THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1917.
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Subscribers leaving the city ehoulel h.v. The Bee Bulled
ta them. Address changsd aa often aa recjuestsd.
About time, is it not, for Patricia Ncwcomb
to write another to himself?
It would not be New York's melting pot if
it did not boil over.
China fights at home for the right to fight
abroad. Aa a Chinese puzzle this is the real
thing.
If you can't do the fighting, do the boosting;
get back of the Red Cross with muscle and
money,
? Omaha's upward climb is the market town of
the middle, west grips attention in the clearing!
record, Buiiness push telle.
High Commissioner Root put the issue up to
the Ruitiane clearly and forcibly. Failure in the
fight meant bike for Siberia, or worse.
And The Bee's cartoonist is not the only one
who hat a feeling that he is being "crowded a
bit" by the fast moving procession of events. .
The pen it (till mightier than the sword and
t great deal easier to wield. If you don't believe
,t, Just ask any of the visiting Nebraska editors.
Since tht big push began a year ago, the
British captured 600 square miles of the western
front. They are still some miles from the German
boundary, but the going improves with the days.
Rallying housewives to the national defense
Is about to begin, with Mr. Hoover as field mar
shal of the domestic troops. The H. C. of L. will
tavt time and trouble by emulating Davy Crock
ett's Coon.
, Likening an air raid on England to a Missouri
I tyclona lends an impressive touch of realism to
the word picture. In both instances one such
experience, at Bill Nye phrased It, it "an elegant
sufficiency."
Rumor spots a German agent on the Juarez
end of the international bridge. After a long,
mysterious silence El Faso resumes Its place on
the news map. '
Regardless of subscribing to the principle of
"open shop" or "closed' shop," the streets of
Omaha ought to be open to the equal use of all
law-abiding citizens.
Secretary McAdoo presents hit eompliments
publicly to the newspapers for their surpassing
boost for Liberty bonds. For cabinet family rea
sons the compliment will not be posted la the
postmaster general's office.
This lection of the corn belt it not even casual
ly interested in the volume of war taxes slammed
M the makers of hard drinks. So long as corn
fulls down a dollar or more a bushel, producers
gar not rho worries over the extract,
i
The author of the successful strategy which
tnibled all the patriots to thine In the reflected
Jtght of Colonel Roosevelt at Lincoln ought to be
Conscripted to the army staffs somewhere in
France, Such genius would "save the day" on the
tntth front,
Buying Liberty bonds Is an investment In the
' test security on earth. Swelling the Red Cross
fund it a contribution to suffering humanity. One
tonierves material Interests, the other uplifts the
loul and brightens eternity' paths. Each pay
dividends worth striving for,
, While conceding to the Japanese considerable
artistic skill in that line, the United States is not
fcackward as an original designer. Beside what
Our diplomats have done on the spot, native
artists can show the coming Japanese mission by
Ictual exhibits real genius in decorating China.
World's Shipping and War
St. Louis Globe-Democrat-
An exhaustive inquiry by the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce supports the conclusion
that at the present rate of shipbuilding and ship
destruction there will be approximately as great
a merchant marine by June 30, 1918, as there was
at the outset of the war. Should the present plans
for shipbuilding be carried out and the submarine
and other destructive activities be kept down to
the record of the last few months, the world's
shipping would be far greater than in 1914. The
inquiry did not include the building program of
the United States government.
The inquiry reveals a great change in shipping
' since 1900. The increase of tonnage in fifteen
years was 70 per cent. But the change in charac
ter of vessels was more striking still. In 1900
sailing vessels furnished 23 per cent of the ton
nage, while in 1915 their percentage was only 7.
In 1900 wooden ships comprisedl 13 per cent of
the tonnage, iron 26 and steel 61. Fifteen years
later wooden vessels had dropped to 4 per cent and
iron to 7, while steel had risen to 89. These
changes represented great economies in time,
fuel and labor.
It is assumed that all the German vessels
seized by other countries will be retained, al
though, where they are privately dwned, monetary
damages will probably be paid. The United
States will be well supplied with shipping at the
close of the war, even after allowing for the ton
nage that will return to the coastwise trade. Hol
land, Japan and Norway will also have large mer
chant fleets. Japan has suffered little from sub
marine activities and Norway has been making
large use of American yards, especially on the
, ' Pacific coast, ever since the war began. The ex
tent and character of the expansion of the Amer
' lean merchant marine will depend much on how
free a hand is given General Goethals. Public
confidence in him is so great that there is not
likely to be much curtailment of his authority, .
In the Sign of the Cross.
The cross is one of the oldest symbols known
to man and one of the most widely diffused. Ten
thousands years ago it was familiar to Egyptians
as an emblem of life, the perpendicular line rep
resenting the creative, the horizontal the produc
five forces of nature and the juncture of the two
the union that means life. As such it was accepted
throughout the ancient world. It later came to
have a peculiar significance in connection with a
great religion and to be reverenced not so much
as a symbol of life here as of the promise of life
hereafter.
Sixteen hundred years ago the great Constan
tine set out from his new capital at the head of
a mighty host to subdue a rebellion in Gaul. Hesi
tant at the outcome of the encounter, on which
the stability and duration of his empire depended,
he was comforted by the vision of a cross in the
noonday heavens, with the legend, "In this Sign
Conquer." The cross was thus adopted as the
insignia of that mighty and victorious army and
in later times it was emblazoned on the shields
of the Hospitalers, who defended the Holy Sepul
chre. The Spaniards planted it on the shores of
America alongside their royal banners, while
their priests marveled exceedingly to find the
symbol carved on stone monuments that yet en
dure. The sign of the cross has had a great place
in man's affairs.
And now goes forth another cross, blazoned
as brilliantly and as luminously as the one the
Roman emperor visioned, as nobly pledged as
that the Crusader wore. Under the Red Cross a
mighty army of mercy will labor to bind up the
wounds of humanity, to restore the wrecks of war
and to minister to the ones on whom the blows of
conflict fall heaviest. All are invited to join- this
army. Its mission appeals as no other can, its
soldiers are as valiant as any and its support is a
duty as obligatory as any resting on the community.
Wat Thit Feature Overlooked?
There is one deplorable feature to this whole
sale boost of Douglas county assessments which
has not yet been emphasized. The arbitrary in
creases proposed by the county assessor are not
likely to stand in fact, the action of the equali
zation board already indicates a purpose to put
the figures back somewhere near where they be
long but the county's assessment roll is bound
to be discredited in the general opinion of the
state outside of Douglas county.. Notwithstanding
the fact that we have for years been bearing a
disproportionately large share of the state's tax
burden, it is a fair inference that when the State
Board of Equalization convenes the assessor's
skyrocketing will be cited to prove undervalua
tions in Douglas county, and effort made to use it
as a leverage to boost the assessment of the
county as a whole as compared with the other
counties. Such a horizontal revision upward
would be is unfair as the h!t-or-miss increases in
which the assessor has indulged, Our county
assessor should have thought of this in the first
place, and even now the whole board should keep
It in mind and prepare to see that Douglas county
gets a square deal before the State Board of
Equalization. 1
Gratitude of the Belgians.
Expression by the Belgian commission of
thanks to America is not merely a proforma
acknowledgement of service,' but the really sincere
utterance of a grateful people through the only
mouthpiece available. No page in all our history
is brighter than that on which is written the
record of our dealings with Belgium. The spon
taneity of the response to the appeal for help
from the hungry and homeless of the victims of
ruthless warfare has no parallel. As a people we
are not greatly given to boasting of our generosity
nor much inclined to let the left hand know what
the right is doing in the way of alms and of ex
tending relief to the needy and unfortunate, and
this case is no exception. It is impossible to
conceive what would have been the fate of the
unfortunate Belgians, entrapped behind the Ger
man lines, without our help. Other nations have
shared in this work, which still is under way,
and must be carried on somehow till the end of
the war, Only a few days ago London reported
the dispatch of 50,000 tons of relief supplies to
Belgium, and a similar shipment is to fol
low soon. Our presence in the war has made
this wonderful service a little more difficult to
perform, but help for the helpless will be pro
vided somehow. Whatever the final outcome of
the great war may be, here is one thing we have
done well.
Price Control by Indirection.
From Washington comes the announcement
that steel plates for ships to be constructed by
the government will be delivered at a basic price
of $56.20 per ton instead of $95, at which latest
deliveries were made. Last week the government
notified copper dealers that on government con
tracts copper would be taken at 25 cents per
pound, when the open market quotation was 36
cents. Early in the proceedings a tentative offer
was made the government of the entire output of
copper at a price to be determined on the basis
of a five-year average. This and the fixing of the
contract price of steel means in effect a control
of the market to that extent at least. It remains
to be seen how much farther the government will
go in setting maximum prices on purchases to be
made on war account, and to adjust the relation
between sales made to the public and to private
consumer. Prices may be as effectually controlled
by indirection as by direotiqn, and relief from a
condition that was becoming intolerable may yet
be reached) along this route.
Registration In the Household.
In taking his first step to bring about' a bet
ter adjustment of the food situation in America,
Herbert C, Hoover asks the women to pledge
themselves to conservation and to register for
the service. He scarcely could have started bet
ter, and if all his future moves are as intensely
practical and as easy of application as this the
success of his campaign is assured. Accurate
data as to daily needs of the households of the
nation is essential to a just determination of the
first real problem, that of distribution of the
food supply. When this information is gathered
and tabulated the authorities will be in possession
of means through which to reach such definite
arrangements as will produce the best results.
Food enough for all exists, and none will be per
mitted to suffer for lack of something to eat. The
only aim at present is to find out what actually
is needed for home consumption and to avoid
useless waste. Mr. Hoover will find the women
of America thoroughly awake to their responsi
bilities and as eager to respond as the young men
were ready when asked to register under the
draft law. As a people we are going about this
business of co-ordinating our resources, physical
and moral, in a way that answers the question,
"Can democracies be efficient'"
Luxemburg Asks Help
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, June 16. A committee of the
citizens of the grand duchy of Luxemburg have
addressed a petition to President Wilson, asking
that the United States do not forget the wrongs
that have been inflicted upon their country by
Germany. If this war is being fought over the
rights of small nations, says the petition in effect,
remember that we are the smallest of all nations
and that our rights were the first to be violated.
The first neutral nation to be invaded by Ger
many was Luxemburg. The invasion was a fla
grant breach of a solemn treaty, and the Germans
admitted as much, explaining with their usual
myopic morality that the breach was justified
on grounds of military necessity. "We lave com
mitted a wrong I speak plainly," said the Ger
man chancellor, addressing the Reichstag, "but
we will make redress for this wrong as soon as
our military objects are attained."
The first prisoners taken in the great war were
citizens of Luxemburg men who had done no
wrong, done nothing but protest against the inva
sion of their territory. They were removed into
Germany, and the natives got the impression that
they were spies, with the result that their lives
were endangered. The German armies swept com
pletely over Luxemburg, one of the most peace
ful and progressive states in Europe.
Luxemburg is a country of about 1,000 square
miles, with a population of 270,000. There is no
compulsory military service and the army in 1914
consisted of 300 men and an excellent military
band. When war was declared Luxemburg closed
the roads over its frontiers with steel chains. The
German advance guard forced the army to remove
the chains at the point of the pistol. One single
barricade was erected to check the advance of
the Teutons and the men who built it were forced
to take it down. Any resistance, of course, was
absolutely hopeless.
Since then Luxemburg has been in German
hands. The petition to President Wilson was
drawn up by a committee of exiles in Paris. A
large number bf Luxemburghers left the country
rather than remain under Prussian domination.
The number of Luxemburghers fighting as volun
teers in the allied armies is greater in proportion
to population than those of any other nation in
the world.
There are two reasons why possession of
Luxemburg was important to Germany. First, it
lies on the direct road to France. Second, it is
an important agricultural and industrial state. It
has rich mines of lead, copper, antimony and iron.
Almost 3 per cent of the whole world's output of
iron is produced in this tiny nation. In the face
of these considerations the solemn treaty stipula
tions were not considered. The first scrap of pa
per was torn to shreds.
For many years past Germany has been at
tempting to extend its influence in Luxemburg.
The highly developed railroad system of the coun
try was controlled by Germans, and it is now clear
that this network of railroads, so excellently
adapted to the transportation of troops, was de
signed largely with that end in view. Luxem
burg was a member of the German customs union.
Every effort was made to Germanize the giand
duchy, but these efforts failed because a hatred
of Prussia is deeply ingrained in the Luxemburg
nature. Of this there seems to be no reasonable
doubt.
The ruler of Luxemburg is Grand Duchess
Marie Adelaide. It is .said by some that the grand
duchess herself went out in her motor car to pro
test against the violation of her neutral duchy,
but the actual protest seems to have been made
by officers of the tiny army.
As is often the case in small nations, the pa
triotism of the Luxemburghers is a very ardent
sentiment. Their country is at once one of the
i. 1 L'.L.t I .L. T1 i : IJ T
must ucauuim aim lie ntncsi in me worm, in
all the arts of peace they occupy a very advanced
position. The government is a constitutional
monarchy; there is complete religious freedom in
normal times. There are excellent roads, 510
miles, of railroad in a country of 1,000 square
miles a network of telephone lines, 125 post
offices and schools are particularly numerous.
Education, is compulsory. In this state of 270,000
people there were before the war 800 primary
schools, 700 secondary schools and numerous
technical schools and colleges.' Students came
from all over Europe. The country enjoyed rela
tively great wealth and prosperity.
Both French anr German were taught in the
schools. The common people use a mixed dialect,
principally based on German words. French was
universally used in official circles and by the
higher classes generally.
What will become of Luxemburg after the
war? The people are unalterably opposed to
Prussian rule. Nowhere are the Prussians bet
ter hated. Luxemburg would sooner be French
than Prussian and it would rather be a part of
Belgium than a part of France. What it really
desires is plain enough it wishes to become again
what it was once, a free and independent state.
Shafts Aimed at Omaha
Grand Island Independent: But with those
two additional suburbs, will Mayor Dahlman not
be necessitated to provide an extension to his
lariat?
Plattsmouth Journal: The way to get rid of
the trouble among the Omaha gang is for the
people of that city to rise in their might and fire
the whole lot bodily.
York Democrat: Perhaps there are a few pa
pers once given to much berating of "wicked
Omaha" that will admit now that Omaha is en
forcing the prohibitory law with commendable
vigor.
Ulysess Review: King Ak-Sar-Ben continues
to rule in Omaha despite the world war against
autocracy. But, then, this king is a jolly old soul,
and it is indeed a pleasure to do homage at his
shrine.
York News-Times: Omaha is sore because
that city was not selected by the War department
for mobilization encampment. Des Moines, with
one main line of railroad, got the prize. But the
Des Moines camp sites are fine.
Blair Enterprise: The cities of Benson and
Florence have lost their identity, have been in
voluntarily absorbed by Omaha by enactment of
the recent legislature. The next legislature, if
dominated by the Hitchcock-Mullen gang of po
litical free-booters, as the recent legislative body
was, may annex Calhoun and Blair to Omaha to
help pay its millions of indebtedness.
. Shelton Clipper: Two more villages, Benson
and Florence, nave been annexed to Omaha. The
Nebraska metropolis bids fair to become one of
the largest and most important centers in the
United States. The vast resources in the terri
tory tributary to Omaha will assure its continu
ous rapid growth in future years.
Lexington Pioneer: Omaha is srowinar. Last
week two suburbs, Florence and Benson, were
formally annexed to the city. The newly ac
quired territory will bring to Omaha nearly forty
square miles of land, a population of more than
6,500 and four additional public schools and
broaden the held tor gratt tor one of the rottenest
city administrations in America.'
People and Events
The death of Major William Redmond in the
battle of Messines removes a brilliant Irish home
ruler, rivaling in oratorical power his distin
guished brother, John E. Redmond, leader of the
Irish nationalist party. Thomas Kettle, another
Irish enthusiast, also gave his life to the cause
on the battle front. Both men were known in the
United States, having done missionary work in
this country for Irish home rule. Mr. Kettle was
the last to visit the west, some eight years ago,
and addressed an audience in Omaha. Champions
of liberty at home, Redmond and Kettle made
good in action the principles advocated and gave
their lives to the cause of democracy.
Proverb for the Day.
Desperate diseases require desperate
remedies.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Austria admits capture by the Rus
sians of Czernowitz, capital of, the
crownland of Bukowtna.
Teutons under Genera! von Lin
singer check Russians advancing on
Kovel.
Death of General Count Helmuth
von Moltke, former chief of the Ger
man army staff.
Attacks by the Germans north of
Verdun beaten off by the French.
This Day In History.
1776 George Washington left Phil
adelphia to take command of the
Colonial forces.
1834 Cyrus McCormlck obtained
his first patent for a reaping machine.
1898 Forty persons drowned by
backwash at the launching of th. Brit
ish battleship Allison at Blackwall.
In Omaha Thirty years Ago.
The First Methodist church of South
Omaha was dedicated, the sermon be
ing preached by Rev. J. W. Phelps, the
presiding elder.
Rev. W. J. Harsha preached the an
nual baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the high school at
the Dodge Street Presbyterian church.
He took for his text "Behold a Greater
than Solomon Is Here."
In returning from the ball ground,
Frank Wilson's horses ran away and
threw Wilson out after which they
collided with a hitching post at Six
teenth and Izard, demolishing the
buggy.
The general committee appointed to
take steps looking forward to the pro
hibition of Sunday base ball playing
within the city limits, met at the
Young Men's Christian association,
corner Fifteenth and Dodge, pursu
ant to the call of the chairman, Rev.
J. S. Detweiler of the Kountze Memor
ial church. The following members
of the committee were in attendance:
Reverends W. R. Henderson, C. W.
Savidge, J. A. Hultman, E. B. Graham,
Dr. Leisenring, J. S. Richardson, Wil
liam Morison, P. L. Porine, E. P.
Sweezy, William Robertson and
George A. Joplin.
At a meeting of the board of edu
cation, Miss Lydla Shallenberger was
given permission to teach a summer
school at the Cass school, Mrs. Reed
at the Leavenworth, Miss Ida Barron
at the Lake and Miss Hamilton at the
Center street.
Messrs. W. B. Lanius. C. O. Lobeck,
S. D. Leland, ,-W. H. Kayner, H. F.
Strlckling and George W. Wilson,
delegates of the Nebraska division of
the Traveler's Protective association,
have left for St. Louis to attend tho
National association.
The Day We Celebrate.
The first Issue of the Omaha Bee
appeared June 19, 1871, so that this
is Its thirty-ninth birthday anniver
sary. The Bee was founded by the
late Edward Rosewater who contin
ued as Its editor and directing force
until his death. ,
Frank A. Kennedy, editor of the
Western Laborer, was born June 19,
1862, at Burlington, 7a. He prides
himself on having edited a labor paper
more years than any other man in the
whole United States.
Sidelights on the War.
An entire regiment of Scandinav
ians has been recruited In Canada.
More than 6,000 Canadians have
Joined the British navy during the
present war.
The copper dome on the court
house at Canton, has been painted
red, white and blue, and by order of
the county commissioners will remain
so until the end of the war.
The standard ship now being built
In British shipyards to make good the
loss of tonnage due to submarine war
fare is of 8,000 tons, and all the ships
already laid down are of identical pat
tern. The sandbags used by the allies on
the western front alone have reached
such stupendous figures that if they
were piled on one another they would
form a towering mountain seven miles
high and twenty miles around Its base.
Storiette of the Day.
A clergyman while passing through
one of the by-streets of Edinburgh
came upon a rough-looking and gi
gantic coal man. who was "nprsuad-
Ing" his horse to move along more
expeditiously. The horse had taken
a stubborn tit, and the coal man was
very excited, and couching his senti
ments in language which wrs simply
appalling.
The clergyman was a little man, but
rash, for he rebuked the coal man in a
manner that left absolutely nothing
to be desired.
"I cannot understand," he said, in
winding up his expostulation, "what
you mean by using such harrowing ex
pressions." This rebuke was lost upon the coal
man.
"My wee man," he replied, at the
same time patting the clergyman on
the shoulder with a very dirty hand,
"neither could I understand It when
I was your size."
Needless to say, there was no re
Joinder, and the clergyman passed on.
London Tit-Bits.
THE VILLAGE POET.
Tom Daly In Philadelphia Ledger.
Whenever It's a Saturday my work la never
through
Vnleaa It shows of simple verao a homely line
or two:
So now when I bethink me ot a theme to
write about
My fancy files to Thursday, which Is Ellen's
"avenin' out."'
Now Kllen is an honest cook (.though over-
fond of salt).
An' I am not the sort of man that's strons
for finding fault.
She's prompt enough with breakfast an' her
coffee's alwaya good.
An' the mlssua says she's never very waste
ful with the food.
1 understand her luncheons are as good as
they can be.
Though, of course, that's merely hearsay,
for they're seldom served to me.
But though her Sunday dinner Is her mas-
ter-pleee. no doubt.
My fancy riles to Thursday, which Is Ellen's
"avenin out."
Ah! then the household Juno stepped down
to charm her Jove,
The finest cook In Oermantown la at the
kitchen stove!
1'vs had my fill of coatly fare that makes
the walatcoata swell.
An' I em one that's prone to dine not
wisely, but too well:
I've aampled all the tables d'hots an' a la
cartea on earth,
I've tasted all the banquets an' I know Just
what they're worth;
But when I yearn to etuft myself to apo
plectic gout
My fancy flies to Thursday, which Is Ellen's
"avenin' out."
Whenever Ifa a Saturday my work la never
through
Unless It shows of simple verse a homely Una
or two;
8o now whsn I bethink ma of a them. t.
write about
My fancy fllea to Thursday, which la Ellen's
"aventa' out.'"
Dislikes Socialist Plan.
Grand Island, Neb., June 17. To
the Editor of the Bee: The stand
seme of the socialist leaders took In
their recent attitude toward the so
cialist party is a manly, as well as a
patriotic act. I never did consider
the socialist party any more than
what It exposed itself to be in refusing
as a party to abide by our president's
proclamation on the selective draft
and other very important war meas
ures. There are some very good men in
this party, but they are severing their
connections very regularly. The so
cialist howl "we don't believe in war."
We haven't a representative In Wash
ington who does and the American
people as a whole do not counte
nance war, but when a foreign fac
Iton attempts to blackhand us, who is
going to refuse to back up our Old
Glory in a crisis like we are in at pr
ent, to protcet humanity, and keep
sacred our forefathers heirloom, free
dom and democracy of principles? 1
emphasize the assertion nobody would
but a slacker so low that Webster can't
define him.
The copper heads of 1S61 did all
they could to hinder our government
in time of need and if we Americans
would listen to the walls of the social
ist we would be paying taxes to the
kaiser before long, like Lansing said.
The socialists have some good ideas
but they have not been endowed with
any superhuman ability to make our
grand old America one iota better.
We are looked up to as the peer of all
people and nations, and by the grace
of God may we always enjoy this dis
tinction and preserve our Christian
land of the good old (J. S. A. When
Uncle Sammy calls for married men
Til be there with a knapsack on my
back and Springfield on my shoulder.
V. A. BRADSHAW.
Why So Many Hides?
Omaha, June 15. To the Editor of
the Bee: It has been repeatedly told
recently that the packing houses of
this city have a vast number of hides
stored away, so that the walls of the
buildings nearly bulge out on account
of them. If such is the case,' why are
they storing them, while the prices for
shoes soar higher and higher every
day? Why do they not let those hides
be sent away to tanneries If they do
not want to allow them to be tanned
here, so that the hides can be made
Into leather so that more shoes may
be made?
Are they doing the same thing as
the other food and price manipulators
are doing? Are they going to hold up
the public as we have been held up in
all lines, in the last year? If so, it is
high time that the government took
ccntrol of all the hides and see that
the general public gets some justice.
There are said to be more hides in
storage by far than was ever the case
in the past. If this statement is true,
it is high time something was done and
dene mighty suddenly at that.
When the papers some weeks ago
stated that there was In storage. In
Omaha something like 10,000,000
pounds of sugar, men who know about
it state that the real amount In stor
age was over 1,000,000,000 pounds
and that vast quantities were stored
in the packing houses or tne city.
It is time a law was passed to pro
hibit packing companies from engag
ing in any other kind of business ex
cept the meat business. When they
buy up immense quantities of apples,
potatoes, eggs, butter, sugar, and poul
try to store away when there is an ap
parent shortage of the articles named,
It is time the public had something to
say about it, 1 am not opposed to the
packing industries, for they have done
an immense amount of good in the
country, but they should engage, in
their supposed line of business and
not be allowed to help in making the
high cost of living such a burtien to
the great body of the people of
America. I am not an anarchist or
socialist, but I am In favor of dealing
with food and price manipulators In
harsh and vigorous manner.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Board ot Control and Hearing.
Lincoln, June 14. To the Editor ot
The Bee: A recent Interview In an
Omaha paper In regard to the hearing
of complaints against Prof. F. W,
Booth of the School for the Deaf Indi
cates that the board of control did
not act as promptly as It should In set
ting a date for the hearing. As a
member of this board I merely wish
to explain that It Is not always possi
ble to hold a public hearing on a date
that will suit everyone. This was true
when June 15 was fixed for hearing
the complaints against Prof, Booth.
That date was the earliest possible
date the board could fix upon without
materially disrupting existing condi
tions. If the date had been advanced
in order to accommodate teachers at
the school so they could have been
heard at the school before their vaca
tion began the hearing --dopbtlesa would
have worked a detriment to the clos
ing work of the school year, both with
the pupils and the teachers. n no
manner does the law require tpe jjoarn
to hold hearings at any given pla -e
as a matter of fact, hearings proptSW
should be held at the offices of rne
board in Lincoln. The board decided
in the Booth case to have the hearing
In Omaha In order to accommodate
the considerable number of witnesses
who were to have been called. I
merely make this explanation to sef
,ha manth.,, nt th hn&rri riffht be
fore the public. All of the charges
brought against Prof. Booth have now
been officially withdrawn.
E. O. MAYFIELD, Chairman.
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