Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 13, 1915, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE 4 FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWA' EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BER FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. S::no-u.mum-m-mm. 15 deiivery Yo ‘Omana T T R S SRR SRS SRR not counts, Axchange, S e for month or July, 1915, was HT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager, in T’Amt sworn to before SRRT HU Notary Public. Subséribers leaving the city temporarily - whouid have The Bee mwialled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. =m1:_-fl'°"h°° ‘ Selected by Martha W. Christiancy Let me but do my work from day to day, In fleld or forest, at the desk or loom, Jn the roaring market placs or tranquil room; Lat me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray, “*This is my work, my blessing not my deom; ~ Of all who live 1 am the one by whom This work can best be done {n the right way.” «Henry Van Dyks. Figures do not lie, but fire Insurance rate- makers figure for No. 1. —— King Corn's waving plumes will now bid a ‘brighter welcome to prosperity. Smp———— o e This 1s Ofaba day at the Fremont Tractor Help make itm kummer! 5 | enm—— ! Stop! Look! Listen! Honk three s Friday, the thirteonth. is that the foot and mouth disease trying to . Stamp it out! SR g, | | man, | place of political parties in local affairs. ce Trouble in Texas. The fantastic tale that comes from Browns- ville about a race uprising that is to take over portions of Texas to form a new republic has this foundation, that such a scheme could only bave its roots in the densest of ignorance, That | section of Texas ig inhabited largely by poor Mexicans, driven across the border by distress at home, or descended from the peons who lived | there before Texas withdraw from Mexico. In- termixed with these are uUneducated negroes, with a sprinkling of Japanese and Chinese. The “White Man's Union” is the strongest organi- zation in that part of the world, and exists solely to maintain the supremacy of the white It is a Texas institution, and takes the Its existence is not always calculated to soothe the temper of ignorant men who feel its repres- sion at times, and while it keeps governmental processes in the conitrol of the white man, it does not make the colored man feel any the more kindly towards the dominant race, It is not at all surprising that viclous men could go among these ignorant people and fo- | ment just such disorder as is now apparent. It. was done in Mexico, and could easily be re- peatpd in the United States. The lodges of the | order of “San Diego have been known ‘to exist for a long time, and have been tolerated because they were not considered dangerous. Other factors than the political situation in Texas en- ter into the problem, and must be given full weight in the consideration of any solution. One of the causes of irritation s found in the ex- fstence of many “‘get-rich-quick” schemes in which the white men are interested, and all having something to do with controlling condi- tions on both sides of the border. General Funston's report will doubtiess awaken the authorities to the serious aspect of affairs along the Rio Grande, where much hag been neglected, and order will be restored along the American border. ——— Judge William H. Munger, Nebraska loses one of its consplcuous citi- zofts in“the death of Willlam H. Munger, who hag presided over the federal court for the dis- trict of Nebraska for eighteen years, The high character of the service which Judge Munger Las been rendering Is perhaps best attested by the fact that during the last few years. before hie health became undermined he had been called upon to sit almost continuously with the eircuit court of appeals where his judicial experience, and clear perception of the equities of each case, were greatly valued by the judges of that su- perior bench. Further than this, he at all times commanded the respect and confidence of the attorneys practicing before him. The state of | Nebraska, of which he was a pioneer citizen, is Indebted to Judge Munger perhaps most in his capacity as a member of the constitutional con- vention which framed .the fundamental law which has governed the commonwealth now for forty years. The architects of that historic document builded far wiser than they knew, afid luld the fou ons for the future growth and greatness of the state which Has so tar passed &ll, expectations. “y Amerfeans as Book Readers. / We in the United States are not the book » "1 readers that are the people of the leading Eu-: Viewed from an educational standpoint, { uld profit immensely from a few A, B, no spice to living city whiere lite iy so «cheap and food almost beyond price. Ty 000,000, As & national’ ropean countries, - Over here but one person in 7,800 buys a book in the course of a year, while in Great Britain it is one in 3,800, in France it is about the same, in Germany and Japan it is rather better, and In Bwitserland it is oné in 872, These figures, incorpofated in an article i the Atlantic proposing a remedy for the back- ward book trade, discloses a condition which we are sure few realize. While the proposed rem- ody of a woman's revival of the crossrosds book shop as part of a chain store system does not '| #trike us. as feasible, the bare figures are some- thing to ponder on. . It 1s suggested that theé discrepancy in book reading here and abroad fs to be partially ac- gounted for by the cheaper books in paper cov- 4rs that constitute the bulk of the continental .reading, yet experiments by American publish- efs with low-priced editions have not panned out s woll as the standard-price book. More plaus- ible is the explanation that we do not buy many ‘books because we read periodicals and newspa- pers, and devote our leisure time to automo- - biles, moving pictures and listening to. music produced mechanieally without any effort on our part. But over and above all this blazons the big, salient fact of universal education in our public schools, banishing illiteracy and making every man, woman and child a potential book reader and book buyer. £ The disparity referred to, then, must be chargeable to a defect in the education, or at least to fallure to develop a book-reading and Look-loving habit. Perbaps we do not need this habit any more—perhaps the day of private libraries and prized editions of favorite authors 18 passing—perhaps the future American will have bis book reading done by professionals, as he has 8o many other things done for him. There the “Ogden gateway" or rather reserving it for its own patrons, has been upheld by the Inters :fl 1 HiH FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 The “Mormon” President Sunset Magasine. HE people who colonized the desert valleys of T “The Great Basin” and founded the now flourish. Ing state of Utah, were the Latter Day Saints, or “Mormons.” In their pligrimage from the Missia- #1ppl and Missour! rivers—the latter then the frontier of the nation—they penetrated to the wilderness be. tween the Rockies and the Slerra Nevada and set up the standard of intermountain civization. The present day leader of this community is the sixth to bear the title of president of the Church Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is the nephew and namesake of that Joseph Smith whom all “Mor- mons” revere as their martyred prophet. His father, Hyrum Smith, shared with his brother, the prophet, his traglc fate at Carthage, Til, June 27, 184; an act of mob vioclence preceding by only a few years the migration of their people into the wilderness. Born at Far West, Mo., November 13, 183, in the | very thick of the mob troubles that culminated in the expulsion of the “Mormons” from that state, his father, Hyrum Smith, was a prisoner in the hands of the Missourians when his son John F. came Into the world. Some of the plunderers, while sacking the defenseless city, thrust themseives into the sick | mother's presence, and in reckless search for articles of value pulled a bed to pleces and tomsed the mattress upon another bed where the babe lay sleeping. He was nearly smothered when, black in the face, he was rescued from bis perilous position. In the exodus of 186 he accompanied his widowed. mother from Nauvoo, Iil, crossing the Misslssippl on a flat boat, towed by a skiff. Camping on the lowas slde of the river, they witnessed the bombardment by the mob forces of the city from which they had fled, Mrs. Smith, a woman of heroic mettls, drove her own team to the Missouri river, and thence across the plains and mountains Yo Salt Lake valley. Her little son acted as herd boy and teamster and other- wise assisted the family during and after the long Journey to the Rocky mountains. He was not quite 10 years old when that journey ended. Though naturally serious, and intensely earnest in his convictions, his temperament is not saturnine, as unfriendly crities have represénted. While he ¢an be sclemn, hé is not gloomy and morose. On the contrary, there is & jovial vein in his disposition which makes him most companionable. He laughs as heartily as anyone at a good joke, and has a keen apprecia- tlon of wit and humor. Occasionally he will “‘spin a yarn” himself. But fun-making, in order to be ac- ceptable to him, must be in season; he delights not in lll-timed pleasantries, nor in such as leave a sting behind. A hard worker, almost incessantly employed, he never allows his recreations—which are all too few— to interfere with his labors, particularly his religious duties. iy Py ) There Is nothing that President Smith secems to enjoy more than to be the host, and to welcome to his home, or to public halls owned by the church over which he presides, his friends and fellow laborers. A marked feature of his administration has been an ex- tended serles of soclal functions in the form of semi- annual receptions, given in honor of vVeterans of the church, notably those who drove ox teams or pulled hand-carts across the plains.in.ante-raliroad days, or who now occupy posts of hardship, if not of danger, in out of the way sections. His kind thoughtfulness toward the aged and hia tender care for little chil- dren are among his most pronounced characteristics. 1 was present on an occasion when he exprepsed him- self indignantly over an instance where & woman, coming late into a public sssembly, had committed the impropriety of pulling a child out of a seat that she desired to occupy. 1 have also known him to leave his place to speak a word of comfort to a poor cld lady whose feelings had been hurt by an over brusque, not to say ill-mannered, conductor, in some matter pertaining to her ticket. .Exceedingly sensi- tive and tender-hearted, he is eastly moved to tears by any pathetic 1 mt that makes a sudden demand upon his emotions. 1. L R Rowar S . While not a nefits he is in. prosperous cir- agement; wise Investments, and a dlsposition to save and live within his means. He will never purchase an article unless he needs it and can afford it. A safe and careful financier, he neyer plunges recklessly into an enterprise, however inviting, and he always takes a good look before he leaps. “Get out of debt and keep out,” 4s an Injunction frequently upon his ‘lips, when giving advice in public or in private: and he takes his own counsel, Like Longfellow's black~ amith, “he owes not any man."” Nor will he allow the church to become indebted for a single dollar that cannot pay on demand. As its trustee-in-trust, hold- ing the legal title to its property, and managing in & general way its affairs, he is determined that its credit, now glit-edged, shall wo remain. He pormits no waste and no needless expenditure of the funds entrusted to him. He has been persistently accused’ of wholesale robbery of widows and orphans; ing paid in the church during 1814, an was $1,857,920. Funds distributed for the worthy, poor amounted to $365,038; these regular funds, there in o single day and wi sufferers in Europe. | il {girs-i lonaire, cumstances—the resujt of hard .work, prudent man-« | |‘of avaricious greed, malfeasance in office, and even ThePHees effer No Religlon in the War, KEARNEY, Neb,, Aug. 12.—To the Edi- tor of the Bee: Lucien Stebbins' letter, giving the causes of the war was indeed very Interesting. it he had only known what the ordinary reader of the current press knows. That the Catholic state of Italy is fighting against the Catholie State of Austria: that Cathollc Austria is fighting against Catholic France and Catholic France and Catholic Belgium; that Protestant England 1s fighting Against Protestant Germany, und then we have Catholic Austria marching to field, where men go to stay, shoulder to shoulder, with the followers of Mo hammed. Everyone should know by this time that religlon forms no bond of union in this war. ROSCOE C. SAMMONS, Sat trat. j OMAHA, Aug. 12.—To the Editor of The Bee: 1 desire to know who has the first rights, or, iIn other words, tha right-of-way at any street crossing st places known as regular crosswalke—the automobilist or the pedestrian? In fllus- tration: An uncrowded cornmer; no other Autos: no other pedestrians; Seventeenth and Douglas. Pedestrian walking east along south mde of cross walk. Automo- bile coming north from near Bee builde ing, intending to turn esst and go down Douglas. Autolst toots horn just north of alley. Keeps on coming. Pedestrian géts almost to east curd, but has actually to stop or be run down by the auto be- cause the autoist has not the courtesy to turn and go behind the pedestrian as he should do, and as any pedestrian would expect him to do, or has he the right to run down the saidgpedestrian? Is the autoist required by any law or ordinance to go behind and thus avold the pedes- trian? Several autoists have thus un- necemarily gone out of their way to threaten my life this way on this par- ticular corner. At sea the rules of the road requires an ocean liner to avold running down smalier vessels by requiring them to ad- Just the liner's courss according to the course or direction of the smaller safling vesmel, or even rowboat, provided maid smaller boat pursues steadily its course, 1 have personally in a rowboat ecrossed in front of an oncoming ocean liner feel- ing more safe than I do walking in front of autos. : Even In busy rallroad yards, with switching crews and engines and cars going in every direction, a pedestrian has to watch every way and cars rup only on tracks. The rallroads let no one run locomotives until one has spent years learning ‘the rules of the road as a fire- man A greenhorn can buy am auto and start out with it, perhaps one who has never learnéd the rules of the rogd by even driving & horse or team or riding o bicycle. And thewe are excellent schools for learning the rules of the road. On crowded streets the autoist has to get get through where he can, In front or be- hind pedestrians, but on a loncly corner the auto, or ‘any other vehicle should preferably o behind the pedestrian in- stéad of like a plg, crowd in between the pedestrian and the curbstone. Why not on each down-town corner where there is a traffic officer, post in 4 conspicuous place real rulss of the rond | for both pedestrians and mutolsts, or any leles? <7 i i G R sl Moderste Drinking: { OMAHA, ‘Aug. 12.—~T6 the Editor of The Bee: The chief objection’ to. prohibition by the drinking people seerhs to be the legul tfiterference With their freedom to purchase and drink liquor where and When they choose, Now, if you do not like the law to interfere with your habits, then see to it that the dispenser of liquors keeps his patrons within the lmit of ‘what you call moderate use of the stuff. Prohibition has galned so fast only on account of the terrtble havoc liquor has wrought, I admit that education of the right character is the best remedy, but that ; education does not consist of the theory that you can stick your hand in the fire | without getting burned, or that the mod- erate use of liquor is. commendable and | harmless. Proper education consists of knowledge that you cannot use a stimu- | lant, such as alcohol, in any quantity, and avold the corresponding depression that follows. Proper education consists of the knowledge which will enable us all to live sclentifically, mentally and physically, and, when we have reached this stage of our progreas, the highest state of lasting happiness will De the result. A popular argument of the anti-prohibi- tionist is that prohibition would throw out of employment thousands of people who are now engaged in the liquor traffic. | Now suppose prohibition does stop, or at loast greatly reduce the manufacture of liquor. These people who stop buying liqguor would then spend their money for useful things, such as more and bet- ter ellucation, more and better homes, furniture, clothes, etc., To produce these additional things would require more workers than those now employed in the liquor traffie. Had I the power to stop the production of alcoholic beverages the world over, 1 would, without a moment's Tlsitation, stop it this minute, without consult- That “That” Sentence. OMAHA, Aug. 13.—To the Editor of The Bee: You printed a letter on “The Latin LAUGHING GAS. Country Cousin—I guppose the motto of | you women in New York is, “Eat, drink, and be merry. City Cousi dear; it 1s, “Bat, wink, but be wary.”—Judge. “Wasn't that butier a serious-looking man?" asked the sweet young thing after the dinner. “He certainly was," but perhips he's Statesman. replied the man;" married—Yonkers | “My doctor told me I would have to quit eating so much meat.” “Did you laugh him to scorn?” “I did at first; but when he sent in his| THAT EYMN OF HA' (Following is a translation from the German of Ernst Lissaver's verses men- tioned in Beriin dispatches of the 10th inst.) French and Russian, they matter not. A blow for s, biow and a shot for a shot; We love them not, we hate them mnot, We hold the Weichael and Vosges gate, We have but one and only hate, We love as one, wo hate as one) We have one foe and one alone. He is known to you all, he is known to you all, Hojcrauches behind the dark, gray flood. gall, KFull of envy, of rage, of craft, of Cut f;.gl’ogy ‘waves that are thicker than 0 to be at our best, ' bill 1 found he was right.”—Philadeiphia edger. Come let us stand at the Judgment place, An oath to swear to, face to face, An oath of bronze no wind can shake, An oath for our sons and their sons to ., Come, hear the word, repeat the word, Throulh‘?dllt the Fatherland make it heard, e have sl but & single. ate: e have al a single te, SO N SCOTTY Wikl Now NG : W fove”an one, ws B aa'oie, e Ve on loe Al one ne— ENOM"D! "o ME AL A J0BS bx‘:umm Aukowy” In Mq'cwuln'n mess, in the banquet all, Sat feasting the officers, onme and all, Like a sabre blow, like the swing of a sail, One seized his glass held high to hail; — ike the stroke of a ruds ‘“The dector told Tomkins he must walk three miles every day." “Where does he take it? P “Around a pool table, generally.”—Bos- on A talkative guun. Ildr was once taken in to dinner by a wealthy and taciturn manufacturer, whom she was anxious to pitiate. Her attempts at conversation, owever, met with Iittle response. Hav- Ing exhausted nearly every subject, she broached that of music. “Do you Iike Beethoven's works?’ she inquired brightly. “‘Never visted them,” he replied shortly. “What line is he i New York Times. “The faith curist told my wife to try the long distance cure.” “Did she? “Did ! She made me buy her an she! automobile.” —Baltimore American der’s play, Spoke three words only: “To the Day!” Whose glass this fate? They had all but a single hate, Who was thus known? They_had one foe and one alone— ENGLAND! ‘ranscript. the folk of the earth in ) of gold your ramparts d Bedeck the ocean with bow on bow, Ye reckon well, but not well en now. ench and Russian, they tter not, blow for a blow, a shot for a ahot. We fight the battle with bronze and steel, And the time that s coming Peace will YOU will we hate with a lasting hate, We Vil vever forego our hate water and hate by land, Hate of the head and hate of the hand, Hate of the hammer and hate of the crown, | Hate of seventy millions, choking down. We lovo as one, we hate a8 one, one fos and one alone— LANDt Mary—Mrs. Delanev says her little girl has learned to play the 0o in no time., Allce—Yes. oard that way the WENUSB and FIFTY NINTH ST. The coolest hotel in New York. Overlooking Central Within distance of all theatres and sl the world over while you stop OUTDOOR TERRACE AND SUMMER GARDEN Special Dancing Features Single Rooms with Beth, $3.50 up Double Rooms with Bath, $5.00 wp Totrese PRED" STERRY. Manseins Diveotor Beating the Heat By James O’Hara Day 1 LEVEN people died from Redt! i prostration the other day in of the big cities of this country. Human beings are not the only sufferers fsrsom heat pros- tration. Many a business undertaking has been dealt a staggering blow by the same ail- ment. ’ If your business suffers from heat pros- tration, it’s your own fault. The hardest thing for the public to do is to be light-hearted and good-natured under the brosling rays of a summer sun. If it is made more ill-natured by the floorwalkers and saleswomen in your store, it’s your own fault. How about the efficiency and service of your employes on a hot day? How much desire have you instilled into them to cheer up the #ired woman or the worried man who comes to your counters? Answer those questions, and you will de- cide whether you or the weather can be blamed for the falling off in your sales. Stop a moment and remember that vul- garity emphasizes itself in hot weather. How much does it cost you to permit one girl behind your counter to affront a pros- pective buyer by an untidy appearance ‘What is your ex&ense for allowing two of your employes to chew gum#¥ There is in this country a kind of com- mercial suicide. It consists of inducing treo- le to come to your store and then permitting tl.)hem to feel discouraged and antagonistic because of your lack of efficiency and cheer- ful service. Ax;ybodt{:ho serves the public must set as his ideal fact that he will be superior in 8o far as he can to the weaknesses of the publie. These are the days when it pays big mone to offset the hot, disgruntled buyer with nature and optimism. He who wunhflwm:blicto patronize him must set a standard above the public’s stand- ard. You have no right to be annoyed by the heat. You mever have a right to be impa- tient with your publie. If you do, will undermine the effects of ail the advariising Tou have dome.