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The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

meir own governments and to spread
confusion in a neutral country?
Events OF the past few weeks surely
give rise to such conjecture. The wife
Of one Of the richest men In the country.
and possessor of $10,0OO,0OO in her own
right, was walking in the gardens of her
summer home en- an island of the Maine
coast. Miles OF water separated her
from the mainland; there were few
places on the island where any sort Of
boat could put in. She was surrounded
BY watchmen and detectives. Yet from
nowhere sprang up a man Of foreign ap-
pearance and attempted to push her
over cliff. Afterward the island yas
searched but no trace was found OF the
man she described. Until the beginning
Of the war she was a favorite at the
Russian court at Petrograd. She wac
entertained by Russian royalty jrst fbo-
fore the war. Naturally she was strong-
~ pro-ally.
Another woman. wife Of an American.
whose wealth and resource might make
or mar the success Of any one of ltho
conflicting nations, was held at the peint
Of a revolver In her own home, WITH II
guard Of watchmen and detectives, fanA
robbed OF thousands OF dollars. worth q
Jewels. The robbers, who were fOr8fgn-
srs. were not found
In New York an aged womsa ilivsn
alone in great house on Fifth avonho. Il
vas her custom to wear every ievealng
Wonderful gems. which she had st112 ~
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life In collecting. A band Of Russian
Firms. assisted by q house servant Of tho
same nationality. entered the house and
stole the valuables. She was found dead
in her rooms. The men gave no good
reason for wishing possession Of them.
Exactly what does it mean? Condi-
tions In this country are not now such
as to drive men to desperation and
crime. The blind loyalty of the Teuton
and Russian is thing to be reckoned
with. Is 1t possible, then. that the secret
agents are at work in America; that
after all the neutral nation Is to suffer
tor the foreign war?
Mrs. George W. Chflds Drexel is a real
parsonage in American society. She is
immensely rich, and the daughter-in-law
Of Anthony ]. Drexel. from whom her
husband inherited $1O.00O.00O She is
the aunt of the Viscountess Maidstone,
formerly Margaretta Drexel, and Of Mrs
Craig Biddle, one Of the most beautiful
women Of America. Both the Drexels
and the Biddles have been frequent Wis
itors to Petrograd and entertained there
by Russian royalty. All of their SYM
pathies. of course, are with the allies.
Significant it is that while Mrs. Craig
Biddle was making her way to Switzer-
land from Petrograd Just after the dec
laration OF war. she was arrested as a
Russian spy. 1t was with considerable
difficulty that she was released.
'1slesboro." the Drexel summer es-
tate. is located off the Maine coast on an
island difficult of access. 1t is thirteen
miles long and from forty feet at the
'narrows" to a mile wide Spruce and
fir trees cover 1t. The shores are steep
and rocky, marked by numerous little
coves and pebbly beaches. 1t would be
possible for a launch or sailing vessel
to put in at a number of the coves; yet
1t is i've miles from Ryder's cove, where
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Insurance companies. and owner Of the
Armour Grain Company. He is many
times . millionaire: II he were inclined
to turn his resources toward the Euro
pean conflict. 1t is quite likely advantage
wouid come 10. 20 Wno"eser MOI ne favored. ls
tempt TO frustrats partially established
plans?
All telephone lines. excepting one
leading to the house had been cut. Mr
and Mrs. Armour had been living n
their Lake Forest home which vas tbe
reason that most Of the family jeweIry
va at LAks Forest
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7 Work IN secrst places, high abope
L high, lou under loac;; l svind myself
round the homes and hearts and lies of
men, though their eyes see me not.
Il CREEP beftueen the souls of parent and
ekId-of husband and avife; sadness /
spread and hate; bitterness and crime. for
stop at nothing to gain my ends!
Because l permeafe the ,uorld none
may escape me and none oppose me, sape
q unnamed peril.
Men speak my name in whispers and
aksdder at the certainty of my presence.
Il am the hearf-bedfs Of each nation:
none can exist uithout me. Ny aphisber
b knowledse, my ,Uord protection. my
faror boroer.
II am aboUe humanity Yet am I
human in the minds of men, Such
r my uedkness uhieh oft lays my might
Gf naughf.
MY ndmes I, the sinister. RUTHLESS,
terrifying, betvilderins, ah-poverful N.Y.
teryf
my name Is Secret Serrier; am thr
sosl Of the European nations now at
p~~
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no .ooo m ring settings we're taken from

$4,000 IN ring settings were taken from
her fingers.
The old lady, who cared little for So
ciety, had collected jewels a. . life hob
by. II was her custom to adorn herself
with them every evening and sit In front
Of a mirror In her dressing-room, ad-
mfrinR the effect. Her servants knew
Of this weakness.
Suspicion fell upon . hall boy, Onny
TaIaa. \ Russian Finn. After . grillinR
by the police he admitted that he had
heeo the accomplice Of Arthur Walde-
msr. another Finn. and previously .
servsnt In the Nichols home Waldemar
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the cottage stands. across the bay 10
Castine harbor. the nearest point on the
In d. and six miles across the
water westward to Belfast. Therefore
boat would be seen before landine.
Two steamers touch and leave daily:
otherwise there is no regular means Of
Communication. The steamers are used
by members OF the fashionable colony
and their servants: others would be
remembered BY the crews.
On an afternoon recently Nrs. Drexel.
while waiting for her yacht to be made
ready for sail abopt Penobscot bay.
strolled through the narrow path which
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and others Of gang to which he be-
longed had included Talas to admit them
tn the house on IN evening when other
servants were absent. They bound him
loosely to divert suspicion, and went about
their task Of securing the gems. Talas
declared emphatically that no harm was
meant to his mistress, and that the men
hurried away when they saw she was
dead. neslecting to Investigate the wall
safe.
Why did Waldemar and his gang wish
to own the Jewels? They were uncouth,
uneducated. unwilling to work. They
lived from day 70 day. MANAGING with .
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UST how far is the spy system OF
Europe reaching into America?
How much are those who work in
q secret responsible for the murders.
robberies, attempted assassinations, COM
mttted upon Americans? Are the spies
Of foreign powers burrowing under So
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Mrs Armour had retired when she
heard a knock at the door, Believing II
to be her maid she called "Is that you.
Sarah?" For an instant there was no
answer; then the burglar mumbled some
thing in q falsetto tone. She rose.
turned the knob and opened the door
He inserted his foot in the opening"
she explained later, "and thrust a re-
volver into my face. seized the barrel
OF the weapon and pushed it into the air.
A second man hurled himself against
the door. and as It flew open he
brought a billy down on my head.
II called for help and three
servants came running to my bou-
doir. While one man confronted
me with a revolver. the other met
the servants and forced them into
the room. They were
both young. One asked
IL had brought all my 3|
jewels from Lake Forest
I'll knock your teeth
down your throat if you don't tell
me where the stuff is.' he said.
Naturally I told
Was this. too. an echo Of the war in
Europe?
Even New York was shocked at the
murder Of Mrs. Elizabeth Grfggs Nichols,
millionaire widow of James E. Nichols,
one of the founders Of the wholesale
grocery firm of Austin. Nichols & Co.
The crime occurred early in the eve
ming in the palatial Nichols home in
Fifth avenue. Investigation showed that
the aged woman, who was found on the
floor of her apartment with a scarf
wound tightly round her throat, ~
had died of heart trouble caused ~
by fright. following a fran ~
tic struggle with the rob- ~
bers A wall safe. whore ~
she stored valuables, ~ &8
was untouched, ~
but gems worth ~
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Labor in tn. Land Of Cotton.

Conditions OF life for the tenant farmers OF
Texas and Oklahoma. where the cotton comes
FROM" as disclosed In the testimony before the
Industrial Relations commission, suggest that
the sweat shop practices are not confined to the
great Industrial centers OF the United States
With the possible exception OF the advantage OF
fresh air and sunlight, no tenement-housed fam
fly in a crowded city ever toiled with less of hope
or for more meager reward than do these cotton
hoers and pickers of the newer realm Of the
king"
Chattel slavery was abolished in the United
States half century ago, but the landlords Of
Oklahoma and Texas have found a substitute
that is almost equal in It's effects, and has some
advantages that did not pertain to the older sys-
tenn They rent" their acres to tenant farmers.
and the More children a renter has the more well
come he b. And these families toll from dawn
to darkness during the crop" season and live
in poverty and squalor during the remainder Of
the year. One man, who said he was trying to
get ahead, testified that at the end OF a year OF
unremitting effort and frugality on part of him
self. wife and four children, he had SIS to apply
to the purchase OF the farm he hoped to acquire.
OF course, the servitude in this case is vol
untary. but it's servitude or starvation Tho
terms which the tenants occupy the soil are
such as prevent accumulation by them. The
disclosures OF the landlords show a most as
founding condition. and a calloused indifference
en- part OF the big land owners that seems In
credible The remedy for poverty is not easy,
even in this much-favored country. and the ten
ant farmer OF Texas is looming big as a most
distressing factor in the problem
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Two Democratic Views.

Thomas Riley Marshall, the vice president
who found his voice, refuses to be overcome by
gloom. He sees the country safely riding out
the storm that losses the ship OF state on It's
tremendous waves. and pictures before the pilot
wide expanse OF smooth water. unruffled by
rude breeze OF politics, over which the vessel
will glide with gentle motion along It's peaceful
mission, At the same moment James Hamilton
Lewis, who also speaks with the voice of unter-
rifed democracy sees the clouds gathering stin
more darkly. the forked ightnings darling from
Japan's storehouse of diplomatic thunderbolts
and poor Uncle Sam without life raft or cork
belt TO depend upon. should the heaving deck
be suddenly swept from under his trembling
feet.
These prophets are likely to get folks mixed
up; there's too wide range between their
visions It may be accounted for in a measure
by considering the fact that Mr.. Marshall was
enjoying the wonderful blue OF Salt Lake
sunny sky, his lungs filled with the life-giving
ozone that sweeps down from Mount Nebo's
summit while poor Jim Ham was stupefied by
the smoke cloud that hangs forever over ST.
should develop better team work and get their
signal Strengthened out, or the people are likely
to quit paying any attention to them.
Serious problems are now presented the ad-
ministraton. their consideration requiring the
utmost OF wisdom and prudence, and the people
are calmly awaiting the outcome, confident in
justice eventually being done. The vice presi-
dent and the senator from Illinois may well take
pattern from their less conspicuous fellow
citizens.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Look BEFORE the Lean.

Before the amended municipal lighting bill
is passed. The Bee advises our lawmakers to
look before they leap
The amendment which has been tackled on
the bill by its Water board sponsors changes it
completely Instead of being bill, as originally
proclaimed, Ito regulate rates by the competi-
ton OF a municipality owned plant" Il is now a
bill to purchase the existing lighting plant with
the construction Of a new plant only dim and
distant contingency.
But in providing for the purchase OF the
existing plant does not the Water boarders
amendment put us again in substantially the
same hopeless dilemma we we're thrust into in
the acquisition of the water works by the costly
compulsory purchase law? Our water works
troubles grew out Of the fact that we we're by
law compelled to buy the plant by the three
appraiser plan. the city naming one appraiser.
the water company the other, and the third. Sc
lected by these two, siding with the water COM
pany's on every point. As consequence
we we're mulcted upwards of a million dollars
more for the water works than il could have
been bought the open market
Do we want repetition Of this sad expert
ence now with the electric lighting plant. II we
restrict ourselves to the three-appraiser plan we
certainly will run that risk. The only safe plan
IN the water works purchase was by condemna-
ton proceedings which could have been stopped
any moment the city might feel It was getting
the worst of It.. That is also the only safe plan
in connection with electric lighting purchase.
The proposed light bill amendment, however
does not as we read It give the board condemna-
ton rights, but merely sppraisement powers
suppose the appraisers all join in a unanimous
report for an extortionate valuation. how will
the city ever get away from it2
The Bee sounds this note Of warning now
before the damage is done. AS a rule, the burnt
child shuns the fire. and after omaha's water
works experience under the three-appraiser plan
is II wise to expose ourselves to another
burning?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Here and There

Seventy-five per cent OF the work of
manufacturing rifle ammunition for the
United States army and navy is done by
women.
Excluding Alaska, the whole of the
United States could be put into Brazil,
and there would still be so0eeo square
miles uncovered.
Sixty years supply of natural gas at
the present rate OF consumption has been
wasted in Oklahoma in recent years. ac-
cording to government figures.
At the first of the year. according to
a government estimate. there were 1ss,
81. 900 farm animals in the United States
a gain in a year OF about 1882, GOO
The ancients credited the raven with
unusual longevity. but modern investiKa,-
ton shows that II is not warranted The
bird rarely lives more than seventy years.
Delaware is taking steps TO abolish the
whipping post II Is the last state 10 re-
tain the old institution, which taught
vengeance instead OF reformation of
criminals.
From the bottom OF the deepest hole
In the sea TO the top OF the highest noun
tain on the land there lie a distance of
6Lo feet, which On a globe six feet in
diameter would be represented by ono
tenth OF an inch.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
4 A.eIHls @0Ayl~ chrMS

entertaining services were held at the Young
Mems Christian association conducted by d. L. Club
boek who proposes 10 hold a series Of like meetings
IN the Baptist church this week and invites all to
attend Members OF the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation also held services In the county jail at
tended by forty-two prisoners confined there.
An interesting event Is chronieed in the award
prize watches The Bee carrier boys by Theodore
WllliamH lessee OF city circulation The winners o.
the premiums IN their order Edgar n. Grove.
Ernest Read. George Carpenter H. NJ. Town. Louis
Weymuer. Irving Read. Neis Nelson ~ J. Nelson.
Arthur Frost. O. Arnout John W. streisht f v,
RowIey.
Charlie Millc- has returned TO his ou post at the
city jail Doc Petit Is now In charge OF the pest
house.
The number Of landseekers passing through Omaha
Increasing daily. One night last week for the first
time IN the history OF the office the excursion tickets
sold AZ the depot all exhausted and emf
grants temporarily turned away until a new
stock ooud be secured the next day from head
quarters.
The progressive club OF the uorthsiders in
cades; ar. and Mira s. ID. Jones. Ar. and Mrs Wal
lace. ar. and Mrs c. X. coutant Mr. and Mrs. sar-
gent. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow. Mr. and Bfrs. c f. Yost
~. and MA Ramsey. Mr. and Mrs Richardson Mrs.
aiofsmen and John Wilbur.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Around the Cities

Paterson. n. j.. has marketed at si.oe a
bond issue Of si,OOo.OOo for a modern
sewer system
Dry Sundays ara now the rule At At
lantic City. but it is not dry enough to
cause suffering.
Buffalo's health departm has in
auguratsd a movement 10 save the eye
sight OF infants.
BY new Legislative enactment. ST.
Joe. Mo, sees il way clear to a bond
election for $4,000 for school buildings.
New, York Is seeking men skilled in
digging with shovels. and Trenton, n. j..
requires special training for sewage plant
WORKERS.
Kansas City inquisltives want 20 know.
you know. why the Metropolitan street
car company values Ats Franchise at
t2SoOeoee aud turns In a value OF ssoO.OOO
for taxation.
The celebrated I-eaSenWorth case has
been cleared up. The oisappearanee OF
confisoated bose from the court house
storeroom. has been tTailed to stocks OF
empty bottles in the furnace room. but
the culprtts have not been spotted.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.

r. II Beach in Los Angeles Times
A. last the train had left the town.
ana comfortably ! settieu down
10 watch the rolling hills slip past
10 see my native land at last!
OF giant cows I saw herd.
EaCh one of which did bear a word:
ana each was trained to stand twould
seem.
To let me read: Use Dewdrop Cream"
Beside a COW. stool. and on It
A mala who blushed beneath her bonnet
wondered why she blusned, forsooth
Until ] saw the cause! A youth
Fun thirty feet his proud form rose,
His ankles clad in silken hose.
Above which doomed his wind-swept
And horrors! naught but D. b. val
saw pickle green and thin.
With the profile of a Zeppelin;
Twas but one Of fifty-seven
That blOtted out and soured heaven
] saw a Durham he-cow snort
A skidless tire toppled the bills:
The wales were pink with Leachan's
Pills.
] saw a girl in lingerie.
a pen the size Of a redwood tree.
Colossus In a dollar shirt,
A shoe so big 1t couldn't hurt!
The evening shadows fell al last.
And still the curious world sped past;
Till the sun was auenched by bottle OF
And mooniike rose dollar watch.
Ali the landscape is an open book.
Where in all who ride may look.
Go forth! I would TO ali advise.
And see America-advertisel
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
People and Events

Mrs Pigg OF Topeka, Kan. asks the courts to
restore her maiden name. There Is no to
doubt her plea that she in trance at the time
she annexed the name and the owner Repentance
follows recovery.
The governor OF Pennsylvania wants OF s.
imposed qualified electors one-half returned
20 him when he votes az the primaries and the re-
malnder when he votes at the general election. Two
collars win not the sayat-hOme voter because
the tax ferret would have job to set the money.
Miss Theo b. ohffith lS-year-old university co
ed ventured into business in Chicago with a tea
built for high society The venture failed
Griffith explains that her manager absconded with
N.eo. ana society Stunned the place because abe
would not serve cocktails on the side Experisaes
high, but l.. excellent running mate for
university training ... 1.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22

Mother (sternly)-Young man. want
to know Just how serious are your in
tentiOns toward my daughter.
Daughters Voice somewhat aeitated)-
Mamma! mammal He's not the onei-
Puck
No exclaimed Richly, our son will
never amount to anything until he mar
ries."
'Why?" asked his wife anxiously.
Hes got to get over the habit of hang
ing around the house. philadelphia
Ledger.
She--I might marry II ! could find
man ] could look up to-
He-WelL there's the man in the moon.
Boston Transcript.
II wonder what that poet meant when
he alluded to woman in her hours OF
ease as being uncertain coy and hard to
please?'
II don't know about the coy part"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
TrIhute 10 american RaiIroad..

Trihute TO American Railroads.
CHICAGO. March 2O.-To the Editor of
The Bee: A railroad Ia not the unfeeIing
and relentless devourer OF automobiles
and little children at grade crossings de-
scribed BY imprisoned advocates in
crowded court rooms. The whistle of
danger Is an engineers use of a piece of
machinery. but It IS also the echo OF a
mans thought for his own babies left at
home.
A railroad has been likened to an octo-
pus by those who do not know the flesh
and blood and personality of railroads.
The soul of a railroad is fidelity. and II
a railroad is an octopus, IT is an octopus
with soul
A railroad is a disciplined power: own
ing rails and cars and locomotives; en-
gaging the highest quality Of mechanical
skill and expert knowledge: but the glory
of railroad is the united adjustment of
its living nerves 70 patience, courtesy,
speed and safety.
man who has been selling steel to
railroads since his twentieth birthday
has a moral right to crown his tiftieth
birthday with tribute to American rail-
roads and the men who run them.
Z. 8. JACKMAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-22
Modern Sea Warfare
. By Prof. Lincoln De eroat Moss.
Guns on hoard shin.


Great Guns Board ship.
why have warships become obsolete rapidly? As
OF old the answer IL to be found In the greater range
OF projectie with heavier shells and greater mobility
OF artillery.
Consider the action between the Kearsarge and
Alabama. The Eearsarge swifter and possessed
two eleven-inch Rodman pivot guns. while the Ala
batna possessed two 10opounder Bakey rifles on It's
fo'c'sle The swifter KearsaRe able to take
a position the bows OF the Alabama at an
angle out OF reach OF the Alabama's broadsde bat
terry but able to deliver its broadside fire so
to rake the Alabama whose big rifles were soon
put out Of action. Every effort OF the slower Ma
bama to swing to its broadside guns was
met by going ahead the part Of the Kearsage, so
that the engagement fought in sprals the Ala
hama endeavored in vain to get into position.
The little Monitor could have finished them to-
gether with only two eleven-inch Rodman guns, be-
cause the revolving turret could bring Its guns TO
bear on any part OF entire circle, regardless Of
how II heading. and its could not be pierced
by any existing guns. The Monitor was fought IN
that manner in its engagement with the Virginia,
moving only a little ahead astern to avoid RAM
ming Stevens proposed turrets in 1872 Theodore X.
Timby submitted plans for them in .IsI to the War
department and Ericsson acquired his patent rights
before building the Monitor.
ArTnor now not equal 20 heavy gun-fire. In 1853
the Dutch built ar1nored sailing ship which went
ashore for lack OF wind. taken by the Span
iards In all naval ships. there is sloping protective
deck like turtles carapace covering the ship 3
vtals, and worked down all around, below the
line The idea Is taken from the confederate turtle
back rams
Comparing extensive number of battleshps OF
the Connecticut class with the Michigan, dreadnought
the latter bring twice many tweve-inch
rifles TO bear ahead asteTn, in broadside. More
recent ships added two twelyinch rifles astern
Our most recent ships will have twelve fourteen-lnch
rifles speed twenty-five The recent Brit.
ish ships have twenty-five knots speed with eight
fifteen-inch rifles aImored bottoms. and cellular
struction They choose their positions fight
away. and outrange biggest guns. Our own
super-dreadnoughts make 20.5 TO twenty-five knots
Many OF first line batteships cannot make nine
teen knots British battlecruisers make twentyseven
to thirty knots The Lion Is fast the Maure-
tania. The Tiger is three knots faster. These nhips
mount eight 135-lnch rifles. The Japanese battle
cruisers have fourteen-inch rifles We possess
OF this type OF ship.