Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1915, Page 6

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CORRESPONDENCE, &un- mn&mluuou "‘% w : T ————————————————— APRIL CIRCULATION, 53,406 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, #s.: t Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the aversse reulation for the month of April, 1915, was XEWIOHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager. Sul bed In 77 and sworn to befors me, this ist da M ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the oity temporarily «hould have The Bee malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requosted. In the world war game all leaders play the red to win, It is a wise natlon that knows its treaties are live ones. ——— Get a grip on the rope that will pull Greater Omaha across. e Greater Omaha consolldation election next Tuesday. Keep repeating it to yourself. 1t is evident from the reports that war bul- leting do not monopolize all the gas at the firing line. e e These downpours are fine, Mr. Weather Man, but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Speaking 0‘, Mcm&lnl day, it is not the par- ticular date, but the observance and beautiful thought that goes with it. i ——— There's hope that the other knockers who tried so hard to the Greater Omahs move- eive it 1o be their duty to do the knocking others do the fighting. B i S—————— \ Another advantage John 1l has over ‘Uncle Sam is that he has about twice s many cabluet portfolios to deal out.. — 4 n?u.uu'ummmnm.mu Lraska must continue wet territory if they ~ would prosper. Nature so orders. equipment placed within ten days clearly mark the current of progress in this country. Very weil, Bmperor , teke all the time you need to write your answer to that note, — still, it wants the sympathy of the ought to be able to give its reasons in of things” would ap- on it Genersl Kitchener Not the least of the sore spots exhibited r gold pouring into the United States, with little hope of an early return. That con- stitutes the yellow peril of Europe. It seems that Douglas county is practically the only county in the state where the mothers’ pension law Is actually operative, which makes the temptation all the more for outside places to n.llfl“ prospective dependents upon us. Measures for self-protection against such prac- Bids for grading lots 6 and 6 block 116, the pro- posed site for the new cily hall, were opened by the THE OMAHA DAILY BEE| T TR g e PETE 7 72 The New British Cabinet. The gldom In Great Britain has not been en- | tirely dispelled by the formation of a coalition cabinet, noteworthy chiefly as an effort to bring together all the political factions of the United Kingdom, to the end that the government'’s con- duet of the war be not disturbed by partisan bickerings. Announcement of the personnel of the cabinet, and the approval by King George, does not arouse any great wave of enthusiasm, and it is very apparent England can now bhe enlivened only by the success of British arms. The chief figure in the new government is Arthur J, Balfour, some time prime minister of England, and leader of the tory party. Mr. Balfour may alter in detail, but not in effect, the | naval policy initiated by his predecessor, Wins- ton Churchill, who has stepped to a lower posi- tion. Although he has and does profess the greatest of friendship for the United States, Balfour has also publicly defended the order in council against which this government has so vigorously protested. He will not bring any new feature to the progress of the war, nor any determining factor to the diplomatic controversy between the United States and Great Britain, Lioyd George is well rid of the exchequer portfolio, and his new work will give him the ftullest opportunity for the exercise of his genius for organization and combining business with politics. To Reginald McKenna will fall the more difficult task of gleaning the field #o care- fully covered by Lloyd George in the raising of revenue for the carrying on of the war. Winston Churchill, it Is suggested, is to be given an Gpportunity of further serviee In connection Wwith the business management of the navy. The new cabinet will very lkely continue through the war, for it is not likely an election will be held until fighting is over, but it does not begin its term under especially happy skies. Seme—— How Distressing! How the get-together movement among republicanys distresses the opposition is disclosed by the walling of our amiable democratic con- temporary whose solicitude is really pathetic. It goes without saying that there can be no get- ting together unleas republicans of all factions and shades unite regardless of past differences for.a forward march against the political enemy. But this very union is what the democrats see spelling defeat for them. It is their political strategy, {f possible, to keep the progressives and the regulars apart by fanning fears and playing upon ambitions. The disintegration of the progressive party as a separate party organ- izatiop has made it plain that the reunion must come behind the republican standard, and that is what the democrats are really atraid of. If 1t were the other way, and it were the regulars who were to be brought back on the reserva- tion, they would be the ones to have the tender consideration of the democrats. The probabill- ties are, however, that our demoeratic friends will have all they can do for the next campaign | to keep the discordant wings of their own party working in unison, with little time left to dis- pense blandishments to any brand of repub- Heans, 1 oL ——— -\‘]'\ . u‘~ B . 'The Presbyterian General Assembly has taken another round at the Union Theological Seminary, this time the ultra-conservatives win- ning, to the extent of having a resolution adopted calling for an inquiry into the status of the school. As Union ceased to be a Presby- terian institution some years ago, the purpose of the resolution does not appear on ity surface. Back of it is the fact that graduates of Union are still being ordained ag ministers in the Pres- byterian church, and in this way i« being steadily Introduced an element of heresy, from the standpoint of the doctrinaires of the church. Union, llke many of the great schools of the country, long ago outgrew strictly sectarian and, while it still teaches those things ‘which are essential to a solid foundation of faith, either as Preabyterian or other sect, along ‘with its established elements of sound theology, some more modern ideas have thrived, and pro- fessors at Union have beén known te question the inerrancy of the Bible, fo engage in the “higher ¢riticism” and to take issue with some of the cardinal “principles of the Westminster confession. Thus Union may have aimed at, if it did not actually shake, the foundations of the taith of the Presbyterian church. That is why the rigid adherents to Calvinism find cause for exultation in any step that will lead to further widening the gap bétween Union Theologieal Seminary and the church itself. The progress of this controversy has long been watched with more than passing interest, because it shows the attitude of the church towards the advance in thought. The action at Rochester will be good news to those who have sought to keep their faith pure and their dogma undetiled, but it will not encourage those who have looked for rapld development of modera- fsm in_the Presbyterian church. EgEp———— When the Farmer Buys. One of the features of life in Omaha just at present is the unwonted activity among the farm implement jobbers, Never in the history of the trade has the business been greater than mow, the call from the farms for machinery being such as keeps the makers busy to thelr capacity. This is an unerring sign of the prosperity that has been claimed for the west during all the months when depression has been felt in other sections of the country. The farmers in the territory tributary to Omaba In way of trade are not only possessed of the most fertile soil the sun rises on, with the most ideal of natural conditions for the growing of crops, but they are truly progressive in all ways. Their pur- chases are made with intelligence and foresight, and when they are in the market for more machinery it is the most positive indication con- celvable of a bountiful crop. When the farmer buys, the outlook is good for all. e —— Assurances of respect for Swiss neutrality are repeated. 'Tis well. A certaln monarch on witnessing the target practice of the Swiss army complimented the soldiers on their marks- ‘manship. “How many soldiers aure thus trained,” he asked au officer. “Two hundred thousand, r majesty.” “If I should send an army of 400,000 against them, what would hap- pent” “Each soldier, your majesty, would shoot. twice.” Accuracy of sim and mountain defiles are uncommon preservers of neutrality. » . THE The Alpine Battle Ground Noew York Nvening Fost, HE character of the frontier which Austria pres- ents to Italy severely limits the fleld of military operations, if, indeed, it does not insure from the outset a deadiock except along the vAlley of the Isonzo. The ordinary lines of communication between Italy and Austria are through Alpine passes, which admit of defense by handful of troops mgainst ar- mies. Tunnels and bridges once dynamited would check an invasion for months. The rallroad route from Verona to Trent, thence north through the Tyrol by the Brenner to Innsbruck, s the only practicable one for an invading army in either direction. Along this line the Austrians have many defenses. Cement platforms at commanding positions are even now being utilized in mounting heavy guns. In addition, masked batteries are being put in place to opposs every foot of an advance up steep defiles. Squads of Rus- slan prisoners and Galiclan refugees are reported to be at work already digging trenches in the Trentino district, where the Ttalian offensive is expected. This Trentino approach is also that along which Italy fears a sudden attack by a German force upon one of her rich cities of the north. For none of the other famillar ways into Italy are open. The road from Turin to Paris by the St. Cenis tunnel leads directly into Fremch territory. The Stmpion tunnel route from Milan through the Alps crosses Ewitzer- land, as does the St. Gothard route trom Milan to Lucerne, and the preparations mede by the do- termined Swits to maintain their peutrality ef- fectually bar that way. The Ticino, the valley through which the last route passes and which was so often the highway of opposing armies in the Itallan wars, is not lkely to have a place in the record of the impending struggle. To block the Trentine route Italy would be able to mass what troops it has mobilized with little delay, and it would be certain to occupy #ae narrow moun- tain passes as its first move. For, once the Itallan frontier ia reached by an invader, the defenses Are of the weakest. True, there are fortifications at Ca- sale, an important rallroad junctiow, at Placenza, also a rafllway center, and the largest artillery depot in Italy; at Venice and at Alessandria. There are de- fenses of a wort at Verona and Mantua—which =i'h Peschiera and Legnago, formed the old Austrian quadrilateral used to such go0d PUIPOSES by bvau. ooy in 1848—and the bastn of the Po is studded with forti- fied places. But as the commission of 1908 reported, these defenses are very far from being modern or adequate. On the eastern frontler, Austria might force the fighting, were it of a mind to anticipate Italy's first move. For the two or three raflroad arteries leading from the heart of Austria and Hungary emerge from mountain defiles upon the low coast lands well within the boundaries of thes dual monarchy. These plains offer a sultable theater in which to assemble an army quickly, and Italy has no defenses on the artificial boundary line running down to the sea from ths Julian Alps. This very point might well be selected by Italy for a forward movement. Rallroads of north- ern Italy are numerous enough for a rapid concen- tration of troops there by roads crossing the frontier from Udine and 8, Gilorgio into the district about Trieste. This movement could be expedited by use of the very fair high roads leading from Cividale and Palmanova down to the Istrian peninsula. With the co-operation of an Itallan fleet this form of attack by Italy, espectally were it prompt enough to cut off the defénders’ communications in the rear, might well put the whole Istrian promontory into the hands of the invaders. Pola, however, s strongly fortified against land. attack. tance from Fiume to thirteen hours. But, notwithstanding these communi- cations, so completely do the mountains shut off the Austriah and Hungariay interfors that isvaders could It has also had time to recoy- nize the qualities of endurance demanded by present warfare, the importance of morale. The reputation of the Italian army, judging by past performance, has not been of the highest. It did not do well against Austria in 1568, and it has the Abyssinian disaster of twenty years ago to outlive. But past performances are not altogether conclusive, as the showing of the Servian army has demonstrated. The Itallans, after @ bad start in Tripoli, did well. Ttaly has witnessed since the war with Turkey, and the strugsie in the Balkans, a great expansion of its navy. The first Mediterranean power to take up construction of dreadnoughts, ship for ship, it may be reckomed today a stronger maval power than Aus. tria. Italy s credited with fifteen effective battle- ships built and bullding, against thirtesn for Austria. In orulsers it & twice as strong, a superiority it maintains in destroyers, torpedo boats, and subma- rines, although it should be noted that Austria will have a slight advantage in torpedo boats whem its immediate buflding program is carried out The Italian fleet is normally divided into six com- mands, with bases at Spesia, Naples, Venice and Taranto, Each has a government dockyard. Madda- lena, the naval station in the group of fortified islands north of Bardinia, is also & base. The sixth command is known as the Mediterranean feet. bullding yard at Castellamare, Fola is the key to the Austrian defense on the sea. There 1s & coaling base at Teodo, on Cattaro Bay; mH L igaszg E I i i i i ! | BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1915. Rejoinder from the Nelghbors. OMAMA, May %.~To the Editor of The Bee: We, the nelghbors of the Brad fords, and all of us witnesses to the out- rage perpetrated upon a sick and dying woman on the afternoon of May 18, de- site to correct & few small errors in the statement headed, “Two Sides to Every Btory,” which appeared in the Letter Box, signed “A Reader.’ ‘The writer, in #pite of the statement to the contra s & friend of the Epnets. In all this nelghborhiood there is but one family that upholds thein in thelr crueity to their hapless tenants. In the first place, Mre. Bradford is in the final stages of her disease, and has been hopelessly bedridden for nearly six months. She has not “been up and around” at any time during this period, and the dootors said to move her would hasten her end. The breast where the cancer i located was jammed brutally against the door when her humane evic- tors carried her out on a stretcher, and she has suffered unspeakable tortures ever since from that frightful brulsing. No doctor has ever said she would live ten montha, jet alone “‘ten years.' Secondiy, tho Fpmets have owned the Place on Ohio street for years and are old residents In this vicinity. They are wealthy Germans, having a bank ac- count, rentals from still another house, valuable property both in Omaba, Ral- aton and eisewhere, fncluding a farm in South Dakota and resl estate in Califor- nia. In spite of the fact that Mr. Epnet has 1ald up substantial treasure here on earth, however, he 1s, as “A Reader” foel- Ingly remarks, poor man,” for he has completely forgotten to lay up lasting treasure, such as charity, sympathy with affliction, and_loving kindness toward one's neighbor assures one, when life's account is balenced. He is ln fact far poorer than the Bradfords and much more te be pitied, for although his physi- cal health enables him to hold down a paylng position, and work every day, he has a complete ossification of that im- We, whose names appear below, would far sooner change places with poor Mrs. (Bradford, today, than contract the #ightest taint of the Bpnet disesse, and on that account the Hpnets are under social quarantine since May 18, Ostra- clom Is the polite term for jt. ELSIE ROBERTEON, MRS, P. C. CARSON, MRS, MORRISSEY, MRS. GALLAGHER, MRS. G. CHESTER, KATE TURNER, MR. AND MRS. EMIL PRESCHER, All on Ohio Street. Memortes in Old Somas. OMAHA, May 26—To the Editor of The Bee: 1 read with considerable pleasure, the announcement of the *‘Festival of Old Song#” to be given by the choir of the Wainut Mill Methodist Eplscopal church. ‘The very names of some of the old songs to be sung there stir the heart and bring back memories of other days. ‘The war songs, perhaps more than any other, stir recollections of bygone days. for these songs seem to have been & part of our boyhood life. Those of us who, as youngsters at that period, were far 100 youns to take our part In the national struggle, could at least stir patriotism in the singing of those old songs, and of @all the memories of the war, those songs are perhaps the most distinct. The song “Dixie Land,” while ostentatiously a southern song, was, nevertheless of noftherh ‘origin, having been composed by one Emmet for ume In his vaudeville skétoh, of that perlod. And perhaps no more atirring war song las ever been written than “Marching Through Georgla,” and T well remember with what vim and vigor it was sung by those. who ‘were obliged to stay at home, as well as the federal troops. And what a flood of memories s they produce, To how great an extent do we owe to them our fortunes, or mis- fortunes, none can ever tell. It is often- remarked that the clean sentiment and beautiful melodies of those old songs is never reproduced in the modern love- ®ong, and only a comparison of thesa songy, as they will be sung Thursday night, can show how true this is. The plantation songs. too, mellow as they are, and filled with the tender pathos of the slave's weary life, tell their Think of these poor humans, driven to their labor like animals, toil- ing through the bolling sun from dawn to dusk, and then, gathering In the even- ing, letting forth their pent-up emotions In song. What a lesson for the pessimist and knocker of today Such an entertainment will surely make Thursday evening long to be remember, and, as I understand the public is in- | vited, admission free, except for a free- will offering to defray expenses, the church at Forty-first and Charles streets should be crowded to its capacity. J. F. P, OLD SETTLER. A Strap-Hanger's Suggestions, OMAHA, May 26—To the Editor of The Bee: Owing to weather conditions it was my mistortune this morning to “take the #treet car” to work; ordinarily I walk and avoid the horrors of that vehicle of transportation. Eventually I happened to find a strap vacant and—it Is strange how freely one's mind works when he hangs onto a strap. In due course of ru- mination there came to mind a statement by Menager Leussler in the current press complaining of the unfairness to his com- pany and to the public, of the corpora- tion menace—the workingman's taxl. Let me relate what has probably been the experience of some others who will affirmi my statements: Walking from home to Twenty-fourth street and no car behind at hand, I walked up “to meet” the car at Binney street to avold stand- ing on the street cormer. Boarding the car there two and one-half miles from the postoffice and over three miles from my place of work, I could not get inside the street car, but had to stand on the platform. Expecting a little better treat- ment on the Dodge line I transferred ecast on Lake wtreet, but was confronted with almost the same situation snd other passengers were continually being plled on as we approached twom. Furthermore, when 1 left home it was hardly 7:3 a. m.; when I reached Tenth and Farnam it was 5:00 a. m., practically half an hour consumed. My regular walk- ing schedule from home to the same point is thirty to thirty-three minutes. Now 1 have mever yet patronised a b1l , and gm not boosting for them, T am told by some of my neighbors that they get down town in from elght take all the short hauls, but when hul street cars are filled to the steps when | #till two or three miles from town, is it | not time that the jitneys step in and | help him out in “serving the public.” seems to me that if Manager Leussler and his superiors would consider some | Y ] of these salient features from the stand- | point of those who must needs ride on | his company's cars, those who canmot | | afford even a Ford, he might reconsider | 1n May his argument of unfairmess to his poor | The corporation. It is service that is needed, and T do not think the public would go back on him it he and his superiors | would meet them half way. The jitney | is not & hobby~ of invention.” Tentatively, if it is not feasible to put on more cars over the whole line and to | adopt s faster schedule, might he not | try out some other way by which to | meet that necessity, to accommodate the “short haul" traffic, From the situa- | tion as 1 casually observed it this morn- ing, one would think. offhand, that the service could be improved by some sys- tem of ‘“express” facilities. For in- stance, a few of the overloaded cars coming from north and west might travel “local” to Twenty-fourth and Lake streets, and thence go Into town “ex- prees,” without stopping to pick up pas- sengers. That point could be made the quite | They When Necessity is the mother |* ' Yy | Where | Be sure a The fairies We never, northern and western ‘“terminal” for other o “local” into town These latter ‘cars would nicely take care of the “short haul" business. Similarly on other lines. Express service is mnot an unusual thing in larger eastern cities and it seems that the street rallway com- pany has large and continually growing suburban feeders entitled to better serv- ice. A. W. ANDERSON, Burlington Headquarters. GRINS AND GROANS. Doctor—~Weil, Casey, are the eyes im- \ proving? g&u«nb—flun, they .mb:‘(‘;va octor—Can you see r; can you se¢ the nurse now? Some old Patlent—Sure, . 1 can thot, sir. Faith, | Others are she gets plainer and plainer Ivery day.— London' Gpinion. avoc. | party you will vote with next eleotion “No,” replied Senator Sorghum. | these days of political may as well wait and see what partie there are.”’—Washington Star. change a man “Yes, we acquitted that woman, al- 5 ek : ‘h..‘cam settled “How was i asked one o nympha In_ sttendance at the sea pal- | SOt 20 bad ace, “that Neptune gave himself away | SIX weeks. perance movement?” “Don't you know?' replied another, ":. hitrite_caught him trying to blow t Baltimore Americ | aropsy. The new roomer was disappointed “I thought the rooms were all finished in _hardwood,” he hinted. “They used all that in stuffing the mat- treeses,” rejoined the one who had lived there foul;flyun because he was always behind th his rent.—Philadelphia Ledger. tell you what live and work In baby’ glad surprise It |\\'a|u~,. up the tenderness that sleeps Within your heart. | They play ‘s most important part careful Mother Nature keeps The various hues The pinks and 3 To tint the flowers | For_golden hours se | Makes kisses play with chee: | And strange it And that is why “Have ade up vour mind what | that weakens older folks. Yo wilh ¢ - this life-sapping uric acld polson, Help In | the kidneys take it from the blood To FAIRIES. to twelve minutes—besides which features Tn they emphasize the comfort of riding and FEL . - {Grift Alexander. in Pittsburgh Dispatch. Mr. Leussler argues that the jitneys | L0 AT (0 vt Sgrmay u ask an easy k. oh falry spell s eyes and June. teach the birds Songs lacking words { But rich In tune |They chase the clouds across the aky) Incite the breeze To_stir the trees; | Provide the clover for the beew bread and 'y 3 Create the buttercup- With honey fill it up. And every day i Some little fay | Will teach some happy child to plav. joyous laughter's ringing out thereabount. fatry’ where'er they roam alwa; never find them out! “X ean't hold out muoh longer” PutOff Old Age folks are bent and shaky. straight and strong. 8o it n't be mere “oldness” that works such No—it is too often uric acld Fight off s | 81d them in this struggle, live carefully, and stimlate thetr action with the old rellable remedy, Doan's Kidney Pills. N. 17th St, though most of us considered her . ity An Omaha Case: “Then you shouldn't have acquitted Mrs. May Dressen, 317 ber now we shouldn't. She wasn't very |Omaha, says: “I had such awful back- good looking.” —Judge. aches that I could hardly work. A heavy on my kidneys and my back I couldn’t leave my bed for My kidneys didn’t do thelr after promising his wife to join the tem- | work right and I had symptoms of After using three boxes | Doan's Kidney Pills, my condition im- oam off the big ocean breakers.”— | proved wonderfully and mow T am in much better shape.” DOAN'S *iis" 50¢ at all Dru¢‘ Stores Foster-Milburn Co.Preps. Buffalo,NY. of Don’t Fool Yourself q If you are looking for a mild cigar don't be misled by the color of the wrapper. tell nothing about what is inside. It may turn out to be a very heavy fellow in a light disguise. . . 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