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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
Council Bluffs
Chief in
Council Bluffs
Frank D, Herring, Grand Worthy
President, Guest of Local Aerie
Touring West.

Frank D. Herring Of South Bend. Ind,
grand worthy president OF the Fraternal
Order OF Eagles, was the guest Of Council
Bluffs aerie yesterday afternoon and even
Ing Mr.. Herring who was accompanied by
his wife. Is on q western trip. He visited
the Davenport aerie Thursday evening and
arrived in Council Bluffs yesterday after
noon being met at the depot by a delega-
ton Of local members OF the order, who
escorted him and Mrs. Herring to the Grand
hotel, where lunch was served
Present at the luncheon. which was
served in the red room, we're Mr.. and Mrs.
Herring, c. Konigmacher, worthy president
of the Council Bluffs aerie Councilmen
and Mrs. Lee L. Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
c. Hendricks, Thomas d. Metcalf, Charles
r. Hannah, Jr.; E. w. Hart and Mayor
and Mrs Thomas Maloney.
In the evening Mr.. Herring addressed the
members of the local aerie, the meeting
being attended by delegations from the
Omaha. South Omaha and Benson aeries.
Mr.. and Mrs Herring left for the west al
10 o'clock last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
New Interurban Route.

LOGAN Ia, May I-(special) -Accord-
ing to reliable men of Magnolia, Mr.. Miller,
promoter of the proposed interurban line
to connect Omaha and Sioux City via Bee
beetown, Logan, Magnolia and Little Sioux
stated yesterday at the Magnolia interur-
ban meeting, that when constructed, the
interurban line would not run through Lo-
gan as formerly contemplated, but from
Beebeetown to Missouri Valley and thence
to Magnolia. The proposed change to omit
Logan lie not regarded very seriously by
men OF either town, but the proposition to
connect Logan and Magnolia by an cleo.
trical line is regarded with favor by mer
OF each town.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08

we have a big line Of lawn mowers, 50 to
Slb See our line and you will look no
further. p. C. Devol Hardware Co., 6A
Broadway.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
WOMEN WORKING ron Y. W. c. A.
Meeting Of General Committee Held
TO Farther Plans.


At a meeting OF the general committee
appointed for the purpose Of effeeting the
organization OF a Young WomAn's Chris
tian association in Council Bluffs, Mrs.
Walter l. Smith resigned her position as
chairman and Mrs W. H. Killpack was
elected to fill the vacancy. With the reor-
ganization of the committee Mrs. J. Har-
vey Pace was elected secretary.
While the committee has SO far not ac-
complished anything very definite, the
members are hopeful OF bringing the prop
osition 20 a successful conclusion. Much OF
the preliminary work has been done and
1t is expected that a permanent organiza-
ton will be formed within q few weeks.
Mrs. Killpack IL anxious that the COM
mittee should meet the latter part of next
week at which time she requests that the
organizations that were asked to name rep
resentatives on the general committee and
have not yet done so report to the secre-
tary.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
Iowa Minister to Superior.

FONDA, Ia, May T.-(Spscial.) Rev
Thomas \. Stamp has rendered his resig-
nation as pastor Of the Presby terrain church
here to accept call from the First Pres
byterian church OF Superior, Eeb., q church
Of over 800 members in a town OF a little
less than 5000 people Rev Mr.. Stamp has
made good here and while this city re-
grets exceedingly 10 lose him II IL, we'll
pleased with his merited promotion. His
successor here has not yet been chosen.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
PETITIONS ARE FILED
FOR COUNTY OFFICES
Last Cali This Afternoon May Bring
in Names of More
AHnfrauta.

Although commencing today the offices
in the county court house will close at
o'clock Saturday afternoons during the
summer months, County Auditor II. V. In
mes will be In his office until o'clock this
evening in order TO receive filings Of can
dldates nominating petitions for the pri-
maries in June. Today is the last day for
filing and all petitions, in order for can
dldate to get his name on the primary bal
lot. must be In the hands of Auditor Innes
by o'clock this evening.
Candidates seeking nomination at the
June primaries who filed yesterday we're:
Dillon L. Ross. Council Bluffs. republican,
for county attorney; Dr. Fl. A. Reiehen-
bach, Council Bluffs, republican, for cor
oner; Colonel W, F. Baker, Council Bluffs,
republican, for county supervisor; II. T
Barber Macedonia, republican, for re-
cOrder; F. w. Beck. Lewis township, demo
crat for county supervisor; +. J, Johns,
Center township, republican, for county
supervisor; r. V. lines, Council Bluffs, re-
publican, for county auditor; F. p. Wood
ring, Council Bluffs, republican, for cor
oner: d. A. Coe, Hancock, democrat, fol-
county supervisor; Felix Setz, Washington
township. republican, for county super
visor; j. ID. Harris, Oakland, republican
for county supervisor; l.. Henry Cutler,
Council Bluffs, republican. for coroner.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
Council Bluffs
Minor Mention

The Council Biuffs office Of the
Omaha bee IL at 10 Scott Street
10th phones ~.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08

N. r Plumbing Co. TEL. 80; niGas. I-i7oo.
The Key to the situation--Bee Want Ads
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08

About all we have to talk about today
is canned mRckerel in mustard, large cans,
Is cents, something out Of the ordinary.
We have plenty Of strawberries Of Is cents
quart box; nice radishes, three for cents;
green onions, three for centai green beans,
10 cents per pound; asparagus, 10 cents.
Good time TO set out your tomato plants,
10 cents per dozen. All kinds OF grass seeds,
% cents pound package. We have extra fine
dried apricots, 90 cents pound; prunes, l21a
cents. Bartei & Miller Telephone S5s,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08

Imported and domestic Wines brandss
and cordials Old Taylor, GuckenheImer
and Old McBrayer WHISTLES hotteld IN bond.
Rosenfeld Liquor Co. Phones 1898
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
Three transfers, total, ,..............,s s..

The best pianos on eartn are to be pur-
chased at A. Hospe Co., and they charge
no more for them than is usually charged
for unknown and indifferent makes Is
South Main St., 20 Pearl St., Council
Bluffs la.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-08
Real Estate Transfers.

These transfers were reported to The
Bee May by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Christine Larsen to Walter Johnson,
MO acres of swk and $40 acres Of
nwk. l2-755l4. W; IS. 200
William Hill to Oscar A. Norine, lot
/. IS, block IS, Central subdivision in
= Council Bluffs, Ia. W. d.....,.......... 800
Myrtle o. RellVille and husband TO d.
NJ Remington, lot /, block 70, How
ards addition to Council Bluffs, Ia,
W. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
Di0genes, Please Note.

Edgar L. Pierson was New York real
estate operator and a director IN we'll
known life insurance company some
years ago. Adversity came. and his for
tune was swept away. He made an as
signment. but there was little for the
creditors, so many Of them neglected to
file claims Having passed through the
form of bankruptcy. Pierson was free.
and he started out with a clean slate.
Recently Pierson. to his surprise. found
that at the time of the bankruptcy pro-
oeedinEs he had owned an interest IN
some land in New Jersey village
Since then this holding has become valu-
able. and Pierson promptly applied to
the United States District Court to re-
open his case in order to give his old
creditors an opportunity 10 file their
claims.
The judge who heard the petition was
puzzled. He had heard of cases where
men had perjured themselves By conceal
ing their assets and where men had sur
rendered every dollar Of their property
for the benefit of creditors But these
claims were outlawed and the time for
filing them had long expired. The Judge
had never heard Of a case where a man.
after passing through bankruptcy. had
directed attention TO an oversight which
worked to his disadvantage.
Pierson was persistent, and every EFFORT
was made TO have the creditors send in
their claims. Some, however. had died
and others had moved away. so advertise
ments viii be inserted IN the papers in
the hope Of attracting the attention of
those who have located elsewhere or Of
the heirs Of those who have passed
away.
Pierson is worthy Of a place in the hall
of fame.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
Mr. Knox Sfirs Eurnne.

The fact has become familiar to the
minds Of citizens Of the United States that
among the large results of the expansion
following the little war with Spain is that
this government finds itself seated at the
international council board. American
diplomacy need not swerve from the wise
admonition of Washington against foreign
entanglements. but no longer can it escape
foreign contacts. 4 signal illustration Of
this condition is the sensitive reception
accorded to Secretary KnoX's proposal for
the naturalization Of the Manchurian rail-
ways. Not alone from Japan and Russia
is evoked response. France, as the ally
OF Russia. and Great Britain, as the as
soclate of Japan, are at once concerned.
Germany feels possible effect upon its
commercial ambition in the region that
would be affected by the Knox suggestion,
while at the same time political reasons
would place il on the side Of Japan as
against Russia. Any complication III
Asia for the Car Ferts his attention
from Europe, where Germany must still
be on guard against resentment at st.
Petersburg TO the friendly attitude OF
Berlin toward the Austrian advance in
Bosnia Herzegovina. Thus faT-reaching
and intricate. even on the open surface,
are the responses to the merely incidental
suggestion of a project politely character
lied BY French critic as inspired by the
generous optimism OF American diplo-
macy
These are immediate and patent symp-
toms Il may be assumed that the chan
ceueries Of both Russia and Japan will
not be hurried in their consideration Of
the suggestion emanating from Washing
ton. But japanese journalistic comment
is less patient. That anticipates the ef-
feet Of the suggested naturalization as an
undoing of the results OF the war with
Russia and protests against retreat to the
former position Of an island empire.
japanese journalism regards japanese
expansion upon the mainland as a ma
tonal necessity, and it claims credit for
making possible the maintenance OF the
open door TO China. Tie suggestion of
Secretary Knox is Of worldwide interest
touching every ambition for commercial
expansion.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
HALLEYS COMET IN HISTORY.
Startling Events Have Always At
tended Its Appearance.

Prom the Iondon Daily Mail
Haliey's great comet. which will be
seen in the spring OF next year with the
naked eye, and is already making It's
mark on sensitized photograph plates in
the observatories OF the world has in
the past been held responsible for many
strange, interesting. and terrifying world
events
History records the return Of Halley's
comet twenty-eight times during the past
25o0 years The following events oc-
Cured during or closely following the
apparition Of the comet:
r. G.
20-Defsat o' the Carhagnians b. Rome. End of
the First Fruic war
if5-Iuias MaraharIs n071Tipd IrT7lsslPn
6--Civl var Ia Rome. the city taken ard rstaken.
l2-Germaug invaded by DrlsuS
AD.
f6-Yespasian began TIE var which ended in the
destruction 4 Jerusalem by Titus
ZS-Brftain recovered by CC1sHntius
5-5-Italy Invaded hy the Huns
@2-Gaul ard Italy invaded bg Attila
Nl-Ffty years o. piag's began IN Persia
6le-NohsUued began 10 preach IN Mecca.
l1s-NomsE invasion = Eog.aud.
lt6-Sen1rt crusade.
I-Zl-Conquest of Khorzsan and Persia bv Ghengis
I57s-Gemsnt VII an'iPors At Avignon: forty years
sChlm IN the Church of Rome begun
li56-Turks. having taken Constautinopls threatened
EUr1Tc, Mohammed II defeated at Belgrade
b. John Hgru.s1e2
lal-Iu1uda5iou q Holland. Earthquake q, Lishon
-So--sparish feet DESTROYED by The Dutch 81 GIb-
Taltar
l-5s-Praszia ovyrrn By Russians Birth u Nelson
Isj5-Political crisis in England
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
PUNCTUALITY IS UNKIND.
Ideal Courtesy and Humility Are
Found fn Being n Little Late.

From the New York Evening sun
So much is said about the virtue Of
punctuality that people who 20 in for il
10 any great extent are exceedingly up
pish and disagTeeable. PuncruaIity has its
bad side, Just as everything else has
People should remember this. II they
are on time they qnly. serve to throw into
embarrassing Telief the poor souls who
come hurrying UP ten minutes late Il is
SNUG 10 be precisely punCtuaL II IS rails
ing yourself above the rest Of mankind,
refusing to partake in its frailties. The
ideal thing from the point of view OF
courtesy 10 others and decent humility
about your own attachments is 10 be al
ways ten minutes late. or at least 10 ap.
pear so.
Il YOU are 70 meet az the package Office
in the Grand Central station a. / o'clock
sit quietly in the middle Of the hall Until
twelve minutes after (, then when you
have seen the other. person dash up. fol
lowed by painting porters and fairly drip
ping with explanations, wait until the
arrival has had a second in which 20 re-
cover self-respect and stroll up with a
remark on TimbGctoo or the best way &c
cultivate carrots. This viii insure your
popularity and show you TO be a person
Of kindness and forethought. At any
rate, II is better than pitiless standing
At the place where you said you would
be. your superiority Increasing every
minute, and confronting upbra.diHg ST.
IentIy the person who promised 10 meet
you because you appeared a rather Nkable
sort, but who finds you in your pancp.y
of punctUality the very reverse OF Hkab.e.
For be il remembered that just as some
people cannot be on time. others cannot
10 save their skins. be late. So that they
deserve not a whit Of credit for it and
should. in fact. be reprimsnded when
they do it ostentatiousIy and in public.
The theRters have formed a charming
habit of sending up the curtain Just 6t-
teen minutes after the time stated which
by punctual members of the audience is
considered shocking, for il permits the
late arrivals to settle comfortably IN their
seats and say to the members Of their
family. who fumed and fused and had a
silly idea that the time to get 20 the the
ater was at the hour suggested in The
papers. Now. YOU see. here We are in
perfect time. couldn't he better" which
arouses the worse nature OF the punC-ual
persons and divides families against
themselves.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
OLD MAN WINTER.

Frora the Dayton News
Old Man Winters got us in his embrace
again, hugging us. plnehing us. shrlveling
the features. doubling UP the form, and
cooring US with his froIicking winds
Folks said he would not be here this
year; said the seasons had changed and
switched Old Winter of the track: said
he didn't come around like he used 10,
with his ice and frost and snow. Evil
IDENTIFY. folks don't know the habit OF
Mister Winter
Some say the old man Is mad-been
fussing with his wife-and is trying TO
take his revenge out upon the world.
That's the way they explain this pinch
ing and twisting and curling and crimp-
ing. Again, they don't know Mister Win
ter. There isn't anything but love IN all
this frost and whiteness which he brings.
He doesn't mean 20 be rough and cross
and cruel by stinging a fellows cheeks
and ears, or bringing the bushes to the
face with his sifted snow and ice He
Just does that for fun. He chases the
microbe with a whip Of ice and chills the
germ until It does no harm. He purifes
the foul pollution Of the summer time
and freshens up the air and clears the
water and iTnplants life and light In
everything. He whispers through the
hardened bark to tiny buds and tells
them Of the glowing days to come. The
flowers and the grasses understand him.
The roots, deep down in loamy soil. ne
understands, and wouldn't harm them for
the world. These biting blasts he sends
Will not destroy the tender vegetation
that is on It's way. The snow and frosts
sing iullabes to sumbeTing blossoms: all
nature understands this thing we call the
winter. and knows that il is good.
Have you not seen those years when
winter had not time 70 call upon US
those warm and sickly seasons that we
have had tn years gone by? Don't you
remember how the buds and blossoms
came forth before their day; how the fruit
trees, imagining that winter had forgot
ten them. came forth before their time?
/ II you haYe. YOU also recall that Jack
Frost caught them so far from home that
they died from cold before they had ma
tured.
No, winter is not cruel. not even this
| one. II followed a bountiful harvest, il
/ came only after the storehouses were
! alled-afteT there had been time In which
/ 10 prepare for rs coming II did not
come unannOunced Ike a thief in the
night but in due season when # should
have been expected. whether il was or
mot, and IL we were not ready for il
should be blame Mister Winter?
/ i isn't cruel. because Il is in the inter
est OF health. Il is IN the interest Of
vegetation. Il may discommode Us or in
convenience Us, or cost Us a moments
suffering. but when the sunshine of the
spring dawns fun upon Us, when the
growing things are served with notice
that the winter time is past. We shall find
a more luXuriant growth, a happier peo-
/ pie, and a happier world
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
"Uncle JOe'S" Lieutenants Err.

The Speaker Of the House seldom loses
his equanimity. He conducts himself ad-
mirably under FIRE. Witness his ready
acquiesoence in the rlsht of the majority,
however made up, to rule in the choice
Of the Ballinger-P -Pinchot committee.
But II Uncle Joe" is proving equal TO
a somewhat trying emergency. it is OBJ
vlous TO the most casual observer that his
neutenants. usually clever and resource
ful, are showing a tendency to lose their
heads as the crisis in the House becomes
the more acute.
a fragrant exhibition Of bad politics is
given in the action OF Chairman Mckinley
and Secretary LoudensIager. Of the Repub-
Hcan Congressional Committee, in moving
TO cut off from participation in that or
ganizaton all the so-called insurgents. "
Such a course is short-sighted In the ex-
treme, and potent only for further mis-
chief-making and Generalization.
Party discipline is necessary. to be sure.
but IT must be exercised and enforced
within reasonable bounds to be effective.
In this particular instance the disciplinary
step Is marked by such tacuessness and
clumsiHess as TO do actual harm TO the
cause Of the regulars. which it IS intended
TO serve.
II is inconceivable that Uncle joe
had knowledge Of this contemplated
action, or assented 10 il. and his erring
heutenants would do we'll TO recall it
without delay This. at any rate. is the
unbiased view We take Of the episode.
Whatever may be the merits of this con-
troyersy between the factions Of the
House touching its conduct-and every
enlightened looker-on knows that the
House itself, as a body mot the spea aker
or any coterie Of MEMBERS, is responsible
for the conditions that have grown up-
the fact cannot be ignored that in many
Congressional districts Caunonism has be
come a burning issue To undertake
summarily to read out of the Dartv
those members whose seats are en-
dangered by this issue and who could
not, II they would, avoid recognition of
IL is as stupid a performance as tile
country has witnessed in many a dav.
The lamented Gresham once said Of the
Monroe doctrine: eft Is what the people
think il is not what it really is. that
gives it supreme Importance in our af-
fairs So likewise. is this true Of Can
nonism. It is bugbear Of impending
danger that must be reckoned with and
reckoned with seriously.
And the Republican leaders cannot too
quickly come to fun realization of the inn
portance Of it all, and see the futilftv of
the tactics recently in evidence. if thew
would escape or minimize the troubles
now confronting the party as a whole.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
4 Mathematical Prodigy.

There Is something uncanny about a
child OF ten years when he is able 70
PROFOUND fourth dimensionaI theories
which not even Harvard professors are
able to follow, except with difficulty. and
none is able to criticise When William
J. Sidis. the youngest student ever ma
circulated al Harvard, got up before an
assemblage Of puzzled mathematicians
and elucidated difficult points, he proved
himself IN possession OF an amazing
grasp Of one of the most abstruse
branches of mathematics.
Young Sidis took the position that his
hearers were acquainted with the theory
Of the fourth dimension, or hyperspaee.
and launched forth as follows:
The fourth dimensionaI spaoe is q EucIidan s,sos
with one OF dimensions added To II. II 4,
formed By direct perpendicular to the third dimen
1onA E)acs In reasoning in this space we take the
EIioms OF plans and solid geometry a. evidence. The
fourth dimensiOnal solid is called a confVlrstjoB
Any sort Of third dimensiona sTsce may he the
boundaries q the fourth dimeusonaI space. In the
fourth dimsnsionAl space we use the cube and poly
gons Of the third dimensioual space as faces. and
with these construct tho figure of the fourth dimen
sion
These figures cannot be grasped by our minds
but can be reduced to a gemnetrical formula and
be Constructed by the aid Of geometry and aIse-
bra It IS possible to construct by this means
figures of the fourth dimension with 100 sides or
faces. called Observation-Disclosures or figures with
600 sides called sexicocehedrgons Often there are
gaps left in the fourth dimensional spaces. and 7
I'll these up by slipping in polJheirigons Of the
sDpropTiate shape
Il attach great value 10 the working out Of my
theories 70 the help given by the polyhedral angles
OF the d0deaherlr0n which enter into many OF the
problems. Some q the things that I have found
out about the fourth dimension viii aid In the solu-
ton Of many Of the problems Of ellipticl geometry -
a study Of this precocious youth leads
to the belief that there are powers of
mind we cannot grasp. our comprehen-
sion is limited by our own experiences
When We call certain things impossible,
we mean to $ae average. normal man.
But here arises a case where our OBJ
servation falls short OF grasplng the true
situation
This child possesses remarkable intel
lectual powers: he gives promise of add
ing another name TO the list of those
who have developed the science of math-
ernaties. Others have shown early in their
careers that they were genuine. Among
them IS Pascal who at the age Of eleven
had constructed a geometricaI system
equivalent to the first book OF Euclid.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12

At the age Of sixteen he had written a
treatise on comic sections. Gslois, who
fell in duel before he was twenty. left
works which proved his to be one of the
brightest mathematical minds of the
world William Rowan Hamilton was
called the greatest mathematician of the
age by the royal astronomer of ireland
by the time he was twenty-one.
Harvard's prodigy. like Hamilton, is
versed IN the languages as well as the
sciences. The career Of the ten-year-old
lad will be watched with interest by the
scientists and psychologists. Whether the
remarkable gifts will continue to develop.
and TO what extent. is at present only
matter Of speculation.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-12
rIEErEH1TIIIiIIH IILTZ IlZ ITIA 1TIIEIITTIENILLI1

The student of history need not he
told of the valuable service that John
Hancock rendered 10 his country-John
Hancock, the FIRST signer Of the Declara-
tion of Independence. lie was president
of the Continental Congress that adopted
this measure, and the first published
Declaration OF Independence bore only
his name as president, and although that
important document is credited, in its
writing, TO Thomas Jefferson, it is said
that John Hancock deserves almost an
equal share in its conception with the
Sage of Monticello
John Hancock. who was born January
y. 1891, came from good. sturdy New Eng
land stock, his grandfather Of the same
name having been a prominent New Eng
land clergyman in the early part Of the
eighteenth century, and h!s father, John
Hancock, was also noted New England
preacher. The third John, however, took
to politics. and is to-day reckoned as one
Of Americas greatest statesmen. In 1866
he was chosen a representative OF the
Massachusetts house. with James Otis.
Thomas Cushing. and Samuel Adams
where says Eliot, 'he blazed a Whig