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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
Better Consular Service.

Congress has at isst wskened to
the real necessity of improving our
consular service abroad as q means
OF benefitting American foreign COM
merce, and II the Sulzer bill. with a
few notifications. becomes law
conditions will be materially i'm
proved.
The administration long ago saw
this necessity and. repeatedly called
attention to It. The plan TO maintain
our own embassy buildings on a
parity in dignity With those Of other
nations Is only part answer. We
must have in many OF these places
stronger men. able and willing TO
look out for our interests. who viii
represent their country advantage
ously and forcefully. In this connec-
ton II Is timely to point out. as DIS
QUESTION OF the Salrer bin has done.
that we often leave our representa-
ton IN the hands OF consular agents,
residents and natives OF the place.
whea we should have our own Amer
lean citizens in every instance, men
who have been sent there to. take
these places because they are fitted.
The foreigner lacks interest in our
welfare and We suffer in consequence.
In addition to placing our con-
sular representatives under civil
service and holding out the reward
Of advancement for efficient service.
making the work a profession with
reasonable tenure Of office. the scale
OF salaries seems to require revision.
Because Of very meager pay We have
difficulty in holding the best men
and our government loses in COM
parison with competitive nations not
near our class.
This Il \ subject tat strikes home
to the business interests OF this coun-
try. locally. II Is not matter oil
politics, or should not be. Bcth fof
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
A Lost Opportunity.

Reprinted from The Bee. March "A. 1872
without going into the merits OF
dement's Of the candidates for coun-
ciimen slated" by the Citizens
union, il strikes us that a great op-
portunity has been lost-we would
be justified in saying recklessly
thrown away-by those who under
took to choose the road for this or
ganisstion to follow-an opportunity
presented of making an issue in the
coming campaign for a new set of
men to administer a new plan Of city
government.
Whatever public sentiment has
been aroused behind the movement
for the commission plan has drawn
It's inspiration from dissatisfaction
with the old management of affairs
which II is to displace. The only
excuse and demand for adopting the
commission plan came from the de-
sire to get away from the old ineffi-
Client machinery of government and
substitute modern up-to-date
mechanism that would make the tax
payers feel they we're getting full
returns for their money
The Spokesman OF the Citizens
union have prided themselves in
their pronunciamentos that they were
sponsors Of and special guardians
for a new idea In the commission
plan. which was TO inaugurate a new
era for Omaha. But In applying
theory to practice they evidently
could not get away from the political
pressure and halted at the halfway
station by filling In their ticket with
some Of the very men charged with
responsibility for the shortcomings
OF the old plan OF city government.
With the Citizens union abandon
Ing the only issue at stake, and max
ing its campaign purely choice OF
men, based upon individual judy
ment, then personal preference will
BE- the determining factor. all the
way through. II we read the signs
Alright. this lost opportunity Is. now
irrecoverable. and the chances Of
eliminating party politics. along
with party labels. almost gone,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
Good Men for Commissioner.


Another candidate for commits
sioner boosted by The Bee in the pri-
mary whom we are pleased to COM
mend for election is George H. Thum-
mel. In bis case. as In others. We
need only repeat what has already
been said in these columns:
Tested on any standard OF intelligence
and efficiency. George II. Thummel
would make a good member Of the new
council. His experience In municipal adj
ministration harris back TO his residence
in Grand Island before he became q
citizen Of Omaha. and Is reflected IN this
endorsement from the Grand Island In
dependent
Mr.. Thummeii ,yas always numbered
among the best sand most progressive
citizens. The impress Of hts work and
o. his executive i ability. q his entefp aas
Graad Island institution and in many
Of our public affairs. Certainly his
candidacy as commissioner at Omaha
Is the most complete and emphatic refu-
tation OF the argument that able men
could not be secured for eomm,ssionsr r.
friends viii heartily 5oin the Independent
in unresevediy and unqualifiedly com
mending him 70 the citizens OF Omaha
as one OF their executives under the new
plan OF government and hope for him =
splendid majority In the first commits
Mr.. Thummel has been Identified with
Omaha now for more than ten years.
and is one of the men endorsed by the
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05


The general conference Of the Methodist
church. in session in Omaha. sent a
memorial to the president. asking him
not TO approve the Chinese exclusion act.
8. cotner OF the Omaha Board OF Trade
left for Chicago. 81. Louis and other i'm
portant points on busines
At a meeting Of the congregation Of the
First Presbyterian church Or. Denise.
General Hawiey ana J. c. Kennedy were
appointed. committee to bring before
the presbytery the matter OF the resikna-
ton OF the pastor. Or. w. J. Harsha. and
also TO arrange a reception Of farewell
to the doctor ana his wife upon their de-
parture for New York.
Edwin Hardy flied suit IN the district
court against the Burlington railroad for
$4,000 for permanent injuries sustained
In q wreck between Geneva and Fairmont
some time before.
]. NJ. Richards took out permit TO
erect a two-story and basement brick Ten
ement house at Twenty-nfnth and Hick-
DRY streets for, se.ooo
A gasoline tank exploded In the printing
office Of Rufus Johnson. sos Saunders
street and made quite a blaze. bat did
little damage.
The committee on arrangements for the
convention OF the Nebraska Medical So
ciety. Drs. c.. Rosewater. A. B. sonaers
and George Wilkinson. expected very
large attendance when the convention
was called to order In few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
People and Events

Free lunches have been abolished IN
Pittsburgh. The ohiyremaining exercise
for the Amaissmated Sons Of Rest is
swatting the flies. -
When the weather Is bad the weather
clerk hears all about It. When the
weather Is just right, not whisper
reaches the top floor OF the postoffiee
budding.
The only chauncey Depew, smiling on
his seventy eighth birthday. expressed
confidence In rounding century OF
years. chauncey evinces In marked de-
gree the joyous optimism Of man nour-
ished by fat railroad pension.
For the benefit Of patriots booked for
the quadrenniai June shows At Chicago
and Baltimore. hotel keepers hand cut
the comforting assurance that the mini
mum price viii not change color. but the
maximum price WIN nestle on the roof.
A woman OF title in England threstens
to quit that country and live in the
United States. because. as she frankly
admits, she likes American men. But as
she POSSESSES considerable wealth. there
Is no danger OF both coming over. ]. B.
needs the money.
Editor wstterson publicly offers to hat
..tvo sood cigars ana a bottle OF ssr.
sapas1ila" on the Kentucky political stu
alton. The eolonels extrsvssance has
been growing by leaps and bounds ever
since the restraining influence OF Wood
row wilson was removed.
ws,tx,nx continuously Tor seventeen
hour, and ,hree minute. without onee
leaving the floor was the record made by
Mrs. Isabelle Bass Logan Of Richmond.
Ind. one Of the participants in the
marathon dancing contest held under the
auspices Of a fraternal order.
No matter how much eommerc,al,su
taints the finer sensibilities. honesty
gets its sue eventually. A Chicago train
brakeman returned 10 the owner a ,ost
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

The Citizens union reformers want
1t distinctly understood that they will
not dismiss the chief Of police until
after they ''scrutinize" him-which
reminds us of a story oft told. usu-
ally put upon our most famous jus
tice OF the peace. who. after hearing
a legal dispute presented before him,
is said to have ssgely announced, Il
will take this case under advisement
until next Thursday. when ! win de-
eide for the plaintiff"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
|lIookinSBackward
(IhisDSSy inomaha!
+ COsapllED PROM BEE PLEA
Thirty Years Ago

MAY s,

Thirty Years Ago
About II O'Clock the men at work on
stephenson's dump ran into q boneyard
Of all that is mortal OF a squaw that once
roamed up and down the valley Of the
Missouri Mr.. Stephenson says the dump
contains more graves which he VIII open
to supply curiosity as last as the graders
get 70 them.
Miss Laura Connel. sister of Hon. W.
J. conneiI. residing in a large house on
ST. Afary's avenue about opposite the
convent, routed burglarious marsuder
who had broken into the house last night.
The Bee reprints this item from the
Waterloo Gazette: ]. @. Hitchcock and
e. G. Solomon OF Omaha on Sunday
started at 8 a. m. Sunday and arrived al
1915 o'clock at Waterloo on bicycles
A large three-story addition Is being
put on the Planters house at Sixteenth
and Dodge streets
A beer keg was heaved through a
saloon window on Tenth and Douglas
streets by John Galiigan.
The Omaha letter carriers have or
ganized an association with A. Peterson
president and A. Overall secretary.
Canon Doferty will hold services Sun
day In Blair for St. Mary's congregation.
shulrs addition and vicinity is In
Tested with an irnpudent set Of tramps.
who camp in the woods nearby and live
by begging and stealing.
Sheep owners wanting sheep shearers
are invited to apply to. James H. Price.
S9 North Eleventh street. between
Davenport and Chicago streets.
A subscription paper OF the North Pres
byterian church has been lost The
finder will please leave at The Bee office.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

That reminds us, too. that Ralph
SYSTEMATICALLY retired from the off,
cial roster OF the slate-makers and
publicly announced that he had sew
cred all connection several months
ago in order that there might be no
cause for even the slightest suspicion
that he was thereafter taking an ac-
Tive hand In the game
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
Pitfsfis Tor the Tixhtwsa.
Phfsndeiphia Record.

The good people Of Oregon do not seem
to be insensible To cash solicitation When
Jonathan Bourne In his canvass for sen
atorisl honors romped up ara down III.
STATE distributins about slceees 20 the
faithful he got what he wanted The
people understood that sort OF appeal.
THIS year Jonathan was again . eandI-
date. but aid not spend a dollar. He
proudly stood on his record. The
preferential primary is over Bourne Is
left out m the cold. He wont De .
United States senator after March next;
but he y q wiser and richer man for this
httEs preferential experieace.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Postal receipts at both Omaha and
Lincoln for the months of March and
April reflect the increased business
due. TO political fetter-writins and cir
culariEins In connection with the
late presidential primary. Continu-
Gus performance politics means
money In Uncle Sans postoffice til.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Ten Years Ago
Word was received OF the death Of
Nicholas Weeks. for many years an
Omaha resident. at his home In Kittery
Point. Me. He had been an engineer on
the Union Pacific Tor years.
Mrs. Lysle Abbott returned from Phil
adelphia, where she visited her old home
for some six weeks.
Former Police Surgeon f. L. Borglum
and Mrs. Borglum left for clarks. Neb..
where Or. Borglum took a place In the
hospital Of Fitzpatrick Bros. railroad con-
tractors.
With Mordecai Brown IN the box and
Gonding behind the bat. Omaha wal.
Hoped Milwaukee, 10 to O. getting four
teen hits, while the Brewers could find
the miner Just four times.
George w. Ambrose, formerly a district
court judge. II was learned by Geographic
reports. died In Chicago. He had been a
member Of the firm Of Ambrose q Duffie
Councilman Trostler told the city coun-
oil that President Burt OF the Union Pa
cific. whom he had asked IL the COM
pany would resume operations OF its foun-
dry. gave him = "flat-footed mo- for an
answer In the presence Of General Man
ager Dickinson and General Solicitor KEEL
ny. adding. We viii run our shops our
selves" The council voted to insist on
the company living up to its agreement to
maintain the shops or forfeit the ground
on which they stood.
p. e. Her returned from a trip. east.
but brought no new information about
the big hotel he and others were talking
Of erecting.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

On the face of It. II Mayor Jim
had accepted the list OF election off.
ciaIs made up for him by the reform
ers, his right to appoint would never
have been questioned. The failure
of the reformers. however. to declare
themselves 10 at once convinced them
that the mayor had no right to APP
point whatever.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
SUNDAY sd11Es

That's you. isn't IL, Marie? This is the
third time I've tried to set you.
Soft yoice-Why, Jack, you-yoHye
never really tried to get me at sH--Bos-
ton Transcript
what DID her father say when you
asked for her handg-
said he'd been wondering what had
been passing him two-for-a-quarter cigars
for 50 regularly Of late."-Detroit Free
Press.
Young Wife (sobbIng)-George treated
me awful mean lHe-he promised 20 give
me a machine for my birthday. and tilt
came home today.
Her Mother-Then what are you crying
Young wffe-Its ats a washing ma
chine. Baltimore American
Come" said Brown. you must admit
that the meat eater is more viriie than
Impressive and more dictatorizl"
/ Tim afraid l can't quite agree with
you,, said the other man. MY wife is
vegetarian. "-cleveiand Plain Dealer.
L "A beauty doctor has one advantage
over other men In something of his line"
He can lawfully conduct skin game"
Baltimore American
Street Urchin-where yer goin'. Maggie!
| Maggie-Goin' ter de butcher fer IL
cents wort Nv liver.
Uurchin-Chee. Yer goin' ter have COM
pany fer dinner. amt yer7-Bcston Tran
Hserfpt
Il know girl who made ss sradua-,
ton gown and captured q husband on
tho strength of It."
That's good argument for e gowns"
The trouble 10 she caught a 81 hus-
band. He has expected her to dress on
that precedent ever since. kansas City
journal.
Molly, the new cook. had q habit OF
keeping her mouth ajar the greater part
of the time. The habit annoyed her
mistress exceedingly. and one morning she
Molly, your mouth rs OPEN" said the
mistress. 80
Indeed, ma'ann. so It is.',. said Molly,
srinning. Il opened it"-Youth's COM
DaniOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Our sympathy goes out to the Chi
cago newspapers crippled by strike
difficulties, but still, readers of The
Bee. which gives them everything
they could expect from n metropoii-
tan newspaper. win not suffer seri-
ously from having the supply OF Chi
cago newspapers cut short.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
rernielss. I.fiseace. Ez.xxrrsted.
Baltimore American.

Moving pictures are being blamed for
about every nischievces or reprehensible
ACTIVITY Of which the youngsters are
guilty. While something can be said in
support Of the contention. II Is question
able n the influence Is as pernicious as
alleged. Boys were boys before the days
of moving pictures ana were good and
bad In about the same proportion Is to-
day. - s-s.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

II ID TO be hoped Uncle Sam need
not intervene In Mexico. for Il would
mean a serious struggle and we can
not conveniently take on anything
more with base ball pennsnts 10 win
and presidents to elect A
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

The ice man IL coming down With
. reduction OF 20 per cent on house.
hold deliveries. and back to the prses
prevailing In other neishboring cities
We believe that the persistent pound.
ing Of The Bee on the ice holdup has
had something TO do with bringing
Cur people this relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Every observant stranger visiting
In Omaha declares that the town
looks good to him. Presumably he
would never know how backward we
have been. or how bad we are. except
for the fulminations OF the campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

II the school beard. or the city
ecxaen or the oosnts board. under
ssox to dispose Of q big batch Of
beads q private sale under cover Of
secrecy. sad without advertising for
proposals.. roaid our Commercial
ciub and our Real Estate exchange,
-end our othsr xatehdoss o. the
treasury, profess o. keep still,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

stiIl. IN conosding President Taft
in Massachusetts the delegate, he
fairly and squarely won BY popular
vote. there is no philanthropy
about Il.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Those aviatcrs Who are going to
drop In on Us In Omaha were GER
tainly wise In postponing their id.
vent until after these local hot air
currents and atmospheric distar-
Dances shall have subssdsd.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
OVERRIDING the Job.
Pittsburgh Di<patch.

General Wood asserts that the Mexican
situation. as far as we are concerned
Is quieter than for some month";" which
suggests how rapidly the rumor-monger
can work the slaughter of American citl-
gems BY the breath Of his mouth.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

It's . safe guess that for while
ocean steamship passengers win. a
least. try on the life belts 90 as "a
learn how should It become necessary
IN wear them.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
A Tale stiiI MOVING.
poxsss, Traneerfnf

An interesting table Of comparative
wages just issued shows that American
railway workers are paid on the average
about three times as much al their British
brethren. Figures like these remind Us
that ours Is still the land Of opportunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

That Nonfsna mob that iynchea
a boy bscAass n suspected him Of
murder must have firm standing in
the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

A train was blown from the track IN
Nebraska. But there was some salts
faction 10 those IN the wreck that thu
bottom in Nebraska Is not two mile,
down.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Homer Davenport had achieved a
great name and wide fame for man
OF only a.. He was one OF the great
cartoonists OF all time.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

As a matter OF TACT. tho trouble
commenced when the slate-making
started. and everyone knows who
started that.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Mr.. Rockefeller says be was so
years Of age before he bad $1,000.
That ~ encouraging 70 those Of W.
Who are not yet so.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
Unique Aspirations Realised.
xv..htn~sns CO.

D. X. Pearsons OF Chicago who died
at the age Of 81 was ambitious TO get
rich and then DESTROYS Of dying poor. He
had the remarkable and admirable nerve
necessary to realize both aspirations.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

On the level nov. there Is no par
tisan politics IN this commission plan
of city government campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Speaking OF placing our consul
ships under civil service. one family
has held the Job at Gibraltar for the
United states for eighty years.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Somebody must have told George
W. Perkins what Dr.. Wilson told
Colonel Harvey.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

For AfmAn who has had the open
opposition Of Hearst, Governor VIII
son has ALLIED % show much strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

"MaryhQd, My Maryland" is the
chorus OF five presidential candidates
walking the streets Of Baltimore"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Russia is very angry At Jacob
sehiff. What Is Russia going to DO
about its
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Next Sunday our churches may all
offer prayers of thanks that II 10 ell
over. r
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05
5000

Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily shssia have Tbs
nee mafiea 70 thea. address
VIM be ehAax-a A. often ss re-
ssess<a.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

diplomatic and commercial reasons
we should put our consular service
on better footing.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

Impatient Young Man Cat teiephonel-
That's you. isn't IL, Marie? This is the
third time I've tried TO set you'll
Soft yoiee-Why, Jack, you-youve
never really tried to get me al sli-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

what did her father say when you
asked for her handg"
said he'd been wondering what j had
been passing him two-for-a-quarter cigars
for 50 regularly OF late."-Detroit Free
Press
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-05

CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating TO news and
EDITORIAL matter should b. addressed
Omaha Bee editorial Department.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-09
Fl. Riley Militia Maneuvers.

Junction City-The militia of Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Nebraska, are to be
assembled in July at Fort Riley for
maneuvers.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-09

VIZ TASHINGTON.-T first of the
w seasons evening receptions by
the President and Mrs. Taft brought
to the White House a company that
surpassed in the manner of appoint
ment and attire anything ever before
seen in Washington, even at diplo-
matte reception.
AS usual on this occasion the jew
els and gowns of the feminine visitors
were In keeping with the court uni
forms and decoration of the envoys.
Nine. Bakhmeteff's sapphires and dia-
monds, the Countess Won Bernstorff's
diamond tiara and necklace, with Mrs
Franklin MacVeagh's ropes of pearls,
are never seen to such splendid ad-
vantage as when in contrast with the
gold embroidered and beribboned gen.
tlemen Of the corps diplomatique. The
plainest person at the White House
function is usually the president him
self. Mrs. Taft Is maintaining her
reputation as the best dressed mis-
tress the White House has known
since the days of Dolly Madison, when
dress. like manners, followed a pre-
scribed form which the wife of the
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-09
How a Congressman Became an Indian

IN the office of Representative Steen-
i erson of Minnesota hangs a pipe Of
peace and hatchet-once buried-that
are mementoes of the time Steener-
son was adopted by the Chippewa In
dians.
Steenerson was grown man at the
time of the adoption. He had never
become a regular Indian. He had done
several favors for the Chippewas and
they made him a member of the tribe,
just as a college might bestow an
LII. D. When it came to the actual
comforting of the tribal title there
were war dances, smoking of the pipe
of peace, burying the hatchet, and
much more merry doings that made
Steenerson think what fine thing 1t
would be If the Elks and the knights
Templars could arrange to hold
Joint grand lodge meeting. Jolly as it
all was, the Indians were as solemn
as II they had just spent several
months previous standing in front of
cigar stores.
Toward the close Of the exercises
the chief walked toward Steenerson
and proceeded to invest him with a
Eampum belt. or surcingle, that
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-09

JINGLE SAM has in his army some
u thousands of little brown men of
the mid-Pacific, who approximate all
grades of civilization and lack of 1t
and who are we'll typified by the ac-
companying illustration, which shows
the Philippine soldier in the course of
being transformed. A year before this
picture was taken these men were
wild in the woods, with nothing but a
breechclout in the way Of clothing.
They have advanced to a stage where
they take great pride in their caps
and coats, but still refuse to adopt the
trousers and shoes. A year later,
however, they will be found as fully
equipped as is their captain, shown in
the foreground.
The Philippine constabulary, of
which these men are part, is now
little more than 5000 strong, includ-
ing officers and men. To be exact