Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1909, Page 6

THE OMAHA D_Allx BEE. FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Entered Omaha postoffice as second- el TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Tiily Bee (without Siinday), one year..$4.00 Daily Bee and Sunday, one year....... 6.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (includipg Sunday), per week..lbc Daily Bee (withowt Sunday), per week..l0¢ Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 8¢ Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week...10¢ Surday Bes. ofe yest seebonsessss ol Saturday Bee, oné yea L 180 Address al) compiatats of rreguiarities in delivery to City Cireulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. g South Omsha~Twenty-fourth and N Council Bluffs—16 Bcott Street. Lincoln—618 Little Building. Chjcago—1648 Marquette Bullding. New York—Rooms 11011102 No. 34 West Thirty-third fllm¥‘ Washington—725 Fourteenth Street, N W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi. torial_matter should be addressed: Omaha Lee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps recefved in payment of mall accounts, ‘ersona), checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchahges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebi Douglas County, ss.: George B, Tzschuck, treasurer of The Bee Pubiishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the wctual number of full and complete coples of The Daily, Morning Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1909, as follows: 42,070 16. 41,930 43,060 17 44,700 18.. 48,18 19 48,450 . 20 42170 91.. 40,040 22.. 41,080 23 43,100 4. 41,820 25.. 41,750 26. 43,860 27 41,780 40,100 28. 29. 20. Returned Coples Net Total... Dally Average.. GEQ, B, TZSCHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed in my presence and before me this st day of Dec (Beal) M. P, WALKE Notary Publ Subscribers leaviag the city te Belay thee, Zelaya! #e careful not show dates mixed. to get your corn It will be elther the last or the I ing House of Lords. Brooklyn's wAcfifiner foa‘ut seems to be hotter for Coler. Mayor “Jim" had better stick to cliln music and the lasso. There continue to be indications that the Tammany boss is a loser with Gaynor. With characgeristie frivolity New York makes light of its $11,000,000 gas bill. With Nicaragua on its hands, con- gress may not have so prosy a session after all. At Christmas shopping time it in- variably gets to be a case of never mind the weather. Mr. Plerce's lawyers evidently con- sider that swearing before a woman doesn’t count. Governor Stubbs will hardly mind’ the club snub. As a locker antagonist he locked himself out. ‘The moles of the Chicago tunnels ap- pear to have thrown up some respecta- ble imitations of fiscal mountains. Another negro has been burned at the stake down in Georgia. And still we read about ‘‘barbarous Mexico. The true Christmas flavor seems to be in the air, with Hetty Green cutting the interest rate on Wall street loans. \ About the most fragile bric-a-brac nowadays is the airship record. Some new one is shattered every little while. At this stage of the game English- men are not falling over themselves in the scramble for the job of viceroy of | India, The judicial. finding that they are not ‘“‘common laborers” entitles Omaha barbers to hold their heads up a little higher. | - P — Determined to rid himself of that ancient libel about his whiskers, the farmer is now taking to raising beard- less whea The Rock Island and 'Frisco roads have been divorced without going to the divoree court. But they will still be friends. Andrew Carnegle s getting just as much free advertising out of it as if he some had actually offered Omaha money for a new public library, lowa off;; to furnish the judge for that United States supreme court va- Nebraska might dig up a few cancy. eligibles it properly encouraged. The magazine rate per word has been eclipsed by the establishment of $10 fines tor offenders accosting girls on the street with “Hello, kid.” Nebraska Is taking its full share of prizes at the International Live Stock When it comes to ralsing corn and cattle, Nebraska can't show at Chicago. be beat. At last the one man who personally witnessed the Chicaga fire, the Galves- ton flood and the San Francisco earth- quake has found this world too tame and gene to seek another, Concentration of Troops. How completely the west has out- grown the conditions which confronted the settlers is emphasized by the an- nual report of Secretary Dickinson of the War department in recommending the abolition of isolated army posts which have served their purpose. Now that the early Indian strife and other ploneer problems have been settled, no good reason exists for maintaining troope In remote places, and we may expect a gradual withdrawal of such forces, In line with the secretary's pro- posal for centralization at the larger cores of population. Concentration works for economy of administration and facilitates mobility of troops. More than this, it meets the double purpose of familiarizing the public with an arm of the service which {s comparatively little known and of fostering the development of the militia. Experlence of European na- tions demonstrates that such concen- tration develops a more enthusiastic loyalty for the regulars on the part of the people, makes youth more eager for enlistment and adds to general efficlency. In our own country the peculiar need of a more seasoned mili- tia will undoubtedly be better met through the federal and state co-opera- tion, which is Intended to follow such centralization as is proposed, for the volunteers will not only have the con- stant work of the regulars before them for comparison, but will profit directly by the expert instruction possible with officers so readily available. The whole project of strengthening the nation’s reserves would thereby gain mate- rially. The secretary’s suggestion that the youth of the land be afforded every op- portunity for rifle practice has its merits; knowledge of how to use a gun is useful to anyone, and when a coun- try needs men who have that knowl- edge it needs them badly. Outlawing Zelaya. Severance of diplomatic relations with Zelaya's administration in Nica- ragua, and the virtual branding of that functionary as a tyrant and a male- factor, have been done with such strong and vigorous language on the part of Secretary Knox that this coun- try stands committed to put an end to his regime, if the belligerents whom we have recognized are not able to do s0. The outlook I8 that the belliger- ents have the upper hand in the troub- led republic, but at last reports Zelaya controlled considerable area and is still the dictator of the legislature. This may mean armed conflict for the United States. Fortunately, the crisis comes at the very eve of the opening of congress, 8o that there will be the fullest opportunity for mani- festation of entire accord on the part of the direct representatives of the Amer- fcan people. It must be evident to all that the time has come when we have to fulfill our duty to ourselves to en- sure the safeguarding of American in- terests and American Jives in the cen- tral republics. The matter of reparation for the barbarous and unjustifiable execution of Cannon and Groce can await events, but there can no longer be any reserve of patience concerning the acts of Zelaya, upon whom Secre- tary Khox has virtually stamped the brand of outlawry. Our step toward armed intervention in the Nicaraguan embroglio is first of all an assertion of our own rights, which Zelaya has flaunted and out- raged, but in a larger sense it is a notitication to all Central America that we are determined to put an end to the unstable condition of affairs in the revolutionary zone, and to the world that United States control of the west- ern hemisphere is to be efficiently maintained. No Customs Discriminations. Great decrease of smuggling and consequent large gain in revenue is al- ready apparent as a result of the re- forms accomplished in the New York customs house. This is gratifying from a business point of view and from the standpoint of ethical observation. Dis- crimination seems to have been one of the worst evils of the past, and an un- American class feeling cannot but have been aroused by the manifestation of such favoritism. It is apparent from the reports of Buropean travelers, as well as from official records, that the law is now being strictly applied to all alike. This is entirely as it should be, for this principle has been fundamental since the foundation of the republic. Mr. fcy pays the treasury, and it will also be found to have its value in maintain- ing the spirit of national traditions. International Wirele: It is to be hoped that the deferred matter of international wireless tele- graphy will have an opportunity to be heard at the forthcoming session of the senate, fpr there.appears to be good ground for complaint on the part of the War department that our inter- ests may suffer from not joining in the treaty to which many other nations have already subscribed. The recent experience of the United States army transport Kilpatrick may be cited to fillustrate the unsatisfac- tory condition in which any ship fly- ing the American flag is apt to find itself. It will be remembered that it had great difficulties on its cruise In communicating in various parts of the world and in some instances its mes- sages were refused altogether. It there are clauses in the Derlin treaty to which the senate deems it wise to take exception, it would still be possible to confirm the general con- ditions with such specific reservations Loeb has demonstrated that this pol- | THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, as would meet our peculiar require- ments. Reservations were made by Great Britaln and Japan, while Ger- many, Ruesia, Spain and other im- portant nations signed the convention with no stipulations whatever. The evidence at hand indicates that thus far our fallure to join in the treaty in any form has worked to our distinct disadvantage. Every sticcessive period for reissu- ing liquor licenses seems to bring up some new point of law, and this year the new question is what constitutes the license year for Omaha. In Omaha the licenses for liquor dealers and per- mits to druggists to sell liquor have always run from January to January, coinciding with the fiscal year of the city. Although the appointive mem- bers of the police commission took their offices in March, yet as only one went out each year, making the board practically a permanent body, with the governor as the source of appointive power, counting his term from January to January, ‘‘the municipal year," which is the phraseology of the law, and the calendar year were taken to be the same. Yet the situation in Omaha would hardly be changed from what it has been, if it is changed at all, except for the fact that the last legislature made the police board elective, the membership having a fixed term, be- ginning in May every third year. The point contended for by the anti-saloon representatives, therefore, {8 that this change of the law has changed ‘‘the municipal year” for Omaha, so far as it applies to the issuing of liquor licenses, and that licenses issued now cannot run longer than next May, al- though the applicant would have to pay the full $1,000 exacted for the whole year's license. This is plainly a purely legal ques- tion to be answered by the courts, ac- cording to the requirements of the statutes, and the decisions already made under them. If the attention of the law-makers had been called to this matter at the time, they would doubtless have expressly declared that they had no purpose to change the license year, but evidently no one in or out of the legislature thought of it. The new police board has already is- sued, during the year, two or three licenses running to January, and it will be up to the courts to say whether or not this period is the legal license year. Red Cross and Red Tape. The fact that some of the European postal authorities have barred from the malls matter bearing the Red Cro: stamps cannot but surprise the Ameri- can, who has come to view red tape as a thing to be ruthlessly cut when interfering with worthy causes of hu- manity, Each red cross stamp represents a cash contribution of the private citi- zen for the eradication of white plague. There is no political or na- tional significance in the presence of the stamp on a letter or parcel, and the burden of welght is infinitesimal. In this country little or no confusion has arisen because of thelr use, the public thoroughly understanding that they do not pay postage, but only rerve ficlal crusade. & The arbitrary order forbidding them in foreign mails appears to have been an excess of officlaldom. How much easier it would have been to inform the postal employes and public abroad concerning thelr use instead of return- ing to the senders or consigning to the dead letter office foreign mall bearing the kindly little stickers. The Christ- mas spirit seems to have overlooked the grouchy red tape sticklers in other lands. If the republicans are to oppose the merit system when democrats dre in office and the democrats are to oppose it when republicans are in office, the reform may, and probably will be, many years in com- ing.—World-Herald. But the democrats happen to be in power in Nebraska right now so far as goes. Yet the late democratic legisla- ture put in more time enacting laws to make jobs for democratic pie-biters than it devoted to all other subjects combined, and then the democrats had the nerve to proclaim themselves to be real nonpartisans. If the democrats in Nebraska are so hot for the merit system as they pretend, there is noth- ing to stop them from starting at it. John Mitchell makes a creditable showing for the sober intentions of labor when he reports that strikes are less responsible for violence and deaths must remember, also, that strikes are far fewer in number, for which every- one is grateful. The strike is an in- jury to soclety in other ways than through violence, and is to be avoided except as a last resort. executive order commanding subordi- nates in government bureaus to make their public communications only through the heads of departments Centralization of responsibility is a part of the discipline in every well con- ducted establishment, and loose talk on the part of minor employes {s not only disloyal, but disrupting. The Lincoln Star wants Lincoln to prepare for the censu “It we sit nd allow the enumer- ators to do all the work they are al- most certain to miss a lot of wi It must be alarming to Lincoln folks to think that they might be missed. Those who like to talk about the weather and who have exhausted their adjectives applying to the current entire’ as a bit of holiday cheer in a bene- | executive and legislative responsibility | than are foot ball and elections, but he | There can be only approval of the terrestrial brand may be diverted by observing that the Martians are now reported to be shoveling deep drifts of snow. It is hardly probable that Governor Shallenberger has so soon forgotten the troubles Inflicted on him by the last legisiative session that he should want more of the same before it be- comes necessary. In some cities dirt haulers are not permitted to take their wagons over the principsl thoroughfares, but are compelled to use side streets. Need- less to say that rule does not apply in Omaha. The voluntary dissolution of an im- portant raflroad merger rather creates the impression that even the magnates are not finding consolidation alto- gether unmixed blessings. It may be true that carrying school books makes a child lop-sided physic- ally, but the child who never carries school books is apt to become lop-sided mentally. Perhaps 1t Hasn't. Chicago News. From the calm way In which Standard Oll takes the dissolution verdict one might supposs that it had no particular objection to changing its spots. Keeping Things Moving. Boston Transcript. According to the western newspapers the raliroads of that section are buying new locomotives as never before, Which means an expectation of more to hitch to than at any previous time. Tura On the Light. Cleveland Pain Dealer. Vice President Sherman complains about the obscurity of his lot. He finds that people do not recognize him on the street or even know what his name is. In time they may get him mixed up with the author of the Sherman act or the leader of the murch through Georgia. More Tealan Prophecies. Baltimorp American. Nikola Tesla pronilses that people will be one day able to talk through wireless tele- phones from any given points In the wor'd and at small cost. And nobody now will be found to say this wonder s impos- sible. It 1s & sjgn of the amazing progress of the age that we take as matters of course what only a generation ago would have been looked on as a miracle. Currency Reform “In the Afr.’ St. Louls Republic. The truest word of all Senator Aldrich's currency talks was spoken befors the Economic club of New York the other night when he sald that it he were given power to write a new currency law for the United States he couldn't do it. Mr. Ald- rich, as chairman of the currency com- mission, has gathered a lot of interesting information about European currency sys- tems, but he hasn't found anything abroad that would fit the United States. DO IT NOw, Another Outburst on the Early Shop- \ ping Plea. Boston Glope. The advantages of doing Christmas shop- ping early need ‘ot be dwelt upon to any great length. A'word to the wise is suffi- clent. The earlier people begin buying for the holidays the better opportunities there will be to make a good selection. Prudent purchasers will be sure to do their shopping before the crowds get too large. No need fo notify them. They have learned by ex- perfence. But there are others. The others forget. They are simply thougbtless. They like the convenience of early shopping as well as the wiser ones. However, they require only a word. Once their attention is called to this subject they will bear in mind the necessity of early Christmas shopping. But there Is another reason for early Christmas shopping. It is more unselfish than the other, but it will no doubt appeal with force to every purchaser. Putting off buying until the last week or so inflicts an enormous amount of work upon the attend- ants In the stores. The average person hardly reallzes the excessive strain put upon a clerk by the inconsiderateness of | the thoughtless, Remember that you will make life more tolerable for others and for yourself and will probably feel better satistied with | yourselt and your purchases If you do your Clristmas shopping early. ORACLES DISAGREE. Polar Conversationalists Confound Each Other. Washingten Post. The Nautical Almanac is a technical publication of unchailenged accuracy, and even Dr. Cook would not venture to"dis- pute anything set forth within its covers. | This is none the less true, although the | | almanac has served to make him out an impostor from two standpoints as oppo- | site as the poles themselves. Admiral | | Chester has shown, by subjecting Dr. Cook's observations to the Nautical Al-| marac test, that the explorer was 200 miles out of the way—that distance farther from the pole than his observa- tiens on & certain date indicated. He further demonstrated with an array of figires that carried convietion to his | audlerce that when Dr. Cook wrote that |he was near the pole and proceeding north he actually was beyond the pole, had turned himself around unbeknownst | |and was, of course, heuding south. These | were two of many irstances he cited where Cook’s data did not square with the Nautical Almanac. These disclosures of Dr. Cook's | ing obliquity euused covsternation | Fis partisans, but nobody hal the nerve 1o question the authority ané authentiel'y of Admiral Chester's accusing sons. That Is to say, the Nautieal Admanac test upsetting Dr. Cook's marvelous sfory stood practieally unchal ged until Mr Walter Wellman, fresh from Spitzbergon | knocked Admiral Chester's argument into a cocked hat, and In the most surprising | way. It was a left-handed “knock but none the less a finish blow. He, had used the Nautical Almanac as a yard stick, but in place of dlscovering the wide discrepancies that rewarded Admiral | Crester'y serutiny, Mr. Wellman found an | aceuracy so minute and precise that the only inference to be drawn was that Dr. | Cook, by the ald of a Nautieal Almanac fabricated his marvelous data at a hunt. ing camp several hundred miles “rom the pole! Taking a pencil and the almanac, Mr. Wellman demonstrated the case with which Cook's data might have been “cooked up. Cook's data are aboard ship hound for Copenhagen, but thelr inaccessibili‘y need not hinder him from confounding Admiral Chester and Explorer Wellman forthwith. The sending of a copy of M. Wellman's argument to Admiral Chester and vice versa should suffic seem among compari |as a carpet | there | the goods from being thrown back on the | Mrs. Around New York Ripples on the Ourrent of Life as Seen in the Great Amerioan Motropolis from Day to Day. The Imported spook raiser doing business in New York at $300 per puts & prop under the suspicion that the metr> now polls has a large and varied collection of people entitled to the Barnum degree of E. M. All lines of activity, from the learned professions down to the submerged crowd have a good percentage of easy One of them—a type of many- story in court the other day to rd herseif of leeches and recover some of the $15000 she gave up. Mrs. Ma. marks. | told her | in an effort | ¢ Brandes, and the smooth work- | clation that they expect to ers are Della Goff, a masseuse, and Jacodb Lemondort, agency. Mrs, oceult and had an affinity in mind. manager which prompted a desire for a divorce. Miss Goff | while they belong to the North Amer and | Sanger Bund, which comprises the central wae employed by her threc vears ago. became aware of Mrs. Brandes' s wishes. The servant intimated that oret &he knew of a woman clairvoyant who could | will arrange the divorce and obtain all the evi- dence and who had been active In her way in some of the noted divorce cases In the city Mrs. Brandes desired this claif voyant, but says Della Goff told her that she was the medlum through which woman worked her wonders, in fact, the “concentration.” Mrs. says she finally consented to pay the $10,- 000 asked and started to write a check. “I cannot take a check for this’ Mrs. Brandes, sald Miss Goff told her. I will have to get the cash.”" Mrs. Brandes sald she went to a and drew the money in $1,00 bills gave to the masseuse ten of them. From that time, Mrs. Brandes sald, the money was paid In smaller amounts. most to see vorce accelerator, and served at another time. Lemondorf came Into the affair one time when Miss Goff was-{ll. Mrs. Brandes saild, and collected money for her. Mrs. Brandes sald that she gave him $1.000 once, to be paid to the clalrvoyant who needed the money to get evidence, and there was a charge being made from time to time for expenses of detectives following out the Instructions of the occult adviser, the total amounting to $15,000. Mrs. Brandes informed the court that she has a serap of a divorce decree to show for the money another reason A woman walked up to the counter of a fashionable hotel and asked for a package of valuables which was in the safe, relates the Sun. “If 1 had not wanted one thing I suppose I should have package where it was for another three vears,” she sald to the clerk. ‘Yes,” said the clerk In answer to a Question after the woman left, “that packet had really been In our safe for three years. Why, we have all sorts of valuable papers, Jewelry and even money that are entrusted to our keeping for years at a time. People seem to prefer a hotel rafe to a safety de- posit vault. One reason, perhaps, s that it costs nothing. Another is that the stand- ard of hotel clerks has improved. “It is astonishing the amount of jewelry that people keep in hotel safes. Of cou the owners have originally stopped in the hotel, but they go away, leaving their val- uables, and I have known such persons to be gone as much as two years and never make an inquiry about thelr property in that time. “To show you how much confidence peo- ple have in hotels and their employes 1 might mention that the other day a man came In here and put four $1,000 bills in an envelope, wrote his name on the latter and asked me to put it In the safe. Not long ago another man actually did the same thing with seven $10,000 bills.” The clerks of several other hotels talked in a simflar strain without any outside suggestion, “I'll bet I have handled more than a mil- Hon dollars’ worth of jewelry today,” sal one. “Look here,” and he opened the safe and plled six or elght big jewelry cases on the counter, but hurriedly put them back. “In one of those T know there fs over $200,000 worth, and what I showed you was only a few of what the safe contains.” particular left the The great corporations the elty for special in arrears to franchise taxes since 1900 are resorting to Injunctions to pre- | their | vent the comptroller from selling franchises at the advertised sale on cember The amount Involved $27,000,000. The comptroller is telling the delin- quents that he will accept part payment on the arrears, but that he will not give more time, and that if the major of the arrears Is not pald sale day the properties the hammer. Among the will go under corporations affected the following: The Second Avenue road, the Metropolitan, the New & Harlem Railroad City Line the Central P North & company, Third Avenue are Y East svstem, River the | Consolidated Gas company. the in Among speclalized 0dd occupations that ar modern business is that of one woman employed in the carpet stors The best Brussels carpets this holds good In other makes, evented from ‘“sprouting on the floor, as a specially there there, cannot be When down : TUg, or soon appear small tufts which detract from the the housewife. The oc- olal woman is to take uts. here and ks and cupation of this care of th With speclal needles and she goes the afflicted skiliful manipulation rcompels threads get back into Her success pr annoy e spi other to house the and ents in ma to place stay arpet house PERSONAL NOTES, of gloomy, ugly mad and wicked, the Infer- that she does not like the From the that dirty, money ence is drawn place M Ro: sirike of has the adv stateme Chicago Is Pastor hirtwaist n s may lead Mrs. Slokes able to do her ers. age of being share of striking without Incurring danger | of hunger. As an indication of her desire & Marylend woman burned th moved her all right to move, house. This she landed. Now a tory by praver. sport, neither eleven should pray the other does—in which pray the same prayer. Wherever Dr. Cook may be keeping him- self at present, either for a rest or to escape lecture bureau managers, he should load himself up with moving pictures of the place, affidavits of the waiters and a tew reliable witnesses or there will be those to doubt his story when he Tetuyrns and tells where he has been. foot ball team has won a unless case both should vie- | Just as a matter of clean | Brandes is a student of the | the | and she was, | Brandes | bank | and | At one time | it was to obtain ball for one of the de-| tectives employed by the clairvoyant di- De- | 1s | part | on or before | rafl- | rk | company, | .| candidate for the secretaryship will enter and perhaps | tools | and b DEATH OF HUSBAND | | Jertrude Atherton | husband, frightful, | met restaurant, Omaha, until she was in- | avenue “|filed the complaint but the other abode | gq Tnsiate Bendn she had in mind was not the jail in which | |PEOPLE ONLY HALF AWAKE [MANY SINGERS ARE COMING Omaha Saengerfest Committee Gets | Acceptances. |EASTERN SOCIETIES SEND WORD | Many Not Expected WIill Attend July Meeting—Denver and Lake City Will Help | Swell Crowd. | Singing societies trom Miwaukee, St.| Paul, Peoria, Salt Lake City, Denver and | other large cities, some of which were not expected, have notified the arrangement The victim is | committee of the OmaNa Saengerfest asso- | the | attend in Om saengerfest that is to be held ha of an employment |In July. ‘ The local committee has extended invita- tions to the socleties of Kansas City and can | states, they have practically aacepted the Invitation and the committes belleves they be here. The Salt Lake City and Denver socleties have never attended the National Saengerfest in this wsection of | the country before. ing to convince the Kansas City socleties that they should join the Sanger Bund of | this district. Invitations have been sent to other socleties and the committee now feely as- | sured that the attendance will be greater | than at any time in the history of the| organization, or beyond all expectations The Saengerfest society of Peoria num- bers forty-six persons, but the local com- mittee has been assured that a crowd of at least sixty Peorians will come to Omaha and will be accompanied by a band. The Milwaukee and St. Paul singing socleties be- long to a Sangerbund of the northern part of the country and were not expected, but they have accepted the Invitations and will | be welcomed. The arms of the Omaha soclety are open to all soclety that will attend. Rehearsals Begin. The local singing society has begun hold- ing regular rehearsals and meet at 1130 | Farnam street every Monday night. Thirty attended the first rehearsal and this num- ber has been increased to eighty and more are expected. A meeting will be held at 4 o'clock Sun- day in the hall of Schmoller and Miller to organize the ladles’ chorus. All women who read German music are invited to at- tend to assist in organizing the chorus and to take part in the rehearsals. The male and female choruses will prac- tice together, later in the season, to pre- pare for the reception concert on the first night that will be given entirely by the local organizations. The visiting delegation | will take part in all other concerts. The finance committee has been in-| structed by the general committee to begin soliciting funds for entertalnment and will begin their canvass at once. They hope to | raise $15,000 for this fund and a large part of this amount has been promised at this time. The Saengerfest will be held on July 20 to 24 and the committee has begun to make plans early in order to have them com- pleted in full time. Big Decrease in Smuggling| Collections of Duties at New York on Personal Effects Shows Large Increase. NEW YORK, Dec. 2 lector of the Port of N i has convinced wealthy American travelors | that the tariff law was passed to be | | | | Willlam Loeb, col- v York belleves he obeyed by all classes alike and in proof of this he submitted today some astonish- ing figures of increased customs receipis since a stricter application of the law be- gan. For the month just ended there were twice as many declarations and a 125 per cent increase in collections as comparsd with the eorresponding month last year, although 8,000 fewer passengers entered. The total amount collected for the month on baggage and personal effects was more than $17,000,000 and for the fiscal year thus far, the increase over the preceding year in general customs recelpts is $19,891,606 for five months DR. SHERRADEN ELECTED FIELD CLUB PRESIDENT Officers Address Meeting Hela at Commercial Club Following Close of Election. The committee is try- | ! The annual election of the Omaha Field | | club was held yesterday. Dr. W. H. Sher- | | raden, who succeeded to the presidency on | the resignation from that office of John | W. Parrish, was elected without nppm‘lr‘ tion for the ensuing year. | Judge George A. Day was chosen vice | president. Conrad H. Young was also a| candidate. John W, Hughes, the mmppm‘ed‘ {on his fourth term. Philip Potter, who has | | been the treasurer of the Field club since | its organization about ten years ago, was | | chosen to continue in the office for another | [ term, { The members of the board of directors elected are: G. F. Epeneter, G. E. Haver. | stick and J. B. Porter. The election was | | followed by a meeting at the Commercial club last night when the officers were in- | | stalled. S ral speeches were made dis- ‘tu\!(lll{ the affalrs of the club. DRIVES WOMAN INSANE | Sent to Asylum lowa—Husband Died in | o in Brooding over the sudden death of her | who wad a waiter at the Calu sane, Mrs, sle Oteman, 1110 Eleventh | Council Bluffs, was sent to the state asylum at Clarinda, Ta., vesterday Andrew Olson, the w n's etepfather, | Last February Ote- man was found unconsclous on the street fn Omaha and dled without regaining his senses. —_— Expounding on Possibilities of Huma Mind, “Most people are only half awake, thel fires are damped and the drafts checked, declared Benjamin Fay Mills last night in addressing an audlence at the Lyric. Mr. Mills took up an analysis of the | mind of man, insisting that natural pow- { ers could be developed until most all the troubles of human kind could be ba ished. He will give a lesson this aft noon at the Lyric on “The Greatest Oc- | cult Teaching” at 4 o'clock. His course of BEmerson lectures wil be wnunu‘d' tonight. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. “80 youhg Staylate s calllng now at your house. He is one of the best fellows going “Oh, yos, he is going all right, but he never goes.'—Raltimore American. Mr. Cassidy~Awn will yes listen to this, Nora? A Baltimore mon hugged his wolfo so tightly on th' golden wedding thot he broke two av her ribs. " Mrs. Cossidy—Ah, Patrick, awn fen't ut grand_to sce such affection after all thim years ?—Philadelphia Press. “Do_you_ever find It desirable to oppose your wite?" “Yes," answered Mr. ways teel less likely “1 al- Henrletta Meekton, to annoy |1 T can avold being her partner in a bridge game.” —~Washington Star. ““That was Dr. Pondrus who was talking to you a little while ago. He's a very learned man." “He must be’ “Why, how do you know? Ing to you Well, it w very tired." He was only a few minutes’ s long ul\nu:h to make me Catholle Standard and Times first experience in com- asked the traveler of his “What was ¥ Ing to this o chanea companion. “I wae held up," replied the other. ‘You were? By footpads?" No; by the nurse'—Baltimore Ameri- can, “What led you to go into politiea?" “Two reasons,” answered Senator Sor- ghum. “1 wanted to see whether I couldn’t do something for my country. And 150 wanted to sce whether my country couldn't do something for me."—Washing- ton Star. He had managed to accumulate a lot of money by more or less questionable meth- ods “T should Ilike to do something for the benefit of the town” he said. “Well,"" suggested the poor but other- wise honest citizen, “you might move out of 1t."—Chicago News Gunner—I've invented an auto horn. me get you interested in jt. Guyer—~What kind of a horn Is it? Gunner—Oh, one that people will jump at Chicago News. Tt no," sald the impecunious author, iind my poor, bare garret. 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