Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 6

LA . fighting 1t It was unnecessary for Janme. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ._FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Beo Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omahe postoflice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By carrier By mail peor and Sunday.... without _ Sunday. . and Sunday ng_without Sunday. Bee only..... . ovssss v notice of change of address or complainta of jarity in delivery to Omaha DBee, Circulation REMITTANCE. | Remit draft, express or postal order. Only two- ocent -xynpu recelved In payment of small ae- oounts. Personal cl\efl:‘u. except on Omaha &nd eastern exehange, not accepted. OFFICES. ha—The Bullding. uth Omaha—Bi8 N strect. noil Blufts—14 North Maln street. Incoln—2% Little Bulldln,l, I Hearst Bull A ew Fork—-Room 1105, 36 Fifth avenue. | "5 New Bank of Commerce: ashington-.7®' Fourteanth St, N. W: CORRESPONDENCE, What Are They Up to in Georgiat? What are they up to in Georgia with this new agitation and uprising over alleged plots to | free Leo M. Frank? Although the man Is | quietly serving his term at the state prison farm, to which his death sentence was commuted, we are told that extra guards have been put on and the militla ordered to stay in readiness for a call to frustrate an attempt to liberate him Now, the people of Georgia are not ignorant as not to know that no such effort could be successful. They know enough to know that Frank out of prison as a fugitive would be worse off than where he now is. They Jafl-break would do more than anything else imaginable to destroy what possible hope he true inwardness of his case is fully uncovered. To the observer at this distance all this maneuvering to keep popular prejydice excited In Georgia looks like a'continuation‘of the out- rageous performances which have already so municat relating to news and edl- JUNE OIROULATION. 53,646 Nebraska, County of Douglas, t Willlams, circulation manage company, being duly sworn f The Bee says that the reulation for the month of June, 1915, was DWIG! WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. .i‘erl- n o 'm and orn to before me, this of Jul BE‘I‘ "MUNTER, Notary Publie Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- fi—-mhdun.edponeuureqmm S iy 18— Thought for the Day Selected by Mre. T. B. Lamon For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. . 18t Cor. 3:11 —_—— All quiet on the Rufiji! Et—— ‘Welcome the prophecy of fair weather. Now to make good on it. SEeee— Base ball is not the only thing going into soak in the wet beit. Those base ball magnates should interview the weather man as well as the Commercial club. Emperor Willlam is quoted as saying the big vu‘nn.uhom»‘r. It he can end it then, why not now? Se——— The cause of humanity will be advanced sev- eral pegs if J. Pluvius will allow a reasonable time for each deluge to sink in, _ The size limit of the parcels post package has been increased to take in fruit and berry by “0ld men made the war, young men i are Addams to go. to learn that truth, ‘ ¥ the political one who does not want ta be fooled, and to instigate, another murder “‘a la Madero” under pretense of shooting Frank down while trying to escape. - Before the people of the rest of the country, the state of Georgia Is today as much on trial as Frank ever was, except that the Georgia people have the verdict in their own hands. A Song and Its Writer. Bomething of the romance of wartime of long ago s renewed by the removal of the ashes of Captain Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle to the French Pantheon, the Hotel des Invalides in Paris. In a fine frenzy of patriotism, at a time when France was breaking away from the an- archy that followed the revolution and was un- dergoing the throes that culminated in the Na- poleonic emplire, this young officer of artillery broke out in song, ‘'Ye Sons of France, Awake.” About the time he was writing the words that brought him eternal fame, his comrade at school and in arms, Napoleon Bonaparte, was training his guns on the Paris mob and literally shooting it off the streets, to clear the way for the Direc- tory he later seized for his own. Not g0 very long after, under the inspiration of the oppression of that me Napoleon, a group of German patriots wrote sengs to inspire thelr countrymen to strive for the same freedom the Frenchman craved, and Bluecher’s volun- teers eang them as they marched and fought, to overthrow the military despot of the day. Some of these songs are thundered today by the mil- llons marching under the kaiser's commanfl, but none of them are known as is that flamboyant bit of verse Captain Rouget de Lisle brought forth while he was walting at Marseilles the order to fire on'the armies of the government, supposed to represent the people. “Liberte, egalite, et fraternite’” have taken many forms in fair France since that time, but finally the people have come to rule their own affairs, and now that France has pald the final honors to the author of the inspiration of patriot and mob alike, the shade of de Lisle may join with the shades of Napoleon, Bluecher and oth- ers In wondering if their descendants know what it 1s all about, ) SENNTPPR—— Base Ball and the Public. Bome attention publicly has been called to the predicament of the Western League of Pro- fessional Base Ball Teams, incident to the expe- rience of that organization during the present season. It has so far not had the happy experi- ence of other seasons, owing chiefly to the unto- ward weather, which has messed up the playing schedule very materially, and has also held back ‘the attendance, This organized sport is not altogether a private concern, for, although the owners of the teams have assumed the risks naturally attendant on their venture, the public i Interested to some extent. It is necessary that patronage be such as will provide funds sufficlent to meet the expenses, else the league cannot exist. Much of the present-day expense of carrying on & base ball club is due to an effort on part of the owners to meet public needs or satisfy public whims, Spacious parks, magnificently equipped, have been provided for the comfort of the patrons, and other outlay of capital is required for the maintenance of the plant. Popular players are idolizad by the “fans,” and this popularity must be met by the team owner In the way of in- cteased salary In order to hold the player his patrons demand. Many other factors that enter into the owner's problem might be here enu- merated, most of them items the public does not consider, The value of a good ball team to a' commu- uity has been established. The public is re- sponsible in a measure for the Increase in the expense of operation, and it should also recog- nize its partnership with the magnates to the extent of helping to make the venture pay Its cost. | — Putting It Over on the Senator. And now we see the Bryanites, merrily ral- lying around the plum tree, shouting with glee over the prospect of putting over some appoint- ments the senator will not likely assent to. For example, Brother-in-Law Tom Allen is said to bo certain of taking down the job of being United States attorney for Nebraska, with the nice, fat salary attached to the place. Let no one doudt that Allen is a shrewd and resource- ful politiclan, as has been made manifest in his management of the state campaigns in behalf of Mr. Bryan. His precence in the honor lst will re-election of the senlor senator from Nebraska. Another Bryan worker of approved quality, A. 80 | know that he would be extraditable wherever he | might be taken, and they know, too, that such a | may cherish of an eventual pardon when the | discredited that state, and, more than that, like | & deliberate attempt to lay the foundation for, not promise much for a statewide campaign for Tibbetts, comes forth as temporary postmas- ter for Lincoln, and the supporters of the sena- tor look on aghast as they see the rush of the cohorts of the late premier to gather up the big Issues of the Great War ‘Tafe” Young in Leslie’s. HAVE called the present war in Burope American-European war.”’ From the campaign car- ried on in “The States,” 1 judge it is more our war than anybody elso’s. The United States is the only country that telis the truth in diplomacy and stands for a result after wars are over. We are the onl people who spend money in behalf of other people. It 1a supposed that Uncle Sam is rich enough to give every man a farm and also to help pay the expense of other people’s wars. Therefore, 1 have christened this the American-Buropean war. We are fecding the Belgians at a cost of mil- llons. We are donating automobiles at a cost of more millions. We are sending Red Cross surgeons and Red Cross nurses into the remotest part of the war zone. | We are recelving circulars by every mall from many | of the countries that are at war, asking for contribu- tions. A majority of the people In BEurope pretend they hate the sight of an American. They discuss him spitefully when he has moved on. Our very con- | tributions to the ald of those in distress are cited as evidence that we are a mean, speculative, unsympa~ thetic, undeserving people. This Buropean war has been like the typhold fever to the human frame. It has disclosed to every country its weaknesses. Germany is a sealed book. We do not know what Germany's internal weaknesses are. It | seems to stand solidly together. But all other countries | have their shortcomings, When Austria calls out an army, from the eight- een different races under its flag, it has no idea how many will respond. Great Britain is finding out its woak spots. They were supposed to be in Ireland, but they are discovered to be right at home. Canada, Australia and the other colonies are all right. But England, the home office of Great Britain, is finding out the things that it did not know. Many of the countries have given up drink to help along the war. The British man has so far declined to do so. "he | distillers and brewers raised the cry that it would injure thelr business and that thelr business was im- portant. It was suggested that horse racing should cense on account of the war, and the volces of the horse racing fraternity immediately said that it would ruln the horse industry. They said that horse racing promoted horse breeding. The workingman, who loves Bngland and who would not remove to any other country, refuses to co-operate in the manufacture of munitions of war. Increased wages only increases his 1dleness. Great Britaln, if we are to judge by the lterature that comes to the United States, feels that we have some part in the war, and I shall be prepared to read in all Buropean newspapers, after the war is over, no matter what the result, that the United tSates was to blame for it all. We have been making ammuni- tion and selling it to whoever wants to buy, and in some directions this is unpopular. Our ammunition will be found to be fatal after it is all over. But who is to blame for this war? 1 answer, this war is a cumulative answer of Providence to the inefficiency, seifishness and greed of the old world. The strong European powers had for nearly a century been tiding over their difficulties in the Balkan states; been trifling with fate; trifling with Justice: lying to each other; trying to decelve each other; none of them trying to do the Christian act of seeing that the Balkans had good government and & fair chance for development in manufacturing, in agri- culture and In everything else, 80 the present war is a cumulative settlement of Buropean crimes of omission and commission during the last century. Add to these events the commercial rivalries of Great Britaln and Germany in relation to the control of the seas and you have the cause of the present war. One other element enters in, that is the absence of n free press in some of the countries concerned. The people may say what they please about the evils of a free pross, but if there had been a free press in all the countries of Burope, there would have been no war. The peoples of Kurope are not getting the truth at the present time. In some of the countries In- volved, the masses have been lied to so persistently by their rulers that they have a misconception of the war entirely. Lawsuits often change In the course of the trial. This is also true of war. At the beginning of the war it was the fear of a.Pan-Slav empire on one side and the hope of it on the other. Now, the question is which of the countries involved shall sur- vive and which shail be destroyed? It is & struggle to the death between Germany and Great Britain. Or, it Is a struggle to the death be. tween militarism and the opposite. Or, it is the open- ing battle which shall sometime bring all Burope confronting Russia. Just figure out what you think is at stake, If Great Britafn should lose, it looks like the death of its government. If Germany loses, it is the death of the military idea as the foundation of a great elvilization. It Russ! fore. The fate of Austria is tied up with that of Ger- many, It would be dificult to foretell the fate of France, it the allles should be defeated ‘When the wars are over, a great many issues that ‘were not In the case at the start will be in the jury's verdict. The Briton will awaken and learn to know that he is not a child of Providence to be taken care of without effort. The German will find out that a great civilization can not be bullt on militarism. The lessons to France and Austria will be incidental. They are a kind, industrial people and their wish is to be let alone. Whatever shall be achleved for the right will be accredited to the valor, statesmanship and di- plomacy of BEurope. Whatever in the verdict shall be evil, will be, with one accord, accredited to the United States. loses, It will be about where it was be- Twice Told Tales Not = Black Hand. A stenographer was out of a job. He was dis- cussing the best ways and means of rehabilitating his ebbing bank roll with a friend who also was listed among the unemployed. Said the friend: “If 1 were you, I'd write tter for money." “I have,” replied the stenog. “For how much?" ‘Oh, $3,000." “Well=1?" asked the friend in astonishment. “Well," repeated the shorthand man sadly, “the letter asking for the $3,000 s all ready to mail, but I'll be darned If 1 can think of anybody to mall it to."— Louisville Times. Religlous Progress. A clergyman had taught an old man in his con- gregation to read, and found him an apt pupil. Call- ing at the house some time after, he 'ow' the wife at home. ‘How's John?" asked he, N\ “He 1s well, thank you,” sald his wife. ““How dees he get on with his reading?™ “Nicely, sir." “Ah, 1 suppose he can read his Bible comfortably now ™ “Bible, sir! BHless you, he was out of the Bible and into the sporting pages long ago!”—Chicage “The | The matter is not all settled, though, Government Ald for Good Roads. | WASHINGTON, D, C., July 10.—To the Editor of The Bee: I have received & clipping from The Bee regarding the financing plan suggested by former Sec- retary Bryan for the Pan-American re- publics, and earlier suggested by me for financing the several states of the union in the construction of permanent high- ways. The copy of my suggested plan was nol sent to you by me, nor did 1 know it had been sent to you, but am glad you have had opportunity to read it provisions. If it is advisable for the United States to assist in securing low- rate loans for South and Central Amer- fean republics, it s certainly much more advisablo that the United States aid the several states In a matter as important as that of extensive construction of per- manent highways. I wish you could see your way clear to endorse the plan I suggested and give it the support of your paper. As indlcated in your editorial, the plan is not entirely original with me. Great Britain has & somewhat similar plan em- bodied in the Irish Land Purchase act, but in order to give the states an addi- tional inducement to take advantage of the plan, I have provided maintenance co- operation in. addition to the setting aside of ono-fourth of the interest as a sinking fund, and have also provided for & na- tional academy of highway and bridge engineering which would be of great aid 1o the states. JONATHAN BOURNE, JR. Good Idea——Domestic Animal Zoo. OMAHA, July 14.—To the Editor of The Bee: That's a good idea for a Domestic Animal Zoo even if the idea does come from Missouri. Just the place for it would be in Carter park, inasmuch as Riverview has the wild animal 300 and we would have all the water needed for ducks and geese and water fowl. We make & lot of fuss about baby bears and baby buffaloes, but to children, and grownups, too, calves and colts and baby pigs are just as interesting. 1 would wager that the domestic animals would prove as attractive as the wild animals. M. H. G. A Scissors Hoid on the Palpit. FREMONT, Neb., July 4.—To the Editor of The Bee: In the uftergiow of your recent limerick contest, 1 hasten to submit the following comment on Rev. T. J, Mackay's classic application of the Outler-Stecher wrestling event, ‘Wille our Sundays fight satan with “‘whizzers’ 1t looks—to us cynical quizzers— As if brother T. J. (Is that surname Mac-kay?) Might be really the man with the “‘scissors.” BAAC A, KILGORE. ! 124 West Military avenue. Lincoln Highway in Nebrasks, OMAHA, July 14—To the Bditor of The Bee: To arbitrarily designate a road as & highway in the sense of a Kentucky macadamized plke does not make it one and is apt to fool the unwary. 8o far as Nebraska is concerned, there is not much difference in the road, now called the Lincoln highway, except that part known as the Dodge street exten- sion, barring the bridges and a few Streets In a very few towns, than it was thirty years ago. Like the Union Pacific, it, too, follows the level valley of the Platte and on a sandy soil in great part. It is nothing other than a country road and as nature made it, improved a bit by modern methods of dragging and it also has the advantage of no hills. There are many places that are not sandy, but are more or less gumbo and this spring | and summer these places have been quag- tires on account of the rains. The red, white and blue rings on the telephone poles guide the tourist also through the business streets of the towns and cities ou the route and occasionally through the residence districts also. In some of the counties these colors have been practically eliminated as the paint evidently did not have much white lead in it One wonders why under the circum- stances that now that it has been given this high sounding title and must be a help to the places that it passes, to sell gasoline, to be fixed up In garages, to stay in hotels for days at a time on ac- count of the roads when impassable, that the towns do not help out more. One will have a hard time to find where any sand, gravel or clay has been hauled to the gumbo places. For instance, in the town of Waterloo itself, is one of the worst places that a mule would get mired. The approaches from the east over the bottoras to both Fremont and Columbus are a disgrace to each. Last week there were counted twelve automobiles mired in the mud at one time in the Silver Creek, Clarks, Central City and Grand Island country. One, a six-cylinder Max- well, was towed to town and sold for $250, and the owner was so disgusted that he took the train. Rich people only can do that kind of thing and it 15 said that thers will be automobiles sold this fall in California for & song, as many will not attempt to come back that way. A mixture of automobile and mud is an incompatibility and a sorry sight as well. It must be confessed that the towns of Nebraska are very pretty now and while a few years ago they were of trame, now they are of brick and stone, but that Lincoln highway is just about the it always was and all the way to burg and beyond. \ It {s a great compliment ocean-to-ocean road apd It would that those along it ought to get buay make it, farmers and all, worthy of its name. GEORGE P. WILKINSON, A Great Scholar and Statesman. NORTH LOUP, Neb, July 4.—To the Editor of The Bee: I th money to enable them so ‘;l;nlfil:nu{t:.finbl.-d“ oen ry;uahl-n"mw'h-t:'ha civilization flourished, studying the actual conditions. He fluenfly talks several modern languages and is a profound stu- dent of history and economics. 1 belleve that he is one of the great scholars of the age. But how about our Nebraska states- men who assisted in making the law which sends the school funds outside the state on 4% per cent Interest, whereas that money might be used on farm loane at that rate? It has the appearance that the farmers, who pay four-fifths of the taxes, cannot be trusted—that is, the mon who made the school fund cannot be | trusted. Farmers will awake some time and find that we have the wrong cla of men In office. To Mr. Bookwalter be- longs a monument. WALTER JOHNBON. Bryan and Editors ' Boston Transcript: Mr. Bryan belleves that editors should sign their own edi- torials, but why give them a prerogative not always enjoyed even by secretaries of state? New York Post: Let's see, is the Mr. Bryan who demands $500 for a lecture on | peace the same Mr. Bryan who wants a law compelling editors to make affidavit that they have no financial interest in any cause they may advocate? Springfield Republican: Mr. Bryan wants to have editors compelled to show any financlal interest they may have in policies which they advooate. Would the probability of enhancing their drawing power on the chautauqua circuit be re- garded as a financial interest? Philadelphia Ledger: It is easy to un- derstand why Mr, Bryan should hate ob- scurity and why he should impute base motives to those who have no especial admiration for him. His suggestion of a law compelling editors to ‘“discloss what pecuniary interest they had in gov- ernmental policies” implies his inablility to conceive of any other motive for orit- fclsm. As a matter of fact, no reputable newspaper, whatever its own convictions, hestitates to give both sides a fair chance in its pages. Considering the space the press has given to Mr. Bryan, it is most ungrateful of him to Insinuate the con- trary. In a sense the newspapers are already bipartisan. What Mr. Bryan really means is that they ought not to criticlse him. GRINS AND GROANS. “How can & man be as stu as that feillow and live?" o “‘Some of the men at the club have a theory that he was raised on a vacuum bottle. —Judge. m';a?:l you think, my son, you need a “No. indeed, dad. That new a hy of_mine ls &, footer that beats the o ! ~Baltimore American. “What you need in this town,' said the €enlal stranger, “is more optimism." jimere’s plenty of optimism in Crimson Guich,” replied Broncho Bob. “There isn't & man in the place who {sn't an optimist d\lrln‘“!he_flrll lvllnl‘ minutes of a poker game."—~Washington Star. “STILL IT RAINS.” Willlam Allen White in Emporia Gasette, O the corn is on the blink And the wheat is full of rust, The alfaifa’s lurflln%ophlk And the creek’'s about to bust Out on the plains. O _the oats is out of sight In the water, and the beans Are blown higher'n s kite By the passing submarine, And still it rains' Wow! it raina, On the panes— Pitchforks, ragors and chilblains, Colored infants and remains Of cats and dogs and aeroplanes! And it roars While it pours, As the farmer does his chores In diving bells, and bores Postholes in the atmosphere To find his gates and doors. O it's grand to be a farmer and poke around in an ark, To tare forth to feed the chickens in a stanch seaworthy bark. O it's fine to be a farmer and grow -webs on your feet, And to buckle on your armor and swim out to cut the wheat, O the mermaids in the kaffir and the sea- cows in the dell, All the lo!‘ that make a salve for what would otherwise be heil. And Pov. e drout;lln broken, let's ba joy fu our s, Let's kyoodle, whoop a million dollar rains! holler for these Spend You in the CHEQUAMEGON BAY DISTRICT r Vacation of Lake Superior egon Bay is one of the most delightful out- ing sections of U pperWineomin——t:;;\ipufle Islands and shores of the mainland are d colonies. Near! burn and Ba A withconlie are the cities of Ashland, Wash- There is trout fishing and delightful excursions among thes'aui.fndb—nd the finest pflifl the world to Just rest. HAY ng ted -rfl‘ant at and North | 21,76 from Om% to Bayfield, Ashland, %Vnhburn and return. 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