Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 8, 1915, Page 6

} OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. PEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Fntored at Omaba postoffice as second-class matter. OF SUBSCRIPTION By oarrier By mail per month. ..88¢ TERMS Bee only... H - address or complaints of t change of l:“mm' l: dttllmw oio Omaha Bee, reulation by & MMAMNCI'. order. Only two- Remit raft, express or a X % nempnd in payment of a0 wflb%:n:-l checks, except on Omaha and eastern OFFICES. > 2 m’-'umu. Omaha- street Bluffs—14 North Maln street. Little earst Bul 3 Il’-. g fth avenuve. ew Ban! 3 ington—7% Fourteenth Bt., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE, ARl g RO e A Ratiar o Oraana —————————————————— MAY CIRCULATION, 53,345 State of Nebraska, County of Dougias, ss: Dwight Williams, ciroulation manager of The Bee Publishing com y, being duly aworn, says that the average circulation for the month of May, 1915, was ' DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Creulation Manager, Bubserited in my pr and sworn to before I Y 5 me. this 30 QeF SBRT SUNTER, Notary Public Subscribers leaving the ciiy temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ade dress will be changed as often as requosted. June 8 _——-—=—==\ Thought for the Day Selected by Mre. Cora A. Anderson Bileased is ha who has found his work; lot Mim ask ne other blessedness. — Carjyle. i Still a few neutral nations in Europe, but they are having a hard time holding fast. Se——— Somehow or somewhere the good ship “Piffle” seems to have been elther torpedoed or interned. —— The long-talked-of workhouse for Omaha s another overdue public enterprise waiting to be put Roross, — In view of the voeal activity of rear admirals evident the navy is not adequately equipped with windshields. m— enliven the scenery in the city ore reason for pressing the at the number of e o h. “olty beaut ;Ion weloome enforce Smith of the Union Pucific, and Joe Plke, private ssoretary to General Superia- After his customary hibernation, Ak-Sa Ben is again active on the job with his regular weekly membership iitiation meetings, which | will continue until the crowning carnival festiv- | ities In October. | The unflagging vitality of Ak-Sar-Ben for ! more than twenty years has been a marvel to | all, but the secret of it unquestionably Hes In | the initiation features providing the “work’ of | & secret soclety on such a gigantic and elaborate scale as to make visitors talk about it from one end of the country to the other. Other cities have electrieal and floral pageants, court balls and street carnivals, but none can match the mysteries of the Ak-8Bar-Ben den. It is this Initiation feature that keeps Ak- Sar-Ben ever young and ever new, and that ac- counts for the never-waning, but constantly | growing, popularity of Ak-Sar-Ben. It is this | that makes it so potential an institution for the promotion of goodfellowship, and through that goodfellowship for Omaha's progress and pros- perity. Mexican Factions Active. President Wilson’s warning has stirred up much motion among the factional leaders in Mexico, and each is now apparently striving to gain a position of advantage before settlement time comes. This sudden display of military activity is not all in accord with the spirit of the president’s note. He advised that the contend- ing Mexicans adjust their differenceg by remsona- ble methods, with a warning that unless they could do o the United States would be forced to take steps to provide a stable government for that country. Instead of following the friendly suggestion, the “generals” show an inclination to resort to Kilkenny cat methods, and the unhappy condi- tion of the people below the Rio Grande Is being made worse, while intervention seems more cer- tain to be required. The unexpected may hap- pen, and Mexico may be tranquilized without the presence of United States forces, but it doesn’t seem l'kely now, S— Renewing Life in Belgium. While the lurid glow of war yet lights the western coast of Belgium, reports coming from behind the firing line indicate that in the east- ern part of that country normal conditions are being restored. The flelds around Louvain are green again with the verdure of spring, crope have been planted anew and another harvest is promised. The life of the country is proceeding very much as before the invasion. Industry is also being resumed, and mining operations are carried on on a large scale. Engineering, the great technical magaszine, gives figures to show that the coal mines of Belgium are being oper- ated almost to capacity. Some diffieulty is being experienced because of the Interruptions of transportation, but these are fast being over- come. This is further proof of German genfus for organization. The intensely practical Teuton hag not allowed the incident of war to disturb business to a greater extent than is absolutely unavoldable.. It:may be argued that the output of the Belglan mines, both coal and firom, is’ being uséd in the prosecution of the war, but’ this is not against the fact that the Germans bave restored Industrial activity in the invaded reglon within a very short time. The flelds and gardens will again produce food for Bel- glans, while the mines and mills will give work to those who want it. 3 Belgium's political status is yet to be deter- mined, bat its industrial and agrioultural future is already fixed. The Student and the World. Commencement time, and its output of grad- uates with their diplomas, is still the object of much good-natured fun, but it is a most encour- aging time for the world. The inclinatfon of the graduates to take themselves and the world serfously is & hopeful sign of success. More than ever before success in life depends on the possession of a trained mind qualified to intel- ligently direct effort. System is the ruling ele- wment in all lines of commercial or industrial activity, and the graduate of today is grounded in system above all things. The thinker is the dominating factor of life, in all its ramifications. The advantage of a well-rounded educational training {s that its possestor may adjust the practical to the sentimental, and be better ena- bled to derive from life its highest and best Homely Humor. American humor manifests itself in Innumerable ays, not the least original one being & recent com. on in Bloomfield, N. J., as to the honor of being man." Several citizens entered the con- in the voting declared that he was it 4 ] be remembered that President Lin- story to the offect that one of his nelgh- was #0 homely that he decided that it was his to #hoot any one he met who was homelier than the president he informed him of and sald that, as & homelier man, Lincoln @le. “All right,” sald Mr. Lincoln, looking at his “if T.am homelier than you, then shoot!"~The this, let us contribute the characteristic unecdote which the late G, M. Lambertson used 1o perpetrate on himself by way of an after- | dinner oratory introduction. “Nebraska has | three horseliest men,” he would say. “Dan Net- tleton is one of them and I am the other two.” | e—— Unlike their warring neighbors, Roumanis ‘lultlufluunatllo-omthunmury motives. With rare simplicity they admit that territorial loot is the goal of their ambition. While others pretend to “fight the battles of tH £ H < nounce that they are “‘out for spotls.”” This s candor with the bark on. Sm— ‘War orders on the books of the Bethlehem steel plant total close to §150,000,000, y to dlafigure himself if it would ald him to win | OMAHA, TUESDAY Greater Omaha Lincoln Journal (Bix.): When it came to the test South Omaha voted two to one in faver of annexation | To a man up a tree it looks the sensible thing to do It means a great deal from an economic standpoint work of two, and rell burden. Eouth Omaha, being a part of the big city, will no longer be discriminated against as a competitor in business and its development will be promoted and not hampered by the interests centered farther up town | Bometimes it is, as Bill Price would say, ‘'a heap sight hetter be absorbed than to swallow the other fellow | Now, since according to the law, | Two lovely cities are but one, Success to Greater Omaha Which s when all is said and done, A city splendidly endowed, Sot on a hill where all can see, Of which Nebraska is as proud As anytody ought to be Fremont Tribune: The voting of the people of Omaha and those of its suburbs on the question of | annexation was purely a perfunctory performance. That the verdict would be in favor of merging was a | foregone conclusion. Omaha has grown to such proportions that its own vote, almost unanimously favorable to the larger project, settled the question 8o rapid has been was before It wns formally submitted Omaha's growth during recent years that it growing around the suburbs and they stood in the of Its reaching its predestined proportions. Thus self interest, growing out of necessity, indicated but one path of action for it. That path was taken at the election of Tuesday. As a result Omaha is given a large population and thus will enjoy added prestige in the matter of comparison to other cities. During the last year, despite the general business apathy of the country, Omaha has made the most substantial #rowth it ever made in its history. More sky scrapers have been bullt and planned than ever before. Mainly | Omabha must depend upon Nebraska for its progress and growth {n material greatness, though its field and cpportunities are much more widely extended than that, and by that taken all Nebraska favorably re- gards Omaha's splendid strides forware Tekamah Herald: The consolidation of Omaha was easily nearly 10,00 majority. Some of the members of the last legislature who fought the measure were in mighty small business. The defeat of the munieipai eleotric lighting bill for Omaha, will some day rise and condemn those who were responsible for the perfidy., The rule of big business is in bad repute in Nebras O'Nefll Frontler: Nebraska has a city of 165,000 population, Greater Omaha. At the special election Omaha, South Omaha and Dundee were consolidated by & vote of about seven to one. Omaha and South Omaha gave a majority for consolidation, while aristo- cratic Dundee voted against it. | Hastings Tribune: If all moves serenely Omaha and South Omaha will be united in holy bonds of wed- lock within the next twenty Cay's. That ought to make Kansas City st up and take notice. | e Polk Progress: The great city of Omahs has adopted South Omaha and Dundee which will put Omaha In & class of cities hard to beat for business. Aurora Sun: The Greater Omaha electlon held Tuesday resulted in an overwhelming vote favoring annexation, Dundee being the only suburb showing a majority against uniting with the blg eity. South Omaha took to the proposition ltke a baby reaching for the milk bottle. The vote on the guestion shows & majority for the proposition of about seven to one, thus assuring the “Greater Omaha.” Grand lslard Trndependent: Omaha, South Omaha and Dundee are one. The vote in Omaha was nearly twehty to ome for the merger, and that of South Omaha about two to 'The suburb of Dundee voted @ for and 501 on account of the con- ®olidation feature lection, it la annexed and absorbed ite will, loubtedly Dundee will go down kiaking, but—will go down. The movement ought certalnly to result in material economies and govern- mental efficiency. = Ineldentally South Omaha is no longer the question mark in Grand Island's third city claims. The national census enumeration in connection with this merger election settles any question. i l Twice Told Tales Time Didn't Matter. A prominent lawyer tells this tale of the hills of Kentucky: He had been In Jackson county during the hearing of a big land case, and after the strain of several weeks in the court room decided to take a trip up in the mountainy and enjoy the quieting in- fluence of the hills. He traveled the paths and nar- row mountain roads til he found himself at the end of several day's journey about forty or fifty miles from the rallroad. It was about noon, the lawyer judged, for his watch had run down and he could not be exact. But in the midst of this deep con- templation the lawyer came upon an old darkey sitting upon a boulder glongside the road. ‘“What time have you? he asked of the old darky. "'Well, suh, boss, the old Waterberry says she's about ten minutes to 13" was the reuly. “Is that sun time or railroad tim again ques- tioned the lawyer. “What diffunce does that make? One am about as fer from hero as the other."—Loulsviile Times. of & certain community in Ohlo to the end that he might be sent 10 congress thought it worth while to make mention | of his humble origin and early struggles. “I got my start in life by serving in a grocery at #3 & week, and yet I managed to save,” he announced | Whereupon a veice from the audience queried | “Was that before the invention of cash registers?’ ~New York Times. People and Events Captain Diamond of Brooklyn. alleged Inventor of the “turkey trot,” fs T6. Respect for gray hairs is his chief defender. The huge circular court house which New York plans to start work on this year will involve an out- lay of INL1M for bullding and site. Comptroller the project on the A bunch of students of the University of lllinvis pulled off a “bonfire keg party” at whioch ““Tippe- vary” was the musioal feature. The combination Jarred the musical sensibilities of the neighborhood and the police of Champalgn kidnaped the roysterers. The shindy cost ‘em the grand opera rate of $5 each. Those who decry the value of the “‘old spelling achool” as a factor in business should study the career of a Chicago man who drew a twetve-year peni- tentiary sentence through a bad spell. He dd a Glourishing business In bogus claims against nsurance companies, but repeated spells of “sensitive” led to his undoing. JUNE 8, 1916 One set of municipal officers will hereafter do the | e the taxpayers of a heavy | | benefit of | tention to that, also.” The Pees effer Wants Pablic Library Open Longer. OMAHA, June 7.~To the Editor of The Beo: Why is Omaha's public iibrary closed wll day on Sundays and at § o'clock In the evening week days? Why is not the Omaha public Iibrary kept open until 10 o'clock In the evening dur- ing the week and at ieast in the after- | noons on Sunday, as is done In Kaneas | City, Chicago, Denver, New York City and dozens of other places during the summer months? Why @o the people of | Omaha put up with such outragovus im- position on their righta? Ts it the library | for the accommodation of a few tramps and strangers who have plenty of time, or was it built by the taxpayers for the business, professional men, mechanics and all kinds of men and women who are amployved during hours the public library Is now kept open? What good is a reference room costing thousands of doflars to business and professional men and merchants if it | 16 to be closed at 8 p. m | How' many thousands of peosple can | come to the library much earlier than 7:8 p. m. Shall the thousands of tax- payers who built the iibrary and pay the present superintendent his fat salary, be outrageously discommoded to make the work “softer’ and more convenient for him and three or four petty employes. The superintendent iz very good to him self, where does he get his authority? Let's hear the views of others at once. T. 8 J Here's a Weather Prophet. NORTH LOUP, Neb., June 7.—To the Editor of the Bee: A great number of people are getting tired of the wet weather. We are not through It yet. The people should prepare for exceptional weather conditions from Jume 15 to 2. Within that period we may expect heavy rain with Intermittent hall storms, throughout the Missouri-Mississipp! val- leys. These, of course, will be also ac- companied with heavy wind and tornadoes in various places. It will be noticed in such perfods that the sun will be in- tensely hot, and when cloudy the air will be cool. People who are in the habit of carrying insurance should not for- wet the warning, because you will hear of plenty of destruction at that time, and you may feel it, Rallway companies may also expoct damage and should prepare %o protect the public from wrecks by ‘washouts. You may ask why I make these statements—to give you thut much for nothing. Keep your open to the weather from June 18 to 30 July and August may be short on rain. We will not have settled weather through June, M8 WALTER JOHNEON. Tips On Home Topics Boston Transcript: The ghortage of ammunition in, Russla must be making the poor fellows at the front regret all those bombs they used to waste so lav- | ishly on the csar. | Detroit F'ree Press: Now that Thomas E'dlltm has invented a device to record telephope conversations he could confer & still great favor on suffering humanity by getting up something that will shorten most of ‘em. Cleveland Plain Dealer: The Univer- sity of California has as its guest the “last cave man,” who is saild to be the most unciviligsed human being in the world. At the same time, he appears to he a very peaceable person, without any desire to kill his fellowmen. Houston Post: Mr. Bryan told the Washington Board of Trade: “I believe the United States can secure its safety better by making friends who love it than by making other nations fear it; halt the money we spend in battleships could better be spent In educating young men of other nations in our achools™ There are times when we are almost convinced that Mr. Brvan ought to ac- cept a call to a Presbyterian pastorate. Philadelphia Record: A protracted period of dullness in trade is very hard on business enterprises whose capital is limited. They can hold out for a while, | but give way under continued pressure, and fatlu; re apt to be numerous even when the general condition of trade 1s improving. Dun & Co. report that in- solvencies have been decreasing since the first of the year, and the figures for May were much lower than those of previous months this year. New York Post: Jests about the ice- | man would lose their point if jce com- panies generally gave directions such as one company In & western town is candid enough to advertise. ‘‘Be courteous. Tie- member, every iceman is supposed to be a thief until he has proved his honesty.” Another human touch is no less prom- js'mg. This consists in the advice to the jceman that, when he has happened to cut the plece a little short, he should tell the customer, “ani then bring a Iarger plece next thme and draw her at- Here we have at | last that recognition of human relations | in business which the social reformers have long been preaching to us. ee—— deitorial Shrapnel Cleveland Plain Dealer: couldn't show our friendship to anv bet- ter advantage than by loaning Bolivia the million or two which she wants. It might be well to add that we are not using the editorial “‘we' St. Louls Globe Democrat: Flareback is a term that originated in the navy: a proposed order is to take the flare out of sallors’ trousers; and it may be nec- essary to walt for a change of admin- istration to get the traditional flare back. Uh-h, that was some effort, but we put It over. Baltimore American: In a recent au- preme court decision in New York com- cerning moving plotures charged with be- ing offensive to German-Americans the hyphen received a rebuke, the court hold- ing that the name of American Is good enough for all classes of citizens, and all Clusses agree with him. { | the | | | Perhaps we LAUGHING GAS. Young Wife—Thete is a ray of hope that my husband will throw some MHght on_the state of his pocket. Wise Mother—I wish for your sake it may be an X-ray.—Baltimore American “What's on the carpet today, my dear” asked Mr. Wombat, who is flowery of speech “More mud that Johnny has tracked in, 1 #'pose, responded Mrs. Wombat — Judge “To put all wires under ground would do away with many dangers.' “There are two sides to it. A telegraph pole is mighty handy to get behind when an auto is headed your way."—Loulsville Courfer-Journal Just listen, Hiram Tallgrass. to this here plece in the paper, will ye?' ex- citedly exclaimed Ma Taligrass. It says as how old Deacon Medder's boy, Jim, ent ter the city tew yea Lot tew thousand dollar: all" “By heck!" answered Hiram, “I knowed | Jim wus buyin' up second hand mat- tresses when he fust went ter the city, but I'll be hanged if 1 ever thought he | wue goin' ter make breakfast food outen | them!"—Judge. NO DEATH. Edward Bulver-Lytton. The stara go down Str There is no death! To rise upon some fairer shore; And bright In heaven's jeweled erown, They ehine forever more. There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the simmes showers To golden grain, or mellow fruit, Or rainbow-tinted bowers. - ranite rocks disorganize T";‘o eed the hanging moss they bear; The leaves drink dafly life, From out the viewless air. | There is no death! The leaves may fall, | “The flowers may fade and pass eway; | They only wait through wintry hours | " The coming of the May. There is no death! An ange Walks o'er the earth with He bears our best-loved things | "Ana then we call them 'dead. 1 form silent tread, away; | He leaves our hearts aM desolste: He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers; | Traneported into bliss, they now Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like voice, whose joyous tomes Make glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sings now an everiasting song Amid the tree of Mfe. And when he sees a smile too Or_heart too pure for taint and vl He bears it to that world of light, To dwell in paradise. Born unto that undying life, Thoy leave us but to come again; With joy we welcome them-—the sam Except in sin and pain. ce, And ever near us, though unse The dear tmmortal apirits £ [For ail the boundiess universe 1s life—there are no dead! which it is made Royal, add only The cream of it is derived. ingredients. guide you. Two Different Effects The quality of food is very largely determined by the ingre=- dients in the baking powder with . Cream of tar- tar baking powders, such as healthful quali- ties %o the food. tartar of Royal Baking Powder as used in food has the same wholesome effect on the digestive system as the cream of tartar in grapes, from which In like manner it is in evie dence that the unwholesome ef- fects of alum, which is a mineral acid salt, exist in food made with alum baking powder. There is a clause on baking powder labels which names all the Read it and let it ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO. York VS come back for MOORE the Direct fast on the train, get et 8:35 A, M., three-c course and "t Fast st 2bly setued ana to events. I - Omehg i, Ar. Maywood (Spee Ar. Chicago June 19 Is P, £\ Y » =0 Chic The Chicago Great Western Has Chicago Automobile Speedway Use the Great Western Limited, break- the main entrance to Speedway Park-—a new You arrive just in time to get comfort- up’’ of the contestants hefore the main Great Western Limited Make your reservations early, so plenty of sleepers may be provided, ’ Your telephone is handy--Oall Douglas 260. li'ml)'ml)l!. C.P.&T A arnam Street, Omaha. Phone Route to the off at Maywood station marters of a mile from in the World witness the *‘warmin, ..3:00 P. M. lway Park) 8:35 A. M. 9:05 AL M, the Big Day == ago = Great Western