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Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
SAID IN FUN.

Mabel am sure he must have i'vet
her very dearly?
Maude-I should say so. nc married het
in spite OF the fact that he had been out
In the rain with her all one after noon, was
scasiCk with her. ans saw her unexpectedly
at home the morning after a dance.-Puok
The suggsrd had gone to the ant and con.
sldered her ways.
Just the same" he said "I'd rather he
sluEgard. The heRstly little things don't
do anything but work"
Which seems to show that on some mon
good advice Is utterly thrown away.--Chi'
caGo Post
why do YOU women want to 90 into
politics anyway
I'VE simply want to show that we can't
make any worse mess OF II than YOU men
do."-Boston Transcript.
"I,ll give YOU 50 n day II you'l work for
me- said Farmer Corntossel
Boss" answered Flooding Pete. II know
puffickly well dat all de work I'd do
wouldn't be worth n plugged quarter I'm
tempted. boss but ! resist Although poor
| still have a conscience. - Washington
Star.
Have YOU tried what they call the 'coro'
nation cocktail'?"
mo. what about it?'
You have to take It cautiously; Il goes
right to the head. Chicago Tribune.
Ibid you know that Noah was one Of the
first base ball enthuslasts7'
How do you make that out?'
Because he made such n point OF the
pitching of the ark. "-Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Combining Business as Business.


This Sugar trust investigation is
furnishing interesting information,
whether It ever amounts to anything
more or not. Each witness adds a.
little TO the entertainment of the pub
lie, IL he does not contribute vitality
to its enlightenment as to how such
concerns are formed and manipulated.
II is interesting to know that the mere
matter Of combining is an art within
itself and that the late Mr.. Havemeyer
and some of his associates we're able
to turn Il to such good advantage,
even before they came to the point OF
reaping the larger gains. This gives
us a rather new view of the trust
this professional service Of men
uniting several companies for a stip-
ulsted price. The Job was worth
$4,000, 900 to Mr.. Havemeyer, him
self, and this fee, of course, did not
shut him out of the dividends to
follow.
No doubt the public at large is seri-
ously surprised to find from the testi-
mony of his former associates that the
late Henry o. Havemeyer actually
owned such a comparatively small
part of the investment which he con-
trolled. His genius as Hnancier
really must be vastly enhanced in pub
lie estimation by the details of this
investigation. But IL cannot be said
that his system has found any more
justification than 1t formerly pos
sessed. II is always in order to dts
count the ultimate results of such an
inquiry; but we venture to say that
few persons will doubt by the time
this evidence is all In that such a
thing as a Sugar trust exists, and has
existed for years, and that, as some
of it's own men have admitted, its
methods have been about as reprehen-
sible as could possibly escape the tolls
Of the law.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
EGO ON THE jon.
Exaggerated Notions of Persons
Chosen to Rule,
Kansas CITY Times

AN4aHkNENNeO NOTIONS of Persons
Chosen to Rule.
Kansas City Times
Every man has a more or less exag-
gerated notion OF his Importance in his lob.
ana as a rule the longer he holds the
job the surer he is that the machine would
go to pieces II he dropped out.
On May Porfirio Diaz, president OF
Mexico, issued a manifesto to his people,
whom he had ruled more than thirty years.
saying he wanted to quit his Job; in fact.
that he was extremely anxious to retire,
being 81 years old, but-anarchy! No. he
could not do II at once. To prevent the
nation from being pillaged and laid waste
ne would have to walt. The people must
be prepared for the shock attendant upon
his leaving the engineers seat. 1t must
be done slowly. cautiously, in order to pre-
vent national wreck. He could not even
make a rough guess as to how long 1t
would take TO prepare Mexico so 1t could
do without him. 1t was in the future
Then came the capture Of Juarez and
the determined uprising of the populaee
against Diaz. The president thought a
second time and decided that he might
be able to get out sooner than previously
planned; in fact. maybe In a week or So
Thereupon somebody started a rumor that
Diaz would not resign. Mobs marched the
streets OF the city of Mexico jeering at
the president and throwing stones at his
house. Engineer DiaS thought a third
time, reversed his engine jumped, and
beat 1t for Spain. being chased even as he
was getting out OF the country in the
night.
What happened after Diaz's precipitous
desertion OF the cab2 The old machine,
which had been creaking and grinding and
threatening to blow up under the old
engineer, Immediately began TO steam
better. Within a week the old schedule
was being Observation-Disclosures was prac-
tically at peace.
But-Madero, the new hero OF the hour.
was reported as saying when told of a
plot against his life that Mexico would be
given over to anarchy IL he were killed
And there you have human nature again.
AS a matter of fact, personal interests
and habit keep things running along fairly
we'll If the birth could be ascertalned
habit probably has more to do with II
than anything else. Every man lie in the
habit of doing certain thing. He is an
infinitesimal part Of the big machine.
Naturally he goes on doing the thinking he
has been in the habit of doing But the
machine can run without him.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
J. Proctor Knott, Humorist.

The death of j. Proctor Knott at
the age of 80 in the little city of Lee
banon, KY, removes a once conspicu-
Gus figure from life, Admitted to the
bar in Memphis, he was elected attor-
ney general in Missouri and to con-
gress from Kentucky, which state he
later served as governor. But his ca
reer reached it's climax in congress
and his fame terminated about as sud-
denly as 1t began. 1t originated In
his speech upon Duluth, which has
been classed as one Of the gems of
American humor, but 1t was a costly
speech and a costly fame that It
brought to Knott. 1t stamped him as
the "humorist Of congress-" a dis
tinction no man has been able to sur
vive and remain in public life. Though
OF serious mien, he could never get
himself taken seriously afterward and,
1t is even said now. that this effort
stopped him as q rising lawyer. At
any rate, he soon left congress and re-
turned to public life, only to serve his
state as governor for four years, since
which time he has lived in utter re-
tirement. all but forgotten by the out
side world.
Duluth is supposed to have derived
fits title, THE Zenith City of the I'm
sailed Seas" from this speech of Proc
tor Knots, but the phrase Is not to
be fonnd in the speech as It appears
In current books on oratory and, in
deed, is not in the report of the speech
in the Congressional Record. II was
probably coined and added By Duluth
after 1t got over being mad. The
speech, burning BIT of satire, angered
Duluth at first, but in later years came
to fiatter it so much that the city In
vited Knott there for an address and
laid claim to him as It's patron saint.
No humorist in congress since
Knots day-and there have been
seVeral--has quite matched the wit,
satire and humor Of this speech, 80
that he still stands as the chief COR
nerstone Of this melancholy monument
reared to the memory of congressional
humorists, living and dead.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Our sS.25O,O0O water board nov

Our ss,25O,000 Water board now
assures us that acquisition of the
water plant will not increase taxes,
and may some day in the dim distance
produce lower water rents What has
become of those solemn promises that
compulsory purchase would reduce
taxes and give us lower water rents
Immediately? What has become Of
that schedule OF reasonable rates
which the board promulgated for the
water company?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Consideration Is being given by the mill
tary authorities to the proposition that
army signal corps organizations should be
armed with pistols only. In this connec-
ton a report filed with the chief signal
officer OF the army states:
Each signal corps company should
carry with its equipment one case OF
twenty rifles and 1900 cartridges to be
placed In the hands OF the men engaged
on duty without proper escort and when
in the Judgment of the commanding Of
ticer such issue IL considered desirable.
Rifles are q hindrance to the proper per-
formancs of signal corps duties. Line
men, operators, In fact all signal corps
men who have any work to do, are seri-
ously hamperea by the presence of the
rifle. The tendency to make line troops
out OF the signal corps should be effec-
lively and permanently checked whenever
the opportunity occurs. Signal corps men
always have all the work they can do II
there Is ever a situation In which
the line troops must call upon a hand
full OF signal corps men to use rifles,
II is a situation in which there lie no
need of any signal men at ALL and In
which their very presence would constitute
tactical blunder. II Is sincerely hoped
that the example OF efficient and straight
signal corps work done by the signal corps
with the army OF Cuban pacification will
impress those concerned with the desira-
bility OF perfectlng the signal corps as a
body OF expert professional telegraphists
In the application OF that art to the lines
of information on the field OF battle. The
signal corps cannot be all this and be re-
auired. as a part OF the line OF the army.
to do guard duty. furnish clerks and supply
special men as craftsmen, plumbers, car
penters and whatnot"
In accordance with the recommendations
OF the chief signal officer OF the army, the
shoulder rife has been withdrawn from
two OF the field companies and pistols sub
stituted for trial in field work II IL likely
that the substitution will be made with all
signal corps companies when the recently
adopted Colt automatic pistols are avail
able
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21


Down in lincoln the anti-saloonists
are interposing every possible obstacle
to prevent the issue Of liquor licenses
pursuant to the town voting wet.
Their objections are, OF course, all
technical bubbles, because the an
plicants had no licenses last year, and
therefore had no chance to violate the
conditions OF sale. Note the contrast
with the anti-saloonists here in
Omaha, who, although Boosting that
they had in their possession ali kinds
of evidence Of slocumb law violation.
did not nie a single remonstrance
when the licenses were up for reissue.
What's the answer And how much
did II costf
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
VETERAN EDITOR HONORED.
An Educational Tribute TO the
Founder of The Bee.
Nashville Tennesseean ~

An Educational Tribute TO the
Founder of The Bee.
Nashville Tennesseean.
Omaha recently dedicated q handsome
new school building which bears the name
OF Edward Rosewater. the late owner and
founder of the Omaha Bee.
Cities do we'll to name their schools after
men who have been prominent in local af-
fairs, and no man was more conspicuously
identified with the upbuildlng and better
ment of the Nebraska metropolis than Mr.
Rosewater.
Mr.. Rosewater's history reads like
romance. He came to this country as
young boy from Bohemia and, without
friends or money, made his way to wealth
and a prominent place in the newspaper
world. He located in Omaha In 1868, when
that city was a frontier village, and
founded the paper which has always been
identified with his name
Tho Bee grew apace with the new city
When the railway which first connected
the two coasts completed its line to the
Pacific coast, The Bee became the best
known paper for a thousand miles west
OF the Missouri river. Mr.. Rosewater had
great faith In the new west, and was
influential In encouraging its settlement
by many OF the worthy Europeans who
have been so conspicuous in the develop
ment Of the great territory west of the
muddy Missouri.
Edward Rosewater school Is very properly
located In q section of Omaha where
families Of many nations have found a
home. II is q cosmopolitan school, whose
very name offers hope to the young for
eigners who have settled in the new land
OF liberty. and spurs them on to emulation
OF the notable career OF Mr.. Rosewater.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Democrats Oppose Parcels Post.

The democrats may scarcely hope
to deceive many people by their
evasive attitude toward parcels
post, which simply amounts to
out-and-out opposition. They propose,
through their leaders, Speaker Clark
and Mr.. Underwood. that the express
companies be abolished, but that in
stead OF throwing the parcels traffic
into the postal department of the
government, to give 1t to the railroads
and make new regulations for it's con-
troll.
The present express system is sub
ject to Improvement, IN fact, 1t
could hardly be worse. but why stop
short of the best possible arrange
ment that can be made. Giving the
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The promotion Of Miss McHugh to
be principal OF the Omaha High school
puts a woman at the head of the insti-
tuition for the nrst time, and, so far as
we know. makes ours the only High
school OF its sine In charge Of woman
principal. Miss McHugh's talents
and abilities are universally recog.
nized, and It will devolve upon her to
show that she is fully equal to the
task. It goes without saying, too,
that while her success means much to
Omaha, 1t will also set an example
that will command attention in edu-
cstional circles throughout the whole
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The Board OF Education proposes to
buy two motorcycles and loan them to
the police department for use in trail
ing auto speeders, the justification
being found in the fact that the fines
imposed by the police court so into
the school fund. That looks as II the
expectation was to make the cinching
OF automobile drivers a profitable in
dustry. Suppose the police Judge,
however. should tske,a notion to I'M
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Election Day Carriages Discarded.
81 PAUL Pinnaar Prasa

In the old days in Nebraska as in Minne-
sofa and other states. the campaign COM
mittee always set aside a good slice Of the
available funds for the hiring Of carriages
on election day to carry to the polls voters
who were considered in line for the party,
but who had to be coaxed to vote and in
sisted upon being taken to the polls and
back to their homes or places of business.
The Nebraska law puts a stop to this
practice and It appears to be a measure
that might we'll be adopted In other states.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

twenty-five per cent more is ex-
acted for ice delivered to the house
hold in Omaha than in Denver, where
the general level of prices is supposed
to be higher than here. The ice men
will have to get another excuse.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The friends of reciprocity gain moth
ing by resorting to the silly charge
that Senator Roots opposition is in
spired by revenge because the presi-
dent did not appoint him to the SUI
preme court. Reciprocity has sincere
foes as we'll as sincere enemies.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

And some day perhaps the country will
put in the White House a man old enough
TO have a golden wedding there.-world-
Herald.
Is this a hint as to how long Mr..
Bryan will have to keep on trying for
the White House, seeing he has al
ready celebrated his silver wedding
anniversary?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Fresh Blood for the Army.

The army is richer by eighty-two new
officers, fresh from West Point, and full
of youthful patriotism and enthusiasm.
The country unites with Uncle Sam in
patting them on the back and telling
them to go and do their prettiest It is
significant of the changes OF times that
one OF the officers who will command in
the United States army is the grandson
of "Stonewal' Jackson
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
II is costing the county NOR,

II is costing the county more to
wrap up, hand out and record the
charity doled out at the county store
than the wares that are distributed
cost. And yet the democratic combine
that runs things in the court house
refuses to dispense with the unneces-
SAry bundle wrappers. That's demo-
tratie economy Cor you.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

A special election Just neld at Des
Moines has voted the council authority
and instructions to buy the water
works or build one. If Des Moines
will come to Omaha It can get some
valuable pointers, that cost us several
million dollars, on how not to do 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Mere FiEureheaasf
ChlcaEo Reoord -Herald

When he was questioned by a congress
Eional committee the president Of the Sugar
trust professed 10 be almost completely
ignorant OF the workings OF the organiEa-
tion. Does the Sugar trust pay a large
salary to SIS president for being q mere
figurehoad7
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

President Taft has promised his
home folks that on retirement he will
open a law office in Cincinnati and
make that place his home again. That
IL enough to encourage Cincinnati to
install a winning ball team.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Nebraska railroads want the State
Railway commission to authorize a
raise of lumber rates. The railroads
must scent drop in lumber prices as
a consequence of Canadian reciprocity,
and want to intercept it before it
reaches the pockets of the consumers.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Former President DiaE will not at
tend the browning of Britain's king.
doubtless feeling as did the little girl
In the old McGuffey reader whose
father was lost at sea:
I'd 50 10 the yard and get chips.
But then II would make me % SD
To see the men building the ships (of stase)
And think they had built one 30 bad.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Senator Bailey's friends say that
woodrow Wilson is not democrat
He is not, at least, the kind OF demo-
crat that Bailey of Texas and Haskell
of Oklahoma and some others are.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Knocking the Under Dog.
ca z,.s- D..xRt-

Well have to begin feeling a sympathy
for the Standard OIL company as the under
dog pretty soon Kansas, though a little
late about getting into the game, has just
outlawed three Of those subsidiary branches
Of the trust.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
MAY CIRCULATION,
48,473

State OF Nebraska, County of Douglas. Is:
Dwight Williams, circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily clrcula,
copies for the month of May, 1911, was
a. lT3 DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn 10
tefore me this list day Of June. 1911.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Where is the old-time red-headed
woodpecker?" asks the Oldest 1nhabi-
tant. Heard him pecking away on
telegraph pole the other morning be-
fore the ordinary mans getting-up
time.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The dispatches say the present Lori
mer inquiry is going after the truth.
For mercy sake, what was that ava
lanche of evidence disclosed by the
former investigation?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Round Robin Launching,
Chicago Tribune.

Senator La Follette's presidential boom
has been launched in the form of round
robin, as Bob's well-known modesty pre-
vented him from putting his own name at
the head of the list.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Doubtless Mr.. Bryan would like to
apply the recall to several eminent
democrats who are getting too near
the center of the stage he has SO long
occupied alone.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

A San Franciscan in Europe refuses
to attend the coronation because he
does not care to witness a spectacle
Of 1000, 900 empty stomachs cheering
a 100000 empty show"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

sub-criber- leaving the city tenn
porariIy should have The Dec
mailed 20 them. Address will be
changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

When a couple divorced for forty
years remarry. 1t surely cannot be laid
to the attraction of superficial beau
ties
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Some Missourians wish to make
their Folk-song, Champ, Champ,
Champ, we are marching" ETC., but
there is at least one discordant note.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The man who is always trying to
get something for nothing is the one
to avoid in legitimate transaction.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The resurrection of the Maine, from
descriptions at least, leaves no room
to doubt that there was an explosion.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Queen Mary may have adopted the
sixty-foot train as means of keeping
the crowd at a safe distance.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

River navigation may be slow, but
it is not half as slow as congressional
action on river navigation.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

pose Imprisonment sentences instead
Of fines, would the school board call
its motorcycles in?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

No wonder the Sugar trust got in
80 heavily, with se6,oo0,O00 Of
watered stock.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21
Army Gossip

Matters Of interest on ana hack
Of the Firing Line Cleaned from
the Army ana navy Register
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

Two fingers" is the sign of the
times for the kids in summer.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

More sharp dealing has been dis
covered among the importers Of cut
Iery.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

It looks as II nothing would be done dur
ing the present extra session in the matter
of special army legislation Incorporated In
in the Hay bill. There Is remote
chance that the democrats will have
another caucus before the end OF the
present session and permit Mr.. Hay to re-
port the bill, which has a value as
measure of economy in army administra-
ton and organization. There were rea-
sons, involving in no way the pending
army legislation, for this action OF the
caucus, and 1t may easily come about that
the bill will still be reported and passei
before adjournment II Is certain to come
out of the committee at the beginning of
the regular session and is likely to pass
the house without much objection. 1t may
meet with some obstruction In the senate,
but without the president expressing him
self in favor of 1t the bill is destined to
pass the upper house. 1t is recognized at
once as possessing political value, which
the republicans can hardly ignore, espe-
cialy as they are not likely to gain any
advantage In defeating 1t on the theory
that by that proceeding they are frus-
trating the democrats, who will still claim
credit for the effort they have made to eff
feet economies.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-21

The military authorities are still cons d.
ering the question OF mobilization OF the
army and the concentration idea as applied
to the construction at army posts. 1t IL
intended 10 apply this principle in the new
infantry garrison to be established, accord
ing to present plans, in the outskirts OF
Honolulu, II having been decided TO aban-
don the scheme OF establishing q large
cavalry garrison on the reservation about
fifteen miles from Honolulu. Nothing can
be done in that direction. however. until
congress authorizes IL by the enactment Of
a bill which has passed the senate. The
same style of construction is intended to
be used in the garrison at Culebra on the
Isthmus OF Panama, where will be sta
toned most of the 5000 troops to be used
in the defense Of the canal. 1t Is intended
to have the bsrrack building constructed
in a quadrangle with detached build ngs
for officers quarters. This idea will be
used in any new army posts which are built
in the United States. Several general plans
have been made in the quartermaster gem
erals office and have been examined by
the chief Of staff. No decision has been
reached in the matter.