Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 28, 1915, Page 8

R e ———— THE OMAHA DAILY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor, BEB BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. et —————————— Entered at Omahs postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By mrr:;r By mall onth. yoar s By | and Sunday..... fly without Sunday. ening and Sunday. ing_without Sui otice Cof of 'add ce of change e I:HU. in delivery to Omaha /00 or_complaints of ce, Circulation REMITTANCE. 'Remit by draft, express or postal order. Omly two- stamps Tecelved in payment of small ae- ts, Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern not »coepted. OFFICES. N Gmanadhe N street th Omal f b ncfl Bluffe—14 North Main street. Incoln—% l.l'}* Dulldln:. earst Bulldipg. New York—Room 1106, 356 Fifth avenue " "Loula- 508 New Bank of Comme: Wamington1i Fourteenth St N. W. _CORRESPONDENCH, Address communications relating to news and B hatiar to Omaha Dee Haitorial Perrimeat i ereredhie P et Bietrts Bt tsalioctter e ¢ JULY CIROULATION, 53,977 Stats of Nel County of Dougla P A Slstion maiees ot The Bos 0 ng dul 'worn, elreul nyfor the nghu\ of July, 1915, was HT WILLIAMB, @jroulation Manager. hhu-!ln.ltor'nyA nrenmt m‘ud sworn to before ’ ugus ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publie. "ot The Bes Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee matled to them. Ad- dress will be changed ns often as requested. e , SR Angust 88 __._fl ! Thought for the Day A thousund other herces I L Have wished I were in days of yore, The tru h will out, it can’t be Md, The doughty deed that Dewey did I that far distant Spanish sea Is really good enough for me. N T'he grammar’s bad, but O, my son, 1 wish I'd did what Dewey donel | ~ Bangs. Ajax defled the lightning. Secretary Garrl- son has challenged a volcano, Political vrfloml_— eased by the conquer- ors at Warsaw can rightly acclaim the kaiser as & liberator. SEEEE——— In ralding Texas the Mexican bushwhackers invite sulcide. American soldlers and Texas rangers alm to please. — As & discoyerer of boomerang jokers in the state constitution, Attorney Generil Reed can pull dow-,m prize any day. ¥ M cme—— The Industrial Relations commission gives us & 260,000 word report at a cost to the tax- payers of $600,000—only $2 a word. Cheap at half the price! iifpttiest— By order of Secretary Garrison General ‘Wood will not give o unity for any more Roosevelt speeches at the training camp. One opportunity was all the colonel wanted. Spp— “My blessings on the head of him who first invented sleep/’* sighed the whimsical Sancho Panza long ago. Be ours on the head of him who invents a muzslé for public men who talk too much. Sppp——— Ralsing the rate on fuel oll shipments from Kansas and Oklahoma to ,Omaha may be off- setting balm for refusal of the Interstate Com- Tuerce commission to stand for the raise on an- thracite coal rates. i1 . S——— Plattsburg derived its name from a New (York statesman djstinguished for gumshoe methods and the efficlency of his vocal muffler, But Tom Platt is dead and the nolse-makers bave captured his burs: Yes, but if Germany accedes to American demands with respect to”submarine warfare, _ where will it leave those who were so loudiy cogtending that we had no right to make such demands, and that Germany would never com- wly with them? * SeSp——— Home aad. foreisu demand for automobiles has reached proportions rivaling the money- making grip of Standard Oil, An export in- crease of 100 per cent in a year In itself consti- tutes & huge forward leap for an industry whose expansion emulates the speed of its units, —— Long distance critics rarely have a good word to say of the Turks. Close contact com- pels a different opinion. Soldiers of the allies on Gallipoli show distinguished consideration for the Turk as a fighting force and measure progress against him by inches instead of miles, against whom & wardant was sworn out by Matt Patrick, for not running care every ten minutes in - Patrick's addition, as called for by city ordinance. Distinguished counsel has been engaged on both sides, Jobn L. Webster representing the plaintitf, and George L] E 57 il i ? | I H 2 ffi 5 g ] éi! H BEE | THE The Freedom of the Sea. Commenting on Germany's proposed course ia dealing with the United States over the Ara- bic incident, Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg expressed the hope that our government would renew the effort to induce Great Britain to con- sent to a modus vivendi under which the com- merce of neutrals wilt not suffer unduly through the Interferenée of belligerents. This question is one of the most trouble-breeding between nations, and has been In all ages. The right of neutrals to freely trafflo between one another, or with non-contraband articles with belliger- ents, is usually admitted, and, until the present war, was supposed to be firmly established. But agreements made in time of peace be- come very irksome when either party to them engages in war. In the present instance Great Britain has a tremendous advantage, and has so far used it without special regard for the feel- ings of any nation. The powerful British navy is performing the mission for which It was created, but recognition of this fact does not make its activity the more palatable. No one wishes to limit the legitimate operation of the king's navy, but gome sort of boundary should ba put to its domination of all the seas. The greatest of maritimie nations, whose existence depends on uninterrupted passage of the seas, ought to be the first to defend the rights of neutral commerce. A modus vivendl may be established to re- lleve temporarily what has become a most un- vleasant situation, but when the war is over this question of freedom of the seas must again have immediate and serious attention, Municipal Home-Rule Variations. With the demand for a larger measure of municipal home rule so widespread and continu- ous, the action of the New York state constitu- tional convention upon the subject, after caretul consideration and debate, is worth at least a passing notice. New York state heretofore has empowered the legislature to enact and amend the city charters subject to & veto power by the mayor of any city specially affected—overridden cnly by re-enactment. An effort to provide complete municipal autonomy along the lines of our recent home rule amendment to our Ne- braska constitution has not met with favor, the provision accepted, as we understand it, permit- ting cities to make their own charters through a popularly-elected city charter commission with approval by the people, but only subject to en- dorsement or rejection by the legislature. Tg this the objection naturally urged was that the cities were to be given home rule with a legisla- tive string tied to it. On the other hand, the New York proposal o a large extent balancés this Invitation to out- side interference by limiting the legislature in its law-making for cities to general legislation, ond completely abolishing the refinements of classification as a screen for special acts for but a single city. The exercise of legislative powers relating to the property, affairs or municipal government of any city, “except as applicable o all the citles of the state without classifica- tion or distinetion,” is to be definitely prohib- ited. Tt goes without saying that it a city char- ter can no longer be bullt expressly for a par- ticular community, many of the evils and abuses of our too-prevalent charter t'nkering will be self-effaced. Of course, the revised New York constitution is not yet adopted, and may not be, but if it s ratiffed and put into practical operation, these movel features will be closely observed by stu- dents of municipal government everywhere, The Leading Export Nation. War has raised the United States to the proud position of the leading export nation of the world. This is but one of several points of prestige to which we have nationally attained as a result of the disturbed condition abroad, but which we may reasonably nora to retain it proper efforts be made. That we have sent abroad more of goods and wares than any other uation is not at all to be wondered at, since the other great manufacturing nations have been devoting thelr attention for a twelve-month or longer to destruction rather than production. Of course, this reflection takes a little of the pride out of the achievement. Whether our wanufacturers will be able to hold the great ad- vantage they have in trading after peace has again been declared and the manufacturers of Europe resume their activity, will depend upon the conditions that follow the war. It may be very well understood that no effort will be epared by the Europeans to regain their lost position, and consequently American manufac- turers will need every possible encouragement and assistance from the home government. In the contest for the business of the world the fighting will be quite as flerce as any the world bas ever known, and preparedness is as essential to meet this economic situation as to withstand & possible attack from army or navy of a foreign country. That this preparedness does not lle in the direction of the Underwood tariff, or any of the other political nostrums suggested by the doctors of democracy, must be plain to all. If the United States is to stay at the head of the procession in world commerce and industry, it will be necessary to return to the practice that made possible the development of its factories, farms and mines. The republican party is de- voted to this cause, and the prosperity of the country is safe under its management, ——— Just as the campalgn for suffrage is devel- oping speed in the Empire state the authorities of New York City announce plans for the erec- | tion of a ten-story jail bullding for the exclusive use of women. The project is far in excess of precent needs, but by implication anticipates a business boom with the coming of political tquality. This may be regarded as far-seeing rreparedness. In other respects it lends force to the remark of the weeping widow of a rich contrastor who, on viewing a floral anchor be- side the bler, exclaimed: “Who had the bad taste to send that pick?™ — The voice of Col. Henry Watterson is pitched in the fighting key, and loud enough to be heard st Oyster Bay. The terror of the “man on dreqms and he applauds Roosevelt's war ery As right and hot stutf. King Ak-Sar-Ben's pep has not invaded Kentucky because the blue grass region produces “something just as good.” + | BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, Power of Persistence —————_Noweaperdom. HVERAL hundred years ago a sclentist named Ginko Wiseman discovered that the most “per- sistent” thing known in the annals of time was the sun. In writing on the matter he sald: “The sun sticks to the job of flluminating the world every day in the year. It may shine here today and somewhere else tonight. But It is always and ‘persistently’ guid- ing men. ‘Persistency’ is what has made men win batties when all seemed lost. Persistency has been and will be the cardinal feature of success.” Ginko certainly got it right, for “persistency” is the magnetic power which makes every business successful. To every man who is driven by this great and recognized power thers are one thousand men who slide along life's pathway without thought of Ginko Wiseman's truth, “‘Persistency” applied to advertising methods by newspaper men would work almost inconceivable bene- fits, Seven out of every ten advertising men talk cir- culation, advertising records, etc,, and are seemingly contént with a contract for one time or limited space. It these same men were to preach “persistency’” to the advertiser and prove In an Intélligent way that “‘persistency’’ would eventually help bufld up the ad- vertiser's business, advetisers would in time recognize the absolute truth. Plerpont Morgan became the world's greatest financier because of ‘“persistency;’ Sarah Bernhardt became the leading actress of her time because of ‘“‘persistency” and her disregard of temporary faflure in her early days; Edison has be- come the world's wizard in electricity because of “‘persistency;”” Wanamaker has become the prince of merchants because of “persistency;”’ McAdoo brought to great success his under-river tunnels because of “peraistency’” and In the face of discouragement of supposedly skilled engineers, and Roebling put the Brooklyn bridge over becauso of “‘persistency’” which dominated his physical and mental power—and at a time when there were no set rules or paraliels in bridge buflding. — “Persistency” made Post the king of the prepared food manufacturers; “persistency” made Wr'gley tho prinee of chew-chew mukers; “persistency made Schiitz the greatest and most sucoessful of American brew- ers—and “persistency” will make any newspaper ad- vertlsing man or any advertiser permanently success- ful. The fundamental principle of succeas in an adver- tising campaign should be “persistency.” Thousands of advertisers have fafled to reach the goal of busi- mess sucoess because ‘‘persistency’ was not the dom- inant factor In their advertising plans. The Inability to appreciate the word “perststency’” by many news- paper publishers accounts for the continued struggle for existence which surrounds thelr propositions. Ginko Wiseman's truth has been unappreciated hy milllons of men. The small margin of men which have recognized the meaning of the word ‘persist- ency" have triumphed in overflowing measure, ‘‘Per- sistency,” or everlastingly keeping at it, is far more necessary today In business life than in the days of Ginko Wiseman. Particularly because advertisers have now conceded that the newspapers have the magazine tied up In & knot when it comes to hooking up local purchasing power with local merchants. The “‘per- sistent” newspaper advertiser 1s one who reaches the &oal, the ome who doesn't persevere In the face of obstacles 18 the advertiser you see stranded by the wayside. Which are you going to be? You might lken advertisers to automobiles going through a muddy road. Both have the same strength, but the fellow who keeps on goilng gets out, the fellow who stops, has to hire a team, Moral: It costs less to keep on going. Economy as a Habit X, Frice in The OutloOkem IN AMERICA the Influence of Kuropean exampls is already noticeable. Last winter was the most disastrous season the New York theaters have had in years. The purveyors of unnecessary luxuries in the United States are umanimous in reporting the poorest business they have ever experienced. The impertation of dlamonds, oné of the surest exponents of extravagance, has fallen to a minimum. At the fashionable watering places there ls but little frivo- lors expenditure this summer despite the enforced detention in this country of those who usually spend large sums in European travel. At the fashionable hotels and restaurants the at- tendance s small, the expenditure modest, and sev- eral of them have reduced prices or have introduced the innovation of *“half portions” for one person by way of attracting the economically Inclined. Doubtless all this is due in part to the sadness and sympathy with suffering that pervades the world, but it also reflects the universal tendency toward economy that is the result of Buropean necessity and example, The leaders of soclety in this country can perform @ substantial service if they will encourage economy by example in every way possible. It is a misteke to believe that self-denial is painful or distressing. It mortifies & false pride, but the joy of adjusting ex- travagant tastes to a small income can become just as keen as that of doing anything else that is diffi. cult. It is merely a matter of mental and emotional training. Nearly every one of us would be better for eating less, walking more, and having fewer clothes to worry about and choose from. If fashionable women would put the stamp of their approval upon the three-course dinners of simple food, both host and guests would have better digestions and more enjoyment. " Probably it is futile to protest against extravagance in women's dress, but an article in the Atlantio Monthly, some months since, which urged ‘“‘uniforms for women' on soclal occasions, similar to the con- ventional dress suit that men wear, might be widely circulated and read with profit, The effect of a well-organized for the encouragement of economy in America indeed be beneficlal in many ways that do mot at first sug- geost themselves, For ome thing, it would undoubtedly encourage early marriages and bring domestic happl- nat face the social isolation which a small income implies. Then, too, it would diminish the present adulation of wealth and eagervess to be rich, and bring about & much-needed change in the ideallsm of American th. ”:n political affairs the effect would also be feit, for, having become careful in our own expenditures, we probably would become less tolerant of wasteful- ness in the government. Most important of all, it would develop the strength of character that is always the product of self-re- straint, and both the individual and the mation would be better mentally, morally and physically. The war is deplorable, but it will be more deplor- ub In Kansas City, organised to teach Mexicans in that city, | Philadelphls man orders for §10,00.00 worth of blankets, overcoats and materisl for uniforms, and Ttaly has ordered 500,000 the same workshops. AUGUST 28, 1915. ThePees effer Another Esperanto Enthusiast. OMAHA, Aug. 71.—To the Editor of The Bee In one respect I am like Diego C. Corios—1 know nothing about “Monoglot.” He says some very nice things about Esperanto, the international auxillary language, but prefacing the same with an ‘4t I can assure him the “If" is unneces- sary. Here is a concrete example of the shortness of the time in which one can learn the fundamentals of this truly wonderful language. A young man wrote me a long letter in Esperanto nine dr.ys after receiving an instruction book-the first knowledge he had of such a language belng in ex- istence. Here Is also an fllustration of the pres- ent standing of Esperanto in the world today. The Germans, whose efficlency all must acknowledge whatever our sym- pathies in the present contest, have adopted Esperanto as the language In which to give their side of the story of the great war, and are sending their of- ficlal war reports, bulletins and ma azines to delegates throughgut the world, whose names appear in the Esperanto year book. They began this very early in the war—in August or September of last year. In April of this year the French also began sending out their side of the stord in Esperanto. In this world crisis no other language has recelved such an indorsement—an indorsement that speaks louder and car- ries more welght than all the adjectives 1 have at my command. JAMES G, HAYDEN, 3381 Taylor street. No War PLATTSMOUTH, Nol Aug. 26—To the Editor of The Bee: The conflict now raging in Europe has been de- scribed as “The Causeless War,” but since no one would be bold enough to lay the blame for such an unholy situa. tion upon an over-ruling providence, it must find its origin in acts for which man, and man alone, is responsible. It is not a race war; on the contrary, the races are quite inexplicably mixed. Latin joins Saxon; the Frank is the ally of the Slav; while in the opposing ranks Teuton and Turk fight side by elde. Neither is in a religious war. On the Bosphorus the cross and the crescent make common cause; Protestant kalser and Catholic emperor have linked their fortunes together and hurl thelr veteran legions against an army in which are indiscriminately mingled communicants of the Greek church, of the Church of Rome and of the Church of England. Nor yet is it a rivalry between fam- ilies. The leading actors in this unpre- cedented tragedy are related by blood, but kinship seems to be a negligible fac- tor—it explains neither friendships nor enmities, No; race, religion and family, each with many wars to answer for, can plead not guilty in the present inquiry. What then was the cause? If we have correctly analyzed the situation, the war 15 the natural, result of a false philosophy. The fundamental precept of this false philosephy is that “‘might makes right.” It is mot proclaimed now as loudly as. it once was, but it is often acted upon In particular cases by those who would be unwilling to endorse it as a general principle. Today we plead with the American people against war with Germany; toe morrow, if a similar condition arises and we are brought near to war with England, or France or Russia, we shall plead as earnestly against war with any of these nations, In any nation anxious to get into trouble with us? No, not one of these belligerent nations desires war with the United Statgs. They are #0 mad with each other they forget that there is anybody else in the world. No one can speak for all the people, but if each one speaks for himself the voice of the people will be heard, and, being heard, will save this nation from the possibility of war and keep it in such a position of neutrality as will enable It to perform its highest mission of mediator to the warring natlons ana peacemaker for mankind. To prevent Brother Bixby, Editor Bd- gar Howard or Richard L. Metcalfo and others from accusing us with writing the above merely to get our name in the newspaper, we will sign it. JOHN, The Automoblle Situation. OMAHA, Aug, 27.—To the Editor of The Bee: There seems to be so much apparent difficulty thrown around the regulation of automobile operation in the cities, In- cluding Omaha, that a word on the sub- Ject might not be out of place. The automobile, including the jitney bus, has come to stay. They are a part of the development of rapid transit, but they should be regulated and this regula- tion should be made entirely for the safe- ty of the community, There is no reason why a fitney should be required to con- form to a regular schedule more than that any other automobile should be made to so conform, If the jitneys are to be of the greatest service to the community they should be permitted to run as the person being carried desires. That this may make them more popular with the public should be no affair of the regu- latory powers and it they are successful competitors with the street cars it will only be a repetition of the competition between the railroad train and the stage coach. However, all automobiles should be reg- ulated and thelr operation so conducted that the minimum of danger may exist. A few months ago I submitted to one of the former city commissioners a plan which T belleve will materially decrease danger and at the same time make pos- sible more rapid movement of automobiles within the city limits. This plan, briefly, them to stand on such streets longer than SMILING LINES a certain (short) time. - — On the streets where they are permit- | r sther treats 50 D as It ted they might be allowed to rum at a [0 Gn Mother treats those boys as higher rate of speed than now allowed, it would be letter for them {f she ¥ give did o - wou'd them a while in making the run of the closed 19:‘“,:‘ B Baitimore American. streets the speed should be reduced to the lowest limit Money will not take a man to the top, Horse-drawn vehicles would then have [Henderson™ =~ = = L right of way on the streets containing [, 1 knew: but it will eive, Fim etreet car tracks and on such streets automobiles should be operated subject to other traffic, while on the “open” streets other traffic should be subordinate to the automobile, It seems to me that if this plan were adopted the jitney should not be sub- Jected to any other route schedule than any other machine. | H. H. MY FIANCE ONIY MAKES 6 * A WEEK. WOULD YoU ADVISE® ME™ T MARRY HIM? o IF You CAN SUPPORY" Him, I | SEE NO OBJECTION AT ALL ! | CLAIBORNE. | Editorial Siftings The Interviewer—Why did you assas- Washington Post: As Bryan Wise oflsinate all your wives as soon as the Crane, Mo., says he won't get a haircut | honeymoon was over? , ) | Bluebeard—You see, I'd promised to love until W. J. B, is elected president, 11l | gaoh one an long as she ived and ne not be long before he can double up [matter what other sins I've committed, with the seven Sutherland sisters on the iim'l\l':“‘l‘; disappoint a lady.—Philadelphia regular ecircuit. | % f Pittsburgh Dispatch: The war is cost- | FRUITLESS QUEST. Ing in & month one-third more than the vl vi ST o " Whole cost of the war of 181, according | ., /4e: Johnson in Washington Star. to an announcement in the Reichstag. | WAL that T eak”* The increase in the cost of living is thus | Sald Timon Trask seen to be far outdone by Increased cost | In . :-J--omrm ann.», s just_a place of kilitng Where, for a space, Louisville Courler-Journal: Franz | T can be let alone v 5 yvea | Oh, let it be Josef now is 8 years old and must soon | Down by the ses, stand at the judgment bar and plead Or on a mountain crude in answer to the charge of having obeyed | Take me afar the German order to plunge 20,000,000 My ;:IL‘M':."I”:“‘“[‘“‘(‘,Z:,'.‘“" Furopeans into the bloodlest war of world history. God pity the king! To aid his plan 4 His fellow man Washington Post: The farmers of the Conspired With Thodd serene. Unlted States are in an era of the widest The cars sped fast at las and highest prosperity that the agricul- turists of the country have ever known, and thelr prosperity is sure to maintain and to increase the business activities that are now so much In evidence in every state of the union. ached a desert scene. cry of pain o shout for gain, No utterance unrefined Its way could make To rudely shake His placid frame of mind. Boston Transcript: Objection having But ere thé noon, been raised to our surmise that the A strident tune governor of South Carolina might have 1"\"'l{.'?.t'l’:‘fing"fi\}‘fd ralsed; something to say to the governor of His soul disturbed; North Carolina while they are in Bos- The tumult left him dazed, The insects sung gAnd nipped and stung. ") ton, on the ground that they are pro- hibitionists, we can only remark that we | muttered with a groan, have seen prohibitionists away from b g g i home lots of times. As being let aione.” T} Faust Spaghetti is an ideal hot weather food because while it is highly nutritious, it is non-heating and very easy to digest. Besides, it is easy to pre- are. Don't spend half your time work- ingover a hot range these summer days, A whole Faust Spaghetti meal, for 10c, prepared in twenty minutes. THE BEER YOU LIKE The sweetness of the choice barley malt, combined with the fine flavor of imported hops, makes its taste most delicious. Save Coupons and Get Premium. Phone Douglas 1889, LUXUS MERCANTILE COMPANY, Distributors If You Don’t Want to Move Again for Years choose an office where your location will co: grow better. Business is moving up the hill. Some day the business center will be at the corner of Twenty- fourth and Farnam. From now until that time, there will be no better office location nor better offices than THE BEE BUILDING Was bullt for comfort. Although the offices offered are very few indeed, there are none better in the bulld- ing. If we have not what you want, let us place you on our waliting lUst. The rooms vacant present are: Room 222—Cholce office suite, north light, very desirable for doctors or den ; walting room and private office; 630 square feet ..............8$45.00 Room: @40—9x20. Water; partitioned into private office and waiting room; has large double east windows; 180 square feet ...iivivisseneeses..$18,50 APPLY TO BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT, ROOM 108, Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant- ly to be really succcessful. i ot e