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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
NEW AUTOMOBILE NUMBERS
NECESSARY UNDER LAW
Grom a staff Correspondent. J

LINCOLN, Feb. 1.-(Special) 1.-The time
has expired in which owners OF automo-
biles should secure new number plates
for their machines. ana those operating
without the 1916 plates are now subject
to arrest and fine OF $50 for failure to
comply with the law, which has given
them since the first of the year to make
the change. Plates numbered from 1 to
'O.OOO have been received by Mr. Pool
and there is no excuse for anyone run
ming against the law.
During the month of January the force
working under the secretary OF state is
sued 1920 plates. or an average of l7sO
day. The issues were is follows:
Renewals Observation-Disclosures. 3Q, FAC
New numbers. Observation-Disclosures. 6,1OC
Motorcycle numbers .....,....,.... 2gbC
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
CENTRAL STATES INSURANCE
MERGER IS HELD 0. K.

LINCOLN. Feb. L. Especial state In
surancc Commissioner Eastman returned
last night from 81. Louis where he went
for a conference with the insurance COM
missioncrs OF Kansas and Missouri for
the purpose of investigating the condi-
tons OF the merger OF the Central States
Insurance company 81 Lincoln with the
Central states Insurance company OF
Missouri The three commissioners were
satisfied that the merger was all right
and gave e their O. Il
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02

Tonight surel Remove the liver and
bowel poison which is keeping your head
dizzy, your tongue coated breath often
slve and stomach sour. Don't stay bill
ious. sick, headachy. constipated and full
of cold. Why don't you get box of
Cascarets from the drug store now? Eat
one or two tonight and enjoy the incest
gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced. You will wake up
feeling fit and fine. Cascarets never
grippe or bother you all the next day
like calomel. salts or pills They act
gently but thoroughly. Mothers should
give cross. sick. bilious or feverish chill
dren a whole Cascaret any time. They
are harmless and children love them
Advertisement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
SECRETARY OF STATE DOES
BIG JANUARY BUSINESS
lFrom a SIND Corresncndcntl

LINCOLN, Feb. 1.-(specisl)- THE fol
lowing figures viii show that large
volume OF business was transacted In the
office OF Secretary of state Pool during
the month of January, the receipts for
the month showing a substantial increase
over the same month of 1915. The funds
were derived from the sources herein
..a.a - 4.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02

at Beatrice, today succeeded Dr. NJ. w.
Baxter as superintendent Of Ingleside
state asylum. lie announced that he had
no plans for changes in the staff. but
will make an early appointment OF a
matron to succeed Mrs. Baxter, who re-
signed with her husband.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
Ncterinnrinns to Knnsn. 10.

LINCOLN. Feb. r.-(Special.)-State
Veterinarian Anderson and Assistant Vet
erinarian McKim left last night for Kan
sas City to attend a session Of the Mis-
souri, Valley Veterinary association,
which meets there today and tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
Nebraska
BOxcar Situation
Given in Report
,From a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN Feb. ESPECIALLY The box
car situation In Nebraska has been out
lined by the state Railway commission In
reply to an inquiry sent ont by tho Inter
state Commerce commission. which has
made inquiries In an effort to ascertain
whore the trouble lies In there not being
sufficient cars to be had to move the
grain now housed for shipment,
The report sent In by the state COM
mission shows the condition as Il existed
at p m. January IS and Is as follows:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
DR.. FAST ASSUMES CONTROL
OF lNGLESl0E ASYLUM

HASTINGS, Neb.. Feb. i.-tspeciai Tel
egram)-Dr. W. +. Fast, former supcrin-
tendent OF the Institute FOR Fceble-Mlnded
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
HAIR n
"A Csc Bottle of "SwisscO" Hair and Scalp
Treatment to Be Given Away. Take the Coupon
to Any Of the Four Big Sherman & Mcconnell
Drug Co.'s Stores and They Will Give You a
Is Cent Bottle Free.

Swissco Grows Hair Brings Back It's Original Color Stops
Falling Hair Removes Dandruff and Scalp Diseasea
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
TAKE NOTHING BUT swTssoo.

FREE BOTTLE COUPON
Good for one 25c bottle Swissco only. at any
Of Sherman a Mcconnell Drug cas- stores.
Cor. 18th aud Dodge Sts.. Cor 10Th and Har-
ney Sts., Cor. Gath and Farnam sts.. and eO1-s
North 10th St. when name and address 10
properly filled IN on dotted lines.
Those outside OF omaha viii get free bot
tie by sending &c IN stamps direct to SWissco
Hair Treatment Co, 1915 r. o. SQUARE, Gin
cinnati. o.. to help cover expense OF packing
postage, etc. This offer Is good 10 days only
Name ''''''.'''.''.''...'.''.'.
street. F. D.""".~...
Give tull address. write plainly. '''''''
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
Local Committee.

A special committee I'm charge OF the
superintendent, the mayor OF the county
seat or chief city, the president of the
commercial club. If there Is in the
neighborhood member of the committee
og 100 he, too, is a member of this COM
mittee. This special committee as above
named is privileged TO appoint such adj
ditional committees as may be conducive
to the success of the celebration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
The New Chance
Another year has begun.


 What shall do with it? S n No world leader the Golden Grail imme morial the world had anything Each had time o What do than the buded Each of has all of there is There discrimination hee deprivation Alall fabric Twelve  has A hours every Let it Halleuah! Almighty New brings the A crowd into those consntng hours! Paiencedei living thnkingnselh conquest-conquest a in Oh, hourshourshours S of
  heavenly instruments?
  battle all In this of written nothing
  These o moral and spiritual realms. beginning humility srengtheneh Amen and
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

navy men when one recalls these inn pressive words uttered by George Washington in a speech before both houses of Congress a century and a quarter ago: "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. A free people ought not only to be armed, but dis ciplined; to which end uniform and well-digested plan is requisite"
 Congress should have provided for a larger army, and especially should 1t have strengthened the coast de- lenses before now. During the Sixty third Congress, Secretary of War Garrison urged small increase, but his recommendation received little at tention.
 But the European war having come with its pregnant lessons, the public demands prompt action along the line of preparedness. The Sixty-fourth Congress should endeavor to make up for lost time. The people look to it, at any rate, for the enactment of ade- quate defense bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

situation leaves no room for doubt as to the states duty. There is no jug gling with the figures and no ground for quibbling.
 The states floating debt is an hon. est debt. No matter about the wis dom or unwisdom of the administra- tive policies that allowed it to reach present proportions, the state owes the money and the money must be paid.
 Governor Henderson's published statment of Alabama's finances in which he appeals to the people to vote for the bond amendment is thor oughly business-like and forceful. Major German goes more into detail, and especially interesting and worth while is his account, presented in tab ulated form, of the income and dis burcements in each year from 1907 to 1915, inclusive.
 The bond amendment election will be held January IS. It is sincerely hoped that the people will be suffi- ciently aroused to the importance of the measure to turn out in great numbers and vote for it. Thus far there has been only campaign of pamphlet distribution and letter writing, all of which helps, of course; but if decisive majority, or any sort of majority, is to be assured for the amendment, there should be whirl- wind campaign of speech making.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

From the New Era, federal penitentiary,
 Leavenworth.
 There is a picture of girl on my cell wall She is always looking down at me. A bouquet of flowers lies in her lap and her eyes follow me wherever I move.
 do not know if she is waiting to go to funeral or a wedding. She is dressed for neither, especially. Her eyes and her hat are dark, but her dress, and let us hope her heart, are light. Still, her eyes are sad How could they be otherwise with nobody to look at but me? She seems puzzled at how I come to be here. So am I. I look at her, she looks at me. Her gaze is steady and unfaltering, true; mine trihe shifty. To date have not been able to straighten things out very satisfa ctorily for her. Still, she keeps her place, mute questioner, searching my soul.
 I have told her several different stories about this affair of mine, but I suppose that at some time or another I shall be telling her the truth. would do so now but fear if I did the glue on the pie lures back might fail, and her picture fall, or fade away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
Echo of Eastland Tragedy

Last week six of eight men indicted by Chicago federal grand jury Tn connection with the Eastland disaster, gave themselves up before federal judge in Grand Rapids, Mich. They were released on bonds of $10,000 each. On the 20th of this month re- moval proceedings will be begun in Grand Rapids and the question of ex- tradition from Michigan to Chicago will be fought out. It is predicted that ''the contest will be one of the hottest ever held in this district" :"
 The Eastland tragedy, one of the most appalling catastrophes ever recorded, and apparently one of the most inexcusable, has been almost forgotten in the deluge of war news that now fills the newspapers. It has already become an old story, in which only the most perfunctory interest is shown except, perhaps, by those who were directly affected by it. The friends and relatives of approximate ly eight hundred persons who lost their lives when the Eastland tipped over in Chicago river, probably re- member, but many of the surviving relatives. were given substantial do nations through the generosity of Chicago citizens and had their sorrow eased somewhat.
 There was a great cry of indigna- tion when the boat capsized and de- mands for speedy justice to be meted out to the guilty. Secretary Redfield hastened to Chicago and made an in vestigation that was farcical. Pro- ceedings dragged along and finally indictments were returned for several officials connected with the steam ship line operating the Eastland. Some of these officials resided in Michigan and they have not yet been brought to trial, as the news from Grand Rapids indicates. They have no intention of being brought to trial, if legal skill can prevent it.
 Nobody has been punished for the Eastland disaster, and the indications are that nobody will be punished. The whole matter will be exhausted in legal wrangles and come to nothing. The forgetful and too complacent American public is to blame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

to the bathroom I consider that a dis tinctly unfavorab1e omen"
 A BUDDING MoNOPOLIST. That youngster of mine is going to get into trouble with the federal government some day." remarked the proud father. Surely not"
 T wouldn't be at all surprised. By hook or crook he's managed to acquire about half the toy trains in our block"
 GETTING EVEN.
 When I left home 20 years ago, nobody thought would ever amount to any thing" said the prosperous manufacturer You fooled em, eh?''
 T should say SO! Just for spite I leased every available billboard and plastered my name all over my native village
 NOISELEsS, THEN. That rustling you hear is caused by self-conscious people turning over a new leaf"
 Yes" replied the cynic. "And when those leaves fly back you don't hear sound"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
Army and Navy Will Be Increased

When Congress reconvenes the na- tional defense measures will have first attention.
 The administration programme for creating larger military estab- lishment and expanding the navy may not be adopted in the form outlined in the Presidents message, but the urgent need of preparedness is ap- preciated by most of the representa- tives and senators, irrespective of party, and when the recommendations of army and navy experts are an- alyzed and the different bills studied and assimilated, measures will be agreed upon which will doubtless give the country adequate protection.
 The ultra -pacifists who protest against any strengthening of the na- tional defense have never reflected public sentiment, and as the admins tration policy has come to be thor oughly understood patriotic Amerl- cans are practically of one mind in favoring preparedness legislation. Nothing could be more un-American than the peace-at-any- price propa- ganda, but fortunately the people of the United States follow the lead of far-seeing statesmen and clear-think- ing publicists rather than accept the views of visionaries.
 How feeble seems the contention of little army men and the little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
Regarding Cotton Acreage

Cotton state bankers and other business men have urged the farmers to diversity their crops and to keep down their cotton acreage.
 In those sections where the boil weevil wrought havoc with the 1915 crop little or no urging to reduce cot ton acreage will be needed. What happened to the cotton in infested counties in 1915 would happen again in 1916, or as long as the fields are full of pest breeders.
 In infested districts the farmer of good, practical sense will let cotton alone for at least year or two. That is the best way of getting rid of the weevil. In th2 place of cotton all the food crops and live stock can be profitably raised. In those sections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
Expert on State Bond Issue

Maj. J. T. German, the well known examiner of public accounts, writes clearly and convincingly on the state bond issue, and his communication, which appears on another page of to- days .Age-Herald, should be widely read and pondered.
 Any one familiar with the main facts concerning the states financial condition should realize the necessity of an issuance of bonds. Public finances often involve complexities, but 1t is not so in the case of Ala bama's treasury deficit which the proposed bond issue is intended to meet.
 Major Germans analysis of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
THE HEART OF INDIA

From the New York Telegram.
 India has never been conquered. She is free, not with the freedom of an Anglo Saxon colony, but with subtle, secret independence of her own that eludes the naked western eye. She gave her land revenues, the reins of her government, her wealth of fattering
 obeisances and her soldiers to the alien, since with force at his back he demanded them.
 She permits him to retain them, since he seems practical mundane person likely to insure prosperous government. Into her heart, into the region of inti- macy and close friendship, she has never let him trespass, and she never will.
 My heart" she says, Hike my woman kind. is parda-nishin. Into its presence shall the white man never enter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE IMMEDIATE
 CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY TO THE WARRIOR

T~ HE proposed highway to Lake Bank
 head, or the navigable Warrior
 A river, is the most important project Birmingham is facing today
 This must be built; and of the best ma teriai, immediately.
 We must go farther than to build this highway. We must show the business courage and determination manifested by Galveston, by Houston and by Los An geles The latter city brought the sea to it.
 The United States government has brought navigation to the very doors of Birmingham. Boats are at our front gate. We must build proper way from the front veranda to the front gate and build there stepping stone te the channel of commerce.
 Other cities have issued bonds and Dullded .TlSnt. hOS ADSeleSt rom Vll- lage in an arid region, has become great city by adding modern necessities to na- ture It not only built g. canal from the sea, but 1t brings its drinking water and water for manufacturing purposes from forty miles away.
 Birmingham, having been supplied by. nature and the United States government with navigable river to the sea, it is the province and the duty of Jefferson county to take full advantage of it. That can only be done by the county building a great highway and low grade railroad and docking facilities at the river. These docking facilities must be of mammoth proportions to handle the coal, iron, steel, cast iron pipe and other tonnage that will run far up into the millions annually.
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 Now, why should not Jefferson county issue bonds for the building of the road, the building of the railroad and the build ing ofsthe docks? The railroad would run from the docks to the nearest point in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
FriendIier Attitude

T am glad to see Senator Under wood taking the lead in legislature seeking betterment of railroad con- ditions," said Richard Pettus. Jr, for merly of Birmingham, but now of New York.
 His suggestion for joint commit tee of Congress or a special commits sion be appointed to make a thorough investigation of the transportation sit- uation and make remedial recommend : ations is good one.
 Senator Underwood's attitude and that of the Wilson administration is friendly to the railroads And the at titude of the interstate commerce com mission is friendlier than it used to be. Business men are glad to see this. When the railroads are accorded fair treatment the whole country is bet ter off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
CAREFUL KISS DEFINED

New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis-
 patch.
 have emphatca'ly punctuated-descrip- tively-divorce suit, we have new one. This is the "careful'' kiss. So important is the woman who invented it, that she made it the second item of her ten com mandments. Thou shalt be careful kisser is this second commandment in full. In expanding upon the merits of the careful kiss. the lady says the r'careful'' means just what it says. In other words, when you come together, in catch-as-catch-can, you are to use your imagination and powers of penetrative am alysis, Thus you have the interpretation of just what careful kiss is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
THE MODERN WOMAN

From the Moulton Advertiser.
 A rolling stone gathers no moss' was once a proverb by old-fashioned men and women, but we no longer hear 1t sounding down the corridors of time. h. stead we look up the street and see some- thing coming toward us that looks more like an animal than human being. but on closer inspection it is found to be a woman, hid behind furs from her neck to her feet. The skins are beautiful. and often made more so when decorated with other attractive features-with flashing wild eyes and glitterng diamonds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
TO ONE IN PARADISE

By Edgar Allen Poe. Thou vast all that to me, love,
 For which my soul did pine; A green isle in the sea, love,
 A fountain and a shrine All wreather with fairy fruits and flowers And all the flowers were mine. An, dream too bright to last.
 An, starry hope that didst arise, But to be overcast!
 A voice from out the future cries. "On, on.'--but O CT the Past
 (Dim gulfD my spirit lowering lies Mute, motionless, aghast For, alas! alas. with me
 The light of life is o'er! No moreno moreno more
 (Such language holds the solemn sea To the sand upon the shore)
 Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree, Or the stricken eagle soar And all my days are frances
 And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances
 And where thy footstep gleams- In what ethereal dances.
 By what eternal streams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
PROVED HIS METrI.E

From the Louisville Courier Journal
 The Oklahoma banker who followed the bank robbers with shotgun and winged one with each barrel will need TO safety vault hereafter. He can pin hands off sign on a pile of money, affix his signature and go to bed with out worrying about bandits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

where the boil weevil has not yet got start, cotton will be as extensively planted as last year, On the whole, the average in the south will be about the same as in 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
X light heart lives long.
 Loves Labor Lost.

BEGINNING THE DAY-o Cod, give me passion for the right' | would love it with all my heart Thou knowest how dull it appears at times to my foolish eyes, anu with what slow zeal folio" It, Give me R great thirst for the things of the spirit. l would pursue them with hurrying feet and with tears or desire. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

see Company officials and engineers will, aid the county officials in the surveys. data of cost and with outlines of the wharfage facilities necessary. The Ten nessee Company officials and the officials of other companies, am sure, will grant their services to the county free of cost.
 Let us do the thing and do it right while we are doing it. Make one bond issue for the highway, the low grade railroad and the wharves.
 The government, having done it's work through the efforts of Senators Bank head and Underwood, it is the duty of Jefferson county and it's officials to do their part.
 The New Year has opened with wonder full prospects for the development of the coal, iron and steel business in the Bir- mingham district The railroads are al- ready handling more tonnage than at any time in years past, and it will not be many months before there will be addi- tional hundreds of ships on the sea car rying the American flag and seeking 1. freight for foreign parts.
 The shpyards of this country have never been so active Then we will need cheap freight rates to the port of Mo- bile and we can only get them through the Warrior river.
 No engineer in the south has ever had such a magnificent opportunity presented for him to make great reputation and name for himself as that today presented to County Engineer George H. Clark He is competent and worthy and by the mere asking can get the assistance of every practical man of engineering ability in the Birmingham district. Take hold, MT. Clark. and let's do this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
HOTEL HOBBIES
Activity at ca.t Pipe Plant.

The cast iron pipe industry has been active for some time and it is a good thing to know that we have great year just ahead of us., said pr. Felix l. Tar rant, president of the National Cast Iron Pipe company at Tarrant City.
 There is not only a brisk demand for pipe, but we are getting good prices. Tar rant City, where our works are located, is one of Biriningham's newer suburbs, but it is destined to grow to large size. It is clean, thriving town and in time 1t will have variety of small indus tries'' Ws
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02

The all-winter surf bather finds no diff fculty in getting photographed for the newspapers if she happens to be wom- an and is wearing her bathing suit when the picture is taken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-02
MILITANT MADAME

From the New York World.
 Mme Schwimmers method of en- forcing peace resembles MT. Roosevelt's S schemes for preparedness and war. As a true militant, the lady belongs in Oyster Bay rather than in Stockholm.