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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Federal Parole Law.

A bill providing for a law to parole
all federal prisoners who have
served as much as fifteen years has
passed one branch Of congress and
may pass the other. II 1t reaches
the president it in to be hoped he
will veto It,
There is no demand or need for
such law and this Is an especially
inopportune time to urge the propo-
sition, in the light of recent events
in two Of our states. What this
country needs more than a law to
turn hardened criminals loose on So
ciety Unfortunately. is power OF
some sort that will tend to check
outlawry and make punishment fit
the crime. No public need would
be served by law which says to
criminal. no matter what he may
have done. when you have served
fifteen years you may 60"
Love laughs at locksmiths," and
crime grins at laws that propose soft
compromises.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Well, Then. Settle II

The president OF the mine work
ers' union declines the proffer Of
outside assistance In settling the dis
pute between the miners and the
employers. insisting that no issue
exlsts between them that calls for
extraneous Intervention or that
cannot be met by them. That is we'll.
Why .prolong the argument unduly.
then. Why not settle the dispute
and let business take its course?
Can the mere suggestion by Pres
ident Taft have had so wholesome
an Influence already as to bring both
sides to their better senses on this
proposition? Perhaps It has done
no harm. We rather think this Of
ficial is correct. that there Is no de-
mand at present for the govern
ment's aid, no issue that cannot be
settled without II. and II the leaders
on both sides will take their atten-
tions off their own immediate inter-
ests long enough to place them upon
the interests Of the public. the con-
sumers OF coal. they will be even
more convinced that they ought to
get together and that promptly.
One Pennsylvania mine company
has promised to raise its wages 10
per cent on April /. and to treat
with the miners as to other demands.
II this company can afford to do that.
acting independent OF the others.
why is IL not possible for the re-
mainder to reach some sort OF an
agreement? BY no means should a
strike be precipitated. The country
is in no mood forait and will not en-
dure II complacently.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
sPRMGTIME SMILES.

You imagine that you get exercise by
riding on a railway train?' asked the
physician
Yes. After you have walked from the
front door OF eur big station to tife= car
that your ticket calls for, l want to tell
you that you have done considerable
pronenading. Washington Star.
MY husband told me yesterday to go
to any OF the leading stores 1 wanted 20,
aud order everything thought ] ought
TO have for my spring outfit"
T, What a considerate and generous hus-
band you've got"' .....
Not at all He was talking IN his
sleep. .'-Baltimore American
Scheherazade had just finished the
thousand-and-first tale. -. s.-zs..-.
1T has been fairly lurid serial said
the Sultan. "but, on the whole. 4 think
I'd have preferred the yarn of single
nights entertainment In the Younger
Married Set. Puck.
Father. Alfred has something to say
to you tonight" q
"Well. and what have: you and your
mother decided must tell him?'-De-
troit Free Press. H =
There is a place awaiting you in the
abode of future punishment, said the
man who. even though angry. strives to
be discreet ofspech. .5e
at don't scare me. none" replied the
hnitor. I'll be Kind O. glad to get some
place where the tenants never complain
because the radiators are cold. d."-chicago
Tribune. s- .-
81 was awfully sorry. old chap" said
Dubbleigh to wilkerson. fwhen1 heard
= \ s.I.
and run off with your daughter"
Thanks, old man." said Wilkerson. re-
turning the others sympathetic pressure
Of the hand. 1T was a brand-new car.
too" he added. his voice trembling with
motion.-Harper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
People Talked About

Bulletins from a Brooklyn hospital give
some hope Of the eventual recovery OF
the man who gave the mule three table,
spoonsful Of Tahasco sauce.
A Hungarian physician claims TO be
able to graft hair on a bald head. What's
the usss Ben Baker has no time to
bother with queuerieus experiments.
The first trolley car to make the run
from Boston TO New York has come as
harbinger Of spring trips and summer
tours. with rests by the wayside. wherein
the million will have as good a time
as the automobile thousand
James J. I'M. the railroad magnste,
has just bought a copy Of the ST. Paul
city directory Of 1857. In which he Is
listed as a clerk in a brokers office. He
is said to have paid 500 for this me-
mento Of his struggling youth.
Lady Warwick reports as result Of
a three weeks visit that Americans have
something like 1000 words in their vo-
eabularies. This is due to uncommon
output Of presidential favorite sons.
Ordinarily Ise words will express the
varied feeling Of the average American
The late Rear Admiral George W. Nell
willie txenty-four days before his death
wrote a codicil TO his will in which he
left slsaooo. about one-half Of his estate.
as a trust fund to provide q home for
deserving and aged poor. Under the Law
OF Pennsylvania. where the win must be
prohated. a codicil making q charitable
beanest must be nzSs thirty days be-
fore the death Of the decenfsnt Unless
the heirs agree to II the admirars last
wish cannot be carried ouI
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
THE KN0CKER.
w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Post

w. ID, NeSDlt IN CnCdSo fOsI
Opportunity knocked at his door,
Raped and raped, and then thumped
some more,
Was knocking his friends who had found
success.
"I knowed EN-" he growled, when they
And g never ~ a one Of 'em earned a cent.
why. many's the time they were stuck
for rent ---
I've knowed 'em, by inks! when they all
Corn beef, an their cuffs were celluloid;
An many an many's the time
They've been right down TO their last lone
dime.
But now, by crickey! they're rich an cold;
They've got all the cash that their hands
can hold
They try TO be friendly. but can see
It's Just condescending they want to be
To me-"
And O. how he knocked as he thought of
how
His friends had succeeded, OF then and
He growled a
He cited the fact that they started fair.
That ne had the chance that they had
back there.
And now they were cashing on brain and
They're living in style that they don't
deserve,
An some OF 'em think that they've
leaped to fame,
Dadburn 'em. They ask folks to print
their name.
Why I'm just as good as the whole
| blamed bunch. ..-
But that's just the way that things goes
/ might
] Be livin' like them-an' 1t isn't rightH'
i, He scowled! d.
SO opportunity knocked at his door.
Raped and raped, and then thumped
Il some more,
n That day. ....-- ~
But he was SO busy knocking. too,
4 That what she was doing he never knew;
1 He made so much noise that he could not
\ hear ..-
The summons she sent to his deafened ear.
So Opportunity shook her head
And silently. softly, surely sped
I Away. #.... t.tt E.-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
No Monopoly Of Good Men.

There will be states and states for
the coming primary and election to
choose eouncilmen to inaugurate
0maha's new commission plan OF
city government. But no one OF
them win have a monopoly OF good
men. For the partisans of any
slate" no matter with what high
sounding name II may be labeled, to
pretend that II alone represents hon
esty and improvement In government
and that all who withhold support
from a particular combine OF office
seekers Is an enemy OF good gov
ernment, inspired with selfish mo-
tives and greedy purpose. will not
go down with thinking people.
omahas future is not going to rise
or fall with those who proclaim
their own lofty sentiments and lay
claim to exclusive property In them.
The same thing applies to So
called platform pledges. Promises
Of this kind acquire no sacredness
because promulgated with a mono
grained endorsement which itself
may need endorsement,to pass cur
rent at par. Promises are good only
as corroborated by personal records
and create no issue where all sub
scribe to substantially the same
thing. There is no monopoly OF good
men and there is no monopoly either
Of good intentions.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
How to Absorb an
Old Complexion
CFrom Popular Monthly.l

A girl signing herself Discouraged
writes she has tried everything" for her
coarse. horrid. muddy e6mpIexion'' and
asks. is there no really effective rem
edy-"
Doctoring your complexion with stuff
that comes out Of jars and bottles Is
liable TO make II worse. The surest way
to banlsh a bad complexion Is to remove
L. Ordinary mercolired wax (get an
ounce at your druggist's) win do this.
Apply at night Ike cold cream; wash Off
in the morning. The wax shsorbs the
old skin. revealing the clear. soft. healthy
and beautiful skin underneath Naturally
all surface defects SO. too. Is pimplss.
hlotches. liver spots. freckles and black
heads. The treatment causes no d:scom-
fort: no one cae tell you are using H. the
cuticie coming OF 30 grsdaaily.-Ady.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The primary law says that nomi-
Mating petitions shall be incontest-
able after three days IF in apparent
conformity with the provisions Of
this act" But how petitions bear
ing prima facie spurious and forged
names can be in conformity with the
law is not explained. No protest
whatever should be necessary to i'm
press the secretary Of state with his
duty to reject q fake petition any
more than to reject one with q short
age OF names.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

secret revealed to US but yesterday.
It seems. serves to remind this gen.
Grafton OF the swift progress it is
making. The telephone. itself, is a
comparatively new device and yet
before We finish stringing up its
lines, We are oyertaken by another
method of long distance communica-
tion almost weird in its modernity.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Drift In k-utaeky.

Captain Thomas J. Clay. a former Of
fieer Of the army and a grandson Of the
great Henry. announces himself sup
porter Of President Taft. and thinks all
Ksntuekisns should be grateful TO him
for breaking up the Tobacco trust and
bringing independent buyers into the mar
ket. whereby the growers have been re-
cetving more for their crops Il consider
Mr.. Taft" he says. TO be the shlest
man In pubic iife today. and should any
question Of moment arise deem him
fully capable OF meeting the situation as
a true patriot and statesE
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
"a Good peal In a Name.
New York Tribune.

Occasional readers Of the sporting col
umns Of the newspapers may have been
rather surprised AT accounts OF pocket
Billiards championship tournament held
in this city in which the players seemed
to be engaged in pockefing the balls. Just
as they used TO do In continuous pool,
The fact Is that the term pool has been
dropped because Of its undesirable as
sociations. and the term pocket billiards
has been substituted. Another demon
stration Of the fact that there Is good
deal in a name
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Just suppose. if you can stretch
tour imagination that far. what our
democratic friends would be saying
{ candidates for delegates to the
iepublican national convention were
iubliely announcing that they would
tot be bound BY, the presidential pref
irenee Instructions Of the voters.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Had 1t only been known that Sec
retary of State Wait would accept as
valid a primary petition signed up
by one man with the names Of lot
Of other men. It would have saved
all the candidates time. trouble and
money. 1t Is much cheaper to man
ufacture a petition than to gather 1t
through autograph collectors.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Midsummer Exercise.
baltimore American.

NHFtEEIIVFN atF1IEE INH1Fs
The call has been sent out for the de-
struction of the housefiy. An expert es.
Inmates that n single energetic fly be-
ginning in April can by September infilct
five trillions OF descendants upon the
community. So the world will be divided
between the two important rallying cries
Of universal peace and swsttlng the fly.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

How II must make President TAFT
Iuake to think Of going against the
inited front Of democracy this fall,
gith Bryan. Harmon. Underwood.
Iilson. Hearst. GAynor, to say moth
hg Of Bailey and culbsrson and a
ez other less conspicuous partssans.
b formidsbIy united on every issue.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The Boston Transcript says the
reception recently accorded Presi-
dent Taft In the Massachusetts,
state house was the most enthuslas-
tic demonstration ever seen there.
This item Of news seems to have
escaped the attention OF certain
other newspapers--three or four.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Cole Younger is lecturing in the
south and boosts Minnesota habit
ually. He spent twenty-five years at
saltwater. so, perhaps, has a few
stagnant ideas Of the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The textile workers Of New Eng
Ind receive q general raise in wages.
That is what they struck for. What
sxpeuse and hardship might have
been avoided II both sides had made
mutual concessions in the first place.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The Baltimore Sun opines that II
hay become necessary to be yaccin-
lted before drinking milk. IL the
rice Of milk continues to rise.
iaeaper way out may be found,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The world do, indeed, move. ST.
ipuis is abandoning the old Four
rourts and Springfield. No.. is to
Eggplant Its court house. built in
1858. with modern structure.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
breaking Up the Game.
washIn0ton poSt

washington Post
Representative Campbell Is correct, Of
course. in saying that an appeal from
the umpire to the common people In the
bleachers would break up the game. But
II the bleachers don't like the umpire.
haven't they the inaliensble right TO
lynch him II they can?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

1 The esteemed Outlook hetrays Its
pride In the third-term race OF u
hember Of its staff. referring to the
Hhewspapers" supporting him and
he organs opposing him.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
boosting Parcels Post.

Indianapolis news
The gentlemen OF congress appear to be
finding out that the parcels post project
Is a good deal more popular among their
constituents than a few Of their more
eminent and nolsier ones have led them
to believe.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
FEBRUkRY CIRCuLATIO,
49,463

state Of Nebraska. County Of Douglas, IS:
Dwight williams, circulation MANAGER
Of The Rec Publishing company. being
duly sworn. says that the average daily
circulation, less spoiled. unused and re-
turned copies. for the month Of February,
isiz. was E,iS,
DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
10 before me this 5th day OF March. fsf2.
(Seal.l ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Il II seems that the supreme embodi-
bent Of nonpartisanship la a ''slate''
hut up by nonpartisan politicians.
Ind carefully balanced" between
lhe political parties.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

I The next peace treaty should pro-
Side an arbitration board TO rettle
disputes between the city treasurers
office and the city cemptroller's Of
nee p' -
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Let Mr.. Taft cheer MP now" ex-
claims the Kansas City Star. He's
cheering the fast arriving delegates.
and still they come.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

~. Paul Dispatch.

81. Paul Dispatch.
II costs siooooo@ q year to keep con-
gress in action making laws. Why Is
not that fine place to begin on reducing
the high cost Of Uncle Sans living?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
writing ana ExpIainins.


Woodrow Wilson continues TO explain
certain statements contained In his His
tory of the American People" Men who
write histories will. after this, know how
10 get them read.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

To be a real booster qualify at
enee as a member OF the CONNER
rlal club.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

stand why the late Fighting Bob" who
didn't mind a twelve-inch shell. wavered
when it came to charging across Broad
Eay
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

They have almost succeeded In
rounding up all the Virginia recall
ers OF judges.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

After Turing the grounding out
Of his hole. the weather man may be
tspected to try his Establishments on
the grand Jury.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

For reformers objecting to ma
chine methods. those Roosevelt fel-
lows in Indiana seem TO be pretty
good political machinists themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

: Where does Colonel Watterson's
star-Eyed Goddess figure in this
campaign?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The life Of the would-pe councilman
under the commission plan of city
government nowadays is Just one
pesky slate after another.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

The secretary OF state suggest"
10 county clerks that they violate the
plain proytsions of the primary law.
Mhyg < .s4sf5t
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Thus FAR few newspaper men have
protested against the proposed In
come tar bill on personal grounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Being publicity man Of tho Roose-
velt campaign ought to be the big
gest snap OF all.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Around New York

Ripples On the Current of Life
as ssea in the Great American
Metropolis frena Day to Day.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Mr.. Bryap has taken to making his
retorts IN the third person. Going
10 act like a president. even II he
Is not.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily should have The
Bee mailed TO them. Addre..
will be changed as often as re-
auested.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Do the people rule in North Da.
Sota?
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
MstAod IN Hl. F'erEIrene...

One Of c. W. Morse's acquaintancss
called friend into his Wall street office
the other day He said that he wanted
to show him something funny.
Look Mt this" said he. 1T is an en-
grayed acknowledgment Of Mr.. Morse's
thanks TO those who sent him oongratu-
iatory letters and kilograms when he was
released from the penitentiary at At
lanta.''
II didn't make q tremendous hit with
the man to whom It was shown. He
breezed hastily through some OF the bet
ter known aspects Of Mr.. Morse's charac-
ter. and predicted sloomlly as to Mr..
Morse's future.
Don't talk that way" said the banker.
Il don't like to hear people roast poor
Charley like that"
The other fellow stared open-eyed.
That's funny" said he. Morse sold
you out In the most cold -biooded manner
possible. He double-crossed you. and
then, to make II good. he triple-crossed
you. He hit you just when you couldn't
stand another blow, and he knew II. And
now you're talking love and forgiveness
for the man who jabbed you. Is your
bean loosor'
1T is not" said the banker. decidedly.
Morse owes me $4,000. Now that he's
out of jail he may pay me back"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Wait for the big primary and the
eight-foot ballot
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Let the people rule. provided
they rule my way."-w. J. b..
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Pertfs Of Broadway.
The late Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans
once said he'd rather stand on the exposed
bridge OF a battleship during q hot sea
fight than to cross Broadway. His view
cannot be considered extraordinary. when
IL Is remembered that the battleships at
Santiago didn't lose a single man. while
q persons were killed and 2,oO4 wounded
by automobiles. street cars and horse
drawn vehicles In the city last year. Only
Ts men were killed In ali the Indian
wars from 17@ to ISL. q period Of twenty
three years. The war Of isl2 lasted four
years and In that time only sixty-five Of
fieers and LIS men were killed on the
American side. One can easily under
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

Patrick A. whitney commissioner OF
correctiohs. has aeciaSd that music should
have large part lnsths work Of REFORM
ing youthful cf1mipais. and he has ac-
eordingly directed the employment OF a
teacher Of Instrumental music atsthe city
reformatory on.Hsrt's Island. His order
20 this effect Is enddtsed BY the aldermen
In resolution which says sI
Music is extremely Beneficial In the
Genoe scheme Of social reform. for which
this institution, was founded, and is nee
essary as part OF, the special reform
work there. Furthermore. the beginners
may practice on an island to their hearts
desire and annoy no one but themselves"
Commissioner whitney will offer the
convicts an Optional course" Of eighty
Instrumental music lessons this spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27

An apt illustration Of the old saw about
an IN wind came % lisht the other day
when a curb, broker Announced that the
Equitable fire had filled the pockets Of
one Of his customers with money to burn.
On the morning Of the fire the customer
made up his mind TO sell number OF
shares OF Standard OIL subsidiaries anC
proceeded down town to give the order
to his broker. When he arrived he
found that his stock was deep down un-
der several hundred tons Of smoldering
ruins,
Although anxious 20 get rid Of his
holdings the customer was dssuaded
from selling on delayed delivery. inas-
much as Il was uncertain whether the
stock would be ',goo1 delivery" when
exhumed. Blythe time the vaults were
opened the stock was worth 5000 more
than on the day Of the fire. As the
stock was unharmed, the owner ordered
Il sold.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
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Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-27
Twenty Years Ago

Twenty Years Ago
Washington hall was thronged at night
with Bohemians celebrating the third CEN
tennial anniversary OF the birth Of Jan
Amos Komensky (comenius). the great
bohemian educator. reformer and patriot
Thomas Capek, who introduced the speak.
ers. stated that Governor Boyd was un-
able to be present, as he expected to be,
and read letter from the governor. Mr..
capek then introduced Edward Rose
water. who made the principal address.
taking for his subject, The Bohemians."
Singing and orchestrz music was sand
wiohed in between the speeches. 8. Z.
Letovsky directed this. Chancellor James
II. Garfield Of the University OF Ne
braska spoke on John A. Comenius. {"
Prof. Frank A. Fitzpatrick. superintend.
ent OF the Omaha public schools. had for
his subject, The Influence Of comenius
on the American School," Rev. w. ].
Harsha was TO have spoken on "The
Last Bishop OF the Moravians," but gave
way to Rev. John Pipal, who spoke In
Bohemian.
Telegraph and telephone linemen Ia.
bored hard all day to re-establish com.
munication which had been DESTROYED
over the wires by the storm OF the day
before.
Peter Hartman Sharp was buffedi at
Prospect Nm cemetery, The funeral
services were held at the home. on Doug.
las near Nineteenth street. under the al.
N
Presbyterian church. A large number
OF friends attended. Mr.. and Mrs. welch
and Mrs. Day sang. The pallbearers
we're Howard Kennedy. W. G. Maui. A.
p. Wood. DR.. Denise. John L. Kennedy,
Clark Mclean, c. X. coutant. W. A.
Darrow.