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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14
SOCIETY is ENTERTAINING
Many Informal Affairs Are Planned
for 0ut-of- Town Visitors.
HEDEssoHN CHOIR INTERESTS
TrnveIing In Warmer Chimes
Have Returned and Many
Others Come soon.
Social Calendar.


MoHDAY-Seniors of Brownell Hal,
theater party at Brandeis; Miss Dor
ofhy Morgan, meeting pf Deoutante
Bridge club: Mrs W. J. Burgess. meet
inn 81 Team Bridge club; Mr., and Mrs.
J. II. Haney. dinner for Perry-Haney
wedding party.
TCEsDAY-At home day at Fort Omaha
Mrs. T. j. Mahoney, meeting OF Anna
feur Musical club. wedding OF Miss
Vera Margaret Fitzgerald and Mr.. Earn
est T. Hamilton OF Neigh, Neb.: Mr. j.
l. Neble. box party at the Orpheum;
High school Giee club. concert at the
Lyric; Mrs John s. Meyer. Tuesday
Luneheou club.
WEDEEsDAY-wedd OF Miss kath-
crime Powell and Mr.. Bryant Cullen
Rogers at Church OF the Good Shep-
herd: Players club, performances At the
Brandeis theater. at home day al Fort
Crock: wedding Of Miss Blanche Mar
shall and Mr. Warren Reid; wedding OF
Miss Mabel Haney and MT. Earl j.
Perry OF Msrshalltown; Mrs. George
Hampton. meeting Of w. w, club.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Columbus
dancing party: Mrs. A. s. Billings. meet
ing OF j. +. W. club: N. n. o. club,
dancing party at Hotel Rome; Mrs. {.
H. Gates, Golden Glow club.
FRIDAY-Msjor and Mrs Carl +. Hart
mann, dinner at Fort Omaha; hop at
Fort Omaha: Dundee Dancing club, din
her 81 University club. followed by
0rpheum party.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
People Talked About

Gutron Borslun. the sculptor. says that
snare and ought to be closed or turned
over to the teaching Of young men and
women how TO make useful things.
Three Of our army men Captain Henry
B. Richmond. Captain Conrad 8. Bah
cock and Lieutenant Adna R chaffee)
are taking graduate course In horse
manship at the saumur Riding school. in
France.
Horace S. Withee. who has been q mail
carrier on route No. |. skowhsgAn. Ne,
for the last ten years. has never missed a
trip or failed 70 reach the postoffice 90
time He lives four miles from the post
office. and travels thirty-three and one
half miles every mall day. He estimates
that in all he has Travelled 1o1fk miles.
equal to sixteen trips to the Pacific eoas,
and back.
W. T. Hornaday. the famous curator
Of the Bronx Geological Gardens. In New
York. who has been identified with collec-
tions for the Zoo for many years. is
considered one Of the best known stu
dents Of animal HE In this country.
Felix schveighoff. TIE German come
dian who died rscenily, left an estate
valued at leeoco marks He was .
model citizen a. weii as q great actor. .
says friend. He was thrifty. but his
purse was never closed against the needy
ard what he did for them was done IN
seerecy."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

reach the sensitive ears Of Central or
Southern Americans, will not con-
strain this government beyond the
point of prudent statesmanship in
dealing with this turbulent little
neighbor to the south Of us. Inter-
Yention. war and annexation are all
to be abhorred. but either Mexico
must soon straighten up and act So
berry or else this "self-constituted po-
liceman OF the western hemisphere.
as our British cousins say. will have
to do something to command order.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
The Spring Overflow.

/ Al alert press correspondent once
wired to New York, newspaper that
tornado was headed toward Omaha
and asked for Instructions as to how
much of a.story to send in when the
demon storm broke.
Without wishing to wigwag any
false alarms. We can see now that,
unless all signs fail and presidents
miss fire, portions of the Missouri
valley are to be visited by more
water this spring than they win
really need. Five feet OF snow has
fallen on the level lands OF Ne
braska, so that very much more than
that precipitation has reached the
mountains TO the north and west OF
Us. When the breakup and thawing
time comes the old Missouri and
other streams are sure to receive
larger volumes Of water from the
hills than they are equipped to carry
off. Omaha may be high enough to
escape. damage, and yet there are
some points within sight OF Omaha
that are not so high and these are
likely to be inundated.
Some day provision may be made |
for storing this vast volume Of
water against time OF necessity. II |
storage reservoirs could be con-
sufficient to take care Of
part Of the water that oyerflows
river banks, not only would It save
destruction in the spring. but other
destruction by means of prevention |
later in the year when water is at a |
premium.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
Bat Peace Moves On.

The senate's reactionary action in
defeating the arbitration treaties
may have killed those two cgmpacts,
but 1t has by no means deadened the
cause Of world peace. What the
president, backed by the people,
sought to do In this case will be
achieved a. soon as we get q senate
with enough members whose vision
of large things is not circumscrihed
by q foolish mirage Of personal i'm
portance, which goes by the mis-
homer Of senatorial dignity.
Let the real champions OF uni
versai peace take heart and be glad
that they have overcome this one
obstacle which had TO be met sooner
or later In their course toward In
eyltable success. The Idea that ma
tons may agree to srbitrate some
things, yet refuse to arbitrate when
they feel strong enough to over
power the other, Is not one OF the
ideas on which nations are going to
be brought Into q great union Of
amicabie arbItrament. Many hy-
pothssieal questions. which have no
likelihood Of ever being raised. we're
used to help block the way. but they
will not form much OF an obstruc-
ton when the full power Of the pop
ular demand comes 10 actual expires
sion In the senate, as q certainly
will.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
Iatsyyention in Mexico.

Two views Of Uncle SANS proper
attitude toward Mexico IN the present
crisis. Numerically opposite In the
main. are at hand, which furnish In
teresting contrasts and open up the
subject to profitable thought. One
view Is expressed by John Barrett,
director general Of the Pan-American
union and one Of the best yersed men
In Pan-American problems. The
other view appears in the National
Review Of Lopdon over the signature
Of A. Maurice Low, the weil-known
correspondent at Washington, p. G.
Mr.. Barrett sees no necessity or
warrant saF either American invasion
or interventiSn. He says for US TO do
either would le to strike a self-in-
flictsd and gratuItously staggering
blow to our own commerce and pres
tlge throughout all the Americas.
nullify half the good OF the canal and
delight all our competitors for the
favor and trade Of the world" He
thinks We can easily afford &c be pa
tient and endure Temporary annoy
ances for the sake Of FIGURE possihili-
ties. lie is undoubtedly right In his
contention that the United States
should proceed cautiously in any In
tercourse with Mexico, for . clash Is
undesirable. Just as Mr.. Low is right
to assume that . war would entail
heavy toll. mortally and financially.
beside hurting US abroad, and that.
even after we had triumphed on the
field. we would yet have the immense
task Of evolving peace and order out
OF the chaos. And II woald be a long
time before we could hope for the
confidence Of the natives. an essential
element in working out the ultimate
solution.
Constant turmoil In Mexico the
United States cannot permit" says
the British journalist. Perpetual
anarchy is bad enough in Contra.
America" He then points TO the
large American. British and German
interests ip Mexico and to the fact
that every nation must protect its ma
tionals. by virtue of the Monroe
doctrine. he adds. this obligation Is
imposed upon the United States.
which must either perform that duty
or confess its inability and permit
Europe to act. but there need be no
fear that the United States viii shirk
its responsibility or afford any Eu-'
ropean power an opportunity to
laugh at the Monroe doctrine and
make the United States ridiculous in
the eyes Of the world"
Ne. nor Is the United States going
70 be eoeresd or eajolsd into ponncing
onto Mexico, Theirs Is no occasion
for the chip-on-she-shoulder attitude
or iihgofsm. and Uncle Sam win act
cautiously, but even Mr.. Barreit's
pleading for silence lest some casual
remark shout intervention or war
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
Wooster Doesn't Forget.

SILVER CREEK, Neb., March ITO
the Editor Of The Bee: ! am In receipt
Of one OF those Informal Invitations which
the president Of the Lincoln Bryan club
is sending out to democrats over the
state to attend the annual Bryan birth
day banquet In Lincoln.
Kindly permit me in this informal
manner 10 inform the Lincoln bunch that
! shall not be present, and that they
need reserve no plate for me. l have q
lively recollection Of the fact that year
ago many democrats from out in the
state were indiscreet enough to attend
that Bryan banquet and that as part Of
the menu they got a dose Of vile abuse
from Mr.. Bryans man Friday. alias
Bishop sumbeams, alias Il. L. Metcalfe.
1t has never been charged that Mr.. Bryan
resented, or even dlsapproved Of that at
tack on his invited guests, and 1t is
fairly to be presumed that 1t was with
his full knowledge and consent.
Il is further to be presumed that at
the banquet this year Mr.. Bryan's man
Friday, with a beatiflc smile on his
countenanee, will sit In silence while each
guest is served q dish Of harmony instead
OF dish Of abuse. Two years ago Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Metcalfe tried their best
to defeat and destroy five-slxths Of the
democratic candidates in the state. This
year when these two delectable demo-
Gratis are candidates themselves they want
harmony and votes. Outside OF Nebraska
Mr.. Bryan don't want harmony until he
has killed off every promising candidate
Cor the democratic nomination for presI-
dent, and then he would be pleased to
have the national convention harmoni-
ously bring the nomination to him on .
silver platter. @
For his dastardly work in the campaign
Of two years ago Mr.. Bryan said he had
no apologies TO make and that be SHOULD
''eoniipue the fight" Fellow democrats.
let vs. heap Goals Of fire on his head
by now giving him boost when he
wants II so badly, and In return later on,
IL he don't set what he wants out Of
this presidential mixup he will. II he
keeps bis promise, stick bis suickersnee
into US up to the hilt.
CHARLES WOOSTER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
The Negro Question.

OMAHA, March S.-To the Editor of
The Bee: often wqndsr II IN this conn-
try that boasts Of being the land Of the
negro, who has fought 50 hard to uphold
the constitution. has any rights which
the white man is bound to respecta The
negro without one selfish motive has
again and again proved his loyalty to
this country. And what Is his revard2
Discrimination. Jim Grow laws and thai
most heinous OF all. the lynch law. A
few days ago Lewis, q negro. was barred
from q lawyers association, not because
he was not gentleman Or had feiled TO
meet any Of the requirements, but be-
cause he was . negro. It is safe to say
no such action would have taken place
had Lewis been q Japanese. although no
Japanese regiment ever charged up San
Juan hill in defense Of the Stars and
Stripes.
The much-talked social equality does
not interest the negro one iota- All he
wants is his rights as a law-abidIng ciu-
zen. He wants to be treated fair and
square In this country he fought for and
helped build until today Il stands second
to none. Since this country has so much
sympathy for the Jews In Russia, why
not pass law against the persecution Of
the negro here7 Charity begins at hpme.
More than one senator is kept before the
public because Of his ability TO villify tho
negro. Japan. a country that Is seeking
the weak spots In this conntry's armor,
has students in West Point. 1t almost
takes a special act Of congress for a
negro to be admitted there. Do you
know what would have happened had two
negroes confessed to blowing up the
Times building in Los Angeles7 Their
bodies would nov be lying beneath Cali
fornia sod. The negro Is In the country
by no action II his own and he Is here to
stay, so treat him as q man.
H. L. M'INToSH.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
|lheBotsLditrbar
where Light is Needed.

OMAHA, March ls.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Before the grand Jury COM
pletes It's DELIBERATIONS Il perhaps could
find something to interest it in this lamp
deal in the vicinity Of Clifton Hill. The
lamps here were replaced as understood
BY more costly street lamps The old
lamps furnished good, steady light, while
the new lamps in places give a poor light
or no light at all The lamp al Forty
third and Lake streets has not been
lighted for several nights. Are the tax
payers to be imposed on in this manner
without kick? All We ask Is a square
deal and We hope at the coming election
the voters viii select men Of good reputa-
ton who will look after the welfare Of all
the people all the time.
A TAXPAYER
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

OMAHA. March lS-To the Editor pf
The Bee; Ali the world Is holding up Its
hands In horror at the spectacle OF a
virginia court being literally shot to
pieces by a band OF mountaineer out
laws. Judge, clerk prosecuting attorney
and sheriff. all murdered by desperate
men. What an awful disregard for e.
tablished Law and order.
On the same day In our own state the
warden and his assistants are killed by
desperate criminals, who had been able
to secure arms and who "shot their way
out Of states prison. Another awful ex-
hibitlon Of the laws futility In dealing
with the criminal instinct.
But were We shocked when a man OF
culture and discernment stood before an
audience Of Intelligent business men a
few days ago and berated the courts,
asserting their failure to afford justice
or equity7 Were we astonlshed when
man high In the esteem Of his country
men proclaimed that court decisions
ought to be subject to popular reversal
BY plebiscite? or did we protest when
magszines Of profsssed high purpose al.
tackled courts in general and specific
terms, and held them up as failures or
when newspapers Of general circulation.
by Inference at least. denounce the
courts as agents Of oppression?
How can We expect the ignorant
to respect the law. when the leaders 50
openly preach heresy that finds natural
expression among the thoughtless in
open yiolence7 y It not time for these
alleged 'rsioTmers'' to review the fruits
OF their agitation? OLD FoGY,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
Ten Years Ago

General Manager Bidwell Of the Ere.
mont Elkhorn 4 Missouri Valley railroad
said the scarcity OF steel was becoming
serious and might become appalling. Rail.
road construction work that was very
necessary had to be delayed for lack OF
steel. -
Walter Noise & Co. bought the Willow
springs distillery Tor s5ae0a.
Joseph Levine. 222s Cunning street,
broke bis right collarbone. dlslocated his
right arm and fractured rib as the re-
suit Of q collision OF two street cars on
slxteenth between Chicago aud Daven-
port streets In the morning. Mr.. Levine
was standing near the door holding onto
strap and the impact OF the collision
threw him forward in the car.
Horace Houghton died at the age Of So.
Mrs Martha Atwood. II, died at the
family residence. 1905 South Thlrty-second
The city council confirmed the appoint
ment Of Mayor Moores OF DR.. J. b. Ralph
TO be health commissioner, succeeding DIT.
Victor Gotham. the salary being fixed at
1900 year DR.. Ralph had been assist
ant to DR.. coffman and pr. II. L. Arnold
was made assistant in place OF DR.. Ralph.
All but one Of the twenty-nine Douglas
county assessors met at the court house
and decided that the basis OF assessment
for the year should be one-sixth OF fair
cash value Of the property. F. d. Weed.
c. c. George. ]. q Knox. A. L. Reed and
c. +. Harrison Of the Real Estate OK,
change were present TO plead for a full
return Of the personal property.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
why Llring Como. High

KEARNEY, Neb, March l64To the
Editor Of The Bee; / see that President
TAFT has asked congress TO make inquiry
why living Is 50 high in this country. II
seems to me that one doesn't have to
look far from home to find why 1t Is SO.
Take the bread question first. The miller
here at Kearney pays y cents per bushel
for wheat which is w cents per pound.
and sells the flour for cents per pound
and the bran. etc. for about ~ cents
per pound, which makes the miller about
100 per cent, and. Of course. he turns his
money eight Or tep times per annum
His profit Il syidsntly TOO high. One
remedy would Be for each county to build
. sriss Hill and grind the peoples gFain
at cost
The next is the meat question. The
butcher pays from to cents per pound
gross for stock 10 kill He sells Il out
at retail for from 10 70 o cents per pound
and scarcely any for less than Is cents
per pound. Cattle dress away about 30
per cent and hogs about % per cent. 50
you see the meat men make about 10
per cent which Is 90 per cent too much.
One remedy is for people to kill their
own meat and eat less meat anyway. SO
you see the causes Of the high prices OF
meat and bread are right here at home.
People have got 50 they want more profit
THAI they should have
I should Ike to have someone ten me
why coffee retails for the price It does
when the wholesale prices quoted In New
York ere 10 to L cents pound The kind
Of coffee offered at the back country
towns Is sold wholesale in New York for
from . TO cents pound. and the same
coffee retailed in the country for less than
5 cents Is not fit to drink The coffee
quoted at 10 and u GEMS wholesale in
New York costs US % to 80 cents per
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
The Logic of Reform.

Before we go too far with the
current idea Of reform, which pre-
supposes that the task In hand Is to
restore certain standards of purity
and certain traditions of perfection
that have been oyerthrown by IN
scrupulous forces in a mad race for
self-aggrandizement, had not We
better stop and remember that the
standards and traditions of the past
never were anywhere near pure or
perfect and that, even II they were,
they could not, in this day, be ad-
yantageously restored. II would
help us to see the truth and to at
tain 1t IL We would frankly divest
ourselves Of the false notion that
our early economic and political
life and our early leaders in COM
merce and politics were not fault
less.
1t Is better standards and progress
We must achieve, not old ones and
retrogression. The fundamentals
have not been disturbed, SO with
them we need not be seriously con-
cerned In this discussion. The logic
Of reform gains nothing from the
current idea that the nation has
been shaken at its base by few
inscriptions individuals. OF course,
wrongs and evils exist, but the
nation is secure at the base and,
since from Its first, its masses have
boosted that 1t was q government
Of, by and for the people, why now
assume entirely to blame a handful
OF powerful persons for what, in all
fairness, the people as whole are
What has come about is not ac-
cident. II Is the result OF a constant
wideawake competition between, we
may say, selfish industry and un-
scrupulous politics on the one hand
and the mass Of American voters on
the other. all assuming that the ma
tional economic and political system
was framed for their special benefit
md engaging In the competition to
secure the prize. A. one writer has
expressed II:
Thus the abuses Of which we are COM
,laIning are not weeds which have been
allowed to spring pp from neglect. and
which can be eradicated hy q hoe They
ire cultivated plants, which, IL not
precisely specified In the plan OF the
American political and economic garden.
ave Of least been encouraged by .tradi-
ionsl methods OF cultivation.
No matter how grave the mis-
axes Of the past. capitallzing appeal
q passion or prejudice for personal
,ain in the name of reform Is cloth
ne greed in the garb OF deception |
md only complieatss the problem.
rhe old idea that asman could be
'atriotic without being public
pirited or disinterested has moth
ne to lose In comparison with that. |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
The corn market has seldom seen

The corn market has seldom seen
. more strenuous time than this
year. Bulls, determined TO drive
every short TO seek shelter, have
succeeded, by the aid. partially. Of
favorable weather conditions. in
forcing 1t up close to 70 cents. At
the close OF the week, however, it
had struck the down grade with the
milder weather and the sunshine,
and shorts were beginning to find 1t
possible to smile little. 1t will be
a wonder. from now on, II this mar
ket can be held up artificially as
against all the natural conditions,
which favor a slump.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

Wonder how many city hall Off
Gals have been making pretended
loans" from paving contractors.
corporation lobbyists and other re-
cipients Of public favor who are not
generally known to loan money ex-
cept with a eineh on getting some
thing more valuable in returnf
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

The rule of the people exercised
by choosing candidates. initiating
and adopting laws. and affirming or
reversing judicial decisions. may
look fine in theory. but when it
comes 10 fitting 1t in with an eight
foot ballot requiring each voter to
make ninety odd erossmarks, theory
and practice may diverge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

It's easy enough to talk about the
need Of high-elass men for council
men under the commission plan. but
70 get them Is the rub. Every one
now drawing q salary and perqui-
sites in the city hall, however. Is
quite wiling to Be drafted or even
10 volunteer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
NiBRHFUL REMARKS.

Ties, Dinsh Is very good cook, but
she has one failing She's passionateiy
You can lOck them away from her.
aof eeurss. But can't gst used 70
hearing her snuffing under the door,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
II was taking with q casual acapaint-
ance I met on q car going home the
other evening and ! ha1pened 10 remark
that did like some touch and go about
a man. when-
When whatT'
HE grabbed my watch and jumped off
the platform in tsinkhng "-Baitimore
American. 800
Mgss-Your wife doesn't seem to like
Riggs-Saturallyi You're the man I
always lay the blame on when ] am de-
tained downtown evenings. = Boston
Transcript.
And does this fat little boy belong in
your erowdr'
w S0S ssd W s' pss sa Il y Ss ss
Post
SO you're gGing TO make lawyer OF
II don't think he'll make . lawyer
replied Farmer Corntossel- But ! want
him to study law so thar he'll see how
70 keep out o lawsuits. w Washington
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

TIE countess Of Warwick. touring
the country In a private car to
preach socialism. may know ever 50
much about socialism. but she lacks
klewlsdse Of human nature or she
would cult her private car for a
tourist sleeper.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

A committee Of the Builders ex-
change has approved the court house
construction. % far as 1t has gone.
Entirely lacking, however. Is any as
sHrsnee as 70, the date when the
bulldlng will be ready for occupancy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18

The seats OF southern delegates to
the Chicago convention are to be
contested By the Roosevelt campaign
managers They were contested
four years ago BY the so-ealled
-alIies" who were working for For
aker and Cannon. and used the very
same arguments.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-18
WHO WEALTH PRODUCE.

It's not the magnate with his stocks and
bonds;
IT'S not the banker with his hoard Of
gold;
It's NOT the men who simply buy and
sell.
Who wealth produce In this our busy
world.
All wealth produced comes from Old
Mother Earth,
Produced BY daily toll, and sweat and
blood:
The honest toll Of those who dwell in
Mother Earth
Produce the wealth that Is for the COM
mon good. ,. 2. BASSETT.
Gibbon. Neb.