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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26

Although the days are getting longer
thaJ fact will not seriously alter the
other fact that your Christmas bills
must be paid
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26

President Diaz must be beginning to
suspect that there is a revolution IN Mex
leo
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26

One comfort is that the stock Of eggs
in cold storase must have been seriously
depleted by the consumption OF eggnog.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26

7 ITIli -" H--"fIIlIal I1t-itl1lt
President Taft. probably mQfe than any Of his
Iretecassars realizes what sn immense and oump--
Gated business the government of the United States
is And he has adopted the zane attitude toward
it he would take If il belonged 70 great eorpor.-
uon Mr.. Taft is finding out where the immense
Sums q money required for government uurpos-s 60
and whether d proper equivalent is obtanod b. tie
eJ1utry. The work Of departments and bureaus
which have run az for yg4rs without challenge is
being examined.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-26
Part of the Fun.

yep: starts in at ne Shoe factory"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11

TWO remarkable carrier bridges which have
L attracted the attention of the engineer
ing world are at Marseilles and Rouen. They
really ferries, which are suspended instead
of travelling on the surface of the water. Two
very high skeleton towers each side of the
old port at Marseiles are connected by skele-
ton superstructure. Suspended by wire ropes
from carriage which runs on this superstruc-
ture is platform hung not far above the sur
face of the water. This platform travels back
ward and forward between the two sides of the
old port in Marseies, making landings at each
side and carrying passengers across for cent.
The platform also holds horses and wagons.
In one of the towers of the bridge is lift,
and on each tower is 'tea room," from
which fine view of the city may be had
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE

"Now, do you know of any other just cause or i'm
pedimentf"
She looked up at him. The love-light was shining
in his eyes. He had been very good to her.
At last the day arrived when the widow shed her
black and became Mrs. Archie Scott.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

If we truly desire to see ourselves
as others see us, we have one oppor-
tunity in the London comment, which
expresses a n~eighbotly envy of our
prosperity. Out of the clash of verbal
arms over the tremendous budget cam
paign, comes a cry of astonishment
over the renewed prosperity of the
United States. The judgment of the
worlds metropolis is that the in
creased price of American securities is
sufficient proof of the t~horoughness of
the revival of business in this country,
but to clinch the argument the British
financiers apply the diamond test.
Diamonds are the stable American
luxury, for they represent an invest
ment that is readily convertible when
hard times come, and beauty adorned
with these jewels is always ready to
realize on such an investment when her
lord has need. The South African in
dustry is stagnant when depression
seizes America, and doubly active
when prosperity returns. Therefore
the South African diamond mines have
come to be looked upon as the barome-
ter for the United States. London to-
day finds that during the last six
months more diamonds have been sold
than ever before, and that most of them
have come to America. Europe is
therefore satisfied that prosperity has
returned to us with a vaster stride
than ever, and in the face of the trade
reports the home croaker finds the
people too busy to take any notice of
his pessimism.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Democracy at the White House.

The democratic simplicity with
wbich%Mr. Taft as the president of a
plain people met the royal glitter of
Mexico at the border, has been mani
fest at Washington since the resump-
ton of official life at the capitol. One
of the most striking manifestations
has Just been afforded by the first Of
the formal state receptions, at which
the policy was inaugurated of limiting
the attendance to such a number as
could be assured of feeling at home as
the personal guest of the president and
his wife, both of whom were active in
entertaining throughout the evening.
With the revival of the old custom of
serving refreshments, the White House
functions were again put on that home
like basis which adds to the charm of
detracting from the quiet dignity at
taching to the presidential establish
ment, and the ease and -graciousness
of the atmosphere made up in simple
impressiveness what was lacking in i'm
posing pretentiousness.
But the change inaugurated in the
social functions is not the only mark
of true democracy that attends the
present White House administration.
Those who have been studying the
movements of the president and his
wife must have been impressed with
the unostentatious simplicity of their
mode of life. At Christmas time they
went shopping among the throngs Just
as did the other heads of households.
OF a morning the mistress of the White
House goes about her personal errands,
frequently on foot, mingling with
those of every walk of life. 1t is no
uncommon sight to see Mr.. and Mrs.
Taft sauntering into a shop or through
the streets, unattended, and when the
president wants to see Judge Lurton
or any other friend, he slips quietly
out of a back door and walks to the
hotel or home where he hopes to find
him whom he seeks. The White House
door swings open to all who have ideas
concerning legislation, be he a legis-
lator of any party, or railroad presi-
dent, or humble but sincere private
citizen. The New Years handshake
with thousands of the common people
found the president in his accustomed
attitude toward the voters who elected
him, cordial and genuinely devoted to
the comfort and interests of all.
The cynical have of late years been
inclined to speak of the "throne-room"
OF the White House. Let any such
seek excuse for that sheer now, and he
will seek in vain. Even the formal
seat has been abolished from the cabi-
net sessions, and the president has in
stead his wi comfortable easy chair,
which he occupies like the head OF an
American household, he int his ad-
visers dibcussing the affairs Of the ma
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
The Strength of Union.

No one need be astonished to read
in the Washington dispatches tina Mr..
Taft is gathering his forces to expedite
legislation in the halls of congress. He
has already outlined such a vital pro-
gram that the contamination of It will
crowd the session with business, and 1t
is essential that the administration es-
teblish a coherent working body of its
supporters.
Naturally. the opposition to the pres
ident's policies sees in this a defiance
of men in his own party, which it dis
tinctly is not. Mr.. Taft is president,
elected on a platform which he is most
earnestly striving to fulfill. Those in
congress who are opposed to his meas
ures will have their right to be heard,
and will be heard. But since the Taft
method is based on action, not declara-
ton, the president naturally sets about
obtaining action in a practical way.
His rounding up Of his active sup
porters is therefore only such a step
a. is necessary to the prompt advance
ment of administration measures, and
such as would be taken by any eff
Client promoter of ones aims. The
same executive management is needed
in forwarding proposed legislation as
in enforcing hat which has been en-
acted, and while the president is es-
tablishing no hostile attitude toward
his opponents, he is entirely within the
limits Of what the people expect of him
in applying the principle of the
strength OF unity to the assembling of
the supporters of the administration
and its policies.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Time was when Lincoln people stood
up before the world and boosted of
the manifold attractions of their de-
lightful little town. Especially did
they set forth hat II was a highly
moral town, a center of religious and
educational activity, where young per-
sons from most exclusive homes could
come and drink from the fountain of
knowledge \uncontaminated by the
grosser influences of the world out
side Time was when the holy calm
Of Lincoln was scarce disturbed save
by the Ginning Of church bells calling
the devout to worship, and never was
heard the raucous note of ribald
revelry.
But alas and alack-a-day! Now comes
a change over the spirit of Lincoln.
Professor Wilson of the College of Law
at the University of Nebraska, asserts
his hortatiye function and admonishes
the young men under his care that
they are seeking too much after the
lSbbSI treasures VI llIG anu uOJ uIluh-
ing sufficiently deep at the Pierian
spring. A man may not go out three
times a week and be able to give to
Blackstone and Chitty the devotion es-
sential to the complete mastery of the
science, and to show how difficult it is
for these young men to stand against
the temptations spread before
them, Professor Wilson recites that
there are so many theaters open in
that town that one may go to one each
night in the week.
Is it not plain that Lincoln has
fallen from it's high estate? Let is
hope that the young men who are
studying under Prof. Wilson will not
succumb to the allurements Of life in a
large city when accumulated by the
presence in the community Of a num-
Der of unusually attractive co-eds.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
REVOLUTIONARY TROOPERS.

Clinton Scollard in Leslie's.
We clattered into the village street, and
up to the Rose and Crown,
And we roared a toast to the tory host as
we tossed his liquor down:
Long life to Gen. Washington! He's a
But death to a thing like a tyrant king,
and his vassal, my great Lord
Howe!' =,
Then we DOTTED the hat as down we sat,
and babe him fatten the board,
And when he ~whimpered and wheezed
and whined we gave a clank OF the
sword:
BY his own wide hearth twas a matter
for mirth to see him bend and cow,
This cringing thing to a tyrant king, and
his vassal, my great Lord Howe!
We had ridden fast, we had ridden far,
and under the stars had slept;
Out Of the night for the foray-fight we
into the dawn had crept;
Long and late we had laughed at fate,
we had hungered oft, and nov
Twas a goodly thing to feast like a king,
and his vassal, my great Lord Howe!
We had kissed our mothers and kissed our
wives and kissed our swecthearts true:
AS a grain of sand we had held our lives
in the work we had to do;
We were rebels all, proud name, God
wot! because we would not bow
Our heads to a thing like a tyrant king,
and his vassal, my great Lord Howe!
ITO saddle, lads!" was the word we heard
leap blithe from the captains tongue,
So we raised a rouse for the tory house as
out OF the door We flung:
Long life to Gen. Washington! He's a
gentleman, we troW!
But death to q thing like a tyrant king, and
his vassal, my great Lord W
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
JUDICIAL TECHNICALIT1Es.
Two SurDerfluOUs Words Reverse
Two Convictions.

= WV SuHpCEhAuOuH "OFOb heVerH
Two Convictions.
Louisville Courier Journal.
W men who had been convicted of
forgery in Chicago have been discharged
by the Illinois supreme court because of
TWO superfluous words in the indictment.
The indictment was based on one spe-
cific forged note, and in referring to this
note it read, (which said note is in words
and figures in substance as follows" The
two words which were Objectionable to the
supreme court were lin substance" The
Indictment was presumed to set forth an
exact copy of the forged note, but the
words I'm substance" indicated to the court
that 1t was not a true copy.
AS a matter Of fact, the copy was exact,
and If the attorney who drew up the
true bill" had not unnecessarily in
tected the two words where they did not
belong the document would have been un-
assailable. The supreme court in it's opin-
ion said:
The rule under consideration is tech
meal, but we cannot disregard it for that
reason. 1t has been universally recog-
nized, and though strict, is not without
reason to justify it. The court cannot
know that a forgery has been committed
without an examination and construction
of the instrument alleged to be forged. No
court would undertake to construe a writ
ten instrument from a statement of it's
substance, and without having before 1t
the whole instrument in it's exact language.
The judgment is reversed, and since no
conviction can be had upon this indict-
ment, the cause will not be remanded, but
the defendants will be discharged"
This is only one of many instances where
men escape conviction through mere tech
nicalitles. The case was one growing out
of the developments following the failure
OF the Milwaukee Avenue bank.
1t was hard fought in the courts, but
a conviction was finally secured, only to
be reversed by supreme court. To a lay
man IL will appear TO be very slight grounds
on which to release two men convicted of
crime. To that same layman it might
seem that some way could have been found
to decide whether the copy Of the forged
note was exact. Courts. however, have their
own methods of doing business and must
needs give attention to manner and form
and precedent, and where they abide so
closely to the letter OF the law as in the
present opinion it is not a layman's priv
ilege to c~riticise.
There will be reversals on technicalities
no doubt as long as there are courts. but
there would not be so many Of them If
judges and prosecuting attorneys and
grand juries were more careful in the
discharge Of their duties.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Remember the Rirdn.
Boston Transcript.

Among the humble, but still pathetic, suf-
ferers from the heavy snowfall, which has
spread over a wide extent of country, are
the birds that still cling to the northern
latitudes at this season. Reports come
from various sections Of quail. partrldges
and even pheasants starving and freezing.
The seeds upon which they largely depend
for their food in cold weather are generally
found near the ground, and under present
conditions are inaccessible. The English
sparrows are just now the most obvious
sufferers, around here, and in spite of all
the offences with which they are charged
1t is a fllnty-hearted critic who will witness
their distress without pity.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
PERSONAL NOTES.

1t will take Tom l.. johnson Of Cleveland
quite a while to realize the possibility OF
not being mayor.
President Roosevelt employs only six
skinners in Africa. This indicates the poor
progress of the Ananias club abroad.
Thomas A.. DAILY of Philadelphia has ac-
cepted an appointment as an honorary vice
president in the forthcoming pilgrimage
Of the knights of Columbus to Egypt. The
knights will also make a call on Pope
Plus X at the Vatican in Rome.
Frederick Wettig Of Lancaster, Pa, has
presented to his grandson a drum with a
history. 1t is 100 years old, was used when
President Buchanan was -inaugurated and
carried during the civil war. Mr.. Wettig
has had the drum in his possession for
over sixty years.
Patrick M. Smith, janitor of an apart
ment house, was found dead in Seattle,
Wash. shortly after he had received a
letter from friends in Ireland saying that
he had fallen heir to 10000. He refused
to claim his legacy. although an offer to
send $1,000 for his expenses was made.
Inspector Church, head Of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police at Regina,
Saskatchewan, died in Winnipeg. He was
the best horseman in the ounte police,
trained for the prince of Wales his charger
George, received many valuable gifts from
the prince and was chosen by the prince as
through Canada
A position of great social Importance Is
that of the beautiful American who married
Sir Gerard Lowther in 1906. She now pre-
sides over the British embassy at Constan-
tinople, of which her husband is the head.
Mrs. Lowther is the daughter of Anterior
Blight of Philadelphia and was a noted
beauty of New York and Philadelphia
society before she married the British
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

ton all on the same level. And all
this manifestation Of the spirit of
democracy is not in any way a pose; in
stead, it is eminently characteristic of
the man. The more the American peo-
pie get acquainted with the real char
acter of the man whom they have
elected to the presidency, the more will
they realize that he is genuinely the
personification of the fundamental in
depreciation of American institutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
GAMBLING IN FARM PRODUCTS.
Difficulties in the Way of Much
Needed Reform.
RrnnIln.n Ennln

Brooklyn Eagle.
What may be said against gambling in
anything may be said against gambling in
the products of the farm which are the
food of the people. As a question of
morality it is no worse to speculate in
grain than it is in stocks, but to the aver
age man who has few stocks and must
buy much food it seems to be a crime in
one case and a venial offense in the other.
Hence it is that President Taft is sure to
have large sympathy with him should he
make the effort to prevent dealings in
futures in wheat, corn, cotton and other
products, which effort he is now said to
be contemplating.
Just how this is to be accomplished,
however, is a question which will arise in
the minds of those who know how much
of legitimate business will be affected by
the legislation proposed. What was sup
posed to be firmly intrenched-the illegiti-
mate business of l~ottery-was finally killed
in this country by the denial Of the use of
the mails to It,. 1t is proposed to borrow
a leaf from this experience and to the
offending dealer in futures prohibit the
use of the telegraph and the telephone.
This would be effective, no doubt. The
telephone and the telegraph are not. as
yet, government agencies. Is it seriously
proposed to set up a private corporation
as an arbiter to determine what a sub
scriber may or. may not say or send over
the lines? Dealing in grain, the buying and
selling of 1t, Its. transportation and dis
tribution, are legitimate businesses service
able to the public. To deny to them the
use of the modern agencies would be an
outI age, and yet in an effort to discrlmi-
nate between what IS legitimate
and baneful Speculation, by the agents of
a private corporation, an outrage is likely
20 occur.
Gambling in food products that results
in fluctuations in prices and in fictitious
values is something we all would desire
to have stopped, but we would not have
it killed with the result that followed
Pudd'nhead Wilson'S effort to kill half Of
a dog.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Fact Stronger than Fiction.

Who has need of fiction when such
stirring tales of fact come in the news
of the day, and where is invention of
plot equal to the reality afforded by
the disclosures of the newspaper chron-
icles? For a certain type Of stories, the
French produce masterpieces, and one
such has just reached its denouement
in the solution of the mystery of the
tragedy of Nine, Gouin. The body of
the widow of a former governor of the
Bank of France was found on the rails,
where it was supposed she had fallen
by accident from a moving train, but
a bloody finger-print led to the adroit
discovery that she had been murdered
in her coach by two soldiers, who con-
fessed after the fingerprint had been
proven to be that of one of them.
Here we have the basic elements for
a gloomy but fascinating romance such
as our own Poe would have written,
or such as might have inspired Gabo-
riau. But it is these narratives of cur
lSuI SfSuIS WhlCh mdhS LuS ~WSpd
columns more ~distinctively alluring
than many imaginary books, for one
feels the reality of the news story as
he reads, and is in closest touch with
the mysteries of life and their solutions.
1t is this vital intimacy with the
worlds activities which has come to
make the newspaper so largely the lit
erature of the masses.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

The Omaha Commercial club is
about to give a banquet to all it's mem
bers, and expects to give it's members,
at the same time, an impressive object
lesson by holding the banquet at some
place where there is room enough for
all, the quarters of the club being too
small to take care of it's entire men,
bership at one time. This ought to
help along the campaign for better ac-
commodations of this popular institu-
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
BAcHnIoR's NEW YEARS REsoLU-

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 81, 1909
Updike Milling Co, Omaha, Neb. =
Gentlemen-Your Pride OF Omaha flour 4
certainly fills the bill in a very buB1
household, and 1t would be impossible ~
find a better or more satisfactory flour.
I shall use no other while I can get II,
and the Bachelors New Years Resolu-
ton" which I give below, seems to me
to properly express it's worth.
When I ret tired of livin' this ten-oent
restaurant life,
And salt sufficient coin 30 I can wed,
I'm goin' to get busy and hunt myself a
wife
And pride Of Omaha" Wen use to bake
our bread.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. HARRY BOVEE,
-6O7 Farnam st.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Omaha's street railway management
has received mighty few bouquets from
it's patrons during the last few months,
but it is certainly entitled to one for
the splendid way in which it has kept
its lines open under the most trying Of
circumstances. The fight made by the
street railway company against the
storm on Tuesday was an excellent ex-
ample Of well-disciplined effort to over
come the forces of nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Machinery as a Worker.

III the coming census shows that the
rural population of the west is not ~increas-
ing rapidly 1t will be because the multi
plication of agricultural machinery enables
one man to do the work that was for
merly done by half a dozen. But the crop
returns show that the people out this way
are not abandoning agriculture.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Alarm.
Chicago Record-Herald

Chicago Record-Herald.
The fortune which was left by e. II,
has increased considerably since
his death. People who used to tremble
the future of this country whenever
Hartman had a headache appear to
have been unnecessarily alarmed
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
How to Save Money.

LhliduSlpuld INeCOIu.
By abolishing the ranking privilege; by
establishing a rural delivery parcels sys-
tenn, and by making needed reductions in
the cost Of railway service, the Postoffice
department could go far in bringing postal
revenues up to the measure of expenditure.
But what can be expected at the hands of
billion dollar CONGRESSES?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

law for a bill of 1897 which she is ma
BILE to pay. The public may treat It's
favorites well in their heyday, but few
Of them ever appear well provided for
in the declining years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Having killed a policeman by their
militant methods, the English suffra-
gettes may be said to nave made prac-
tical progress toward ascendancy over
the male vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Editor Watterson's onslaught upon
Bliss Perry for his criticism OF Amer
lean dramatic art sounds as though it
were based on the old saw about bliss
and ignorance.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06
Past Comprehension.

Chicago Record-Herald.
One of the scientists thinks he has dis
covered the cause of the aurora borealis.
but nobody has as yet found out why ser
tain people continue to believe that a win
ter which brings epidemics of disease. coal
famines and railway wrecks and causes
travellers to perish mlserably in snowdrlfts,
is healthful.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

The Corn show and Farmers insti-
tute at Blair ought to be repeated at
every county seat in Nebraska. 1t is
bringing home still closer to the
farmers the message of proper agricul-
ture.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Another great discovery. The uni
versity professors OF the country find
they are hard up. II misery loves
company, they can find it outside the
university walls.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

The controlling interests seem to
think that with a younger man with
the initials d. L. w, at the head Phebe
Snow may go to ride upon the B..
and o.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

The skater cuts the same old figure
s, and the same old figure will appear
in the bill OF the consumer. The man
who cuts the ice declines to cut the
price.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-06

Give Governor Shallenberger credit
for one thing. He has proceeded on
the theory that when q Judge and jury
send a man TO the %penitentiary there
Is a reason.