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Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
DEMOS GETTING ANXIOUS
Prod Up Senator Hitchcock Over De.
lay in Appointment.
URGE PEACE WITH BRYAN
snrcssticaiIy Remark that the Only
obligations They Arc Under TO
Leaders H. Privilege of
Voting for Them.

Tom oconnor. Tom Flynn. J. f. Mori.
arty and other democratic politicians OF
Omaha have now Joined the ranks OF
those who are clamoring for the factions
I'm Omaha TO get together and dish out
some patronage In Omaha. The above
names are among a list OF over 100 demo-
Gratis that have signed a letter which is
to be mailed to Senator Hitchcock, urg-
ing that he and Secretary Bryan adjust
their differences in order TO get busy
and appoint a good democrat TO the Of
flee OF collector OF internal revenue for
Nebraska. They suggest the names OF
p. u. McKillip and Senator ]. A. Oils as
good men for the position.
Some eight or ten subordinate positions
are TO be filled by the revenue collector
when he is chosen. These subordinate
positions are what the rank and file
are looking for.
SO the letter to Senator Hitchcock sets
forth the case. and represents that I'VE
are the hewers OF wood and drawers OF
water and that we are under no OBJ
legation politically or otherwise 20 SenA-
tor Hitchcock or Secretary Bryan. only
the obligation OF having the privilege OF
voting for them on numerous occasions"
Among those who have signed the wall
are the following: Tom Flynn. ]. +. Mori-
arty. Tom O'Connor, r. Harrison, Max
Lawermeyer. Fred Snyder Kennard Me
Cormick, II. stroesser. Roy ]. sollars.
Jerry Howard. Lawrence A. Divine, Ern-
est Collmire. j. X. Milburn. +. Carr, c.
Jewell NJ. j. AK, Frank r. Keegan, f.
w. Kelly, w B. Fitzgerald. Ben II. Scull,
w. NJ. Nash. II. NJ Barlow and numer-
Gus others OF Omaha and South Omaha.
Text of Letter.
The full text OF the letter the demo-
Gratis are rapidly signing 60 be sent TO
Senator Hitchcock is as follows:
1T seems from observation and other
wise that you are somewhat tardy in rec
ommending the removal OF the collector
Of internal revenue for Nebraska Cthe
term OF the present incumbent expired
several months ago), unless he can he
superseded by one certain man, and while
this man is your only choice, neverthe-
less is II not a fact that Secretary Of
State Bryan, who is likewise powerful
with the powers that be. will not concur
In the appointment OF this distinguished
statesman? Therefore, for the sake OF
harmony, and as compromise. we. the
undersigned, of the rank and file, who
are the hewers of wood and the drawers
Of water Of the party. and who are under
no obligations politically or otherwise TO
Senator Hitchcock or Secretary Bryan
only the obligation OF having tine privl-
Iosre 81 voting for the aauator and sacra-
tary on numerous Occasions-and be-
heving in the policy OF Andrew jackson.
TO the victor belongs the spolls, we
herewith submit the names OF Hon. +. L.
McKnip and Senator J. a. Oils, either
Of whom would fin the office OF collector
OF internal revenue honorably."
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
BANDIT WHO HELD UP
ANT0 SHOT BY OFFICER

BRooKFIELD. ILL.,. Dec. l6-9 bandit
who held up an automobile near here
this afternoon, was shot by the chief OF
police OF Lagrange and a deputy a few
minutes after the attempted robbery.
In an exchange OF shots between the
robber and the officers. a section hand on
the Chicago Burlington & Quincy rail-
road was seriously injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
FERGUSON ELECTED
CAPTAIN OF COYOTES

VERMILION, s. D., Dec. Is.-Cspeciai
Telegram. )-Cooley Ferguson of North
Adams. Mass, for three years star Coy
ote halfbaek. was elected foot ball cap
tain of the 1914 team at the annual foot
ball banquet last night. Vidal. quarter.
and Potts. center, we're other candidates
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
The Weather

Forecast till p. m. Wednesday:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair; not much change in temperature.
at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
The House.

Met at noon.
President Gompers OF the American
Federation OF Labor testified before the
house judiciary committee.
War department submitted final report
en- raising OF the battieship Maine in
Havana harbor.
Resolution adopted authorizing expert
assistance for Judiciary committee for
antitrust work.
President Atkinson OF the National
Changers told rural credits committee
farmers were opposed 20 cooperative
agricultural credit
Labor committee reported in favor Of a
federal bureau on safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
Dc Fire at Lynchbarg, va.

LYNcHBURG. Va, Dec is.-Fire Ia
the business district early today did
;2sO.OOo damage The flames started from
an unknown cause.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17

Comparative Local Record.
1918. 1912. 1911. 1910.
Highest yesterday ........45 70 20 20
Lowest yesterday ........9 81 26 .&
Mean temperature ......Sl Is .4
Precipitation ............W .W f.@ 10
Temperature and precipitation depar-
lures from the normal;
Normal temperature. re....................... y
Excess for the day ........-....-.....,..
Total excess since March ] ............ .S9I
Normal precipitation .......... -VS inch
Deficiency for the day ........, .O3 inch
Total rainfall since March L. % SO inches
deficiency since March ........ 5.2S inches
Deficiency for cor period, 1872 3-S9 inches
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
The National Capital
The senate.

Met at 10 a. m.
Debate resumed on currency bill, with
senator Bristcw leading an attack on
deposit guarantee feature.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17
Live Ones Monologue:

should worry because my
sleepy competitor does not know
enough 70 advertise"
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17

Drawn for The Bee bv Powell.
Omaha daily bee., 1913-12-17

Comparative Local Record.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
A WORLD BASEBALL TOUR.

A WORLD by representative league oasepah
teams play games in the principal cities OF ASA ana Europe
which to begin with preliminary exhoon circuit
in this country, fail be highly successful Japan
of the American game ana an
exhibition professional American teams Will be reveal
ton Europe of baseball and witnessed few amateur
games and witness the game IN Its perfection But
The American local lacking An exhibition game
moi game with riyares wonderful
environment will be there. The faces IN the
faces and there will be no inspiring
es key up the players But the trip will be educational
will reveal Europe the greatest
skill and may have vastly
greater be appreciated by the societies? urn
nation to baseball found for its cOmbative
spirit and will be kept busy fighting its battles at home on the
diamond baseball and there will, too, be less
socialism In China the general diffusion of base
oa would powerfully tend to divorce the people from their
ins them of the Western spirit
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

table proteins are to be preferred,
despite the greater bulkiness of such
food, and its more difficult digestibil-
ity. Furthermore, the city man Is
certainly prone to oyereat, and not
infreuuently this has disastrous re-
suits. On vegetab BILE diet overeating,
at least of proteids, is less likely to
occur, sand is probably less harmful
when 1t does occur.
But, taking folks as they run, the
so-called mixed diet of the temperate
regions, which prevails among all
fairly prosperous people, seems to be
the most efficient and wholesome. AS
Professor Startling points out in his
Physiology" the experiments OF
Chittenden and others. showing that
we eat too much protein, and can do
better work on a diet low in nitrogen
Gus matter, is no argument against
animal food. Similarly Professor
Gautier, a prominent French physiol-
ogist, is of the opinion that vegeta-
rianism cannot satisfactorily meet
the requirements of the average civi
lZed man.
The Medical Record in commenting
editorlally on the present status of
vegetarlanism restates the old advice
of Bacon, that What a man finds
good of and what he finds hurt of is
the best physic to preserve life''-in
the matter of diet at least From
which it seems to follow that the only
place where each individual can learn
proper eating is in the school of Bit
ter experience. In other words, the
undiscriminating CONTROVERSIES of
youth is the product of a happy igno-
rance,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
Late News from HogWalloW

Raj Barlow got down off the fence
yesterday to let a lizard by.
The editor Of the Tickville Tidings
says, if he can get a few more ne
groes to subscribe, he will run a col
ored supplement every week.
Fletcher Henstep has ordered a
pair of shoes from a wholesale house
in ST. Louis They wanted his size,
and he has forwarded then two of his
tracks.
Miss Flute Belcher fell from her
mule while en- route to a musical en-
tertainment Tuesday. and knocked
the breath out of her accordion.
Miss Hostetter Hooks spent Friday
afternoon in the Gander Creek woods,
committing with nature. AS usual,
she did all the talking.
The Hog Ford Baptist Church will
hold a social next third Saturday
night. A large gathering is expected,
as this is in celebration of the TWEEN
ty-flrst anniversary of the congrega-
tons attempt to pay off the church
debt
Slim Pickens went over into the
Bounding Billows community the
other day and returned with q
whistle, which he took off an old saw
mill. He says, if he had some way
to get up steam, he would blow it,
George Bingham in Judge.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
What Kind Of Influence Have We9

larfty or notoriety that seems to some
people enviable / am amazed at the
shallowness of our judgments. Some
woman possessed of a good deal of
self-confidence gets upon a platform
and asserts a few rather original and
perhaps smart" opinions and imme-
diately a dozen women, with perhaps
ten times the natural endowment that
she has, flock about her and pay her
homage.
Or perhaps a woman wins some dis
tinction with her pen, writes eleverly,
and other women because of that
make way and almost envy her Or
among younger girls one has a clever
tongue or a certain style and chic, or
beauty and a sort of self-assertion.
or a kind of fiippant popularity, and
Immediately she has her followers
and q string of admirers among other
girls who would be like her If they
could. And wealthy people have their
followers because they are wealthy,
and people, of social position have
their followers because of their social
position.
But what are these things but
tricks and baubles compared with the
more vital human power and infiu-
ence that every girl and woman car
ries about with her whether she real
ICES it or not?
1 would beg you to discriminate be-
tween the unimportant and the i'm
portant, between the trifling and the
really enviable. These things, these
trifies, that seem SO desirable to
many are, after all, of so little i'm
port and. of such brief influence. and
the larger powers you carry about
with you are SO lasting, so far-reach
ing. Desire power and influence?
Yes, bySsill means. But be sure that
they really are power and influence
that you desire and not mere baubles
and trifles of day.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
Enrminc In Alnskn.

From the Technical Tsorld Magazine.
Imagine a great bowl of ice SOC
miles long and so miles wide. Sprinkle
it with a layer of dirt. Light it with
a sun that beats down with tropic in
tensity twenty-five to twenty -four
hours day. Give it the climate of
arid Arizona, with it's ten inches OF
rainfall every year
Now you have a fair picture of the
Tanana Valley. located almost in the
geographical centre of Alaska, whose
farms surpass in productivity and
wealth of yield the best Dakotas or
the cream of the Canadian North
west prairies. to which thousands of
our Middle West farmers annually
migrate.
Barred from the softening influence
of the warm s-panese current by a
range of high I'd precipitous noun
tains. which include such giants as
Mt ST. Elias and Mt. Mckinley (alti-
tude 20,50O feet. the loftiest on the
American continent. this valley is
orly made endurable for plant life by
the fact that the whole region. except
the surface, is frozen.
The moisture arising from the
japan current in the form of clouds
settles against these mountains and is
precipitated as snow. forming the
tremendous glaciers in the southern
portion of Alaska. The air is thus
freed of it's moisture and comes dry
into the Tanana valley. The valley
has no more moisture, no more rain
fall than Arizona. The Tanana
valley would be an arid desert were 1t
not for the fact that il is frozen from
surface to bedrock and every drop of
water and every snowflake which
falls in that country is conserved 1t
sinks into the ground and is frozen
there. 1t is maintained in cold stor-
age
When the warm spring sun touches
the ground and the plowman turns up
the clods it begins thawing. Then the
Fairbanks farmers plant their gar
dens, and as the moisture is needed
ii comes from below. The thawing
continues all summer Che Tanana
people have a subirrig ga ton system
which nature operates for them that
beats any irrigation or reclamation
system in any of the Western States
and which does not now and never
will cost a cent TO maintain.
The clearing Of farm lands about
Fairbanks is going on apidly Last
year the area under cultivation was
nearly double all that which had been
cleared and cultivated in previous
years. The yield of those crops is Il
matter of amazement and surprise to
the producers themselves, because
there as elsewhere, il had been sup
posed that the lands We're worthless
for farming purposes.
The United States experimental
farm is located at Fairbanks. There
are about ninety acres under cultiva-
ton. The report of the 1912 crop
shows Red Fife wheat yielding fifty
FIVE bushels to the acre from the soil
under natural conditions there
Romanoff. spring wheat. planted in
1912. and harvested about the LIST eof
September shows a production Of
sixty bushels to the acre Wild
Goose wheat grew sixty bushels to
the acre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
Mulhall Says United Hatters
Are in the Grip of the N. A. M.

DANBURY. Conn, Oct. 15.-Colonel
Martin NJ. Mulhall. at a meeting of
the United Hatters of North America,
last night, read list of what he said
were auxiliary organizations of the
National Council for Industrial De-
Tense. The list contained the names
of 240 associations, many of them
boards of trade and other supposedly
public-spirited bodies. He gave local
point to his story by naming the
Danbury Landlords Association.
Colonel Mulhall said the testimony
before the Senate committee showed
the Anti Boycott Association and the
National Council for Industrial De-
Tense We're paper organizations, fos-
tered by the National Association of
Manufacturers and supported princi-
pally by the trusts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15

We are. all of us, whether
young or old, famous or op-
scure, women of influence. Let US
get that by heart We cannot live
a day without affecting the world
somewhat for good or i'll, whether we
will or no. Fancy then what we
could do If we fully realized ana
used our powers.
But what are these powers? Ana
what kind of influence have WEI
do not know your especial glIts OF
opportunities. I wish | did. me
gifts of women are many. In history
and romance are women whose par
ticnIar Influence is that of gentle
ness. of courage, of honor, of service,
of supreme love. l do not know
whether your powers be In sueh
things or not. Then, too, history ana
romance tell us of women whose
influence has been a harmful thing,
women who through selfishness,
triclery, cowardice, weakness, have
brought men and even whole nations
to suffering and dishonor. Whether
such powers as these lie within you,
1 cannot tell. :,
l have seen whole lives beautified
and made lastingly better by the
power and goodness of one woman
and l have seen lives wrecked by
the selfish power of another. 1t is
not enough to have power and IN
fuence; that we all have in goodly
measure, the important thing is that
we should have the right kind OF
power and should use is intelligently,
saws Anne Bryan Mccall in the
Woman's Home Companion.
And how shall we have the right
kind of power and how use it intel
ligently? None of these things come
save by more thought, more careful
thought.
When I see the cheap kind of popu-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CAMPAIGN.

THE DEMOCRATIC State campaign is now well IN prog
res party chickering's which usually precede Democratic eau
o have we'll nigh died and the campaign has begun To
- 30 roal asnect that of united Democratic organlza
zion against two opposing for control of the state govern
In the election year both the executive ana es
lative of the government are at STAKE anu
4a act;on o Governor will carry with it control OF tue
+ onsas of the legislature The tail will with the moe
r would be an extraordinary revolution in our state Pos
81 there should be complete partial turnover oil Po"
Republican party with the voting suehsth Vi ' p
greatly mpared by the great Progressive bolt last year ana
tbe election favor the continuance
az Democratic the government Acting Governor
is well justified the confidence he has expressed "
nv GOOD puralitv The campaign will be short one
nd the nncipa work get out the party vote
An election can default when all the advantages
apparentlv are on side of the loser
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15

Charles Levi Woodbury. possessed
a great fund of reminiscent anecdotes,
especially relating to prominent men
and events of the time when his
father was of great interest in ma
tional Democratic politics. Some of
these anecdotes were told to him by
his father and some related TO mat
tiers which had come within his own
observation.
I was chatting with Mr.. Woodbury.
one evening at the hotel in which he
lived for many years in Boston when
something in the conversation re-
minded him of an anecdote his father
had told him about William Rufus
King. of Georgia.
After my father went upon the
Supreme Court bench he, of course,
took no active interest in politics, but
his personal interest remained very
strong until his DEATH" said Mr..
Woodbury.. 81 remember his saying to
met must have been about the year
1850. for my father died in 1S51--that
If he were permitted to make any
suggestions he would urge the Demo-
Gratis in their national convention in
1852 to nominate William r. King, of
Georgia, for Yice-President.
MY father said that he knew of
his own personal knowledge that Mr..
King had set his heart upon the
vice presidential nomination. AS far
back as 1910 he wanted to be nom
mated for Vice President on the
ticket at the head of which Martin
Van Buren, was placed for 1t was
certain that President Van Buren,
would be renominated.
MY father told me that Mr.. King
was bitterly disappointed when he
Got Ia 70 10 N
tween 1910 and 1874, Mr. King nursed
the hope that he would be nominated
for Vice-President in 1874. For that
reason, he desired the nomination for
President of a Democrat representing
northern State and father had no
doubt that 1t was his secret hope
that Martin Van Buren, would be
nominated in 1874. But James K
Polk was nominated and as he came
from Tennessee it was impracticable
| to nominate a Georgia Democrat for
| the Presidency.
"Stir Mr.. King nursed his am
bition. 1t was a curious ambition for
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
The "Arctic COntinent<


From the Philadelphia ReeorG
Commander Wilkitsky has a perfect
right to name the Arctic land newly
discovered by him for his sovereign,
Nicholas H.. and to plant the Rus
sian flag thereon. The land lies due
north of the Taimyr peninsula, from
the highest point of which, namely,
Cape Cheljuskim, 1t is separated by
less than two degrees of latitude
Nicholas II. Land is, therefore, an
insular projection of the Asian con-
tinent, specifically of Siberia, and it
Is properly Russian territory. Com
mander Wilkitsky's suggestion that
his discovery is of continental extent,
however. is not supported by the
meagre data he gives. and there is
weighty evidence to the contrary. The
only indications that the land is OF
considerable eXtent-possibly as great
as the lower half of Nova Zembla-
are the traces of abundant animal life
and the sight of volcanoes far in the
interior. The coast line actually
traced by the discoverer runs from
longitude 90 east to longitude. lO4
east. following latitude 81, thence
enthusiastically to longitude l04 east,
latitude 49, where it turns sharply
to the northeast.
nection with Crocker Land, sighted
by Peary on his poleward dash, is
highly improbable The two discov-
cries lie on opposite sides of the pole.
one of them in almost the same longi-
tude west as the other is east. In
fact. the existence of a northern cir
cumpolar continent is practically dis
proven by Peary's deep-sea sound
ings. showing oceanic depths beneath
the moving ice over which he tray
eled. Further proof that the new
land is not of continental extent, nor
even approximately SO. is the fact
that Nansen who began his polar
drift in the Fran near the New ST.
IBERIA Islands, must have drifted
north OF Nicholas II Land (within
degree north of Willitskys landfalD,
and Nansens soundings also showed
deep water, While he saw no land
until he arrived on one of the islands
of the Franz Josef archipelago.
The existence of the undiscovered
Arctic Continent rests entirely on
inference, though the inference has
a legitimate scientific basis Crocker
Land is much more likely to be
part of this mooted continent the IS
Wilkitskys discovery. though Peary
is not inclined to believe SO. If such
a continent eXis.s it is probably To-
Gated somewhere northeast of Point
Barrow and northwest of the Parry
archipelago where the scientific evil
dence indicates that it ought to be.
And it is quite as possible that, If
ever discovered, it will be found to
be q large group of Islands rather
than q continent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
Trousers SO Tight You'll
Need ShOehOrn to Get In

CHICAGO, Oct 15-Skimpiness
will predominant in this seasons
styles for mems clothing. This was
the word at the opening of the fall
style exhibit of the Chicago Society
of Merchant Tailors and the Custom
Cutters Association.
Mems coats are to be tighter more
narrow -shouldered and shorter amid
ships than before. The effect across
the back is said to be the same as a
bird's-eye view of a Mexican hair
less poodle, sans wrinkles.
Trousers, cut so close as TO almost
preclude the presence of pockets. are
TO be cufiiess and high enough to ex
pose a flash of colored hose when the
Wearer takes a stride.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-15
High Living Cost Raises
Damages in Widows Suit

FRANKFORT. KY, Oct. 15.-"The
decreased purchasing power of money
and the increased cost of living have
resulted in the courts of this State
larger verdlcts in damage
cases for personal injuries and death,
which view this court must sustain
declares the Kentucky Court of APP
peals in affirming the decision of the
Shelby County Circuit Court in giving
the widow of q railroad fireman
Judgment for $4,000 for the loss of
his life in a collision two years ago.
T. j. Jones. the fireman, was in the
cab of a Louisville and Nashville en-
CINE attached to q passenger train
when it crashed into Chesapeake
and Ohio freight train which was
running in violation of orders. The
crews of both trains were killed in
stantly The whole court concurred