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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
BURLINGTON LOSS AND
DAMAGE BUREAU MEETS

Officials of the Burlington railroad are
in Omaha for a meeting OF the loss and
damage bureau of the road. Attending
the conference are L. B. Allen, assistant
general manager, Chicago; w. +.
Theihoff. superintendent at Lincoln; e.
E. Houng, superintendent at Alliance; j.
". Newell, auditor of freight and ticket
accounts. Chicago, who is in charge of
The loss and damage bureau.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
rlmelr .Hint. on o,er nnt,nr.

Christmas, New Years and other feast
days cause many disturbed digestions.
The stomach and bowels should not be
permitted to remain clogged up. for in
digestion and constipation are often fol-
lowed by serious diseases, resulting from
undigested poisonous waste matter. Foley
Cathartic Tablets should be in every
home, ready for use. No gripping; no un-
pleasant after effect. Relieve distress
after eating, regulate bowels. sweeten
stomach and tone up the liver. Sold
everywhere Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
WHARTON C0MPLIMENTED
ON P0ST0FFlCE GAINS

J. y. Miller. jr.. federal reserve agent. in.
charge Of the federal reserve bank at
Kansas City. has written letter to
John c. Wharton, Omaha postmaster.
congratulating him on the splendid show
ing OF the Omaha postoffice receipts for
November. These receipts showed an in
crease OF nearly 20 per cent over those
OF November, 1914.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
COL. CODY SPENDS A FEW
HOURS HERE ON SUNDAY

Mrs. Anne f. Burnett entertained at
dinner Sunday for Mrs. Harrison and
daughter, winifred, of Omaha; Mr.. and
Mrs. Brooks of Kansas City and Colonel
William f. Cody and Major William Nc
Cune. Colonel Cody was in Omaha but
a few hours, being enroute from Denver
TO Chicago, whore he goes to make ar
rangement for his show for next year. He
visited for few minutes with old friends
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
SONS AND DAUGHTERS TRY
TO BREAK WILL IN COURT

Sons and daughters OF Mrs. Bridget
Gahagan. who were cut off by her will
from inheriting any part of her estate.
are attempting to break the will In suit
in District Judge Estelle's court.
The will left the entire estate. valued
at about 5000 to Mrs. Gahagans daugh-
ter. Mrs. Cecilia Carter. Nine other
grown children are interested in the suit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
UNION PACIFIC BUYS BIG
ORDER OF RED CROSS SEALS

Charles Ware. general manager OF the
Union Pacific. has purchased $500 Red
Cross Christmas seals and will place the
stamps on all railroad correspondence as
long as the supply lasts. The sale TO the
Union Pacific is the first big sale the
local committee has made 20 an Omaha
concern,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
Held Up and Robbed
on North Sixteenth

Two armed men held up Clarence Cant
1924 Erskine street, near Sixteenth and
Davenport streets, about midnight sun
day. They removed s12 in cash and a
watch from their victim.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
ONLY ONE SMALLPOX
CASE DURING NOVEMBER

The health department furnished the
following comparative figures OF conta-
gious diseases reported:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
ELEVEN HUNDRED AUTO
PILOT PERMITS ISSUED

Superintendent fSugel OF the police
department has issued 100 chauffeur
permits this year.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07
November. October.
The Rest Medicine for Coughs.


The first dose of DR. Kings New Dis
covery helps your cough. soothes throat.
Get a bottle today. SOC. All druggists.-
Advertisements.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07

at the Merchants hotel, where he stopped
for the last twenty-five years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07

have tho support Of the Commercial club
and MANY other local organizations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-07

A For Sale" ad viii turn secondhand
9urniture into cash
Evening star., 1915-01-18
A Jail-Packing Raid.

Accounts Of the hardships suffered in
Jail by the men arrested Saturday in
Maryland on a charge of violating the
anti-gambling laws should not obscure
the fact that the charge against them
il one that, If proved. warrants punish
ment. 1t was doubtless a severe ex-
perience. to be suddenly hailed from a
comfortable clubhouse. supposedly
proof against invasion, to a county Jail
capable Of containing only a tenth OF
the number thrust behind bars. Yet if,
as alleged, this assemblage was for the
purpose of receiving and betting on the
news from distant horse races, con-
trary to the law, every person present
took a chance and none had ground
for complaint if. through the overtax
ing of the county's hospitality later
when the offended law interyened.
there was a dearth Of accommodations
while bail bonds were tardily being ar
ranged. 1t was not the county's fault
il the popularity of the so-called club
was so great as to swamp the lock up
when the raid came. Promoters of re-
sorts that run counter to the statutes
should have the foresight to foster ap-
propriations for better detention facili-
ties in the vicinity. Perhaps this ex-
pertence will suggest to future ven
turers into this field the wisdom Of To-
comfortably furnished jails. fitted with
ample conveniences for speedy commu-
nication with bail-givins friends.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

battle line from the Flemish coast to
the Swiss border has remained practi-
cally the Same as for several weeks
past.
In the eastern theater Of the war
little has been accomplished by either
side. The twenty-flfth week OF the
conflict opens with report from Petro-
grad that Russian troops have carried
one Of the most important of the Car
pathian passes on the Transylvanian
border. This is not only of strategic
but political Importance, inasmuch as
1t is expected to hasten the participa-
ton of Roumania. which has been fore
shadowed for some weeks and is now
believed to be imminent.
In this connection the most impor-
tant political event of the past week.
the withdrawal of Count Berchtold as
minister for foreign affairs of Austria
Hungary and his succession by Hun
garian. has a direct bearing. 1t is ex-
pected Nat henceforward the claims
Of Hungary for protection and fuller
consideration will be recognized. and
this may have an effect upon the ma jor
eastern campaign, centering in Poland.
Movements Of comparatively minor i'm
portance have occurred there. Petro-
grad claiming continuous success in
resisting German assaults.
A fresh defeat of the Turkish forces
in Trans-Caucasia is reported. a Rus
sian dispatch from Tiflis claiming the
annihilation Of the 11th Turkish Corps.
During the week just past the Russian
reports claimed the sinking of eight
Turkish transports on the Black sea.
Meanwhile the allied attack upon the
Dardanelles continues, without definite
developments.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
The Latest Mexican President.

The latest upturn in Mexican poll
tics brings into the provisional presi-
dency Of that distressed country a man
virtually unknown save as leader of
the delegation from the division of the
north to the Aguascalientes conference
Following the adjournment Of that
convention he was named president of
the permanent committee Of twenty
one delegates which acted as a con-
eress for the Gutierrez government.
His selection Is declared to be only
temporary pending tho definite selec-
tion Of an executive. but there is no
assurance as to future events. In fact.
faith in the possibility of consistent
program Of development in Mexican
this country now looks upon the situa-
tion there as virtually chaotic.
The rapid succession Of Mexican
executives during the past four years
has been perhaps unparalleled in the
history Of modern government. Diaz
was in power by virtue Of a re-elec-
tion when early in 1911 the Madero
revolution gained headway and the
veteran chief executive fed the coun-
try. De la Barra served as president
ad interim from April to November.
when Madero succeeded to the presi-
dency and served until February 19,
|1s13. After his assassination Huerta
assumed power and remained as the
head Of the state until July Is, 1914.
Since his flight the titular presidents
of Mexico under one form of COM
mission or another have been Carbajal,
CArranza. Gutierrez and now Cara.
Thus within four years there have been
eight presidents of Mexico. record
which probably no other state can
equal.
This rapid succession OF presidents
would not be discouraging to Mexico's
friends II they tended to the evolu-
tion Of stable government. The effect,
however. Of this continual overturning
and replacement Of individuals has
been to asmoIauss ana further to fac
Evening star., 1915-01-18
The Senate's Rules.

The Senate's rules are often under
discussion. To those impatient to do
business" to get there" to "have it
over and done WITH they are very OBJ
jectionable. All such would revise the
whole course of procedure, and model
the Senate on the House.
If the thing were done a great mis-
take would be made. 1t is not possible
to have the fullest debate in the House,
though at present there is too great
restriction. The body is large, and
composed always in the main of men
skilled in debate, and fond of it. With
out check, talk would shut out action
on any matter producing vigorous con-
troversy. The previous question, judi
ciously moved. saves the day.
The materially smaller size of the
Senate makes liberal debate there not
only possible. but necessary. Errors
made in the House, partly as the result
of hurried consideration. can, and
should, be corrected in the Senate.
They often are corrected The record
Of the past two years is filled with i'm
portant instances.
This question rises above party. 1t is
among the few in our public affairs
that do. American government is party
government-has been from the first,
is now, and ever shall be, government
without end. When a party wins at
the polls and can apply party policies
solemnly proclaimed it should do so.
Amy other course is destructive of con-
fidence and demoralizing to business.
But wise congressional procedure is
valuable to both. to all, parties. Sem
ate procedure in particular should not
only be carefully arranged, but as care
fully guarded. The Senate is a con-
tinuing body. 1t does not cease to ex-
ist, as the House does, at the end of a
short and specified time. Parties rise
and fall there, but the rules go on. and,
properly administered, are as impor-
tant to one party as another.
1t is not extravagant to say that the
Senate's rules and the administration
Of them since the present Congress first
assembled have been the greatest as
set for good under the government
Both the majority and the minority
| have had their rights, and the country
has profited beyond calculation. Hasty
and half-baked House measures have
been overhauled. and put into shape
which, If not above criticism, has pre-
vented great disasters.
For this reason the Senate should re-
sist all efforts. open or insidious. to
tamper in any degree with a procedure
so we'll approved by practice. and so
honorable in its ancestry.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Twenty.Fifth Week Of War,

In some respects the week just
past has been the least eventful Of all
that have elapsed since the outbreak
Of the war in Europe. The most nota-
BILE occurrence has been tho German
advance at Soissons. where a French
aggressive movement was checked and
countered with furious assault, which
carried the Teutonic lines a consider
able distance west, with a French loss,
1t 10 claimed in Berlin. OF 10000. The
French have denied so great q loss of
ground as the Germans claim. and con-
tend also that tho retreat was due to
strategic" causes and not to the Ger
man onset. 1t is evident, however, tina I
the net result of the operations at
Soissons has been of advantage to the
Germans.
The only offset to this Teutonic sue
cess in the west has been the reported
withdrawal of German forces from sew
eral towns on the Belgian coast under
q heavy fire from British warships. to.
Eether with a gain by the British forces
near La Bassse. Otherwise the great
Evening star., 1915-01-18
The LADY and the Congress.

II is agreed that the young woman
who accepted persistent suitor simply
. to put an end to his pleadings took an
unwise step Congress would do we'll
just now to reflect on that case.
Some of the advocates of the Presl-
dents legislative program threaten an
extra session if Congress does not yield
They want every measure enacted the
President favors, and one or two more.
Everything, even the supply bills. must
give way. Otherwise, an extra session
of the new Congress. with the Panama
canal celebration cut out. or immedl-
ately after the Presidents return from
San Francisco. will be made necessary.
Congress should not pass any bill now
on the Presidents card simply to get
rid of it. Let the advocates OF those
measures be as persistent and threat
ening as they please. Let them force
an extra session if they are willing to
take the responsibility.
II an extra session becomes neces-
sary there will be no difficulty about
fixing the responsibility. Although
there is none to spare, there Is time
enough to write every one of the sup
ply bills on the books. All necessary
is that Congress address itself steadily
and determinedly to the work II that
is done, March 4 will find Uncle Sam
with all the money necessary. and reg
ularly provided, to last him for another
fiscal year.
The fact that several of the supply
bills are of more than ordinary interest
this time is full reason why they
should not be allowed to fail. and ap-
propriations for those departments be
continued by special resolutions. The
latest estimates should be debated. and
the action taken based upon the results
Of the debates. Particularly is this
true of the army and the navy bills.
about which so much has recently been
said.
An extra session is not desirable, but
there might be easily much worse
thing. The conservation measures are
crude. The Philippine bill as it passed
the House is under a hot fire in the
Senate committee examining it. and
carries a preamble which if adopted
might cause dangerous misapprehen-
sion both in the islands and throughout
the far east. AS for the ship purchase
bill, it contains features as objection
able to some democrats as to some re-
publicans, and cannot probably be
passed without full consideration anu
amendment.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Wealth and Responsibility.
rom the Chicago Hera Id.

From the Chicago Herald.
Just before the late Albert A. Sprasue
died he had the pleasure of seeing a
pension system for old employes-long
"a cherished project-put into effect.
Three employees who had served the
concern long and faithfully were made
the first beneficiaries. Details of the
plan are now available. January l,
1914. a large sum, subsequently in
creased. was set aside as the nucleus
of the pension fund. 1t was determined
that the beneficiaries should not be re-
quired to contribute. The only require
ment is that the beneficiaries should
have service record of at least twenty
wears and be sixty years of age. The
plan not only affords encouragement to
the sober and deserving employe. but
also illustrates in a striking way that
sense of responsibility for wealth and
the welfare of those who help create it
which is the best characteristic of the
best type of American business man. 1t
is noble monument to the public spir-
it of one who was, in so many other
ways, one of Chicago's most public
spirited citizens.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Practical Paternalism.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
In the old days when the Spanish were
supposed to be running things in the
Philippines an epidemic Of cholera meant
an appalling mortality list. No sys-
tematic scientific effort was made to COM
bat its ravages and the people died like
flies" Manila and the adjacent prov
inces have just come through an cpl
demic Of the disease, and the health au-
thorities say the most striking feature
of the outbreak was the comparatively
few deaths in proportion to the number
Of cases. The city Of Manila is now
officially reported to be free from cholera
This time the experts devoted most Of
their efforts to tracing and isolating
cholera carriers. persons who while not
sick themselves yet carry the germs in
their bodies, with power to communicate
them to others. The quarantining of
these walking perils to the community
was followed by diminution in the num-
Der OF new cases and intelligent treat
ment took care Of the old ones
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Papers in Libraries.
rom the Salt Lake Herald Republican

From the Salt Lake Herald Republican.
The League of Library Committees.
which has been holding a convention at
Chicago the past week, has been con-
sidering the matter of dropping news
papers from library reading rooms. on
the ground that newspapers are SO acces-
sible to all that they are not essential
to libraries. The committee seems likely
to recommend that the libraries discon-
tinue taking them. If they do it, there
would be big protest. In the reading
DOM of large library the newspaper
section is what draws the crowd Men
will hang around for an hour waiting
for their turn to read favorite journal.
Compared with library magazine
room. the newspaper section seems far
more valuable as popular educator The
magazine readers spend their time over
trifling fiction or padded articles written
to go with certain pictures. The news
paper is read to learn about real things
that actually happen. An hour spent in
looking over the journals from near and
distant cities is broadening experience
One gets the points of view Of other
states. communities and sections of social
life. The more newspapers a man reads
the more he sees that there arc two sides
to every argument.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Terrors of Thirst.

There's danger in the sparkling wine
There's more in whisky straight.
Their users must themselves resign
Unto an awful fate.
The fruit juice in dainty cup
Is tempting, more or less.
But maybe it will load you up
With sugar to excess.
The water from the crystal spring
Has germs that seek to slay.
And wicked microbes boldly cling
Unto the hydrant spray.
Oh, life is all devoid of glee,
Its trouble scarcely worth,
When any drink you take may be
Your last upon this earth.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Quiet Zones for Hospitals.
From the Boston Herald.

Though known the world over for
surgeons and physicians, Boston has
been strangely slow in checking noise
within and without its hospitals Only
In the newest buildings have the doc
tors and architects tried to forestall
inside noises from bells and doors and
service: only of late has any one made
noticeable effort to keep adjoining
highways and Fairgrounds quiet. For
the general public. some Intermittent
and carts. but in thoughtfuiness for
the peace and sleep Of hospital patients
in particular. Boston is already two
years behind such a city as Baltimore,
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Neighborhood Melody.

"Please, ma'am.'' said the little girl
from next door. mother wants to
know if you will lend her your new
mechanical tune player this afternoon"
What an extraordinary idea. Is she
going to give a dancer"
NO. ma'am. We're tired of dancing
to it, She wants to keep it quiet for
a couple of hours so that the baby can
sleep"
Zone trouble out our way" said Uncle
Eben, "is dat it takes an intirely diff
funt kind O. smartness to git political
job fun what it takes to fill de office
credita bly,"
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Prison Reform.
St. Louis Post Dispatch

With the state penitentiary so over
crowded that five or six men have to
sleep in one small, dark cell, the bill
creating a state prison farm system
doesn't come a minute too soon. The
state Of Missouri will be in better busi-
ness employing its prisoners to culti-
vate corn, wheat, oats and potatoes in
the open fields than in using them to
cultivate tuberculosis germs in its
hideously overcrowded and insanitary
penitentiary cells.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

The idea Of holding railway officials
individually responsible for accidents
has been brought forward SO often
without results that 1t may be worth
while to try to think up something
nav
Evening star., 1915-01-18

01n order to avoid del..s On 81 aeeouns 8. .. e
not be Addressed TO any individual connected
With the once. but simply to THE STAR. os to
the Editorial or Business Department accofoing
10 tenor purpose.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Out-of-Date.

The oldtime songs are all forgot.
"Sweethearts' and Mothers have no
chance.
That sentimental stuff is not
Adapted to the modern dance.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDnR JOHNSON.
Words and War.

You Americans are always talking
about dollars and cents" said the Wis
itor from abroad.
YES" replied Miss Cayenne; we DO
talk a great deal about them. But we
try to draw the line at fighting over
them"
Evening star., 1915-01-18

tionalize the people. There is no den
mite prospect of peace in Mexico at TINS
time and no factor Is in sight to bring
about change for the better.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

The manufacture of automobiles is
increasing at such a rate as to make
II doubtful whether the necessary
supply of trafiic police can keep up
with it.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Advocates of woman suffrage are
not inclined to postpone their demands
until the rather complex question of
state rights can be settled in all is
phases.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Wheat quotations in tho neighbor-
hood Of $3.50 per bushel necessarily
tend to contradict efforts to make the
American farmer feel downtrodden
and dissatisfied.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Efforts to depict Washington as a
scene OF gayety constant and unre-
strained sometimes cause a sojourner
to grow resentful when he realizes
that he has been misled.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Diplomacy has always had some
slight difficulty in deciding how many
repetitions of the same sort OF incident
it takes to constitute a habit.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

In regulating business the suggestion
brought up by the old recipe for hare
soup applies. First get your business
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Villa has managed to last longer as
"a prominent citizen" than he. could
have lasted as recognized head of the
government.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

A progressive who becomes little
excited is very likely to talk like an
out-and-out republican.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Even the writer's on the war have
evidently settled themselves for a long
and arduous siege.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Italy finds her efforts to remain at
peace unavailing as natural phenomena
repeat themselves.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Announcements that the real conflict
will begin in spring sound like an ef-
fort to restore Europe to its old-time
position ION the verge Of war"
Evening star., 1915-01-18

A political speech. though costing the
auditor nothing, is likely to be very
much more interesting than a lecture.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Parable in advance-by mail postage prepaid:
Daily Sunday included month. 20 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month. 20 cents
Evening star., 1915-01-18

fhe Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition IL delivered by carriers within tho city
a. q cents per month: daily only. % cests -
month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month orden rser
Collection is msds By carrier at the end Of each
month.
Evening star., 1915-01-18
Homes and Clubs.

Men should not go to clubs and
spend their time in political discus
sions," said the energetic woman.
rs that what men go to clubs for
exclaimed the observant girl. Il
thought it was to be able to avoid
hearing discussion of the latest polit-
ical topics at home"
Evening star., 1915-01-18

ousiness once nth st. and Pennsylvania Avsa1a.
New York ONCE: Tribune building.
chicago once: First National Bank Building.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

A motor car either signifies none!
or indicates what became of it.
Evening star., 1915-01-18

Eatered as second cls.. mail matter at the past
ONCE at Washington. D. O.