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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

activity may not be comparable, and
yet the financial consideration is apt
to outweigh all others.
Success in life is not to be gauged
by the size Of mans income. This
very educator whom we have quoted.
though at the head Of one Of the big
universities, would make a sorry show
ing against many men in far less con-
spicuous positions II the comparison
we're made with the dollar mark But
measured by the character of their
work and their spheres Of power and
influence, the educator is beyond the
reach of the other. It is we'll when
youth can decide what is its duty and
stand by 1t. That may and will in
volve some sacrifice, no doubt, but
duty done will bring its own reward
to compensate for all the sacrifices it
requires.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
A Political Paradox

The city election at Pasadena lends
truth to the saying that politics
makes strange bedfellows." William
Thum, the inventor of sticky fly paper
and a millionaire, has been elected
mayor on the socialist ticket.
Here is a combination of prodigies
had to beat. In the first place, not
many inventors become millionaires.
though they often live to see the fruits
of their genius enrich others. In the
next place, few socialists become mil
lionaires and few millionaires become
socialists. The two together seem al
most paradoXical. II is equally an
omalous to think of a socialist being
elected to preside over the affairs of
effete Pasadena, that clustered rem
devious for pleasure-seeking wealth.
The one natural feature of the case is
the union of stick fly paper and finan-
cial and political success.
But the strangeness Of the bed
fellows, so to speak, ought to give
comfort to impatient ones, who feel
that only by some magic power of the
elect may Official preferment be OBJ
tanned; that the door is closed to the
common herd.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
People and Events

The weather man. while extolHng the
moderation Of winter. does not point to
the coal bin for Confederation.
Kansas city bemoans the closing II a
nearby cemetery. so many dead ones
| in town needed the accommodations, too.
Rival expeditions are sprnting for the
south pole. Another stream Of cold stor-
age literature promises to temper the COM
Ing August dog days.
Should the postmaster general persist In
his plan to move magazines by freight.
vehicles Of the uplift can no longer be
classcd rs light literature"
one OF the newspapers on the Rio
Grande frontier smuses itself by contra
dieting and demolishng Mexican war
rumors. The staff is working overtime
and then some.
SO long as harem skirts troop on the
boardwalk az Atlantic City and along the
beach at Conra Island, jinEoes waste time
In trying to prove the Atlantic coast is
wholly defenseless.
It is useless to emphasize the moral in
the story OF the JeIseyman who contracted
poison by counting a package OF $4,000
Ninety millions Of people would readily
waive the risk for much less.
spurred by disasters elsewhere. Chicago
is pulling off a fine line Of fire inspection
Of buildings. Ninety arrests for violation
Of fire regulations have been made, ana
the good work goes on Vigorously.
BY the burning Of the library in the New
York state capitol fine line of ancestral
records were destroyed leaving the de-
scendants with only court records to
search. These are mighty inconvenient in
spots.
GobH of woe perculate through legal cir
cles in New York City. The New York
County Lawyers assC citation dropped 80
members from the rolls for noppayment
OF $40 dues. Yet nine out Of ten Ut he
new United States senators are lawyers
Legal prosperity plays favorites.
st. Louis has recovered its breath and is
able to take nourishment. a voluntary
reduction in the price of gas from 81 to
50 cents, was an awful shock but the
consumers are pulling through II any
gas company in this vicinity contemplates
a similar act. measures should be taken
to mitigate the shock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Getting the Black Handlers.

The conviction in Chicago OF a
leader in the Black Hand society must
be a matter of comfort to good citi-
Gems everywhere. 1t marks a victory
at the outset for the movement 10
drive out of that city this gang OF
murderous blackmailers. 1t is high
time organized effort was made in this
country to drive them out OF every
city and state and bring to punish
ment every member who can be con-
victed.
The category OF crime contains no
species more dastardly and dangerous
than this that works in the dark. dank
reeesses of human depravity. Il is a
wonder that such forces could have
gone as far and become as mighty as
they have In this country. They are
fer more insidious than any band of
outlaws that has ever terrorized a
frontier community, because they are
more treacherous and subtle and. as
experience has shown, more elusive OF
the laws powers. But the law is able
to run them down and destroy them.
II It will but use its full resources in
that direction
No one can deny that such infu-
ences have had no adequate example
made OF them in any of these cases
Perhaps that is largely why kidnapping
and blaokmailing in other phases have
been carried on with such comparative
impunity in the large cities. How
much personal fear Of Black Hand
threats has had 10 do with the in
crease In this form Of crime IS impos-
siole 70 say, but It has been an ele-
ment Of consideration. no doubt. A
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
Freedom of the CITY.

In the current Scribner's Frederick
G. Howe presents a thoughtful com
parison between the American and
German city. The remarkable feature
is that the present advantage is all In
! favor of the German. It is not at all
creditable to the American spirit that
the cities OF country whose general
scheme Of government is 80 widely at
variance with ours should enjoy a so
much higher degree of freedom than
is obtainable by a city in America.
Several very good reasons exist for
this condition, none of which, how
ever, cannot be overcome.
In Europe, and especially in Ger
many. the city Is older than the pres
ent state, and has always enjoyed a
degree OF independence that has per-
mitted It to regulate it's own affairs in
its own way. In America the state
came first, and, unfortunately for the
city, when the foundations were laid
no provision was made for the proper
management and control of the great
communities that have sprung up.
The effect Of this has been to place
such restrictions upon municipal &C
tivities as seriously hamper them, and
often entirely prohibit movements
that would be for the general good.
Many American cities have under
taken at one time or another to i'm
prove their local conditions, to secure
for their citizens advantages both ap-
parent and real, but everything that
has been accomplished in this direc-
ton has been achieved in spite of the
general rule. The American city. in
stead Of being permitted to work out
its own problems in its own way, is
obliged to go to a legislature COM
posed largely Of men who have no un-
derstanding or sympathy with the
problems that a city must face. Re
formatory measures that are thor
oughiy practical for the rural districts
are forced upon the large centers of
population by legislators who mean
well, but who misunderstood the con-
ditions with which they are dealing.
But this is only one phase of the
problem. The more serious aspect of
the situation is that under present
conditions the cities are compelled to
go to the legislature to secure permits
sion to carry out the ordinary activi-
ties of communal life. The mainte-
nance of the schools, Libraries, parks.
fire and police departments, the au-
thority for caring for the streets and
alleys, in fact, for every element that
enters into municipal housekeeping.
must depend upon the favor of law
making body that has no direct inter
est in the outcome, and only too fire.
quently no conception OF it's impor-
lance.
The remedy, we are told, lies within
our reach, and that is the lesson
taught by experience of German cities.
II the legislators could be induced to
give over that portion Of their pre-
rogative which permits them to con-
troll the municipal life Of the cities
and allow that control to pass into the
hands Of the people directly con-
cerned, the problem would be solved.
and it can be satisfactorily solved in
no other way.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
UpIift for Great profession.
Pittsburg Dispatch.

The government rule that the manufac,
turers who furnish steel for the navy
must swear that they are not in a, trust
or combination will probably put some OF
the big concerns In the necessity of using
the device familiar to some OF the news.
papers That is the employment Of an
affidavit editor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

man must be less than human not to
be affected by a demand, accompanied
by a threat, when his own child is
held as the ransom. And yet in all
the great kidnapping cases, where has
there been, even upon capture and
conviction, an adequate punishment
meted out? These crimes call for
particularly drastic treatment.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

New York and Chicago soeiologists
declare that a wave OF crime has cen
tered In those cities. Then that ac-
quits Omaha of being the worst in the
country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
An Hour for weeps.
Emporia CKan3 Gazette

The patriot who viewed the assembling
OF congress Tuesday was moved to tears
So many beloved faces were absent. Then
let the stricken deer go weep. the heart un.
CALLED play; for some must watch while
others weep, so runs the world away. Or
words to that effect
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
A FIickerInE Lirht.

NpIIHbIItTu TepUDIICHu,
Speaker Champ Clark In his inaugural
address outlining the extra session program
Of the triumphant democracy made no men,
ton OF Canadian reciprocity, but pro-
claimed IAN honest and intelligent revision
OF the tariff" This presumably includes
Canadian reciprocity but also clearly other
measures Of revision What those are to be
remains 10 be declared. We may doubt
whether the majority leaders themselves
know.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

So far as the democratic party is
concerned. the south is not only in
the saddle, but has left only a small
part OF the donkey's anatomy open
for northern democrats to lay even a
hand on the animal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

That person must surely be a clever
crook who can rob a woman of $780,
600 and then obtain her help to shield
him from prosecution.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Bernard shaw's latest is that chill
dren should be permitted TO quit
school when their studies become irk-
some. Man OF them would leave
after the FIRST day.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

The homeseekers and the colonists
are abroad in the land, as any one
travelling by rail may witness for
themselves. The baek-to-the-land agi-
tation is bearing fruit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Colonel Bryan is just now having
the time Of his life in what he used
to call "the enemy's country" II is
to be noted, however, that the other
colonel is on the far side Of the con-
tinent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

In his farewell message Governor
shallenberger urged university re-
moval to the farm campus, but the
democrats in the legislature paid no
attention 10 this recommendation.
They must have heard that Mr.. Bryan
favored it, too.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

To give some idea OF the radical
retFenehmspts" the democrats propose
70 make in the expense of the govern
eminent, they have cut on $4,000
for a start Il cost something more
than $1,000. 100000 TO run the gov
ernment last year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

King Georges employment Of San
dow to give him physical culture les
sons amounts almost to a direct chal-
lenge to the suffragettes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
An Unreasonable TASK.

St. Louis Republic
Tasks Of unreasonable difficulty are being
imposed on Mr.. Roosevelt in California
The people insist on his saying just a
word OF two"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porariiy should have The Nee
mailed 90 them. Address will be
changed an often AZ requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

us Democracy a Failure2" asks a
magazine. No, notwithstanding Hun
newell, Kan, has elected socialist
mayor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
A Point WORM Nn1inr

u. LOUIS Republic.
The United States Supreme courts ap-
proyal Of the out-rate drug store should
not be distorted into an approval Of some
thing equally as good"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

The closed primary is to be restored
IN Nebraska. The door was left open
just long enough to have several dark
horses lost, stFayed or stolen,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

There is a certain big alfalfa farmer
in southern California who doubtless
wishes they had put Jack Johnson in
jail long time ago
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Jadam Bede says Lorimer is the
"honestest" man in the senate. OF
course, they are all honest and hon
CRADLE men.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Mr. Bryan reminds the country that
he is an Eagle. AS many Of his
speeches would naturally indicate.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

The Baltimore Sun says the latest
society fad in Washington is fishing.
For Holsters, or just plain suckers?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

From outward appearances. Presi-
dent Dlaz is as loath to let go of
hts job as Postmaster Thomas is to
let go OF his.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Why dispute about making the re-
visions Of schedule X horizontal, verti-
cal or diagonal, just so they are
made?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

When BILLY" sheehan thinks of
what billy" Lorimer has got into
perhaps he can reconcile himself to
defeat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

It would be almost incendiary to
speak OF LII Arthur in his present
plight as the white mans hope.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Now that they see there is nothing
else for them but to be reformed, the
British lords seem to be quite willing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Thus far they have not taken Uncle
Joe's cigars away from him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Gee whiz, the Lorlmer quiz on
again? Il is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Iowa and Colorado are still dead
locked. Try the toe-hold.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

That Albany oonfiagration put a
fiery finish to ugly mess.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
MARCH CIRCULATION
48,0l7

state Of Nebraska. County OF Douglas, 80:
dwight Williams. circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing Company. being duly
sworn, says that the average daily ctrcu-
iauon. less spoiled, unused and returned
copies, for the month Of March, 1911, was
StOlL DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 3lst day OF March. 1911.
(seal) ROBERT HUNTER,
"a Notary Public
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Yes" said Naeget. "a woman usually
treats her husband as the average servant
treats bric-a-brac."
Go ahead" said the wise Mrs. Nag
get What's the answer"
why, the more he's worth the more
she tries to break him,"-Cathoic Stand
ard and Times
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

He-If | should kiss you / suppose you'd
go and tell your mother.
She-No my lawyer. Boston Transcript
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Il once proposed to a girl in a conserva-
tory"
with what resut?'
"A lot OF expensive plants were nipped
by the frost Washington Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

MA, what's a souse2'
ut IS a preparation Ike hoEshead cheese,
used as a table relish, my son"
niRht?"
Not tonight; we have none in the
house"
Yes. we have ma I heard pa say he
got a fine souse yesterday. baltimore
American.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

He seems pretty heartless"
'Heartless Why, say, that man hasn't
any more heart than a taximeter"- Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

Entered a, Omaha postofrce as second
class matter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09

VICTOR RosEwATER. EDITOR.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-09
The OMAHA SUNDAY BEE.

FOUNDED BY EDWARD RosEwATER
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-01
VOTE
IS DEFEATED
Senate Goes on Record 81 to 80
Against Electing Senators by
Popular Vote
LORIMER VOTE WILL BE
TAKEN AT SESSION TO-DAY
Senate Concludes Long Sitting by
Action on Two Important
Observation-Disclosures Lost in
Final Skirmish

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. u.s.
After having been in session since
yesterday noon with but three hours
intermission since this morning, the
senate at 6:27 o'clock adjourned I'M
til tomorrow at II o'clock.
Before adjourning however, two
noteworthy moves were made. First
was the agreement to vote on the
Lorimer resolution at 10 o'clock to-
morrow. The second accomplished,
by vote Of So to FL, made the bill
to establish a permanent tariff board
unfinished business to succeed the
Lorimer resolution.
A recess was taken shortly after
eight o'clocl, until eleven, and scon
after recon- ming at that hour the
senate defea d, 81 to SO. resolution
locking to opular election of SEN
ators.
Although "a senators stood for the
direct election Of senators. to SO
against it, the number was not suffi-
cient to carry the motion which re-
quired two-thirds vote.
So long had the resolution been
before the senate and so carefully
had the membership been canvassed
that it was recognized from the mo-
ment the question was brought up
that it would go down to defeat,
though it was understood that debate
was shut off on the measure when
it was called UP.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-01
MASKED men
ROB EXPRESS
Iron Mountain Train Held up In
side City Limits of St. Louis
and Money Secured
MESSENGER McROBERTS
IS BOUND AND GAGGED
Robbery Not Discovered for 40
Minutes After Train Arrived in
Union Standardization Make
Good Their Escape

st. LOUIS. Mo-. Feb. 2S.-Two
masked and heavily armed robbers
held UP an express train on the Iron
Mountain road within the city limits
tonight. escaping with several pack
ages and the money box, which they
removed from the safe after binding
and gagging the messenger, NJ. M.
McRoberts. That the robbers OBJ
tanned a large amount Of money is
believed, though no approximation Of
the sum has been obtained
All available police and detectives
have been hurried to the Tower Grove
district in hopes of surrounding and
capturing the desperadoes.
The robbers entered the car just
after the train stopped at Ivory sta
ton. The messenger was ordered to
hold his hands up and then his hands
were bound behind him and his feet
tied at the ankles. After gagging Nc
Roberts, the men went to work on
the safe as if familiar with their task,
and with a few minutes effort had
opened it. They secured several pack
ages and the money box and as the
'train began to slow down at Tower
Grove they leaped from the train and
disappeared.
The robbery was discovered 40 min
utSs after it took place after the train
had pulled into Union Depot when
McRoberts, the messenger did not
open up his car. The bandits, by
reason of the time elapsing before
the discovery of MtRoberts had con-
siderable lead over the authorities.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-01
GREEN PLACE
C|TY'S RIGHT
Public Parks and Fairgrounds as
Centers for Development
of Social Life
HOWARD EVARTS WEED
TALKS OUTDOOR LIFE
"More Beautiful North Yakima"
Is the Subject of the Evening
Talk Tonight by Portland Man
at the Y. M. G. A.

Parks and public Fairgrounds as
centers for the development of the
social life of a city were the topics
for the talk and the lantern illus
trations of the second lecture by How
ard f. Weed of Portland, in the
series on outdoor art being given
under the auspices of the Portia club
at the high school. Mr.. Weed en-
phasized the right of the city inhab-
tants to a place of greenness and
shade for a recreation place.
He gave views of number of
famous parks, illustrating effective
landscape arrangements. He also
said that all growing cities should
make provision, in their plan of de-
velopment, for the smaller city parks
consisting of few lots, which break
up the soil mass of houses and afford
breathing spaces.
Has Distinct Value
On the subject of Fairgrounds. he
was very much at home. He spoke
of cities which had tried the plan
and were so well satisfied with the
results that they had one or several
maintained at public expense. 1t is,
he believes, one of the best ways of
dealing with the juvenile offender:
that is. it furnishes the ounce Of pre-
vention which makes the pound of
cure unnecessary He made it clear
that healthful play employed the
energy which would otherwise be
turned to mischief and helped to
solve the juvenile problem, by re-
moving the problem.
1t is best, he believes that
public Fairgrounds, should be
under supervision, and where sue
cessfully carried on, there is a super
intendent, with sometimes several as
sistants. The children's Playground
arA~an integral part of an educational
system, the idea being brought Out
that the busy children Of today
make the business men and women
Of tomorrow" whereas "the trampa
of today are the idle children of yes
terday."
Mr.. Weed will speak this evening
on IA More Beautiful North Yak
ina" This will probably be the
most popular lecture, for there Is a
decided feeling here for the outward
improvement Of the city and Mr.
Weed has agreed to point out what
should be done and how to do 1t.