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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30
WAY Raise railway rates.

CLARKs. Neb.. Jan. 2s.-To the Editor
OF The Bee: The railroad campaign for
more money is now on and they are
spending their surplus freely In trying
to mesmerize the farmers and make US
believe that we owe them a living.
They begin with the catching phrase.
Farmers vitality Concerned in Rail-
roads" They tell us that hungry thous-
ands are out of work and stand in the
bread lines and before the soup houses.
They would infer that we are the
cause of this enforced idleness, this lack
of employment, these bread lines and
soup houses. 1t is not true. They. them
selves forced our people into idleness by
importing cheap foreign labor.
The farmer ought TO be vitality con-
cerned He saw the government give
them the right-of-way and LAND enough
along the main lines to have made a
kingdom. For years they set their own
price for freight and charged "aI the
traffic would bear" We found relief
only when we were strong enough to de-
mand 1t.
We raised tremendous crop at last
and shipped it over the roads We re-
eeived back from TO 70 cents bushcI
for our corn. the freight took the balance,
and when we cried to them for relief
they turned deaf ear.
They boast that they have 5000 men
and women on their pay roll. We answer,
100000 men, women and children have
given the best OF their labor to build up
and support this great railway. tele-
graph and express system. The express
companies pleaded that they could not
lower their rates and pay their help. The
parcel post proved them decelvers of the
public. and they themselves lowered Their
rates and stilI do business.
We call the attention Of our railway
commissioners to the fact that they are
the servants OF all the people. lest they
have their ear too near the siren voice
OF the railroads who ARE with them
always" We say to them. Our side of
the question needs attention at this
time The ultimate consumer pays
the freight and should be heard.
w II. CAMPBELL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30
FARMER.



OXFORD, Neb., Jan. 9.-To the Editor
OF The Bee--One thing stands out plain
and clear in the short ballot campaign is
that it is not being engineered by the
common people. They have not asked
for IL and IL Il Is ever forced on them
It will have to be accomplished through
the party circle or some similar fraud.
There is not scintilla OF evidence that
the voters at the last election did not
vote just as intolligently for the minor
state officers as they did for governor.
II the people were behind this short
ballot cry It would not need a national
organization OF salary drawers, editors
and the Omaha water works to boost for
it.
If II is true, as claimed, that the gov
ernor can do a better job of electing our
state officials than the people. why not
make him car of Nebraska and let him
or some OF his appointees look after the
counties. This so-called reform may be
called the short ballot. hut its true mean
ing If long 9le counter.
The governor is to be Furnished material
to build a gigantic political machine and
the people are required to furnish the
oil to run it. Not only that, but his term
or OFFICE Is TO be heightened on the samt
old claim that II viii shorten the ballot;
but In truth, II is from fear that the
people are not competent to judge
whether their governor Is doing his duty
and they might foolishly throw him out
OF office at the end of two years, thereby
wrecking his machine before he had time
TO get his safety governor working right.
Our long ballot comes as the fruit OF a
lot OF pinheaded Statesmen monkeying
with our election laws for several years.
Not only has the ballot under their
manipulation became culnbeTsonne and
non-effective, but the methods by which
candidates get their names on the ballot
have become vicious and foreign to good
government am not a defender OF the
present style OF ballot, neither can
accept the theory that II can be made
over TO suit the people with a pair Of
pruning shears. a. G, RANKIN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

ELwooD. Neb., Jan $40 the Editor
OF The Bee: Are we not neglecting an
opportunity to spread the gospel OF corn
more universally? Not very long ago Il
was endeavored by the aid OF commits
sions Of lecturers and cooks to educate
the people Of Europe in the use of corn
as food. I have not seen corn nor its
products mentioned as desirable for Bel
gian relief. l myself object to paying
trust prices for flour to send for relief.
Lexington flour was sold as cheaply In
Europe before the war as at the mill
here. Corn products. as meal, starch.
hominy, glucose. etc, are superior to
wheat as food and cheaper. ..-.-.
EApME,p
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30
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Let Them Heed the Warning.
SHELTON. Neb.. Jan. @.-To the Editor
OF The Bee: This is applause TO your
remarks in The Bee headed. "A Note
Of Warning to Railroads" Such from
you should place you on the pinnacle Of
Justice and fearlessness among all Ne
braskans who are travellers or shippers,
regardless Of the accomplishments.
Evinced by a "Missourian" who has
been passenger and shipper and shown.
p w. NYE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Revelations on the methods Of preparing for
consumption the North Pole stories OF Peary
and Cook bring the spotlight TO bear on liter
airy secrets usually kept IN the dark Not few
OF the magazine heroes OF today are strutting
merit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30


his face" said the Old Foey
Yes replied the Wise Guy. Il have
often noticed his nose. Cincinnati En-
quircr
Barber-Ilair pretty thin, sir. Been that
way long?
Man in Chair-Lons? / was born that
joyed a period Of hirsuite efflorescence,
but IL did not Standardization Transcript.
Mrs. Gnaggs-Before we were married,
you used to say you could listen to my
sweet voice all night
Mr.. Graggs-Well, at that time I had
no idea I'd ever have to do H.-Judge.
The laws forbid this kind Of dog on the
cars sir"
What laws can forbid one kind Of
dog?"
''The laws against expectoratlon. sir.
Your dog is a Spite. baltimore Amer
lean.
Hampton-That cigar you're smoking Is
strong enough to kill a mule
Rhodes-G' wan I've been smoking these
for yearsi-Philadelphia Bulletin.
80 YOU want to be somebody, do you?'
There's only one way you win ever make
a noise in the world"
What is that?"
Join a brass band baltimore Ameri-
can
Bride-why did you borrow Jacks silk
hat TO wear at our wedding when you
have a nice one Of your own?
Groom-I heard that he intended to
throw a lot of old shoes-Boston Tran
script.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

stricter, regulations in granting passports for
foreign travel are rendered necessary by the
war. The State department has more pressing
duties than acting as guardian for innocent
spectators" of a widespread row.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Still, Omaha ought not TO have to go to Lin.
coin to get any reductions in electric lightne
rates to which we may be entitled to.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

With all lights out, the darkness OF British
cities at night is pronounced beneficial TO eye.
sight, Even the short-sighted are made to "see
things"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

II IL worth noting that Uncle Sans plea for
shortening the long hauis on shrinking national
revenues stirs responsive chord in the pork
har'l corner. Economy planks are useful only
10 get I'm on
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Sure. let the people rule in this consolidation
matter--but all the people rather than just
few small groups OF them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

II all the wind power going to waste in and
about the legislature could be harnessed, devel.
opment OF our water power resources might be
safely deferred for another few decades.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Made in Omaha" is guaranty of high
class goods, full measures and right prices Push
It along.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

A government which successfully solved tho
problem, what is whiskey?r can be depended
on 20 show equal perspicacity when II goes to
the bat with the question: us playing base ball
labor?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Formal opening Of the Panama canal may
be postponed. II is to be noted, however. that
the canal is open and doing business without
waiting for any formalities
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Renewed assurance OF an early opening OF
the federal pie for deserving democrats" OF
Nebraska does not tighten the pathos OF the
words: "Thou art SO near and yet SO far"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Railway rate raising is doing more to boost
the river navigation game than the efforts of al
the waterways promoters put together.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

General o'Bregon may not entertain designs
on Tipperary. but having entered Mexico City.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Anyhow, letting steam out OF the annexation
boiler eases the pressure on the crownsheet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Plenty OF time yet for numerous city cam
paign boomlets to thaw out.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Yes. this is just the appropriate weather Il
revive the Cook-Peary controversy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

In this connection IL will be remembered that three
ychrs ago the Citizens Union candidates all pulled
through at the primaries and Fix Of the opposition
slate nominated, with A. C. Kennedy the In
dependent and fourteenth After the primaries
the lineup slightly changed by Ryder switching
from the citizens Union slate 10 the square Seven
slate and MIR. Kennedy being taken up into the va
cancy thus made the Citizens Union ticket.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30
SUNNY GEMS

The Crouch always has a WY look on
his face, said the Old FoEy.
Yes" replied the Wise Guy. Il have
often noticed his nose. Cincinnati En-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-30

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The bee mailed TO them. Ad.
dress will be changed A. often as requested.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
rooAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
QUEEN ELENASo ITALY, Il
/ AZ TODAY Us a POWER in u.
THE present WAR,

That the present war terrible as It
Is, was not much worse-that 1t did
not involve practically the entire con-
tinent OF Europe in universal terror
and destruction, with scarcely foot
Of neutral soils due in the opinion
Of some observers. to the influence
Of a slav woman, q native daughter
Of little Montenegro. That woman
is Queen Elena Of Italy, the wife Of
Victor Emanuel and the daughter Of
old King Nicholas of Montenegro.
Her forty.second birthday today, has
been called "the bestowed queen In
Europe and It Is certain that the
affection which exists between this
royal pair Is such as IS seldom found
In the palaces Of monarches. Physi-
callya the Queen Is the superior Of ihef
husband BY several inches, and he Is
d Latin, she d slay, but their endur.
Ing love Is plainly apparent It u this
which gives the Queen that power
over her husband which enables her
to play no small part In swaying the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
FIRST THINGS

< 10
Knitting as a handicraft, almost
universal thing among our grand.
mothers, and now being revived by
women all over the world to aid the
suffering soldiers. received its death
blow from the invention Of Isaac
Wixan Lamb, who was born In Sa.
lem, Mass, seventy.flve years ago to-
day. Lambs invention of knitting
machine, the first perfected instru.
ment Of its kind. transformed the art
Of knitting from a home occupation
to great manufacturing industry.
His machine is capable o! producing
more than thirty varieties Of knit
goods and makes. about 1000 loops q
minute at ordinary speed, turning both
fiat and tabular work. Later inven.
lions have worked great improvement
in the process but Lamb was the
man chiefly responsible for the
death Of the knitting.needle manu-
featuring industry. AS one result Of
the war, knitting needles are again in
vogue, and their gentle click may now
be heard inhomes all over the world.
IN all probability, however, home
knitting will pass with the war, and
the machine.made product will again
reign alone.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
LAND TAXES FAKE

. ~ y r..
The Intelligencer may be late, but
It hastens to command the suggest.
ion of Col. J. J. swope Of WEIGH, rel.
alive to increased taxation OF cor,
porations holding enormous acreages
of land in West Virginia. At the pres.
ent time, ten companies hold $780,.
900 acres of West Virginia land It
is good policy to break up these en-.
ormous land holdings. 1t is good
policy to prevent the monopolization
Of land by spectators, whether they
live In or outside Of the state. Col.
Swope suggests tax of ten cents
per acre on holdings of 10000 acres.
This would seem to be most modest
tax. 1t might well be increased to
two or three times that figure. In
the northern counties Of West Vir-
ginia, large land holdings is unknown.
The corporation holding a large tract
of land is inimical to public interest.
1t retards development. 1T limits the
growth of good citizenship. It takes
from all the people what properly be.
longs to all the people. The Intelll.
gencer heartily commends the pro.
posed tax, and believes It will meet
the warm approval Of a very large
majority Of our citizens.-Wheellng
1ntelligencer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08

.destinies Of Europe. German dipio.
mats charge the Queen with responsi.
bility for 1taly's Withdraw from the
Triple Alliance an act which doubt.
less changed the whole aspect, dur.
alton, and quite possibly the result, OF
the European war. 1t was her de-
termined opposition to war, rather
than her natural sympathy for the
Slavs in general and for little Monte.
negro in particular, that animated the
Queen in her ambition to prevent It.
aly's participating in the war. Later,
when the diplomats OF tho Allies
soughtgto win Italy over to their side,
Elena wasSquite as inflexible in her
stand that Italy should remain neutral
Count Witte and, Theophile Decase,
two Of the most gifted diplomats of
to seek 1taly's assistance, They i'm.
mediately brought all their verbal bat
teries to bear on the Queen. realizing
that to convince her Of the Justice Of
their cause was to half win the battle
but, at least for the time, they failed.
Queen Elena is a sisterin.law Of
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander OF
sister. Anastasia, became the bride
Of the Grand Duke in 1907, having
secured a dissolution Of her union to
Duke George Leuchtenberg in order
to wed him. She is also a sister.in-
law. of King Peter Of seryia, who
married Princess Zorka Of Monte.
negro. The latter has been dead
for many years.
The Queens greatest concern is her
son, Crown Prince Umberto, nowt ten
years old, who Is Of somewhat dell
cate frame and has shown little lik-
ing for active outdoor life. Umberto
promises to become a scholar rather
than soldier. which is hardly to the
liking of the stalwart, sport-loving
Queen, for all her devotion to peace.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
THE STAGE
HURRAH aelIL /. .KIpn is
COMING

One Of the most striking Successes
in the melodramatic field is the well
known play Of western iife-sBilIy
the Kidp which Manager Deshan has
booked for two performances at the
Grand, Saturday matinee and night.
The play while melodramatic, Is
consistent and tells q story That ID
full of interest, having for IFS big eli.
makes situations which are exception.
ally dramatic. The comedy element
is furnished by q good natured Irish.
man. q fine type or the old southern
colonel and his colored orderly. The
story of the play opens on the home
divide Of a big New Mexico ranch.
Here are living the hero, his mother,
who thinking her first husband Is
dead has married a second time, and
his stepfather. The hero is q lad full
of life who Is OF the age when the
sensational appeals and he has decid.
ed that he ste; become a bandit. The
home life Is ideal until one day. the
shadow creeps across the Threshold
in the coming Of Mrs. Virginia first
husband, who. driven from the east
by hismisdeeds, by accident finds the
wife he deserted and who believes
him dead. He tries To persuade his
wife to assist him IN a new crime.
the abstraction Of certain deeds be-
longing to her second husband, and
finding that she would rather tell that
husband the entire truth, plans the
diabolica1 plan Of making Billy, his
own son, a thief and an outlaw. BY
the aid Of LIQUOR he succeeds In this,
but even then does not get possession
Of the coveted papers, even though he
murders both Wright and his wife, be.
ing found almost red: handed by Billy,
who then and their takes an oath To-
ayenge their deaths. Billy becomes
an outlaw and there % o reward put
uponlhis! head, for the second act finds
him at the head o 10 band. the most
feared man In the territory. Many
are the traps laid for him but he es-
capes them all and In the end re.
turns to the east to lead an honest
and God; fearing life, accompanied by
the girl whom he has loved since
childhood. The love interest that Is
developed in the telling Of the story
is exceedingly strong and the types
which have been introduced are taken
from real life and well and clearly
drawn. From a production stand
point the play is elaborate, each Of
the four acts having been given hand
some and artistic settings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
THE COKE TRADE

The ConnellsvilleA Coke trade. &C.
cordlng To the Connellsville Courier,
the recognized authority on the coke
business OF the Connellsville region
fell of s0tper cent in volume and So
per cent In value in 1914, the output
being 14,o75, 6Ss tons valued at $685.
1916.
The summary OF this years bust.
ness by the Courier is In part as fol-
lows:
The connellsyille and Lower Con-
nellsyille coke regions, comprising
what Is commercially known as the
ConnellsYiile coke region, shipped in
the aggregate u, o75,ess tons of coke
during the year 1914 valued at $685..
l51,276; the average price Of all mer.
chart coke being estimated at $500
per ton.
During the two preceding years the
ConnellsyilIe coke trade had been
maintained at 20 100000 tons annual
". The falling off Of 80 per cent was
due to the business blight which over
came the Industrial world when the
present tariff law was put into effect
late in 1918; and which was intenst-
fed during the last half of 1914 by a
general war In Europe which for a
time paralyzed our financial and com
inercial relations with that section.
These conditions have gradually i'm
proved. The war has created bet
Ter demand for our products abroad
with the result that the balance OF
trade lis now In our favor instead OF
being against us as It was during
the first year of the open tariff sea-
son. The year closes with distinct
improvement in the steel trade stu.
alton and o settled conviction that
the coming year will probably see
something OF a boom in which the
coke business as an allied industry
will share. ~
Compared with the two previous
years, when the. production was
slightly over 20 100000 tons, the pro-
portion Of coke manufactured in each
region and the proportion produced
by merchant and furnace plants re.
mains practically the same. The
connellsyille region produced Sc per
cent and the Tower connellsville A
per cent Of the whole. while 81 per
cent OF the output was furnace coke
and 80 per cent merchant coke.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08
Best Stories.
That sea,r.e,s EN- I

nat Seares EN-.
Tourist - You have an unusually
large acreage of corn under cultiva-
ton. Don't the crows annoy you a
great deal? 49,
Farmer-oh, not to any extent.
Tourist-That's peculiar, consider
ing you have no scarecrows.
Farmer-oh. well, you see, I'm out
here a good part Of the time myself.
a parky's Skull. 4
A brtcklayer In the South hired n
helper who was a darkyi noted for his
particularly hard head. The brick.
layer thought he would test the hard.
ness of bis skull. So. the first morn.
ing, white the helper was filling his
pipe at the bottom Of the ladder, the
bricklayer up floor or two fiicked
a bit OF mortar down on the dusky
pate. The darby never noticed Il at
all. 2 :. i.
The darby removed his pipe from
his mouth and Escowled up at the
brickIayer. q
What's the matter with yo'?r. he
growled. BE careful where yo' drop
dat mortar!" SsS 8. : :
His Only Possession.
4 Al Rogers was travelling through y
lonely section in the suburbs OF Bos.
ton one night, short while ago,
when he was startled by hearing this
piteousS appeal:
z Twill the kind gentleman please
help o poor unfortunate man I? r:
h At this point al felt to locate his
watch. The other continued:
Il have nothin' in the world but
this loaded revolver"
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damp.
Every graduate wastes about d
year seeking Q position. Then he
takes Q Job.
Every woman knows that the reas.
on her husband isn't getting twice as
much money as he does Is because
the head Of the firm Is Jealous Of
her husbands ability.
It has gotten so nowadays that il a
girl doesn't smoke cigarettes and use
cuss words she is considered old.
fashioned.
There never was married man
who had to sit up nights and worry
about how to getrid Of his money.
When man wants to supply an
affidavit with every statement you
know. he Is liar.
A woman will spend three days
cleaning up because she expects a
caller and the moment the caller ar.
rives the woman will begin telling
how dirty and upset everything is,
and ask her to excuse the appear.
ance Of the place.
No matter how nice you furniture
may be, 1t always looks rotten on a
moving van.
Wealth may keep us out OF heaven
but Luke knows about s00.oo0,0o0
folks who are willing to take chaco
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08

The Language Of Pork Chops.
Old Bill Ballast came over to Big
Jim whopper's place on Half Moon
this fall and watched Jim butcher six
fine porkers. Bill tried to make HIM
self entertaing SO that Jim would
give him a mess Of spare ribs to take
home. So he talked Of all the loose
ends Of the news that had filtered
into our hills.
."They tell me that a Teller named
Sir Oliver Lodge claims that the dead
talk. Do you believe they's anything
in 1t, Brother Whopper?"
Jim shook the matted bristles OF
his hand, scratched his nose and
said: "well, from the way the hun.
CRY loafers Of this settlement begin
to mobilize around here every time l
kill hog, I'm Of the opinion that
fresh pork talks in no uncertain
ltones.-C. L. Edison.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-08

Several Democratic newspapers say
good times are coming" there is to
be a revival of business and the mills
are starting up" All these declara,
lions on their part prove conclusive.
y that they tried to deceive the pub.
lie during the recent campaign. when
they argued that times were good,
business was revived and the mills
were running. They might explain
whether the present good times" are
psychological, too.-C larksburg Tele,
gram.