be a good plan if the league's opponents, before becom ing vocal or rushing into print, should read the twenty-two words In the league's preamble, the 164 words con tained in its four proposals and the sixty-five words adfied as the official Interpretation of article III. Thus in the senate last week'no less a statesman than Senator Borah was moved to say: - "Suppose the United States and Ar gentina and some of the nations of Europe enter into a league to enforce peace, and let us suppose that Ar gentina and one of the governments of Europe disagree in one of their dis putes and Argentina refuses to sub mit its dispute tq an international trib unal or to a council of conciliation. Under the doctrine of the League to Enforce Peace we would not only have agreed that the European nations could come here and get into war with Argentina, but If we were called upon we would have to Join with our army and navy to enforce the matter against Argentina." This, of course,, is a misstatement of the league's position. Article III of the platform, as interpreted by the executive committee, reads as follows: "The signatory powers shall jointly use forthwith .their economic forces against any of their number that re fuses to submit any question which arises to an international Judicial trib unal or council of conciliation before issuing an ultimatum or threatening war. They shall follow this by the Joint use of their military forces against that nation If it actually pro ceeds to Invade another's territory." It follows, therefore, that if Argen tina refuses to refer Its dispute with a European power to an international tribunal or council of conciliation, the other members of the league will not make war, but "forthwith use their economic forces" against it Indeed, they will not proceed against Argen tina at all with their military forces unless Argentina actually makes war on the European power. Of course, if it submits its case to a court or council and then is dissatisfied with the decision or recommendation it can then make war without any resist ance whatsoever by the league. A more flagrant misstatement of the position of the - League to Enforce Peace is made by Mr. Roosevelt in his diatribe against the league in the February Metropolitan magazine. Says he: "The proposals ot this league vary somewhat from time to time; but in their essence they , are that nations shall arbitrate all questions and that they shall agree to enforce the de crees of the arbitral court by war." In the first place, the league's pro posals have not beenehanged one iota since their adoption uX Independence hall, Philadelphia, June 17, 1915. In the second place, there is no propo sal whatsoever "to enforce the decrees of the arbitral court by war." The proposal Is not even to enforce a refer ence to the court or council of con ciliation by war. The only time that force can be invoked by the league is when the league proceeds against a nation that goes to war without first submitting its case to a court or coun cil of conciliation. The League to Enforce Peace en forces delay. - It does not enforce a Judgment. Is any American states man unwilling to have the United States go that far? HAMILTON HOLT, . Vice Chairman Executive Com mittee League to Enforce. Peace. LAUGHING GAS. "Aa I wm croNtlng the bridge the ttawr (iny," uald An Irishman, "I met Pat O'Brien. O'Brien,' nay a I, 'how are you?' 'Pretty well, thank you, Brady aaya. "Brady," aaya I, 'that's not my name. 'Faith, aaya he, 'and mine's not O'Brien.' With that we agin looked at each other an' aure enough it waH naylhor of ua." Boston Transcript, Raggsey Hey! You won't get nothln' worth eatlrV In that place. Dey'a vege tarians. Hungry lllggtna U dat right? Raggsey Teh, an' dey got er dog wot ain't. Louisville Courier-Journal. "I hear the coal barons are again rais ing! rig prices." "That's foolish. The public are road enough as It Is. and this continual raising of coal only adds fuel to the flames." Baltimore American. I am $h$ to tfcSEfrr My N M0FNlN(r,SOME THE HtfT ? HOT IH fOUR TROUSERS ftcKST -5H6'LU KNOW ABOUT IV BEFORE LEAVE "There seems to be more business about, the seaside resorts than about the moun tains. ' How do you explain It?" "I guess it is because things are dull now and then In the mountains, but there i always more or leas booming of the sea." Baltimore American. She Do you think it will be all right for us after we are married to settle a couple of squares away fro my family? He I was going to say a coup la of states. Dallas News. Bill Isn't nature kind 7 Jill What now? "See how dark It's getting. ; " "Well, then what?" "I have to pass my tailor's on my way home." Tonkers Statesman. "I want a dog for my suburban place, bat not one to get Into mlachlef. Do you know what kind of dog la apt mora than another to steal eggs?" "No, I don't, but I suppose, it to a setter." Baltimore American. Babson Why do you always take- a taxi home from the club nights? Blbbler When X arrive at my door and learn how much the fare is, it sobers me Instantly. -Boston Transcript THE BAGGAGE MAN. Washington Star. We often blame the baggage man And say he lifts a trunk For fun, aa high up as he ran,' Then lets 'er fall, kerplunk! Tet patiently he harries 'round Amid the dust and gloom. Until at last- your things are found Down in the baggage room. He uses brains and muscle, too, To save the luggage fine; Likewise the boxes, far from new, Made shut with paste and twine, j He sees a glad procession go, , But never Joins the throng, -far he must hustle, there below, To help the crowd along. He asks no praise, he fears no blame. When weary tempers flare, He does his duty just the same,. And handles 'em with care, ' When work Is done, for mild repose, A comic page he'll scan; And 'mongst the gibes he reads are those About the baggage man. Otol Fire Sale A Great Success The $20,000 fire sale, which started at 'the Owl Drug Co. Monday Morning, was a howling success, as the store was packed all day Monday, and goods ware carried out by the annfuls. We shall continue the sale today (Tuesday), and possibly through Wednes day until every bottle and package of fire singed or smoke-smelling goods are closed out. Ask anyone who attended this sale what they think of the bargains obtained. Nothing was sold for over half price, and much at one-third regular price, and in some instances less than this. There were thousands of items, and are still hundreds left. Come today or tomorrow if you wish to avail yourself of these really, truly bargains. Sherman & McConnell Drug Company The Owl Store. 16th and Harney. T .1. lrytnis easy- way to clear your skin with esinol Soap Bathe yoor face for several minutes with Resinol Soap and warm water, working the creamy lather into the skin gently with the finger-tips. Then wash off with more Resinol Soap and warn water, finishing with a dash of clear cold water to close the pores. Do this once or twice a day, and you will be astonished how quickly the healing, antiseptic Resinol medication soothes and cleanses the pores, lessens the tendency to pimples, and leaves the . complexion clear, fresh end velvety. If the skin is in bad condition through neglect or an unwise use of cosmetics, apply a little Resinol Oint ment and let it remain on ten min utes before the final washing with Resinol Soap. Resinol Suepetmtainenri hirth, injuriotte alkali, and U not anindaily colored, ita rich brown beinc entirelr dae to the Resinol balesms ia it. Sold brail druniltsand deslcrl in toilet roods. 'PAysicians haet prescribed Resmti Ointment for over twenty y tan in the treatment of skin andtcitip affection.