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Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
INCREASED MAIL SERVICE NOW PRACTICALLY ASSURED

Washington Jan. 75-After refusing weekly mail serv the Idarod country the posoce officials have called conference take up the matter and it now appears that weekly mail service will be granted
 This action is thought to be the result of the agitation has been stirred up the coast the injustice be ing the Iditaod section, and is also the fruit of the efforts of Senator Jones and Congressman Humphrie5 of Washington
 Washington Jar. 25-Wickersham, delegate to con- press from Alaska urges Idtarod mail be into the country via Seward instead O. by Nuato Doubtful if change will be made ill the routing of mail this winter
 The foregoing teegrans have been supplemented by
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
Ruef Has Another Chance

San Francisco, Jan. 24-Abe Ruef, the famous political boss and grafter who was landed for penitentiary term of 14 years by Francis Heney has still another shot left in his locker, for the supreme court has just handed down an opinion granting him a rehearing on his appeal from the verdict of the lower court,
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
Merchant Princes Depart

In a blaze of glory and amid the shouts of the multitude bunch of Idit- arod's most famous merchant princes left the city this morning with Con- tractor Snow and his four dog teams.
 Wm. Barret and Eddie Levin of the lnnoko Trading Co. sat proudly back behind the first string of dogs, Seward Baggerly came next. N. N. Jaffe fol-
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
'7ITHER JOE" DIES
 IN LUMBER YARD

Seattle, Jan. 17-With every evidence to indicate that he accomplished his own destruction by means of carbolic acid, the body of Joe Riesland, better known as Either Joe," follower of many northern camps, was found in q lumber yard in this city today.
 Either Joe' was one of the we'll known characters of the North, having followed the army of fortune from the head waters of the Yukon to its mouth, and always with the tinkling zither. For some years past he had lived in Fairbanks, but came to the ldltarod last fall for stay of few weeks He accompanied Duncan Michie to Seattle Overwhelming is doubtless the cause of his sudden death.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

"Buckskin Bill" Landers has appar, ea.ly stacked up against the toughest kind of luck is his meat hauling con- tract from the Str. Minneapolis. It is reported that he has lost three horses in his struggle with the storms and snow between Nulato and Diskaket and has 20 tons of frozen meat scattered !sEong the way.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

ed without mishap on the quarter deck of the Battleship Pennsylvania.
 Los Angeles, Jan. "A record in aerial navigation was that established here today by Mason in Curtiss bi- plane when he delivered Los Angeles newspapers at San Bernardino, dis tance of 60 miles in record time.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

lowed, and Mark Sullivan brought up the rear.
 They are all for the Outside except Eagerly. who goes as far as Nulato to look after meat, Barrett and Levin go to Frisco, as will doubtless Mark Sullivan. Jaffe will go as far east as New York.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
Jeania Will Run Seattle Bethel

Seattle, Jan. 19-It is given out in shipping circles here that the Str. Jeanie has been chartered exclusively for the Seattle to Bethel run next sea- son to take care of the Kuskokwim trade.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18
Northerners Clash in Seattle

Seattle, Jan. 12.-Ed Goggins, the man who shot and killed Wm. Marks here on the morning of December 2S, will be held on the charge of murder in the first degree.
 The tragedy followed an all-night poker game and seems to have been the sequence of bitter quarrel be- tween the two men which arose during the game.
 Goggins followed his victim up Sec ond avenue, and after a cry of warn ing, shot him twice, killing him in stantly.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

Beginning Monday, the Mntchler stage will leave Iditarod for Flat at o'clock each afternoon instead of 3.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

All the. leading brands of cigars, wholesale and retail, Landahrs Empo- rum, Iditarod.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

Both men are well-known in the North. Marks was carpenter who worked here nearly all summer. He had charge of the building operations for Jack Baird at Otter City.
 Goggins is an old-time gambler who piled his trade in nearly every camp in the North. He was a mild-mannered man and aside from his questionable profession, bore an excellent reputa
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

All the leading brands ot cigars, wholesale and retail, LandahI's Empo- rum. Iditarod.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

For cleaning and repairing see Vile the Tailor, Second avenue.
Iditarod pioneer., 1911-02-18

The foregoing telegrams have been supplemented by
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
Congress and the Chautauaua.

Now comes the report that congress
may adjourn by June is, and the rea-
son given is the approaching hot
weather. Everybody who knows
Washington knows the atmosphere
heats up there during the months of
July and August. Yet this reason is
not quite acceptable. Would a demo-
cratic majority in the house and a
good-sized democratic minority in the
senate, eager to make campaign thun-
der, 30 readily surrender the oppor-
tunity involved in those thirty inves-
legations 'startedI" Anyone knows
that thirty such urgent investigations
az have been ordered could never be
completed between this and the mid
die of June. To compensate for a re-
cession from this splendid advanced
position, any statesman must find a
better reason than simply warm
weather. What will the country say
II Champ Clark and his friends for
sake 1t Just when they had promised
tut AACA anu
governmental oppression by means of
these Investigations
All. the Chautauqua lecture bureau
calls. 1t Is pleading. persistent, inn
Fortunate call that goes up to Wash
ington for senators or representatives.,
any and all, who are willing to take
the platform at 80 much per take,
What statesman must turn a deaf ear
to the call of the wild when It comes
with its merry ChAutauQua jingle?
What Of investigationsH What Of
tariff reVisionsH What of even cam
paign thunder at such a timer Would
this nation be so penurious, 30 pieay-
unish as 10 hold statesman to his
Job in torrid old Washington when he
might be out In the cool, refreshing
atmosphere OF some tent with a tenn
perature OF not more than 10, saving
his fellowmen at from $50 70 5000 a
clip? OF course II congress only took
a recess until the first OF September,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
How Serious Is IT.

After Secretary Dickinson had
written his letter Of resignation to the
president, he wrote a second note
offering to remain at the head of the
War department in view of develop
ments in the Mexican situation. 1t is
true, the president advised Mr.. Dick
inson of his willingness to accept his
resignation, but the correspondence
showed very clearly that the official
view in Washington of the Mexican
situation is much more serious than
the generally accepted view of the
public.
II seems no longer possible for
Washington to conceal its anxiety
over Mexico. Our government has
maintained the most impartial atti-
tude toward the belligerents and may
be expected to continue to do so, but
that the ultimate necessity of inter-
Vention is apprehended is not to be
denied. Senator Stone may have been
a bit precipitate In his insistent de-
upOA SOh6lCoc "
the president to intervene, but he evil
IDENTIFY has more to Justify his theory
of possible trouble. The develop
ments following the fall of Juarez
have not been satisfying to those who
hoped that It might lead to solution
of the difficulties, The Diaz govern
ment has been scarcely moved by what
Madero chose to regard as a pivotal
triumph. Peace talk continues with
fine assurances of early results, but
It is plain on every hand that even If
peace did issue from present negotia-
lions It would be no guarantee against
further disturbance. for the eccentric
circles of discord appear to be weav-
ing themselves within factions of the
rebel forces.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
City improvement.

These city plan conventions, such
as the one now in session at Phila-
delphia, ought TO be productive OF
much good to the country as q whole.
This one, for instance, brings together
in one body for several days, city Off
cials and experts from 100 towns in
the United States, to give and ex-
change ideas, formulate plans and
preparations for civic improvement.
Some of them go back to their home
cities and put these schemes into OPP
GRAFTON, and some Of them are brought
to practical fruition. All this, theo-
retically at least, Is helpful. How
better may American cities devise
methods for Improvement than by
utilizing the experience of other cities?
II is in the air, this project of civic
improvement, both in political reform
and physical Identification. But
when we get down to brass tacks in
great many cases the obstacle that
blocks progress is the inferior charac-
ter of city officials to whom this i'm
portant work must be entrusted. Be-
fore ever American cities may hope
to achieve anything like what is pos
sible in this line, they will have to be
more careful in the selection of the
right sort of material for municipal
government. Electing a man to an
office involving large tasks, calling for
large powers and tried experience, who
has neither, is no way to make a city
ideal. To be sure, many cities have
finally awakened to this fact and are
going about to remedy the defect. All
cities that want to occupy the front
rank of modern progress will have to
follow suit
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
THE CABINET CHANGE.


Cleveland Plain Dealer: Secretary Dick
irson has made a good. though not bril-
liant record as head Of the War depart
ment. He has done all that could be ex-
peotsd Of him In these piping times Of
peace.
Chicago Record -Herald; In Mr. stimson.
a younger man than the retiring secretary,
but q man Of considerable legal and polti-
cal experisnoe. OF sound education. firm
ness and progressive views, the president
has presumably found tit successor to
Mr.. Dickinson.
Washington Post: The republican party
Of the state Of New York should find itself
in better shape through the appointment
of Mr., Stimson. The president has paid
high compliment to that state. and has
opened way for conspicuous service by
the party's late candidate for governor.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Mr.. Taft's own
qualifications in this respect are not as
marked as they should be for the success
Of his administration, and In the appoint
ment Of Stimson. as in such appointments
heretofore as those Of Balinger and Diokin-
son, he does not show a practical perosp-
ton Of the value OF a cabinet as a source
of political or popular strength.
st. Louis Republic: In view of the pos
sibility of serious trouble with Mexico.
Secretary Diekinson's resignation brings
irresistibly to mind the advice Of Secretary
of War Alger to Chauncey NJ Depew, as
reported, in the summer Of 1898, by the YER
acious Mr.. Martin Dooley of the "Ar-r-chey
Road: :" % Chanse.' says he, be Sicrety
~ War says he, but don't niver be
Sicrety Nv Warl"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

The supreme court decision order
ing the dissolution OF the Standard OIL
will be epochal, although the outcome
OF the case has probably been largely
discounted 80 far as it's effect on busi-
ness and industry is concerned, be-
cause 1t was foFeshsdowed by previ-
GUS decisions of the supreme court,
and a different order would have been
surprising.
The decision is epochsl, not because
OF any new principle announced, but
rather because 1t furnishes proof that
In this country no aggregation of
wealth is so powerful as to be perma-
nently above the law. That the great
est business organization the world
has ever known can, and will, be made
to keep within the limitations which
the lawmakers have set for one and
all must tend to restore confidence in
the integrity OF our courts and the i'm
Partially of the judges unawed by the
influence or wealth of the individuals
or interests involved.
Only one point of the opinion is
likely to arouse criticism, and that is
the so-called hook thrown out as
saving clause to big business in the in
timRtion that only unreasonable re-
straint of trade Is unlawful. II the
court proceeds upon this definition it
will make unnecessary the amendment
to the Sherman law, which has been
demanded to limit the offense to
reasonable" restraint, and at the
same time will make the judges In
each case the final arbitrators as to
what il or is not unreasonable" This
would seem to be an invitation to con-
slant litigation to try out the temper
of the court and leave much to the
changing personality of its member
ship. The Standard OIL, itself. might
dissolve and reorganize, and go up
again to the supreme court to ascer-
tain whether In It's new form 1t would
be adjudged a combination in "un-
reasonable" restraint of trade.
II this view is correct, then it will
still be necessary to enact laws that
will draw more sharply the line be-
tween lawful and unlawful industrial
combinations so that the hazards of
business may be reduced as much as
possible
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
Law Reform.

Men flippantly trip from their lips
expressions about the greatest prob
lem before this country" but not
many have mentioned problem
which President Taft holds to be
paramount in Importance and which,
upon sober second thought, must
strike people as so. That problem is
making justice surer and less costly.
1t formed the keynote of the presi-
dents address at the Columbia uni
versity conference on law reform. II
needs to be emphasized all over the
United States, for there has been for
years a noticeable falling short from
this ideal.
To make justice surer and less
costly, we must make our court pro-
cedure simpler. We must make less
Of technicality and more OF the patent
purpose of evidence and the law, it.
self 1t was agreed at this conference
that both in civil and criminal practice
the power and privilege of appeal
must be limited The extent to which
courts now tolerate the privilege Of
appeal often makes farce of the
trial and a travesty of law, to say
nothing OF the unfavorable light It
reflects upon the sharp practitioner,
lured on by the prospect of large fee
Courts are quick to resent what
they term contempt for them and
lawyers rise upon their dignity in de-
tense of the solumn ethics of their
profession. But If they would only
see what the laity sees, that it is the
way the law is abused in its admins
trstion, which brings the contempt
and reproach. perhaps they might be
more ready to cooperate toward the
end sought by these high in the coun-
ellis of the profession who have deter
mined to effect reforms in law.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

The Water board is now deferring
its $3.50, 900 issue of water bonds on
the proposed $25O,0OO issue of court
house bonds. II is assumed that an
additional $3.50, 900 will be needed to
finish and equip the new court house.
but no estimate has ever been given
out to show that any such amount will
be required. If the county board
wants to submit q court house bond
proposition It would be q good plan
for It to first trim its estimates down
to actuallties.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
People Talked About

william George 'Hake. who recently cello
hreated his Tooth birthday anniver-
saTy in London. is said TO be the only Eng
lish lawyer who ever lived TO be 100 years
old. He was admitted to the bar in 1885.
Major General Leonard Wood told the
house committee on military affairs that
the disarmament OF nations was nothing
but a dream. There happened 70 be no one
present to prove to him that all the great
dreams OF the human race come true.
John A. Brown has annexed to himself
about all the salaried jobs in Glen Ridge
N. j., except that Of assessor. the last he
acquired being that Of chief engineer OF the
fire department His other offices are
borough clerk. overseer OF roads. register
OF vital statistics and dog warden.
Owners and agents OF sixteen downtown
Chicago office buildings have been ordered
by the building department 10 stretch a
wire screening over the rotundas at the
second or third floors TO prevent persons
on the main floor being injured by others
jumping or falling from upper floors Of
the structures
Charles Sherwood OF Albion, wis, IL
looking for expert information as TO how
far an owners responsibility extends over
dog that persistently violates the game
laws Of the state. Mr.. Sherwood has q
collie with a penchant for trout fishing
He has cuffed the dog for it. but each time
It only returns with larger fish.
Prince Ludwig Ferdinand OF Bavaria Is
distinguished doctor Of medicine. Ac-
cording 10 a cablegram a recent patient
was a young woman whom he cured of
tuberculosis. The prince also is a skilled
performer on the violin and organ. He lie
not the only physician In the royal house
Of Wittelsbach. for Queen Elizabeth Of
Belgium. who came from Bavaria, knows
medicine, and her father was famed as an
OceulsI
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

The democratic leaders in congress
seem particularly anxious to capture
the Ninth Iowa district formerly rep
resented in the house by Judge Walter
/. Smith. That district has not been
represented in congress by a democrat
since old Grover Cleveland days. and
If it sends democrat this time 1t will
be only because the republicans do not
come out and vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
Time to Drop out.

pPIIHbIIVIU INopuUIICdII'
The National Monetary commission has
so far expended 100000. and II is now an.
nounced that more money Is needed. II
should not be allowed. The commission
should dissolve. The only plan Of currency
reform which is likely to come out OF II
has already been reported by Mr.. Aldrich
and is now before the country for discus
sion. Debate, in other words has passed
beyond the bounds OF this highly paid re-
fuge for broken down statesmen.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

An armor plated abb, riveted by crowd
OF witnesses, had almost secured the &C
quittal Of Charles Christie, charged with
burglary. when he was confronted with
photographs OF his own finger prints on
the glass of the window through which he
entered. The prisoners nerve gave way
and after consulting his attorney entered
a plea Of guilty and was remanded for SEN
tenoe,
Il want you to tell me the whole story
said the judge. How is it that II YOU are
guilty you had all these Witnesses How
is 1t that with so perfect an alibi you plead
guilty."
why, no man could stand to see those
finger prints without giving up the fight"
answered the prisoner Il guess every
body saw them knew l was guilty.
The witnesses thought they were telling
the truth. They saw me come home anu
so to bed, but they didn't know l sneaked
out afterward."
After the jury had been discharged five
Of the jurymen said they would have con-
vlcted on the evidence OF the finger prints
alone and seven regarded Bertillon evidence
as inconclusive.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

that might be a little different, and
that would enable the downtrodden
servants of the people to gather in
the ChautauQua harvest and get the
cool, invigorating air which the balmy
breezes blow.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

A grandson OF King Menelik has
been proclaimed emperor of Abyssinia.
If he has as many lives as his illustri-
Gus ancestor he ought to be able to
keep the Menelik family on the Job
for at least 100 years.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Miss Ida Tarbell addressed the
young women at Wellesley college
and then the young women Of
Wellesley college expressed their
disapproYal of their college accepting
a gift OF $4,000 from John D. Rock
efeller. Talk about weak-yoiced
woman having no influence.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

According to Official returns the
Omaha Street Railway company
charged on $4,000 to depreciation
last year, while the Lincoln street rail-
way company charged on nothing at
all. Anyone can see where these two
corporations will be on that basis,
relatively speaking, when their fran
chise terms expire.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

II is authenticity related that a
Texas man accidentally dropped a IS
gold piece In the church collection
plate for a nickel and tainted before
he could recover 1t. The Lord loveth
a cheerful giver."
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
Big Army Dream.
Phiiadelphia Bulletin.

General Wood says the country needs an
available army OF half a million men.
But the national authorities cannot keep
the regular army up to it's present enlisted
quota of less than 10000 men. and the
ranks of the National Guard are far from
full. General Woods plan means conserip-
ton, and this nation IL not likely to well
come that.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

If those highwaymen would only
confine themselves to holding up the
auto speeders their efforts would be
better appreciated by the rest OF the
community.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
Benevolent SOba.

The international Paper company as
ssrts that the newspapers are in favor Of
Canadian reciprocity because II will give
them cheaper paper. OF course. the In
ternational eompany's opposition 70 the
measure Is wholly disinterested and ben.
evolent.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

The highwaymAn situation in
Omaha has again reached the stage
where there are always two bandits,
and one OF them taller than the other.
Has anyone here seen the long man
and the short man?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Lincoln has reconsidered it's inten-
ton to try TO stop treating in saloons
for the present. After the long
~drouth the temptation to have one on
the other fellow must be too strong
to be resisted.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
APRIL CIRCULATION.
48,l06

state Of Nebraska County Of Douglas, ss:
Dwight Williams, circulation manager Of
The Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily circula-
ton, less spoiled, unused and returned
copies for the month of April 1911, was
4s lO6 DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this LIST day OF May, 1911
(Saal) ROBERT HUNTER
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Hereafter. when Bailey's critics de-
mand 20 know what he has done for
the country, his friends may reply
that after six years patient effort he
has had the senate's converting hour
changed from noon TO 3p.m
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

W. Il. Curtis advises US that New
port. R. l.. is the richest town in the
United States or course, he means
financially. Still, Reno is a scanda-
lousy rich town.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Several plausible reasons are given
for the withdrawal OF that application
for an electric lighting franchise in
Omaha, but not word about the real
reason, which was a requirement to
put up or shut up.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Another New York landmark, the fam
Gus Aaron Burr mansion on Riverside
drive is TO so before the advancing move
OF modern apartment houses. which are
gradually covering up every available foot
Of ground in the upper part of the city.
The mansion, 40 years old, has just been
sold at auction to a builder and will be
torn down at once. 1t stands on a plot
about 100 feet square on hill overlooking
the Hudson. James Madison, president Of
the United States, occupied It from 1904
to 1906
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
who's Got the ButtonI
PlttsbuTR DIapatch

When Governor Woodrow Wilson sneoun-
ters one OF those buttons bearing the in
scTtption For President, Woodrow Will
son." he will doubtless express surprise at
the suddenness Of the proposition. But he
will not as the ordinary politician does.
place himself In the hands OF his friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Orozco now assures Madero that he
is the apple of my eye." Why is it
that ever since Adam and Eve the
apple has been the favorite fruit OF
the dewitt
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

Subscribers leavinu the city tenn
Dorarily should have The Dee
mailed 60 them. Adareas Will be
changed a. Oftsa as res1ssssa.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17
The sian b saffieient.

Official reports from Nebraska indicate
that the bank guaranty law has not yet
begun to change deposits TO a noticeable
extent. Conditions are 50 prosperous over
there that sold iettered sign over any
bank IL sufficient evidence Of its sound
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-17

1t is gratifying to know that Presi-
dent Dias is worth $4,000. 900 and
will not suffer personal hardship II he
should relinquish his present position.