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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Balkan Clouds.
Every spring. as certain as the snow
melts in the Balkan mountain vallsys,
clouds OF trouble deck the peaks. This
spring is no exception to the rule. While
Italy Is tied up with its Tripolitan enter
prise Austria deems the moment propl.
tious for pushing plans to take over Al.
bania and open q highway to salonika.
Austria is Strengthening its navy in the
Adriatc. Its latest dreadnausht has sig.
nificantly been named after the admiral
who gave the Italians such q beating IN
is66 The Adristlc an Austrian lake is
again the word. But, at this point, the
croatian problem comes to embarrass the
situation. Croatia is ineorrigible. Il
thinks because It has a Parliament Of ia
own that IL can send to It the men II
thinks most fit Not 90. II may choose
Ito representatives as II likes. but IL must
choose them right. Last winter Croatia
elected a large majority favorable to sep
aration from Hungary. The ban. or vice
roy appointed By the Hungarian cabinet
dissolved Parliament and ordered new
elections. These have Just been held. and
the result 10 the same as before. SO the
ban has sent Parliament about its bust
ness. and IL going to govern without one.
This Ia trifle awkward and may delay
but not disrupt the Hspsburg scheme OF
q slay kingdom.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

What would Omaha do without an
Auditorium available for big assem-
blages. anyway!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

To prevent falsehoods getting into
the family Bible. write the birthday
list somewhere else.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Nebraska o putting on her spring
clothes. which for natural beauty will
compare with those boosted by any
sister states.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Somebody seems to have stolen
the drum from that Underwood
bsndwagon.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

still. Governor Harmon probably
finds . pleasant diversion in promul-
eating his candidacy In Bryan's state
even without Bryan's consent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13
Muffisr for the Dean.

Hereafter the dean Of the University
OF Chicago will think over the matter
carefully before asking coed where
she got that hat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

oh. by the way. what about that
safe and sane Fourth crusade?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

The man who is looking for trou-
Bile usually has no trouble in find
ing It.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

The Citizens union apparently be-
lieyes in the recall before. as we'll as
after. election. The recall exercised
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Nebraska Is a big state a those
who submit their political fortunes 10
a statewide primary quickly discover.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.

Biobbs-Do you think Miss Antique
would appreciate birthday present?
Slobbs-Not so much as birthday abb
sent.-Phlladelphia Record.
II thought ! would run over to my
friends place In the suburbs Sunday and
get bite"
did your
Il did. But didn't know until got
the bite that they had invested In q new
bulldog. "-Baltimore American.
How did you like the show last night?''
Great. For the first time I've seen
my wife shed tears that wasn't respon-
sible for."-Detroit Free Press.
Gibbs-My wife explored my pockets
last night.
Dibbs-How did she come out?
Gibbs-As an explorer should. She ac-
ouired enough material for lecture
Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

What 10 the difference between q
gumshoe and a pussyfoot In politics?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Homegrown green onions are on
the market. Smell EN-.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

There must be lot Of dik-diks in
Illinois.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

Subscribers leaving the city
temporarily should have The
Bee mailed TO them. Address
will be changed rs often ~ re-
qsested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

by twelve self-constituted slate
makers, however. is not necessarily
the recall of the people.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13

With the British coal strike ended. the
ministry many sit back in somewhat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-13
In Other Lands

Some. Side Lights On what Ii
Traaspirtng Among the Near
and Far Nations Of the Es-.h.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

here with a great flourish and an en-
tieing announcement of speeious bar
gains.
When we contrast the public-spirited
citizens Of Seventh Street. for illustrs-
ton, who, at considerable cost to them
selves have recently erected along that
business avenue most attractive light
ing apparatus on the streets, with the
piratical practices of the predatory
transient who evades everything but the
most nominal and trihing fees, we be-
lieve that the firm stand taken by The
Washington Herald in refusing their
advertising is only just to the mer-
chants of the city.
This policy will be adhered to. But
it would, we think, be pertinent to in
quire what has become Of the legisla-
ton bearing on this point regarding
which the assistance of the Commits
sioners was sought by the merchants
whom the practice very seriously affects.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
GIRL GETS 100000
IF SHE DOES NOT
MARRY INTO A FAMILY

New York. June 27.-Dorothy Faleoner
Ballard Smith, whose New York resi-
dence is at the ST. Regis Hotel to-day
was given an estate estimated at more
than 100000, provided she does not
marry into a certain family.
The gift was made by her grandmother.
Mrs. Caroline Falconer Butterfield. who
died at the St Regis, Jude last, at the
age Of eighty-one-
In a codicil, the gist Of which declares
that Miss Dorothy shall not be given full
income from her estate until she iB thirty
years OF age, Mrs. Butterheld stated that
her granddaughter must not marry un-
less her choice Of a husband Is approved
by her mother, and also by F. W. Lewis
Butterfield. Francis s. Bangs, Florence
8. Matthews, and Lucius S. Beers. The
viii of Mrs. Butterfield also contains this
clause:
Should my granddaughter Dorothy
ever marry a son OF Eleanor Phelps Nc
Kean. now the widow Of Henry Sedley.
my granddaughter shall thereby forfeit
and lose all Of the estate and interest
of every description under this will"
In case Miss Smith violates this pro-
vision OF the will the estate Is to be
divided among the New York Post
graduate Hospital, the New York
Geological Society. and four persons. The
mother Of the heiress is Eustace Ballard
Smiths widow. She usually spends her
winters in New York and her summers
In France.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

Wedding presents are a taxation with
representation from guests who attend
wedding ceremonies. The tax Is collected
in advance and ranges from tl-50 for a
gallery seat to $1,000 for a seat in the
family circle. This makes grand opera
look cheap. though 1t must be remember
ed that in grand opera the audience does
not get a chance to kiss the bride.
On the other hand there are weddings
to which the guests bring wagon loads
Of costly gifts, and then climb through
the window in order to escape their great
privilege.
Wedding presents are given with the
idea OF providing the happy couple with
various articles which they would prob
ably never think to get for themselves.
II II were not for this pretty custom
the American home would be almost de-
void Of cut glass bathtubs. hand-painted
china wash bowls. silver soup ladies, and
Hungarian flower vases.
There are only four conventional proper
wedding presents-cut glass, silver
spoons ornamental clocks. and rocking
chairs. II a bride is popular, and the
wedding has paid expenses. she will re-
ceive about eighteen cut glass bowls
twelve dozen solid silver spoons, fourteen
clocks. and six chairs. These can after
wards be exchanged for useful articles
such as knives and forks cups and
saucers, and a real clock which will run
twenty-four hours every day. including
Sunday.
Some guests, however. to be original
give presents which cannot be exchanged,
because no sane storekeeper would take
them back. They can prowl around like
detectives and make unexpected calls in
order to find out whether their red and
yellow china waste paper basket is be-
ing exhibited in the parlor or is being
used TO hold soap in the laundry room.
Such people are pests. and do not deserve
10 be allowed to send any presents.
The investigation into the cost Of living
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Conventions in the Future.

1t would be a wise thing if, in the fu-
ture, national political conventions
could be held without the attendance
of some ten or fifteen thousand people
whose only object in life, apparently, IS
to create noise. Both at Chicago and
Baltimore the spectacle has been pre-
sented of a thousand delegates seated
in the midst of an enormous throng
whose yells, interruptions, "sponta-
neous" demonstrations, and general
tendency to disorder have made impos-
sible the sober and deliberate perform
ance OF the important duty which
brought the delegates together.
The selection of a man to be the can
didate of a great political party for the
position of President of the United
States ought to be regarded as digni-
fed, if not solemn, event When new
Pope is to be chosen the Cardinals seek
privacy behind closed doors and make
their selection unseen by the public and
unreported by the press. There is no
need, of course, Of investing the nomi-
nation of the President with this ex-
treme religious austerity, but no one
can deny that our present methods go
to the other extreme. 1t is no exag-
geration to say that the work of a con-
vention could be transacted with greater
rapidity if the bowling mob could be
excluded, and certainly the proceedings
would be more dignihed and more in
consonance with the high purpose OF
the convention.
1t is not to the credit of the United
States that the selection of Presiden-
tial candidate should be accompanied
by such scenes as have been witnessed
at Chicago and Baltimore. When
speakers are compelled to await the
subsistence of noisy interruptions, when
thousands of people who are merely
visitors join in swelling the volume of
"ayes" and noes" upon questions be-
fore the convention, and when the gal
leries are filled with the partisans of re-
spective candidates for the sole purpose
of determining which faction can be
most demonstrative, we have a condi-
ton which demands reform. The con-
ventions of the future should be held in
comparatively small hall, large enough
to accommodate only the delegates and
alternates and the press correspondents
Then, and not until then, will a polit-
ical convention be free from conditions
which are repugnant to every sober
thinking mind.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

pies examined failed TO show It when
tested by the method above described
Such a statement, which the doctor
sends out to the world at large in the
magazine which pays him a good salary
for the use of his name, IS unjust to
the manufacturers who are making
cream that stands al tests. A general
condemnation of the ice cream of Wash
ington, such as DR.. Wiley makes, is not
fair to himself, to his paper, or to the
public. The public wants ice cream
and will have. it, good or bad. As it
stands now the ice cream of Washing
ton is looked upon with suspicion be-
cause of the high standing of DR.. Wiley.
This IS wrong, as the doctor admits in
his report that several brands are good,
but does not say which ones. Such a
report is absolutely worthless. 1t looks
like cheap scheme to gain little free
advertising for his magazine Any one
can condemn, any one can praise, when
it is done generally. The doctor and
his magazine owe an apology to those
manufacturers of Washington who are
above suspicion, while if there are so
many poor ones as he says he also
owes an explanation to the people who
are told of unknown dangers, but given
no inkling of where to 90 to avoid
them.
There are good ice creams made in
Washington, and there are undoubtedly
poor ones, but he deseendS from the
high position in which he is so de-
servedly held when he uses such cheap
claptrap methods of advertising. The
filthy places he declares he found he
should have reported to the District
health authorities, or, if he has so high
a regard for the health of the people as
he processes, should have personally
seen that such conditions were rem
edied.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
A Mother KanEnroo's Bravery.

During a severe drought in a certain
section Of Australia, the owner OF a
country station was sitting one evening
on the porch when he saw q kangaroo
lingering about, alternately approaching
and retiring from the house, as II half
in doubt and fear what to do.
At length she approached the water
pals, and. taking young one from her
pouch. held t to the water TO drink.
While her baby was satisfying its
thirst, the mother was quivering all over
with apprehension. for she was but
few feet from the porch where one OF
her foes was watching her.
The baby having finished drinking. II
was replaced in the pouch and the old
kangaroo set OF at rapid pace
The spectator was so much impressed
by the astonishing bravery Of the af-
fectionate mother that he made vow
and kept ito never again shoot =
KANGAROO.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Dr.. Wiley Approaching Quackery.

A most soul-terrltylng picture, show
ing the dangers OF eating ice cream, is
published as an advertisement in a we'll
known magazine over the signature of
Dr.. Wiley 1t calls attention to the re-
suit OF his Investigations of that food
product made in Washington. The pic
ture is one showing a grim specter of
death leaning over a child and serving
him ice cream.
The people of the District are vitality
interested in this article, because it deals
directly with the manufacture of this
delectable delicacy in the city of Wash
ington. 1t gives some astounding fig
ures showing the quantity of bacterial
germs found in the samples analyzed by
him. The doctor in his article makes
the grave charge "a general one, men,
tioning no specific cases) that 62-z per
cent of the places where it is manufac-
tured in Washington are unclean. He
says:
"a classification was made, 50 far as
possible, on the basis Of clean, dirty,
fair, and filthy Three places, or So
per cent, were found clean; sixteen
places. or 3oI per cent, fair; nineteen,
or 35.S per cent, dirty, and nine, or log
per cent, filthy"
The doctor then makes. rather botch
Of his terror-producing picture by say
ing that reports on the presence or sb-
sence of streptooocci (disease-producing
bacteria or germs) were made on us
of the 263 samples. Of this number 3S.3
per cent showed the presence of the
organism and OH Per cent Of the sam
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
GOVERNMENTS BULB FARM
Plants sGs,OOO This Year at Bel
IInEham, Wash.

Comparatively few know Of the IN
terestIng experiments that being carried
on at the bulb garden near the town
Of BelIingham. Wash. under the direc-
ton Of the Secretary Of Agriculture. For
years the United States has been sending
to Holland and European countries many
thousands OF dollars annually for hya-
cinth, tulip, narclssus. and crocus hluhs.
The purchase OF these bulbs had constant
ly increased until the past year. over
a million dollars worth was imported.
In 1905 the Secretary OF Agriculture
decided to establish on the Pacific Coast
a garden for the culture and proPaga-
ton OF Holland bulbs. and a point on
the Puget Sound, near the town Of
BeIlinEham. was selected as having a
suitable soil and climate FOR this work.
tract Of ten acres was leased through
the BeIIingham Board OF Trade. and the
necessary buildings were erected and
turned over to the Department OF Agri-
culture for the purpose OF demonstrating
whether or not the Holland bulbs could
be grown successfully at that point. The
department commenced work at once.
and the same year planted over 1000
bulbs. From that time the work has
gone on increasing until the present
year. when over S69.O0o bulbs were plant
ed The increase in the number Of blubs
raised has been very gratifying; each
bulb yielding the maximum number OF
young ones. which have proven equal
il not superior, to the results obtained
in Holland.
It is believed that bulbs can he grown
on the Pacific Coast, and Of quality
that will compare favorahly with. and
in many ways surpass the imported Rrti
Gle, the cost OF production and market
ing being now the chief obstacle. An
effort Is being made to overcome the
difference between the high price OF labor
in America and the cheap labor in Europe
by inventIng appliances to lessen the
hand labor required in bulb production.
and the substitution OF horsepower for
many OF the operations performed en-
tirely by hand in Europe has reduced
the cost Of production considerably. In
this way, II is hoped that growers IN
the United States will be able to COM
pete successfully with the European bulb
growers.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

hasn't looked into the wedding present
which is a great omission. OF late years
Il has grown greatly IN severity. Now
adays when the ordinary man has q col
legs chum in every other town and a
business acquaintance with q large fam
fly in the alternate ones, he is lucky to
get OF on less than 800 a year for we'd
ding presents. Plated ware doesn't go
any more. either. A man who would send
a plated berry spoon to a trusting bride
would steal sheep and borrow the owner 5
wagon to haul them on.
However, wedding presents are recip-
rocal, and when a young man marTies
he gets even with a glad cry, though, OF
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Roosevelt, Bryan, and Baltimore

Our logic has been vindicated. Mr.
Roosevelt did have his weather eye
open to the doings at Baltimore; he did
delay all action in the "bandanna" party
movement until he could see clearly
what would be the upshot of the Dem
Ocratic convention, and, in fact, he has
gone US one better, taking the bull by
the horns and sending Mr.. Heney to
Baltimore to propose to Mr.. Bryan
that if the most progressive of the
candidates, Woodrow Wilson, should
be nominated, he (Roosevelt) would at
once stop all further new party talk,
would hold no convention in his own
behalf, and would have his followers
support Wilson.
This does credit to Mr.. Roosevelt's
farsightedness. 1t is rather late to be-
gin the formation Of a new national
party in July. with primaries and con-
ventions in the States which so far had
no Roosevelt organization, and, besides,
with restrictive laws Tin some Of them)
making four months before the general
election the time limit for the legal
selection of delegates, not to speak Of
the financial end of such an enter
prise, &c.
Then, Mr.. Roosevelt has profted by
the lesson taught him at Chicago by
two OF his stanchest adherents, Cows.
Hadley and Deneen, who left his STAN
dard because they could not be made
TO see the good of splitting the Repub-
lican party, which naturally would lead
to a defeat at the polls in November
OF the Republican candidate Others,
though not so prominent in the coun-
ellis of the Republican party, no doubt
are Of a like sentiment
VIII the Democrats, he argues, put
up a candidate who will be strong
enough TO defeat the Republican ticket d?
Let the country once again have a
Democratic President for one term
the people would have their fill and
would be only too glad in 1916 to wei
come again a Republican in the White
House. Republican in this instance, OF
course, meaning Roosevelt But why
Wilson and not Bryan, who, after all
has vindicatcd his strength at the con-
vention by having his friend and
stanch adherent, Ollie James. named as
permanent chairman?
Why? For the very same reason that
Roosevelt in 1908 urged Mr.. Taft upon
the people But perhaps he is making
the same mistake now as he did then,
Wilson may turn out to be as able
loyal, and desirable a chief for his
party as Mr. Taft has proven himself
TO be for the Republicans, and he, too
may accomplish what Mr.. Taft has
done 50 successfully, namely, to relegate
the figure which was supposed to loom
so large in the minds of the people as
their savior to the background.
Rooscgch's cfucemcHt is complete.
And as for 1916: Well, let the people
decide. They seem to have their fill o1
the man even now, and by that time
Roosevelt will have gone down to the
level of the perpetual kicker and candi,
date.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Trade Piracy.

A few weeks ago The Washington
Herald called attention to the class OF
migratory traders or birds of prey in
business that infest the city, sharing all
the benefits and contributing little or
nothing to the revenues of the city in
return for privileges which they find
profitable to themselves.
This unfairness to the merchants Of
the city whose hands are in their pock-
cts continuously contributing to the
upkeep of the city is evidently not abat-
ing. Almost every week one or more
of this class of undesirables appears
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
Serious as Well as Lighter
Gossip from European Countries

bsrs OF the council voted against such
-extravagance," especially since "last
year England had heaped infamy and
abuse upon Germany
The Mayor and other responsible memS
bers sought to give the discussion an
other turn by pointing out that sucs
silly remarks covered both the speaker
and Potsdam with anything but glory;
that the British doctors were vistins
Berlin in the interests of humanity a.
large, and that courtesy and hberality
occasion than this narrow spirit OF In
tolerance. But II was all to no purpose,
and the money was not voted.
FLANEUR
tcopyIEht. 1911. By Court Cop syndieatal
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
MAKES PAYMENT ON SITE.
T. w. c. A. Obtains Title in New
building Lot.

Y. w. c. A. Obtains Title in New
Building Lot.
Payment Of $5s.774 has just been made
by the Young women's Christian Asso-
citation upon the new building site at
Thirteenth and Streets Northwest, and
title TO the property has been placed
in the association. With this payment
made, the Y. w C. A. still owes a bal
ance Of about 81, ,OOO on the property. and
this balance win be divided into INSTALL
ments. that the entire purchase price
Of $1,000 will be paid probably before
January !, 1914
The officers OF the association have ex-
pressed their thanks to the many sub
sCribers to the building fund. and in 80
doing they also notified the subscribers
that the amounts pledged and TO be paid
July l should be sent to the treasurer
on or before that date, so that a trust
note due at that time may be cancelled.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
EmphatIcaIIy Loyal.

The emphasis with which a newly made
citizen swore allegiance TO the United
States Of America recently in the clerks
ofHce at the Federal Building rather
startled Deputy Clerk Lewis, but gave
him the impression that n. m. C really
meant what ne said, notes the Boston
Traveller.
You formerly bore allegiance TO Tur-
key" said Clerk Lewis TO the man as
he asked him TO raise his right hand and
swear to the statements to which he had
subscribed his name.
Yes" answered the n. m. C, and
now I swear allegiance to the United
States. To hell with Turkey"
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28
salmon Eat Herring.

Thousands OF salmon have been
cauGht in streams and examined and
their stomachs and insides were empty.
Eu: II is not uncommon to catch them
in the sea and find in them half a dog
en- herring. After the salmon has been
in a river for a time the lining Of the
stomach becomes all drawn up and
wrinkled Just why the salmon avoids
feeding in fresh water no one knows.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-28

course, there are always bad collections
on his list. When a man Is married and
has four children and grocery bill. he
is likely TO forget that nine years ago
he received a pie knife from a boyhood
friend and to send that boyhood friend
his deep and fervent congratulations in
stead OF something more substantial
Copyright, 1912 by George Matthsz Adansl