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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
People and Events

A ST. Louis man has a bed OF dan
delions in his garden with blossoms as
big as a silver dollar. but he gives them
the highbrow name Of "Tarsxacums."
which makes a big difference.
The new president OF the Swiss con-
federation, NJ. Giuseppe Motta, will draw
the munificent salary Of $500 year. a
fraction less than IS per cent Of the
salary OF tho mayor Of Omaha
The antelope law has had the effect
Of crowding the asylums of Massachusetts
and filling a waiting list In most in
stances inability to secure the drug de-
veloped what the doctors call deferred
mental diseases"
The motor clubs Of St Joseph. Mo-,
have nailed these signs to highway posts:
Safety First. Good Roads. Read the
Road Signs. Sane Motoring" Good stuff,
II needed. Unfortunately those who speed
don't read, and require the application OF
a stout club.
seumas McManus, the scattering story
teller of Donegal, says the Irish language
contains 365 terms of endearnTent for
sugaring sweethearts. To become pro
ficient In handling the terms IL is neces-
'-Na " hidFt tAAAct 10 Ine
Blarney stone and five to the wales Of
Donegal. making sure to, dodge Bally-
hooly on the way.
The Order Of Sparta. a beneficiary So
ciety operating In and around PhIladel-
phis. presents a pathetic tragedy in
localized assessment insurance. It was
organized in 1870 and now has 2.1o0 mem
bers. To make up deficits and losses
the monthly assessment has been raised
to S1S.S, which older members regard as
prohibitive. The worst feature OF the
management is the disappearance of a
permanent fund intended to protect the
insurance Of members who paid higher
monthly rate to secure a full-paid policy
at the end of twenty-five years. These
members have asked the courts to instl-
tute a search for the money.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
rABLo1Ds OF SCIENCE.

Artificial wood for matches is being
made from straw by an inventive
Frenchman.
A Seattle inventors life preserver re-
sembles diving suit in that It completely
envelopes a wearer and isl waterproof
United states naval officers have de-
veloped colored glass that render Wis
ible the fumes from sr,okeless powder
Sugar exists not only in the cane,
the beet-root and maple, but also in
the sap Of about 100 other plants and
trees,
Dr. Pearl. poultry authority OF Maine,
says that hens egg is similar to the
human skull with regard to variations
in size and shape.
The rarest plant in the world is the
silversword. a species of cactus which
grows only on the most inaccessible slopes
Of Hawaiian volcanoes.
A telescope with two parallel barrels,
to permit two persons to see the same
vented by Swiss opticisn.
To guard against tree repair takers
or quick tree surgeons, the Massachusetts,
Forestry association will inspect the
shade trees belonging to Its members
free of charge.
Powdered borax sprinkled around ma
nure piles at the rate of teacupful 20
eggs from Matching For best results
apply the borax with flour sitter and
then sprinkle literally with water
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
sIGNPosTs OF PROGRESS.

Sweden will buy 10000 tons of wheat
as a food reserve.
Despite an. increase in the use of cleo
United States are kept busy making in
candescent gas nantes.
During the last two years United
States forest officers have killed nearly
1900 predatory animals. more than three
fourths Of which were coyotes.
What will be the highest concrete strue-
ture OF the kind IN the world Is a rail-
road viaduct being built in Pennsylvania,
s42 feet above stream and 2.sSo feet
long.
More than 100000 that would have
gone In steamship fares will be kept at
home this year, and this is only an in
dication OF the many millions Americans
would spend In Europe II there were no
war. II Is so much added TO our rail-
roads. steamboats,, summer resorts ana
stores
Bolivia should profit immensely by the
British embargo on Tin. In that South
American mountain republic are tin
mines OF q remarkable richness. and rail-
road connection with the Argentine re-
public has recently been completed.
These same mines were producing for
tunes in silver before the first Pilgrim
landed in New England.
Louis Toilet. general manager, an
nOunced that the Standard Tin Plate
company Of Washington. Pa. had COM
pleted arrangements for an addition 10
the company's plant at canonsburg. near
here. which would double the capacity
and give employment 70 1000 additional
men. The extension will mean an in
crease in capitalization from 10000 70
100000 II u hoped to complete the
improvement within six months
Inquiry made by The Philadelphia
Public Ledger among presidents OF lead
ing railroad companies throughout the
United states, shows that many OF them
are about 70 follow the lead of the
Pennsylvania railroad. which has an
nounoed that Il Will spend s2s.eoo.0OO IN
new equipment for It's lines. east and
west Returns show that. including the
Pennsylvania appropriation. about $780,
Oo0.0oo will be expended for betterment,
renewals and new equipments IN this
year on purchases already authorized,
and that other railroads are watching
for an upward trend before committing
themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
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The Plat Deutscher Verein gave May festival
at Germania hall. largely attended. and with a num-
Der OF guests present from Council Bluffs. The az
fair under the direction OF the president ]. p.
Iund. and anon gthe distinguished visitors J. II.
Jaspar the national president Of the Verein.
The monthly weather report for April shows a
range of temperature between n maximum degrees
and y minimum and that there frosts on three
different the last being late the slth
Il. L, Stone and wife have returned from a six
weeks trip TO the south.
Morris Greenburg OF the Asflt Clothing parIors
went 10 Kansas City.
Miss Ada Denban. charming young lady from
Clyde. o.. Is the guest Of Mira A. ID, Davenport.
Mr.. Il. p brewster OF Grand Island. who has been
visiting Louis IAttlefield. returned % his home.
Cherries have made their appearance IN the Omaha
market. but they asking 20 cents quart them
A superintendent OF the Omaha Gas works A.
Thomas L. Williams. who comes from Newark. N j.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
AROUND THE CITIES.

New York authorities last year restored
Linz lost children TO parents.
Kansas city's police department dumped
into the Missouri river 1900 worth Of
cocaine dope.
Spring school enrolment in Wichita
totals o.5F pupils, of whom l.47s are en-
rolled in the high school
Fort Worth. Tex, is building a mu-
nicipal reservoir TO cover $500 acres Of
land ana hold 4O.Oo.OcO,OOo gallons Of
water.
Emporia, Kan, talks OF declaring
dandelions a public nuisance and penaliz-
ing home owners who maintain the yell
low peril
Warren. Ill. town OF 1900 people, has
a woman mayor who walks to and from
her office and diSdains a municipal
limousine.
Memphis is about to tackle sandbars
IN the river, and regards the much more
diff.cnlt and expensive than banishing
saloon bars.
Jltney owners in Des Moines offer a
new one in protective bonds. They agree
to pay 500 each a year into fund from
which liability damages shall be paid.
Denver's first native born white man,
Thomas NJ skerritt. is dead at the age
OF IS. He was a veterinary surgeon by
profession. a bachelor, and lived ell his
years on the ranch where he was born.
PhiiAdelphians are moving for a s5-cent
gas rate. The city owns the plant. which
is operated under lease. The lease is
about to expire and the present rate of
81 must come down before new lease
Is secured.
Des Moines merchants are considering
ways and means 10 dispense with the
practice of delivering goods on approval
They find, for example. that party
dresses are worn two or three times and
then returned; that fine furniture serves
for gala occasion and comes back, and
that full grown citizens tryout dress
suits at banquets and send them back to
the shop without as much as a jitney
for the use.
The mayor Of xenla, o., prohibited
roller skating in the streets A council
man and the secretary OF the Business
Mems club resolved TO give the order a
practical test. They did so, were ar
rested. found there was no ordinance be-
hind the mayor and were released at
once. The word spread so rapidly that
In less than fifteen minutes the streets
OF the place were packed with skaters
busily proving that theirs was the land
OF liberty.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
BE MEN"
81. Louis Globe-pemocrat.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Did you tackle the trouble that came
your way,
With a resolute heart and cheerful
Or hide your face from the light Of day
With a craven soul and fearful.
oh. trouble. a ton of troubles an ounce,
Or trouble is what you make it.
And IL isn't the fact of your hurt that
counts,
But only how did you take nH
You are beaten to earth,
Well, we'll, what's that;
Come up with smiling face,
It's nothing against you to fall down
flat. n
But to lie there, that's the dtSsrsce,
The harder you're thrown, the higher
you'll bounce.
Be proud of your blackened eye,
1t isn't the fact you're licked that
IT'S how did you fight. and why1
And tho you be done to death. what
If you battled your part in the world of
men
Why, the critic will call that good,
Death comes with a crawl. or comes with
A q bounce.
But whether he's slow or spry,
1t isn't the fact you're dead that counts,
But only how did you die?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
Award in the. RAILROAD wape Csc.


The long hearing before an arbitration board
Of the case Of the enginemen on the western
railroads for an increase In pay has come to an
end. with an award that is not altogether salts
factory to either side. This very fact may even
tually Justify the conclusions of the board
While the award is In no sense a victory for
either side. It Is an attempt to dispose OF some
Of the points at issue. The men get some sub
stantai increases IN pay and are relieved In GER
tain ways from the operation OF rules against
which they made complaint. For the railroads,
a number Of changes asked by the men were
denied by the board.
Points In controversy are not fully disposed
Of, as is shown by the assurance OF the arbitra-
tors for both the men and the companies giving
notice that the determination OF the main issue
has but been postponed. This declaration may
be discounted, but the concern OF the public Is
in seeing justice done. This case is so involved
with technical points that II is not easy for out
siders 70 understand all the contentious Il Is
easy. however. 10 believe that neither side asked
for less than Il expected TO be given
The award is binding only for one year.
which suggests that the controversy viii be
shortly brought forward again. The outcome
Of the matter so far Is a justification for the
Newiands law. az least in serving 20 prevent a
strike and the consequent interruption Of bust
ness.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.


Washington Post: Since Prof Coburn
hiss substantiated the biblical stories. IL
behooves the other eide 10 get busy and
dig up come ancient agnostic pspyri.
Minneapolis Journal: Rev. Billy sun
day. the Unitarians and the anarchists
are ali going II at Paterson. Free speech
is great safety valve Some mothers
keep the baby quiet by allowing It to
pound on a tin pan with a poker.
Springfield Republican: A Methodist
high church. OF rather high church build
ing. Is proposed by Rev. f. b. Uphsm
60 be erected next year on the site Of
"Old John Street church in New York
in celebration Of the 10th anniversary of
Methodism in the United States. An ar
tistic sketch has already been drawn by
the architects showing a thirty-story
office building Of Gothic style
Cincinnati Enquirer. 1T il humiliating
10 me to confess that 200 ministers IN
Greater Cincinnati must stand with
hands down and wait for Billy Sunday
to come along and persuade God to take
a hand in saving tho city. Take 5000
and spend It in your daily papers in
three weeks Of advertising. and you will
have a greater revival than Billy Sun
day ever knew" This was the point Of
the address OF tho Rev. T. w. Barker
OF the Old Taylor Street Methodist Epis-
copal church OF Newport, KY. before the
Methodist Ministers association at Wiley
chapel
Indianapolis Star; The Rev. Julius
Pfeiffer. who has charge Of the Patricks-
burg circuit in the Northwest Indiana
Methodist Episcopal conference. is maxi
ing good. Pfeiffer is using q brush and
liberal quantities Of paint He has adver-
tised himself all over the. circuit One
Of his familiar phrases is: II am on the
Job to stay; must see the thing through.
II you want that soft taffy kind of
preaching, ! am not the man TO give 1t
TO you. A. long as I am here am going
90 talk about a big God who has broad.
humanitarian platform. and who really
makes folks do something"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
ARrioulture in the South.

The planters Of the south are to become
farmers, and King Cotton is to share HIS throne
with King Corn. and other Representatives OF the
royal line OF the agricultural realm. The presi-
dent Of the Cotton congress. speaking to the
Southern Commercial congress- gave thanks that
the war has taught the south the value OF the
liberalization OF crops. This knowledge has
been in possession Of the southern planter for
generations. but the wisdom OF applying Il is just
dawning. The war has merely served to empha~
size the point so that IL will be more fully apDre-
ciated. Other sections OF the country had to
learn the lesson long ago. and prosperity has
followed where Il has been put into practice.
No reason exists for the south to abandon
cotton its leading crop, nor will the uses fov
this staple be materially lessened by reason Of
the war. but the southern farmer viii be bene-
fitted II he learns from his northern brother the
lesson of diversity. which is generally taught by
adversely.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

How did you stand your trip abroad?'
''Oh, so-sol Gained five pounds on the
way to Naples, two pounds en- rolite
to Holland, broke even in Paris, and
dropped so in London"
SLOW up bit my dear" said Mr..
O. Beese TO his slender young wife, who
was walking too rapidly for him. Re-
the less speed Boston Transcript.
Mother (to son who has oversight
You need q self-starter to get you up
in the morning.
Son (sotto voicep-Not when 1 have a
crank like you to get me going.-Judge.
you and your wife are always jawing
when you are out"
But you become very loving when
you draw near home. l suppose that Is
for the benefit of us neighbors."
Yep. No scrapping allowed within
a three-block limit. Louisville Courier
Journal.
you insist on having everything you
use made in American
Yes" answered the intensely patriotic
citizen; even most of my war news."-
Washington Star.
Mr.. Gotham-If you don't hurry up,
dear, we'll be late for the theater.
Mrs. Gotham-Why, you're not going
TO drive the automobile down yourself,
are you?-Yonkers Statesman.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
Twice Told Tales
BIC was FlabberEastea.

DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst in his witty war on
cosmetics, said in recent lecture IN New York:
"A Girl and man sat under palm in a rose
garden a soft March evening at st. Augustine.
." rs your love truef the girl asked softly
"'As true the man answered IN low. passionate
tones. 'as the delicate flush your cheeks'
"'oh-er--ah.' the girl stammeree hurriedly. liant
the-er-don't the roses smell sweetT Philadelphia
Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

One thing to remember in connection with
this building trades dispute: II no work Is done,
there win be no wages for the iaborers and no
profits for the contractors.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Lord Kitchener formally stated the war
would not begin in earnest until May J. The
day and the hour have struck.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

After this campaign closes folks viii again
get free air. only in front OF the auto estab-
lishments
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

To globe trotters See America first and
Omaha on the way. Therein lies safety. plus
the comforts OF home.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

II political orphanage were an asset. be sure
the others would have tied to him or have be-
come orphans themselves.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The wage arbitration award for the railway
engine men Is to hold for only year. No time
limit lie set. however. the rate increases which
the railroads have been getting from the Com
meHce commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

No partisan politics in Dis campaign. OF
course. not But note that the democratic or
gan picks ali the democrats in the city hall for
reelection. and wants TO turn out all the repub-
LEANS
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

From the way the feathers are flying, man
up a tree would imagine they were electing ring
neck pheasants down at Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Hummel and Kugel---Jardlne and zlmman
1.-TWO 'ins'' and two ''outs." 10 be voted for by
an who want good city government.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Let well enough aione--except where you
can do better.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

1t is just as easy, and often easier To arbi-
trate at the start than at the finish.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Unless peace comes soon II viii take a whole
lot of five-foot booksheives to hold the war
books
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The resort to the movies and lantern slides for
boosting the candidates IN local campaign while
comparatively here has been tried in other places
where the possibilities have been further developed
Though too late 20 make use OF the suggestion In
Omaha for the present II 10 interesting that
In the city campaign IN Baltimore the movies
used by the administration forces show picture
the work they were doing in the various municipal
departments. and the progress they had made in the
physical Improvement of the city. This last
complished by lantern slide views portraying photo
graphically the condition OF street. corner OF
park. pavement when the incumbent officers took
charge and again after the work OF Improvement had
been completed-the old before nd taking
idea. throw this tip out for anyone to appro-
pirate for the future free OF charge
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The actor is mighty rare who can givea sew
entieth birthday performance 70 a full house
after cavorting around the stago for over fifty
gears
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The straw hat makes its bow for run Of
four months.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The safe play Get those electric light rates
reduced first. and buy the lawruit afterwards.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
Thought for the Da,

Almost time to build that Platte river power
canal again.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

One Of our enterprislng dental firms has been adj
dressing letters % kind OF a mailing list of
local personages, whose opinions supposed be
worth having asking the question: Should dentist
advertiser" and soliciting helpful guild
ance in determining his future course. My reply
the inquiry foiiows:
Answering your letter. II goes without eaying
that newspaper would insist that a dentist or
else who wants to DO business with the public
should advertise.
The question, however. IL not exactly that be-
cause every dentist advertise, one else adj
vertises for himadvertisng in it's broad sense being
merely the conveying TO possible patrons Of informa
tion that the dentist Is qualified 70 practice pro-
fesson his success his location. his office hours
but whether he should advertise in the public prints
Taking this last question. the answer depends
wholly on whether the advertising produces the de-
sired results as method of Misunderstanding The
ethical question to whether Il Is professional for
dentist 20 advertise strikes q OF the
dark ages without rhyme Why should not
a professional let the public know that he Is
ready 70 serve them and in what way he can serve
them. the same does the merchant or the manu-
facturerg"
1 claim originality for these thoughts and II
is safe that II DIT Bailey has received replies
FROM other newspaper men. they all substantially
along the same lines.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
$780, a~1~
oOd gN4uOStA4sA

MY CONGRATULATIONS to the United States
lNl National bank occupancy Of its beau
uful new home. which Ia AZ a
ument 20 that institution and its officers and
ornament to the city. have been through banking
houses In which other communities take pride
Of them larger, many OF them ornate. but none
OF them more impressive imposing or more convent
emily arranged and equipped TO accommodate patrons
and to transact business. when city reaches the
point where bank is forced by its enlarging bus!
ness. ss the United States, TO tear down sub
stantial structure its old home in order TO
replace II with modern building. that city has
indeed come 20 itself The establishment OF the
United states National bank with the building
Of the First National already in prospect across the
street and the Omaha National already at Seventeenth.
nails down the financial center for many years to
come within a radius Of block from the Sixteenth
and Farnam corner. Omaha lie little over sixty
old. and its first banking center at Twelfth
and Farnam. Thirty years moved II west only one
block, and when the Commercial National, since alb
sorbed into the United States National went TO Six
teenth the present location Of the latter the venture
was generally regarded extra hazardous pre-,
ceeding Strange how hard itsis for people 70
distance into the future
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed 70 them. Adj
dress win be changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

The subtle character Of the Shaw humor may be
gathered from the following story. told by way Of
excuse for calling for cream for hts after-dnner
coffee:
Il know II Is the height OF improperly to put
milk or cream IN small cup OF coffee, but do It
Just tho same was the guest at dinner in
Washington presided over by lady OF high social
pretentions to whom apoogsed for asking for cream
as remnant Of my country-bred manners and she
said:
:" oh. yes. we always have trouble teaching
new servant not to pass the with the coffee.
when have company
do you get thatr'
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

Leslie NJ shaw, who stopped of" in Omaha a
couple OF days last week. and talked 10 the Creigh-
ton university graduates and TO the Commercial club
has wonderful fund OF personal experience to draw
and unmatched store of good stories to relate
He~has permeating humor which always makea It's
point, although usually slightly yelled that be
pauses and asks. DO you get thatT' He Il OF
the oldfashioned ststesmen. who persists in believ
ing that some Of our new-fanged schemes no
better than those they have supplanted particu
larry the various devices Of pure democracy such
direct primaries initiative and referendum, and the
recall OF judicial decisions
II is brains and capacity" he declares. that
need Tor the management OF public business and I
don't see that we get any better quality nowadays
than used to-"
As another OF his aphorisma he asserts. The
men who elected 20 office. feel safe in saying
viii compare favoraby with those who for office
against them and defeated"
Incidentally the information vouchsafed that Il
cost Leslie NJ Shaw Just $3.50 TO his first noi
nation for governor OF Iowa, a nomination which no
one could hope to obtain by direct primary now
without spending many times that amount
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-06-25
MORE GERMAN THoRoUGHNBss

The world has heard much OF Ger
man preparation and thoroughnesss
since the beginning of the war ano
new examples of it are discovered
nearly every day. Two very str'k-
ing illustrations have just come 70
view. The one has to do with Ger
many's marvellous preparedness 1oF
war, the other with her struggle 50
to utilize her foodstuff resources SO as
to prevent famine.
Former Senator W. A. Clark, the
ropper magnate, related recently how
for threex years preceding the out
break of war Germany had taken hall
the annual supply Of copper produe-
ed in the United States, or as much
as the rest of the world put togeth-
er. Germany's purchases amounted
to 0O,OOO,OOO pounds a year. Sena-
tor Clark declared that it was impos-
.sible for Germany to have used al
this in her industries, and that shc
must have been boarding it, as she
would gold, against the possibility o.
war.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.