Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 26, 1915, Page 4

THE BEE OMAHA, MONDAY, FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. 'ANCE. or postal order. R L B checks, not accepted. by draft, ex; exchange, OFFICRS. The q Buflding. d th Main street. In—% :IIIC =y Y New Bank g Koy Beak of CORRESPONDENCE, Adress communications relating to news and JUNE OIRCULATION. _f 53,646 State of Nngt.m, Count. Douglas, ss: i t Willlams, dl‘l{llfi | i i Publish company, bein, du'r'"n-.m u‘;: .{th average drculation fof the month of June. 1915, was DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. and sworn to before sk mfl‘ififi: HUNTER, Notary Public Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. Thought for the Day ! Selected by Edith Tobitt '1 Self-reverenss, seif-knowledge, self-control, = V These three alone lead life to sovereign power. OEnens~ Alfred Tennyson. | Beware of the overloaded excursion steam- boat! There are some compensations after all in the refusal of the Big Muddy to make itself easily navigable. — The Greater Omaha budget of $3,765,000 for 1916 proves among other things that the art of blowing in money is a highly developed mu- wnicipal speclaity. 5 Sem————— One of the silent tips sent out of Washing- ton indicates that the trust busting campaign is | over for the present. Thus does the presidential . campalgn cast. its shadow before. Saps———————— The latest contributor to the conscience fund ~ of the United £tates adds $10,000 as & bonus to ~ the prineipal sum already repaid. A consclence prompting double restitution is a wonderful human monitor.” b/ Sys—— Culebra cut short its latest slide and allowed the battleships to pass through the canal tq the Pacific ocean. This restores Gulebra to the gaod | graces of the coast and averls the stigma df . offensive f e . A paleface jury in Denver acquitted the Piute Indian chief who killed a Mexican, defied ihe powers for weeks, and voluntarily sur- renderdd to General Scott, The verdict s a hite mdn's tFibute to a bold fighter. | All warring governments are urging their prople to turn in their gold and take paper i uney, as & patriotic duty. It is becoming more ~ev dent as the days pass that golden bullets will the greatest execution at the finish. The agitation for regular military training the schools will not get very far if it includes as the first essential of soldierly ~skill, Omitting this modern necessity handi- ‘aps the prospective soldier at the start. A nervy'taxpayer of Illinols seeks the aid of ‘the courts to annul certain extravagant appro- . i made by the state legislature, The the wisdom of a leglslature in money smacks of lese deflant taxpayer knows the i ~ One difference between the overturning of the ~Fastland and the sinking of the Titanic and the i is that the death-stricken vietims of this latest mishap almost all live in one local- ity, while the destruction of an ocean passenger S eE Lk THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Entered at Omahs postoffice as second-class matter. The Eastland Tragedy. Of the terrible Eastland tragedy in Chicago with Its 1,000 and more innocent vietims drowned or crushed to death, there is nothing to be said that has not been sald over and over on occasfon of similar horrors. As further details are learned the story be- comes more and more sickening, and seems so needless and preventable. The fortunate part is that whatever may be done now is at best powerless to bring back the lives that have been blotted out or to lessen to any extent the suffering of the injured or the grief of those who have been stricken. The responsibility for the catastrophe should be fixed upon those who may be culpable goes without saying, and the machinery is already working to investigate causes and bring to account those who have been at fault. All that, however, as we have said, can afford small con- solation to any one, With the lessons of similar past boat dis- asters apparently unheeded here at so frightful cost, some really preventive measures must be devised for the future. The people throughout the country are aghast, almost stupefied by its awfulness, but are help- less except to hold out their sympathy to the afflicted. un- e Will War Continue? Arguments now being made in support of the proposed immediate preparation of the peopie of the United States for participation in war on its modern magnificent seale all rest on the supposition that war is necessary, and that some day this country will be called upon to take the fleld. If the supposition is well founded, then we should no longer delay the great work. But, is Mars always to control the destinies of mankind? All the Jessons of the current war have not been learned. It is barely possible that when the world shall have finally emerged from its debauch 6f destruction, it will be ready to listen to counsels that will lead to the chanuels of peace, Arguments set up in favor of war finally hinge on the necessity for a national awakening. Is there not some other means for arousing dormant patriotism? A rivairy in the work of bettering mankind’s condition ought to bring about quite as much noble emulation as ambition 1o excel on the battlefield of war, Wars of con- quest and aggression are no longer immediate possibilities, and without them wars for defense will vanish. Our youth can be trained in ath- letic pursuits, in obedience and the salutary les- sons of discipline without deveting that instruc- tion to the purposes of war. Can not the American people, whose highest mission has not yet been achleved, and whose ideal is far from being attained, finally lead the world into something better than military pre- paredness? New Code for Business. A Sioux City preacher, addressing hig fellow Rotarians at their San Francisco banquet, pro- claimed a new gospel for business, following the adoption by the Rotarlans of a code of eleven commandments that are to govern them in their intercourse of service with mankind. It i a “Weautitully simple gospel, too; so simple, in fact, that it has been preached to humanity for thou- sands of years, and today seems to be as far away from geperal application as in the begin- ning. - It has been handed to us from antiquity in several forms, the better known, perhaps, be- ing that Sermon on the Mount, in which the whole duty of man was summed up in a single sentence: ‘‘Whatsoever ye would that men -should do to you, do ye even s0 to them.” Teachers, preachers and philosophers, mas- ters of apologeties and experts in homiletics have spoken volumes whose bulk forbids com- parison, but morals and ethics alike come back in time to the simple and unavoldable truth of the Golden Rule. Its application has been diffi- cult because of man’s inability to always deter- mine just what he would that men should do to him; when he has an opportunity to take ad- vantage of some unusual chance to advance his personal fortune, he is apt to console himself with the perverted version of the text, which runs, “Do the other fellow first, for he will do you if he can.” In this the innate selfishness of man, his lesser nature, sways him from his bet- ter impulse, and adds to the difficulty of swing- fug the old world away from its accustomed groo The Rotarians have an opportunity to be- come & mighty soclal force, if they will even bghtly apply the tenets they have adopted as their creed. They will help themselves, and by helping themselves will help others, and in time may find so many imitators that the world will be a much better place to live, —— Saving the Crops. “One swallow does not make a summwer,” hut a few days of sunshine do make a tremend- ous difference in the outlook for Nebraska. Sun- shine and warm weather have come to confound the calamity-howler, whose doleful wail assailed our ears only & little while ago. Nebraska is now certain to have a crop yield that will be well up to if not beyond its normal output. Some losses have been sustalned, incidental to the severe storms and floods that visited the state; this is unfortunate, and falls heavily on the individuals who have sustained the damage, yot it is only the risk incident to business ven. ture. The seasonable weather now at bhand means the culmination of a great wheat yleld in & harvest that will be but little behind the wondertul promise of the spring months, while the rapid growth and development of the corn abd other crops is assured, Fecund soil laughs back at the smiling sky, broad flelds wave their ripened grain in soft breezes, and bounty will again reward the toil of the Nebraska farmer. Smee— Comments on the Yellowstone park souvenir &rab lead the guileless to suppose this country monopolizes the tourist hold-up business. Not at all. The chief difference between the forelgn and the home variety is the fascination of the former's touch. Compared with the bold- Americans experienced in BEurope last August, the Yellowstone park affair is as petty pilfering o st s it all | it {55 RN LSSt S D) - € - Learning to Drive the C TTUEawia L. Sabin in American Magssine. HEN we got our machine I really knew nothing at all about automobiles. The only stipulation I made was that ours should be blue. Blue is my color; everything that I have is blue. Of course, Ralph did understand automobiles, at least he claimed to, #hd could discuss the different makes, and transmission and ignition, and rear axles and clutches, and right and left-hand drives, and horsepowers and all that In a way that was perfect Greek to me. 1 simply held fast to the color, and at 1ast he found it, after he had apent three solld weeks shopping and complaining that I had handicapped him. S0 we had an sutomobile to put into the garage. That was one reason why we had bought an automo- bile. We had at first thought to use the garage as A& sort of a woodhouse and storeroom, but to be con- stantly apologizing end explaining was really very annoying. When Ralph drove up with the agent in the ma- chine, 1 felt as proud as be. Our own auto at tha eurb! Now we could take people out riding, and we could leave the garage doors open as much as we chone. The agent seemed to be in a hurry to catch a car and go back. B.I’I ““Are you sure you can drive in, Raiph?' I asked. which was only a natural question. But hé snapped back at me In a mannish way that was not at all iike himself, Yes, his disposition was spoiled already. ““Why, of course I can! Why not?" “He can drive anywhere,” asserted the agent. "He drove all the way home without a hitch, I never knew anybody learn so quick, He's evidently a born driver.” (I muppose agents always say this, but 1 wouldn't have had Ralph think so.) *T don't believe you'll have any trouble now, Mr. Robbins. If you do, lot me know. We'll take care of you.” And off went the agent for hie street car. “Want to ride In?" invited Ralph of me “No, not this time, dear,” T answered. ‘T'Il watch." He did sometiing (it was the self-starter), and the engine began to whir splendidly. He actually backed away out into the street—and I saw Mrs. Patton peep- ing at us from behind her curtains, Then I ran up the driveway to the garage door, and stood there so to welcome our new machine into its home. T.ook out, Ralph! Oh, do be eareful!” I called, which was a great mistake. The better way. when a man is driving, is to say not a word and let him grasze thin o0k out yourself! Get out of the way, there!" he hellowed, so that all the neighbors could hear him. He almost hit the fence before he twisted the other waAy and graszed the side of the houss, which was worze. 1 was so frightened that I was stiff, until he bellowed at me again, when I had sense enough to Jump behind the corner of the doorway. ““You see what you made me do,” he scolded crossty as he rolled in, “I might have run over you. You oughtto have more sense than to stand in front of a machine that way.” He had stopped less than six inches from the end of the garage: the machine was perfectly stationary. and T was about to tell him what he had done to the house when, with his hands off the steering wheel, the machine suddenly made a jump forward and in a horrid crash butted right into the edge of the garage, bulging all the boards. There it stuck, and it didn't utter another sound. “Oh, Ralph! What did you do? ter? I cried He was hanging hard to the emergency brake, as if it were the lines. “( didn't do anything. Nothing’s the matter," he panted, as cross as ever: but I hadn't touched the car. He peered down at his feet. ‘I merely omitted to put the gears in neutral’” he grunted, “and when 1 let in the clutch, of course she started again. T stopped her instantly, you see Those little things are bound to happen. The trouble was, you made me nervous.” We pried the machine loose and rolled it back a Mttle. One lamp was bent up and the other hent down, and the paint was rubbed off the ends of the two front springs. I felt like crying, but Ralph tried to bluff it out. “That's nothing." he asserted. ‘I'll leave the ma. chine when I take it downtown tomorrow and have it fixed.” 8o he did; and we had a carpenter come over and fix the garage, too. What's the mat- The morning after we, or he, rather, let the car butt Into the end of the garage I had to call him for breakfast; and finally he answered in such a far-away manner that it seemed as though he must have fallen into something, his volce was so strangely muffled Breakfast was getting cold. I couldn't find him until 1 saw his feet sticking out, toes up, from underneath the end of our car in the garage. My heart leaped ri-¥* into my throat. That dread- ful car had made anot®er jump and had run over him' ‘When I peeked under, he wasn’t pinioned £ after all. He was only flat on his back, with grease on his noss and his hands as black as tar. His new overalls were all greasy, too. “For goodness’ sake, what are you doing there?' 1 asked. It was such an undignified position. “Looking at the transmission case, s all,” he ex- plained. “It leaks.' Here began our era of grease. 1 suppose grease iy necessary to an automobile, and still I can't help but wonder where Ralph gets it all. Our machine ailways has run beautifully. Of course people say that about their machines, which makes us laugh. But Ralph knows. He's such a mecbaunlc that he keeps it up In splendid shape. It rarely ever #tops unless by our ¢wn fault, It never stops without good cause. When it stopped on us the other even- ing— Well, we had gone out for only a little spin on the mill road and the car was running beautifully. Then, where that grade begins, about five miles out, all of & sudden we stopped because the engine had quit. “What's the matter?’ 1 asked. “There isn't anything the matter. We stopped, s all,” he grunted. But he couldn’'t make us"go. The engine only coughed and quit. Another car passed us and covered us with dust, and the people in it looked back and grinned. Persons who drive as fast as that ought to be reported. So Ralph climbed out and walked around the car, scowling at it. “Must be the carbureter,” he informed me; and he prepared to go under. Why is it that carbureters are always placed in such wretched spots?™' “Are you sure there's gasoline enough? I felt as though 1 had to ask him that again, no matter how he felt about it. “I told you the tank was filled only yesterday," he fairly suarled, while he was reaching in under the engine. Already his arm was grease clear to the elbow. “But to please you, I'll see. You needn't ger up. I'll dlsconnect the feed line." Ralph was still squirming and saying things that ordinarily he wouldn't have dreamed of saying. The motion had been growing on me more and more that eventually 1 would look Into that gasoline tank. So I gently stood, and ralsed the seat cushion. Our gaso- line tank is underneath the front seat. “What are you doing up there?’ “Can't you keep still, please? Hvery you shake the dirt down into my face!™ 1 opened the tank regardiess. It was dark inside, and I couldn't see Into it, but I “booed™” in, and it echoed. My duty was to tell Ralph immediately. “Dear,” I Informed, “the gasoline tank certainly s “Impossible,” he yapped, and continued his grunting. “But it ls. I know it fs." “How do you know? “Because 1 looked in. You come and see.” “All right. Il be empty mighty soon If you keep that cover off; 1 know that,” and, not a bit gratetul, bhe wriggled out from under. He was a sight, & per- fect sight —his clothes and his face and his hands! But no matter. He looked in. “Nobody can see anything in there,” he complained. as it blaming me for the darkness. He broke a twig from a weed at the roadaide and poked with it in the tank, He examined the end of the twig. It wus wet. “I'll be darned!” he had o confess. “I thought filled that tank yesterday. I meunt to, anyhow."” ' e e e —— JUI 26, 19 1 The Dees effer Dbes Premise Support Comelusiont OMAHA, July 23.-To the Editor of The Bee: In yesterday’'s paper 1 notice one Carl E. Herring has undertaken to anaswer Bible @udent and I suppose he thinks he has shattered his argument. But now let us examine Mr. Herring's position and see it go to pleces. As I did not see the other article I will con- fine myself to this one. Mr, Herring says: “Now if we shatter the premise it is going Lo make trouble for the conclusion.” The same to you, Mr. H. To begin with, the information that Gen., first chapter, gives the spirit- ual account of creating is pure assump- tion. Not a word of proof is given, Let us examine carefully and together Gen. 1 and 2. In Gen 1 we have the account of the creation of the earth, heaven, waters, darkness, light, herbs, fruit, the whale, every creature. These we have before us as proof of the material cre- ation. The assertion that it is spiritual lacka proof. Mr. Herring says God created man in his own image, meaning of course, a spiritual man. Is this spirit man depend- ent upon material food for its existence? Read Gen. 1, 21 to 2, Inclusive. Does this spirit man have dominion over the fish, fowl and every living thing? If #0, are the fowls, fish and every living thing material or spirit? I think his premise and conclusion are both badly shattered by this. Man's image of God consists of his form being like God's In form. Phil. 2:6 says: “Who being in the form of God." speaking of Christ. Man's likeness to God consisted in his being perfect, without sin at the time. In Heb, 1-3 Jesus was sald to ‘e the express image of God's person. He had no sin 8o the Bible is plain if we let it inter- pret itself. It just reverses Mrs, Eady. Science, so called, Paul puts it ALMUS ADAMS, DA A Poetienl Posey. OMAHA, July 24—To the Bditor of The Bee: As there is no longer a five-day drug treatment in Omaha, or in our state, you will probably allow me to give my friend, Dr. Horace P. Holmes, a dose of his own medicine in the following verses. He deserves it, I assure you, for In both the letter regarding palmistry, and his communication under the caption, “Those Nom de Plumes,” he has simply used your columns to satisfy a private grudge. A letter to me, dated June 19, was 80 deliberately discourteous that I considered the correspondence closed thereby; but, two days later, he sent me & boquet of Mariposa lilies by parcel post, with a very pleasant letter, asking the privilege of being my friend and teacher. I declined the honor, and asked that the correspondence be ended. You can judge for yourself from this fact what is his object in attacking me again through The Bee. He thought the letter about “Bryan’s Palm"” had failed to draw me out, 50 sent a stronger appeal. The in- formation incorporated in my verses herewith enclosed, has been gleaned from Dr. Holmes' letters to me. These are Just a few of the “things worth while" he has been trying to teach me. If you need further proof, phone me, and I'll mail you a bunch of the letters, ELSIE ROBERTSON, This i not intended .for Ppublication, Still, I've no objections, it you publish the verses also, ECCE CURA! I weep for Greater O ! - kerchief is lo.kr eflm.h‘ pidhs Disease and blight hold carnival; by doo- tors we are “croaked;' Our medica materia. s hardly worth a When measles, mumps and_chicken: Ooe :f;l:‘)l:'our thre, gldl flit. b vermiform a ndixes read keep or dofl,m by s For either way that _ to “shutfle off; While if we're seized with mal de mer on Carter's stormy wave, No allopathic dose on earth can save us from the grave. Yet hope flings out a life-line staunch to those who have the h', There's an “Indicated Remedy lan, Wy The federal law we view wi ineffectual bunk! ! Pl The fatal oplates mip beneath in man: a sta: ting chunz. » v And as for all these so-called “cures™ We decide, we're sure in Sher- for egycess booze and dope, Carbollc acid's cheaper—or a good i hlamn:': A per—or a , stout “‘treatments” T di much as T hate to saueal - o o™ On well-known Institutions like the Neeley and the Keal. A five-day treatment’s much too quick; three mon too long, perhaps; too Cuv‘—the.y“mu.t 2 er and'‘relapse Unless they seek the fountain-head from ‘Whence all blessings flow— Thl!w’l;n?lcllud Remedy” in Sheridan, The form ot e ey mu:::wmr:went Wwe boast is rot- Wway they run thel equal suffragists are bound to put By D“"?:: fi-l:h. blll:l . iat eugenics law, from all sane men :;an,h' 9 N, And making our old town * " '&ué’o’ Mayor Jim . And the commi : ot tock. o 'kx-‘-ho:‘o;‘-_ who wabble in ook vel dark 1 g Colay Ty Oark for Greater But lo! a_ rainbow spans the dim hori- son, far away! o i And we ‘should worey! There's one cure or_every earthly w mu“_’lggluw Remedy" in Sheridun, Religion's consolations are a menace and & snare! The - churches cannot teach us how t climh the golden stair; . The Bible's not an Inspired book—ite tenets make us quail; There's not & shade of proof that Jon: swallowed that bl‘p'hlle. A No matter how we shape our lives—with with good or 11l 'ntent— No vague hsrm‘fier promises reward or nent; is not imwortal; Life is but a vale of tears; hope 1a left to_soothe our o 1) and fears: Oblivion Ionaar goal—and this the quick- est way to go— By tw ““Indicated Remedy” in Sheridan, 0. ! 2617 N. 15th 8t. —BLSIE ROBERTSON. Defectr of Basie Teaching. NORTH LQUP, Neb, July 24.—To the Editor of The Bee: Many years ago the present writer taught rural school for two years and since that time he has been watching the tendency of Nebrasks schools, feellug well assured that the whole institution would finally fail as & servant of the people. My reason for saying this is that our public schools do not serve tho people,. but are maneged for a trifllug 1 per cent who are not competent to meet the world of competi- tion. Perm/t me to suggest where that weak- ness des. We are trying to cram too mura of the mechanical Into the mind of the ohild up to the age of 16 The prin- 7dpal part of any education is to know the language thoroughly. Not every word of the language, but the principles upon which the language is based. Sup- pose you find what per cent of our school teachers have ever read the rules of English apelling as lald down by Web- ster! Not § per cent of them. No person can ever became competent in the English who has not studied those rules. Why is the final silent “e" placed at the end of the word “fate?’ Not one in a hun- dred school children have ever been told why. We are just now beginning the harvest which was sown fifteen years ago. How can the ninth and tenth grades remeds the evil which lies In the very beginning | of thelt education? What will all of thi nolse about country high schools amount 10? It is nothing more than a sop thrown out by the school lobby to fool the people for another five years while that school lobby extorts millions of dollars to centralized schools through a legislative body which cares for nothing except of- fios and political influence. WALTER JOHNSON. Would Stop War Debates. | OMAHA, July 22.~To the Editor of The | Beo: Don't you think it would be ad- visable to liscontinue the publication of | letters under the head of ‘The Hee's| Letter Box™ en the subject of the present | war in Europe? The writers, as a gei- | eral thing, arc hopelessty prejudiced in favor of one side or the other, snd their | lotters create only il feeling. The views | of the writers are sonerally a rehash of | what they have read In magazines or newspapers partial to thelr side. As President Wilson is endeavoring to straightefi out complications growing out of the war, it is very unwise for citizens of the United States, native or foreign- born, to take mdes at this time, LET US HAVE PEACE As to South Omaha School Janitors. OMAHA, July 24.—To the Editor of The Bee: ‘What s the matter with the| Board of Education? When the ques-| tion of consolidation came up last spring ng T tiling recourse anst this wr ceed In should protest a hope the janitors will their troubles without baving to the law, for that would be a very bad showing for our Board of Bduca- ‘llnn JUSTICE | DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. Visitor—What's the the hill there? Farmer—Wall, if T find & tenant for it, It's a bungalow: if 1 don't it's & barn.— | Passing Show new structure om Customer—Tet_me see your kid gloves. S~otoh Clerk—We have nae kid gloves, madam. Customer—That kind won't do. dressed kid.—Boston Transcript. “That man doesn’t tell the truth halt the time. “Well,” replied must be reforming. ity average is pri Washington Star. I want Senator Sorghum, “he A 30 per cent verac- tty high for him. “Of course, Jack, I'm fond of you. Why, haven't I just danced six times with vou?" 4 “I den't see any proof in that. “You would if you only realized how you dance.”--Chicago News. “At an army wedding the bride cuts the South Side people were promised every protection as far as the jobs were | concerned. This promise has been ca ried out to the letter by our city gov- | ernment, but our Board of Education re- fuses to comply with its part of the | bargain under the pretense of economy, | refusing to give ten or twelve men and women the jobs they have held for years | under the South Omaha board. If the little South Eide board could pay those Janitors and turn over #6000 to our | board, then surely it is a blot on our city for those men and women to have to enlist the aid of the law to keep them in their jobs. Every fair-minded man or woman| the cake with her husband's sword.” That is a rel f the old days.” “What old d ““The times wlen she carved the beef steak with her husband’'s battle ax.’ Louisville Courier-Journal “That girl ahead of us reminds me of a flower, but T can't recall just what one—- ‘Oh, looik! banana veel!" “Now I know. She's a lady-siipper.” ~—Baltimore American. she's just tripped on a “So you Intend tc be a soldier when you grow up, Don't vou know you'll be in danger of getting killed?" ho by ? Why, by the enemy.” “Then Tl be the enemy."—Boston Transcript. 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