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Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
OUR NEW SLOGAN.

Strickland Gillian in Judge
When first the pilgrim papas landed
On that much-thronged Mayflower
banded
And on the Plymouth Rock were stranded,
Then came TO us the first foreboding
OF this sweet phrase we're now unloading
On all the earth-ambition goading
Maiden America!
Later--how could Virginia Dare?-
The first white girl was born somewhere
Amid the dark-red farms down there
Where rolls the rapid Rapidan-
That region settled by Queen Anne
There was the first (there she beganO
Maid in America!
Now that the war is on abroad,
With scarcely any who applaud,
while every foreign tummy's gnawed-
Since Europe's commerce stripped her
gears
And filled her tradesmen all with Fears
We, in the whole worlds eager ears,
May din "America!"
This, then, the slogan to the end
The slogan sung by foe and friend
That round this ball we gladly send
The blasoned sign OF peace and THRIFT
That shines through battle-amudsea
drift
That shall remain when war CLOUDS INT
Made IN American
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
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Local Knignts Of pythias lodges are preparing fos
reception 70 John vanvalkenbers OF Fort Mao
ison la sapreme chancellor OF the Knights OF
ppihisa 70 whom they will tender a banquet ana
ball AZ their hsi on Thursday.
Eiisa Gish. the old standby al Drexei q Maurs
undertakine rooms has been quite nl but l. now on
the hieh road 10 recovery to the delight Of his
friends.
Dwight u Moody, the evangelist. VIII hold three
days assembage IN Omaha about the middle II
March Delegates from an parts the state are ex
pecfed to ~ In attendance
Fred westbrook aud G. L. Hacker. the profes-
sional hlcycisls arc back from tour Of the state
Mr. Al Heating has taken the Omaha agency o.
ne Anfeuser- Buseh Hrewing association Tor kes
and bottled beer
Many complaints beng made Of sneak thieves
ra1ryne Of daily papers left By carriers and Il
IL Dlo1osed % make example OF the frat one
caught
ARA A. a. Roc. Williams block. Fsfteenth snd
Dc1nr. was wilkins 10 faks several apprentices iato
~ tf1smaklns pador
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
Twice Told Tales


How easy Il is TO mix up the average business man
was demonstrated the other day when the son OF a
local merchant leaned against his fathers knee and
innocently asked:
Daddy. IL today tomorrow
mo. my son. Of course today isn't tomorrow" an
swered the father
but you said Il was" continued the con.
when did ever say today was tomorrow
Yesterday" answered the
well II today tomorrow yesterday, but
today IL today Just yesterday yesterday
but - yesterday today, and tomorrow will be today
tomorrow which makes today yesterday and tomor-
row all at once Now along and play, and the
father collapsed into his chair with sigh of relief
Louisville Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01


TILDEN. Neb.. Jan 8.-To the Editor
OF The Bee; Accepting the article in
your paper OF the 18th inst as the mean
ing OF the wc1ds Short Ballot" permit
me to ask why this plan OF government
is suggested. Is the voter of Nebraska
10 be emssculated? Are not the people
OF this state as well qualified 10 elect
secretary Of state as Governor Morehead
is to appoint a judge OF the supreme
court. All appointments under such a
law would simply be made to favorites
Instead OF the government drifting toward
sutocracy as such measure would surely
bring about we need more democracy. 1t
would make a governor as important as
q king IN the affairs Of state. Appointed
Officers in Nebraska are no more efficient
than those elected by the people. The
facts are that the federal and state exc
cutives have now too much power In the
matter OF making appointments such a
measure would be productive OF evil in
stead of good. No system could be de-
terminsd on that would rob the electorate
% lie manhood as this wholesale surren-
derlns Of the rights OF the people % select
their own officers.
The idea that a sovePnor a 70 become
a kins Of NehrASkR may not be repug-
nant 70 some. but the sreat majority Of
the people win be found opposing this
peaceful passing from Independence 70
the termination OF one man. The selection
Of officers BY governors would not insure
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Estimates OF war cost hitherto published
require revision upward. Figures compiled by
the London Economist, show that Great Britain 8
per diem cost rose progressively from s4,soO,oo
day in August to ss.sSo.ooo per day in Decem-
ber on this basis OF actual present cost the
Economist computes Great Brltain's outlay for
a fun year OF war at ss.5oo. o00.0oO. The fig
ures assure the present British taxpayer and his
successors large load and long, long road
70 the port OF relief.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

better men, because there are better men
elected 20 state office every year than
most our governors have been since the
old days. governor is no more quail
fled TO select an officer than are all the
voters. Such an innovation would sweep
rings and clidues into power more than
has been witnessed before. FLIP.
The Power BEHIND the Throne.
OMAHA, Jan. $40 the Editor OF
The Bee: Your Fullerton, Neb., con-
tributor calls the Hitchcock bill a 'senti-
mental measure. and in criticizing GER
tain charges made against. Engiands
treatment of this country during the
revolutionary war, says OF German
sympathisers:
They forget that that war was un-
popular in ENGLAND, and that Il was
forced upon England by German king.
Will you not please refer him to Sir
william Arthur, who has told us time
and again that England's government is
the most perfect in the world; that Il
responds instanteneously TO public opin-
ion;. that the king is only a figure head,
and that its parliament Tor representa-
tive government is all powerful? II
50 II would seem hardly fair to blame
It. all on George the Third II would
be just as unfair to blame Engiand's
moral support Of the confederacy on
Queen Victoria. The power behind the
throne in England. and also behind
Parliament, is commercial interest and
the pound sterling; our alleged dollar
diplomacy is but circumstance to It.
J. L. MEYER.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Notable as Is the achievement Of talking
across the continent, II is easily overshadowed
BY the expansion Of tho telephone as business
and social necessity Of modern life. Thirty
years ago The telephone was regarded as toy.
few years ago wireless communication was
flouted as q commercial impossibilisy. Under the
pressure Of inventive skill the tomOrTows are
certain to yield the secret Of wireless telephony
over the oceans.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

A prison missionary was insisting 20 one OF the
guards that there Il some good In everybody. To
prove a. she sought out the prison demon and found
him stroklng a huge tomoat
There" said the woman. e man who viii pet a
cat certainly has some love in his heart"
The guard sneered.
no you love that eats the woman asked the
demon
ives" he replied. stu stroking the animal. -yop
bet DO; anybody who hurts that cat win DO II over
my dead body--he bit the warden TIN, morning.
Everybody's Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
A Motive Mistake.

Francis ouinet at luncheon at Paillards in Paris,
began a toast on golf with golf story,
"a half dozen golfers" be said, were returning
In the smoker from victorious match. and in their
jubiation a small silver pocket flask being passed
from hand 70 hand.
"A clergyman. as the flask went by him. smiled
reproaehfully and said;
DO you know. gentlemen. have never tasted
a drop OF whisky in all my llfef
We'll said one Of the golfers mistaking the
motive OF the clerg1mans remark well. amt goin
to begin now neither "-st. Louis Globe Democrat
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
SAID IN FUN.

Il follow the medical profession re-
marked the newcomer proudly.
'surgeon?T we asked politely, Just 10
ssTTndertsker. he replied sententiously,
though gravely.-Philadelphia Ledger.
IF had my way" said the deter
man man. who tTied 10 fiirt with a good
looking woman arrested"
But suppose the woman wasn't good
'-Then ia have him sent TO an In
sane asylum. Washington star.
when the police dogs get TO work,
the most daring Of the bibulous fraternity
viii hesitate to do one accustomed thing.
what Is THAR"
rush the growler.--Bsltinore Amer
lean.
see America firstt" didacticalg
quoted the professor.
Il have already done so,' replied J.
Fuller Gloom II was born here. Judge.
Chump--were you ever at an after
noon tear
where sixteen monographs played stimuli
aneously.-Harvard Lampoon.
what are you reading aboutT'
When was it bombarded ?''-Iouisvill
Courier-Journal.
Boreleigh (at u.4Ol--Do you know 1
always thought you had retiring dis
position?
Miss weereigh (stifIing a yswn)-Not
exactly. Mr.. Boreleigh; but must con-
Tess to a disposition to retire.-Boston
Transcript.
"How's the babyr' asked the neigh
Dor of the new father.
.Fine!' said the proud parent.
Don't you find that q baby briaatens
UP a household wonderfully pursued
the friend.
Yes" said the parent, with a sigh;
I'VE have the gas going most Of the
night now."-New York Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

With the estimates for 1914 based on In,
complete returns. the liabilities involved in COM
mercial failures during twenty-five months OF
the Wilson administration total SEQ. 600 600.
which is sl1s,O0oOO0 more than the fetal for
the four years OF President Taft The new
freedom does not come up 10 the advance
notices.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01


SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 29.--To the
Editor Of The Bee; While do not care
TO enter into any discussion of the an
nexation question, win say that / am
in favor Of consolidation of Omaha and
South Omaha. but not by forcible meas
ures as now pending before the legis-
lature at Lincoln. As far as l can see
and learn about the only people who are
against 1t are offieeholders and seekers.
AZ anyone who visited the city hall yes
tsrday would have learned.
But what wish TO say IL that | have
known DR.. Robert l.. Wheeler for a good
many years and L learned for the first
time through a letter In The Bee that at
one time he was for annexation. ! have
heard the doctor express himself any
number OF times on the question and
first, last and all the time ne has
been against it-not because his son has
held any position which the city might
give him. but because he Is and always
has been one OF the most ardent South
Omaha boosters you could find anywhere
"a man who never fails to say a good
word Tor the best town in the state
when he had a chance.
DR.. Wheeler needs no word OF apology
for anything he has ever said or did In
South Omaha nor In all his years as a
resident Of the city and pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church has be ever
had to sign himself as an "annexationist'
or any other nom de plume when writing
any article for publication as did the tax
payer in his article.
81 N. Twelfth. FRANK p. HART.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

A. j. prexel who volunteer In the automobile
service Of the British army. wrote in recent letter
to Phlladclphia;
AS Kitchener said. didn't say 10 Cobb our
trenches stretch IKE gray snake from sWitzeriand
10 the sea And what hard work our young soldiefs
have let me tell you. dlgEing these trenchcs'
n saw : ysung soldier IN a half finished trench lay
down his shovel the other day and ight his pipe.
Here what ala you lay down that shovel forr
tie sergeant said.
TO cool H. air. said The youns soicier '-Phiis-
de7phia Telegraph.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Suppose all tho leaders Of capital and labor
should emulate Youns Rockefeller and Mother
Jones in the lion and lamb act what would the
caIoric uplifters OF the oppressed do for peg
70 hang grievance onY The millennium is some
miles away.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Municipal philanthropy reaches the borders
Of absurdity when II provides home for protes
sianai hoboes, Give them shelter and food Ia
winter and life minus work becomes a Joy ride.
New York leads the way in capitalizlng shift
leEsness.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01
Thought for the Day


Money Is good ssrvani, bal poor master.
Money q a good thing 70 possess, but bad thing
TO be possessed by A wiss man should haze
moneys IN ne head, bit not IN his heart. n you
make money your god, Il ,ciR plague you like
the dsvh. Money usually spoils t,co genera
tions-one in he getting Of &, the other IN The
spending Of IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Calculations on the cost OF the war for six
months mount high enough into the billions 20
assure posterity screaming load.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

The new 140-ton 1s-inch gun, which Ia on
the way 10 Panama, will throw 2,4Oo-pound
she'll twenty-one miles. AS canal defender. the
mammoth watch dog insures more than ordi.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

The successful sleuth work OF the sheriff OF
Washington county goes to prove that the large
cities have no monopoly OF Sherlock Holmes
talent
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Governor Clarke's response 70 the Iowa SEN
ate's request for facts about the legislative pie
counter carries more barbs than the august
solons bargained for.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

The country is on the eve OF new era Of
prosperity. according 70 President Wilson. II
yoa can't see il With the naked eye, wait until
the smoke lifts.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Although the war bulletin editors Invariably
put the heaviest losses on the enemy's SIDE II
must not be inferred that the enemy is shooting
paper wads
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

The latest archaeological discovery Is q
Baby1onian Law code We viii wager 1t Is no
more difficult 20 understand than some OF the
laws inscribed on the statute books by our pres
ent-day legislators
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

The "jItneys" boast OF taking in sac the first
day in Omaha. The street cars take in about
$4,000 day The 'jitneys" win have to go
faster
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

II is weth noting that legislators. while
eager for the recall Of other officeholders are
not prescribing thr same medicine for thent-
selves.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-01

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed 20 them. Ad.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
Henry Hubbard is visiting in New

Henry Hubbard is visiting in New York Rev, Henry w. Maier of the First church of New Britain will speak at tne kenslngton Methodist church on Mcnday evening, October A.
 The selectmen made forty-one new voters at their Saturday session. k. Beckley is convalescing after his recent illness.
 The dance at the Town hall in Beckley on Saturday was largely at tended % ,*
 William A.. Lyons of Kensington, who was threatened with onia, is reported as resting conf ortably at his home today. '''~
 The selectmen~ settled with F. H. Levin Saturday for the loss of the five chickens, which were killed by dCgs on Friday night.
 The democratic town committee has not filled the vacancies caaused by the resignations of the nominees for se- Iectnan.
 MT. and Mrs. A. H. Griswold and family of Townsville, N. Y, are the guests of MT and Mrs. George Grif- filth of Kensington. The trip was made by automobile.
 James J. Devine of Springfield, has returned to his home after a visit with local friends.
 A special town meeting will be held at the Town hall this evening at 8 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
NOTICE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING OF THE
 TOWN OF PLAINVILLE.

The legal voters of the Town of Piainville are notified and warned that the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Plainville will be held on Monday, October 4th, at the Town Hall in said Town of Plainville for the following purposes:
 To vote by ballot for the following Town Officers: Selectmen, 1 Town Clerk 1 Treasurer, 1 Assessor, 1 Col lector of Town Taxes, Board of Re- lief, 7 Constables, Grand Jurors, 3 School Committee, Registrars of Voters, ? Auditors, and Directors of Public Library.
 Also to take action in regard to furnishing Street Lights for the Town and increasing their number. Also to lay town tax. Also to take action in regard to policing the streets and make an appropriation for the same Also to take action for the continuation of Night School. Also for authoriz- ing the Selectmen to have survey made of certain streets of the Town
 Also ballot will be taken to de- termine whether any person shall be licensed to sell spirituous and in- toxicating liquors in said Town of Plainville, a petition signed by the re- ouired number of legal voters of said town having been presented to the Selectmen therefor. ~ '-r =.
 Also to transact any other business proper to be brought before said meeting. The Polls will be open from six o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon.
 WILLIAM J. JOHNSON,
 WILLIAM J. SIMPSON,
 FREDERICK S. SPENCER,
 .-. ... -~ss.4 .e t.' Selectmen. Plainville, Sept. 27th, 1915.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
RIGHT ARM CUT OFF,

Newton, Sept. 27.-Brant Calkirs, a chauffeur for John E. Bates, hat manufacturer who has summer home at Lake Waramaug, New Pres ton, had his right arm cut off while at work on an ensilage cutter at the silo on the farm Saturday. Calkins took his automobile and although blood was flowing from arm he drove two miles into New Preston village and had doctor dress it. He then was taken to the Danbury Hospital.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
STEAM BRIGHTER REACHED.

Charlevoix, Mich, Sept. 27.-Up to this forenoon no word had been re- ceived from the steam freighter Lackawanna, owned by the Buffalo Transit Company, which was beached off Gull Island in Lake Michigan Sat- urday night. The Charlevoix coast guard, in a power boat, is believed to have reached the steamer last night. Gull Island reef is twenty miles off the steamship course.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
FIVE STRIKERS RETURN.

Torrington, Sept 27.-Failure at- tended the attempt of the Hendey Machine Company to resume opera tions today. The strikers had been notified to return to work under of fered conditions which they had re- jected, but only five of the $50 men on strike went to the factory this morning in response to the notifica- tion. The strike is now in it's fourth week.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27

Dr. R. M. GrisWOld's Paper.
 Dr. Roger M. Griswold returned from Philadelphia, Saturday, where he attended the annual meeting of the American. Association of Clinical Re- search. pr. Griswold read a paper at the convention on Friday and the Phil E %adelphia- North American of Saturday has the following account of his ad- dress: ~ -> Compulsory medical inspection and improved working conditions in in dustry were urged to reduce the enormous economic loss due, to pre- Ventable disease and accidents in a paper read by Dr. Roger M. Grisw old, of Kensington, Conn.
 ''The time has passed when the cheapest thing in the world is human life," he said. Few of us realize the enormous loss caused every year by i'll health of workers and by acci- dents. If the time lost on account of preventable sickness and accidents could be converted into cash and used for federal expenses, we could do away with all taxes except those on imports. To improve the conditions of workers is not philantrophy. It is good bus mess"
 His paper was a discussion of medi- cal inspection in schools and in in- dustrial establishments. He pointed out that workers yearly lose much time by preventable illness and that children are kept out of school un- necessarily. He proposed as a means of preventing illness universal medical inspection at intervals. He decried opposition of labor unions to this move"
 Bertha Ellen Ford
 Bertha Ellen, the three months old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Ford of Perciva1 street. Kensington, died at her home last night. The funeral was held this afternoon, Rev. B. M. Pickop of the Kensington Meth odist Episcopal church officiating.
 Berlin Congregational Church.
 The rally day held at the Sunday school yesterday was successful in every sense of the word. The attend ance was very exceptional, there be- ing about 250 present when the meet ing opened. In the red and blue contest the latter side which was the girls O. .he school, defeated the for mer by bringing in nearly twice as many visitors. Fifty-two Raikes di-
  , tremely large number for a church of this size.
 The regular prayer meeting will be held on Thursday at 7:30 D. m, On Friday at 8 o'clock there will be meeting of the New Britain Chris tian Endeavor Union in the South Congregational church in that town. All members are expected to attend. ! The Boy Scouts will hold a meeting of the meeting they will take a "hike,'' the destination of which is at present secret. Bally Day is planned for the church on next Sunday and it is hoped that every one will make an extra effort to be present.
 Unclaimed Letters. The list of unclaimed letters at the Berlin Post Office follows: Mrs. Minnie Harris. Mrs. J. T. Boker. Mrs. Jack Mitchell. Adeline Sweet. George Old.
 Bob Read. Harry M Card. H. F. Husbar. J. P. Williams. Berlin Briefs. John Maqueen and family of Worthington Ridge have moved to South Main street, New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
Berlin News SHbOii's ii's HIS WIFE WHILE SHOWING GUN l SkRiff Clark Accidentally Ex-
 plOdes Automatic Pistol Is Nor WOUNDED FATALLY
Iudge George Griswold Completes gnU
 Town Court Report, Showing a Bal ance for the Year-Dr. GriswoId Reads Paper at Briefs.

! Mhile examining his new Colts 32, automatic revolver at his home on Pennington road yesterday noon
 Sheriff James Clark accidentally shot his wife in the left leg. MT. Clark and Henry Austin were sitting in the kitchen of Clark homestead trying to familiarize themselves with the new pistol that the former had re- gently purchased, when Mrs Clark en- tered and asked that the mechanism ] be explained to her.
 Nrhe Colt pistol consists of a maga- zine, with eight cartridges and a elected MT. Clark had removed the magazine when he began his explana- t5sn but neglected to empty the cham Der. While telling of the working of the gun his finger. pulled the trigger and a loud report was heard. Mrs. Clark exclaimed Jim, you have shot me- Sheriff Clark assisted his wife -ta. her bed where it was found that Ehe bullet had entered the feshy part of her left leg about six inches below the hip. The ball after passing through Mrs. Clark's limb became inn bedded in the wall of the room.
 Dr. K. E. Kellogg of New Britain was summoned to dress the wound and after administering for poisoning said that Mrs. Clark would probably be confined to her bed for about ten days. .a.
 Judge Griswold's Report.
 For the first time since it's estab- nshment, the local town court mas turned over a sum to the town treas ury Judge Griswo1d's report shows that total of $1,6O7 was collected f1om the prisoners who were brought : before him. The expenses of the court were about $1,544, making ap- proximately ss3 to go into the town treasury.
 The report is a very gratifying one
 I'd shows that Judge Griswold and Prosecutor Gibney have had the in- terests of Berlin at heart. -...
 Judge Griswold has served as judge ~for the past six years and it is worthy i. of note that during that time he has naever had decision reversed by the
 eher court in Hartford It also speaks we'll for MT. Gibney for it in painstaking manner before bring .s ing any culprits to trial. The latter &has been appointed by Judge Griswo1d 9dtNfng his entire regime and has jus tified the latter's confidence by his ex- cellent manner in presenting the gtate's cases and in ascertaining all
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
An Exhibit of the Popular Brand of McCallum Silk
 Hosiery

 Monday will exhibit this popular line Silk The of this ana upodae styles will
 
 he
 
  n made,
 
  Is in should be weuep for
 that of hhandu BRONZI  BOOTS Cloth Top Pped 3uton
New Britain herald., 1915-09-27
Dr. R. M. GriswoId's Paper.

the facts before court, thus expeditins the work of the court.