Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 10, 1915, Page 4

o'} THE OMAHA DAILY BEE | FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. [ VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. ’ Twe Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. | BERE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. | Entared at Omahs postoffice as second-ches matter. TERMS OF BUBSCRIPTION. By carrier By mall | per mas;h Omaha Bee, Circulation | wli;AN(‘l. express o postal n:a.;f onl | tee- Tece! in _paymen finul checks, except on Omaha and eastern not accepted. OFFICES. ha—The Building h Omaha—Bi§ N street. ncil Bluffe—14 North Main strest. Bullding. Hearat Huliding, New York—Room 1106, 286 Fifth avenue . Louis~508 New Bank of Commerce. ‘ashington—I% Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCB, communications relating to matter to Omaha Bee, ielmm JULY CIRCULATION. 53,977 Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, sw.: Dwight Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average circulation for the month or July, 1915, was DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Nhhcfi“ ‘ged“ln r'flyA presence and me, 1 of Aukus fiOBlRT H&Nm Nowary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them, Ad- dress will be changed as often as requcsted. Thought for the Day | Heaven is blest with 1er/eoct ves, but the dless: ing of Barth is toil. — Van Dyke. ‘W' That excess item In the precipitation column can hardly last much longer. i Manager, sworn to before In the very nature of things that Tractor show at Freont must be a drawing card, 1t will be up to us to reciprocate with Lin- ! coln on Omaha day at the forthcoming state tair, A lot of political boomlets can sprout and fade away before next April, when Nebraska Lolds its nominating primaries. Pancho Villa chuckles merrily over Senor Carranza’s glad hand extension. At the same time he fondles his artillery and warily scans the range. Those newly appointed federal payrollers will have the on at least of drawing four months’ salary before the senator is called on to decide whether to acquiesce or not. With one rider killed and two badly injured, Des tnu auto racing tournament makes k tame by comparison, and helps the mufterings of dissatisfaction over the lack of thrills at the meet here. . Our fighting spirit has the right edge when provoked, The way we are hopping on the Mexican raldérs on the Rlo Grande and the half-baked warriors of Haltl indicates a rea- sonable state of prepardness for small game. _ 8an Francisco is putting in a bid for the 19 republican national convention, its strongest plea being that the Pacific coast has never had one before. Nelther has Omaha, although it 100 has all the needed facilities and equipment. "~ You just can't lose a good man. He's our old friend, Rev, Samuel Zane Batten, of the Ne- braska Anti-S8aloon: league fame introducing the resolutions denouncing the government of Colo- at the el meeting protest- on the conviction of Lawson. SESme——— . It is figured that although ocean shipping ‘ ive /been reduced only about 25 per fl“- transportation charges are two and as well as a ship counted on to last a Ik the purse of neutrals. Ia this, as in other | the innocent bystander gets the hammer. | —— £ géf i | Plain Words to the Fire Underwriters. The fire underwriters are bringing all sorts of pressure to bear upon the city authorities for the repiacement of our fire alarm system at a cost of approximately $150,000, to say nothing of largely added expense of maintenance, hold- | Ing out vague prospects of relief from the long exacted extortionate fire rates, and an implied threat that no reduction will be forthcoming until this demand is met, It strikes us that it is up to the underwriters ‘o tell us in advance exactly what rate reduction they will make in exchange for the proposed in- vestment in fire alarm apparatus, and in view of our past experience, to put it in written con- tract form so that it can be enforced. ' Omaha's present fire rates date back many years, and are made up of numerous penalties charged against us for alleged shortcomings in fire protection. Since those rates were made, nowever, many of the defects have been re- noved, and tremendous advances made in less- ening fire risk. The bugaboo used to be the single line connection to the pumping plant in Florence, which has now been remedied by the construction of a second main, The water dis- tribution has also been bettered by pipe exten- slons in all directions, by Increase of pumpage facilities, and by enlargement of storage reser- voirs. But no recognition whatever has come from the underwriters in rate-making. Omaha is today spending more on its fire Idcpnnment per capita, and proportionately to other municipal activities, than any other city In the country. It has adopted new, and up-to-date building regulations, meets all requirements in electrical wiring, and has admittedly fair in- spection of explosives and inflammables, Most of our new buildings are of the highest type of construction, many of them with sprinkler equip ment, But we are paying the same fire rates exacted befo- “ese improvements were made. Omaha ! ¢n a fleld highly profitable to the fire ot + companies, but they have not dealt fairly maha, It seems to us that it is high time (Lut they show some disposition to mest us half w —— May Strike a Snag. All-American negotiations for the settlement of Mexican affairs do not appear to be proceed- ing as smoothly as might be wished, and may be seriously delayed because of difference of opin- fon as to the status of the “clentificos,” or for- mer adherents of Diak, President Wilson wants to ignore entirely this class of Mexicans, because they gave thelr support to Huerta and thereby incurred the displeasure of our president. Som £outh American representatives in the contes. ence belleve all classes of Mexicans should have consideration and are therefore disposed to in- sist that the men who largely control Mexican industry and commerce be permitted to have something to say as to how the new government chall be formed. Carranza has also shown himself inclined to further disturb the situation, His action in ex- relling In most summary fashion the minister from Guatemala is not cAlculated to further the process of peaceful adjustment, especlally it 19 alleged by the agents of the “first chief” at Washington that the withdrawal of the Brazil- fan minister from Mexico was due to the um- brage given Carranza by the participation of Bra- 211 In the conference. This action might be passed over, as a great many acts of the Mexican “lead- ers” will have to be, in order that peace may be achieved, but it seems improbable now that the program of President Wilson will be adopted without delay and amendment, E— The Tractor Show. Out at Fremont this week the Commercial club of that town in conjunction with the Twen- tleth Century Farmer, published here in Omaha, are entertaining one of the most im- portant gatherings assembled anywhere in the world this season. It {s a meeting of the big farm machinery makers of the country, who are showing to the world what their engines can do iu a practical way for agriculture. Nothing bet- ter illustrates man's progrees along the upward path than his advance in methods and processes of agriculture. Americans have long led in this regard, and almost everything that has been in- vented or devised to improve the ways of plant- ing, cultivating, or harvesting crops of any kind is of American origin. The tractor show is im- portant first, because it exhibits to the prospec- tive users of the power the machinery that is making farming more and more of an exact selence. Haphasard methods have been aban- doned by the progressive men who have brought the yleld of the western empire up to its present magnificent figures, and have added millions to | the wealth of the country through their enter- prise. To them the big traction engine is a means to an end, that of still further Increasing the output of the farm while reducing ‘ho in- itial cost, In & secondary sense, the tragjor cuuw is - portant in showing how the forces of nature may be harnessed for man's productive uses, as con- trasted with the exhibit offered in eastern cen- ters, where wheels are whirling night and day t® produnee destructive agents. ~—em— » 1z It on Noah, Now. Countle nerations of men have blushed wnd bowed their heads at the thought of how Father Adam acted when it was discovered that be bad taken a bite of the apple. Instead of shielding Mother Eve, as a good and gallant gentleman should, we have been taught that he sought to oxculpate himself by blaming her as being & temptress, Of course she was, just as all her daughters bave been, luring man to the undoing of his egotism, and siyly laughing at his THE | | mought to restrain its erection has been refused. BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915. Aimed at Omaha Nebraska City Press: Omaha motion picture the ater managers are being brought to book because they permit the aisles of their theaters to be crowded during performances, contrary to the city ordinances and state laws. Men iIn the picture business who sac. rifice “safety first" to additional profits should heed the lesson taught to them just a few days ago. BeAtrice Express: The attempt of the hosta of Satam at Omaha to Interfere with the Billy Bunday revival meetings by injunction proceedings to prevent the erection of a large tabernacle within the fire limits, has fafled, Judge Redick refusing to grant the Injunction on the grounds that as an attraction the noted evangelist comes within the same meaning of the law as do street carnivals and fairs. The parties objecting to the erection of the bullding al- leged that it would be a nuisance and a fire hazard. Fllver Creek Sand: Omaha frequently does things which disgrace the state and exasperate many of its citizens, but nothing it has ever dome has been Wo flagrant an insult to our citizens as will be the pull. ing off of the acrobatic and obscene perfdrmances of the biatant Billy Sunday. We hope at least that the nowspapers will not devote much space to the blasphemer. Lexington Ploneer: In spite of the urged against the buljding of the tabernacle for Billy Sunday In Onmha, 1t is to be bullt. The Injunction n Sunday don't skin those old mossback sinners of Omaha when he opens up, hell is not hot. Columbus Telegram: 1 guess the authorities must have forbidden the sale of shotguns to the people of Omaha. T reach this conclusion because of the fact that during the past ten days five little girls, rang- ing In age from 13 tc 16 yvears, have been outraged by Omaha men, and at last accounts none of the out. ragers had been killed. Silver Creek 8and: A brute named Mickle has been writing letters to The Omaha Bee lately In which he tells how he has ralsed a family of six children and saved up money on his wages as a day laborer. He says that the only luxuries “we have'' are 4 cents worth of tobancco a week., He don't say who “we are, but it would lead one to infer that the whole family uses 1t, or else he hogs it all himself and calla himeelf “we.' In a later letter he says that two of lils daughters are working dufing vacation and while at first they gave him all the money they earned, lately they ha rebelled and refuse to turn over only enough to pay for their board, and that one of them actually squandered $3 for a silk walst. Well, If the man Mickle has raised his children as he states, no wonder the girls rebel and demand a few cents which they earn themselves, for candy and a little finery. Fremont Herald: The Omaha Bee sent a force of writers and photographers to Fremont a week ago to make up a “special boost” for the city that has now become famous over the land for the holding of an- nual tractor shows. That force of men did its work well. Yesterday morning’s twenty-four-page edition of The Omaha Bee was half given over to a magnifi- w== “spread” for Fremont and the big tractor show sud other events of the coming week. The second section coplously illustrated throughout with pic- tures of business blocks, residences, street scenes and | portraits of Fremont men. The leading “‘story” in this edition of The Bee reads so good that we take ple re in reproducing it. Fremont Tiibune: Omaha has made a good deal of nolse ahout reviving water transportation on the Missouri, but only one little boat is in sight. The truth 19 that railroads can be built and operated more cheaply than the Missouri can be kept dredged of its sandbars. Beatrice Bxpress: Mayor “Um"” Dahlman of Omaha drove & mule to victory in the races at the Nebraska metropolis Thursday, the mayor's mule, ap- propriately named Omaha Belle, leading a fleld of seven contestants. Whether in a political race, a horse race or a mulp race, Mayor “Jim" generally “gets there.” Twice Told Tales Really at & Loss. During & marriage ceremony in Scotland recently, the bridegroom looked extremely wretched, and he got #0 fidgety, standing first on one foot and then on the other, that the "“best man" decided he would find out what the trouble was. “What's up, Jack?’ he whispered. the ring?" “No," answered the unhappy one, with a woeful look. ‘“The ring’s safe enough; but, mon, I've lost ma enthusiasm.' —Everybody’s. Too Much of a Good Thing. A Brockville man, who has a home in Scotland to which he returns in the winter, bought an expensive fur cap in this country to give to his gamekeeper. Two years ago last winter he took it over and presented it to the old man, who was delighted with it The cap was very serviceable, having earflaps, an1 would wear almost a lifetime. The next winter the American agaln returned to Scotland, and noticed to his surprise that the old man did not wear the fur cap. ‘“What is the matter with the cap I gave you last winter?" he asked. “I haven't worn it since the accident,” replied the old gamekeeper, The man from Brockville pondered. “You didn't ‘write me concerning any accident,” he sald. “No?" mused the gamekeeper. “A mon offered me & glass of whisky and I didn't hear him."—BEve:y. body's. ““Have ye lost Some Speed, That. The square of a certain town in the south was lo- cated about a mile from the raflway station. A negro named George had a bootblacking stand near the square. Ome day, while George was at work, a man came up and began to quarrel with his customer. After some heated words, one of the men drew a revolver and fired on the other. Several weeks later, whon the case came up for trial, George was the star witness. “Now, George,”” sald the attorney, “describe just how this shooting took place.’ “Yessuh, boss. De gen'man fired two shots. Yes- suh, dey went bang-bang! Jes like dat, sub." “You say he fired two shots, George? Will you tel! the court just what you were dolng when these two shots were fired?" “Well, yoh honah, when he fired de fust shot I was shining de gen'man's shoes, and when he fired de second shot, sub, 1T was passin’' de deppo.’—Every- bhody's. Uncle Fogy's Philosophy T, P. M. in Judge There are times when the most placid of us yearn to kick a fresh shoe clerk as a mule kicks a black- smith whose ministrations annoy him. How disgusting It is to find that what we have told a friend in confidence, be has told a friend in confidence! Most of the “Hon.'s’' would be of more value if they were stuck upon poles In the midaie of corn- flelds. Where an ordinary man is a liar, a statesman has merely been misquoted. There are some leading citizens and more mis- leading clitizens. How readily the loser sees the wrong In gambling! Boxing teachers sell instruction by the pound. There is no room lke & mushroom. A termagant seldom Las a terminus. Nobody has anything on Cupid. Come to stay—the carset. objections | o/ er | Calix for Change of Politienl Scenery NORTH PLATTE, Aug. 5-~Teo Editor of The Bee: Mr. George W tha Per- kins, the progressive party promoter, says ““This country is not prepared for elther war or peace.’ He migat have added that we have three prospective | wars on hand with Mexico, Germany and England. The native Aztec revolt against the Spanish Invasion for 900 years. it has been rald (hat the Aztecs were barbarlans, given to human sac- rifice. If they can beat the human sac- rifices now being made in Europe by «Christian nations, they will have to come some more. For forty years the democratic pariy has followsd in the wake of the repub- llean garbage wagon walling for some- thing to fall off for its benefit. When Roosevelt overthrew the republican wagon, the democrats gathered up the blessed privilege of government and “fixing” it. But Wilson did not know what to do with the “blessed priviiege” after he got it, but pro- ceeded to make the most of it by deliver- ing an ultimatum to Mexico, Germany and England, and getting turned down by the three of them. To invade be Mexico and make her good, would be like taking candy from a | chlid; but Wilson dare not take the re« sponsibility. He now sends to five or | six South American governments, which | are of similar race or religion, socla’ habits and revolutionary tendencies, as Mexico, and with this conglomeration proposes to make Mexico be good. To hold a constitutional election in Mexico, or almost any South American state, would be like organizing wild geese into a colonization soclety. Toey might setile down at night, but no telling where they would be the next morning. Not oae Mexican in a thousand votes, or cares to do s0; all he wants is to be let Alone and enjoy himself. Mexicans are demo- crats, and if Wilson wants to suppor: democracy, he should have supported Villa; his present policy will suppress Villa and reinstate the same interests that were represented by Huerta. Such will be the result of holding at the pres- ent time a constitutional-dictated election in Mexico, and under present conditions none other can be held. If Wilson Is determined to make Mex- ico be good, let 'him proceed on his own motion. Of the two contending factions in Mexico, Huerta represented imperialism and Villa revolutionary democracy. One or the other of these must prevall; there is no intermediate ground. Wilson now has an opportunity to demonstrate his democracy. Let him clean up his job in time to give G. W. to demonstrate where he is going tu progress to. | The American people are tired of | “bunk,'" tariff, income tax, or any other | nonsense. They are extremely anxio s that Wilson should clean up his democ- racy, and give G. W. Perkins, Roose- velt, et al., a show to get in thelr work. In the meantime, competent seamen on their ship of state will not desert it til\ they see some other ship to which to go. The American people are in favor of “preparedness’’ for self-preservation for themselves—not for some other fellow. Now that the democratic dromedary of tariff has expired, and income tax has crawled into its hole, what further use have we for a democratic party? Change the scenes and give us a rest, if we can't have a remedy. LUCIEN STEBBINS. has always been in | overthrowing this | Perkins a chance i Editorial Siftings Loulsville CourierJournal: A peas) | mist says it is hard to find a job after you're 40. An optimist expects after 40| to have a good many jobs for promising young men Philadeiphia Ledger: The Balkan na tions, like italy not long ago, aré now considering whether the German offers of Austrian territory are sufficlent and | If Germany can deliver the goods Brooklyn Eagle: “We don’'t want to fight, but, by Jingo! if we do, we've got the brafns, we've got the steel, we've Kot the cotton, too How is that for a start at the “Jingo Song of America? | Springfield Republican: Reports from Germany as to the imminence of martial | Jaw to suppress a powerful peace move- | ment will be recelved with none the| less reserve for being “passed by the censor.” The ceneor last winter had not the slightest objection to tales of | imminent starvation, but that did not | make them true, | New York World: It has taken twen- | ty-nine years to clip three-twentieths of a second from a man's running record | for a mile. To the unajded imagination | such a morsel of time means nothing Yet it is by the very smallness of this gain and by the desperate effort which | was necessary to make it that we ize how near we have come to the mate possibility in human speed Wall Street Journal: Our $1.000,000,000 | credit balance for the 1815 fiscal year was | | more than twice that of 1914, and nearly | §400,000,000 ahead of that of 1913. It is a| common error to regard this as wholly a matter of expansion in our foreign | trade. The fact 18 that it 1s almost as| much the result of reduced imports as| of expanded exports. in exports is itself due not so much to a | greater demand for our manufactures as increasing drafts upon our foodstuffe. | TOLD IN FUN. “How are you going to spend the sum mer?" Pa's rented a cottage again, and 1| suppose I'll spend it In the kitchen cook ing fish for our city friends to eat, the way I aid last year."—Detroit Free Press. | real- ults gl | “What makes you think Dauber will | succeed as a painter?”’ | ““He has the soul of an artist and the | perseverence of a book agent."—Phila- delphia Public Ledger. KABAP=T AS MENDEL MINGK SAYS: “A MAN WO SAYS THAT*ALL i [ ] IS FAIR N LOVE AND WAR’, i Bridegroom--Walter, I hope you haven't told anybody here we are newly married? Irish Walter—No, sor; Of've kept it a secret. Why, whenever anybody tries to pump me ,sor, O'I've told them you Ger‘fin'l married at all, at all!—London Mail. The type of youth who induiges in loug Moreover, the gain |, Was my little summer girl She could quote a clever stanza, She could tell a funny tale: | 8he was supreme romanza For ry_male And we golfed and bathed and boated, Till my head was in a whirl; I was very much devoted To my little summer girl! Clear the skies that brooded o'er me. All_earth seemed in verfect tune, And 1 dreamed T saw before me An eternal honey But at last there came o deadlock, And she said 1 was a_churl Twas when 1 suggested wedlock To my iittle summer glrl! lothes and a hat forced back over his ears dropped in the tel it d to give him gas,” said the he assistant y 1 tell when he's uncon< riladelphia Ledger Admirer—Do you ever paint pictures in the nude Ariist—Oh, hardly! 1 usually wear a working jacket.—Yale Record The Sergeant (sternly)—Nah, then, yer blighter, you am't larfin’ at me Young Blighter—Oh, no, sergeant ergeant (more sternly)—Then what the ‘ell is there on parade ter larf at?—London Sketch What is that class of kirls doing? Studying fossils Well, T used to object to being called ne, but | guess 1'll own up to it now.” Kansas City Journal. MY SUMMER GIRL. Clinton Scollard in Judge. She wore dresses that were natty And slim boots of perfect fit She hipper, she was chatty, A had a pretty wit And her fair hair, L might mention, Was inclined to crisp and curl; She had blue eyes like the gentian, Had my little summer girl! We would sit on the veranda In the quiet evenglow, And she scemed to understand & Fellow's whims and wavs vou know. She had not n peer at dancing, nd she caroled like a merle; Truly she was most entrancing, Save The Baby Use the reliable HORLICK'S | ORIGINAL Malted Milk Upbuilds every part of the body efficiently. Endorsed by thousands of Physicians, Mothers and Nurses the world over for more than a quarter of a century. i N Convenient, no cooking nor additional milkrequired. Simply dissolvein water. Agrees when other foods often fail, Sample free, HORLICK'S, Racine, Wis. W No Substitute is‘Justas Good"™ as HORLICK'S, the Original ‘ CALIFORNIA HOT) HOTELTURPIN *'IN THE MEART OF THE CITY™ 17 POWELL ST. MARKET SAN FRANCISCO EVERY CONVENIENCE AND COMFORT EUROPEAN PLAN, $1.80 AND UPWARD FREE Auto Bus Mects Trains and Steamers Where to Get “Atrocities.” PLATTSMOUTH, Neb, Aug. 9-To the Editor of The Bee: Our family have taken The Bee for several years for stato and local news, but dQuring the next year, or until the olose of the war, would like to take a paper that gives the full account of the German atrocities and barbarities. We realize that as you have a German clientage, that that Is the reason you have to suppress as much as possible, while giving whole columns to accounts of German-American singing societics, ete. S0 thaf these German readers cannot compiain, please publish a list of, say, the prominent New York papers which are anti-German and pro-German, so those that pay thelr money can take their choice, and this would be giving to each side a fair “deal” R, 8 Bditor's Note: What you want is mnot an American paper, but some paper printed in London. Passing of the Home, LINCOLN, Aug. %—To the Editor of The Bee: Poor home! It is being relegated to the rear. It is being forgotten by the people in the latter day rush for sensa- tion. Its attractiveness fails to attract, to appeal, to fill a place in the hearts of the multitude, The home—~which down through the cen- turies brought out the best that was in man and woman, that elevated from the ranks of the poor and lowly to the sub- lime heights of patriotism and distinc- tion—ls being badly treated, to say the least. It is giving way to the picture show, the club, ™he pink tea, the local talent play, the money-grab in the name of the church, and basket ball. Today the stopping-place for the fam- | fly is as a palace wheu compared to the | residences of the people of a few years | agone—in equipment, facflities, furnieh- ings and expense. But the real homey feeling is absent. It s out on a bender. It lurks about the streets in the small hours and slinks down the alleys in an endeavor to get the attention of Marie or Bthelbert or the head of the house. It perches in the belfry while mamma struts about in the excitement of the church bazaar. It folds about its emaci- ated form the ragged habiliments of a bygone century and shivers in the open. Evidently it is out of the game for keeps. Wil it come back? } { Will the home endure once more, after | the people have had. their fill of the husks which are garnished with allure- | ments and flavored with the sickish per- | fume of the street? Will it become again | the dearest place on earth to the boys | and girls, to father and mother? Wil l | it once more be recognized as a haven of refuge In storm and trouble? Wil it appeal more to the youth of the land than does the fmpudent and smutty | crowd of young people who have no con- | ception of why they 'are upon e Will the God-given love of heme, now dormant, become a reality in real lite and again lend strength and ald to the knitting sinews of the nation? It will de- | pend upon the people. | W. B. REYNOLDS, l @ quiet chat, out under the skies so blue is pure, delicious Ice Cream. But, for your The sweetness of the combined with the fin hops, makes its taste Save Coupons and Get Premium, LUXUS MERCANTILE C Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently ly to be really succcessful. choice barley malt, e flavor of imported most delicions. Phone Douglas 1889, OMPANY, Distributors and constant-