Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 11, 1916, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWA’FER EDITOR “"THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY PROPRIETOR " Entered st Omaha postoffice as second-class matter Bkt sl ssasleadbrssestbamdiioiial Y 1 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. \ By Carrier By Mall per month. Sut Bee only Dl‘l‘l“’-nd M‘ Bee, three years in advan notice of change of address or irregularity in de- livery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. by draft, express or posta) order. Only2.cent stamps payment of small sccounts. Personal checks, Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. oA s s e b et 4 OFFICES. Remit taken m except on Council 4 Lincoln - 526 Little !ulldln.'.' Chi 818 People’'s Gas Building. New York—Room 808, 286 Fifth avenue. 8t Louls—603 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—1726 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Address commumcations relating to news and editorisl matter to Omaha Bee. w"i'l I_)c:mfwnt. SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION 54,507 Daily—Sunday 50,539 Dwight Willlams, circulation manager of The Bes Publishing company, being duly sworn, sayw that the average circulation for tho month of September, 1916, ‘was 54,607 daily, and 50,639 Bunday, DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 3d day of October, 1916, ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. s oo e, omemepm it ren st Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as required. —r— e Come again, Mr. 'hhnh:ll, YHut com? in better tumor, ) —— All New England no doubt is shocked at the ¥ shameless desecration of the Sabbath by a sub- marine. — All things considered, a workhouse sentence g for reckless driving fairly fits the punishment to § the offense. In counting up the achievements of U-53, puncturing the tire of boosted prices should not be overlooked. £ S————— Despite the boom of guns and crash of ships, ye Cod clung to its conning tower, quietly noting how Nantucket. 4 7 ' While his dit;ethm is open to question, the ousted Bridgeport Nasby demonstrated that he was not “too proud to fight.” % m—— < A mere national committeeman isn't good enough, it seems, for a real democrat, who must be welcomed by at least a precinct captain, Sm—— Should the war extend its field of operation much farther, Mars may exclaim more truthfully than Monte Cristo; “The world is mine.” S— Bulh; says the British tanks translated from Peoria are “good for nothing.” Possibly Peoria - did not send the regular tank ammunition along. Smm——— ' The closer-those who pay the freight examine Adamson wage law, the clearer becomes the | ‘conviction that congress passed them a gold ‘far the war experience of Roumania goes - So " to show that land grabbing is not as easy as it looked at the start. Others arc learning the - same lesson, . — I It is more than probable that Germany heard _‘the bread consumers' cry for an embargo on wheat and proceeded to relieve con- gress of the ; 3 3 — The fact that a few submarine shots shriveled the popularity of munition stocks serves to 2 .the Wall street gamble to be as uncertain " a8 a carnival paddle wheel. However, as long as the box office receipts provide the right amount of solace, less disposi- tion will be shown by the losers of the world " series to blame it on the umpires. A ——— _If humanity was wise enough to compel its monarchial bosses to fight their battles to a fin- ish individually, barbarism would get the knock- out and civilizition leap forward to heights of glory. ; / ; S—— Our new cruiser flect, now in the building, al- ready is described as “the finest in the world." Seli-praise is gratifying to national vanity, but it should be restrained until the war cloud lifts and a glimpse is had of the newer fighting craft of warring nations. — British politicians think Ireland is not doing its share in filling the gaps in Irish regiments at the front. Ireland contends it has been more faithful to its pledges than British politicians have been to Ireland. | The latter charge in- variably ‘provokes a change m the conversation. Nebraska’s Semi-Centennial Journal ; On March 1, 1867, the territory of Nebraska was admitted to the union. A celebration of the nial of that event was arranged for ‘the last year by the State Historical so- s e program agreed upon covered three features: (1) A historical parade in the of Omaha in the fall of 1916, to be the cur- 1 raiser for the celebration. (2) A series of Jocal celebrations and exercises, especially in the schools, on the date of the fiftieth anniver- sary of the admis: March 1, 1917. And (3) final celebration at the state capital in llune, 17, presenting the cream of these school ob- t pageant covering the The first part of h:.h hmary.‘l i of this program has just been carried out by the cit: of(;: a in a way to ; the greatest satisfaction to every citizen of presence of President Wilson to swell the attendance beyond all ex- and to give the affair added dignity d importance. But the historical parade had n organized long before the president con- d to appear in the reviewing stand, and it is fair to say that the great success of the ‘was not due to any special favor from The Enum:e of the presidential brought the effort to a complute : climax. It helped to make the y perfect and memorable, just the sort of b- 1y that a half century birthday of a great ‘merely in| city of Omaha more than carried out its ,Il:‘rl a standard that is a challenge coln all of the other communities n / Under the stimulus of Omaha’s ex- t now to prepare with new zeal m to make the remaining features ion equal they cannot surpass 4 THE BEE: OMAHA, _————— Humorist, or Just Peevish? Thomas Riley Marshall has come and gone, | and left everybody but the editor of the World- Herald wondering whether he exhibited a subtle brand of Hoosier humor, or just a plain grouch while in Omaha, To get a proper perspective on Mr. Marshall, one must remember that it was he who said that, should death or disability overtake the president, he would resign the office of vice president. This patriotic impulse was stirred by the fact that William Jennings Bryan was then secretary of state and would have succeeded to the presidency, had Mr. Marshall cleared the way. Also, on another occasion, Mr. Marshall proved his devotion to the civil service law and his party’s declaration in favor of supporting the merit sys- tem ‘by saying if there were an office that could not be filled by a democrat, he was in favor of abolishing that office. 1Jis speech at the theater in Omaha was in harmony with these declarations, while his relations with the local democrats were quite as friendly as those now existing between the nations of Europe. All in all, Br'er Marshall cither had a bully time in Nebraska, or he didn’t, and we can't tell from his utterances which it was, Dealing With the Automobile Thieves. Police departments of the United States have been grappling with a very complicated problem for months, and as yet have made little headway toward its solution, It is the stealing of automo- biles. In early days in this country horsesteal- ing was practiced to an annoying degree, and the pioneers had an effective way of checking the crime. They simply hanged the culprit when over- taken, feeling certain that he, at least, would no longer trouble in the same way. This summary method cannot be adopted in' dealing with the thieves who steal the automobiles, but victims of their operations frequently wish it were possible to restore the pioneer practice. The police are troubled because of the di- vision of the crime into distinct branches. First comes the wayward boys and young men, who seize a machine for the purpose of “joy riding,” and use it till something gives out and then aban- don it by the roadside. These culprits are fre- quently apprehended, ‘and just as frequently es- cape under light punishment, their deed being accounted mischief rather than rightly listed as a crime. Another class is the local thief, who poses of his plunder in some nearby city, or sells the parts of the dismantled machine. The third, and most persistent of the lot, is the representa- tive of an organization that appears to be nation- wide in its operations, and under whose manipu- lations the identity of stolen machines is so varied that it is only with difficulty they can ever be recognized, and who vend their loot far from the scene of the theft. Legitimate trade in used cars is growing with the general development of the industry, and this growth itself has made easier the way for the au- tomobile thief. Dealers and owners are alike concerned in the problem and will welcome a reasonable solution, Until it is found the owner must seck safety in vigilance, while to the traf- fic in used cars, the old doctrine of “let the buyer beware” should be applied in its best sense. . — What Does Mr. Marshall Mean? “When some nation offers a deliberate and deadly insult to the American people, or puts an unfriendly foot on American soil, then we'll have war, and not before”— Thomas Riley Marshall in his Omaha speech. What about the Tampico incident, or the sa- lute to the flag that Huerta did not give? What about Columbus, and other outrages along the border? What about Carrizal? What does Mr. Marshall consider an insult, or “an unfriendly foot?” And, last of all, what is his definition of war? It is easy to understand now why the eminent citizen of Indiana expressed the pious wish that Woodrow Wilson would be spared to fill out the entire term for which he was elected. Another Bit of the Record. Inspired by patriotic pride engendered by the splendid historic pageant he reviewed in Omaha, President Wilson spoke of the growth and de- velopment of our country until the surveyor and the census taker could not longer find a frontier on the continent. Then he told of how that frontier was flung 7,000 miles across the ocean to include the Philippines, He did not tell, how- ever, of the unpatriotic attempt made to abandon those islands and the people to whom the United States is obligated by all ties of honor and mor- ality. Nor did he tell that the bill for this pur- pose was prepared and reported to the senate by Gilbert M. Hitchcock, with the approval of the president and the democratic caucus. Had it not been for the Clarke amendment, which was forced by the indignation of the country, aroused by this shameless effort, that frontier would have been hauled back 7,000 miles by President Wilson and the democratic senatof' from Nebraska. Let's keep the record straight. Machine Shops After the War. Charles M. Schwab is quoted by the demo- crats as saying the munition shops will become machine shops after the war. This is true, and | applies with even greater force to Europe than to the United States. Thirty millions of Europe’s population is just now occupied with the busi- ness of war. When peace is restored, they will go back into peaceful pursuits, just as will Ameri- cans who are now employed as munition makers. All the energy now expended on fabricating ar- ticles for the uses of armies will be directed to production to be distributed under peace. What does this mean to Americans? That the output which is now sold in a market in which the de- mand steadily exceeds the supply will then be sold under terms of fiercest competition known to man’s commercial history. Can the United ‘States meet the competition under froe trade, with its markets open to the worid? Will our indus- try be continued and our prosperity made sure unless we return to the established principle of protection? Answer this for yourself. Jewelers are leading a movement in the re- tail trade seeking to induce the president to pro- claim the third Thursday in November as Thanks- giving day instead of the fourth Thursday, as has been the custom heretofor@ The movers be- lieve that with Thanksgiving day pushed ahead, four full weeks would be devoted to the holiday trade. The idea gleams with business, provided the shoppers fall for it Neutrals share with enemy nations almost equal losses of shipping by submarine operations on the high seas. The sinking of Dutch and Nor- wegian ships near the American coast shows ruthless disregard of the rights of neutrals on the high seas WEDNESDAY, High Food Cost Crime Baltimore American. / Nothing could more certainly bring on a revolution in this country than the heartless ra- pacity of those who deliberately raise the price of the things of common subsistence. Where does the. responsibility lie and what is the remedy for it? Nothing so prominently featured in the Wilson campaign of four years ago as the claim didate and success of their ticket would insure the lowered cost of living. Mr. Wilson came into power just at the time when the high cost of living was a paramount question. The republicans, through competent study, were pre- paring to place tne entire matter of cost sustenta- tion upon a scientific basis, so that such legisla- tion as might be required might find adqpnon. The democrats came into power fiaring their pro- fession of ability to lessen the cost of living. They adopted the Underwood tariff measure that had the effect of taking all prospect of a liveli- hood from many. This led to the president’s plan of a national employment agency to find work for men cast out of work through the so-called competitive tariff that invited the cheap labor products of Europe to rob the American worker of his rightiul means of livelihood. Then came the war that distracted attention and stayed the ernicious effects of the Underwood law and the fiigh cost of living continued to mount. Under republican administration® it had at least been stopped in its upwarderogren in some directions. Mr. Wilson proposed through his secretary of the interior that the south go into hog and chicken raising Lo provide a substitute for beef and mut- ton. Here then is all that the democrats can show—a ridiculously feeble proposition. Does the country want hog and chicken pros- perity—and it hasn’t that—or does it want hegf and mutton prosperity? It is well to keep in mind the record of the party in power in consid- ering the widely discussed and non-political as- pects of the question of how to lower the price cost of living. The purely economic aspects of the matter have been missed entirely by the ad- ministration that has not lifted a finger to bet- ter the conditions ‘that it so vauntingly laid to the charge of the republican party. Hence the business bodies are taking hold of the matter in as earnest and enlightened manner as they can. The movement originated by the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce and that gives promise ot nation-wide extension, through similar bodies in the various cities, is interesting. The increase of retail prices is a matter that will be laid be- before the federal trade commission, as well as a survey of the increase of living costs generally throughout the country. An embargo upon the exportation of wheat and other foodstuffs will find_advocacy if when the matter has been in- vestigated with thoroughness it shall be found this would afford some relief and at the same time not invite retaliatory measures by countries affected. The Rights of Mankind St. Louis Globe-Democraf “We want always to hold the force of America to fight for the rights of mankind, not for the rights of property,” said President Wilson in his speech at Omaha. This is another of those fine sounding phrases which the president loves to utter and which invariably reveal the unprac- ticality of his character. What does he mean b it? \/%hat are the “rights of mankind” for whicl he would reserve exclusively the fighting powers of the nation? And what are the rights of prop- erty, for which he would not fight? “Mankind” is a broad term. It covers the eatire human race. To fight for humanity is an inspiring thought, to be sure, but how are we to fight, where are we to fight, and whom are we to fight in a cause re- stricted /co that principle? Under what circum- stances could we wage a war for the rights of mankintl, and not for the rights of property? Was ever a war so fought? We have fought none. The war of the revg!ution was foundec} upon property rights, upon the unjust taxation of property. The war of 1812 was based '::on com- merce. The Mexican war was over a matter of property—the state of Texas. The civil war was primarily a property war, a war for the preserva- tion of the union, for the retention of that which belonged to the nation. We like to think of the. war with Spain as a war for humanity, and in a large sense it was, but the rights of property, of Cuban property, and the commercial interests of America, were at the bottom of it. It is true enough that questions of humanity have been in- volved in all of our wars, but no one has been fought exclusively for, the “rights of mankind,” nor even exclusively for the nonproperty rights of Americans. It is hardly conceivable that the United States or any other nation could be brought into a war “for the rights of mankind and not for progcrty rights.” The freedom of the seas is a right of mankind, but it is essentially a property right. Even life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are dependent upon property, except among savages, for the application of the term “property” is not limited to estates, but includes possessions how- ever small. A loaf of bread is plofierty. involving all the rights,of property. To talk about a force held exclusively for the rights of mankind and not for the rights of property is nonsense. Yet in this one particular Mr. Wilson has been con- sistent. In all his international dealings the rights of property, the property of American citi- zens, have been ignored, or treated with utter contempt, while he talked glibly of intangible “rights of mankind.” What this country needs now is a president who will stand by and, if need be, fight for American rights, without any such fine-haired distinctions. l Tips on Home Topics I Philadelphia Ledger: It would seem that an American gun, like an American artist, requires a debut in Europe. Boston Transcript: Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina cavalry are replacing New Eng- land militiamen on the border, thus substantiating the charge that the south is in the saddle. Baltimore American: Protection is no longer a partisan slogan; it is a patriotic symbol. And the American voter who sees the frayed ends of the American constitution and the unraveling texture of the American national character will be quick to place at the national loom Mr. Hughes in order that he may repair the wear and tear of the nation’s living texture by policies that lack consistency, by proposals that lack the warrant of American habit and action. ’ American Mliazine: Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Co., the great meat packing company, has the idea that being in debt is the surest way to succeed. He urges every one of his 35,000 employes to get into debt and to keep in debt, and he has organized a system to encourage them in this and to show them how to do it profitably. “Get in debt for something of intrinsic value, and stay in debt,” he says. “As soon.as you get one thing paid up, buy something else, and get in debt again. Stay in debt—never get out.” People and Events An organized gull is on in Kansas to build across the state a belt of concrete road 500 miles long. The route proposed is the Old Trails road furrowed in pioneer days. The estimated cost of a concrete road fourteen feet wide is $7,500 a mile, one-half of which would be paid by the fed- eral government, The new law against untruthful advertising in the District of Columbia scored its first victim last week. Some months ago a merchant adver- tised great bargains in men'’s clothes. The “bar- gain prices” proved to be much higher than cur- rent prices for similar goods, Arrest of the mer- chant followed and his conviction brought a fine of $500 and a sixty-day jail sentence. £ of the democrats that the election of their can- | ocC TOBER 11, 1916. Thought Nugget for the Day. Down on your knees, And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good man's love. —Shakespeare. One Year Ago Today in the War. General Ivanoff broke the Austro- German line on the Strypa. Allied troops continued landing at Salonica to the number of 14,000 daily. Germans continued their Serbian invasion along the line of the Orient railway. French, pursuing their offensive in Champagne, gained ground northeast and southeast of Tahure. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Captain L. E. Cassidy, the veteran fireman of No. 1 hose company, was presented by his sons, Oriel, with a handsome easy chair, the occasion being the removal of the captain’s company into their new quarters on Twenty-fourth and Cum- ing streets. Otto Maurer, who has been ill for some days, is again at his post of duty, which will be pleasant news for his many friends. The county commissioners have about decided as to what shall consti- tute the boundary of the new town of South Omaha which is to be incor- porated. The line will start from the Missour] and run to the south line of section 85, thence east to the reser- voir, thence northwest to a short dis- tance of the southwest corner of Oklahoma, thence west to the west line of Melrose Hill, thence to the southeast line of Pratt division, thence to the south line of the county. Joseph P. Megeath has been ap- pointed district court stenographer, vice Bird C. Wakeley, resigned. The work of digging the proposed well for gas or oil will be commenced as soon as the council acts upon the petition of the projectors for the use of certain city property near the river. D. K. Bond, superintendent of the public schools at Blair, and Messrs. Haller and Bowers, members of the Blair Board of Education, were in the city inspecting the workings of the manual training department of the Omaha public schools. They were shown through the schools by Super- intendent James. This Day in History. 1816—William W. Eaton, United States senator from Connecticut, 1875-1881, born at fTolland, Conn. Died at Hartford, September 21, 1898, 1824—General Lafayette concluded a four days’ visit in Baltimore. 1828—Varna surrendered by Turks to Russians after severe fighting. 1846—Three French warships, fourteen Spanish warships and sixty- three merchantmen wrecked by hur- ricane at Havana. 1853—The first clearing house in the United States was started at New York City. 1888—German emperor (visited the pope at the Vatican. 1889—Dr. James P. Joule, discov- erer of the mechanical equivalent of heat, died at Manchester, England. Born December 24, 1818. 1891—Thousands of persons at tended the burial of Charles Stewart Parnell at Glasnevin cemetery in Dub- consented to lin, 1898—Turkey the evacuation of Crete by its troops. 1901—Charles Kendall Adams re- signed the presidency of the Univer- sity of Wisconsin. 1911—The McNamara trials began at Los Angeles. dynamite The Day We Celebrate. Judge Howard Kennedy of the State Board of Control was born Oc- tober 11, 1868, at Nebraska City. He is a graduate of Williams college and in law of the Washington university at St. Louls, beginning practice in Omaha fn 1891. He has been on the district bench for twelve years. Dexter L. Thomas, attorney, with office in the Bee building, is just 75 years old today. He studied in Hiram college and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1870, locating the same year in Omaha. He is a union vet- eran of the civil war. Richard L. Metcalfe, Nebraska edi- tor and former civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone, born at Upper Alton, I11, fifty-five years ago today. Rear Admiral Louls Kempft, U. 8. C.,/ retired, born near Belleville, Ill, seventy-five years ago today. Dr, Cary Grayson, physiclan and Intimate personal friend of Presi- dent Wilson, born at Culpeper, Va., thirty-eight years ago today. Henry J. Heinz, Pittsburrh manufacturer and leader of the World's Sunday school association, born in Pittsburgh, seventy-two years ago today. Dr. Harry A. Garflield, president of Williams college and son of the late President James A, Garfield, born at Hiram, O., fifty-three years ago today. ‘Willle Hoppe, world's champion bil- llard player, born at Cornwall-on- Hudson, N. Y., twenty-nine years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Thd forty-fourth general conven- tion of the Protestant Episcopal church, one of the most important religious assemblies of the year, will begin its session today at St. Louis. Rhode Island democrats will meet in convention-today at Providence t choose candidate for United States senator, representatives in congress, and a complete ticket of state offi- cers. The Interstate Commerce commis- sion is to begin a series of public hearings today at Duluth, Minn., lake and rail cancellations. The Hughes' itinerary for today will carry the republican presidentia’ nominee over West Virginia with stops scheduled for Clarks- burg, Parkersburg, Huntington and Charleston. Stockholders of the Boston & Maine railroad will hold their annual meet- ing today at the general offices of the company in Boston. At sunset this evening the Jews throughout the world will begin the celebration of Succoth, or the Feast of Tabernacles, the renelndine feati. val of the cycle of Jewish fall holy days. The part electricity plays in mod- ern warfare is to be shown as a lead- ing feature of the annual National Flectrical exposition which is to open today in the Grand Central Palace, New York City. LAY Storyette of the Day. Vance McCormick, the head of the ‘Wilsen campaign, said in a political argument in Harrisburg: “Oh, you miss my meaning. You are as far off the track as the recruit who was being examined by the sur- geon. “ '‘Got any scars on you? asked the surgeonm. *‘No,’ said the recruit, ‘but you'll find a box of cigaroots in my inside coat pocket, doc Lew;s and | How to End the War. Omaha, Oct. 8—To the Editor of The Bee: As I was poring over the pages of your esteemed contemporary down the street, I ran across a para- graph which gave me an idea that 1 think ought to win me the Nobel Peace Prize, and which will without doubt end the great war at one fell BWOOp. The paragraph which was the cause of this great inspiring thought, and which I think will place my name in history as one of the great mili- tary geniuses of the world, was as fol- lows: SINGLE CANADIAN CAPTURES 62 GERMANS, IS REPORT Ottawa, Oct, 6.—The exploit of a wound- ed Canadlan_trooper, who leaped from his trench, killed and wounded many Germans and compelled sixty-two others to sur- render, is described in a dispatch recelved here today from Canadian headquarters in France. Inasmuch as one wounded Canadian can account for sixty-two Germans, all that is necessary is to take- the number of Germans available for|w, military duty at the present time and divide by sixty-two. We will say, for instance, that Germany can put 6,000,000 men in the fleld. This num- ber divided by sixty-two equals 96,744 and a fraction. The rest is easy. All you've got to do is to get 96,774 Canadians, take them out and wound them slightly. (I think they should be wounded, to be on the safe side, as in this particular instance it was a wounded Canuck who pulled off this wonderful killing.) Turn the bunch loose on the Germans and the war is over, as the Austrians, Turks and Bulgarians will be “duck soup” after the Germans are eliminated. Incidentally, I might mention the fact that I don't think a heluva lot of a big metropolitan daily that will give even haif a stickful of space to such rot as the above clipping. EVERETROO. Education and Practice. Omaha, Oct. 9.—To the Editor of The Bee: In The Bee of October 7 a lady who enjoys the aistinctjon nt' appending her name B. 8, D. O, D. 8c. 0., complains of the low educa- tional standards of Christian Scien- tists. Lest some of your readers may know the meaning of parts of this alphabetical arrangement, we hasten to say that osteopaths, with rare ex- ceptions, are quite willing to rest their case on the merits of their own sys- tem of healing and do not go out o their way to belittle others. Education certainly is held in as high repute by Christian Scientists as by any other citizens, and a prac- titioner before being recognized as such in the authorized literature of Chrsitian Science undergoes a most rigid inquiry and must establish good repute in the community with all that it implies. In addition, a further requirement is made of demonstrated fitness in the actual healing of diseases, over a con- siderable period of time. Probably we have developed that it is the old question of disagreeing as to the use of words and not a .dis- agreement as to ultimate fact. If we determine what education is, there will be perfect agreement that it is a prime requisite for every calling. Webster defines education as ‘“train- ing, as an education for the bar or pulpit.”” If education for the bar consists of taking a course in a theo- logical seminary, or for the pulpit, at a law school, we have but few learned men in either profession. So an osteo- path would hardly be expected to be a graduate of a normal school, nor did we suppose that they took kindly to the idea that they should be re- quired to take a course in a medicul school, or pass an examination about drugs which they never expect to use and do not believe in. The education demanded by our critics would not only have barred Jesus from calling the fishermen to the healing work, but would have barred practically every progressive step in science and invention that was a departure from the method in vogue. Lvery school boy and every school girl should be taught the lesson that college degrees and college examina- tions are but preliminary to the world’s final examination embodied u: one question—what can you do? Those who would heal the sick must pass this examination. The world cares little how many letters you are entitled to add to your real name, but cares much if you can really do what you hold yourself out for. Again, with rare exceptions, the world is perfectly willing to give re- spectable, well-intentioned people @ fair opportunity in an open field to prove that they can do the thing they say they can do, and it is an auto- matic test that all fair-minded peo- ple are willing to accept. CARL E. HERRING Tribute to Allen R. Kelly. Omaha, Oct. 9.—To the Edftor of The Bee: In the whirl of excitement of the greatest week Omaha ever had. scant notice was given the tragic death of Allen R. Kelly, former weil known live stock commission man mayor of South Omaha and exten- sifely known and loved in Nebraska Only last June Mr. Kelly paid a visit to his mother and sister at Te- kamah, then sojourned with his old friends, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hawkins of Council Bluffs; then, with a party of residents and former residents ol the South Side, including the writer ., C. Lambert, Charles E. Scarr, Willlam B. Cheek, John A. Cavers, Bruce McCulloch, James H. Bulla John B. Watkins, James L. Paxton, John M. Tanner, George Parks, Wes ley P. Adkins and others, he saw Greater Omaha and marvelled upon its development since the time, some twelve years ago, when, disheartened with financial reverses and disgusted with politics, he went to New Yor Clitv tc hecome, in a short time, a very rich man. it wowid be out of harmony with his life and manner to offer here a profuse obituary. But, as an inti- mate friend, like all who knew him well, I loved the man for his manii- ness. And it is due him to say that no man with a loftier sense of justice, a nobler nature, a sincerer considera- tion for the helpless or a keener con- tempt for hypocrites ever lived than Allen R. Kelly. He was out and out what he was. Deceit was not in him. He was the bravest man I ever knew, and the most consistent. Thus, he had friends to whom he was intensely loyal and enemies to whom-he was uncompromising. With these quali- ties and a brilliant intellect, he achieved a high place in the world, quickly overcoming the circumstances which left his political fortunes de- pleted and wrecked his business at the live stock exchanges a dozen years ago. Y Although born near Syracuse, N. Y., about fifty-four years ago, Mr. Kelly had always lived west. He married Miss Hulda Lambert in South Omaha some twenty-three years ago. He was a lover of western people and always asserted that western men easily gained success in New York City by reason of quicker, keener and more forceful tendencies. That he himself succeeded is well known, and it is unspeakably sad that he was, about to retire to his beautiful coun- try home on the Jersey coast with his two beautiful children, Helen and Allen, jr,, to whom he was deeply de- voted, when a misstep plunged his poor body beneath a suburban train he was about to board for New York City. HENRY C. RICHMOND. TO TIME. New York Times. It in your hold you only have for me Gray hairs and wrinkles, you and I must be Full tensloned to that stage of bitter hate ‘When, to be foes, we both should hesitate. You are the stronger. I but have the skill To thwart awhile the venom of your will A few short years I may, with ease, conceal The subtle touches of your viclous zeal. T'll eat discreetly, yes, and drink the same; Give up the follles that we both can LH So for a time I'll smile Into your eyes With all my youth, the youth that you despise. And when at last my mirror tells the tale That you have won, and all my efforts fall, I'll call the ald which age so oft bespeaks And mock you still with rosy lips and cheeks. And when I'm haggard, old and gray of halr, 1 will not feel my shame, nor will I care, But, dying e, my old heart dead within, I'l' shake your hand and say, “Old Time, you win!" RS —— e omen‘Onee Snvalid: Now in Good Health Through Use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Say it is Household Necessity. Doctor Called it a Miracle. All women ought to know the wonderful effects of taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound even on those who seem hopelessly ill. fered a my worl Lydia E. Harflsbufienn.—“ ‘When I was single I suf- compelled me to stand all day. 'I took Pinkram’s Vegetable Compound for that Here are three actual cases: from female weakness because and was made stronger by its use. 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