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V THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY flJORNING)-EVENING SUWDA Y FOUNDED BY EOWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROFglKTOB. Entered at Omaha postoffiea M aacond-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Br Cams, J Mall Dsn, ina Smd,, .. MUk fsr m. M.t Dail, wltanat Bandar.. & " Caning and Sanda, "Me S.OS Braitng wusaos Suada, -Me - , andaf Has aal, "BBS - t.M nallr and Suana, Baa. tlN. run a, advaana ..l..ta Band nothw of etoanca af addraM or Imcttlartty aaUfao; SS Oaaaa Baa ataalatloB Daaanaanit. BFHITTANCE- Resdt a, dnfi. aimaai or aortal ordar. Only $ wail I aarmtat of small aeooqma Panoaal aaacaa, aaoast OHtcia wensnfa. aet aeesMea. OFFICES. OBSka-Tna Bar TMMInf. Caluiaa Paoiari Oaf MaOaf. Boats Omana S31S N L tfsw Tor M TWb Arc Oxnrtl Blnffs M n. Mala St. it. bale Haw BTl of Coorakaraa Unmte Utll. BalUttai. WseUaatna laK K . CORRESPONDENCE, tau ralulni to Bawl and Oaiaba Baa aVUlorial Deramnwit. DECEMBER CIRCULATION 53,368 Daily Sunday 50,005 Imn etrulallan for thi aswa nbsortass and nrara to b, DwKU WtUiaaM. Clmilatioa Manlier. Subscribers loawtaf Ik cttr sJaaedJ hae Tha Baa) aaaiM ta tana. AdeVeee chnnvW as aftaa aa niaailal The horrors of war multiply aa the shooting proceeds. England is going on half rations of beer. A league to enforce peace among American suffragists appears equally in the interest ol humanity. The film-makers complain that the movie stars take all the profits. That's why they are movie stars. ' Opportunity can dispense with the knock, so far as makers and vendors of soft drinks are concerned. The glad hands of both classes already extend the welcome. . ' v The sad fact that Mr. Bryan has come out in opposition to the president's peace proposals just brings our amiable democratic contemporary to tears only they are crocodile tears. The latest inning for the freedom of the North sea once more ties the score. Unless greater speed for a decision it shown presently the bleachers may demand rain checks. Now, if the charge were that office stenogra phers, rather than publicschool teachers, were selected largely for "charm of face and figure," there would be no such indignant outburst ' German commentators on President Wilson' utterances insist that if bis plan fails he must take side with one of the belligerent. Anyone with this jidea In hit-head ha another guess. If anyone is excited over the imminence of the coming grand jury, the excitement is not visible on the surface. What was the special business which demanded the calling of a grand jury at this time, anyway? The distinguished visitor who is urging re ligious instruction in our public schools should have his attention called to the constitution of Nebraska. Whatever may be permissible in other places, no mixture of church and school is pos sible here. :;' . : If Nebraska is to have a constitutional con vention, why should the legislature bother now with constitutional amendments? Or put it the other way: If the legislature is to inbmit amend ments to bring ttie constitution up-to-date, why bother with a convention? . Shortening the ballot by half would accom plish the object better than doubling the elec tion boards. Reduce the number of cross-marks to reasonable limits and the counting will take care of itself. For proof, recall our municipal election in which we vote for just seven city commissioner. ;' Solon of the Nutmeg state propose a license system for newspaper writers, designed to ele ' vate the qualifications of the profession and check the speed of inventive imaginations. Ever since local talent put the con in Connecticut the humbled Nutmeggers longed for just such , a chance to retrieve their reputation. Under the inspiring influence of "Mrs. Speaker," the Oregon assembly dispatched busi ness in proper form, while the members dis pensed with the pipe, the cigar and cigaret. Apart from other considerations; the influence in sup pressing smoke smudges in itself constitutes an appealing reason for encouraging woman's par ticipation in public meetings and affairs. The Bee owes an evening contemporary an apology, which h hereby publicly tenders. By one of those unexplainabte typographical errors ine name oi senator atone ot Missouri was made to appear in an Associated Press dispatch in The Bee as "Senator Strong.'' Of course the c. c. was not supposed to be aware of the mis spelling when it stole the dispatch bodily and reprinted it, mistake and all Aa such theft, how ever, is a daily occurrence, we know it behooves us to be all the more careful. - , Built on Bee Lines Hastings Tribune: The Omaha Bee i right when it says that the agitation to make the study of the life of Abraham Lincoln compulsory in our public schools would be better received if it did not smack so much of the book trust. Kearney ' Hub: A woman writing to The Omaha Bee demands the abolition of the pool hall as "a greater nuisance than the saloon," but faiis.to suggest any substitute as a place of com munity recreation. There are already too many "thou shah nots," with rarely "thou mayest" as a countersign ot numan fellowship. Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee remarks that "our democratic friends down at Lincoln are talking of imitating the example of the legisla ture of 1907," which was a republican legislature, and the most noticeable body that ever assembled in the state. The Bee's conclusion that "they couldn't pick a better model" docs not need cor roboration. Nebraska Olf Press: The Omaha Bee, one of the pioneers in the movement for good roads in Nebraska, says someone is accusing it of try ing to dictate how roads should be built in this state. . The Bee should worrv: likewise, it miirht be a good idea for someone to dictate in the matter. There is a unanimity of opinion about roads, but very few people can agree on just how they should be built. Also, some people are nrobahlv sincere in the hrlirf that IImu should not interfere and put federal money for roau iiuu me states. . Discussing Wilson" Peace Plans. Senators of the United States have tacitly agreed not to devote any of the precious remain ing time to formal discussion of the proposals made in the peace address of President Wilson. This decision will be applauded by the country at large, for it will permit more careful consid eration of the really vital matters that must be given attention between this time and the 4th of March. Not that universal peace I not of prime importance to the United States, for it is, but the question as presented in the president's address is not immediately pressing. In course of the informal discussion before the senate on the Cummins resolution, before it was sent to the calendar, several serious obstacles to the course suggested for this country were brought to view. These were not presented in a spirit of narrow partisanship, but to indicate the difficulties that must be overcome before the United States can enter ' on the program of beneficent activity hinted at by Mr. Wilson. Even should the senate be willing to co-operate with the president, and under the constitution the senate is the real treaty-making power of this country, it is yet needed that agreement be reached on a number of details that will be troublesome unless settled in advance. In good season the debate will come, and the public will be enlightened on the actual methods of securing peace and how far the United States can safely become involved in European politics. Just Retting Not Abandoned. President Calvin of the Union Pacific ay he has not yet had the demand for a new Union depot for Omaha put up to him. It' coming. Mr. Csrrinl Be advised that the respite granted is merely to afford you time to become familiar with the present inadequate passenger accommo dations and to acquire a state of preparedness for a favorable answer. Be assured, too, that the people of Omaha give the railroads converg ing here the credit of good intentions and a will ingness to treat this city as well as they do other cities in which they have terminals, but they also know that it would be unprecedented for Omaha to get a new Union depot without first exerting pressure to convince the railroads not only that we are entitled to it, but that we must have it and will not rest content without it At least, we know that has been the experience elsewhere. There is a new Union depot on Omaha' little list and it expect to place a check-mark against it oon. , f Plaint of the "Movie" Makers, Testimony by a' leader among the maker of moving picture film that the "stars" get all the earnings of the industry indicates the predicament in which the producer find themselves as a result of their own methods. Recently it has been the custom of these purveyors of public amusement to vaunt the enormous cost of production and the extravagant prices paid to popular favorite for performing before the camera. American have outstripped all peoples in the way of lavishing money reward on all whose talent or ability for the time holds popular fancy, but no other entertainers have yet approached the figures attained by the moving picture aristo crats. Adelina Parti, blessed above all women in voice and business ability, is famed for her $5,000 a performance, but she never got within shouting distance of Charley Chaplin's $720,000 a year. All future ages will pay tribute to Edwin Booth and Tomaso Salvini for their heaven-sent geniui, bnt neither of these approached the earthly reward that is pouring in on Douglas Fairbanks. Extension of this list of comparison it possible, but of little service. The jingle of the nickels and dime in the box at the moving picture theater is the source of th golden stream from which comes comfort and luxury to the fortunate one whose names bring million daily to watch the shadow on the screen. Just now the patrons of the "movies" do not want pictures or stories they demand "stars," and the producers must give them star or see them turn to some other form of amusement The man who will be successful above hi fel lows is the one who will be ready with) the new plaything when the public tires of ft present toy. Passing Around the "Pork." President Wilson's monitory visit to congress last week has some effect, at least In accelerating the movement of the legislative mill. Within two hour one of the "fattest" pork-barrel bills ever put through was passed by the house and sent over to the senate. It appropriates $38,000,- 000 in round numbers for sites and federal build ings throughout the country. Of this sum $99,000 is allotted to Nebraska, most of it for buildings at the Genoa Indian school. Specific instances of the profligate waste of public money in these omnibus measure have frequently been given, but no amount of pro test ha served to shame the present congress into foregoing its grab at the treasury. On the morning that bill was passed the deficit in the United States treasury for the fiscal year 1917 stood at $145,744,30675, more than two and one half times the deficit for the preceding year. Re member, too, that the present democratic admin istration has shown a deficit in the treasury for each year it has been in office. Some items of the bill puzzle the student to determine by what rule the democrats distribute their favors. For example: The bill carries $5,000 to purchase a building site at Baxley, Ga., and $1,500,000 for a site at Boston. This is $2.02 per head for Boston and $6 per head for Baxley. On the volume of business done, if the Baxley item of $5,000 is correct then Boston should have $1,822,500,000, the postal business at Boston being just 1,215 times as large as that done at Baxley, Think how proud each of the 945 citizens of Las Vegas, Ncv., will be as they point to the $5,000 postoffice Uncle Sam is going to put up there. And in Susanville, Cal., a bustling, teem ing center of 688 souls, $10,000 will be expended on a federal building. West Palm Beach., Fla. where the "tiger" is said to have his lair, is to get $10,000 also for a postoffice, to be principally used by those who fall in the "jungles" to write home for money. This list might be easily extended. Its beauty ia heightened by the knowledge that closely fol lowing it through the house is proceeding a bill to authorize a floating indebtedness of $100,000,000 and a bond issue of $289,000,000. Internal revenue returns suggest a new twist in national patriotism. Despite the vast increase in the dry area last year, the consumption oi liquors reached record proportions. Patriotic wets must have made up the dry deficit 'with alt the enthusiasm evolved by a spirit of self-sacri fice. Railroads Here and Abroad -Naw York Time Althoueh receivine the lowest freight rates of the railways of any country except one, the railroads of the United States receive the highest oassensrer rates of the railways of any country, with two exceptions. At the same time the American carriers pay the highest wages in the world, with the one exception of the railroads of western Australia. The only country in which the freight rates are lower than in the United States is India, where the cost of labor is very small, and in western Australia, the only country where the wages are higher than in America, the freight rates are almost twice what they are in this country. These facts are shown in a study of a bulletin issued by the bureau of railway eco nomics, giving comparative statistics of the rail ways of the United States and of thirty-eight for eign countries, representing something like seven eights of the world's railway mileage. The most striking fact shown by the bureau's compilation is the low freight rate in the United States as compared with the rates -of other coun tries, considering the high wages in the United States, the cost of labor being the greatest item in the cost of railroad operation. The average receipts per ton miles on the railroads of this country is .729 cent, about 60 per cent of the roads of the principal European countries. India, the only country to have a lower rate, has a rate of .7 cent. Brazil has the highest rate, 7.03 cents. Canada's average rate .758 cent while in most other countries the freight rates are two and three times as much as those received in this country. Following are some of the receipts per'ton mile, expressed in cents: Austria, 1.508; Denmark, 2.113; France, 1.183; Germany, 1.244; Hungary, 1215; Japan. .774; Russia, .933; Spain, 2.226; Sweden, 1J73. These figures were taken from European reports for 1913, the last normal year before the war upset things industrial across the Atlantic The averaee vearlv compensation of employes in the United States was given as $756.83. West ern Australia the only country with a higher . - j -. i t aonn in - wage rate, paia us rauruau cmpiuyca .pow.wv year. In Germany the average was $408.97; in Holland, $341.52; in Italy, $376.81; in Austria, $335.90; in Russia, $211.40. Japan pays the lowest railroad wage, with an average of $112.56 a year for each employe. The average European wage is shown to be about half of what is paid in this country. .. The capitalization per mile in the United States ranks very low in comparison with that in other countries. The bureau's compilation f;ive these capitalization figures for some of the arger countries: United States, $65,861; Austria, $122,053; Belgium, $216,143; Canada, $56,065; France, $150,439; Germany, $120,049; Japan, $88, 633; Russia, $86,968; United Kingdom, $274,027. In commenting upon the comparisons by the bureau, the Railway Age Gazette says: "The principal economies in operation in this country which have made possible practically the lowest freight rates in the worm nave oeen ei fected in the conduct of the freieht service and mainly by increasing the size of the units in which freight is transported. The railroads of the United States handle more freight per year, per train and per mile than the railways of any other country in the world." The average receipts pes passenger mile in the United States are higher than in any other country except Brazil and Cuba. The average rate for the United states is s.uu cents, wniie in Austria the average rate is 1.079, in France, 1.068; in bpatn. 1.5ZZ; in Hungary, .967; Oermany, .908. and Russia. .699 cents. In India the average rate is only .414 cent. In Brazil the average rate per mile is 2.64 cents . and in Cuba 2.86 cents. The reason for the low passenger rates in other countries is, of course, to be found in the differ CHIC 111 1IIC I.UI AVICI V, BMVIV. ' On the Eve of Battle Stuaept-ba-Arms, kt 1 I am not a psychologist and I have not seen many people die in their beds; but ft is established that very few people are afraid of a natural death when it comes to the test A violent death such as death in battle is obviously a different matter. II comes to a man wneu ne, is m inc inn posses sion of his health and vigor, and when every physical instinct is urging him to self-preservation. If a man feared death in such circum stances one could not be surprised, and yet in the present war hundreds of thousands of men have gone to meet practically certain destruction without giving a sign of terror. Their emotions seem to be number. Noises, sights and sensations which would ordinarily produce intense pity, sor row or dread have no effect on them at alt, and vet never was their mind clearer, their sight hear ing, etc, mure atatc dui Willi mc ibsuc uciwc them, with victory or death or the prospect of eternity, their minds blankly refuse to come to imps, it is before an attack mat a man is more liable to fears hf fore his blood is hot, and while he still has leisure to think. The trouble may be gin a day or two in advance, when he is first told of the attack which is likely to mean death to himself and so many of his chums. One in dulges in regrets about the home one may never see again. One is rather sorry for one's self; but such self-pity is not wholly unpleasant. One feels mildly heroic, which is not wholly disagreeable either. Very few men are afraid of death in the abstract. Very few men believe itv hell, or are tortured by their consciences. But as the hour approaches when the attack is due to be launched the strain becomes more tense. The men are probably cooped up in a very small space. Movement is restricted. Matches must not be struck. Voices must be hushed to a whisper. Shells bursting and machine guns rattling bring home the grim reality of the affair. It is then more than at any other time in an attack that a man has to "face the specters of the mind," and lay them if he can. The vast majority experiences more or less violent physical shrinking from the pain of death and wounds, especially when they are ob liged to be physically inactive, and when they have nothing else to think about This kind of dread is, in the case of a good many men, intensi fied by darkness and suspense, and by the deafen ing noise and shock that accompany the detona tion of high explosives. But it cannot properly be called the fear of death, and it is a purely physical reaction, which can be, and nearly always is, controlled by the mind. Last of all there is the repulsion and loathing for the whole business of war, with its bloody ruthlessness, its fiendish ingenuity and its insensate cruelty, that comes to a man after a battle, when the tortured and dis membered dead lie strewn about the trench, and the wounded groan from No-Man's land. But neither is that the fear of death. It is a repulsion which breeds hot anger more often than cold fear, reckless hatred of life more often than abject clinging to ft. But even where men are afraid it is generally not death that they fear. Their fear is a physical and instinctive shrinking from hurt, shock and the unknown, which instinct obtains the mastery only through surprise, or through the exhaustion of the mind and will, or through a man being excessively self-centered. It is not the fear of death rationally considered; but an irrational, physical instinct which all men possess, but which almost all can control. People and Events Chicago's new police chief tells his men: "Make Chicago so disagreeable a place for crim inals that they will stay away." The job prom ises a continuous season of sport. The erstwhile fistic champion. Bob Fitzsim mons, has gone into training at Seattle for a pulpit career, following the example of the late Ben Hagan of Chicago. Bob believes he can put a punch in the preaching business. I TODAY Health Bint for the Day. Do not cut your flnKr nails and toe nails alike: the former should bo cut to follow the outline of the finger but trim your toe nails In a straight line across the ends of the toes, thus preventing pressure on i them by the Bhoea. One Year Ago Today tn the War. Italian trenches at Oslavla captured by Austrlans. British labor voted to support the government's war policy. Parts claimed all of the lost ground at Neuvllle had been recovered. Constantinople again reported a British repulse with "appalling losses. " In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. The Northwestern Electric Lighting company of this city has recently com pleted the erection of a new eteam engine in ita engine house on Twelfth street It Ib of the Corliss make and represents the power of 300 horses. Hlmebaugh & Merriam's old office, on Thirteenth street and the Union Pacific tracks, from which the firm moving a few days ago, waa run into by a backing freight train. The base ment was demolished and the super structure shaken up. The firm has donated the building to the Union Pa cific, who will move ft to Summit and use It aa a depot The following have been admitted to membership In the Board ot Trade: J. a ' Gibson, John B. Evans, D. C. Patterson, John Grant, L. M. Ander son, Joseph Goldsmith, Charles Gold smith, Oscar P. Goodman, John Baumer, j. j. Bums, William Fried and Raye Nye. Mr. and Mrs. D. I Thomas enter tained a party of about seventy-five of their friends at their spacious resi dence on Idaho street The Cretghton Heights syndicate gave an elegant banquet to the A-Number-One real estate firm of Ben awa & Co., and their employes. The office of the Mutual Life In surance company, W. F. Allen, gen eral agent- has been removed from the corner of Fourteenth and Fanuun to 216 South Thirteenth. Arthur Wakeley gave a small din ner party a the club at which the guests were Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Peck, Miss Canute and Miss Sommera. This Day In History. 1710 Lord George Germain, the ir reconcilable foe of America in the cabinet of Lord North during the rev olution, born in England. Died there August 26, 1785. 1823 Dr. Edward Jenner, the dis coverer of vaccination, died in Lon don. Born in Gloucestershire, May 17, 174. 1837 Michigan was admitted into the union, .with Detroit as the state capital. 1863 General Hooker suceeded General Burnside as commander of the army of the Potomac. 186 Holley converter for making Bessemer steel patented. 1880 Lake ot Zurich frozen over for first time In nearly 100 years. 1886 General "Chinese" Gordon, famous English soldier and adminis trator, killed at Khartoum. Born Jan uary St, 183$. Beginning of the great street railway strike in Brooklyn. 1804 Beconciiiation between the German emperor and Prince Bis marck. 1010 The United States Banking company ot Mexico City suspended after a heavy run. 1011 The Canadian reciprocity agreement waa sent to congress by President Tart 1016 Germany seized food supply by official edict The Day We Celebrate. Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester TutUe, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church In the United States, born at Windham, N. Y., 80 years ago today. Frank O. Lowden, the new governor of Illinois, born at Sunrise City, Minn., fifty-six years ago today. Prince August William, fourth son of the German emperor, born at Pots dam, thirty years ago today. Cleveland H. Dodge, New York mer chant and philanthropist born in New York City, fifty-seven years ago today. Right Hon. Thomas McKlnnon Wood, late chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and financial secretary to the British treasury, born In London, sixty-two years ago today. Douglas MacArthur, U. S. A., mili tary censor of the War department born in Arkansas thirty-seven years ago today. George T. Oliver, United States sena tor from Pennsylvania, born in Ire land, sixty-nine years ago today. Thomas Wood Stevens, lecturer on art and president of the American Pageant association, born in Ogle county, Illinois, thirty-seven years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Former President William H. Taft Is to be the guest and principal speak er at a dinner to be given by the Yale club of Bangor, Me. Editors and publishers of Kansas newspapers are to gather at Topeka today for the annual meeting of their state association. A new steamship service between Boston and South American ports is to be Inaugurated today with the sail ing of the steamship Manitowoc from Boston. . The Oregon State Threshermen's as sociation, with a membership of nearly 3,000, Is to meet at Salem, Ore., today for its annual convention. Storyette of the Day. A man traveling in Aialne met a middle-aged farmer, who ' said his father, 00 years old, was still on the farm where he was born. "Ninety years old, eh?" "Yes, pop is eloso to 00." "Is his health good?" " 'Tain't much now. He's been eomptainin' for a few months back." "What's tho matter with him?" "1 dunno; sometimes 1 think fann ln' don't agree with him." Western Christian Advocate. GROUND THE CITIES. St. Joe pays deaerved tributa to the sen erous life work of Jerry Grider, "a friend of the Iriendleaa," who has juit passed away at the age of SO. Grider at. the neara philanthropist of the city. Though a poor man, he shared his meager re sources with the orphans of his rsce and provided homes for many such. Out in Salt Lake City coal dealers Insist there is a great scarcity of coal and deliv eries must Do limited in quantity and to the most urgent cases. At the same time Assistant Manager Rockwell of the Denver a Rio Grande, in an interview, said: "They had more coal in the yards yesterday than they could handle; more coal than they had facilities ta handle." Ski Methods of Constitution Changing. Heartwell, Neb.. Jan. 25. To the Editor of The Bee: The voters of Nebraska put Nebraska "dry." What per cent of the voters will It take to put the state "wet" again and how soon can it be voted again? I have asked this question and some tell me it takes two-thirds of the votes to get it wet again, while others say a ma jority will do. Which is correct? Please enlighten me. A READER OF THE BEE. Note: An amendment adopted by what is called the "initiative" method can be rescinded in precisely the same way, but in this case not before 1920, as the constitution prohibits bringing up the same subject by initiative in the next succeeding election. On the other hand, it Is probable, though not yet Judicially established, that an Initiative could likewise be repealed by the other methods permitted by the constitution namely, the submitting of a rescinding amendment by the legis lature, or by a rescinding section In a new constitution framed by a con stitutional convention. The number of votes required is different In each case. For an Initiated amendment it Is a majority of the votes cast on the nronositlon. which majority vote must also be not less than 85 per cent of the total vote cast at the election. For a legislature-submitted amendment it must be A majority equal to a ma jority of the total vote cast for mem bers of the legislature. For a consti tutional convention-submitted amend ment it must be a majority of those votes for and against the same. ...... -i, it,.,.., tha m. ouestlons which they fill out on the registration blanks, wnai me reiereui-e uui, really does is collect a registration foe ti tn i9 r,n Thev also tell the business men that whether they find you a helper or not, mere is no cost to you. Certainly not, the busi ness men of today are not going to stand by and be robbed, but how about the applicants? wnetner iney gc- ,.nDitinn e.r nnt thfV are OUt their registration fee, and if they do get them a position, iney pay . i big commission on it from 25 per cent E an nt tha mnnth'l salarV. Then they demand Immediate pay ment or tnis commission, ou the applicant finds the work too much for them or the employer Is not suited, they must pay all over again for an other position. Why should the reference com panies reap a fortune from someone else' misfortune? One of us has paid over $7 into these places and has not been benefited by it and cannot get this money back. Another girl friend of ours working at a position secured through one of these agencies, went back to them and told them that she did not like the position and asked them to get her another. The refer ence company called up the manager and told him that the girl did not like the place and asked If they could not furnish him with another girl. Need less to say that the girl was dis charged. TWO VICTIMS. SUNNY GEMS. Say "Let the People Rule." Omaha, Jan. 26. To the Editor of The Bee: Woman suffrage was de feated In Nebraska two years ago by over 10,000 votes. The suffragists have Just introduced a suffrage bill tn the legislature. They are Ignoring the will of the majority in so doing. We have good reasons to suppose that If a referendum vote of the women of Nebraska was taken on this question there would be an overwhelming ma jority against it How many suffra gists are there in Nebraska and whom do they represent? We know that the vast majority of women are either actively opposed or indifferent to woman suffrage. Will the forcing of this question on an indifferent elec torate make for efficiency in govern ment? The suffrage bill Just Introduced provides) only for women voting on presidential electors and municipal officers. This would plunge women Into national politics. The former state president of the Nebraska Suf frage association naively admits this by announcing that the bill Is intro duced largely for the effect eight more electoral votes would have on the na tional woman suffrage question. What becomes of the remedial legislation for Nebraska in which the suffragists have heretofore claimed to be so vital ly Interested? The only way to get remedial legislation is by the election of men who will work for such legis lation, but this suffrage bill does not provide for the election of legislators by the women, nor does it provide for the election of the governor of the Btate. The suffragists are actively engaged In trying to lobby this bill through the legislature, regardless of the majority against suffrage expressed at the polls and regardless of the opposition and wishes of the women of the state. These are the tactics employed by the women of Illinois when suffrage was lobbied through the legislature there In direct opposition to the will of the majority. . NEBRASKA ASS'N OPPOSED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE. A Rap on the Reference Agencies. Omaha, Jan. 25. To the Editor of The Bee: We want to call the atten tion of the business men In Omaha who patronize agencies when in need of office and clerical help, to the in justice they are doing their employes. The reference people claim that they save you valuable time, that they in vestigate the applicants and write to former employers and get the facts, but we beg (p advise you that this 1b not bo. An applicant can drop into the reference company's office to register for a position and should your call for help be on file the company will rush said applicant to you at once. No looking up references there. Nor do you take the applicant on the word of the reference companies, for We believe that you will be bet ter satisfied with our SERVICE PRICES SPEED RELIABILITY and all-round value for the money than with any other Omaha firm. Omaha Van & Storage Co. Douglu 4163. 806 South 16th St. Little Roy longed for a baby stater. His playmate, Tommy Smith, had a number of little alfltera and a new one had Just ar rived. "If you want a baby ileter bo badly," satd Roy's mother, "why don't you pray for one?" "I hav prayed,' answered Roy disgust edly, "and every time I pray God leaves it at the Smith's." Boston Transcript. tW MR KAdlD-AE HliJJW.WHO O.CTCb THREE A50,$ CALUUGr ON ME wwM-swulvccEr'HM? VES-BUT REMtMBER, TNE TOESDftS STWCT FROM IHE m' -NcfoM now: Caller As an advertising; medium your newspaper isn't worth shucks. I put an ad In last week and didn't get a single answer, not one. Advertising Manager That's loo bad! How was your advertisement worded T Caller "A poor young man wants a pretty wife who can do her own housekeeping." New York Times. Musical Instrument Dealer (to new boy) Now, If while I am out a customer wants to look at a mandolin, flute or piccolo, you know what to Bhow him? Boy Yes. sir. Dealer And suppose he should want to see a lyre? Boy I'd ask him to wait until yon came in. sir. Boston Transcript, ' asi 12 Used Pianos taken in exchange on Apollo and Hospe Player' Pianos Have been thoroughly overhauled in our shop and are in perfect con dition. Emerson, Nelson, Wagner, Mason, Arion, New England, Steinberg, TwUchell, Steger, Griss, Kingsbury, Johnson. PRICES $ 95, $105, $115, $125, $135, $145, $155, $165, $175, $185, $195, $205. A. Hospe Co. 1513-1515 Douglas St Opened jan.10,1917 200 ROOMS 100 with b 100 with toilet ,th $i.sosfl t ti J fSsnmx. SERVICE ,ii.t$i.oo iHi'jm' AND ECONOMY Persistence is the cardinal virtue in advertising; no matter how good ad vertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and con stantly to be really successful. t I iimmmamm iiaiim:aiivHMLiiM:i amummxm