Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 4, 1915, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE N —— o rp——— FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROBE“'A:T'E}L VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR, The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. o— 8 BER® BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENT Entered at Omahs. postoffice as secon — et 88 TERMS OF Il'fi&‘;! IPTION. class matter. address or complain of to Omaha Bee, Circulation REMITTANCE. ril\, axpress or postal opder. Remit by Onmly two- oent Tece! in ment of small ae- Romal Checks, except on Omaha and eastern oounts, al check; exchange, not sccepted. CES. 0 1 ha—The B. Building. h Omaha—3i8 N street. 1 meil Bluffe—14 North Main street. : Ancoln—3 Litthe Bullding. l 58 New Bank of Com: 3 7% Fourteenth St., N. W, CORRESPONDENCE, - communications relating to news and ml-dh to Omaha Bee, &quflu Department. AUGUST CIRCULATION, 53.993 Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that tho average olrculation for the Month o" Aligust, 1915, WIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subecri! in I'nl mce and sworn to before me, this 34 of September, 1815, 'TER, Notary Public. ERT HUN Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. e - v Thought for the Day Selected by Jennie M. Phelps What care I what you say, while what you do hovers over my head and thunders in my ears #0 loud 1 cannot hear what you say. — Raiph Waldo Emerson. | { The base-running around the tabernacle dia- ond is about to begin in dead earnest. | The so-called ‘“‘unrest ;t.lsbor" secures dubious treatment by taking the rest cure. ‘Ma'’' Sunday and Velcome to our To Rev. “Billy"” Sund the whole Sunday family: city | Britain follows Germany in making conces- sions to Uncle Sam. Sanity is steadily overcom- lng the swagger of war. | The report that the Cudahy general offices will be brought back to Omaha, however, must be classified as “important, if true.” Goosebone and squirrel thrift prophecies of an early winter are as so much chaff in the wind raised by King Corn's hot finish. | “Friends of peace” may fool some people, but not Samuel Gompers. Foxy Sam knows the source of Brisbin Walker's {nspiration, | The nervy Pike county Wluourli woman “wha held off a mob until relief came would waste Ink and postage in seeking a jail job in Georgla. 1 Ep— More sympathy and less criticism befits the case of Treasurer Hall. Consider how his heart must bleed because harsh duty clamps the 11d on the dough. Sm— Smart alecks who still harbor the notion that they can beat the Wall street game need but watch the vagaries of the market to see how readily the lambs are sheared. | And in the meantime, don't make any other engagements with yourself for the day set apart #s Omaha day at the State fair, for which the @ates have been opened at Lincoln. ¢ It is grati- fying to note that western sunshine is warming ip the gloomy fringes of the nation. Sm—— - "Peace !s in the air,” Washington dispatches report. So far, so good. But the atmosphere of ‘ashington is not easily transferred to Paris, London, Berlin, Vienna and Petrograd. S——— Juet as soon as title to coveted real estate Passes from a neighbor to Bulgaria, the Bulgar army starts shooting up another neighbor. As ap exponent of near-east civilization the Buigars fiave the Turks distanced. S—— That Georgla jury cannot find a thing that in any way points to the identity of a single member of the mob that lynched Leo M. Frank. It wouldn't be safe for any of the veniremen to get thelr eyes opened that wide. s 2 1 policemen for duty during we: Martin Shields on South O'Herne, South Thirteenth street; Mary's avenue; Bd Welsh, lower and Harney streets: B4 Lapage, Bleventh | At the rate he'ls going, the opinions of the at- Busy Days Ahead for Omaha. From after the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities, days are sighted for Omaha, Right at the outset we are to have the National Letter Carriers’ association convention, the ‘Billy” Sunday revival meetings, the Methodist conference for this district, the Tel! Jed Sokol the central to mention several events of lesser moment, The Farmers’ Na- tional congress, the German-American alliance, and Ak-Sar-Ben's carnival, parades and court ball are also fast approaching dates now on until busy of west, not | What Omaha must do is to realize that it is | soon to be full of visiting strangers, and to make the most of its opportunities for impressing them with the wide-awake character of the eity, and its assurance of continued growth and bet- terment. KEvery loya! citizen of Omaha Inter- ested in advancing the high standing and good | nanfe of the community should be on the job as an entertainment committee and booster every moment he can devote to the common weifare, Every one in position to take a bird's-eye view of the country agrees that Omaha is one of the brightest spots in the landscape, and we should utilize every advantage we have for our onward march of progress. —_— Is von Tirpitz to Go? A report from Berlin indicates that Admiral von Tirpitz s to be retired from his place at the head of the German navy. If this be true | it is assuredly a result of the changed attitude of the imperial German government with rela- tion to its naval policy. Von Tirpitz has been listed as a champion of the subsea warfare that has brought Germany and the United States so close to the breaking point. His order estab- lished the ““war zone” In which the U-boats operated, and as minister and admiral of the navy, he assumed responsibility for their move- ments, Recent successes on land have so strength- ened the German position as to make possible some modification of its outside policy, and the abandonment of the objectionable features of submarine attack will not seriously interfere vith the general purpose of the imperial gov- ernment. Here is another point on which the Germans have outmaneuvered the Allies. While Great Britain Is yet halting over the simple mat- ter of permitting the unobstructed passage of goods actually owned in the United States, and grudgingly giving assent to even that small measure of freedom of the seas, the Germans find themselves able to concede the utmost point contended for by the American government, and to do it In such a way as more than ever fixes the friendly relations between the two countries. In meeting the demands of the president, the kaiser has shown himself ag good a diplomat as he {s a military tactician, The attitude of the United States as to the rights of neutrals on the high seas is unchanged, end fts position is greatly strengthened by the developments of the last tew days. Se— Only a “Scrap of Paper.” Attorney General Reed now comes forward | in his efforts to help the democrats out of their | decidedly awkward dilemma, and advises the ubrogation'of the Gerdes law in order to make possible the diversion of fees to support the de- | partment that collects them. It is only a “scrap of paper” between the democrats at Lincoln and the state treasury, even If it s the law of Ne- braska, presented and passed for the very pur- pose it is now accomplishing. The attorney gen- eral also suggests that the food commissioner embezzle the fees he collects, and each month publish an accounting, that the people may know every thirty days just how much the shortage amounts to. Anyone who objects to the peculation may bring suit to enforce the law. This is certainly fine advice for the chief law officer of the state to give to one oi its administrative officers. It Is in line with sev- eral other opinions the attorney general has do- ltvered himself of since he has taken office. This is In some ways the most seriously menacing of all his vagaries, for, should the matter be | brought into court for a test, it will be the duty of the attorney general to defend the law he is now advising the food commissioner to ignore. torney general will soon be worth about a cent & pound. Treasurer Hall is still relying on the law and the constitution to support him in his resistance to the illegal demands of the other state house democrats, while the people are coming to un- derstand what a mess the Morehead administra. tion is making of the state’s affairs, e — Georgia’s “Honor” Vindicated. The grand jury of Cobb county, Georgia, is typical of its kind. It failed to return any in- dictment against any of the gullty or in any way to fix the responsibility for the murder of Leo M. Frank. This may stand as a “vindication™ for Georgia’s “honor,” but it will not satisfy the world. Governor Harris still has his chance to pursue the inquiry, and expose and punish the gullty parties. It is impossible that so daring a crime could be so openly committed and no up- Lolder of the law be cognizant of its perpetra- tors. Georgia should not rest on the report of the grand jury, iIf it wishes to escape from the thame put upon it by its own cltizens. The vigorous pursult of the criminals is the oaly means through which assurance can be given that Georgia sincerely feels the disgrace of the foul crime, | { e — THE BEE: OMAIIA, SATURDAY The grand assessment of taxable property iu Nebraska this year has cost the taxpayers in round figures $214,000, without,nclud the outlay of time and money by the different equal- Ization boards, which would probably bring it up in the neighborhood of $300,000. Looks like & place for efficiency method d retrenchment. E— The Omaha Public library has finally found it convenlent to reopen its doors Saturday after- noons and Sundaye. The experiment of closing down during the summer will be pronounced a success, but we doubt If it will be copled by any other wide-awake city, S—— By his own words “Met” is now “simply a Dewspaper man in the employ of General Car- ranza.” Well, anyway, that’s a promotion from the job of chasing rainbows as & candidate for democratic nomination for govermor or senator. | anyway. (Grammar T, L. M in Life. HIZ man who invented grammar 1s, unfortunately, dead. He probably died a natural death, because at the time the enormity of his offense wasn't realized. He certalnly never got what was coming to him. In those days nobody could understand how much damage one man can do to posterity. ‘This is the man that Shakespeare undoubtedly had in mind when he wrote, “The evil that men do lives after them.” Of all the superfluous ind stries of the present time, n any one be said to apyroach grammar? Con- sider the countless women and professors who are earning a living by teaching it. Consider the manu- facture of text books on grammar, It is really awful to contemplate such a vast structure. And then con- #ider how utterly useless grammar s for any purpose whatsoever, and you get, Iike a flash, a sudden reve- lation of the marvelous stupidity of the human race: Nobody ever saw a healthy, ,normal, naturally bright boy or girl who had any use for grammar. | Nature knew its business when it made it impossible for the grammarians to grab a baby before he can speak and teach him grammar first. They would unquestionably, it they could, make him learn all the parts of mpeech beforehand. Ir they had this power no properly constituted baby would want to speak, Ht would argue that if merely telling what you want and passing the time of day and all that had to be done by a fixed schedule, like & time-tably, or as if it was a government affair, why bother about talking at all? The grammarian would get the baby and say: “Now, my young friend, you will soon be in a position to use the word ‘mamma.’ First you must &et firmly fixed In your mind that mamma is a noun. You must also ask yourself what is its num- ber? Ita gender? What does it presuppore and co- ordinate? Has It any objective infinitive, and what In Its adverbial compiement? Is it governed by anv participal, prenatal predicate? Also draw a diagram showing the word ‘mamma’ in its relations to the antecedent. To the relative pronouns.” Fortunately, no grammarian can do this. Provi- dence probably intervened. Bables are compelled to learn how to speak before the grammarians get hold of them, so that these gentlemen cannot utterly spoil them afterward for practical purposes. Hence our best writers have risen above insidious grammar and frankly confess they know little about it and care less. There are many devoted peoble who firmly ' olieve that a political econSmist represents the lowest form of human intelligence. We respect them for thelr opinion. There {s, indeed, much to be said In favor of their view. But give us the grammarian. For one thing, there are more grammarians than there are political economists, so that, considered by me volume, the grammarians have the best of it. Then, again, the grammarian is more active and covers a broader field, and everybody seems to have a more wsublime confidence in his unintelligence. One of the most curfous paradoxes in human lite is that nobody would even take the time or think it worth while to dispute the word of a grammarian; yvet grammar is accepted as a matter of course, just as If it had some remote bearing on poetry, drama and other real literature. It unfortunately happens that the teaching of grammar as it is practiced in our schools makes everybody who is not abormal hate it sincerely and cordially. If this were otherwisé and and it got to he attractive, like the “movies,” for example, think of all the additional harm it could do! At present we have come to accept it and endure It without question and without knowing the reason why. But our better instincts still survivh, and who knows but that the day will come when by popular edict every grammarian will be compelled to give up his present job and go out and earn an honest living? Timing the Telephone Literary Digest ————mmi—— LL SERVICE tends nowadays to be metered, The gas and electric meters we know; the water meter some oppose frantically but vainly; the meter in the taxicab drives us mad as 1t ticks off the miles; and now we are even to talk by meter! Of course, every telephone central office has some de- vice for regulating and comtrolling time calls. The meter now perfected is claimed to be so accurate that it can replace the more costly devices, and so simple and Inexpensive that the Individual user can avail himself of it and thus “check up” the company. “Increased efficlency,” says a contributor to Tele- phony, ““has come to be pretty much the secret of increased subscribers’ lists, increased revenue, and increased cordiale in the business of telephony gen- erally. Nowhere along the line, however, has the cordiale been more often or more sorely strained than through Inefficlent, inadequate or car s timing of toll calls. “‘Particularly is th the elaborate and nece timing calls has been true in smaller offices where sarily expensive apparatus for too costly for installation, and dependence has been placed upon ordinary clocks, which are, of cours unsatisfactory to the com- pany itselt as to the telephone toll user. “The Graves' phone meter, it is claimed, has com- pletely solved the ‘small office' timing problem, and in larger offices it is already proving of great value in timing the handling of calls on the ‘observation' desks. This device has been tried out by a number of independent and Bell companies and has proved sat- isfactory for timing toll calls. “The phone meter registers up to six minutes In one revolution of the dial and it continues until stopped. When a connection is made, the operator starts the meter to record, by moving to the right the lever at the top. Moving it in the reverse direction stops the indicator instantly, showing the exact time which has elapsed, in minutes and seconds. The dinl is graduated to seconds, and the device, it is sald, is marvelously accurate. ““The phone meler is piaced upon the keyboard within convenient reach of the operator. If while the conversation is in progress an interruption occurs, the meter may be stopped and then started again when service is resumed. The operator is thus not obliged to make any calculations as to the time con- sumed. The phore meter may also be,used by suh- soribers to check the time of toll calls.” Twice Told Tales An Elopement's Anchor, When the conversation turned to the subject of romantic marriages this little anecdote was volun- teered by H. H. Asker, a North Dakota politiclan: One afternoon Green was standing on the corner | looking at the jitneys when he was suddenly con- fronted by an acquaintance of other years. Soon they were comparing notes and recalling happy hours, “8o you were married ten years ago,’ sald the Acquaintance in response to a statement made by Brown. “Took place in the church, I suppose, with brideamaids, flowers, cake and the brass band.’ ‘No,” answered Brown, with & reflective ex- It was clopement.” “An elopement, eh?' returned the acquaintance. “Did the girl's father follow you?" ¢ ‘Yea," answered Brown, with something akin to a slgh, “and he has been with us ever since.”—Philadel- phia Telegraph. Giving Up Intormation. Pat was called Into court to testify to a talk he had with the defendant In a civil suit, and everything went along ae swimmingly as a flock of bull frogs until the lawyer attempted to bring out the important points of the conversation. “Now, then, Pat," sald he encouragingly, “please tell the court what you and the defendant talked about.” “Yis, sor,” answered Pat willingly. about fifteen minutes.” ‘No, no, no!" interposed the lawyer. what did you and the defendant talk over? “Yis, sor," was the calm rejoinder of Pat talked over the tilephope, sor. '~ Washington Star. 7 ) “We talked “I mean, “We SEPTEMBER 4 191 | The Hees LS er Dr. Cook Self-Exposed. OMAILA, Sept To the Editor of The Bee: Last Monday there was a re- port in the pabers of a defense of Dr. Frederick Couk. It struck me that it might be of interest, to some of your readers, at least, if some of the facts were set forth briefly. It is not necessary to go beyond Dr Cook's own story for a prool that the story Is—well, let us say queer, to say the least. He repeatedly gives his lati- tude in degrees, minutes and “seconds.’ But, as he had only a pocket sextant, how was it possible for him to make his calculations in ‘“seconds.” Manifestly something is wrong there. He says, that he was gone from his base of food supply some elghty-five days (exact number I do not remember), and took with him 1,088 pounds of food Bvery one knows, who knows anything of food values, that it takes sixteen ounces of dry food per day merely to sustain Iife, provided no physical or | mental work is undertaken. At that, his entire food supply was exhausted in forty-tive da what did he live on for the next forty odd days, after having been on starvation rations for the first period, and sull continue to perform the most strenuous work that a man can do. Again there seems to be something wrong. 1 quote from the members of the com- before whom Da. Ce of hix alleged sented Prof, Stromgren, president of the iny tigating committee: “‘Cook has tak disgraceful advantage of small na- tion's kindness, using a clever trick in securing the patronage of the Americdn president, Minister Egan and the ex- plorers. Our findings have knocked Cook down.” Commodore Gustave Holm, Danish ex- plorer and member of the committee: “Cook’s claim that he made the observa- tion, %9 degrees, 59 minutes, 4 seconds, near the pole, proved immediately that he was a bad ‘observer, but nothing indi- cated that he was a swindler.” Prof. Olufson, secretary of the Danish Geographical soclety: it is the saddest event of my life. As an explorer, there seems to be no doubt that Cook is abso- lutely unreliable. 1 admit that we did not ask for documents. We took Cook's word as & bnd." (This refers to the de- gree conferred upon Cook immediately bpon his return from the north. These honors have since been cancelled.) Prof. Solomonsen, rector of the Uni- versity of Copenhagen: ‘‘We have acted Inéxcusably in bestowing_the highest Aclentific distinction upen Dr, Cook, Per- ronally, I expected a poor show of ree- orde, hut fhis exceeds my expectations. As o small consolation, T am pleased ut having stopped the undergraductes’ in- tended k's alleged vole discovery “proots’ were pre n torchlight parade in Cook's honor."* Knud Rasmussen, expiorer, formerly | Cook’s warmest supporter: “T wns flab- | bergasted upon seeing the records. The | university would not call me first be- cause I was one of Dr, Cook's strongest mipporters. Later, however, | was in vited to the investization, and when I saw the observations I realized it was a scandal. The papers which ook sent to Conenhagen university are most im- No schoolboy could make such calovlations. 1t is a most childish at- tempt at cheating. Commodore Hovgaard, Danish explorer: "L can only regard Cook now as an im- postor.” Captain Ronald Amundsen: ““There was absolutely nothing in those alleged observations of Dr. Cook. It was all fake and could decelve nobody. Dr, Cook knew all the time that he was not telling the truth.” There Is a vast amount of material, | similar to the above, bearing upon all of Dr. Cook's’ work in the exploration field. THOMAS R. HILL, Stmpler Auto Numbers Needed, OMAHA, Sept. 2.—To the Editor of The Bee: Since so many automobile accidents happen in which the drivers of them get away before the license number of the auto can be ascertained, there should be some method of numbering them that could be read before they get beyond the possibility of reading a number which contains five figures. This suggestion is offered: To start on, the first license could be A-1 ;the sec- ond, A-2; the third, A-3, and so con- tinue until not more than two figures are used, then use the second letter of the alphabet the same way, and so on. If this method does not furnish enough for the number of autos perhaps some genjus car devise some symbols that can be used when the alphabet 1s ex- hausted C. B A Color Line in Sunday Campaign. OMAHA, Sept. 3.—To the Editor of The Bee: About a year ago, when the propo- dtion of bringing “Billy” Sunday to Omaha was discussed, a number of per- sons, laymen and ministers Included, asked why he should be brought here; “Did we not have a number of good preachers here?” and like Questions. The reason at that time may not have been Very apparent to these persons, but, in the light of recent events, they will seo and admit that Mr. Sunday's coming to Omaha will have a very beneflcial effect on some of the preachers, at least. ‘When the organization of the Sunday campalign took on form some months ago, all the Protestant churches, or as many of them which desired, and, included | among these were the colored churches of the city, were asked to participate in the work. Affairs went along swim- mingly, in the organization of prayer | meeting committees, personal workers, | ete, Prof. J. B. Carnal of this city was placed in charge of the organization of | the choir. It was desired to procure a chorus of 1,500 voices, 8o stagers of the | various church choirs of Omaha, South | Omaha, Dundee, Benson and Couneil Bluffs, la., and others who were not members of choirs were invited to send In their applications for membership in the “Sunday choir.” The call was made through the columns of the daily press and no specifications as to race, color or creed were made, the one qualification, | Presumably, was ability to sing. As fast 4s the applications were received names wers enrolled, The members of a choir of one of our colored churches sent In their names for enroliment, according to request, and were notified that they would be enrolled as members of the “Sunday chorus.” This was three weeks ago. Some of the mem- bers of the loca) executive committee of the Sunday campalen on Monday of this week, in clcsing up the final arrange- ments of the work, discussed the matter of the choir and its personnel. It was suddenly discovered, after a lapse of three weeks' time, that the presence of colored singers in the cholr might be u source of trouble—some of the white vo- calists might object to the presence of the brothers and sisters in black. Mind you, now, this chorus, organized presum- ably for the work of asslsting in the sal- vation of souls of men and women drift- ing to destruction, might be hampered in its work by reasons of the presence of possibly & acore or more of persons of & different hue from 1500 other persons. Now, sir, this comnittee notified the pastor of the colored church in question of its fears and its decision in the matter and asked him to request his chobr peoply mittee of the University of Copenhagen, | not (o appear at the rehearsal scheduled |Omaha are lamentably weak because of for Wednesday evening, September 1.|a lack of strong, virile, conscientions, This committee did not base its nrllnn“"‘ ragoous tinisters, There are plenty upon any informalion which it had re- time servers,” plenty of men who are | celved concerning any objection by any |but an ajpolegy for the high ealling of of the members of that chotr. It based |ministers of the gospel. Contrast the its aetion upon the spirit of caste which jaction of this committee with that of wotuated the hearts and minds of some |tne Saengerfest soclety two months ago, of themselves, who have not yet jearnad | when it held its convention here. At two that God is no respecter of persons, that | matinee engegements 2,000 school children, of “one blood made He all the nations of |among whom was quite a number of of ¥ the earth | colored cliliren, sang and no one was Now, Mr. Editor, 1 have followed the (hurt by reason of thei- presence thers. work of Mr. Bunday during the last| These men did not Pharisaically pro- fourteen years and in no sinngle instanes | C1aim their exalted purbose of redeeming have I ever heard of his drawing the | 108t souls, color line. On the contrary I have been| I do not think that Mr. Sunday will reliably informed by eyve witnesses that |endorse such action of the committee, | he has always recognized and encourageda |becatise his ideas of rightesusness are the co-operation of the colored people In|CONtrary to any such narrow, hypoerls his campaigns. This spirit of Intolerance | tical ideas of expediency. The ministars and caste s not areditable to Orqiba and | Of this city owe it to themselves and the great, broad-minded, progressive west. | 10 the Sunday campaign to disavow the It discredits the religion of Jesus Christ, | 8ction of these few hyper-sensitive fools whom these ministers and members of | Who can see good only in a white skin. that commiitce profess to follow. Such |l &lve you my name, but ask o sign ”f{"; action on their part makes religion a | “CHOIR MEMBER. { humbug and a farce in the eyes of the | \ | world, whom they 3o loudly profess to CHEERY CHAFF. | be anxious to eave. This action of these s oM y man hurriedly entered committee members makes Protestantiym aTnnhitrivly eptared ing e 3 nder, in Omata a himing and s by-word fn| (2R 3P 5 0" MG T8 ah cateh tho | flyer for Chicago? the mouths of those of opposite faith. | And anyon a right concepty The man nddressed casually surveyed - hogy o gl o e by It | the other's long legs and, slowly remov- of God knows what He thinks of 1t. It| e OLh cigar from between his lps, ro' 18 & notorlous fact in church circles that | piled: “\Well, It looka like you SUEht cto, y of Pro ut you'd better the many churches of Protestant faith ml'um youd better The tall, fldsel the depot and, hurry, for —Judge. it's been Large Package, cE8gsgeaes Hot Weather Food 'AUST 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- pare. Don't spend half your time working over a hot range these summer days. 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