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J THE BEE:' OMAHA. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR . , THC BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM auorlited Pna. which Tb Bm tl awmber. U u eluttnly d titled to th un for publication of aU ntwi dlipatchct erd!td to It of not otberwlt credited tfl this paper, ud also local news published herein. Ail rtgnu of puhlloalloa of oui special dluatchM er also reserred. ., BEE TELEPHONES! Print Branch irti.nt. lis for Tvler 1000 Department or Psrtlenlsr Person Wanted. For Night or Sunday Servlc Call: rdltorlat Department ..... Trlr lOflftl. circulation Depsrunant - - . . Tjler 10081, adteitlitni Department ..... Tiler 10081.. OFFICES OF THE BEE Borne Office. Be Building, llta and Varnaa. Branch Offices: Aw 4U0 North Situ I Park Heumn (lit Military Ave. South Bid ' l oiuioll Blufta 15 Scott Ht. I Walnut OM-of-Towo Office: New Tori City :W r'lftb At. I Washington lilcags Seeger Bldg. I Lincoln MIS Ll ten worth 3.118 N Street 819 North 40tB 1311 0 Street 1330 H Street JUNE CIRCULATION i Daily 64,611 Sunday 61,672 rtrage circulation fit Uie month subscribed and sworn t or K, B. Kagau. Circulation Manaier. Subscriber leaving th city should hav th Bm mailed to them. Addree changed a often as requested. You shoulJ know that Omaha has the lowest rate of in fant mortality of any city in the country. King Ak'will strut this week. Which are you, a "contemptible quitter" or a "pro-German?" "Love" will make Ak-Sar-Ben ' as well as the world go round. The irresistible is about to meet the im movable again, in the senate and in the steel strike. "f The Kansas City rvn who stole his son's "coaster" and so.u io nother boy is the acuje o something. ' K General von Stein says Emperor Charley was a "weak ruler," but he finished as success fully as did the "all highest." No, dear reader; the landlords do not ob . ject to children. They only refuse to rent apartments to people having- them. , Admiral Cowles will do well to confine his efforts to negotiating a new wage scale for the navy, and allow executive salaries to ride. Keuesaw Mountain Landis must have aston ished Chicago's chief of police almost as much as he himself was to learn that beer is being sold and drank in the Windy City. ' Germany has "kicked in" with $22,000,000 . jin regular money to buy food, over half of which is reported to be on the way to Canada. This is about the end of the boycott The Independent Order of Odd Felldws stands by its war-time order prohibiting the use of any language but English in lodge room or ritual. This savors 'Af ricanism. ' Another message of congratulations has gone forward from the White House to tht president of Mexico. It should be frame? alongside the one sent "Count" Hohenzollem on his birthday. - . Los Angeles "roared" a welcome to the president, which is proper conduct, but the same crowd would yell its head off if the Shan tung incident were to end in unrestricted ad mission of Asiatics. Colonel House's stay in Paris is said to be indefinitely dated for termination. This may connect with the rumor ithat he has lost the ear of the president, but does not deprive him of his remarkable prestige. Two Mexican mutineers have been shot by the authorities, but as they were executed in a new cemetery, the question is opened whether it was done to punish them or to give the new burying ground a proper start Ottr democratic brethren are giving them selves considerable worry over the republican candidates for president next year, but this is the only thing they have to stew about, as theirs has already chosen, himself. Canada is contemplating the formation of a board to deal with labor disputes. The ex istence of such an agency might have obviated the unfortunate Winnipeg affair. A place to talkj it over is a great advantage in connec tion with industrial disputes. : Delving into the Mexican record the con gressional committee is now bringing to light a lot of additional beauties of "watchful wait ing." Anxiety at the White House lest some body hurt the feelings of our great and good friends at Mexico City is better understood as the truth comes out Slighting General Pershing -The intrinsic value of a gold sword is not great as values go in the war that has not been officially declared ended; so when Rep resentatives Claude Kitchip, William E. Mason of Illinois, and Thomas D. Schall of Minne sota object to the presentation of a gold sword to General Pershing it is not because they are watchdogs of the treasury. Perhaps it is be cause they like to show disfavor to General Pershing. It was only the other day that Mr. Schall made an unseemly attack Upon the gen eral, from whom he received considerable treat ment in France, according to his own state ment. - One reason given for this singular attitude of the dissenters is that General Pershing should not be honored with the gift of a sword because something more ought to be done for the "enlisted men." If it were left to the rank and file of the army, it would approve of the bestowal of a sword, as a symbol of victory, upon their commander. The conclu sion, must be that these worthies are playing the demagogue. ( Mr. Schall's "case is, however, peculiar. When' the resolution to thank Gen eral Pershing for his services was voted on, Schall alone was recorded in the negative. The general is persona non grata to him. first, last, and all the time; and as the general has a sense of humor h must be vastly amused. Ulti mately the commander of the American ex peditionary forces will receive the gold xsword. All that the little clique of facemakers will de rive from their performance is ridicule and con- TEST ON THE TREATY. First of a series of test votes will be taken on the peace treaty in the senate this week. It will probably come on the amendment to the covenant of the League of Nations which pro poses that the United States shall have in the assembly voting power equal to that of the British empire. While this will not be final, no matter how the senators divide, it will be significant. At present opinions are fairly well settled, and the lineup may almost be accepted as established. Certain of the senators are listed as favoring one or another of the pro posed amendments and reservations, so that the proponents feel reasonably certain that some will be adopted. The president in his addresses to the public has done neither himself nor the senators any credit by his insistence that the treaty must and will be ratified just as presented. If the amendments or reservations fail of adoption and it is on this the president and his support ers rely then in order to finally pass, it must get the votes of a large group of senators who are opposed to its contents. Rejection is quite as likely to occur as ratification in event of fail ure of the alterations proposed. Viewed solely from the -point of political expediency, it would have been to the ad vantage of the majority party in the senate to have accepted the document in its entirety. Any change made in it tends to relieve, the president of responsibility for its contents. This is so obvious that the continual reitera tion of the assertion that the opposition rests solely on politics or "hatred" of the president is silly and designed only to fool those who want to be fooled. Democrats as well 'as republicans in the senate have patriotically accepted the duty incumbent upon them as reviewers, charged by the people under the constitution to pass upon and determine the merits of any engagement made in the name of the United States with a foreign power. It is as unjust to accuse these men of playing politics or seeking undue ad vantage as it would be to allege the same against Mr. Wilson. The treaty must go up or down as it meets the test o Americanism. Strike Stopped Reni.Boost Foolish Cry of "Pro-Germanism." In California again the president lifts theory of "pro-Germanism" in his effort to gain popu lar support for his treaty. If it be true, as he charges, that the strongest opposition has grown up wheTe pro-Germanism is the strongest, then the country has a great deal to answer for. Avoiding for the moment the fact that the ad ministration spokesman in the senate owes his presence in that body "ten. the pro-German vote of Nebraska, it may not be amiss to point out that in Iowa, whose loyalty never before was questioned, the opposition to the League of Na tions is quite as marked as it is anywhere. Is Iowa a pro-German state? Is Colorado, home of Senator Thomas, who has said he will not vote for the treaty as presented, to be listed as favoring the enemy? Or Massachusetts, or New York, or Michigan, or any of the other great states whose senators are fighting for America's interests which are threatened with unwise provisions in the Versailles document? Mr. Wilson willfully mistakes the sentiment of his countrymen if he thinks those who do not agree with him are pro-German. Steel Strike and the Public. Interruption of work at the great steel mills by reason of the strike scheduled to begin today will affect generally the entire industry of the United States, and in some degree that of the world. For this, if for no other Reason, the public has a deep concern in its outcome. There is another reason, though, in which the public has considerable interest. Chief of all the is sues involved is that of the right of the men to form themselves into unions for the pur pose of dealing collectively with the employers. This is rigidly denied by Judge Gary of the United States Steel corporation, whose lead is followed by the "independent" concerns. Set tlement of the point one way or the other will be the outcome of the contest. Short or long, the struggle will be costly, because of the ram ifications of the steel industry reaching every where in the life of the world. Its intensity will depend largely on how thoroughly the men are organized and disciplined. This is the unknown factor in the problem, which shortly must be disclosed. . Discouraging the Stork. Landlords who exclude tenants having chil dren from apartment houses are not always heartless. They usually are thoughtless, and proceed on the theory that they are making the apartments more acceptable to those who occupy them. However harsh the rule, it is scarcely more stringent than some of the other conditions laid down to govern life in the great barracks that are being raised as tenement houses in Omaha. Here, if anywhere, the tenant resigns his natural rights, gives over his constitutional liberty, and for the time accepts an existence governed by regulations in the making of which he has no voice All is done in the name of "respectability" and a due regard for the "comfort" of others. Those who find themselves thus "cribb'd, cabin'd and confined" are likely to become cross, irritable and in clined to insist with strenuosity on the few I vestiges of human freedom the landlord has overlooked. This sometimes takes the form of objecting to anything other people do; the intimacy of life around the backdoor of the apartment usually is such as begets many occa sions for little disputes over trifles that soon become mountains of annoyance. ' Greatest of all the cruel restrictions, though, ; i: that which bars the baby. In other centers oi population, where tenement life is the rule, the housing reforms for many years have been carried on with a view to encouraging the rais ing of families, to make it easier to surround baby with such safeguards as will insure its coming to useful maturity. Assumed "exclu siveness" which is generally selfishness, is not permitted to interfere with the rearing of chil dren. The policy adopted by the Omaha apart ment houses long agowas frowned upon and generally abandoned in larger communities. To have it revived here almost suggests that we have taken a step backward. At least it is singular that a community which has fought for baby's safety till it has reached the honorable position of having the lowest rate of infant mortality in the land should countenance so deliberate an attempt to discourage the stork. Robert L. Stern in New. York Tribune. The landlord is no longer able to entirely control his own property. Since the close of the war tenant's strikes have become quite fre quent. One of these strikes at Williamsburg, a suburb of New York, involved almost 2,000 persons and a yearly rent of $35,000. When the B. F. W. Realty , company pur chased 17 tenement houses an increasee in rents amounting to $2,000 was asked. This was divided among 400 families who were paying an average rent of $15. An increase of one third was being asked. In former times the tenants would have been reeady to move, but in these days there is no place to move. So the tenants organized a union. A committee was appointed to telT the landlords that the raise was too big. After considerable; bickering the total raise requested was reduced by half. But this was not a settlement. The tenants were not satisfied, and the landlords didn't like the looks of things. The union insisted on a further reduction. The landlords balked. So the tenants called a strike. The strike lasted six weeks. The tenants took care of the material side by appointing a treasurer and paying their rent to him instead of to the landlord. He put the money in the bank. The more timid paid rent to the landlord, and then again to the committee, in order to be safe. No rep resentatives of the landlord dared approach the buildings, and not a single new tenant moved in. City Marshal Hugh McBride to'ok a gang of "schleppers" to move out the furniture. They were met by a howling mob of women who threatened and pleaded. "What could the poor 'schleppers' do?" asked one of the women, telling the story after ward. "With women running about and yell ing like murder they must have thought they would get killed. Believe me, I wouldn't like to be in their place." The strikers showed their union cards to the "schleppers" and appealed to them as fel low workers to stick by them. The "schlep pers" remembered their own homes, and de cided that it was time for the workers of the world to unite. v The next day the marshal made another un successful attempt to carry out his writs. He then decided to rest a few days. Meanwhile the strike was settled. ' The settlement was not made by a learned judge in a solemn gown, but by an energetic, ungrammatical man in his shirtsleeves. The agreement was a document scribbled by the, shirtsleeved arbitrator on a sheet of yellow; paper, and typewritten, in the absence of pro-l fessional stenographers, by a young lawyer who sponsored the cause of the tenants. Yet by, this irregular proceeding the landlords re- nounced the right, secured to them by ancient I law. of fixinar the rent on their own nrooertv. The tenants' committee met representatives) of the landlords in the municipal building. T. hey i sweated, fumed and joked in an attempt to, bring the two sides together. The session lasted seven hours without recess for supper. Finally the landlords offered a settlement. "We'll let it go at a $750 increase," they said. The tenants agreed. Next afternoon the session reopened to de termine the details of the settlement. The chairman of the strikers' committee due out a heavy roll of $5 and $10 bills, the rent for J August. .Placing the total of ?J,0UO on the, table, he said: "Understand, not a cent goes to the land-; lord until the whole thing is settled." The arbitrator agreed to be responsible that nothing would be prematurely paid. All' through the session the $3,000 lay on the table. They wrangled and wrangled. Three times one landlord rose to leave, saying that the landlords had the whole right to determine the rent, anyway, and he would no longer be a party to this undignified proceeding. Six women on the committee broke into the pro ceedings from time to time with shouts of denial of the landlord's statements. And yet, through all the bitterness between landlord fighting for a return on his investment and tenants struggling to keep their homes, there was the leaven of good humor. Why Untenable Theories Fall How difficult it is to maintain theory in the presence' of hard, unyielding facts 1 For example, Dr. Charles Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard collge, gained much fame from his action in the instituting in that seat of learn ing of the elective system. This permitted the student, after certain stages had been reached in his training, to choose for himself the re maining equipment of his mind. , This was hailed as a great advance in peda gogy. It was to lend valuable assistance in the development of "the mind of the student by casting upon him responsibility and by freeing him from the shackles of the, directing faculty. From the very outset, however, Ijhere were ob jections to electivism. Old-fashioned men as serted that the theory would work out to per fection only when it encountered superior minds and urged the maintenance of the direc tive system. ' These objectors were criticized as reac tionary and, as a bright, though sarcastic, periodical recently remarked, "deemed wor thy to be cast out into permanent darkness with Mohammedans, Jesuits and other aeac tionaries and mediaevalists." But, lo, a change has come over Harvard and electivism is now condemned in the same quarter from which it emerged the presidency. , Addressing a Harvard campaign committee President Lowell made this serious objection to permitting undergraduates to choose their studies and took occasion to place the accus ing finger tujon the weak spots of his predeces sor's plan: "It was found that the principle upon which the system was founded wai' wrong. It was wrong because the student, instead of choos ing the subjects in which he was most inter ested and working at them, generally was not interested in anything and therefore sought something easy and diverting. That is not a good way to prepare for life. Preparing for life is something like -training for an athletic team. You must work your muscles until they are tired for one, and your brain until it is tired, for the other." In other words the proper title was used in describing a pedagogue as a schoolmaster. The student cannot be both teacher and learn er. The old way, we see, is the better, after all. Cincinnati Inquirer. tees I .jtaVV JMle of olds (orri&r Isn't it sbout timeto raise the price of milk gain on account of Miort pasturagef The Day We Celebrate. Emerson Benedict, cement contractor, born 1853. Dr. John C. Davis, prysician and surgeon, born 18a5. Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, U. S. A., retired, former chief of the general staff, born at Dan ville, Ky., 66 years ago. , Andre Tardieu, who served during the war as French high commissioner to the United States, born in Paris, 43-years ago. Len Rowlands, prominent as a middleweight pugilist, bornin Milwaukee, 25 years -ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. L. C. Mercer presented The Bee a banana plant which had grown too large for his green house. . . Mr. and Mrs. WJ B. Millard have taken Mrs. Detwiler's house on Davenport and Twenty-second street until their home on West Howard is completed. Mrs. Russell Harrison is the guest of her parents, Governor ana Mrs. Saunders. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Love are now in their new tome, 623 North Nineteenth.- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Riall left Tuesday for New York for several weeks' stay. The League of Nations. Omaha, Sept 19. -To the Editor of The Bee: The people of Omaha and Nebraska have been especially I favored In being permitted to see and hear the chief supporter and two of the prominent opponents of the league of nations publicly give expresion to their views. That the speeches of President Wilson have been disappointing, even to his followers, mem - to be generally conceded. He haa been received with all the respect and attention that Is his due as the chosen head of a great nation, ac companied by the first lady of the land, whose beauty and personal charm have graced every public ap pearance. That the president and his party should be so received is most fitting and proper, but his pe dantic utterances from the rostrum seemed in many Instances to fall upon dull ears. Many remark that his explanations and replies to crit icisms of the objectionable features of the treaty were entirely neglected or insuftiointly answered. The usaj ui me Darroom Diuneru iai argu ment "put up or shut up" is not graciously received, even though de livered from educated and refined lips- The "average" American re sents being told in substance that "whether he has or has not read this great instrument he would not likely comprehend it" but that "its interpretation ought of right be left to those who drafted it." The "aver age" citizen believes there can be nothing written in plain English language concerning the affairs of his government which he cannot both read and understand, but is not so egotistical as to say that his interpretation must be accepted by all other men without question. The president seems to think that he is still acting the part of a peda gogue, whose utterances before his class must be received as uttered and no one should have the temerity to doubt or deny. v Those .who attended the Auditor ium meeting addressed by Senator Borah, . regardless- of their convic tions on the subject, must have been fully convinced that no audience could be more en rapport with the speaker than those who listened to the senator. One exhibition of per sonal feeling was perhaps a surprise to many. When Mr. Borah said, "As for myself I am opposed to any league but ," the entire audience seemed to rie as one to support his position, not even waiting for him to further explain, "but that is not the issue now the issue is, shall the league be Americanized," which met with as hearty approval as the first part of his statement. And again at the luncheon given for Senator Johnson when he said, "Let us get out of this whole dirty mesV it was greeted with the long est and most vociferous applause of any part of his address. Whether a majority of the people of Nebras ka are opposed to any league might be questioned, but that an over whelming majority are either in favor of amending or rejecting the league as now framed cannot ' be doubted. Suppose, that just before we en tered the war, the allies had en tered Into a secret compact, where by England on the successful ter mination of the war should have ceded to her "territorial rights" over the New England, states and New York and such a compact had been ratified at the peace table. Sub stitute "Japan" for "England" and "Shantung" for "New England and New York" and you would have exactly what is done by the terms of the treaty. To take from us New England and New York would be no greater wrong than to take Shantung, the home of their tradi tions, their ancestors and their gods, from China, and yet we are asked to ratify this, the blackest page of perfidy ever written In all history, and pledge the blood and treasures of our people for generations to come to say Hhat this Infamous compact shall be enforced. Any United States senator who votes to ratify this league as now formed without amendment or al teration is as surely violating his solemn oath ,to support the consti tution of the United States as he would If he should vote.-to suspend the bill of rights and direct the president as commander-in-chief of the army and navy to enforce the suspension. Allusion Is made to a member of a large firm of international bankers in New York, who favor treaty without alteration or amend ment. This banking house, or some of its members. may( be among the same coterie who cou'd answer why 20,000 American beys were sent to the Arctic Zone in the dead of win ter to starve, freeze and die In an attempt to make war against a na tion with whom the United States was at absolute peace. Congress never declared war against Russia or any other European nation ex cept Germany and Austria. Then why were American soldiers sent to Siberia if It were not done through some sinister Influence which sought to save their money Invested In Russian bonds. The American peo ple are not going to send their sons across the Atlantic again to enforce the payment of bonds of bankrupt foreign governments to those who profited out of their purchase and sale during the late war. They will first see that liberty bonds shall be worth par and every dollar repaid to those whose loyalty find pa triotism inspired them to Invest their savings for the preservation of America. The supporters of the league have descended to the usual blackguard ism and calumny of those who face defeat They promiscuously apply the word "pro-German" to their opponents, call such men as Lodge, Knox, Sherman and Root and other loyal and patriotic citizens bolshe vists and I. W. W.'s and those whx follow them aa willing lieutenants. If such epithets can be properly applied to such leaders in Ameri- DAILY CARTOONETTE. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. fAn extra edition of Bridland Gonlp tells th Prince of Dotlara that Anita, the mermaid, will not wed him because he la rich and sho Is poor. It aleo aa she Is to wed Blacksmith Jo that very night. The birds and animals declar that she shall marry th prince.) THE MERMAID IS KIDNAPPED. t CHAPTER II Lonesome Bear Likes Fish. ffTJALKY SAM is up to mischief. U 1 saw a funny twinkle In his eye," exclaimed Peggy as she and Billy and the Prince of Dollars watched the animals and birds out of sight. "And did you see that bear! He will eat my beloved mermaid unless I catch and kill him!" cried the prince, and away he sped on Lone some Bear's trail. "No, no! He is a tame bear who doesn't like meat," shrieked Peggy, running after the prince. "But he does like fish, and the mermaid is half fish," shouted Bil ly, sprinting after the others. What he said gave Peggy real cause for alarm. When they had last seen the mermaid she was wearing legs instead of a tail, but perhaps she had gone back to the water to live and had become part fish again. Lonesome Bear in his fondness for finny food might gobble the fish up before he found that the other half was girl. Reaching the top of a high hill overlooking a wooded valley, Peggy, Billy and the prince found that the animals and birds bad vanished from view. But In an open dace in the valley they could see signs of He Dashed Out of Sight Among the Trees. life. A girl was coming out of a little cottage. "Aly mermaid!" cried the prince. Sure enough it was Anita, and her voice came up to them clearly as she sang the song she had sung on the rocky Isle in the lake: "Prince of Dollars, prince of my heart. . Cruel the fate that keeps us apart." The prince moaned as if in pain. "The animals will hear her. They will catch her and the bear will eat her up before we can get there." "No, there Is a man to protect her." exclaimed Peggy, pointing to a brawny chap who waa walking toward the cottage. "Blacksmith Joe, to whom her troth is plighted," groaned the prince. "He has come to take her to the wedding." It was plain to be seen even from the hilltop that Anita, the mermaid, did not want to go with Blacksmith Joe. She seemed lo be begging him to free her from her promise, but he shook his head in a stubborn, angry refusal. Finally he seized her wrist and dragged her toward the forest road. "The brute! She will not marry him! I will save her!" shouted the prince, and he would have rushed down the hill If Billy had not held him back. "See! Something Is happening!" cried Billy, and what he said was true. Balky Sam had suddenly ap peared right In the path of Black smith Joe.' And Balky Sam was very fierce with his teeth bared, his ears laid back, and his mule heels kicking up. At the other side of Blacksmith Joe Johnny Bull sprang Into view ,and on the third side was Billy Goat. As Joe turned to the fourth side, Lonsome Bear strutted out of the woods with teeth gleam ing and claws twitching. No wonder Blacksmith Joe was scared at all this. He gave a howl that could be heard even at the top of the hill, and forgetting all about getting married and all about Anita, he dashed out of sight among the trees. Balky 8am followed, while the other animals menaced the. mer maid. "Look! Look! The bear is going to eat her up, and the others are going to help him," shouted the prince, breaking away from Billy and start ing down the hill. It certainly did look that way. Lonesome Bear rushed at Anita as if she were still a fish girl, although Peggy and Billy could plainly see that she waa now all girl, having lugs Instead of a tail. And Johnny and Billy Goat who ordinarily would have protected any woman in dan ger, threatened her furiously with teeth and horns. "Have they gone mad with the heat?" shouted Billy in alarm. DOT PUZZLE IS 25 . 7- 'I, ' e - lbs i. 4 5 5. . 25 2o 2l 14 6 15 12 57 to , - 7 8. 3i 39 3 IO -At TO 1U iv v At CO 1 . At Bfe 55 52 54 L Can you finish this picture? Draw from on to two and ao on to the ond. Anlta"turned from the raging ani mals and fled wildly. She could run fast even if she was a mermaid, and for a moment it seemed that she might get away. Then she stumbled over what looked like a large, brown stone and fell flat upon it. The ani mals rushed . at her as if to grab her, when the stone suddenly Jumped up and galloped toward the hill, with the mermaid clinging tightly to it. Peggy gave a shout The stone was Balky Sam. ' (TomorroV will be told how the prlnc lias a fight.) can statesmanship then I am not only willing but proud to be found in their company. C. F. M'GREW. I'LL MRKER SKETCH OF I tt J WVUa, VSbltw n j i . W)HEDIl Astonished at 3Ir. George. Omaha, Sept. 20. To the Editor of The Bee: Noting what your re porter says concerning his interview with Mr. C. C. George in relation to the nonrentmg of apartments to those who are burdened (?) with! their children: Not being a citizen of this city, yet feeling a deep sense, of my responsibility as a father and citizen of this beautiful country, 1( desire to express my utter astonish-1 ment at Mr. George's estimate of what constitutes the best interests and surroundings going to make up a good business city, as that seems to be the basic principle of his ar gument. "Keep the children out", seems to be his slogan. I know not if Mr. George is a father or not, but if so then more's the pity, why he should express his opinion, as he does. It has been contended all along that if this city and thei country in general were to go dry then "business would go to the dogs,", so I suppose Mr. George holds the same thought in mind that if the children are allowed and suffered to be with, then the business of the city "will go to the dogs," too. It is most astonishing the low sentiment some have in ref erence to the best things, Mr. George not excepted. NON-RESIDENT. Skip-Stop Again. , Omaha, Sept. 19. To the Editor of The Bee: It is time that officials elected by the people should wake up and do a little for those that elected them. The street railway company, after gaining their fight for the 7-cent fare, still gives us the delightful skip-stop at times and some places, then again they do not give them. As an instance of their slip-shod skip-stop system, the street cars stop at A, B, C, E, F and G streets, but do not stop at D street it being the only street coming south that they do not stop, of first 7 blocks. I have asked Mr. Leusster of the street railway company several times by letter why the street cars stop at B street but do not stop at D etreet coming south, but he re fuses to say why and, in fact re fuses to reply to the question at all. There are no churches nor school houses anywhere near B street and If the street cars are going to stop at B street we want them to stop at D street too. I asked Mr. Leus sler if thestreet cars stopped at B street on account of the garage of Mr. Goldstrom, but still he fails to make any reply to the query. We have two parks on D street and they should be as important as a garage on B street. Why don't the proper officials stop the silly skip-stop? It is time the street railway company was made to stop it the fame as the silly day light system will be stopped forever, next month. Then I notice that the street railway company , has some more inconsistent rules about their stops. The cars on about Twenty-fourth and Bancroft streets going north, stop on the far side. There are no cross lines there and I see no more reason for their stopping on the far side there than at other places in the city. I notice that about Nineteenth and Vinton streets the far side stop Koing south, is made, too. I am not kicking on their stopping at any far side, but think they should be 'forced to stop at the far side at every stop in the city and they should be compelled to stop the .kip-stop system and made to stop at all crossings where people want to get on or off. Whoever of our officials are to blame for the way the street rail way company ride the necks .of their patrons should be defeated for election, when they come up again, no difference what party they may belong to. FRANK. A. AGNEW. Find Old Spanish Ship. London Treasure hunters. Ju venile and adult are greatly excited over the discovery of a galleon un der the sand at the bottom of Tober Mory bay. It was one of the ships of the Spanish armada which was sunk in 1588. The sand is being removed by a pressure hose, and muskets, daggers, swords and axes have already been found. There is an old tradition in the neighborhood that a ship containing large quan tities ef gold was sunk in the bay. The hunt began when "pieces of eight" were found sticking to the anchor of a ship that had been moored in the bay. New York Times. "Business IsGood.ThahkYou" -WHY- LIFE AND ITS LOVE. Uf Is so beautiful, lov 1 so tweet Ah, the wild whisper of song o'r th'.- wheat. The loved lanes ar lonely For loved hearts away To their mist and their merle And the dreams gone astray If Ufa wer all battle and lov a mere word. What eilence of sadness through life would ' b heard. Believe not In shadows Whl! love dwells In light Beyond the dark meadows Of sadness and night! Th sword for th combat, th ros for the fray Of love in the vales of th light-hearted, way. 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