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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Public Health Conference.

The conference of Marine hospital
and health oficials, in session in
Washington, should have the attention
which It's merits warrant. There is no
one question which so vitality affects
everyday life as the prevention of un-
necessary disease. Health or the lack
of 1t touches all the industrial, social
and economical problems. Health is
an absolute prerequisite to reaching
the highest accomplishment in every
line of endeavor, but modern methods
have performed wonders in mitigating
the misery and economic waste of dis
eases which formerly cost thousands
Of lives and incapacitated other thou
sands from performing their part in
the worlds work.
The science of disease prevention is
in its infancy, but the earnest,
scholarly men who are dedicating
their lives to it are performing a task
whose value cannot be measured. 1t
is only recently that the causes for
many of humanity's scourges we're I'M
derstood and even now our knowl-
edge is still imperfect. With Infinite
pains the scientific investigators have
searched out the causes of diseases, the
means of prevention and cures for
many of which bafled their predeces-
sors. Few OF them have reaped any
substantial financial return for their
labors and their reward is largely In
the consciousness of a good work we'll
done.
The most conspicuous examples OF
disease prevention accomplished by
the Marine hospital service are the
practical eradication of yellow fever
in Cuba, the canal zone and our south
ern cities and the checking of the bu-
bonic plague which invaded the Pa
cific coast cities. These diseases are
SO quickly fatal that medical treat
ment avails little in effecting cures,
but they have been stamped out by
preventive means. In the light Of
their accomplishments the work these
agencies are doing is entitled to UNI
stinted encouragement and support.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Bltachsd Flour Abroad.

The highest courts of both Great
Britain and France have recently
passed upon the question of bleaching
-four and their findings are particu-
larly pertinent in view OF the conten-
ton between the millers in our winter
wheat belt and the National Pure Food
commission. In both instances the
courts decided that the bleaching OF
-four produced no deleterious effects.
The French tribunal even held that
the testimony showed the food quail
ties of -four were actually improved by
the process.
In the British case the principal wit
ness to sustain the contention that
bleaching was harmful was Prof.
Ladd of North Dakota, by whose ex-
periments the ruling in this country
is TO be largely determined. Two emf
nent British scientists followed min
utely Mr.. Ladd's experiments and ar.
rived at exactly opposite results. In
rendering its decision the court said
Whether you regsrd il from the poini
of view of digestion, whether you regard
Il from the point OF view OF nutrition, OF
whether you regard il from the point o.
view OF positive harm, l must come to tn,
conclusion that the plaintiff has sstsb
lished the truth OF the statement In hi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

After much m~aneuvering and sparring
the governor forced the four republican
members OF the State Board OF Equaliza-
ton to vote for a total increase OF 5000, OO
in the railroad valuation Of the state
world-Herald.
The governor must be a modern
Golish to be able alone and single
handed to force four a~ble-bodied men
to do something they do not want to
do. The achievement of the four train
robbers, holding up a train, is nothing
by comparison. II the governor is the
whole thing, what's the use of having
anyone else on those state boards with
him?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
PERSONAL NOTES.

Chancellor James r. Day of Syracuse
university has arrived at San Francisco,
finishing a seven months pleasure o
with his wife and daughter. ?
W. w. Rockhill, the American minister to
China, preparatory to his early departure
for the United States, has turned over the
affairs Of the legation to Secretary Henry
P. Fletcher. Mr.. Rockhill has been sp-
pointed ambassador to Russia.
Miss Flora Scarf, aged IS years, Of New
Carlisle, o., died recently. The remarkable
feature of her death is the fact that this
is the first time in sixty-five years that
the cruel messenger has visited the family.
She was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
]. Scarf, aged IS and rs, respectively.
A Philadelphia observing a man in the
act OF beating his wife on the lawn with
all the abandon he might have used on a
dusty rug, a passer-by interfered. I'M
mediately the rescued wife retreated into
her happy home. when she emerged bear
ing a pan of greasy water, the contents of
which she dashed over the passer-by.
John Mitchell. former president OF the
United Mine Owners OF America, and now
has left Spring Valley, H., with his family
for New York. where he will reside permn-
nently. Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell were mar
ried in Spring Valley seventeen years ago
and have made their home there since.
When the new United States senator
from Illinois. William Lorimer, selects a
house in the capital BETTING his new
dignity it will have to be a good big one
IL he wants to keep his family under one
roof. The enator-elect has a brood that
would delight the heart OF President
Rooseveit-eight children, ranging in age
from a baby just beginning to toddle, to "a
debutante OF Is.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Slobber.

Mr.. Hitchcock, who has no more
love for Mayor Jim than the devil has
for holy water, devotes a column of
the World-Herald to handing a double
loaded package of slobber to the
mayor. Mayor Jim is suddenly EN-
titled to credit" He occupies high
and unassailable ground" He is "a
bigger man, a truer democrat and a
better Omahan than some of his enc
mics" Mayor Jim has been famous
for his backbone" and commands
popular trust and respect" He will
grow stronger than ever Of"
The "if" is conditioned on Mayor
Jim's willingness to take orders from
Mr.. Hitchcock. "If" he shows his
backbone to the extent of declaring his
independence of Mr.. Hitchcock II will
no longer be good for Mayor Dahl
man. but the column of. slobber will
quickly give way to a column of invec-
tive denunciation and condemnation.
1T" Mayor Jim" can't see through
the game that Hitchcock and bis
World-Herald are playing, he is not
the Shrewd politician he is supposed
to be.
Talking about backbone, is it true.
as currently reported at the time, that
in the middle OF the recent city cam.
paign Mr.. Hitchcock summoned Mayor
Jim" into his august presence and
demanded that he resign from the
ticket?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Conference of Emperors.

Considerable Importance Is attached
to a conference between the emperors
of Germany and Russia, zoe to take
place on shipboard in the Baltic sea,
to be followed later by a meeting be-
tween the German emperor and the
president Of France, Mutual distrust
growing out of the Turkish upheaval
and the incidents which preceded it
had started rumors Of ruptures and
even of probable wars. but these con-
~ferences indicate hat diplomacy has
evidently settled the differences II any
existed.
The work of the diplomat is con-
cealed from the public, however, and
in spite of franc that all had
been arranged satisfactorily the people
are slow to give them credence. That
the emperors or the head of the Ger
man and French governments will
themselves actually negotiate arrange
ments of an international character is
unlikely. These agreements are the
work Of the foreign offices. Their
meeting in an amicable way, however,
is likely to have a quieting effect upon
the public mind and 1t is doubtless for
this purpose that they are set in spec
tacular surroundings.
International rivalries and jeal-
ousies in Europe are so many and 80
intense that it often requires the
greatest tact to prevent a clash Fears
of other nations are worked upon to
secure appropriations for naval and
military expenditures and the time in
tervening between parliamentary SEES
sions is utilized to allay the alarm. 1t
is a great game Of s~hnttlecock and bat
tledore, whose continuance without
mishap depends upon the skill of the
m~anipulators.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The compilation of life insurance
statistics for the year 1908 shows that
OF the total amount OF claims paid by
life insurance companies last year
$3.50, 900 went to Nebraska beneh-
Charles. 1t would be interesting TO
know Just how much was collected in
from Nebraska policy holders in the
form OF premiums over and above div
idends so as to strike a balance and
show just what Nebraska's share OF
all this life insurance is costing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The value of the public parks and park
ways in the city of New York exceeds
$3.50, 900, 900. There are thirty-six parks and
parkways in Manhattan and the Bronx,
covering 6,16O acres, and thirty-one parks
and seven ~parkways in Brooklyn, 1850 acres
in extent. Central park, with a valuation
OF $500, OOO, 900, contains s4S acres, has nine
miles Of Dads, five and a quarter miles OF
bride paths and thirty-one miles Of ak
More than 500, 900 trees and shrubs have
been planted in this park alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Another old servant has identified
the Ohio claimant as the long lost
archduke Of Austria. If the claimant
is really what he pretends to be it took
him a long time to realize what a good
thing he had thrown into the discard.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Among Earthquake Sufferers.

1t is something, Of a shock to hear that
the natives around the, town OF st. Euphe-
mia, in southern Italy, have betaken them
selves to rioting under the impression that
they have been badly treated in the dis
tribution Of funds raised for relief of suf-
ferers by the MessIna earthquake. If the
people OF the neigbborhood live up to the
name Of the town they should be a soft
spoken folk and exhaust every resource
Of gentle protest before throwing brick
bata.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
SMALL FOES THAT COST,
Tribute Productive Industry Pays to
Rats and Insects.
Naw York World


Great enemies are met and vanquished.
Small foes thrive while the ways n
means Of their Punishment are sought In
vain. As a case in point there comes an
official statement from Washington that
the Norway rat is costing the country
500, 900, 900 a year.
Similarly, the cost Of enduring the cotton
boil weevil threatens TO reach a far greater
sum each year; there are a score Of fiends
Of the beetle family chewing up 5000, OO, 900
OF forest trees annually; the chinch-bug
genus has been equal TO the destruction
OF about $3.50, 900, 900 in cereals in a decade.
and its capacity increases yearly. Besides
which, the ~codling-moth in the apple trees,
the borer among the peaches. the Hessian
fly, the ]brown-tail and gypsy moths and
many other swarming pests help to pile
up a total annual insect cost Of hundreds
Of millions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Nearly three-fourths of the entire popula-
ton of New York City makes its homes in
apartment houses. tenement houses. two
family houses and in apartment hotels.
The rentals derived from apartment dwell
ings amount to about SIS. 900, 900 a month or
$3.50, 900, 900 yearly. The total amount in
vested in apartment houses in the five
boroughs reaches many billions of dollars,
and is rapidly increasing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Recently compiled railway statistics
show that North America contains al
most as many miles of railway as all
the old world combined, and eonsidera-
bly, more than all of Europe. stll,
there are vast stretches OF this CONT
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Rasin OF %Prosperitr.
ST. Louis Republic,

Mr.. r. H. Hartman hits the nail squarely
on the head In saying that the good times
he predicts depend upon crops and not
upon exploitation Of speculative schemes.
In the latter, too much of the good money
we got from the former was burned, and
the smoke from the burning was seen in
the panic of 1907.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

In a recent address in New York
District Attorney Jerome boasted that
sven his enemies conceded that he was
honest and capable. He is also con-
victed of modesty on his W admis-
sions.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Funny Side of statesmanship.

Craftsmanship Is a funny thing. The
tariff bill on which the senators are now
working considerably increases the price of
asphalt mined in California. To protect"
the California stuff, every municipality in
the union must pay an increased price for
it's paving material. How much cheaper
and better 1t would be not to have any
asphalt In the United States!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Omaha has gotten on the map once
more as being the destination of sew
ersl of the struggled Partisan gowns
sold at auction in New York. Coming
so soon after that train robbery, too.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The New York World says that be-
ing q democrat is a state of mind. If
present conditions continue It is likely
TO become chronic melancholia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

New York City has $50 miles OF water
front fringed with docks costing Sl25, 900, 900.
An average OF thirty-one steamships, trans
atlantic and coastwise, arrive at or sail
therefrom daily. In 1908 New York's ship
ping handled 81, 256, O42, 267 worth of goods
Sixty per cent of the nations imports en-
tered the port of New York and $4,000, O(
was collected in customs duties. These fig
ures show an increase of 70 per cent over
New York's foreign commerce of ten yeara
ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Governor Shallenberger's flag day
proposition has been amended to make
Flag day come June IA, instead of
June Is. The governor must be try
ing to ave time. Notwithstanding his
famous story that concludes, Whats
time to a hog?"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
why 700 send In q Fewt
New York World

The bureau of labor at Washington is
able to figure out for 1908, as against 1907,
an average decrease of SO per cent in the
cost Of living. 1t is unfortunate that the
statisticians cannot pay the bills.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

It has nov been discovered that the
Wright brothers, who are achieving
.ame as Aeronauts. once lived in Iowa
when small boys. II is TO be noted,
however, that they Few away as soon
az their wings would carry them.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A Chicago man announces that al
falfa makes good cigars. They may
not be up to the Havana standard, but
alfalfa should be able to run tbs cab
bage 4 fair race as a substitute filler.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Omaha can return the iibes. The
bandits who robbed the mail car came
from elsewhere. and they made the
mistake of their lives when they Sc
lected their last place Of operation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

New York City has 9O7 banks. Fifty-two
Of these are savings banks, 1o2 are national
and state banks, and there are fifty-three
trust companies carrying on a banking
business. Through these repositories OF
public and private funds $3.50, 592, IA flows
daily. The clearing house transactions
show a daily average of $241, ala. 022 in ex-
changes and balances of 81, 17s, 1872. Since
its organization fifty-four years ago the
clearing house transactions nave exceeded
81, 900, 600, 900, 20.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Uncle Sam is just nov passing
around the plums in the shape of in
creases in salaries to postmasters OF
growing towns. That Nebraska is
getting Its share proves hat the state
Is growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Mr.. Hartman says the Lands de-
cision was responsible for the panic
and Judge lands lays the blame on
Mr.. Hartman. Arbitration would be
\ good way to settle their differences.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

1t Is suggested to Senator Bailey Of
Texas there are several larger men in
and about congress than any of the
newspaper correspondents he has at
tackled up to the present.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

When Mrs. Henry b. Plant, wife OF the
noted builder Of railroads in the South,
inherited her athei's wonderful collection
Of art treasures. she made It her life
ambition to enlarge It and house It in q
filling home in New York. Her husband
died, and, after she secured from his vast
estate her dover Of ss,OOO,O 900, she was free
to search in every land for the rare and
beautiful. Then she met Robert Graves,
financier and inventor. He was attracted
by her. lie sympathized with her ambi-
ton. They were quietly married in 1904
and soon her castle I'm SPAIN bade fair
to become a real castle.
1t was a love match purely. The brill
liant young widow Of the railroad Croe-
sus had not lacked brilliant suitors. But
when Graves appeared all others vanished
and together they planned the New York
home at No. Z West Fifty-first street,
which was to be their treasure palace.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Governor Shallenberger rods from
Omaha 20 Peru on the Missouri Pacific
and then as soon as he returned to
lincoln prevailed on the State Board
OF Assessment to reduce the valuation
Of the road, This inside history
should be made & matter Of record.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

That story about fve brides recently
arriving In a bunch in Iowa from Eng
land should warn congress to see to it
that the American cupid is suitably
protected.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
A Check for High Living.
WashinEton Herald

The Omaha Bee thinks the family gar.
den is the only solution of the high cost
Of living problem. In other words, the
common people should understand that free
garden seeds may be made to cover a
multitude of congressional sins.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A Chicago man has sued a surgeon
for robbing him of cuticle while under
the influence Of ether and using it on
another patient. This is reducing
graft to a ine art.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A CITY rock pile is all right for a
summer diversion, but the eventual So
luton Of the problem is a workhouse
that will do business all the year
rnund
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

nent waiting for railroads for their
full development, which gives some
idea OF our possibilities for supporting
increased population.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

A New York critic says modern poe
try has not enough fire in it. The
trouble Is that the portion which burns
ls never read by the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Subscriber leaving the city tenn
pOrariIY should have h Bee
mailed 10 them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Throwing a scare.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Count Zeppelin. the German, guides his
mammoth sirship $50 miles without alight-
ing. English channel has an average width
Of seventy miles. Ergo, panic in Piccadilly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

z. H. Hartman says he would
gladly retire II he could find anyone
to handle his job. There are plenty
Of men who would be willing to try.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Wonder II those six democratic
councilmen could agree on the answer
to the question, What is a demo-
erat2"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
In tabulating the wealth OF disable knov1-
edge let loose upon the world during the
graduating season do not overlook the
b~accalaureate sermons.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The announcement is made that
Champion Wrestler Gotch is TO be mar
ried. Getting ready for the match of
his life.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The former Turkish officials who
fed from the country have bee de-
graded. That il. decidedly more COM
Portable than being hanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

MY lazy son has at last decided on a
profession that he thinks he'n like"
Good. What has he chosen ?'
II wants to be a lineman for a wireless
telegraph company "-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Take note that the moon was in
eclipse on rising. This lie our first
trial Of the new early closing law.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
srArpMrNr of CIRCULATION.

state OF Nebraska. Douglas County, S.
George b, TEschuck, treasurer OF ny ~
nee Publishing Company, being uuiX
sn6 cornplAte copies Of The Daily, Morn
inE Evening and sunday Bee printed aeI
ing the month of May. 1909, was as toi-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Jack-Perhaps you don't like my style of
dancing.
Orme Qn distress)-welL there is rather
too much sameness about II.
ck-Er-how may / vary Il?
O~rme-Suppose you tread on nv left foot
once In a hile.-Milwauke Wisconsin
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Algy-If there is anything ! detest, It Is
this so-called 10y riding
Miss Tartun-I don't doubt It. i saw you
on horseback the other day, and you didn't
Look the least bit like a Joy rider. -Chicago
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
Around New York

nipples on the Current Of Life
as Seen In h GREAT American
Metropolis from Day 90 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

to think that none av US kin ever be as
bad as some people think we are."-Cath-
Ole Standard and Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

well" said Cassidy, "'tis too bad that
none av us kin liver be as good as SOM
people think we sh'ud be-"
AYE" replied Casey, but It's consolin'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04
LINES TO A SMILE.

How is that2' the stalwart young fel-
low asked, as he finished wiping up the
floor with his hated rival.
Dear" she with shining eyes,
ut was a sweeping victory.'-Baltimora
American,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Art has its thousands of ~votaries in New
York, but 1t seemed to the passerby that
never was such an ovation given the great
est of artists as was granted a humble
sigi-painter, depicting a Brobdignagian
-po;trait in an advertisement design cover
ing the whole side of a house. He swung
on a ladder, with gallon cans for tubes,
sketching in generous breadth the outlines
of the picture as far as he could reach.
Then he began to I'LL in, and with each
stroke another interested spectator Joined
the crowd on the sidewalk. Teamsters
stopped their drays on the street as long
as they dared. A policeman charged the
crowd to clear a way for pedestrians, but
made no appreciable effect on the conges-
ton. 1t was not until the artist had
stopped for the day that the last onlookers
left, and even then they went reluctantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
Nj. r. WALKER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The work progressed maglcally. In the
great halls and galleries hung pictures
that had graced the courts Of the Medlci;
tapestries that had been the pride of ORR
entail kings. Blu with the reality develop
ing before her eyes. her dream expanded.
There we're countless changes to be made
and innumerable treasures yet to be Sc
cured.
And then in the midst Of the great task,
when at last the finished whole was
clearly pinned, but only half completed,
Mrs. Graves fell i'll.
The malady did not seem serious al
first, but she gradually grew weaker and
slowly forced herself to forsake her am
bition for a while, at last to seek complete
rest. She retired to st. Luke's hospital
and later to Edgemere. She did not gain
strength. She was unhappy away from
her fairyland, on which the work was
Nall progressing.
Finally, a few weeks ago. they took her
home. But she was unable to view the
splendor that awaited her. When II was
all finished they told her she should 20
through all the rooms and behold her
completed work.
Last Saturday was the awaited day.
The last touch of the artists hand had
left the mansion an embodiment of the
highest modern architecture and the rarest
ancient art. BUT a sudden sinking spell
made it inadvisahle for Mrs. Graves to
leave her bed. She was told that all was
ready and that the palace only awaited
its princess.
Saturday she died.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-04

The representative of the gas ompany In
New York City who visits houses to in
spect the meter or on any other pretense
VIII hereafter present with his credential a
photograph Of himself in proof Of his Off
cial character. The photograph, we assume.
VIII bear on its back or face the attesta-
ton of the gas company that It is the
picture Of their employee,
TIL reason for this recaution is obvious.
1t is ordered by the Public Service COM
mission as the result Of It's Investigation Of
robberies committed by fraudulent meter
inspectors, who obtained entrance to resi-
dences by false pretense. Pretended tele-
phone examiners are able to commit the
same crime.