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Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
JUST FOR A CHANGE.

How often are we puzzled
BY Christmas thoughts Ike these.
What shall L give to Robert2
What to my friend Louise?
What shall I give to father. ...
And what to mother, sweet,
These questions so perpleX me
l cannot sleep or eat"
Well, here's a scheme worth trying,
Just plan your gifts this way.
In making or in buying, hrr
Be as careful as you may
But make the figures tally,
l. II to meet you'd have both ends
Make the number of your gifts the same
As the number Of your friends.
Then wrap the gifts in tissue
With ribbon tag and seal,
And go away and forget en-,
Take a walk or eat a meal.
When you return take out your list
And at random there address EN-;
Don't feel at the shape of the packages
Or try TO guess 'em.
When father gets his kensngton bag,
And ma some good cigars;
When brother gets his necklace,
And aunt toy trolley cars;
When sister gets a shaving mug,
And uncle a pretty barette;
You'll have the jolliest Christmas
You ever had. / bet .u.....
Omaha. -RAYROLL ND TREBLE
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
Rate, and wat.rsd stock.

The last day OF the eastern trunk
line rate hearing before the Interstate
Commerce commission was marked
with some testimony Of unusual sig
nifcance. Commissioner-elect Thorne
Of Iowa struck one Of the keynotes IN
this whole controversy when he
pointed to the amazing overcapitaliza-
ton Of railroads as one barrier to de-
termining the business Of rates He
had found by a scientific research that
In four states alone railroads were
overcapitalized by 100000. 900.
No wonder, figuring on the basis Of
such fictitious capitalization, the rail-
roads find present rates insufficient.
They must not expect the rise in rates
to keep pace with the arbitrary in
lating Of their stock Let them wiring
the water out of this and get down to
legitimate basis of investment and
income and then figure on their rates
One thing is to be observed, that
with all this railroad talk OF rising ex-
penses and falling revenues with de-
mand for higher tariffs, there has been
no appreciable decline in stock values
They remain strong and inviting for
Investment In some cases they have
even advanced. Nor has railroad ex-
tension and improvement ceased as a
result of this alleged condition. One
of the railroad witnesses before the
commission the last day when asked
if he could point to any railroad work
that had to be abandoned of late for
want Of capital. said he could not,
The railroads have not displayed
enough candor in their past relations
to the public. Commissioner Glenn
ents discovering, through the course
of this investigation, how extensive re-
batting used to be. observed:
| II is surprising to me to find how ex-
tensive these rebate practices used TO be
when II was 50 hard then for us to find
/ them. u..s
OF course, ii must not be supposed
that the railroads we're going to give
up the information OF such illegal
practices as rebating, but they are no
more insistent in their claims as to
present rates, revenues and expenses
than they we're then that there was
| positively no rebRting.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
Warning to Autoists.

In Omaha a chauffeur has been con-
victed Of granddaughter because the
automobile he was running ran over
and killed another man. In New
York a prominent business man Of
great wealth whose auto ran over and
killed a girl was tried for murder in
the FIRST degree and acquitted, very
naturally. and has been brought up on
new charge that will come more
nearly fitting the case. In st. Louis
public wrath has risen to a fever heat
over the automobile death of Moses
P. Wetmore and the chances are effec-
tive prosecution will follow.
Gradually the tide of public senti-
ment is rising against this reckless dis
regard for human life, or this criminal
carelessness that has been displayed
by too many persons who drive auto
mobiles. II ought to be warning in
time. All people who run autos, of
course, are not careless or Indifferent
to life, but too many are. These are
the only ones to whom this warning
can apply They will make a grave
mistake not to see in the steadily in
creasing number of prosecutions a
growing determination to stop temper
izing with them and go to Furnishing
them. If this is the only way Of COM
polling a due regard for the safety of
others, then the sooner it becomes
effective the better.
Omaha has been especially patient
too much so no doubt, with reckless
autoists. If one man is compelled to
serve a year or several years in the
penitentiary for causing a death, while
it can in no measure atone for the life
destroyed, it may serve the purpose OF
making many other men so careful as
to minimize the possibility of such
casualties. 1t would be a good rule
for every person driving an auto to re-
member that the pedestrian was on the
public thoroughfares first and that his
right to them is fairly well established
It is time to slow up and it is time for
courts and juries to see we have nc
more travesties on justice where auto,
lists refuse to slow up in time.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
ROOM at THE TOR.
Career OF Michael Cudahy a Notable
Example.

Chicago Tribune.
IL Is said by some pessimists that there
is no longer room at the top. They say
that there is practically no chance for the
poor boy to rise TO the head OF affairs
because OF the changed conditions OF mod
ern business. However that has passed
away In the death Of Michael Cudahy
From the most modest beginnings the poor
Irish boy, who was later 70 become the
influential manufacturer and merchant
triumphed over all obstacles in his wav
and set an example of success won without
double dealing or unfair advantage over
any man
With none OF the advantages open to the
youths Of today who can prepare for a
business career as the sequel to a college
education leading directly to that end Mr..
Cudahy applied to the tasks and problems
he encountered a native, commercial sense
which his perspicacity developed with
years. He found the packing business of
the west practically in its beginnings, a
vast, untried field Of commercial endeavor
with no presidents to guide those engaged
in It. He, Armour and few others were
nearly the only ones to perceive what
great things it's future held. To him, as
much as TO any other, is due the credit
for the marvellous development OF that in
dustry which is now one Of the world s
wonders.
The success which he accomplished as
an employee he bettered as an employer.
and with the requirement Of power and
position he never forgot those who worked
as he once had-for a wage Nor did he
ignore the worthy claims which are made
upon success. He held his wealth in trust
and gave OF his store to charity. He bore
himself towards society with consideration
and real sense Of brotherhood His life
furnishes a good example to the rising
generation as a business man and a citizen
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
The Marx Twain Memorial

The character of the men conspicu-
Gus In the Mark Twain memorial in
New York was a powerful tribute to
the stability of Samuel l.. Clemens and
his legacy to the world Leaders in
the business, political, religious,
scientific realms were they; the giant
of finance and the man OF letters; the
ecclesiastic, the statesman, the editor
and the scientist alike came to honor
man who had given the best years
of his life to making the world laugh.
But his humor came from the depth
of LIES realities and had philosophy
as well as wit in it. Life with him
was not all joke and. while he made
the world laugh, he also made 1t think
and think as it laughed about the best
it contained If this were not true
men would not now gather from the
pinnacles Of activity and fame to pay
their respects 20 his memory.
Colonel WattersOn. who knew
Twain intimately and was related to
him by marriage, said: How much
Of melancholy lay hidden behind the
mask of the humorist It would be
hard to say His griefs were tenn
pered by a vein of philosophy. He
was a medley OF contradictions. I'm
conventional to the point of eccentric
ity, his sense of his own dignity was
all-sutheient. This seems to tell It
all. Il is q great tribute, because is
supplies an intelligent insight into the
life and character OF the man. It will
help the world to appreciate its debt
60 Twain. A man who laughs and
makes the world laugh in spite of per
sonal grief and sorrow places the
world vastly in HIS debt and leaves Il
living philosophy when he passes
on. II is easy for US to laugh when
all goes well and we feel like doing
nothing but laughing, but the test
comes when things are going wrong.
The man who can laugh then and
cheer others is Of more worth to hu-
manity than he who Is OF his mirth
mirthful and OF his sorrow sorrowful
The ail-sumoient dignity, to which
Colonel Watterson alludes, was an
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

One Court Cuts Loose from Tyranny
of Precedent.
Nyoyy Work. Tribune

New York Tribune.
Good for the supreme court of Oklahoma!
It enjoys the inestmable advantage Of
starting afresh with clean slate. In a
recent case-we quote from THE Journal
of the American Institute Of Criminal Law
and Criminology"-the supreme court very
sensibly refused to grant a new trial be-
cause a useless word had been omitted
from an indictment. Said the court:
Now that our criminal Jurisprudence is
in its formative period, we are determined
to do all in our power TO place 1t upon a
broad and sure foundation Of reason and
justice, so that the innocent may find It to
be a refuge of defense and protection. and
that the guilty may be convicted and
taught that it is an exceedingly serious
and dangerous thing to violate the laws Of
the state, whether they be rich and influen-
tial or poor and friendless If we
place our criminal jurisprudence upon a
technical basis it will become the luxury
of the rich, who can always hire able and
skillful lawyers to invoke technicalities in
their behalf. We confess to a want
of respect for precedents which were found
in the rubbish heap Of Noah's Ark. and
which have outlived their usefulness, If
they ever had any"
"Precedents found in the rubbish heap Of
Noahs Ark" A breezy court. but a breeze
that will blow the cobwebs out OF the law
is what is needed.
The Oklahoma decision is in refreshing
contrast to a recent Alabama decision
which ordered a new trial because the in
dictment under which the prisoner was
convicted simply charged him with steal
ing hides and did not specify whether they
were mule, goat COW or sheep hides The
reports are full OF cases like this, where
the courts have ordered new trials upon
the slightest OF technicalities, the omission
of a the" "and" or did" in an indict-
ment, or the failure to describe weapon
with which an assault was committed any
more specifically than as a heavy stick"
An instance of technicalities which should
be a classic is that referred to in the same
journal. Two pianolas were stolen in
South Carolina. The indictment in the
case described them as pianos" A retriaI
was ordered. On the next trial experts
convinced the court that pianos and piano
las were the same thing, whereupon the
court discharged the prisoner on the
ground that he could not be tried twice for
the same offense Fortunate Oklahoma
where the courts mean not to permit them
selves TO be involved in the tangle of their
own subtetles and where foolish precedents
established elsewhere may be treated with
light-hearted contempt
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
UTILITY OF WAR ALARMS.
Mighty Helpful I'm FatteninE the
Appropriation Bill.
New York Post

Appropriation Bill.
New York Post
The latest traveller TO report war with
Japan as imminent is the son of a Stan
dard oil magnate He has been in Japan?
Oh. dear, no. He has been hobnobbing
with French and German army officers,
and from them learns directly and GER
tainly that Japan will attack us before
the Panama canal is finished. Two hun
dred thousand troops are to be landed in
San Francisco for the little jaunt to
Washington-by warship and balloon
doubtless-and, of course, ruin and de-
feat will be the consequence There is
only one thing to do, avows this young
duce at once a three years compulsory
army service as they have 1t in France
and Germany. Any man who has not
patriotism enough to be anxious to take
three years out of his life to carry a
rifle is unworthy and should be- dubbed
a traitor. Only this slight change in
our traditions and our whole economic
and business life will save us from the
Japanese. OF course, this captain, be-
ing OF the infantry and very youthful,
has doubtless not heard that there is a
science of logistics. When he comes to
study that phase of military education,
he may perhaps ask himself where
Japan could get the ships to move 200,-
900 men, their arms, ammunition and
equipment, and then perhaps he will not
be quite so frightened as today. But he
is going to begin to get compulsory ser
vice at once. How2 The way to get II
is to kick your congressman, for, says
he: You can't get anything out of a
congressman unless you kick him"
M 4
apply Standard OH to him, and light
match2
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
Our Birthday Book.


Melon d. Updike, president OF the Up
dixie Grain company OF Omaha and the
VI dixie Commission company OF Chicago,
Wss rOtn December 2, 1911 He Is a native
OF New Jersey but was raised and edu-
Gated at Harvard, Neb. His first venture
In the grain business was at Eldorado In
1925, and he is now one OF the king pins
in the Omaha grain industry
Dr. Philip sher, practicing physician, is
just 30 today. He was born In Russia,
coming TO this country az the age OF -.
He has been prsotcing medicine in Omaha
since 1903.
Linn p. Campbell, with the Byron Reed
company, real estate, was born December
2 1879, a. PomeToy la. He has been In his
present business for five years.
Ed Merritt secretary Of the Myers
Dillon Drug company, Is 5 He was born
here In Omaha and Is a graduate OF the
Chicago College OF Pharmacy. lie was in
the drug business for himself for many
years before becoming a member OF his
present fsrh
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

PursinE the Mali service of DishOnes
Schemes
Movv Work Tribune

PurginE the Mail Service of Dishonest
Schemes.
New York Tribune.
The arrest OF number OF stock mongers
for alleged fraudulent practices is OF much
interest from each of several points OF
view, but perhaps most Of all for the man
ner in which, or the agency through which,
1t was effected. The boldness OF some Of
the offerings was striking The magnitude
OF the operations, in the number and dis
tribution Of victims and IN the pecuniary
proceeds, must be regarded as affording
ar impressive and depressing exhibition of
human credulity under the influence Of
covetOusness But still more interesting
and suggestive is the fact that the work
OF detection and seizure was performed by
that department OF government the funda-
mental function OF which Is merely the
collection, conveyance and distribution OF
the mails. The postoffioe played the part
OF prosecutor.
That was. of course. because OF the wise
provision Of the law which forblds the use
Of the mails for fraudulent or immoral
purposes. II was on that same principle
that the notorious Louisiana state lottery
was driven into exile. a state might per-
init and even license the existence and
operation Of a lottery but If the federal
government forbade Il the use Of the mails,
through which the bulk OF It's patronage
had TO be bestowed. Il was hopeiessly
hampered and driven out Of business. So
in the case Of fraudulent stock schemes.
State and municipal authorities might be
indifferent or pOwerless. The operators
might be shrewd enough TO avoid Gull
pability OF which the police or the or
binary law could take cognizance. But
the moment they used the mails for a
nefarious purpose they made themselves
subject 20 the penalties Of a law and an
administration which take no account OF
state boundaries or OF municipal ordinances
1t Is an exceedingly gratifying and re-
assuring thing 10 have such functions per
formed by such an agency, and Il Is an In
structve illustration Of the contrasting
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
The Garbage Question.

The city council In naming an arbi-
tration committee to settle the garbage
question is merely postponing again
the decision that must be reached. The
Bee has frequently urged that proper
provision be made for the collection
and disposal of household refuse by
the city. So long as present methods
prevail. no matter what the adjust
ment between the health department
and the police authorities may be, the
service will be incomplete and unsatis-
factory In addition to the annoyance
resulting from the necessity Of depend
ing upon private service, the expense
is continually greater than It would
be If the matter were under public
control
While amendments are being pre-
pared for the city charter, to be
adopted by the incoming legislature,
one should be added giving the city
power 10 collect and dispose of all do
nestle refuse Of whatever kind. The
details for this are very easily worked
out. The experience OF other cities
can be drawn upon and a comprehen-
sive and satisfactory plan could be ar
ranged with little difficulty. Omaha
citizens have too long been subject to
the annoyance and inconvenience Of
our inadequate method Of handling the
garbage question. The remedy can
easily be applied. and now is the time
to do 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
LAST OF THE OLD GUARD.
Colonel CIowFy's Retirement from
Telegraph Management.
Roston TraDacriDt


Telegraph Management.
Boston Transcript.
The election Of Theodore N. Vail as pres
ident of the Western Union Telegraph
company coming within a month of the
reelection of r. c. Clowry to that office,
has ocoRsloned considerable surprise, but
It was probably timed to occur just one
year after the announcement OF the practi-
cal amalgamation Of the Western Union
and the telephone company. With the
retirement OF Colonel Clowry goes out Of
the Western Union management the last
of the old guard of civil war telegraphers,
men who were interested in the company
before and during the war and have been
kept in the management ever sice. Colonel
messenger at the age OF "a and has been
with the company ever since. His immedi-
ate predecessor as president was Major
T. T. Eckert, who died only a few weeks
ago. In the changes in the Western Union
and its recent improvements too much
credit cannot be given to Colonel Clowry,
for It was his energetic management and
control during the ten years OF presidency
which infused new blood into the concern,
made the service more efficient In all the
cities of the United States and saved IL
from being absorbed by its rival That he
is retired now Is merely evidence that what
was the smaller concern has become the
greater, and the telephone company is
the master Of the two great concerns.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

The suggestion that the High school
girls be taught to make their own
graduating gowns has back of It some
show of reason, but It is not likely to
interfere seriously with the business
of the dressmaker. The sweet girl
graduate will still be such no matter
what her garb, yet she will hardly
willingly forego the gladstone raiment
that has come to be so much a part Of
the ceremony.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
Every Little Helps.

Postmaster-Ge General Hitchcock IN his an
nual report recommends the establishment
OF the parcels post in the rural free de-
livery, with packages limited to elevoS
pounds. A beginning which even the eN-
press companies may tolerate, as they do
almost all their business in the cities and
practically no business at all in the rural
districts.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

II the east had not consumed most
Of its natural resources, perhaps it
would never have learned how impor-
tant 1t is for the west to conserve what
Il has.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

1t is quite in keeping with the
course Of the democrats that they
should seek to dismiss a faithful en-
ploye. against whose service no ques-
ton rests. In order that the place may
be given as a reward TO a republican"
for his treachery 10 his party and TO
the people. Fred Bruning at the head
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

other saving characteristic. II is a
dangerous thing to be a humorist and
no man may hope to escape the penal
ties who has not something more than
mere humor to commend him. Many
men have learned that to their sorrow
too late in life. Twain knew It, but
not because he had ever suffered as a
consequence.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

An Indiana judge told a speeder
that he and his kind we're a menace to
civilization and then fined him $40
and costs. The Judge must have al
lowed this menace to prey on his mind
until he felt 1t very deeply.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

Let It be remarked that for once, at
least, The Bee and the WOrld-Herald
are editorially in accord. 1t only re-
mains now for the State Journal to
wheel into line, and the vote on the
obliteration of the North and South
Platte tradition will be made unani-
nous
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

Mr.. Krutschnitt pays the Union Pa
cific bridge at Omaha the compliment
of saying that 1t is one of the strongest
the company owns and is not likely to
soon be replaced. He might have
gone a little further and said 1t is also
one of the best paying investments his
company ever made.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
PASSING PLEAsANTREs.

.srbat man Blsgins is away ahead Of h.'
time"
whats he doing now9'
Hes working out n code Of traffic or,
dinances for aeropane drivers Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
'I believe that old man really made ducks
and brakes OF his supposed fortune 80
Then his heirs hunt for bis money VIII
be a wild goose chase. baltimore Amer
lean.
Tightwad-Don't you think that drinking
Guzzler-Sure thing. How many years ago
was IL that YOU bought me that last drink
Philadelphia Record.
Famous Painter taugrily)-I hear. sir,
that you're Boosting that YOU studied ART
Nsar-Painter tcalmly)-And so 1 did, sir,
so ] did. Why, / occupied a room under
your studio Tor nearly month!-New
odd chap, what does 'cachinnatiOn
mean?'
Loud and mirthless laughter, dear boy.
Nothing; only understand now what
the papers meant when they said that my
stories at the club banquet last niBht
caused much exclamation. '-Chtcago Iri-
bune
Scientists have succeeded In. COMPRISING
a square meal into cake the size OF
soda cracker
That's fine, but it is not exactly what
the world is crying for
Then what is?'
THE world wanss the price OF square
meal compressed into disc the size Of a
quarter. Houston Post.
DashRway-YOu have splendid looking
clothes, old man. Who Is your tailor?
Cleverton-He's the first man you see as
you go out.-Life
At an aviation meet spectator APP
proached a poiicenlan and Inquired ex-
ctedly, while he pointed at an aerOplane
far. far up in the air;
Say, this Is the altitude prize they're
trying for now, isn't ltT''
The policeman looked at him scornfully,
Altitude hell" he replied ITS the
height prize!"-New York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

Kansas City has given us new
brand of reform. No fireworks may
be sold in that city hereafter for use
there, but wholesalers may dispose Of
all they can to people who viii fire
them in other places. That reform
rings as true as silver dollar.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

The crowd was composed of the
sturdy citizens Of Dutch Fork section
There was no rowdyism." Thus a
South Carolina newspaper tells of the
lynching Of a negro in that state.
Seems superhuous to add that there
was rowdyism about such a gentle
manly conventionality.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02
For n while. at Least.

OllCdkO 4NSWes
It will perhaps be easier for the demo-
Gratis, like birds in their little nests, to
agree because the democratic nest is com
fortably feathered with public jobs.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

James Patten, the wheat king, has
announced his intention to distribute
his wealth among the deserving. Now
we know where our Christmas money
is coming from.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

A county paper compliments the
State journal on being the only safe
and sane" daily published in Nebraska.
If this be true. the balance of us will
be happy in our lpnacy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-02

Having laid the cornerstone for its
new gymnasium, the University of
Omaha now serves notice on the edu-
catlonal world that it's college yell will
soon have to be officially listed.