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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
TO a ROBIN
Arthur d. Rees.

Arthur d! Rees.
o crimson comrade Of the wandering sun,
Chanting a herald song of spring begun.
AT thy melodious art
Exultatnt impulses that long had fled
Lead wild within my heart!
Despite these ravished days. ungarlanded.
Tho ..tidings thine irradlant soul doth
bring,
And unextinguished muse,
Resurge respondent with the flame OF
spring
AS Joyous as Of yore. ,..
And over sundering leagues, midst bat
tering gales, T. sr
Thou circlest northward in thy sunward
To sing for us once more.
The cycle OF thy song we love to greet,
And simple faith that guides thy winged
feet,
o Master OF March airs,
Sweetening the raucous winds with thy
refrain,
Dispenser of all cares,
Whose matin chirps are birthed without
a pain,
Thou art not daunted with the light and
shade
OF this mercurial March!
o lyric tourist from the southland glade,
II is thy life to be
A faithful wanderer in thy circling flight,
A follower OF loneliness and light,
singer OF great glee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Greater Omaha.

Assuming that the consolidation bill will be
signed by the governor and eventually become
a law substantially as passed by the house,
Greater Omaha seems to be practically assured,
although several steps are yet to be taken before
that contamination can be reached.
The house amendment accepts the view that
the inhabitants Of the area to be included con-
stitute only single community. but TO make
sure that popular sentiment may prevail, r..
quires an expression OF sentiment Of a majority
of all the people affected to make the act oper-
alive on them.
Il is possible the opposition may be content
with their measure Of success in postponing the
time OF completing the merger. It would seem
that at the earliest the consolidation vote could
not be had sooner than our impending city cleo
ton, and possibly may 60 over till later. Il is
also possible OF course. that antagonistc inter
ests may interpose legal obstacles to secure still
further postponement
While the first skrmish line has been car
ried the champions OF Greater Omaha must not
disband their forces nor relax their efforts be-
fore the finish.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Vicious.

The proposal TO change the constitution
OF our Nebraska supreme court so as to make
the judges. elective by districts corresponding to
the congressional districts is a vicious scheme.
If there Is any logical reason prompting IT, no
one has advanced II nor have we even seen a
pretense that TO have them so chosen would
tend TO improve the character Of the judges or
facilitate their work
While district representation is right and
proper in legislative bodies TO insure a proper
tionate voice In law-making to all the people,
and TO hold the Lawmakers responsible each 20
his constituency. such theory OF representa-
ton will apply to the judiciary. because justice is
not and should not be conditioned on locality
interests.
Nebraska Is only one OF forty-eight states in
the union, and the present constitution OF the
Nebraska supreme court corresponds with tho
generally accepted system that has been tried
and proved by experience Our supreme court
was enlarged only few years ago by the addl-
ton OF four more judges, but no one at that
time thought to project this new-fanged
scheme, which would surely have jeopardized
the entire amendment.
II the legislature performs its duty instead
OF trying to pull some ones legal chestnuts ouI
OF the fire. II Will save the voters the necessity
OF rejecting this proposal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
The Gamer and the Commissariat.

The unique position OF the United States as
regards foodstuffs has Just been emphasized at
a Gamers convention in Chicago Famine Is i'm
possible in this country. and more than that.
at no season OF the year are its inhabitants cut
off from all the good things nature provides for
mans sustenance. A wonderful range OF ell
mate makes II possible to have the year around
green vegetables and fruits grown in the open
and at prices in reach or the humblest pocket
book. This is supplemented by the art of the
Gamer, who successfully preserves the sum
mers surplus bounty against the cold. gray days
OF winter and robs that season OF any terror It
might ever have held, so far as food is con-
cerned.
II is not alone famine that is avoided but
certain diseases once prevalent. due to malnu-
triton incident 70 a lark OF proper food have
vanished from the United States. In this way the
processes OF preserving foods have also been use
full in the matter of preservation OF health.
Most important Of ali. and chief element in
our greatness. the dinner table OF the American
workman is daily Furnished forth with such fare
as makes him the envy OF the world outside
Even Lucullus did not have the astronomical
advantages that are enjoyed by the citizens OF
the United States and by them taken as a mat
ter Of course. This lie surely wonderful coun-
FRY
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

John l. wehstsr's house was ths scene Of very,
pleasant euchro naniaea party last night Those
present were Mr. and Mira r. Carrier Burns. coutant
9 sauiros. r. n Gaylord. connen. Hitchcock, W.
r. Jarvis. Mrs J. ,. Dickey. John wilbur. Mrs. n 8
Dundy and the Misses May and Luna Dundy. Dora
Labmer, Grace ard IAlie Wilbur Margaret wilson
and Messra Joe Lahrner Woiect1 Frank Irvine and
WIN wubur. The first prise Of hand-psinted blot
ter pad Was awafdea mr. sQpires among the gen
tlenen and q hoasy dlsh.to Miss Lana Dundy among
the women.
MrA Taylor. widow Of the late Colonel Taylor.
and family LETT for Waahinst0n where they will take
up their residence
swan Weighing thiFty-cve pounds and measurng
feet from tip tip OF wings shot the other
day the Platte BY Prank Moore. a~Union Pacific
conductor and by him presented 70 Chris Hansen, who
has placed Il exhibition In ne window Of HE
sixteenth street store.
party q Nehraskans just returned from New
Orleans tell Tue Bee that a, the ST. Charles
hotel board Il so day.
Evans q Hoey with Jennie YeaInans az their Had
ins lady are PARTING "A Farior Match az BoSd's
81 4 Deer OF Valentine. remembered a. havine
rtr forne ~ connected with stephens Wilcox Of
-. visiting his old Omaha fItenda.l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Around the Cities

Cleveland m four years has marked up
its downtown property so.OOo,ool
During January and February nearly
i,OOo professional beggArs have been run
IN" In New York City,
Rochester. M Y. tried TO force S-eent
fares on the street railway. but the effort
fiEzled IN the courts
Philadelphia Is 70 try the experiment OF
women assistant judges Of the juvenile
court 10 take charge Of the cases Of
young girls.
Ogden. Utah. hangs out the sign Of
plenty OF work for idle hands. ana the un-
employed OF Utah are fiocking there
Railroad activity is the cause.
The one joy-riding outfit to receive the
glad hand IN New York Is the city pay
iimousins which anattsrs the joyhh On rs
rounds The city IL % big that n IL
cheaper 70 send the cash than have hired
hands call for Il.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Editorial Siftings

New York World: The only man in
the line who cannot pass along a freight
rate raise. with an added percentage. lie
the Ultimate Consumer.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: Notwithstanding
the energy with which the Queen Eliza.
beth is hurllng 15-inch shells at the Oar
eanelies forts, an eighth Of barrel Of
Hour still makes a dreaded hole in the
weeks housekeeping allowance
Chicago Herald: The fact that our
three new battleships will he speedy and
carry big sixteen-inch guns confirms the
suspicion that our naval authorities have
been careful readers OF the dispatches
about the European war.
Baltimore American Now China is
looking 10 us to settle it's troubles. And
there lie neither salary nor 'honorariums
attached to any of these forced atten-
tions-nothing but toll, trouble and often
thanklessness
Brooklyn Eagle: war statistics are be-
wildering The report comes that there
are 2o.O0o.OOo pigs in Germany and that II
each pig in Germany be killed II will keep
ter Germans alive until October. That
would mean 20o.O0o,o 900 Germans kept alive
until October, and there are only 10000, Oob
Germans In the empire. The difference
Of 1So.00o,0oo may include scattering Rus
stan and French prisoners and belated
American tourists.
Chicago Tribune: Flyers seeking repu-
tations and money had TO enter the circus
business. Lincoln Beachey, who was
killed on Sunday in San Francisco, had
said that the crowds gathered to see him
to enjoy the emotion of horror. He felt
that they were like the crowds who turned
thumbs down on q gladiator His will
hngnsss and skin in taking chances made
him the best known American aviator,
Prudence caused him to give up trick
flying. but the desire not to be outdone
in It by other flyers brought him back
into IL. Evidently an aviator may reckon
his expectations and be assured that IL
he continues taking chances one chance
will take him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Down Brakes on the yitneys.

While we are bound 70 have auto mishaps
from time to time, the succession Of jitney acct
dents in Omaha. the last one fatality, makes
IL imperative that some immediate attention be
given in this direction. The use of our streets
by jitneys will have to be subjected to regula-
ton in the interest OF safety to both passengers
and pedestrians All the service the jitneys
may render in relieving traffic congestion is not
worth the life OF even one innocent school boy
helpless to save himself.
II reckless and irresponsible auto driving is
a necessary part Of the jitney business, verbal
better find # out right away. II the jitneys
cannot be made reasonably safe we can afford
far better to do without them. Under the cir
cumstances the jitney people ought TO welcome.
and Themselves urge, the adoption Of some ra-
tional system OF regulation which Will apply to
all alike and with which all OF them will be
made to conform before more accidents stimu-
late an uprising against them altogether.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Deserves Decoration at Least.

Peace has its heroes as well as its victories
mo leas renowned than those Of war, and one
OF these has just modestly acclaimed himself at
'Terre Haute He. testified n federal court there
that he had worn Busters on his hands pulling
the democratic lever on voting machine; his
devotion to the cause was such that this disA-
billtys did not cause him TO desist. but armed
with stick. he persisted in his purpose OF reg
istering democratic votes until the close OF day
that Is marked with red stone IN the annals Of
the cohorts who follow the HoOsier Toms In the
wake OF the Peerless Leader. M sseE
Even ungratefuI republic cannot allow
such devotion as this 20 so unreWardsd. While
we have no crosses ~uniess Il be the double
cross. which appear frequently enoush'in politics
this man Is entitled to something He at least
ought to have a special design OF garment in
stripes. with distinctive number, that he may
not be Inundated BY being COMPOUNDED with the
lesser members OF that patriotic band who so
literally carried out the orders given them by
democratic boss
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
LAUGHING GAS

Mildred-Don't you think Miss. Elderly
looks much younger IN her new nat
Heien-Indeed I do, Why, Mhdrsd.
IL makes her look but very little older
than she says she is.-Judge.
rs the man your sister is soin TO
Nav: every time tho marriage is men
toned pa says, Poor man. st LOUIS
Post-Dispatch.
Farmera-When's the next train north
Station Agent-In an hour.
Farmer-When Is the next train solhs
south?
across the tracks.--KansaS City star
Station Agent-Fifty minutes.
Farmer-An right, Mirandy, we can get
why don't you organize with us Turks
and Bugarians and Serbs to demand your
rights in the United States?"
Il haven't any special rights IN the
United states, responded the other
quietly. Il was born here. 'i-Louisvilie
Courier-Journ5l.
The teacher was holding up picture
OF a zebra.
Now, children, what is this7'
III looks TO me like a horse in a bath
ing suit" answered little Arthur.-Har-
pers Magazine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
05e G8ees&
ssMe2sRo@E
me JItney NTennct

The Jitney Menace.
OMAHA. March 1s.-To the Editor OF
The Bee: I am Of the opinion that the
jitney bus business IL a menace to our
city The killing OF little Edward Bar
nard at Thirty-eighth and .Farnsm. streets
Thursday noon. and the many other ac-
cidents that have occurred since the lit
ney bus has made its appearance on our
streets make a parent fearful Of letting a
child of school age attempt TO go. out
alone even 20 school. II seems that any,
one. no matter how irresponsible. that
knows enough to turn on the gas and
start a car Is given a license TO run a
jitney Since the advent Of the jitney
on our bushes streets, and especially
on Farnam, / have noticed the apparent
increased fear on the faces of pedestrians
in crossing Farnam street. II seems TO
me that the city council should cali
special meeting TO devise some remedy
for the handling OF this haIhazard and
promiscuous running of ,jitneys and no
one should be allowed to drive a jitney
bus without giving a bond OF at least
$4,000 and baing required to forfeit his
license in case he runs down or injuries a
person. 1t seems anything for the
money il the slogan OF our city author
ities who have the issuing Of licenses.
as any old rattle-trap that win run is
given a license and turned loose in our
busy streets TO such an extent that Far
nam street reminds one OF a country fair.
I should not be surprised any day. II one
should be compelled to walt at sixteenth
and Farnam streets until a discarded
switch engine and dilapidated way car
could pass. labeled "jitney'' and stamped
with the approval OF the city
The freedom and rights OF the people
to walk the streets are not considered by
a large per cent OF drivers OF cars and
motorcycles. There is an ordinance
against fast driving on our city streets
and II that ordinance was enforced and
the offenders properly punished. It would
mighty soon be observed and the killing
and fnJuring OF people would be reduced
to the minimum.
II there are not enough police to prop
erly patrol the city streets let the police
private citizens I'm each wgrd to arrest
such offenders; I will take a STAR on
that and serve without pay.
We have traffic officers" who are
looking carefully to the protection Of the
horse, but no one paying much attention
to how children and old people got over
our crossings. Put the speed law into
the hands of few fathers and mothers
with authority to arrest and will ven
ture that Omaha will have few killed or
injured by being run over; make all Of
Tenders pay a liberal fine and put the
money into the street cleaning fund.
then perhaps we can have some decent
looking streets. We are. all boostine
Omaha, then let us see to II that no one
need fear to come here lest he be wiped
of the face Of the earth by a careless
driver F. H. DRAKE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

II is 4 mere coincidence probably. that
schools for deep breathing should be advocated
at this time by conservatdrs OF health. The
great value OF systematic lung exercise, a. de-
monstrated in various state legislatures. seconds
the efforts of the conservators TO extend the
benefieent ozone to all persons, regardless OF
age or sex.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Thought for the Day


When yep sOaken IN the morning and hear
tho faint tcitterfnq Of birds and see the flash Of
darn IN the east, resoIpe that The day sheit
stand out from all othsy days. thot today you
wflt speak ncthing bst hndress, lore and truth;
that suery ICED sAalI Be an NnssltSh one and
epsry thought pure one. = Virginia Z. O.
HdrTison.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

The political machinistB OF Indiana pro-
duced results on voting machines all right, but
thslr device lacked the simpnfied efficiency OF
omahas rubber band invention
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

In a pinch. perhaps, more room might be
made available In nearly every school building in
the city by retaining for regular instruction
purposes the space that has been given over to
some of the side shows and fads.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

Another Auditorium purchase proposition
will be submitted to the voters. Is this notice
for the Water board addressograph to get busy
again?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Great Guns
By Pr0f. Lincoln Ne orOat Moss

Field Pieces.
A LII nations rifles OF about three-inch caliber,
"a the same caber and weight which proved so sue
cessful In our civil war In which the three-inch
bronze smooth-bored Napoleon entered largely. The
modern steel three-inch rifle be fired twenty
times per minute, ten times fast az the Napoleon
gun with a range of 5000 yards. against 1000 yards
for the Napoleon The field gun has very flat
trajectory with the highest possible velocity usually
above 1000 feet per second shrapnel Is used almost
exclusively. Mortars used at angles between -
degrees and 20 degrees for plungng fire Howitzers
are used at angles between degrees 50 degrees
Field rifles are rarely elevated beyond Is degrees
The muzzle veIocites OF mortars and howitzers are
between 900 and LOO feet per second The danger
distance is greatest with the lowest angles The
sleeper the angle the greater the difficulty Of &C
curnte shooting.
Admiral Porter used thirteen-inch mortars mounted
reinforced schooners at vicksburg and Port Hud-
They fired from behind high points and islands
out OF reach Of gun fire Tweve-inch rifled mortars
constitute main coast defense. They mounted
in deep pits and throw sOo-pound shells about six
miles
The civil war Napoleon gun leaped backward
about six feet at each discharge. IL necessary
10 advance II by hand and re-estabish the at
each shot II sponged after each shot TO ex-
tinguish sparks A thumb must be pressed tightly on
the vent when loading TO preclude the admission Of
oxygen which otherwise. in hot piece would cause
premature explosion.
Rifling very difficult. iron steel shell
could not take the grooves Ring not only increases
accuracy by gyroscopc action but increases the
also. smooth-bored gun can discharge spherical
shells only because eongated projeetile thrown
from a smooth-bore will tumble" end over end
swerving badly through the air when advancing side
wise. and landing indfferently It's base, side
point No adequate gas check can be used behind a
spherical shell and much Is lost past the pro-
jectile. with rifle the calber be very much
reduced by slongating the projectile Thus twenty
Inch Rodman spherical shell weighed les pounds,
while modern sixteen-inch rifle shen weighs 200
pounds
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

Pleading for Increased passenger rates.
Jim" Hill says the railroads are "in the last
ditch" Mr. Hill ought TO go over to the war
arena and take lessons in ditch digging There
is no last ditch over there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

Night riding outlaws are Mexicanising isor
lated sections of Keatucy and Arkansas without
being honored with a note of protest from the
government Isnt home industry entitled to
recognition?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

Magnate James J. HUI and James Hamilton
Lewis should pool their fears and start a CO.
operative gloom factory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20
Gasoline.

GagOltne.
NORTH LoUP, Neb., March fs.-JTo the
Editor of The Bee; The public has been
attracted to the matter Of the so-called
discovery OF a process by Walter F..
Rittman, by which more gasoline may be
obtained from mineral OIL As you are
well aware. gasoline and kerosene come
from the same tank and the difference
Is In the gravity OF the liquids The or
binary method OF refining these oils Is the
process of boiling The crude oil In a
closed tank, or boiler. by. which a vapor
Is made and conveyed to a second tank.
where the vapor is distilled. That pro
cess IL what may be called q Saturated
vapor" process Where this process is
used, the kerosene, gasoline and allied
products ali bear a certain relation. That
relation is that the molecules Of the oil
remain undisturbed by the process OF re-
filming. Any person who has studied Sat
urated steam may have a good idea of
saturated oil vapor. In the process Of
making white lead. system of super-
heating Is used by which the molecules
are changed.
In making practical study OF the
nature of kerosene and gasoline, three
years ago. found that oil companies
might increase the amount OF volatile oil
by process of superheating the satur-
ated oil vapor by passing the vapor
through superheater and thence to the
distilling tank. Many others, too, had
been working on the same matter. Others
probably run onto the same improved
process. but none seem to have made an
attempt TO get a patent on the process.
think the patent office records Will show
that no inventor previous to 1914 ever
made an application for a patented
process by which to superheat oil vapor,
thereby increasing the amount of volatile
oil. had apprehended that fact and on
August rs. 1914. filed an Application In
the patent office with full and complete
descriptions of the process.
The process converts the oil vapor to a
complete gas and the gas is converted
back to a liquid in the same process by
pressure
do not believe that Mr. Rittman has
any process for making gasoline that
does not include my process Of super
heating. IL the patent office records do
not already contain my process I am
entitled to the right and Il is hardly the
business OF other people to givo away
my property to the public A mixture of
oil and grease will not change the process.
AT the time Of making the experiments
made another application for patent
right on the same subject. but with re-
spect TO burning oil inside boiler under
pressure. The number of the patent Is
i.ci7,eT and the application was made
March 10. 1915. There is room for a law
suit on this subject. but there can be no
mistake as to my application. Before the
government gets too far 1t will be good
idea to find IL Rittmsn has discovery
which does not infringe my application.
WALTER JOHNSON.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

with the assurance that the country is safe
so long as II clings to canned goods. the sweetly
joyful note thus sounded forbids the thought Of
canning the oratory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

II Is worth while emphasizing that the city
dads did not stop long enough TO ask consumers
OF bread what they thought Of it Mt
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

The protest department OF the Wilson al
ministrAtion IL certainly earning It's salary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

What's the postoffice scorer Hitchcock 10,
Bryan, S. Bases full Of FOLLOWERS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

The prospect OF cut In ottomans is aliur-
ing, but there is no chance Of the cut reaching
American bargain counters
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

Looks as Il a respite on consolidation were
worth lot OF money TO somebody having special
interests in the annexation territory
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-20

TtaIy's demand measures 10000 square miles,
which affords ample space for a compromise
cut.