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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Redick Refuses to
Stop Merger by an
Order for Dundee

District Judge Redick has declined TO
grant a temporary restraining order in
the Injunction suit brought by residents
OF Dundee TO prevent the contamination
Of annexation. He called attention to the
fact that he had previously upheld the
constitutionality of the annexation law.
According to announcement of City At
torney Rine Dundee officials have said
they intend to refuse to turn over to
Omaha officials the village records and
property on Monday when the governors
proclamation Will become effective. In
that event, said Mr.. Rine. the Omaha
commission will go into court by man
damus suit to compel the Dundee board
10 turn over its records TO representatives
OF Omaha.
The supreme court viii be asked TO pass
on the constitutionality OF the annexation
law, according to representatives OF Dun
ga,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
MANY ALIENS NATURALIZED
Twenty-Five Hundred Foreigners
Become Citizens in Douglas
County in Last Ten Years.
REQUIREMENTS OF NEW LAW

]. NJ. Gurnett. United States naturaliZa-
ton examiner with headquarters at st.
Louis. has completed a review of the
naturalization records in the office OF the
clerk OF the district court for Douglas
county. He asserts that since September
e 1906, when the present federal
naturalization law became operative, up
wards Of ESQ aliens have been natural
ized in Omaha. more than 80 per cent OF
whom were longtime residents, who had
taken out their first papers before the
enactment of the present law.
Under existing law, any alien who has
declared his intention TO become a citizen
since September q, 1906. must file applica-
ton for final certificate of naturalization
within seven years after the date OF his
declaration. or his rights under the 6Cc-
laration are lost, and he must make a
new declaration Of intention, waiting two
more years before he is again eligible to
file application for final certificate.
NO Effort Being Made.
There are now living in Greater Omaha
more than 500 aliens whose declarations
Of intention are worthless by reason of
the seven-year Limitation. There are AIS
aliens In the city whose declarations are
citizenship, but who are making no eff
fort to take out final papers. OF the
4,5S4 aliens in the city whose first papers
are less than seven years and more than
two years Of age and who are therefore
eligible to apply for citizenship, only 376
or about per cent have gone into court
and become American citizens.
The government examiner attributes
this circumstance, not to lack of a
desire upon the part of aliens to become
citizens but to carelesness and to the
TACT that aliens are permitted in Ne
braska to vote on their declarations.
Purpose of bureau. .......
The naturalization OF foreigners is in
charge of the bureau of naturalization.
Washington, d. c. The chief purpose Of
this branch of the governments activities
is to insure the legal naturalization of
aliens OF good moral character, desirable
as citizens who have lived in the United
States at least five years. To expedite
the administration of the law the .coun-
try is divided into Naturalization dis
triots, each of which is under the turis-
diction of a chief examiner.
Nebraska is in the st. Louis district.
Any communication relative to natural
ization addressed to the Chief Nstureliza-
ton Examiner. Custom House, 81, Louis
will receive prompt and careful atten-
ton from attorneys who are expert IN
naturalization law. It Is not necessary
for a foreigner seeking American citizen
ship to employ an attorney, as the legal
services OF the chief examiners office
are at his disposal, says Mr.. Gurnett.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
Flying Squadron
Told to Get Busy
or to Be Denoted

Acting Chief Of Police Dempsey has
served verbal notice on the squad OF six
motorcycle policemen that unless they
get on the Job" and enforce the laws
relating to automobiles and motorcycles
they will be returned TO the ranks OF
patrolmen and other men put In their
places,
Tho acting chief states the laws regu-
lating speed. lights and other road regu-
lations have not been enforced by these
special officers as vigorously as should
have bAsB, Aan&
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
W00DMEN DELEGATES TO
STOP IN OMAHA JULY IL

Three hundred Woodmen Of the World
from all parts OF the United States ere
to be entertained in Omaha on July. 10
These delegates to the big national con
ventlon at St. Paul are TO be coming
through Omaha on that date. The dele
gates will be the guests Of the local Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20
COMMISSION TO ATTEND
BIG lIlLY 5 CELEBRATION

The city commissioners accepted an in
vitation to attend the Fourth OF July
celebration to be held I'm Fontenele park
on July s. under the auspices OF improve
ment clubs Of the northwestern part OF
the CITY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-20

ficials and the entertainment committee
while in Omaha.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
 WAR ECHOES

New York Tribune: The British raid upon Cuxhaven was altogether the most modern piece of fighting the war has pro- duced. Zeppelins attacked cruisers, sea- planes attacked forts and battleships, and the most serious aerial engagement of the war occupied the sky. The Submarines took only a secondary part in this War of the Worlds As whole the expedi- tion, clear across the North sea and into the very heart of Germanys best defended coastline, was most brilliant and dar- inss achievement. It puts the Hartlepool bombardment in the shade as sheer feat of arms. It also appears to have been free from the brutal assault upon non- conibatants which marked the German raid
 So far as demonstrating the efficacy of aerial attack is concerned, it cannot be said that the raid went for much. Fog prevented accurate bomb dropping, say the English reports; yet how much Oppor- tunity for bomb dropping would the avi- ators have had had the weather been clear? The failure to accomplish large results must be conceded to add an other item in the story of aerial failure in attack. As scouts the aeroplanes have demonstrated supreme value-by prac- ticslly eliminating surprise they have re- made land warfare. AS weapons of as- sault, of destruction. they have done next to nothing. Experiment may yet develop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
A Year Full of Promise

Yesterday, the first day of the year 1915, was holiday. Today is a half holiday and tomorrow is Sunday, but Monday should find the business world all astir and every man with his shoulder to the wheel, ready to help in the prosperity movement now due.
 There is not a prominent financier or industrial leader in the country who does not predict that this year will mark new period of thrift. Some of these men of large views are firmly of the opinion that uncommon activity | in business will manifest itself very early in the new year. Others think it will be spring, and yet others think 1 it will be summer before prosperity is at it's height. But all agree that the year is to be one of industrial de- velopment and profitable enterprise. Croakers there have been in the recent past but they will disappear with the new onrush of business.
 By the middle of this month busi- ness will probably be on more solid foundation than it has been during the past twelve months. It surely will be if all men will act upon the New
 Year message of Secretary Redfield of the United States commerce depart ment, in which he says: If you want prosperity do your own part to bring | it and do it now. Get that addition on your shop going; it will cost you less today than six months hence. Is trade bit dull in the works? Get those im- provements begun. Prices are low and l likely to rise. You've been thinking of that contract work; better start it yourself before things get the start | of you."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
\ Laughing Success

"'Potash and Perlmutter,' scheduled to appear at the Jefferson on Monday and Tuesday of the coming week, is certainly a laughing success" sald W. ". Robertson of the Robertson Tire and Auto company.
 'T had occasion to visit New York Recently and while there visited the George M. Conan theatre. The attrac~ tion of the evening was Al H. Wood S latest production, Potash and Feflmut- packed house and the Gotham audience was very demonstrative in it's applause.
 T learned that this play had been running in the Conan theatre for al most year and that it had been pro- nouneed a phenomenal success by the critics. It certainly drew large crowds The Conan theatre, by the wev, Is owned and was erected by one of Americas most popular playwri ghts, whose name it bears. In my "ainion, however, MT. Woods production bids fair to outrank even The Seven Keys to Baldpate' by MT. Cohan in its ap- peal to popular favor. The producer laughingly styles it 'an up-to-date gar : ment in three pieces made by our spe cial designer from material in the fla nous Saturday Post stories.' It is my intention to see this play again when 1t appears in Birmingham next week !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 A boy always feels sorry for a pam pered, lap-raised poodle that never gets to play with other dogs.
 When two liars meet the first liar is going to be outclassed as soon as he gets through talking.
 When a single man finds things un- pleasant in his boarding house he car pack up and move to another boarding house. But a married man hasn't that kind of cinch.
 The man who carries shooting gallery cigars to give to his friends is always surprised to learn that you have quit smoking when he meets you the second time.
 The safety first campaign has worked lot of good. But the innocent by stander is still getting his with grea regularity.
 When the bartender begins to fix { drink for a man as soon as the man en ters the door of the cafe and before ths man has ordered anything, you can bel that the bartender is fixing the righ drink and that the man is a fellow whs brags that he is q moderate drinker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02

air tactics which will change this condi-
 ton To date battles in the clouds de-
 pend on their novelty and picturesqueness
 for their importance
 New York World When Tsingtau fell
 to the Japanese arms, the lantern process
 sions in honor of the victory were care-
 full prevented by the authorities from
 making demonstrations before German shops and residences. In Kobe, as we learn from the Japan Weekly Chronicle. certain streets were altogether avoided for that reason
 Such regard for the feelings of alien enemies in wartime has been sadly lack ing in Christian Europe It comes nat urally enough to Japan, which has gone much further than any country at war has previously done to secure respect for alien persons and property When tho Japanese government politely "advised" Germany to surrender Tsingtau, 1t gave German merchant vessels ample time to leave Japanese ports, instead of capturing them as prizes. There have been no prison camps for aliens. German residents | have been as free to come and go and | transact business as in the past. German l professors in schools and colleges have gone on teaching: and if Japanese stu dents have not continued to treat them I with respect. they have broken a special
 rule of the ministry of education.
 | All of the European belligerents could
 profitably learn lessons in courtesy and humanity from Japan. Yet the people of the gallant little nation which wages war
 so chivalrously are commonly carIcatured | in Germany as monkeys and familiarity ] described as ''yellow-bellies." When race
 hatred comes in, reason takes leave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
Paris We'll Defended

Evidently the French people are not taking any chances on the Germans again trying to capture their beloved capital. In spite of the fact that the Kaiser's ambitious plan to celebrate Christmas in Paris was foiled by the fortunes of war, work of completing new defenses has been rapidly pushed forward and the city is now safely in- trenched behind an elaborate system of earthworks.
 Thousands of Frenchmen and many Belgian refugees toiled to dig the trenches which now surround Paris in circle whose circumference is nearly 200 miles. Row after row of them, covered with logs and turf, with con- venient loopholes for guns, all com municating with each other and pro- tected from being enfiladed, are ready
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
The Foreign Trade Convention

The foreign trade convention, called by the National Foreign Trade Council to meet in St. Louis January 21 and 22, will bring together large num- Der of we'll known manufacturers and merchants and not a few prominent bankers. As Holland" in his letter in yesterdays Age-Herald pointed out, St. Louis was selected because it con- mands so much of the commerce of the Mississippi valley which is to be greatly influenced by the Panama canal.
 The foreign trade council was or ganized at Washington last May, sev- eral months before the war in Europe began. James A. Farrell was elected chairman in recognition of his reputa- tion as the highest authority on this country's export business. He made an address at the time in which he outlined some of the work that could be done by the organization in ex- banding our foreign trade. The coun- cil looked forward to honorable yet aggressive competition with our chief rivals"-Great Britain and Germany.
 Now that the opportunity for cul- tivating the South American field is more than ever appealing the St. Louis convention will result in great good.
 Birmingham should by all means be represented at the convention. It is ably represented in the National Foreign Trade Council by J. R. Me Wane, nominated by the Chamber of Commerce, but it would be we'll tc send delegation of dozen or more to St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
MURDER AS A CALLING
From the Louisville courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
 IN the list of "dramatis personae" in
 Macbeth there appear, following A the more prominent characters lords, gentlemen, officers soldiers mur- derers, attendants, messengers The murderers to whom reference is made are men engaged in murder as a calling, or willing so to engage themselves. Many modern readers of the play marvel lowed for hire. They feel thankful that there are no longer lusty fellows who will undertake to kill monarch to make room for an ambitious Thane, and that the professional thug of India, whose designation has been widely applied to lesser criminals Is a figure of the past, even in a country which the western m- imagination pictures as being a jungle infested by countless poisonous snakes, man eating tigers and other enemies of human welfare. But the professional murderer is just as much alive, and just as ready for job nowadays as he was in the period which forms the setting for Macbeth He is nearly as cheap and as readily found in America as he has ever been in any other country. He Is willing to work for contemptble wages, doing the bidding of an employer without having the slightest personal acquain- tance with his victim, killing the man pointed out to him.
 The Rosenthal murder case served to give the public a glimpse of the corrupt ing influence of city politics. The Baff murder case, in which the same methods, apparently, were employed,s was a killing in the interest of business. The actors in the drama were not politicians, police men or the hirelings of politicians or po- licemen. Here business Is found to be a corruptng influence in politics. Tt is known says a New York paper, that persons suspected of this murder have as many wires strung into the district att torney's office and police headquarters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02

for occupancy by troops. Beyond are rifle pits and barbed wire entagle- ments. Deep ditches have also been dug and concealed by light covering of branches and turf, making traps into which an advancing army might fall and be exposed to the devastating fire of the defenders. The trenches are approached from the rear by sub terranean passages through which re- Inducements or relief of men on duty can be provided without exposing the soldiers to fire There is also a light railroad for bringing up food, ammu- hilton and other supplies from the rear, an elaborate system of telephones, carefully concealed batteries, swift automobile service, and score of other preparations made to keep the Germans out of Paris, if they should happen to get within striking distance again.
 Forts have proved so vulnerable in this war that they figure in the plans of defense chiefly as supporting points and depots for large bodies of troops. Fighting behind walls seems to have gone out of fashion permanently. Bur rowing in the earth is the only way to escape modern artillery fire. Paris IS ready to burrow at the first sign of danger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
Business Activity Resuminr

Just how fast this country will ap- proach the new era of prosperity about which we have heard so much talk is a question. but that prosperity is com ing and coming soon is no longer de- batab1e," said Ernest W. Frostmen of Philadelphia.
 'I am connected with manufacturing g interests in Pennsylvania, but in No- vember business got so dull that I knocked off for a month and put in most of the time in Florida. I am hur- rying back now to get in harness. Business is improving in every line. I have an idea that it will be very brisk before the end of this month. If, how ever, real old-time activity is delayed it will not be delayed long. q look for uncommonly active oper- ations in the industrial field before the end of the half year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy & Co. in their Gin cinnati iron report review the year just closed and have a note of cheer fulness for the present year. They start out by saying that 1914 was a bad year and the furnace companies will not gainsay that statement In closing the report says:
 "As for the new year, we turn to it hopefully Signs are not lacking that change for the better is at hand. For one thing the financial situation has cleared. The main trouble is that the volume of business is so small and there can be no real prosperity until there Is business enough to keep all the wheels turning. For example: Rail- road rates have been too low, but the railroads need more freight as well as higher rates. And the iron trade needs not only higher prices but enough busi- ness to go around. Up to date there have been a dozen sellers to every buy CT. What we need is a dozen bayers ] to every seller. The great thing, how ever, is that every great war has beer followed by a period of expansion ant industrial activity--a boom. Will his tory repeat itself? Of course, it will and that is what the future hold. l for us.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02

Ar amusing situation has developed in frltish hospitals as result of the large number of young women who have taken to nursing wounded soldiers in A. way more sentimental than practical. "Too SICK to be nursed today" is said to have been a placard placed over the bed of a soldier wounded in the South African campaign and something of the sort seems to be needed now. The trained nurses pro- test that young women of means and so- cia, influence who have swarmed into the hospitals do more harm than good by 'fussing over" patients. The matter has been brought officially to the notice of the war office by the organized trained nurses who number about 60O0 One trained nurse said that if Lord sKitchener had called for 50o,0oO nurses instead of 50O.OO0 men for military duty he would have had that number the next morning. In view Of the fact that many trained nurses are quite as pretty as the volunteers and are N''o Ai'Ni ihoiC toiipettlL ct WOuHueu soldier is not to be blamed for desiring one who is useful as well as ornamental. Lord knutsford stated in a letter to the London Times that untrained nurses would be more acceptable if they would be photogra phed less, would wear their uni forms more modestly, would talk less in public about their patients and would not be quite so aggressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
THE SONG OF THE CAMP

By Bayard Taylor. "Give us a song! the soldiers cried, The outer trenches guarding, When the heated guns of the camps
 allied
 Grew weary of bombardiRg. The dark Redan, in silent scoff,
 Lay, grim and threatening, under; And the tawny mound of the Malakoff No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause. A guardsman said: We storm the forts tomorrow; Sing while we may, another day
 Will bring enough of sorrow" They lay along the batterys side.
 Below the smoking cannon; Brave hearts from Severn and from
 Clyde,
 And from the banks of shannon. They sang of love. and not of fame;
 Forgot was Britain's glory; Each heart recalled a different name. But all sang Annie Laurie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02
A CURE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealera
 What 10 books would you select for a course of reading if you were placed on a desert island? No time should be lost in compiling the list, because there are only a few desert islands left Here. for example. not of islands, but of books, is the list selected by William Caine. the novelist, author of "But She Meant Well:"
 '1. The Bible, because it is a book that I have always meant to read. ?, Gib- bons, because there is such lot of It. 3. Rabelais, that I might laugh. A. Don Quixote,' that I might weep. 5. 'Bou. yard ct Pechuchet,' because this is ont side of France. 6. Carlyle's French Revolution because this is the other !. 'wahrheit und Ditching,' because hert I have Germany. 8. Arabian Nights, because this is the east. g. Tom Jones. because this is England as Fielding saw it. 10. The New F'oresters.' because thil is England as my wife saw it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-02

Voice after voice caught up the song.
 Until its tender passion
 Rose like an anthem, rich and stronR-
 Their battle eve confession. Dear girl. her name he dare not speak
 But, as the song grew louder, something upon the soldiers cheek Washed off the stains of powder. Beyond. the darkening ocean burned
 The bloody sunsets embers. While the Crimean valleys learned How English love remembers And once again a fire of hell Rained on the Russian quarters, With scream of shot. and burst of shell And believing of the mortars! And Irish Nora's eyes are dim For singer. dumb and gory; And English Mary mourna for him Who sang of "Annie Laurie" Sleep, soldiers: still In honored rest, Your truth and valor wearing; The bravest are the tendest-
 Tho loving are the daring.