Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-10

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Let The Bee Tell You.
Observation-Disclosures Mitch
ell Palmer, the new attorney gem
eral of the United States, Is a native
son, born at MoOsehead, Pa, May
4, 1872. Graduating from Swarth-
more college in 1891, he was admit
ted to the bar two years later and
entered congress in 1903 as repre-
sentative of the Twenty-siXth Penn
sylvania district, serving three terms.
Since 1912 he has been a member of
the Democratic National committee,
and served as Judge of the United
States court of claims until Septem-
Der, 1915. When the United States
entered the war Mr.. Palmer became
chairman of the Fifth district board,
under the Selective Service act, and
later was appointed by President
Wilson alien property custodian. In
this important post Mr.. Palmer
took over vast properties controlled
by alien enemies and so disposed Of
it as to insure American ownership.
The new archbishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of New York, Most
Rev. Patrick j. Hayes, is a native
of New York in his SD year. He
was ordained priest in 1892 and be-
came auxiliary bishop of New York
In 1914. In 1908, eleven years after,
he was appointed chancellor Of the
diocese, a position calling for exeeu-
tive business ability. That he met
the last successfully may be inferred
from his promotion to auxiliary
bishop on October %, 1914. Since
the death of Cardinal Farley Bishop
Hayes devoted his energies to war
work and was executive supervisor
of Catholic chaplains in the army
and one of the four bishops constftu-
ting the Catholic board Of war work.
Champ Clark retired from the
speakership of the house of repre-
sentatives just three days before en-
tering upon his 10th year. This is
reported intention of the Missouri
cogressman to make another try for
the democratic presidential nominal
ton. He will have passed his 10th
milestone before the national con-
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mated and elected will have COM
pleted II years, less three days, by
March 4, 1921, an age greater than
that of any president at the time of
his Inauguration. Mr. Clark is a
Kentuckian by birth, a Missourian
by adoption. He has been in con-
gress since 1897, and knows the
game from Bowling Green to Balti-
more.
DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett, grand
nephew of Robert Emmett, the Irish
patriot, passed away at his home in
New York City recently, at the age
of 80. Born at Charlottes Vile,
Va, May 20, 1928, he graduated
from the University of Virginia in
1916, and four years later received
his medical diploma from Jefferson
college, Philadelphia. DR.. EWmet
won distinction in his profession in
New York and was the author of so
books that We're accepted as STAN
dard text books on medical sub
jects. For half a century he was a
militant force in the fight for Irish
home rule and held a leading place
in the many American organizations
which kept the home fires burning
for Self-gOVernment. His own spirit
and the spirit of his martyred grand
uncle flames in, his book, ireland
Under English Rule" a fiery history
of alien rule in the Emerald Isle. DR..
Emmett passed away in his home on
the top floor of a HISTORY Office
building reared on what was the
site of his home for 40 years
Ira Nelson Morris, American min
lister to Sweden since 1914, is one
of our youngest diplomats, having
just entered upon his 45th year. He
is an author as we'll as a diplomat
and a financier of wide repute In
1918 he was commissioner general to
Italy in behalf of the Panama Paci-
fic exposition. He is a graduate Of
Yale university and a member Of
the Academy of Political Science and
the American Museum of Natural
History.