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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-16

William Penn, in his Charter of
Rights, provided that for every five
acres of forest cleared, one acre should
be left in woods. Foresters to-day
maintain that or ali average one-fifth
of every farm should be in timber.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-16

Recent experiments indicate that
round timbers of all the pines, of Eng
elmann spruce, Douglas fir, tamarack
and western larch can be readily treat
ed with preservatives, but that the frs.
hemlocks, redwood and Sitka spruce, in
the round, do not take treatment cas-
lily. This information shorld be of
value to persons who contemplate pre-
servative treatment of round posts.
poles or mine props.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-16
PARTIAL CONTENTS

Note the many exclusive features
in this list of subjects. Every men,
Der of every family will find many
topics of daily interest in the fol-
lowing:
Dictionary of English Language
Arrangement, Words in Sentences.
Art of Correct Spelling.
Authorizations and Contractions
Agricultural Products of the U. S.
Anthracite Production.
Armies of the World.
Army and Navy Statistics.
Birth DAYS.
Birth Stones.
Coal Production of the Y. s.
Coal Production of the World.
Common English Christian Names.
Comparative Wealth of the L. s.
Comparative Wealth of the World.
Corn Product of the world.
Cotton Product of the L. s.
Cotton Product of the World.
Derivation and Development of the
English Language.
Derivation, Signifcation and Nick
names of Men.
Derivation, Significance and Nick
names of Women.
Dictionary of Commercial and Legal
Terms.
Electoral Vote of.Eaeh State.
Enumeration of Worlds Great Ii.
braries.
EnuiUolopt prntaot;o,, N,~
Exports of the World.
Famous Characters in Poetry and
Prose.
Foreign Words, Phrases and Quota
tions.
Glossary of Automobile Terms.
Glossary of Aviation Terms.
Gold Money of the World.
Gold Product of the World.
Great Battles of the World.
Imports of the World.
Key to Pronunciation.
Language of the Flowers.
Latest United States Census.
Map of the United States.
Map of the World.
Meaning of Gems.
Metric System of Weights and
Measures.
Money in Circulation in the Y. s.
Monograph on Libraries.
Names, Origin and Meanings of
Stetes and Territories.
National Debts of the World.
Navies of the World.
Nieknames of Famous Personages.
Nicknames of States, Origination.
Oats Product of the World.
Origin and History of Dictionaries.
Parts of Speech and Grammatical
ignifcations
Pig Iron Product of the World,
Population of States and Counties.
Population of the World.
Presidents of the United States.
Principal Cities of United States.
Principles of Grammar, Orthogra.
ply, Etymology, Syntax, Prosody.
Punctuation Marks and Meanings.
Rules for Capital Letters.
Silver Money of the World.
Silver Product of the World.
Simplified Spelling Rules.
Slmplified New Words Adopted.
Steel Product of the World.
Sugar Product of the World.
synonyms and Antonyms.
Tea Expectation of the World.
Time Differences.
Tobacco Product of the U. s.
Tobacco Product of the World.
United States Army Statistics.
Value of Foreign Coins in U. 8.
Money.
Nersification Forms and Rules.
Wealth of the World.
Weather Forecasting.
Wheat Product of the U. 8.
Wool Product of the U. S.
Wheat Product of the World.
Wool Product of the World.
IA. Get Busy Clipping!
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-16

The bismarck archipelago was occu-
pied ny a British naval force Septem-
Der H. Rabaul is not far from Herbert.
shoehe, which was the seat of the Ger,
man administration of the islands.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-16
GENERAL FOREST NOTES
Preservative Treatment for Round
Posts, Poles or Mine Props

Wireless telegraphy is being used in
canada In reporting on forest fires.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
War on Prices

Wsshinton Paost: TN take the whole
country to dissolve the 9OOOoOOO bushel
wheat crop trust
Wall Street journal. Law Of supply
and dishonest demand was never superior
10 the common law.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Piracy is not
tolerated even in warfare and there Is
no reason why it should be permitted in
local food markets.
Chicago Herald: The high cost OF living
appears periously near the fall elections.
but The democratic party evidently thinks
is has = complete alibi
Detroit Free Press: one OF the big
troubles with human nature Is that it in
sists on grabbing at every excuse to boost
the price Of what IL has TO sell
Philadelphia Press: The hgh-prlced
market basket is not all due to the war
The democratic party should not be de.
prived Of its share Of the credit for st.
Troy Times Uncle Sam may Just take
a firm grip upon the nape Of the retailers
neck who tries to mulch the public by
unjustifiabe boosting Of prices on neces-
stiles.
ST. Louis Republic: II the food-price
inquiry In pushed into the high-class res
tsurants OF St. Louis and elsewhere, the
question will be not why they charge so
much. but how they dare.
Indianapolis News: And whilo congress
is probing the prices OF various foodstuffs
perhaps little local Intervention all over
the country in things OF that kind
wouldn't come amiss.
kansas City journal: There has been
so much talk Of millions and billions in
the dispatches lately that dealers in food
stuffs seem TO be ashamed OF the paltry
prices they have been charging
Philadelphia Ledger: With peaches in
New Jersey a drug on the market at Is
cents q basket. no one has yet dared
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
The Pace Of Life

Commenting upon the present as an Age OF
brevity," and its demand for speed and action
rather than the deliberauon Of the past. the
Saturday Evening Post observes; But our
own notion Is that. with the lightning-express
service We demand. We reach just the same des-
tlnation our forefsthers reached in their leis-
urely way"
Undoubtedly We do, and more; We are far
surprising our forfathers in point of achieve
mont And what poor tribute it would be 10
our forehlthers as well as to ourselves, II We
did not! Shame en- the race whose succeeding
generations do not show continued Improvement
and excellence. To be sure, our swift-moving
pace will now and then sweep us past some
point OF service too fast for our own good, will
cause us to slight this task or that, hut in the
main II brings up worthily and sdvantageously.
We simply could not II We would and would
not II we could live as leisurely as our ancestors
did. however much Of virtue there was In Il for
them and might be for u.s. II adaptable TO our
dAy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
People and Events

Former Governor Fort OF New Jersey left Wash
ingtOn Tuesday for six weeks trip TO Santo
Domingo business for the state department
Louis II. Meyer Of Newark. N J.. is under arrest
charged with passing nine bad checks. He started his
honeymoon by giving Rev. Dr. Book worthless check
for s..
Fred r. Chase Of New York, a song writer and
author OF THE Straight Road is Great Road After
AL" arrested charged with the larceny Of $500
from Miss Anna Levine.
The Cuban government suppressed an edition OF
the liberal newspaper. Ei Cubano, and arrested the
editor Congressman sagaro because OF bitter attacks
the secretary OF the interior and President Menoca
John w. Masury OF New York, president Of John
w. Masury & Co, paint manufacturers, has brought
suit for NOoO0 against the Long Island railroad for
being forcibly elected from seat one OF its trains
Henry Cews the banker is negotiating with the
government for the old office next the sub
treasury in Wall street. He proposes to move ii up
town. IL into museum and present IL TO the city
William B. Peck, a structural engineer OF New
York filed suit for $4,000 against Dr. Percy r. Nc
Nellie dentist, the ground that his health had
been permanently injured through the dentists treat
ment
Howard Butler professor OF archaeology in Prince
ton university and a friend OF President Wilson,
returned TO his home n Crotou Falls, after a six
months search for the tabled riches OF Croesus in
Asia Minor.
Colonel John Schuyler Crosby. former governor Of
Montana and former first assistant postmaster sen
eral OF the tinted states, died at the Newport R
ID hospital from heart failure last Sunday. lie
born IN Albany n. Y, in 1889, During the civil war
he served with distinction and appointed colonel
OF the seventh New York heavy artillery lie was
consul to Florence Italy in 1875 OF Montana
from 1854 1884 assistant postmaster Eenersl
OF the United States iSs TO 1885 ana school
missioner Of New York City from 1859 10 1872
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
FIahtinu II out over Here

Finhtinu " Out over Here
ATLANTIC. la. Aug. q TO the Editor
Of The Bee. have Just read In your
paper two letters one Is President VII.
g)ns proclamation wherein he expresses
his solemn sense OF warning" against
what he calls that deepest breach OF
neutrality that may spring out Of pas
sionstely taking sides The other let
ter. written by Mr. Spader, speaks Of one
country as 'oowardly nation as
"treacherous England" etc. and lets ne
know that the German kaiser rs one OF
the nobIest monarchs on earth" Mr..
spader also adds to the worlds supply OF
knowledge by publishing that the adver
saries OF Germany are a "treacherous
end dcceitful combination
Now. Mr.. Editor, ! would like to be
loyal TO my president and to my native
country. America, even though ! dlsap-
prove some Of President Wilson's views.
My parents we're born In America. ] shall
heed President Wilson's advice 30 far as
not to state any prejudices or Grass
opinions. But right IL riEht. Loyalty 20
truth and courage and honor takes pre-
cedence over obedience to a president
proclamation. The doctrine or passive
acauIesceuce Ia not the last word. There
fore this note
do want more light on the invasion
OF little Belgium. Very many thousands
OF Belgian widows and orphans will in
days 10 come curse the German invader
Belgium asked that foreign troops stay
out. IL a country wicked and treacherous
not TO welcome an Invader
II was very wrong for the seryisn fam
attic to murder the Austrian prince.
Nearly all Germanic people and some
others think II was right for Austria to
annex the Bosnian Siav. Many others be-
lieve such expansion and annexation, even
when BY a Germsnic nation, inevitably
creates such hostility that radical indI-
viduals will resort to violence. | must
not settle offhand the right and wrong
in these contentious But I must say
that. as a general proposition, he who
deals in wholesale ultimatums and declar-
atoms OF war on short notice Is a menace
to the general good whether that threat
ener be Slav. Gaul. German, Briton, Turk
or Sioux. Even the japanese advice"
TO Germany Is better by over hundred
hours Far more decent and vastly wiser
still is President Wilson's waiting for us
at Vera Cruz.
| have long admired those many good
qualities that have made German peoples
great and powerful and useful But u
expansion II right for them. can those
same aggressive qualities make OF every
other nation "a treacheroue, deceltful
combination" II so. should Germany
stop with Poland, Paris London and even
neutral Antwerp? Is It not its duty to
hurry up a few more ultmatums?
JAMES A. DALLAS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
Twice Told Tales
Seized the Opportunity.

the guides who pilot visitors about in Norway"
laid returned traveller. are pleasant Intelligent
set OF men. They speak language fairly well.
and are always anxious TO pick up new words.
coca sionAlly this desire leads to funny mistakes
While exploring OF the wild and precipitous
cliffs one day with my guide we came upon a spot
which looked like abandoned quarry.
What Is this. Karl?' asked Have they been
getting out stone here?
Yes. sir he answered: it IL where some time
ago they been shooting the rocks
"'Oh yes; blasting, 1 said, with a smile and
Karls quick caught the word for shoot
ing heard him muTmuring to himself two three
times afterwards.
'The next day journey brought US into large
tract OF magnificent forest Karl said I, there
ought to be fine hunting here in the season.
Yes sir the prompt reply, very good hunt
ing Then. with the air of a who seiEes OPP
portunity. he added proudly indeed II is here
sir that We blast many bears "-London Tit Bits.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
LINES TO LAUGHTER.

She tat the ball gsme)-why does he
make those motions with mis- arm before
he pitches the ball?
He-Those are signals to the catcher.
The two men work in concert.
She-Dear mel Is that the concert
pitch I've heard about so often?-Boston
Transcript
Do you know. my dear said the young
husband. there's something wrong with
the cake2 II doesn't taste right"
That is all your IMAGINATION" answered
the bride trumphantly. for Il says in the
cookbook that II is delicious.
zeitunS
How are you going to tell when there
II anything OF Importance going on
asked one war CORRESPONDENT
I'm Keep M, eye ON the censor replied
given out for publication, YOU may know
il time to hustle and get the news."-
Washington star
Now. my child" said the kind old
judge, which do you prefer to go WITH"
That depends answered the fashion,
able child. rs mother to get large ALL
monvY'
''Yes"
Large enough to embarrass father
neutrality-suspicious. City Journal.
rs the boy trustworthy
"I consider him So I'D trust him as far
as l could see him. OF course. I'm mighty
near-slghted. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs Bacon-T don't think a man should
keep anything from his wife.
Mr.. Bacon-Not unless It is something he
doesn't want the neigh bors to know
Yonkers Statesman.
Mr.. Grumpps-What idiotic things they
do print on the women's page o. this
newspaper,
Mrs. Grumpps-Ges, 7 wish they would
discharge the fellow. and put a woman in
charge OF it.-NeW York Weeklyn.
Elsie. why did you let the cat out7"
She asked me to, mamma
What do you mean, child?"
she scratched at the door and said,
Me out me out Boston Transcript
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
An EnRlIahman'a View.

FREMONT. Neb., Aug. a.-To the Edi-
tor OF The Bee: Being constant reader
of The Bee, wish to state an English
mans Wow OF the European war. l be-
leve the kaiser % Germany. who Is big
headed and jealous, is to blame for this
war and could. 10 my notion, have sverted
It. 80 far as England is concerned she
doesn't need TO bc Jealous OF Germany
because she IL first In the commercial
industry In Europe, is not the world,
and her navies could whip Europe
France is one OF the most progressive
nations on earth, and the Germans will
find her hnFder job 10 whip than in 1871
Then she was q weak power and had no
money. We all know that whore the
British flag waves that there the highest
rudiments OF civilization arc taught
whether 1t he In India, Africa or
Australia
hope that when this cruel was Is over
that the kaiser will be off the throne and
Germany will be a republic and that
Alsace-Lorraine will be under the French
flag again, as che has always belonged to
France rlshtfully,
FRANK w. WOODBURY..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

The Douglas county teachers institute closed after
adopting resolutions of gratitude and thanks 10 SUI
peribtendent Br nnei The committee which drew the
resolutions consisted Of Max Rsnsall, James H. Fer.
ritr. Anne +. Eberl. Emma Ronergian aud Carrie
r. kumpf
Hereafter the curtain at B5yds opera house gyui
rise promptly az O'Clock instead Of $50 a. hereto.
tore
Miss Mamie schre.ner residng al lus Chicago
street returning from weeks visit at Oakland was
the recipient Of surprise party by twenty OF
her little friends
Miss Ada Shields Who has been clerkins for =. P
Morse Co. left Tor West Point % visit friends
Mrs a. b. Davenport, wife Of the popular clerk
At the Milard and their ferr children returned after
an extended visit In Michigan and Ohio.
The Newspaper reporters and the nremen booked
for Sunday bah game 20 determine supremacy he.
tween pencils and nozzlts.
z, ?. RinGer Of the firm Of G. A. Ringer a Co.
has sore 10 New York % buy fall and winter mill
mary
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

Rudyard Kplins undoubtedly inheris his ready
wit from his maternal grandfather. the Rev. George
P. Macdonald, . Wesleyan clergyman. whose name
a raconteur and wit has been handed down to pos
teIity.
II was related OF this gentleman that in the days
when he was counting the lady whom he afterward
married the father-in-law-t o-be aged Methodist
with extremely strict notions In regard to the pro-
prieties. injudicious enough on one occasion to
enter the parlor without giving any warning of his
approach The consequence that he found the
sweethearts occupying single chair.
Deeply shocked by the spectacle the old man
solsmny said:
MT. Macdonald. when was counting MIS-. Brown
abe sat on side OF the and OH the other"
"well. sir" said young Macdonald, not q bit
perturbed that's what ! should have done II l had
been counting Mrs Brown"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
The h. of e. Obligation.

IA 0I -
OMAHA, Aug. ALTO the Editor OF The
Bee Kindly permit me through the
Letter Box TO tender TO MIR Irwin land
others) some information which he re-
guests in todays Bee about the bogus X
c. oath, 1t is estimated that millions Of
copies OF this fake document have been
circulated over the country where Cath
olics were candidates for office. Anyone
taking this oath promises to commit
murder and even worse II ordered to do
so by his superiors The Morrisons
charged an individual n. &. with taking
this promise lie sued them and as his
defense offered In evidence the ritual OF
the fourth degree containing the obliGa-
ton which members take. The contrast
between what knights OF Columbus really
promise and what they are charged with
promising in this fake oath was so great
that the jury tnone Of whom were Cath
olics) decided that criminal libel had been
committed and found the Morrisons
guilty.
This bogus oath was printed In the con-
gressional record about February 10, 1918,
and was denounced by the committee on
elections as false and vile and its cir
culstion as contemplate ana UNI Ameri-
can. Anti-Catholie papers printed only
part OF the record aud made few of their
readers believe It was authentic. The
genuine fourth desree h, e. obligation as
presented TO the jury in the Morrison
case was printed In last weeks True
Voice WILLIAM MCCORMICK
1871 Farnam street
Note by Editor-This communication
eH,hodies the substance OF several and
OWNS TO limited space the subject viii
be considered covered,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

A few words will suffice to explain what
these amendments would accomplish. The
change in legislative apportionment would re-
duce the number OF candidates for state senate
and state representative to be voted for on any
ballot to one each instead OF as now in this
county five state senators and twelve state rep
resentatlves. and would. furthermore, make II
uniform throughout the state. BY the one-to-a-
district plan. which prevails in many states,
each member OF the legislature would have a
definite constituency OF his own to which he
would be aEswerabe, and the opportunity for
dlsreputables or nonentities to slip in under
cover Of a large field Of candidates would be al
most eliminated. Each senatorial district would
be made up OF three representative districts
and the first redistricting would be had at once
TO be subsequently revised after each federal
census.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

Our election commissioner is going to try to
better when we settle down to the realization
that It is not Amerieanism to fan the flames OF
class hatred or religious bigotry Among the
founders OF the republic no man was asked
how much money he possessed or what faith
he adhered 10.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

Nations DO not prepare for war unless
they expect war. The fallscy that Eu-
ropes mighty armies assured peace has
been fully exposed \ test had to come.
" VIII be worth the cost n Il terminates
the race 20 bankruptcy which has char
tctrrlEed the preparations OF the last few
years
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

Il is gratifying 10 be assured again that the
Third ward machine has been once moro
smashed to smithereens," sent to the scrap
heap and wiped out OF existence"-until the
next time II is needed as a bogy man TO help the
professional reformers rally their forces
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
Trying Time in Brazil.

Brazrs coffee and rubber crops. staples. are 50
por this year to have widespread, injurious CT
feet upon all business activities. There other
crops to take their places day. other sources of
revenue as substitutes which Brazil may instantly
resort In view of the last two OF short crops
Brazil while it Withstand the effect is expert
encing a lot OF disastrous commercial idudatons
Experts say that but for unsettled currency
tenn with only government credit and little gold TO
back IT, these quidations might mean Improvement
in way OF greater sanitation. But as it is, they
are keeny felt OF course. these conditions are tenn
porary Brazil will begin larger development
OF it's amazing resources and come soon to the
time when It will not be completely at the mercy
OF its coffee and rubber.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

Seattle Post-intelttRencer,
Edmonton IL kicking loudly over the
monthly deficits in the operation Of the
municipal street car system. Seattle has
the same experience with deficits but has
not got round 10 the point OF kicking very
hard over Il yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

maintain that the war tustifies charging
tho householder e basket There Is az
much reason for putting up the price OF
peaches as OF wheat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22
For a Short Ballot.

While the recent primary Is still fresh in
mind. The Bee urges the absolute necessity for
immediate steps to shorten the ballot. Our bien-
NAL elections have given two elections 10
one that the voter here in Omaha exercising
his full right OF suffrage has Just been COM
PEELED to make fifty-eight cross marks down
strip OF paper nearly five feet long Two years
hence. with presidential preferences to record
national convention delegates to select. presi-
Dental electors. United states senator and
Judges to nominate, thirty-three additional
cross marks will be required, calling upon the
voter in the 916 primary to record from eighty
five to ninety choices, the only variable being
the number Of constitutional amendments sub
nitted. Clearly this is a load which will break
down our machinery OF popular elections unless
quickly liehtened.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-22

The amendment relating TO state executive
Officers would reduce the number TO be elected
at any one time to three, namely, governor
lieutenant governor and railway commissioner
and make all Of the others appointtve, subject
to confirmation by the senate. This would give
us practically a general manager scheme OF
state government, and force the people not only
TO be circumspect in their choice OF governor
and lieutenant governor but also to hold the
governor strictly responsible for the results OF
Ills administration. II the senate does It's tul
duty in confirmation, the present elective Of
fees made appointive would at least not suffer
in the character or ability Of the incumbents'
and saving them the expense OF a political cam"
paign would be equivalent to raising their sal
aries TO a point that would command better ca
liabilities All these officers would be remoN-
able and also Improbable for cause.
As the editor OF The Bee is not a lawyer, the
drafts of these proposed amendments may per-
haps be deficient in the legal phraseology but
We believe they embody clear statement OF the
plan, which We hope will provoke discussion
We invite opinions from those interested. partic-
ularly from other newspapers and from eandi-
dates for the legislature and for state offices