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Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
Is II Too MANY GenarAls?

Such obsequies as seemed proper for the
disposal Of whatever remains OF the late cam
paign for votes for women in Nebraska bid fair
to be attended by certain post-mortem activities
as may make the heated closing hours of
the campaign seem calm and quiet by COM
perison. Whether the women who managed
that campaign discovered their real genius for
politics in other directions. they have made
plain the fact that ambition for leadership is
not confined to the sterner sex.
1t is obvious that those who were ut the
head Of the campaign must suffer the penalty
exaeted OF every leader who loses battle; not
we devoutly hope. to the extent practieed by the
japanese, wherein the defeated general resorts 10
the happy dispatch" to relieve himself of the
Inconvenience OF listening to what his followers
have to say about his strategy and tactics. The
aftermath may even prompt question IL one
of the difficulties OF the movement in Nebraska
Vas not an overplus OF leadership The army
with too many generals usually meets mishaps
and this time-tried adage makes no exception
for generals who wear pettcoats
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
A Warship in Action
PuI.ations Of The Henrt.

Fuisatons OF the Heart
When warship steams into action its heart
pulses and throbs for the fray the hearts
OF any OF is crew. Yes. a warship has a heart. The
heart Of warship Is the control deep down
under the deck situated aft usually abaft the sec
ond funnel Even big warships the heart is small
Generally It is only ten bye six feet, and is al
most noise-proof 1t is really a steel vault entered
by steel door not unlike the door OF buIgla3>'
proof safe.
From floor to ceiling. says writer in the Wash
ington star the walls are lined with dials, wires.
gauges. electric bells speaking tubes switches and
great anount OF other apparatus. which keeps ,he
commander in constant touch with every Of the
ship. IL is the most wonderful the most fearful
room on earth IL Is a fortress within a for
tress. steel cell within the steel walls OF the fight
ing machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

honest He's maxim a show Of Il. He
putin all the little apples on top O. the
barrels.-Judge.
Country House Host (to arriving suestl
-Hio, Jack! Drove over with Miss Cud-
dies, eh9 Ripping sleighing. but cold go
ING, amt It?
Jack (cheerfully)-Oh. didn't notice IT,
Host-All right then. Come in and thaW
that earring out of your mustache.
II believe I'll wear a silk hat said
MIR. Bliggins
Let me see you try one on first an
swered his wife "a silk hat always has
curious effect OF making a man look
as IN he had an extraordinary supply OF
sense or none at ell. Detroit Free Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

The possibility Of enforced conscription
starss England in the face, Having been COM
PEELED TO resort to the draft during our civil
war, Americans who date back that far know
what an unpleasant feeling that produces, even
in prospect.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Deacon Winters-Dominie. | don't like
put Treasurer Meadows under bonds.
Rev Mr. Summers-Whv so, deacon? !
have always regarded Brother Meadows
as scrupulously honest
Deacon winters-Thsts Just 1t, dominic.
He's gettln to be too blessed scrupulously
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

So far as the president is concerned, It is
probably merely matter OF which pen TO use
In veioing that literacy test immigration bill.
also containing an exception that knocks our
neutrality into cooked hat.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

The kaiser has partaken OF TX" bread, which
ought TO render that comestible at once popular
in Germany It may even outlive the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
J0LLIES FROM JUDGE.

BiN-What nonsense to say that one
can't get the last word with a woman
found it easy enough today
DiX-You don't say, How did Il
happen?
Bix--Why | said to a woman i'm the
car; Madam, have my seat"-Boston
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Des Moines ministers commend Rev. billy
sunday not only rs revivalist but as a bill
collector, which last recommendation exerts
more force at this particular season Of the
year than the other
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

From the outbreak in the Nebraska suffrage
ranks, II would seem that when women go into
politics they act just like men, only more so.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Richard-Bixby's friends say he is a
good fellow. and mis- wife denies IT, Which
do you believe?
Robert-Both
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Make yourself az home Mr.. Midwest Imple-
ment Dealer. and congratulate yourself that this
midwest territory leads the world In eultivatinE
the soil BY modern mechanical methods.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

why didn't you toot your horn II you
saw the man in the road ahead?'
II figured" replied the chauffeur, that
It would he more merclful II he never
knew what struck him."
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

win paradoxes never ceasep First Il was
the terrible deviltry OF the torpedo boat de.
ssroyer "B-9" that riveted attention on the
anomalies OF the war; now It is the destruction
OF the Formidable"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

lot OF things useful and ornamental are
made in Nebraska. and lot more will be made
II people who live in Nebraska will give prefer
ence TO made-in-Nebraska articles. other things
being equal
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

All right. we will call him Speaker Jackson.
This is the centenary anniversary OF Andrew
Jackson's great exploit at New Orleans. anyway.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
BeIEian. Alone Have the Cali.

COLUMBUS. Neb.. Jan. 5.--To the Edl-
tor Of The Bee As you were kind TO
show up my last letter will try again,
! thouht YOU could arouse some Of our
people TO the needs of the starving
Polish, but / see II Is hardly OF any use.
because people will only think OF the
Belsians. Il would be a good warning
20 our representatives and senators of
the support OF the German people in this
country for the next election In case they
do not support the Hitchcock bill
f. HAUN.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Omaha will try to worry along without the
speakership--in fact II is so long since Omaha
furnished the legislature with speaker that the
memory Of man has to be strained to recall It.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Our Dundee friends. however. we are sure.
viii have no objection 10 continuing to do their
business and earn their salaries or wages in
Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Anyone surprised when the democratic SEN
ators down at Lincoln abandoned their plan for
reducing the number of senate employees?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

'~The man who tells US Of or faults is
our best friend" quoth the philosopher.
Yes; but he won't be long" added the
mere man.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

American wheat seems to have entered an
aviation contest. but the price is not likely to
soar high enough to frishten the Nebraska
farmer whose long suits are corn and wheat.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

The democratic senator from Dundee GER
tainly did hand the democratic ex-senator from
South Omaha an awful JOLT Another strong
reason In support OF annexation
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Professor, you seem interested in my
jelly cake"
Yes" said the eminent eeologist. you
seldom see such regular and sharply de-
fined strats."-Louisville Courier-Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

It's too bad. but the dear girls should under
stand that an army must have some prIvates on
It's roster.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Have you a careful chauffeur"
Very. He never runs over any on,
unless he's sure he can make a getaway.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

No need to worry over the ice crop; the ice
man will get you next summer, Just the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06
In n Tight box.

10 be in the oontrol-room during active service s
TO feel like being I'm vault with the door locked
the outside. This little compartment which visitors
seldom see. will keep alive long there IL a
living soul board able TO hear and call.
IL is through the contro-room that the commander
issues his Instructions observes and notes how
battle Is going, calls the gun crews from place to
place. directs the engineers. steers the whole fabric
and supervises everything. IL a submarine Is seen
in any direction. It Is through the control-room that
II Is reported
little bell rings. a voice far away speaks Sub
marine ON the port bow. sir! Two leagues off, IN
an instant the answer thrills the gun crews; Ware
submarine on the port bow! Enemy's craft Ready
The have been ready for some time and
when the chief gunner has laid" the gun to his
satisfaction. bang goes the enemy will not
forget ~ IL hits him.
II gun has TO fire the order comes through
the control-room. II enemy lands shell on deck
OF anywhere in the watship the doctors are notified
that they wanted that spot almost as soon as
the men have fallen. II the gun crew dead ii is
from the heart OF the ship the given for
fresh men to fill their places
Though the captain himself Is in the coming tower
a6ove he knows through the officer in the control
room Just what has happened his ship ana the ex
tent OF the damage; and IL the captain killed in
the coming tower the bridge the chief officer
In the control room at 10 take his place
There are generally about six men in this little
throbbng heart OF the battship including operators
and Junior officers
The chief officer gives directions to the torpedo
operators the gunners the searchlight manipuators
and the Officers in charge OF the fighting masts II
such are part OF the ships equipment, But besides
all this there are thousand and things attend
20 during engagement
Every order has to be given at an instant's notice.
given distinctly firmly. without the slightest hesa
ton or furry II is only in the control room that one
learns what the phrase devotion to duty" really
means.
Everything goes with automatic precision in the
heart OF warshp. and is the most vital spot on
board special care is taken to preserve from harm
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Buy 1t Now" is a mighty good slogan for
a business campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

would you vote for prohibition?"
'Of course l would" replied Senator
Sorghum. My constituents are strong
for prohibition
Does that fact influence your idea %
1T does, so long as my constituents
exert so much influence over my en-
ployment. I'D rather so thirsty than
hungry. Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Think of the steady nerves required OF those men
cooped up In this small room when the shells are
flying around and the hull s being battered by tho
enemys guns! wrong signal might mean disaster:
but the organization SO near perfection that mis-
takes practically unknown.
There Is no rest for the officers In the contrsl
room during fight They must stay at the shp's
heart teegraphing and telephoning TO every part OF
the vessel without taking notice Of the that
- being heaped up on every hand. They know that
when the men in turret No. or No 9 cease to repiv
to their signals something serious has happened
An example OF how gunners always try 10 destroy
the head and heart of opposing warships Furnished
by the terrific battle Of Tsushima In the Russo
Japanese
On OF the Russian battleships the admiral and
the captain were both killed in the coming tswer
within five minutes OF the first being fired up
came the second in command to take charge Be
fore he could get proper view OF the situation a
shell crashed through the coming tower again This
time not only the second in command was killed but
also all the other officers In the tower.
The quartermaster what had happened and
teesraphed the disaster TO the control room; then
gathering together some junior officers he to the
tower through a hail OF grapeshot and bullets.
The only officer who could take charge was
young fellow, and he used to the business az
war He found the coming tower filled with fhanEIed
remains and he tainted the spot Somebody roarel
message down the speaking tube for both engines 20
be reversed for by this time the warshlp was drifting
toward the enemy.
But before the order could be obeyed another pro-
jeetile tore great gap in its side. and the water
rushd Into its boiler room In a twinklInK the shin
was half filled II drfted to the Japanese full OF dead
and dying men. its colors trailing in the water In
less than fifteen minutes II had been reduced from
spiok and span ironcad TO a waterlogged helpIcss
derect.
Then the men In the control room were taken out
all dead They had literally died in the heart Of their
ship.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-06

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed 60 them. Ad-
dress will be changed as often as requested.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-02-20
die.

Our own. our country's honor, calls
upon lis for q vigorous and manly ex.
ertfon; and il we now shamefully fail,
We shall become Infamous to the
whole world. Let us, then, rely on the
goodness" of our cause. and the aid
of the supreme being, in whose hands
victory is. to animate and encourage
us to great and noble actions. The
eyes OF all our countrymen are now
upon US; and we shall have their bles-
sings and praises, if happily we are
the instruments Of saving them from
the tyranny meditated against them.
Let US, therefore, animate and encour-
age each other. and show the whole
world that freeman. contending for
liberty on his own ground, is superior
to any slavish mercenary on earth.
Liberty, property, life and honor
are all at stake, Upon your courage
and conduct rest the hopes OF our
bleeding and insulted country. Our
wives. children and parents expect
safety from us only; and they have
every reason to believe that heaven
will crown with success so Just q
cause The enemy will endeavor to
intimidate by show ana appearances.
but remember they have been repulsed
on various occasions by q few brave
Americans. Their cause is bad-their
men are conscious Of it; and, If OPP
posed with hrmness and GOODNESS on
their first onset. with our advantage
Of works, and knowledge of the
ground. the victory IL most assuredly
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CHARACTER Of anti CATHOLIC LECTURER REVEALED
Disclosures Death of BackHad Incorrigable Girl
Under False, Pretensesshootng in Marshall Texas When
Several Citizens Visit Lecturer, Requesting Him
To Cease Vilification of Catholic

In Marshall, Texas, a few days ago
William Black of Bellaire, Ohio, who
claimed to be an ex-priest of the
Roman Catholic Church." an anti-Cath-
Ole lecturer, was killed as the result
of shooting ARRAY between himself
and several citizens of that town who
had visited Black to request him to
discontinue his attacks on Catholic
womanhood. One of these men, con-
tractor, was also killed and another,
a prominent banker, was fatally in
jured. A companion of Blacks, named
Hall and two friends of the other dead
man have been indicted for murder in
the case, although Hall, in his testi-
mony, admitted that he had fired the
first shot and had killed the contractor
who was dead before the others opened
fire.
The important point in the matter
as SO far revealed has been the dis.
closure as to Blacks conduct, which
has followed as result of his sudden
death. At the time of the shooting a
girl was shown to have been in Blacks
company, known as Sadie Black, and
said to be an adopted daughter of the
man. AS a matter of fact, it has now
been found that this girl had been
adopted only few days before the
arrival of Black at Marshall, while
he was delivering anti-Catholic lee.
lures at Little Rock, Ark. The whole
story is told in the Feb. and issue
of the Little Rock Gazette.
"While on a recent visit to Little
Rock says the paper on the first
named date, "Black, on last Saturday
January 20, was allowed by County
Judge Joe Asher to adopt Sadie
Pauline Black of Little Rock, girl oil
II, who has been under the supervis
ion of the court and Miss Erie Cham
bers, county probation officer, since July
6, 1914. On that date Miss Chambers
presented the girl in the Pulaski
Juvenile Court and represented that
she was a delinquent girl and charac
terized her as incorrigible. The par.
ents of the girl, who are said to be
deaf mutes, gave their consent to the
Recommendation OF Miss Chambers that
she be sent to the Home of the Good
Shepherd, Catholic institution in
Hot Springs. This was done.'
In the issue OF Feb. 5th more light
is thrown upon the matter in an in.
terview with the girls mother, Mrs
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was also born in the month of Febru-
airy. This was William Henry Harri-
son, the ninth president, who was
born at Berkeley, Va, February g.,
1918.
Two presidents were born in Janu-
airy, Willard Fillmore, January Z, 1900,
at Summerville, N. Y, and William
Mckinley, January 30, 1S43, at Niles,
Ohio.
1t is rather curious that four Amer
lean presidents were born in March,
four in April, four in October and four
in November. The April presidents
were Jefferson, born at Shadwell, Va,
April 10, 1743: Monroe, born at Mon
roes Creek, Va, April 90. 1858; Blu
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WORTHY OF HONOR.
Washington National Monument
Association Has Deserved
Well of Country.

IN EVERY birthday of George Wash.
" ington for the last II years
meeting of small but distinguished
body has been held in the city of
Washington. This body is the Wash.
ington National Monument society,
the organization which brought about
the construction of the giant shaft
which dominates the landscape in the
federal city.
While the war department has the
care and custody of the Washington
monument, this society has a quasi.
public status, exercises a paternal
watchfulness over it, possesses the
right to send mail under frank and
stands ready to resist any plan or pro.
posal which seeks to change in any
way the monument or its surround.
ings.
John Marshall, that great jurist, was
the society's first president Since
then, beginning with Jackson, the
presidents Of the United States have
been ex-officio presidents of the SO.
ciety.
The organization of the monument
society in 1888 was undertaken by
representative citizens of Washington,
after long experience had caused them
to despair of congress acting in the
matter of erecting a memorial to
George Washington. The continental
congress as early as 1888 had promised
to erect memorial to Washington,
and Major L'Enfant. in laying out the
city of Washington, had set apart res.
ervation No. g. containing 30 acres
on which the monument now stands
as the site for memorial to Washing.
ton and his compatriots.
The monument society on organiza.
ton issued an appeal to the country
and proceeded to collect subscriptions
In amounts not exceeding one dollar
to erect monument. Money came in
fairly we'll. Then the society, having
found privately-owned sites increasing
In price whenever the owners were ap.
preached. appealed to congress In 1888
asking the donation OF site. Not I'm.
til 1s4S did congress respond with .
joint resolution authorizing the society
to erect the monument on such land
as the president Of the United States
and the society might select.
The 80 acres Of reservation No. 8"
were chosen and decided to the society
by deed signed by President Polk.
July 4. 1s4s, in the presence of some
fifteen or twenty thousand persons. the
cornerstone was laid in the northwest
angle Of the foundation with impress.
sive ceremonies
Actively the society continued to
raise money throughout the country
and to rear the monument. Six years
after the cornerstone had been laid
the shaft had reached . height of 1853
feet, at an expense. all paid by pri-
vate subscription, Of some $4,000.
At last, in 1876, congress voted $780,
900 for the building of the monument
to be appropriated at the rate Of $50.
600 year. The law provided for the
work to be carried on by . commits
sion, in which the society was rspre'
oonted.
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chanan, born at Cove Gap, Pa, April
%, 1891, and Grant, born at Point
Pleasant, Ohio, April 81, 1922.
The March presidents were Madi-
son, Jackson, Tyler and Cleveland.
Those born in October, John Adams,
Hayes, Arthur and Roosevelt.
November born presidents were
Polk, Taylor, Pierce and Garfield. In
December were born Van Buren,, John
son ard Woodrow Wilson.
There have been only two summer
born presidents, viz: John Quincy
Adams and Benjamin Harrison Taft
was the only president born in Sep
TENDER, and no presidcn, was born i'll
June or in May.
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BIRTH MONTH OF PRESIDENTS.

With the passing of February IL, the
birthday of Abraham Lincoln, and the
approach of February %, the day on
which The Father of His Country
first saw the light of day, calls fortl,
the facts that in this month were born
two of the greatest American leaders,
patriots, statesmen and presidents
namely, Washington, the first presi.
dent, and Lincoln, the sixteenth.
The fact is generally overlooked
but another American president, dis.
tinguished character in his period,
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and themselves consigned to a state
OF wretchedness from which no human
efforts will deliver them. The fate of
unborn millions will now depend. un.
der God, on the courage and conduct
Of this army. Our cruel and unre.
lenting enemy leaves US only the
choice OF brave resistance, or tho
most abject submission. We have,
therefore, to resolve to conquer or to
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be complete without reference to the
splendid engineers who had charge Of
completing the work. These include
Gen. Thomas Lincoln Cosey, chief en-.
gineer and architect; Gen. George w.
Davis; Gen. John M. Wilson, engineer
In the final stages and now retired.
resident of Washington, and Der.
nard r. Green, civil engineer, assistant
to General Casey.
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THE time Is now
near at b q n d
which must prob
a by determine
whether Ameri-
cans are to be
freemen or slaves;
whether they are
to have any prop
erty they can call
t b cir o W n /;
whether tn g ir
houses and farms
are to be pillaged
q n d destroyed,
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TREATY SIGNED IN MONASTERY

A century ago on Christmas Eve
there was signed in the old Carthusian
monastery in the city of Client the
Treaty of Peace between Great Brit
ain and the United States which
brought to a close the last war be-
tween the two great nations. The
occasion has been signalized on the
part of the Peace Centenary commit
tees at both sides of the Atlantic by
the issue of manifestoes.
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The shaft itself is 500 feet high, on
top of which is set the pyramidion Sc
feet SIS inches in vertical height. The
base is SIS feet " inches square, and
the top of the shaft below the pyra.
midion is "a feet 5h inches square.
At two and one-half times its height
the shaft would come to point.
The capstone weighs $500 pounds
and is crowned by a small pyramid OF
pure aluminium Sc inches at its base
and S.9 inches high. weighing 100
ounces.
No mention of the monument would
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In Norway the Church is now al.
lowed full liberty. Catholic parents
are exempt from the Public School
tax. A century ago no Catholic priest
was allowed in Norway.