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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14
Extra Specials for Monday

40-inch Egyptian Voiles, all the newest and
up-to-date colors, regular SOC grade. .25c
All our SOC silk mixed goods-in light and
dark coors-also plain; on sale Monday at,
yard 49,. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS c
Egyptian Tissues. Stripes full and complete line
checks>and plaid also of Dimities and Batistes
pIain colors 4 trim 95c in light and dark coors.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14

A full and complete line
OF Dimities and Batistes
in light and dark colors,
very neat patterns, 15c
quality -. 12C
15c Dress Ginghams, 81
in. wide ......12he
shifting Madras and
French Percales. 15c
19c 25c and 35c
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14
Mission Furniture Sale
Early English Finish-25%
Discount for One Day

We will give for one day only 255s
discount on every article in our Furni-
ture department in the Mission Early
English finish-one Day, Remember.
$25 Dining Tables will cost you S1S.75
$3.50 Bullets viii cost you. .$24. as
So Leather Seat Diners will cost S2.25
Wood Seat Diners, each, SIPS S1.5O
And so on with Library Tables, Book
cases, Center Tables, Rockers, in fact any
end every article in the entire depart
ment, Early English finish, 25qd discount
this is rare chance for You to buy
what You need on this sale.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14

~ piSNSo Soutduiu ~
finest i'm p orted
English Voiles in a
beautiful line Of
colors. This pur-
chase comes at a
time when voiles
are wanted a great
deal; regular $3.50
and $500 values
Monday :. CSC
Our prices on Whip
cords are so much
lower than OF h e r
stores. In fact, so
very not ic e a Bile
that it will pay you
to try H a y d ms
first. % pieces for
Monday in all the
scarce S III a de s of
grays and tans
two-toned Diagon-
&t IN - .. ox ~ Il,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14

ais, $500 and $2.55
values Monday at,
yard :. ...$1.5O
50-in. all pure wool
costume serges in
80 different, new
spring C o | r S,
plenty of tans and
navies, also creams.
This is a regular
$1.25 value; Mon
day at $50
20 pieces OF the I'M
est quality 81 and
56-inch Tailor Suit
ings in mannish eff
fects, semi rough
and the smoother
weaves, very smart
material for skirts,
coats and suits
worth So and $3.50,
Monday =. $1.5O
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14

5000 yards Of Spring Dress Goods in plain and
fancy weaves, serges, panamas, granite weayes.
Fancy mixtures in medium weights, sponged and
shrunk serges In every color. your choice, 49,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-14

Nearly 1000 new ones shown
Extra special Coat bar
gains for Monday.
=. ......... $500
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
ELECTION DAY
~ GEORGE HITCH.
Authss Of sAs 0soA OLD SiwasA."

This 10 election day. the day on which
the people rule. On election day the peo-
pie rise in their might and turn the ras-
Gals out. Then they go back to sleep
again. proud and satisfied. But the ras-
Gals stay awake.
On election day the voter goes to the
polls and helps hire the men whom he
considerf best fitted to govern him. Some
hire tie men with the strongest lungs.
and some the men with the most fervent
handshakes: while others carefully exanl-
inc the candidates for g bills before max
ing their decision.
ElectIor day il the palladium of our
liberties. II we didn't have election day
wo wouldn't have any liberties. II We
had twice as many election days We would
have twice as much liberty. Election day
usually means revenge for the voters and
retribution for the office holders. II is a
grim. gray ghost which rises up before
the sticky fingered public official saying.
II will meet you in November
Election day Is not exciting except in
the wild and uncivilixed sections OF New
York and Chicago. No brass bands are
used in elections and the voter does net
nocp and wave his arms while exercising
his divine right OF suffrage. He simply
marks his ballot and drops It in a forty
gallon box guarded by three solemn and
generally sober judges These ballots are
ligh, and harmless when taken singly but
there Is nothing more devastating or ter
riblc than . few million ballots dropping
steadily all day long and marked in the
wrong place. Many a candidate with
twenty victories behind him has risen up.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05

so fervently said as now. Whatever
may be the outcome Of the confiagration
which Montenegro has started. the world
will watch how the brave people of the
Black Mountain land fare in the tre-
mendous trial of strength to decide which
the Balkans blaze into war.
The Turkish soldier presents a blend
ing OF qualities such as no European SOL
der can boast of in the same degree. He
is astonishingly .Che Balkanites call it
..disgustingly') sober. He never touches
wines or spirits. A handful OF rice or
crust OF bread. with a bit of mutton,
form his sole food. He is proof against
heat. cold. or fatigue. and pity the
'giaur" whom he encounters on the
field of battle once his religious fanati-
cism has reached fever heat: for his cour-
age is absolutely dauntless. Death has no
terrors for him: because he has ever
before his eyes the picture of a delight
full abode OF the Houris. the nymphs OF
the Mohamedan paradise. created OF
petual virgin beauty. as a reward for
his faith in and fighting for Allah and
his one prophet, as prescribed by the
Koran.
History is full of the wonderful feats
of bravery by the terrible Janitcharis
Originally Jeni-tscheri-'new soldiers'0.
formed by the Osmanli Sultan Orkhan
about 1895 of young Christian prisoners
compelled to embrace Mohamedanism:
but more perfectly organized by Sultan
Amurath / about 1852. when their num-
Der was raised to 1000. Their feats and
many consequent privileges soon induced
young Turks to join their ranks. At
one time they numbered almost 10000.
but were such a menace to the Sultans
that Mohamed ii in 1876 had 15,ooS of
them executed for treason. The present
day successors of the violent Janitcharies
are a regular. drilled force; but just as
unruly. just as fanatical. and just as
blood thirsty as the men of 1876. once
they are let loose under the terrible
green flag of the prophet"
FLANEJR.
Copyright. 1917. by Cour. Gossip syndicateJ
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
THE PEOPLES FORUM
CROSSINGS ARE
FOR THE PEOPLE
Owners of All Vehicles Should BE.
spect Rights Of Pedestrians.

To the Editor: have been much in
terested in the articles in your paper
concerning the recent automobile acci-
dents, but have hesitated to send in
my opinion. because Of my being . new
conner to this city.
The speed at which so many machines
are driven through the crowded business
streets has been a source Of great sur
prise to me ever since my arrival. 1t
would seem that there should be some
regulation that would regulate. Some
motorists are under the mistaken I'M
preston that the streets are for the
exclusive use Of the autoists. Evidently
they do not realize that at the intersec-
ton Of every street there is a crossing
for the use OF the people. which should
be respected as such. ! am not surprls-
ed at the accidents that have happened.
but I am surprised and very much SO.
that there have not been many more.
when I see the way the motor cars. of
all descriptions. plow through the crowd
ed thoroughfares. 1 am not a crank on
the automobile question, for l was a
driver Of one OF my own before coming
to this city and will say that in the city
where I formerly lived. and in Cleve-
land, Ohio. there is a law which COM
pels motor cars to come to a dead stop
when approaching a street car. which is
or receiving passengers,
and where there is a traffic policeman
to await a signal from such officer be-
fore proceeding. In our city, We also
have a law, with a penalty attached.
automobiles from exceeding
a speed limit of eight miles per hour
on the crowded or main streets.
While 1t Is true that there are boys
and others who tantalize the drivers Of
cars by seeing how long they can stand
in the way without being struck, this
Is a feature that can only be overcome
by q campaign Of education of the
perils Of such a course, or a law maxi
ing 1t a misdemeanor.
In grown people I cannot understand
such actions but in the youth, We must
attribute 1t to the natural American
spirit of bravado. To overcome this.
should impress on the
pupils the foolhardiness OF tempting fate
in this manner. and the chances they
take Of slipping. falling in the path of
the machine and being injured or killed.
and in this case there can be no blame
attached to the driver of the vehicle
H. N. HEGENEY.-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Better Than Reno.

1t is easier to obtain a divorce in
Norway than in any other European
country. If married couple desires
to part, Norwegian law grants a di-
voree without inquiring into the rea-
son, but as a security that the step has
been we'll thought over, it provides
that year of separation must inter-
vene between the application and the
actual granting of the divorce.
The husband and wife first have to
apply to magistrate. He sends them
to the conciliation board, and, if this
body cannot reconcile them, they are
granted a separation order. At the
end of year the ministry of justice
is compelled to make the divorce final,
if asked to do so by either party. The
whole proceedings are very cheap, the
cost ranging from about 81 to SIS.
This may be paternal mode of ad-
justing domestic difficulties, but it is
an eminently fair one and beats an al
legged residence of Reno and Nevada
law all to pieces.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Obstacles to Land Titles.

In a letter to Crawford Hill, o
Denver, President Taft has called at
tention to difficulties in procuring it'll
to public lands in the West under th'
laws of Congress, and ascribes ths
cause to the "Muckraler." Tn,
President says there is Just foundation
for the increasing complaints in tn.
West, and declares that the forces oi
the administration have been exercised
to overcome the evil. and he hopes
that in a brief period the liberal inter
probation of the law which formerly
prevailed will be in full force again
President Taft ascribes the slow and
indifferent administration of the land
acts to the fear engendered by the
period of Undertaking" a few years
ago, when the officials of the Interior
Department were accused of miscon-
duct. without much reference to the
business of the charges brought against
them. He says this period of open
criticism resulted in a natural timidity
on the part of the officials having to
do with the public lands, and that they
fell into the practice of delay in ad-
ministering patents for land titles when
they had been earned, because the Of
ficiais feared the criticism which might
follow their acts.
The President declares this to be
wrong, and says that from the White
House and the Office of the Secretary
of the Interior have gone forth or
ders that patents shall be issued where
they have been earned and that title
to Western land shall no longer be
held up for fear of consequences when
the cases are clear and undisputed.
No American can do anything else
than deplore Indifferent and inefi-
cient administration of the lands acts.
whether such official conduct results
in favoring capitalistic interests or the
worthy citizen who complies with the
terms of the law and wins his title to
the public lands. Lax administration
appears to have fallen heavily upon
many individuals in the West in pro-
curing their land titles promptly, and
this should not be tolerated. as the
President frankly says The law
clearly provides how title shall be OBJ.
tanned in the mining and forest lands,
and when the conditions are fully met
there is no room for cowardice or in
activity in the issue of the land pat
ents. Especially is this true when it
arises from no better reason than fear
of the "muckraker" The administra-
tion's purpose to root out this evil
should be warmly commended by citi-
zens of the republic regardless of polit-
ical opinions or Affiliations.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Thousands Lose
Right to Vote
by Court Rule

New York. Nov. 4-More than 500
legal voters Of Hudson County. N. J.,
will be denied the right to vote to-mor-
row because they did not register. owing
to the confusing terms Of the Geran cleo
ton law.
Justices Sweazey and Blair. Of the
Supreme Court, to-day overruled the de-
cision Of the Court Of Common Pleas
that voters who had enrolled at the pri-
maries in September. and by that act
believed they had registered for the
election. are entitled to vote. The Su-
preme Court decision Is that no one can
vote unless personally registered.
The greatest loss Of the voters dis
franchised is among the Democrats,
whose enrolment at the primaries had
been larger than that Of the Progressive
and Taft parties.
The decision will disfranchise many
thousands throughout the State.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
SALOONS CLOSED
IN ALEXANDRIA
Election Day Revellers Will Be
Forced to Buy Their Liquor
in Washington.

Alexandria. Va. Nov. 4.-Many thirsty
pilgrims who forgot all about the saloon
closing on election eve were caught high
the liqGor emporiums closed. 1t was
then that 1t dawned on them that they
would have to seek other places to
quench their thirst and many made their
way to Washington. bringing home
necessary supplies in order to tide them
over election time. The saloons here
closed promptly at O'Clock this even
ing and will not reopen until Wednesday
morning. On the eve of election, with
the saloons closed. everything is usually
serene in the old town.
The polls will open promptly at o'clock
tomorrow morning and close at 4:4s
o'clock. Owing to the late opening and
early closing of the polls the indications
are that many will be unable to vote
who otherwise would. were the polls to
open earlier. However. there will be
efforts made to get out a full Demo-
cratic vote tomorrow by members Of
the local committee and others inter-
ested in the welfare Of the party.
The outcome Of the election was the
principal theme of conversation on the
streets tonight. Many bets have been
made, some on the general results and
more have been made on the results
in the various States.
Alexandrians who go to Washington
tomorrow night to hear the returns
will have a special train for their bene-
it which will leave Washington at
o'clock in the morning. Special trains
will also be run over the Washington
Virginia Railway for the benefit Of the
residents of Alexandria and Fairfax
Counties who go to Washington to hear
the returns.
For Fairfax the last car will leave
Washington at 12:15 a. m. and from the
Aqueduct Bridge att 1880 a m. Falls
Church cars will leave Twelfth and
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05


|and Why Nowadays ne 81 he CO.
fiicting stories of The two sides and
|sre left to solve the riddle as best We
may.
The war correspondent of the past
was . public benefactor 1t times, much
as he may have embarrassed adminis-
trations. The late Sir William How
ard Russell is credited with having
turned the Aberdeen ministry out Of
ONCE by his exposure of the negii-
sence and inemciency Of the british
commissary system of the Crimean
war. The British Army was almost
starving and in rags. while food and
clothing in abundance were in the
Harbor of Balakiava, only few mikes
from the camp,
Russell showed up the failure to
feed the army and how much it was
due to red tape and antiquity of or.
sanization. His Indictment stood. The
ministry fell; and Russell became pop
ular. He had seen many Of the great
battles fought in Europe during his
long career. He was the model of
most of the correspondents of our own
civil war, many of whom incurred the
hatred of generals. and by what jour-
nalism considered virtues paved the
way for the subjection of their sue
cessors to the military censorship
which now governs the relation Of the
press and the army in the field.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Farm Mortgage Burden Decreasing.

In twenty years the average mort.
gage per farm has increased from $I,2z4
to $I,715. But the average farm is
worth almost twice as much as it was
twenty years ago, and the proportion
ate burden of the mortgage has de-
creased. The substitution Of tenant
farmers for proprietors of the soil, is
to be regretted. In his confession Of
faith, Mr.. Roosevelt declared that ii
must be stopped, but he did not ex-
plain how it could be stopped. The
farmer who is getting on in years,
whose sons have gone to the cities,
whose daughters have married and
moved away, or with their mother pre-
fer to live in town, and whose farm.
that cost him a few hundreds, is
worth many thousands of dollars.
rents it to a farmer who has not capi-
tai enough to buy such a farm out.
right. How is Theodore Roosevelt
going to stop that?
1t is mistake to suppose that farm
mean the poverty of farm
ers. Nor does the increase in the
amount of tenant-farming mean the
of the agricultural class,
though it does involve a regrettable
loss of independence. Farm mort
cages are not negotiated to meet liv-
ing expenses; they are placed as an
Incident of buying property. The cul-
tivating class contains steadily grow
ing class of tenants. not because farm
ing does not pay. but because it does
pay; it pays so we'll that the value of
farms constantly is rising. 1t takes
much more money to buy farm now
than it did ten or twenty years ago,
and for that reason those cultivators
who buy greater proportion mus.
borrow money. In addition to this
he more profitable farming is. the
more land the well-to-do farmers seek
70 acquire. and they buy on credit be-
cause they can buy more land than
hey could pay cash for
Of farms operated by their owners
,ne-third are mortgaged and two
birds are free. The number of mort
yaged farms has increased II per cent.
md the number of clear farms has
IL
han 100000 farms were operated by
enants in the last census year. The
arms both mortgaged and clear. op-
rated by their owners, numbered
'.o48.722, and the number operated by
enants was 2.354.676. The increase of
enap farmers in ten years was 16
yer cent. and the tenant farms con-
titute more than 81 per cent
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Triple Alliance rs. Triple Entente

The news published Sunday and YES
terday in American dailies we'll nigh,
have been reversed. We read first that
the British admiralty has ordered a
feet to sail with sealed orders" to the
Levant. This was followed up by the
news that the Turks, after FIVE DAYS
battle, had been forced to retreat to
the last line of defenses protecting
Constantinople. and that the Porte had
asked the great powers to intercede in
her behalf for peace.
The Sultan had perfect right to
ask this interference, even were the
Sublime Porte not fully convinced that
the jealousy between her northern
neighbor and Britain must save Turk
ish rule in the Sea of Marmora, the
Euxine, and the southern outlets. Tur-
key had been promised such interfer-
ence in the treaty of Berlin, which
guaranteed her independency, and this
is borne out by the speech made by
the British foreign secretary, Sir Ed
ward Grey. in the House of Commons
last Thursday. Warships of the great
powers are fastening toward the Bos-
phorus after the FIVE days battle near
Lille Burgas, of which the world heard
only fragmentary' news in round
about way. 8, ....-.r-
1t is now solely a question as to
whether the dreibund Germany, Aus
tria, and Italy) or the triple entente
(France, England, and Russia) will
carry the day as to stipulating how to
let the Turk retain his capital How
sore Russia must feel toward her
ally" England; for taking so decided
q stand against her is fully expressed
in the most powerful and oficial pa
per at St Petersburg, the Noyoe1
Vremya.
But what has become of the old
time. war correspondent who used to
tel graphically just what had happened
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
.ALlfTLE NONSENSE,
BEuCrIoH DAY.

8LuCT1OU DAY.
Election psyl A fsw basds play
Whilst orators osatA
And yeomsn brave stsp up 10 save
Tho nation and the DtAte.
Election Dayi Upon . dray
The las& spelIhtndsr spsA1s;
Pilss blow On blow and gives the foe
a few ,goo4-Darting tweaks.
Election Dayi Ths urchins gay
91tpe barrels, boxes. spars:
.And "gsnf6' ahouAd who pass around
The nnal straw cissss.
Uncls Resnywsss seyss
Ths Plunkvils Paiisdiam has an.
nounced The arrival OF Indian summer
i've times already this season.
Where Babies Are Few.
swhy & It that ultra fashionable peo-
plst seldom 20 TO the pollsr
''AGybs thsy win this yeaS. saw one
desperate campaisner kissing poodiea
and pug dogs"
Noveaber 8 in History.
{, November. & Nl.-Henry VIII has his
vote challenged and violent scene en-
sues
November s. uSo-Robin Hood d cleo
ted Sheriff Of Nottingham.
TsasA ,L1cl<.
why 20 disconsolate?'
'Tve such q f1ne formula for getting
rh Of rcd ants" pouted the bride.
sswellr'
"And I have no red ants to get rid Of. -
TAe BelateA Voter
IT'S getting late, the dusk comes. down.
The twilight onward rolls:
While sister. In her hobble gown.
Is limping to the polls.
On the Defensive.
why do you wear buttons on your
pockets!"
ITO keep undesirable contributors from
slipping money, into them" answered
the manager Of the campaign.
Anything to ObliGe.
"Are you going to marry the duke or
the count?'' asked the society reporter
Of the actress.
"rhe duke: the wedding takes place to-
night
II am sorry. We have . photograph
of the count. but none Of the duke"
In that case. I will marry the count"
Some solace.
No matter who's elected. bo. I really
10 not think our native land will have
10 90 completely on the blink.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-05
Fennsyivania Avenue at a. m, anc
Aqueduct Bridge at I:3o a. m.

Pennsylvania Avenue at / a. m, and
Aqueduct Bridge at 1:3o a. m.
A Sunday school was organized yester-
day afternoon at Del Ray. Alexandria
County, under the auspices of the Semi
marian Society of ST. Mary's Catholic
Church with a large attendance The
Sunday school will be known az :,
Rta.s. and sessions Will be held every
sunday afternoon at 80 O'Clock The
promoters OF the new Sunday school feel
very much encouraged over tho peospects
of their work.
The November term Of the Circuit Court
for this city. Judge J. B. T. Thornton
presiding, convened this morning The
docket was called and cases set for trial.
The following business was disposed Of:
Star Sand Company against Emerson
steam Pump Company. dismissed on mo-
tion of plaintiffs attorney: ]. W. Mehr-
ling against George E. Calvert and wife,
jury and verdict for plaintiff for IS
The case of E L. Sinclair against Fair
fax x Co, which was slated for trial FRI
day, has been postponed until another
term Of court.
Alexandria Lodge of Elks tonight held
its first social session of the season fol-
a
that organization. During the evening
there was musical programme given
and many new and unique features We're
introduced which We're greatly enjoyed.
There was also a buffet luncheon and
refreshments served. The affair Wa. at
tended by large gathering of members
of the order and their friends
The weekly meeting OF the ministers
pf ba Narb
this city. Washington and vicinity was
held to-day at the Methodist Protestant
Church. A number of church matters
Were discussed and other business dis-
posed of. Dinner was served TO the
ministers at the church by the ladies OF
the congregation.
The regular meeting of the bar associa-
ton OF the Sixteenth Judicial District of
Virginia Will be held at the Alexandria
County Courthouse at noon Wednesday.
At the close OF the business the mem
bers will adjourn to the home of Charles
l. Simms. where they will be entertain
ed with a buffet luncheon.
The funeral Of John Thomas Berry.
who died in Fredericksburg. Va, will
take place at ) o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon from Wheatley's undertaking
chapel. Mr.. Berry was eighty-sevcn
years old.
Arrangements have been made for a
Dutch supper which will be given be-
ginning at o'clock tomorrow after
roon at the parish hall of Christ Epis-
copal Church under the auspices of the
ladies' guild of Emmanuel Braddock
Heights Chapel.
The. burning of some trash in an ash
barrel in the rear Of the residence Of r.
E. knight. 201 Prince Street, brought
,ut the fire department shortly before
o'clock tonight The fire was ex-
tingushed before the arrival OF the de-
Dartment.
A delegation of members of Mount
Vernon Council. No. I, Daughters of
tonight went to Washington
md paid a fraternal visit to American
Flag Council. that city.