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Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
CORNERS IN NECESSITIES.
Ways of Reaching Grain MOnOpOIies
Through tate Laws.

New York World.
With wheat and flour soaring in price,
with loaves of bread diminishing in size
and with an increasing public demand
upon the president and congress for action,
the man responsible for the present situa-
tioin in breadstuffs vehemently denies that
he has cornered the market. He is merely
a merchant. He foresaw scarcity. He did
no forestalling. He simply bought wheat
when he knew it was cheap and he now
has 1t for sale at a profit.
So say they all. Few of the daring oper-
ators who have attempted with more or
less success to m~onopolize markets have
been willing to admit that they contem-
plated a corner, and the one now In evil
dence is not likely to do so. There are laws
in Illinois against forstalling and against
corners. There is a law also. which has
been upheld by the supreme court OF the
state but rarely enforced. prohibiting deal
ing In futures.
Gamblers in wheat are shrewd enough to
point to the high price of cash wheat
that Is, real wheat-as proof that their
speculation is not responsible for the ad-
vance in futures, but IL II had not been for
the manipulation Of futures there would
be no such demand now for the actual
grain. These operators probably have
bought and sold many times over all the
real wheat that there is in the country.
BY such methods they have gained con-
troll of a great proportion OF the visible
supply.
II is not so easy to see how the national
government can reach these evils, but
states which permit m~anipulators to mon
onoliza food and fIch unaarnAd ~p,i1tcpo
from the pockets OF the people are shock
ingly remiss in their duty to themselves
and their %neighbors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

A dream that he was back in his child
hood days awoke John Mcdonald, an aged
csretaker, and he saved from death Ed
win and Elmina Smith, children of Harry
r. Smith. Mcdonald, who was the only
person in the house with the children on
High street, Orange. smelled gas as he
awoke. He found a Jet open in the room
where the children were sleeping, and the
room was full Of gas. He opened the win
dow and tried to awake the child, but
without success. A doctor treated them.
and tonight he pronounced the children
out of danger.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Of his Office and tell them to mind
their " AFFAIRS? Not at all. He
promptly went back on his friends by
ordering the lid nailed on everything
in sight.
Backbone" is a great thing and so
is loyalty to friends. but when the
backbone" is like a Jelly fish and the
loyalty lasts only so long as the
friends can be used for personal ad-
vantage. IL is moi the kind that counts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

New York Tribune.

NtW IVTh TIUUHe.
The Hon. Frank Clark Of Florida, hailed
before the state legislature for speaking
disrespectfuully of MIR. Bryan, told that
body that although he had no great regard
for the Nebraskan as a statesman or a
party leader, he would cheerfully fall in
line and work for the perpetual candidate
In 1912. Mr.. Clark thus effectively vindi-
Gated his regularity and loyalty
Democratic politicians are generally for
Bryan about the time a national conven-
ton meets, no matter what they may saw
about him in ''off" seasons, when oratory
doesn't count,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
Objectionable Features OF Trusts.
Philadelphia Record,

TTTT-I-TFETT- 80"
Mr.. Ellis, assistant TO the attorney gen
eral OF the United States. takes an intel
lisible view Of the trust problem when he
says that the Objectionable feature u not
the combination but the power 10 control
prices. There seems TO be no way Of pre-
venting the combination, and In the case
Of the industrial trusts there is no way
OF preventing the control Of prices except
to see that competition exists. And this
means that where domestic competition
has been suppressed some foreign com
petition would be a wholesome thing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
CHEEKY CHAFF.

ANY gambling going on in this town
now asked the customer who had just
bought a plug of tobacco.
Not q bit. the lids shut down tight"
the customer who was shaking
dice for the cigars.-Chicago Tribune.
Your hat" said the statesman. rs over
trimmed and unreasonable In expanse."
ut would SEEM answered his wife,
serenely. ito resemble certain tariff
speeches that 1 nave heard. Washington
Star.
Lazy Jackson-Look-ah heah. NAH son,
wat would yo' do ef yo' had no muddah an
no faddah to suppoaht you?
Ephey Jackson-Why, All d git married,
OF cou'se.-Judge
"Does a man who steers a boat have
necessarily to be a man of determined
character"
Goodness gracious. no! Whatever put
such an idea into your head?"
Nothing, only | thought from his loca-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
A Man without q Party.

New York Sun.
We have no sort Of doubt that Secretary
Dickinson will be glad to hear Mr.. Bryan
does not consider him a democrat. Mr..
Dickinson is in the position of a great
many thousands Of men all over the
country, though especially at the south,
who shrink from nothing as much as from
MIR. Bryan's approval and Endorsement.
1t is perhaps true that IL Nebraska sets
the pattern he is not a democrat. The
question is whether Nebraska is going to
furnish the models for the party any
longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
Irish Homecoming.

ireland for the Irish-1910. Meet
me at Kilkenny is the call that is
going out to the sons Of Ireland all
over the world. 1t is planned to make
this a grand Homecoming of the ex-
patriated sons of Erin scattered all
over the world.
The Irish present a spectacle not
to be compared with any people in the
world. With only a fraction of their
numbers residing in the land of their
nativity, yet wherever they wander
their heart still yearns for and their
fondest hopes are conferred around the
native home of the race.
Wherever civilization is, there is
the Irishman. and under whatever flag
he has found his home he has been a
loyal subject. Few, indeed, are they
who have any desire to return to their
native land as an abiding place, even
though it's independence were secured.
Still fewer are the number who are
not impelled by a constant desire to
aid their countrymen who remain. 1t
is this sentiment which gives birth to
the Homecoming idea.
What an object lesson In migration
1t would be IL all who have left the
Emerald isle should return. The
standing Room Only" sign would be
hung out and possibly some extensions
made necessary in order to accommo-
date the crowd.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

The Water board spokesman have
not yet made 1t clear what they pro-
pose to do with the $4,000, 600 of
bonds voted in 1900. which, together
with the $6,5OO,0 600 now asked. would
place $500, 900 at their disposal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Cincinnati people propose to greet
President Taft in an airship on the
occasion of his first home visit. 1t
will take an airship of large displace-
ment 20 float the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

In the supreme court in Brooklyn We'd
nesday the value of a mans three fingers
was placed at lust twice that Of another
mans life. John Welch, who had his
fingers cut off by a machine while at
work in the Waterbury Rope works. got
a verdict Of 5000 from a jury. But a
jury in another part of the court awarded
to the widow of Thomas r. Carlin, who
was crushed TO death while working for
the New York Dock company, a verdict
Of only $500. The widow had sued for
Sz5, 600 damages.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

ton on the boat he would have to he a
man of stern urpose ."-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
Surely" began the yaune politician,
who was about 20 propose, you must
realize what my frequent visits here mean
why no." replied the bright girl; since
you are a politician ] naturally concluded
that your visits were without Significance"
Catholic Standard and Times.
One day an earthquake and a case OF
ague CHANGED to meet.
w are related, 1 believe" said tho
earthquake.
we are" replied the case OF ague. cal
though we have never met before"
Shaker they both exclaimed stimuli
t~aneously .-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
A Premature bathurst,
Boston Transcript.

The publication Of Tsft's plans for the
further regulation Of railroads today is a
severe blow to those journalists who had
just sent out the story that the Roosevelt
policies had been ditched by his unsym-
pathetic Successor.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Chicago Record-Herald.

II you wish to talk to the people on
Mars Prof. Pickering Of Harvard says
you can do so for SO, coo. 900. Some citizens
may think this is a high price, but the
man whose wife is accustomed to call
him up on the long distance telSahone and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Mr.. Hartman would surely enjoy
his summer trip to Europe better If he
should leave WORD behind to go ahead
with the erection of that long delayed
headquarters building for Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II worse comes to worst, the sultan
of Turkey will depend upon the Amer
lean commander of his private yacht
to get him out of the country. Buck
man Pasha has several times saved
the sultan's life and says he is able
to do it again. A Yankee skipper is
a good thing to have in times of
stress.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Drinking cups on trains abol-
shed, or everybody his own can
rusher," is the title OF a new edict OF
he State Railway commission. The
sArtoonist will now find a substitute
80 Weary Willie.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

1t is time to quit making fun of the
Chinaman's method of dress. A Seat
tie Celestial was recently saved from
the clutches of a highwayman because
the holdup man could not find his
pocket.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II it is a free bridge between Omaha
and Council Bluffs that is wanted, why
not find out whether the passenger
bridge that is already built could not
be bought and made free to the public?
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

A Seattle police Judge sentenced a
masher TO thirty days on the chain
gang. IL he improves his opportunity
to labor industriously he nay acquire
a habit which will render him OF value
- shA community.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Now hal James ]. Jeffries has
promised to step in and settle the race
question, we shall 10 see whether
the fist is more potent than the pitch
fork
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

The proceedings of the convention
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution offer another illustration
of how sweet it is for sisters to dwell
together in harmony.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II is now proposed to put meters on
telephones. If the plan is adopted
the stern parent will probably have
something to say about telephone
eourtships.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

So much dust thrown in the air by
the water bond boosters threatens to
obscure the act hat there are some
fire engine house bonds likewise to be
voted I'D or down. -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Broker Patten has reached the cli-
max of his woes. The camera men
follow him even when he goes to
church.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Those democratic nominees for po-
lice commissioners will have to be ac-
companied by a biographical diction-
airy to introduce them to the voters.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

John Temple Graves says hat ito
love a widow is a liberal education"
Possibly, but many times a liberal ed
ucation nay be secured cheaper in
some other way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II Nebraska voters want to know
just what the discount rate is on
democratic promises they have only
to study the record of the democratic
legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Nebraska democrats are 10Y busily
doing a juggling act trying to ascer-
tain which end of the liquor question
poker is the warmer.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

We are glad to be informed of the
long list of things which the editor of
The Bee has been allowed" to do.
This must be a free country, after all.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Oklahoma mobs have one peculiar
ity, in that they make no class dis
tinctions. They take everything from
tramps to millionaires.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

A Colorado teacher whipped a boy
pupil and the boys father whipped
the teacher. 1t is now up to the court
to say which gets the odd horse.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
Practice VIII Helm some.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
With a little practice you may become
accustomed to eating a smaller 5 cent loaf
of bread than heretofore, and with a little
self-denisl you may succeed in making it
go Just as far.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II Noah Webster should come to life
and start in on the sporting page what
a time he would have trying to figure
out what it all meant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

II you don't want to plant trees,
plant ~shrubbery or flowers. or some
thing else that will grow into verdure
and beauty.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

The mayoralty- election at the Elks'
fair will not be in 1t with the real
thing on election day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

No grand jury for Douglas county
this spring. What a relief for the
professional vendors Of w~ell-defned
rupors that can never be verified.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
q Of BrevIty.

Philadelphia Press.
President Tafts messages to congress
are models Of brevity. He knows what he
wants when he wants It and he just
says 80.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Governor s~haIlenberger says hat he
was not offended, but merely misun-
derstood. Let it go at that.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

1t is suggested the weather man Is
trying to make the spring as bad as
some of the seasons poetry.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Baltimore American,
Patten corners thousands Of bushels Of
wheat with greater ease than some poor
men corner a single loaf.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Bli3d tigers have a queer faculty of
seeing the approach of officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

In spite Of Patten, yeast Is still
necessary to make bread rise.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Four men. big. strong fellows, were
given a lesson in courage Sunday evening
by a 16-year-old boy. who shamed them all
before a crowd. Thu men were watching
a 6-year-old boy drown. without making
a single effort to save him, when a half
grown lad plunged into the water and
brought the sinking youth ashore. Thomas
Murtha. 6h years old, OF 400 East Tween
ty-ninth street, fell from the pier at the
foot of the street. He dropped into the
turbulent water with a scream. Charles
Weber, Is, of 504 First avenue, was
shooting marbles at the far end OF the
pier, sixty feet away. At Murtha's cry he
looked up, but seeing nothing unusual,
continued his game. The next moment
there was another shrek as Murtha rose
to the surface. This time Weber saw him
and ran down the pier. his pockets full Of
marbles jingling as he ran. Pushing his
way through the group of inactive men,
and without taking off even his coat, he
plunged in as Thomas sank the second
time. Murtha rose again some yards from
Weber. who struck put for him just as
his curly head was disappearing. Weber
seized him and held him up. Then began
a battle against the tide. which was run
ming swiftly. Weber had only about TWEEN
ty-five feet to go to reach shore, but
weighted down by his clothes and the al
most lifeless form Of Murtha, the cour-
ageous lad had a hard struggle. He kept
his head, though, and finally got to land,
exhausted. Mrs. Murtha had been told
of the accident, and as Weber landed she
took her half conscious son from his res
cuer's arms and ran with him to Bellevue
hospital, where II vas said the child
would be all right in a few days unless
pneumonia developed. Weber followed the
woman to the hospital, where Mrs. Murtha
almost overwhelmed the lad with her
gratitude. Weber instantly became en-
barrassed and shy and started to run away.
Someone asked him to tell about the res
cue. Jaw, it's all right. I just got him
out, that's all. Lem'me go" With that
he fled through the hospital gates and ran
home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
STATEMENT or crncuLAT1oN.

oIA IEMENI OF VN7
state OF Nebraska. Douglas County, ss:
George p. Tsschuck, treasurer OF The Bee
publishing company. being duly sworn. saye
hat the actual number of full and complete
Sunday Bee printed during the month OF
March. 1919. was a. follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

forget the nisht Of time will not consider
II exorbitant.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Congressman Scott of Kansas wants
wheat put on the free list. 1t lacks
a whole lot OF being free at present.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
WHEN OUT OF rowN.

WHEN OUT oB w
s~ubscribsrs leaving tbs citg tem-
porsPily shoald have ThS Bee
matted TO them. Address will be
changed a often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22
Around New York

Nipples on the Current OF Life
a. Seen In h Great Amsrioan
Metropolis from Day 20 Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

You read about that iron worker being
killed by a fall from the Manhattan bridge
last Monday, didn't your" asked a con-
tractor. quoted by the Tribune. well, do
you know, those cowboys Of the sky the
structural iron workers, hate Monday. They
do, surely. It's their hoodoo day. they say
"a real blue Monday. why? Well. they
will tell. you that the greater part OF the
accidents in their trade happen on Monday,
and they'll cite you figures TO prove II.
Yes, 1t may be due to unsteady nerves
after a Sunday free TO do as they like,
but l don't know. / do know this, though
on a job Of bridge work l had up the state
every serious accident We had happened
on Monday. Lay 1t to anything you want
to. but the facts are the same. Friday
amt in It with Monday for bad luck in our
kin of trapeze work"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

Three hundred patients, many of them
reclining on stretchers or propped In
wheel chairs, witnessed a three-round bout
in the clinic smphitheater in Bellevue
hospital last Friday night. The boxing
match was only one feature Of a varied
program given for the entertainment for
patients by the Protestant Episcopal City
mission. II was a weird sight as the halt
and the lame, the partly blind and the
MANNED. both men and women, assembled
in the room ordinarily used for operations
to witness the merrymakers. In other
parts of the hospital lay the sick and
dying, but the thick walls shut off all
sounds from the amphltheater. Two 49,
year-old boys furnished the boxing
diversion. They we're introduced as kid"
Smitz and kid" Smally. II was announced
that they weighed 115 pounds. After the
lads shook hands they went at II hammer
on tongs, and at the end of the third round
Snits had a cut liz and a bleeding nose.
The bout was then declared a draw. Two
hundred physicians and nurse mingled with
che patients.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-22

There Is one thing about the corporation
OF the city Of New York. which commands
admiration. Its backbone Is made OF the
right stuff and has knobs all over It. on
some occasions II %stiffens up in a curved
altitude beyond the reach OF the pull Of
plutocrats. Though a rare exhibit. II
covers. like charity, a multitude OF sins"
For years past the great avenue Of pluto
cracy, Fifth, lined with palaces, institutions.
have encroached on the street. some times
a foot or two, but enough to cucumber the
walks 1t last the city claimed its own,
and has served notice on all trespassers
to clear off the distractions, or in city's
rowba and AK brigade will get busy on
May /. Most Of the property owners
needed the warnings. and all along the
avenue the workmen are busy. A few,
however, after fighting the matter
through the courts and losing, are plan
Ping to resist the city's wreckers when
they make their appearance, and lively
times are looked for.
All along both sides OF the avenue,
between Thirty-third and Forty-seventh
streets many residences remodeled into
business buildings retain stairways, and
these must he removed. Sunken area
ways must be filled and offices which
occupy front Easements will in several
cases he considerably below the side
walk level.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-26

One acre In the North END ON the
Extension of North 21st street, can
be secured for $500, and virtually
gives you an opportunity to get
Iwealth-making property for moth
1900 cash needed to get a home
within walking distance OF post
office, 4 block of 9th avenue cars 2
lots. sewer, water. pavement and
first class place for IsrRe family,
lots of property for sale, but few
snaps. This pointer for nothing.
Four acres within blocks of
lp0stoffice In town of Buckleyg the
finest kind of land for vegetables
or celery, absolutely mo b1acker,
richer or dampers soil In state. $1,000
ION terms, or will trade far good
Iautomobfle or improved Tacoma
Are You In the market FOR first
Is1eNs pF0epecfivr buAfBess property
\ abuii6iuH and lot South d between
l11fh ana l&tk. Rewsr nldet rake to-
IE&thsr $4,000 cash and you can have
for yeur'sS 10 years n you want
$500 for lot ut Bismarck, 30 fest
front on South 64th street, not
many Of them left.
$4,000 North Prospect street home
IeHccedlnRIy we'll bufIt, porcelain
plumbing. lots, cast view, street
sawed Cone today. Call I to 4 y.
I'M. 1913 A.
n. sTErNBACH
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Big Snaps

20 acres nice level land, on Pa
cffic Ave, III miles south of Span
away, and ready for cultivation, for
only $50 per acre Will make an
ideal chicken ranch; 5000 cash, bal
In 8 years. Will handle this snap.
land near the puyal1up car line. FOL
only 1850; t76 cash and so pei
- 3 nice lots In the West 1nd thai
Tor { Few days Is 1850 each; 35l
cElE ana SO month VIII buy them
Ter look them up today.
n. 2. LAwHoRN
! ~ 5f4 Bernfce Bldg.
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aIo RARaAIN IN NEW COrTA GLE

BIG BARGAIN IN NEW COTTAGE
$500 cash, balance on easy pay
|tage in Tacoma, at 4335 South l.
lst., next to corner 45th. Price only
81, 500. One large lot. Good view.
Block from car. Parlor, dining
room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, recep-
Ition hall, bath, porcelain plumbing,
lwoodshed, brass fixtures and best
materials throughout. Water, sewer,
cement sidewalk. All ready to move
into. Apply at office for key. We
have exclusive sale. K. II. Miller &
leo. Phone S65. 116 18th st.
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Resolved

To sell my 7o-room lodging house
before July 1. II you are Interested
in q proposition of this kind and
know anything about the business
AT ali, / can easily convince you that
Il am making a remarkably low fig
Pure, Address Box 96. care Times.
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JUST WHAT YOU ARE
:
LOOKING FOR Fsa'

Would you like personal inter-
views with several parties who
are DESTROYS of securing a choice
timber claim or homestead, both
suitable for agricultural purposes
of all kinds. Timber claims
cruised from four to eight million
feet. Once again, opportunity
knocks at your door. Come in
and see us, while the cruiser IS
here. Today is your chance, to-
morrow may not be. Dept. l.. 613-
GA Provident Bldg, Tacoma, Wn.
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I'VE are prepared TO locate you or
some splendid timber claims
cruising from 4 to millions. close
to railroad and driving stream
This is rare opportunity. Oul
terms are quite reasonable. These
are not government claims and yot
use no rights. For particulars ad
dress or call at Ga Prov. Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-26

Pam NICE LOTS at sas2.go each I;
3ssn.sS. wsass, q. 1. monthly A's''
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5000
srnnAoooM LAKE, close to In

terlaaken station; Ia acre tract,
only few feet from Pacific Trac-
tion car; county road along one
side. There are two summer cot
tages and bath house. Frontage of
100 feet on the lake. Water may
be piped to any house. This tract
would be big enough for 4 or 5
families. and IL bought on
syndicate plan would amount to
hut a small sum for each member.
price $4,000: one-third cash, balance
in 60 monthly payments-or 8 per
cent off for cash within one year.
Full commission to realty agents.
Telephone owner, Main 400, or call
at room 8, 952h Pacific Ave.