Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 5, 1916, Page 4

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Addy ieation lsting to news and editorial x:nfm'!:m():::-uin.. !':lllarhl Department. AUGUST CIRCULATION 55,755 Daily—Sunday 51,048 pight. Wills, clesuiatien: masewer_ . 28 e Rl ey B o A0 SWIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager. & Subscribed in my g:cu;n“..nd eworn to before me tide 34 day of Bept T HUNTER, Notary Publie. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. e Welcome to our city. e—— The coronership goes the route of all fee grab- bing jobs. | Said Bill to Ted: “How'dy.” Said Ted to Bill: “How'dy.” — Sixteen-to-one is in the discard. The new free Missouri river bridge ratio ig.only three to one. —— The Stars and Stripes forever—the emblem of our indissoluble union of indestructible states! Here's to you, Coronado! Wish you were here to look back and see what you started. | Just so the weather is what we want, we'll forgive the weather man for predicting wrong. Paradoxical as it may seem, what makes the roads so rough for our democratjc senator is his slippery record. | | ee— This historic parade gives music another chance to demonstrate its power to soothe the (once) savage breast. S— 1f the Nebraska of today is the result of such a short space of time, what has not the future in store for this great commonwealth? ——— The faith ‘and loyalty of the Nasby brigade is to be judged not by words, but deeds at the contribution box. Don't-be a tightwad. | There is no politics in the celebration of Ne- braska’s statehood celebration. This historic event is as broad as Nebraska's vast expanse of prairie and as cosmopolitan as Nebraska's multi- variegated population. ; ——— A goodly share of Omaha's industries showed . up in the parade while types of industry by the thousands joyfully looked on. Street limitations prevent a whole show. em———— .Now and then genius trots along with appor- tunity. Just as the bathing beaches closed down for the season an inventor puts on the market a device for pealing peaches. Se— Still, if those who object to a reduction and prefer the higher electric light rate, doubtless the company can be induced to magnify the monthly bills accordingly. " Emmm— The striking feature of c tive records of progress of Greater Omaha is the substantial percentage of growth in all directions, A steady uniform advance meabures the strength and un- failing push of the resources of the corn belt, ; Se—— Hooray! Art Mullen, the new democratic boss of Nebraska, has forked over $25 to the senatot campaign relief fund, Just a “bagashell” out of his fee for persuading the democratic banking board to turn down one bank charter and turn up an- other. i ' Autum’s Golden Veil | Baltimere American Stretched from horizon to horizon, pinned to the morning star and held taut by the evening . star, the veil of nature is spread across the face < oof 4!{. The golden veil, the veil through which sifts the s un like so much gold dust that sprinkles down through the mesh and is caught by the verdure and appears waving goldenrod upon the face of fields. The golden veil of nature is of open mesh and at times the clouds surge through and the golden glow is hidden. And these clouds may condense and rain may fall. But with the evaporation returns the golden glow and the veil of nature continues to sift and sift the sun- light in wonderful fine streams and multitudinous . wavering under the blasts of the fall winds that at time flutter the veil of autumn itself. Ever sifts the sun over the green sward and over the marshes where the lily pads wilt and over the ‘rees that here and there catch the golden glint and weave it into the forestry fabric of autumnal “inting. . How soft, how wonderful soft is the autumn light upon the grasses that have become of all colors through the ripening of their seed pods and fronds. How soft, how wonderful the Oc- tober twilights. This is because the golden veil vt autumn permits only the purified gleamings of the sun to reach the soil bereft of the harsh heat and the dancing waves of torridity that mark the fall of the undeflected sun-rays of sum- mer, It is, not strange that musings begin with :ge veiled light of October. It is no wonder that e romance of the age scems to outcrop in_ the tion during these wonderful days. Soon ‘the mesh of the autumn’s veil will become finer and the soft gray gold will be changed into yet softer glow. There will appear deeper blue of the skies, m\m will shine through a diminished I exclude more of the gold of the the slackening of the sunshine will be | by an Inmmfrchnll How the skies in the crystalline atmosphere, sifted by the veil whose meshes, ever be- ve R itions ik 5 O e T even more ctober phases; de. '% fact that the gold will be less and the i $0. apparent. But the veil will not be n until winter sends white-mantled cohorts it for the galloping legions of the coming of the Cold Welcome to the President. The pleasant duty devolves upon Omaha to- day to extend the cordial welcome of Nebraska to the president of the United States, who comes here, together with the mistress of the White House, for the celebration of our semi-centennial of statehood. As we have said before, all of our citizens rec- ognize and appreciate the deference due to the high office occupied by our distinguished guest, as well as the exceptional personality which has won for him that honor, and we all greet him, not as candidate for office, nor as candidate for re-election, but for what he is himself and as the chief magistrate of the nation. The fact that the president brings with him his estimable wife, about whom naturally centers a special interest, makes the wvisit all the more notable, and she rightly shares the welcome ac- corded him. The participation of the president in the ex- ercises commemorating the completion:of fifty years of statehood for Nebraska by reviewing the pageant so carefully prepared to portray the suc- cessive stages of the state’s progress and by de- livering an address dealing with some of the phases of this progress, elevates the event to a level higher than that of mere state-wide impor- tance and centers the attention of the whole coun- try upon us. We are sure we speak for all of Omaha and Nebraska when we bid the guests welcome and express the hope that their visit will be some- thing they will remember with pleasure ever after, S— Relief for the Syrians. The report of the American cdmmission for the relief of the Syrians and Armenians is stupe- fying in its recital of horrors. In days since the war was extended to Asia, word has come through of the fate of Christians fallen into Turkish hands, and a bit of the terrible atrocities have been cited, but this confirmed account exceeds all so far known. Conditions to be met there now present but a single problem, that of how to get relief through to the sufferers. Americans are eager to give of their plenty to any of the vic- tims of war. Millions of money already devoted to this purpose will be followed by other millions, s0 long as we may he sure that our bounty is not being abused, and that the supplies reach the ones who need succor. In this noble work the American people have been as one, and have shown their impartial concern for the helpless in an intensely practical way. The reckoning with the Turk may come later. Wilson and Wall Street. Our democratic friends are persistently ring- ing the changes on the statement that President Wilson has dehorned the Money Devil and now has Wall street tame and tractable. Their asser- tions on this point are just as wide of the truth as other of their campaign claims. Never in the his- tory of Wall street has so much purely specu- lative business been: carried on. Gambling in “war brides” has been notorious for almost two years, while the standard stocks have felt the im- petus of the inflation, andl ‘are daily registering new altitudes in prices, under the influence of the speculative movement set in motion by the flood of war orders, - Furthermore, the legitimate business of pro- motion and development is carried on in New York. It'is there great eénterprises are born and fostered; money goes to New York, because it finds there employment at a profit. Three-fourths of the wonderful export business of the country is done through the port of New York, and al- most the same proportion of the imports. For the week ending Thursday last the total bank clearings of the principal cities of the country, réported by Bradstreets, were $5407,362,000; of this stupendous sum the banks of New York had $3,478,043,000, or nearly two-thirds of the entire amount. Just how President Wilson has subdued the banks of New York and restricted their op- erations may be gained from comparison of the reports made a week before the war broke out in July, 1914, and for last week. The figures are: 14, 1916, Lot cearenssenso$2,574,753,000 $3,347,438,000 De;::i- “f, 15,000 ,Wm Reserve excess.... 26,173, 89,189,000 Circulation . . 41,734 31,149,000 Examination will show that instead of ham- pering the gambling operations of Wall street, the Wilson_administration has enhanced them, while any restriction that has been felt has fallen on legitimate enterprise. The wonder is that the democrats still regard the voters as simple enough to be frightened by the bugaboo of Wall street, SEE—— Against the Doctrine of Hate. The address of Viscount Bryce to the Con- gregationalists at Birmingham is really intended for consideration of thoughtful people wherever found. It is the profoundly considered utterance of a thinker whose words are entitled to much respect. Viscount Bryce looks forward to a day when international disputes and differences may be settled without resort to force, and calls to our notice again that the leaders of American thought and policy are devoted to the ideals of peace, and the particular effort that is being made to formulate some plan for the enforcement of peace in the future. Especially does he deplore the talk that has been indulged extensively on both sides of the water about extending the con- flict through a trade war. “To indulge in re- venge,” he says, “will be to sow the seeds of ! future wars.” In this sentence is the pregnant warning that has been sounded by philosophers through the ages, and which has been so little heeded by men in making up their relations with other men. Happily for the United States, it has shaped its course along other lines, and has never been deeply concerned in measures for retaliation or the pursuit of vengeance. Such wars as it has engaged in have been for human rights and liberties, and not for conquest or revenge. But the thought also has in it the further warning that we must be prepared; our splendid isolation no longer exists, and our intimate connection with world affairs is such as will eertainly in- volve us in whatever of adjustment comes to the world, as the result of the present conflict. No doctrine of hate should be permitted to prevail, but it can only be entirely avoided by the pres- ence of a great neutral, sufficiently strong to com- mand the respectful attention of any opponent to enduring peace, commem—— Before propounding questions to other candi- dates it would be in order for Candidate Hitch- cock to do a little explaining for himself,. Why did he vote protection off of Nebraska potatoes and onto Virginia peanuts? . Why did he “duck” the roll call that might have stopped the sena- torial mileage graft? Why? | THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 35, Reform in Marriage Blshop Samuel Farrows in Chicago Herald. All along the line of march taken by woman toward her destined goal of complete emancipa- tion from man-made fetters lie fragments of the various rivets and bits of archaic scrap iron that once formed part of her manacles. The latest to be thus discarded is the old- fashioned word “obey,” which is about to be for- ever deleted from the marriage service of the Episcopal church. This measure has been recom- mended by the official revision committee, a body composed of seven bishops, seven presbyters and seven laymen, in their report which will be sub- mitted to the general convention of the church October 11 at St. Louis. ‘I say emphatically Amen to the proposed change. ’ The obligation to obey is out of date. No wonder. It represents the countless psychological and physical crimes that have accumulated through all the ages since man first struck his future life partner on the head with his 'stone ax and carried her off to his cave, there to toil un- rotestingly in his service for the remainder of er existence. That man established the custom of ¢bedience for women, and it has taken the fair sex all the centuries that lie between to break it! When Rome stood at the zenith of its glory as a civilized nation it was lawful for a husband to whip, sell or even kill his wife. Her fetters were still very heavy, you see. But the progres- sive woman spirit had begun, and finally advanced beyond this to the time when, under the old Eng- lish law, the man could chastise, but not kill his helpmate. p St. Paul has always been quoted as authority for the subjection of woman in the matter of the marriage service. But the apostle was doubt- less uninspired in these matters, speaking only 88 a mortal filled with the prevailing thought of his age. It is my belief that Shakespeare inter- pheted the marriage bond far’ better in these words: “Companions whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love.” I have left the word “obey” out of the mar- riage service during the "entire period of my ministry, except in certain instances where the bride has made a special request that it be re- tained. This has actually occurred but three time in forty years. The obligation “to love, comfort, honor and keep” has always seemed to me sufficient. . The church revisionists should go a little fur- ther and eliminate from the setvice on the part of the man the words “with all my worldly goods I thee endow.” So often we know the endowment comes from the woman, a fact which makes ridiculous nonsense of his statement. . The Church of England still retains the am- biguous sentence, “with my body I thee wor- ship.” Let us have the simple statement, “with this ring I thee wed.” A Triumph for Labor St. Louls Globe-Democrat. in the failure ork. This as- Labor has won a great victo: of the sympathetic strike in New sertion may have the appearance of a paradox, but we believe it to be a simple truth. It is a triumph of rationality over radicalism. It is equivalent to a declaration that labor itself puts a limit to the use of its organization against the public welfare and will not be a tool in the hands of leaders animated by self-interest or fired by’ mistaken zeal. It is a declaration that contracts with labor must have the same force and validity as any other contracts, and cannot be violated with imlpunity. It is a declaration that the inter- ests of labor are inlelpanble from the interests of the public and that labor destroys itself when it dutrors the saurces of its existence. Reason has prevailed over gu;ion. and right over wrong, as reason and right always prevails in the end. The forces of intelli&ence. ed by such organizations as the Ty aphical union, which has from the first stood firmly opposed to the sympathetic general strike proposed by the New York labor leaders and a‘pproved by Mr. Gompers, have won, and the result 1s that instead of 800,000 workers going out Wednesday and all business in the city being paralyzed, as was predicted last week, but a com- arative handful has responded to the call and usiness is virtually undisturbed. What would have been the consequences if the {enertl strike plan had been fully sustained by the unions? Approximately three-quarters of a million union laborers would have stopped work. They would have lost in wages, at the very lowest estimate, $1,500,000 a day. But that would have been a mere pittance compared with the losses incurred by millions of innocent people, made to suffer unjustly b{ the act of the unions. And what would have been their gain? Nothing, even if they had won. And they would have acquired the bitter lnuronism of the public to all union labor; the public, whose sympathy has ever been union labor's chief support; the rnblic, out of which comes the sustenance of all Tabor. And more: They would 'have violated innumerable solemn contracts -and sacrificed all confidence in their pledges. Union labor in New York would have Ee:n discredited and disgraced, and union labor throughout the country would have felt the effect of a changed attitude of public opinion, an attitude made definitely and strongly antagonistic by resentment against such a display of organized tyranny. Indeed, yes; labor has triumphed against the enemies within itself who would array it against the general welfare and make of it a class inimical to the public good. U. S. Senators to Be Elected - In the election next month ‘thrty-two mem- bers of the United States senate are to be chosen to fill the places of convention democrats, and fifteen republicans, whose terms expire next March. The senate is now composed of fifty-six democrats and thirty-nine republicans. Counting the results in Maine, where two republican sena- tors were elected last month, the composition of the upper house becomes fiifty-five democrats and forty-one republicans. To gain control the republicans must elect twenty-three senators. That is to say, they must elect all their fifteen and make an inroad of eight on the democrats. The senatorial candidates named by the two leading parties are as follows: State. Democrat. Republican. Arizona *George Ashurst J. H. Kibbey California ~ G. S. Patton 3 i])olmson Connecticut “H. S. Cummings *G. D. McLean Delaware . 0. Wolcott *H. A. DuPont Florida ark Trummell' None Indiana ‘]’: W. Kern H. C. New Indiana *Thomas Taggart J. E. Watson Maryland David J. Lewis os. France Massachusett { F. Fitzgerald -*H. C. Lodge Michigan awrence Price *C E. Townsend Minnesota D, W.'Lawler F. B. Kellogg M i *J. S. Williams None *J]. A. Reed W. S. Dickey | Montana *H. L, Myers C. N, Pray | Nebraska *G. M. Hitchcock J. L. Kennedy Nevada *Key Pittman amuel Platt New Jersey *J. F. Martine J. Freylinghupsen New Mexico A. A. Jones Frank Hubbell New York W. F, McCombs W. A. Calder North Dakot. John Burke *P. J. McCumber Ohio *Atlee Pomerene M.T. Herrick Pennsylvania O. S. Ellis Phil. Knox Rhode Island P. G. Gerry ‘H.&Li pitt Rhode Island K. D. McKellar D. W. Hooper Tennessee *C. A. Culberson A, W, Atkinson Texas W. H. King *G. Suthetland Utah 0. C. Miller S. Page ' Vermont *C. A. Swenson e Virginia George Turner *M. Poindexter H. Sutherland *R. M. LaFollette *C, D. Clark Washington *W. C. Chilton West Virgini William Wolfe Wisconsin J. B. Kendrick ‘Wyoming *Incumbent. 1916. Thought Nugget for the Day. Beware of desperate steps! The dark- est day, Live till tomorrow, will have passed away. < William Cowper. One Year Ago Today in the War. German ‘government disavowed the act of the submarine commander. who sank the Arabic. France and England landed troops at Saloniki ready to join Serbians. Bulgaria ignored the Russian ulti- matum, United States notified Turkey the Armenian massacres must cease. Austro-German army appeared on Serbjan border ready for drive. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Major Chambers, inspector of ani- mals of the army in’this department, has left for St. Louis, where he is to Eurchnse 900 mules and horses, to ’e used by the army in this divis- on. 8 Charles R. Bliss and Wiillam Penny, prominent business men of Spring- field, Mass.,, are guests of their old- time friend, Captain Cormick of the police force, whom they have not seen for ten years. Little Ray Abraham, niece of the Hon. J. A. Gillespie, arrived in Oma- ha, having traveled alone all the way from Kansas City. ,Bird C. Wakeley, one of the most rapid and legible shorthand writers in the west and official reporter for his father, Judge Wakeley, is visit- ing friends in Kansas City. Hugh McCaffrey, with dog - and gun, has gone westward to buy some prairie chickens from the grangers. E. Franck, one of the distributing clerks of ‘the post office, has resigned his position and has been succeeded by L. 8. Mole, who for some time back has been acting as clerk at the gen- eral delivery window. Mr. Mole's successor is Miss Viola Coffin. The funeral of John G. Hitcheock togk place from the residence of G. M. Hitchcock on Dodge street, and was largely attended by friends and relatives. ' Rev. J. Harsha con- ducted the exercises both at the house and the grave. Interment of the re- mains was made in Prospect Hill cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Burkley, Thomas Blackmore, Sherman Canfield, Arthur Joliffe and Alfred Kennedy. \ This Day in History. 1676—Springfleld, Mass., attacked by Indians and about fifty buildings burned. 1787—Thomas Stone of Maryland, signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, died at Alexandria, Va. ?704". in Charles county, Maryland, in 3. 1818—First general assembly of mi-" nois met at Kaskaskia. 1830—Chester A. Arthur, twenty- first president of the United States, born in Fairfleld, Vt. Died in New York, November 18, 1886. & 18568—The Crystal Palace, in New York City, was destroyed by fire. 1862 — Federals took Jacksonville, Fla., for the second time. 1866—The Serbians demanded the withdrawal of Turkish garrison frem Belgrade and other fortresses. 1895—Major General Nelson A, Miles assumed command of the United States army, succeeding Lieutenant General 8chofield, who retired for age. 1910—8t. Patrick’s cathedral, in New York City, was dedicated, with Cardinals Vannutelli and Logue and other dignitaries In attendance. The Day We Celebrate. Jacob L. Jacobson, manufacturing jeweler, was born October 5, 1858, in Sweden, coming to America in 1882, He started in the jewelry business here in 1890. B. J. Scannell, real estate, is 55 years old today. He was born at Lawrence, Mass., and is secretary and treasurer of the Paxton Realty com- pany and the Burgess-Granden co:x- pan$. Charles M. Eaton, real estate, is 56 years old today.: He was born in Doylston, O, Willlam A. Kelley, clerk in the Omaha post office, was born October 6, 1860, at Youngstown, O. He is an accountant by profession, but went into the Postoffice department in 1893, Maynard C. Cole, assistant manager M. A. Disbrow company Planing mill establishment, is 39 years old today. Thomas J. Kelly, who made his fame as a music teacher and conduc- tor here in Omaha/ recently removing to Chicago, is celebrating his forty- sixth birthday. Tom was born in Ireland and doesn't care who knows it, even though he sometfmes dis- guises himself by spelling his name backwards. Frank H. Hitchcock, former post- master general and one of the mana- gers of the republican national cam- paign, born at Ambherst, O., forty- seven years ago today. Earl Kitchener, who succeeded to the title following the tragic death of his brother, England’'s famous soldier, born seventy years ago today. T. P. O'Connor, celebrated Irish journalist and parliamentary leader, born at Athlone, Ireland, sixty-eight years ago today. Louise Dresser, well known actress of the American stage, born at Colum- bus, O, thirty-four years ago today. William M. Steele, pitcher of the S8t. Louis National league base ball team, born at Milford, Pa., thirty-one | years ago today. / Timely Jottings and Reminders. President Wilson is to visit Omaha today for the semi-centennial celebra- tion of Nebraska statehood. The exercises incident to the in- auguration of Dr, Ernest Martin | Hopkins as president of Dartmouth college will be ushered in this even- ing with a geenral reception. Several hundred delegates are ex- pected at Kansas City today for the annual convention of the American Hereford Cattle and Breeders' associa- tion. i he Norwegian and Danish confer- | ente of the Methodist Episcopal | church {8 to begin its annual session | today at Stoughton, Wis., with Bishop | Henderson presiding. The Harvard Divinity school is to hold a celebration today to mark the 100th anniversary of its recognition as a professional school distinet from Harvard college. e 50 Storyette of th& Day. In these days of good education children learn things their fathers and mothers know very little about. \ Nora, aged 9, met her father the other day with her little blue eyes full of tears. “'Oh, daddy!" she watled. “I've just fallen and bumped my patella.” “Dear, dear! Poor little girl!" said | father, sympathetically, as with the | best intentions in the world he bent ¢ to _examine her elbow. t Nora drew herself angrily away. “Humph she snorted, with supe- rior air. 1 said my patella—that's | kneecap."—Pittsburgh Chroniele Tel- | egraph Bryan Demos. Still Unanswered. Massena, Ia,, Oct. 4—To the Editor of The Bee: Now that the partisan and non-partisgn democratic gather- ing is in our midst, there is still amongst us the old Bryan democrat who has never been answered. After Mr. Bryan's confirmation by the sen- ate, placing him in charge of the na- tion's foreign affairs, why was he held up as a figure-head, his office taken over by the executive who wrote a certain note to Germany that brought the resignation of his secre- tary. Then, after assuming full charge himself, why did President Wilson tear up the note he used to procure Bryan's resignation? All the world looked on and beheld the most coward- ly act ever, participated in by a presi- | dent. Why did he change his mind| and change the note? After making/ a national crisis by his disagreement with Bryan, then, before the world, he fell flat. If he was right in dis-| agreeing with Bryan why did he not| stay right and not give belligerent | powers the knowledge they were| dealing with one who changes in a night his position of the day before? Did the president intend Mr. Lans- ing to let this fact be known? He| certainly did not. Why was the final ‘changed softened” note shown to Bryan? Why did Mr. Wilson change and soften after forcing Bryan uu”i Why can't some of the remaining faithful defend the catering to Bryan in a crisis,. Why did the presldnnnl after freeing himself of Bryan, fall back to the advice of Bryan and tell| Mr. Kalser we will talk this matter over? The New Jersey primaries, defeating Attorney-General Westcott, the president’s candidate for the sen- ate confirms the belief Hughes will carry every northern state and defend the nation from those of shifty-mind- ed qualifications. T. 8. FENLON. Troubles of the Traffic Man. Council Bluffs, Oct. 3.—To the Edi- tor of The Bee: Omaha is awake in a great many ways, but one place where, she is asleep is in the direction of traffic. While coming east on Farnam the other day in a car with a friend I was amused at the signals given by the traffic officer at Fourteenth street. | He was being questioned by a foot| pedestrian and trying to keep street cars, autos, wagons, motorcycles and bicycles from running together. And! the poor fellow was waying his arms| about until no one could tell what to do nor when to do,it. Now, with just one little tin whis- tle, this man could have stood in the| middle of the intersection as on the| street corper, and directed twice as| much traffic in half the time and with no trouble and exertion. Police de- partment, why don’t you wake up on| this. FROM IOWA, | | | Just to Keep History Straight. Omaha, Oct. 4—To the Editor of | their servants in o | bidding and ‘‘keep out of war. ; you f effrontery that a man was to be in- | gressman to keep out of | against himself |and not President Wilson. | telegrams. | dirty insinuation of indicting us into up to President Wilson he knew the sentiment of the American people. Did not Wilson and Gardner, interested in the ammunition factories, want g ./ federal grand jury investigation to in- | dict the people who had telegraphed to do thelr Did such brazen congress ever hear of dicted because he petitioned his con- war. And ‘ the desire Wilson never disparaged |of Congressman Gardner, and him- self flgured it out as a conspiracy by hyphens. Snr the eric le kept us out of war American people kep 12 it have not been indicted yet. Why not | put in operation the grand jury sys- the 150,000 who sent dict tem and indic e We defy and hurl the open clap trap mouth of those seeking such a thing. In the meantime let us prepare for Japan, which has declared a Monroe doctrine for China, and demanded (not asked) an open door for her in America after the present war. Why not now? Will it cut off the supplies . of her ally, Enland? = HENRY WILHELM SCHAND. Seductions of the Swine Show. Omaha, Oct. 4.—To the Editor of The Bee: -If the Ak-Sar-Ben festivi- ties keep the people of Omaha from attending the swine show in South Omaha it will be regrettable indeed. We probably do not realize that this is the greatest swine show ever held in the world and that if it were held in any country in Europe before or after the war it would,draw visitors from surrounding countries hundreds of miles away. The hog is the most valuable food™ product in the world and the founda- tion of the wealth of the agricultural middle west. The hog is most inter- esting as the factory that turns the raw material of corn and alfalfa into the finished product. To see those manicured hogs down in South Oma- - ha, unbelievably clean and attractive, makes one wonder where he got his undeserved reputation. Those of us who helped to raise hogs on the farm are used to a three or four hundred- pound animal and when we look at an eleven hundred and fifty pound hog we can scarce believe our eyes. Every Omaha father of a boy should take his son to the swine show. It is a llberal education in what hered- ity and breeding can accomplish. As an example of what happens when an animal really eats enough to make a hog of itself it is at the same time a warning to the overfat human who indulges not wisely but too well in fat-producing foods. . It might be well for our society women who are so anxious to fellow the English fashion in golf, tennis and afternoon tea to algo take an inter- est in high bred stock as their Eng- lish sisters do. To make Omaha the permanent | swine show town of the world will he worth more in dollars and centy to Omaha and the farming community than anything we have ever attempt edl Every patriotic Omaha citizen should see the swine show at least The Bee: Noting of the Mandan In- dian float in the Historical parade, | 1 am caused to question, Why the Mandans? Where did Coronado meet the Mandans? Were the Mandans ever | in Nebraska? . Lewis and Clark and| ‘Washington Irving located this tribe | three or four hundred miles above Nebraska, dlose to or in Wyoming, on the Missouri river, in the early 1800s. The ‘Pawnees, Otoes, Kaws and kindred tribes °are credited | with inhabiting eastern Nebraska, and Coronado's route in the early 1500s Why not the Pawnee's to represent the Indians whom Coronado described as the descriptions of the Indians by his historians seemingly fits them closer than any other tribe. So far as I know there is no authority that| the Mandans lived in Nebraska or of | Coronado or of his successor, Padilla, who even went further north the year following. Meeting the Mandan In- dians, If so, then Coronado must have crossed Nebraska and reached the Missouri river'somewhere in central or western South Dakota, anyhow he did not meet them in Kansas or Ne- braska. A MEMBER OF STATE HISTORI- CAL SOCIETY. 15,000 Telegrams Keep Us Out of War Omaha, Oct.’ 4—To, the Editor of The Bee: All the bunk being handed out by the democrats, and the allies, that President Wilson kept us out of war is rot. While not actually en- gaged in the European conflict by men we are furnishing all the money, ammunition and some men (it is dotibt- ful if we could get a corporal's guard to enlist). The Mexican flasco is the best proof, for out of a preparedness parade of 30,000 in Omaha, we were | unable to get twenty-five enlistménts to fill two companies, then why be “cannon fodder” for the German guns. And fight for England side by side with the Soudanees, South Sea Island- ers, cannibals, Negrottos] Africans, Zulus, Tartars and other uncivilized soldiers, for England, I will tell you who kept America | out of the European wap? It was the republican and democratic congress- men who were flooded with 150,000 telegrams, appealing to congress to keep out of the great European con- flict. These telegrams flooded con- gress and a score of extra operators had to be hired in Washington to receive the messages, for the servants once. F. L. HALLER LINES TO A LAUGH. ™N “The adcount of the collision says the engineer of the traln in fault, lost his head." “How could that ba when the same ac- count says it was & head-on collision?" == Baltimore American. 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