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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

In weighing the words of foreign critics OF
American neutrality allowance must be made for
the irritation OF disappointed hopes Results
thus far have not come up TO the expectations Of
either side. and the pen wielders. unable to lab
the enemy. ease the pressure by swatting the
innocent spectators. Il Is harmless diversion
for unbalanced minds
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Congressman Gardner's attack OF invasionitis
does not respond 20 the treatment OF improved
cap,Cod weather His latest bulletin shows in
creased irritation Of the vocal membrane. The
phantom Spanish fleets OF seventeen years ago
Threw such scare into Bay staters that some
rattled nerves defy The healing touch OF time
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03
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SOUTH OMAHA. May Ito the Editor
Of The Bee; Before the people Of South
Omaha vote $4,000 bonds for the use OF
the park board. a ionE-suffering public
would like to see = statement Of disburse-
ments made by the board Of the $4,000
they handled two years ago.
Before any more parks are bought the
ones we now have ought TO be fixed up
in decent shape. The swimming pool in
Syndicate park was such a nuisance last
year that very few would shed any tears
TO see 1t destroyed. instead OF building
any more OF them.
So many rumors have been circulated
about the cost Of the driveway in syndi-
cate park. that Taxpayers would be
pleased to see an itemised statement
about &C. II the park boards need the
money, let them make a showing Of
what was done with the $4,000 they used
two years ago. SOUTH oMAHAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

The end Of the war as a sporting proposition
Is quoted by London Lloyds at / Z to / to end by
August 81. Even money Is the wager that war
viii terminate before January 81. 1915 The
figures are useful as showing the rout Of guess
ers of an early finish
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Railroad building In Alaska promises 10 be
even more preeaFious than holding white men
as section hands in the west A promising
strike" will stampede a construction gang as
quickly as fire alarm rallies a crowd. Unlike
the western roads the government cannot re-
cruit its forces from Chinese and Japanese. The
yellow race Is a scarce article in Alaska.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Cleanup time is not limited 10 man or to
a political campaign. or to day or a week II
improves with practice all the year round.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

The charge that both tickets are composed
Of "men of honest report. full OF WISDOM is
the neatest specimen OF political neutrality pro-
dueed in the campaign. Moreover. the author
runs no risk Of prosecution under the ''anony-
nous circular act
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

The people occupying the territory TO be an
nexed into Greater Omaha may not be permitted
TO participate in the political game this time, but
they can have Just as much fun as any OF US
Watching Il from the bleaehers
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03
Japan is chars

Japan is charged with desire for "a place in
the sun" Nipponese ambition is not 50 boune-
less. For the present the role OF stepmother for
the Son Of Heaven will aDpease the brown men.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Both sides are reported dissatisfied with the
railroad arbitration award. But the general
public is satisfied with transportation peace as
aured for the year. and that is one factor in the
outcome
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

No provision Of the constitution is violated.
nor is any states right doctrine invaded. By citi-
zens OF Nebraska petitioning the governor OF
Georgia to exercise his power Of executive Glenn
ency In the Leo NJ. Frank case.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

The Hague eonventIon OF women peace advo-
Gates has formulated It's views. Now comes the
more difficult task OF carrying the message to
heedful ears.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Voters who fail to do their duty on Tuesday
forego every valid excuse for kicking IL mu-
nlcipaI affairs don't 60 70 suit them
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Joint Indictment OF capital and labor in Chit
caso is compulsory "get-together'' system
which neither side relishes but must endure for
time
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03
Thought for the Day

Colon's period Of stress is on. $4,000. 900
fire is serious setback 10 warm community.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

OMAHA. Neb., May ITO the Editor
Of The Bee: The attached paragraph
from The Bee seems to indicate that you
have not had the latest news in regard
TO the Riggs bank case. The Los Angeles
Times of week ago today had an ex-
elusive dispatch from Washington telling
OF an interview OF Louis D. Brandeis
with the president IN which Il ls told that
the president was informed that his SON
in-law. McAdoo. and Mr. Williams had
nothing to stand on and that he Bran
deis) did not wish TO so on with the case
unless there was more evidence than
had been shown TO him and that Wilson
had taken charge Of the Riggs bank
matter. I would suggest that The Bee
get that COPY OF the Times. For re-
member that II Is that same bunch that
has and continues TO mlstreat Omaha in
the Kansas City Reserve bank matter.
and which II is evident that they do not
Intend TO set 10 rights. T.. J.H.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

A''O We - N. bhcampmemt Tor Oman q
OMAHA, May Ito the Editor OF The
Bee: IL does not appear TO be very well
known that Omaha has a splendid op-
portunity to secure the encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic for
1915.
The Omaha Real Estate exchange at it's
last meeting appointed a committee con-
sisting Of w II. Green. Frank II. Myers
Of Benson & Myers, George T. Morton
OF Harrison & Morton, George Lasbury
and George q. Wallace TO investigate the
wisdom Of inviting this great body to
meet with us. On investigation this COM
mittee has come to the conclusion that
the facts set forth by Representatives
OF the Grand Army Of the Repbuic are
all backed by the history Of these con-
ventions In the past. The committee has
recommended 10 the exchange that the
various civic bodies OF the city yet to-
gether and present q prompt and hearty
invitation for this meeting next year.
Cities which have had the meeting be-
fore-a number of them-are asking for
Il again. Denver has had It twice and
will take Il again, and 80 also would
Chicago. which city has had it three
times. Los Angeles wants II, although
they have had It before. and so with a
number Of other cities. The meeting a
not going a-begging. Fortunately. for
several reasons, leaders Of the Grand
Army of the Republic feel kindly toward
Omaha. and our chances are good
There seems to be a peculiar fitness
at this time IN having this body Of noble
and highly respected people to meet with
N In ha hn
here It will be the first time that II has
ever met In this great agricultural re-
gion. It has been held in Minneapolis
and St Paul. Chicago. Denver. but never
near to this great farming country, OF
which the center Is omaha Vast num-
bers OF soldiers after the civil war To-
Gated in this region. ana we ought to
bring the encampment, once at least.
as near to their doors as possible. For
a semi-centennlal meeting Omaha pre-
sents the most central location. How
ever. other cities in this part OF the coun-
try. Des Moines for one, are asking for
this meeting.
The cost OF such a gathering is in no
sense prohibitive. II will not cost to
exceed sSooOa and chattanooga did not
pay that amount. Neither win the size
Of the city be a great handicap with our
known hospitality and our improved ho-
tel facilities. We are in better position
to take care OF this convention now than
St. Paul was when she had 10000. OF
Denver was at her first meeting. or
Columbus. or Toledo-much better than
Salt Lake or Chattanooga.
What other cities of our class have
done Omaha should do II we expect 20
get the crowds. as we say we do. Let's
go after It. and let's 10 after II right.
GEORGE q. WALLACE.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-03

Subscribers leaving tho city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad.
dreaS win be changed as often ~ requested.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
The Largest Field of Sweet Peas in the World

crop each year has a market value of more
than 81. l.5OO,OOO And the business has
more than doubled during the last ten
years.
The largest single field of sweet peas in
the world, in fact. is to be found in South
ern California, near Rcdondo. which is
shown IN an accompanying illustration.
This field comprises $50 acres. in which
are grown sweet peas of nearly every
known variety and color. 1t constitutes
a truly interesting sight, and the fragrance
from the flowers loads the air so heavily
as to be almost unbearablc. Another sin
gle field Of carnations. twenty acres in
area, located near by, yearly affords Il
similar marvellous sight.
Besides these immense fields of sweet
peas and carnations there are many
smaller areas in California devoted, re
spcctiNely. to the growing for market Of
chrN NSanthcmums. yioletS, daisies, aSters,
dahias. all kinds of lilies, roses, and so
forth. They are cultivated in much the
same way as vegetables. requiring on an
average about the same care. Many of
the flowers are sold through the flower
stores of the cities and TO decorators for
fiesta purposes; but the chief income to
the growers comes from the sale of seeds.
The annual shipments of flower seeds
from California amount to many tons.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for June 81, 1915
OF u
He Is Wearing His First Necktie

the City Council year after year, until
Coffman had represented the Third Ward
in the City Council fourteen years. He
decided that it was time to stop and be
Mayor. In 1912 he announced himself
for that office, and was defeated by j. b.
Burton by thirty-one votes. The day after
that memorable election Mr.. Coffman an
nounced that in two years he would again
be candidate for Mayor. His Inaugural
ton on May 3, 1915, was the result.
Mr.. Coffman made but one campaign
promise. That was that when elected
Mayor he would don necktie, an orna-
ment that he had never before permitted
himself to indulge in. That promise he
has made good, and even the people are
becoming accustomed to it. 81 was never
much for style, explained Mr.. Coffman;
"but was always great for comfort"
The day after election the postman
left twenty-seven packages at the Coff-
man residence. Each contained neck
tie, a present to the Mayor elect from
admiring friends.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

is usually preferable for borrowers to do
business with local institutions of estab-
lished reputation, if possible, rather than
with individuals, who are far more likely
to be eXacting. Loans at long range, from
home-building companies or from any sort
of company or association that makes
loans far removed from its home office,
should be carefully scrutnized; although
this advice must not be taken as applying
to farm property, lending on which is an
entirely different class of business.
Of course. everybody knows that the use
of a second mortgage is often a dangerous
business principle, although now and then
it is justified. The advantage of the
building and loan idea to the borrower is
that, in addition to sharing in the profits,
he pays off his debt in regular nStalments.
Where he borrows with no such provision
for paying off the debt, the main point, of
course is to have some assurance that the
lender will extend; and the lender most
willing to extend is naturally the one who
is in position to ascertain the borrowers
good faith and standing without going to
trouble or expense
Per Cent. on My Money?"
Evening star., 1915-06-27
How Can Save Enough to Buy Home?
W. ATWOOD

In order to borrow from building and
loan society one becomes member, which
means taking certain amount Of stock.
This stock is paid for in monthly install
ments, which amount to enough to also
meet the 6 per cent. interest on the loan
you have made from the association and
to gradually pay off the loan itself. The
profits on the stock and the length of time
in which it takes to pay for the stock all
depend on how many loans the aSsocia-
ton makes and how well they turn out.
The vital principle of this purely cooper
ative idea is that the loans shall be made
only to persons living in or near the COM
munity. so that the officers are able to
estimate values accurately without diff
Guilty or expense. In small communities
men know pretty well the value of the
properties in their neighborhood and the
standing of their owners. The officers
usually serve without pay, and. if they
use reasonable caution. this type of CO.
operative enterprise is practically always
a success.
Borrowers should beware of strangers
whose regulations they do not know. 1t
ansmer the question:: "Cm l Get s
Evening star., 1915-06-27

MIR. COFFMAN, newly inaugurated
|vI Mayor of Chckasha, Oklahoma, is
now wearing his first necktie as Il
regular addition to his wardrobe. He
made that addition on April Z, the day
following the city election in which he de-
feated A. Haight, Republican candidate,
and J. Van Durham, Socialist, by large
vote, and thereby gratiied desire that
had nestled in the Coffman heart since he
first set foot in Chickasha twenty-tlfree
years ago
MIR. Coffman's life has been very event.
full. In his youth he was wont to wander.
One balmy spring day in 1892 he alighted
from train at Chickasha which was then
the terminal of the main line south of
Kansas City. Mr.. Coffnlan cast an ex-
perienced eye over the frontier town and
said, 81 like this place. | am going to
stay here. Some day I'll be Mayor of
Chickasha This assertion would long
since have come true but for one thing
the people of the Third Ward wouldn't
let him. They kept on electing him to
Evening star., 1915-06-27

TN 1914 there We're 6,429 local building
and loan associations in this country,
with total assets of Sl,24S. 40. .l39.
One does not hear much about the build
ing and loan association, because it is an
organization of debtors--men striving by
cooperative means to pay off the mort
cages on their little homes; and the debtor
is never loud talker or boastcr.
If you have enough money to pay cash
for half of your home, there is not much
need to resort to Il building and loan as
sociation This is especially true in the
neghborhood of a town or fair sized
village. There are always insurance com
panies. savings banks, trust companies,
estates. and individuals. together with an
army of lawyers acting as go-bctweens,
who are ready to lend at ) or 6 per cent.
at least, in the Eastern and Middle
States-on half the value of a home. The
building and loan society is most useful
when the would-he house-owner is able to
invest Immediately only about a quarter
or even a fifth of the total purchase price.
which is usually about the value of the
lot, or a little less.
Nert weeh Mr.. .ltwood 'cill
Evening star., 1915-06-27

magnitude. There was a total of 1928
listed acres in the United States in 1909 de-
voted to the raising Of flowers, the product
from which was valued at S34. .S72,329.
In California the growing of flowers
constitutes Il specially important indus
try. With more than 900 acres devoted
to their culture in business way, the
Evening star., 1915-06-27

nNE is ordinarily inclined to look upon
the raising of flowers as being merely
Il pastme occupation. as Il sort of
individual qualification of an almost uni
versal estheic taste. According to govern
ment statistics. however, ii constitutes a
great deal more than that: it is real busi-
ness. and one that is truly surprising in its
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
Vermont Notes

Mrs Laura Cahll Bailey of Essex
Junction. mother of Secretary Of State
Guy W. Bailey, died last week. aged 70
years.
Daniel Worcester aged 81 years, Who
took the part of "Uncle Tom in the
first company which produced the
drama founded on Harriet Beecher
Stoves novel, "Uncle Tom 8 Cabin"
died at the Vermont Soldiers home in
BENNINGTON Thursday night. He was
q native Of Vermont, haeing been 'rn
in log cabin in the town OF Warren,
August "a, 1888
The general merchan Use store of E
B. Dominique, the postofiice located in
the store. and the storehnuse Of F J..
1opkinson Main street Of Westford
were destroyed Thursday by fire
which Is believed to have originated in
the basement of the store. Postmaster
Dominique had taken the Office records
and stamps to his home for safe keep
ing the previous nigh. The damage
will be in tn neighbornood of Sl2, 600.
A volunteer bucket brigade saved
adjoining buildings.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22

fore the family rarely gets to bed
before ten or eleven O. clock, and seven
in the morning finds him just as sleepy
and far less refreshed than five found
him on the farm. We found going to
work for somebody else every day in
the year. except Sunday and perhaps
tWo-wetks vacation, under somebody
else as manager, didn't exactly suit
our country spirit of freedom. We came
to know that our friends saved scarcely
a cent; and. furthermore, one couldn t
see exactly how they were extrava-
CANT In the city it seems unbelievably
hard to separate Iuxuries from neces-
Sites"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
One Dollar on the Farm Worth Three
in City

In the January Woman's Home Com
panion Robert Lane Wells tells Us why
the farmers money goes farther than
the sa;esman's or clerks. 1T is COM
monty understood" he says. THAT an
inco ne Of one thousand collars year
in the country. that is. on farm, is
eq 1ivalent to three thousand dollars in
the city | Judge this is fairly SAFE
estimate. In fact, a good many farm
families seem to have no income at all
in the city sense. In the course of the
year they handle surprisingly little
cash. Their actual needs are few and
plain, and are met in an almost direct
fashion by good old Mother Nature.
Our family account books, which, have
not quoted, show that we spent the
first year about one-half as much for
clothing as in previous years; only a
little more than one-half as much for
food: nothing for rent or firewood !;
practically nothing for travel or amuse-
ment. We feel, though, that we ought
to spend more on imusem mt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
The Trials of a Farmer Who Moved to
Town.

In Farm and Preside is the story of
farmer who sold his property to live
IN the city, because his city friends
wore sod clothes, had money jim
Cling Iii their pouAets, went 10 tie
movies. belonged to clubs, and enjoyed
yearly vacation"
He found. however. that the city
man pays dearly for these luxUries.
I'VE came to know" he said, THAT it
was just as hard for the city man to
get up at seven O'Clock in the morning
as it was for the country man to get
up at five. Why SO? Because he must
not relax; he is ever on duty. He
must smile at this person and that
person He dares not notice anyone's
peculiarities, OR oddities, or unreason-
abIeness. The result is he must find
his relaxation in the evening; there
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22

The last number Of the Literary
Digest, one of the largest and most
influential weekly magazines in Amer
lea. has leading article on a country
wide poll to the Republican ess and
party leaders of the nation Vermont
is treated as unit in the article and
that part of the article is quoted else
where in his paper. Vermont is
strongly for Hughes as it was in 1908
wnen Roosevelt crammed Taft down our
throat. The summing up of the entire
poll Of the digest appears to give Roo
the Lead among Republican editors
Here is the result: Elihu Root, 249 !;
Charles E Hughes. 152; Lawrence Y.
Sherman. IA; W. E. Borab, l08 /;
Albert B. Cummins. II; G. w. Fair
banks, So; John w. Weeks, So; w. H.
Taft. 81; Theodore Roosevelt, At !;
Gov Johnson of California 16 The
Monitor does not believe Root is the
man who best typifies the rank and file
of Republican voters today, despite
the result Of this poll. Cummins or
Borah perhaps better represents the
party today but whether either man,
or any man from the section west of
the Mississippi, can win from Wilson,
granting that he will be the candidate
OF the Democrats, is doubtful, as the
Monitor sees ii
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
CHRISTMAS

The season Of good cheer and mys-
terry is upon US. The spirit of Christ
mas is unlike the spirit of any of the
other holidays. 1t is the Children's
day and the nearer one can keep the
child spirit and enthusiasm over the
day in his heart the nearer one comes
to living an all-around useful life
The man or woman who has so far
dried up in spirit that he does not feel
a thrill of Christmas begin to grip him
about ten days before December 25th
must have something wrong about his
mental or moral makeup. Circum-
stances may not make it possible for
that Individual to give in the usual
sense of Christmas giving but he may
have the joy bis heart just the same.
He can wish good things for his
friends and at least speak words Of
cheer and comfort to those less favored
than himself.
In a sense every American can cele-
brate the day this year with breath
ing out Of a wish (prayer. if you
pIease.) for the end Of the awful quar-
rel of nations which is marring, and
soaring and creating a spirit Of hatred
throughout the world. A little time
given to the thought Of the soldier
fighting in the snow and mud-f!ied
trenches, the wounded that fill the hos
pitas, the fast filling cemeteries and
ever-emptying homes and the waste of
energy ana property across the waters,
will put one into a frame of mind that
makes him want to go out and do
omething for the peace of nations,
and for the peace and comfort Of the
suffering ard needy about him at
home.
While necessarily Christmas is great
event in the commercial world the
spirit of Christmas has become COM
merciaIized too much. The idea that
you must give everyone who gives you
and the painstaking care with which
many make lists Of those whom they
"realy ought to send something and
LUS uuEUSH tHIS KIM VI NuTIS Ill dS
strain places upon us is too mathemat-
zeal, cold and calculating.
Spontaneous gifts of love, be it moth
ing but the cheapest sentiment card, ere
more to be valued than the costly
things that go without the heart of the
giver. 1t is much easier to write upon
this subject than it is to practice the
thought but the Monitor believes that
we should ali try to cultivate the
ehlld's Christmas spirit when he re-
eeives everything from Santa Claus
and is not offended at Mary, Tom or
cousin Dick, because he did not receive
tin whistle from each
Rather hearty "Merry Christmas"
from friend than gold piece from
one who gives because they feel they
fought" to DO So
Because the writer is in that spirit
and because it is in our hearts YOU
are extended here and now the Mon-
tors MERRY CHRISTMAS
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-22
His plea for Mercy,

Young man., said the magistrate
severely, the assault you nave com
mitted on your poor wife was most
brutal Do you. Know or any reason
why should not send you to prison? q
IF you DO your honor" replied the
prisoner at the bar hopefully, 1T will
break up our honeymoon.