Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1915, Page 12

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor, BEBR BUILDING, FARNAM AND nmmmNfi Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, wnug '.l:ry Bee only.. notice of change of add rity n delivery to ‘Gmana nt. 0 or complaints of Bee, &rvuuunn REMITTANCE. R-mhvmniw-unrmlm. Only two- cent stamps Teceived In payment of Il ae- counts, Personal ch except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not 3 OFFICES. Omaha—The .nunm. gm\h o!- street. ouncil Bluffs—14 North Main street. Lincoln—2% LI".I: B\llldl|l'l e N“bo -nt_—nloom ll:. -+ ém avenue. u w Bank of Commerce. %nmufin— “Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE, MR T PRSI Bt | OCTOBER CIRCULATION 54,744 . BState of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss: Sios Temy Bii momat Bo e Averae Circuiation for the month of Octoner, 18ik WIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. presence and sworn to before in m e 5 ‘gognfi-r m??«'f:"i't." Notary Public. _—_— Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. Wovember 13 Thought for the Day Selected by Elizabeth Ryan You will do the greatest service to the state, f you raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the wouls of the citizens. = Epictetus. == Sofla, the fickle darling, is as eager as Berlin or Vienna for Serbian fall styles. e————— London’s method of squelching annoying rewspapers proves as efficlent as the Berlin system., . Smesm—— Credit those single-tax champlons with per- sictence as well as with enthusiasm! They keep at it all the time. —— The captured “ape-man’ reveals a sufticient variety of criminal accomplishments to warrant tloral tributes from the sob squad. S— * The new elections in Greece will be held No “first-Tuesday-after-the- It's services three years ago by adopting for, personal use the colonel’s marked copy of Fragments of mfi Villa's diminishing m are hiking mcross the Rio Grande of “horse sense” is a cheering develop- ment In that quarter, : S —— ‘Note also that practically all of the hold-up Who have been caught in Omaha are out- who had come in from other places, and escaped police clutches in the cities where previously operated. o K “Houge of David” woman draws only a “verdict in her damage suit. But, then, K its she drew a husband in the matri- . lottery, which was doubtless taken into Cue consideration by the jury. | e p———— may be taken for granted that Colonel has the unanimous support for his peace of the logal patriot whe came before ‘s convention and urged that our force be veduced to six men, g ar's rude are losing their thrills in partial disbandment of the na- | \planned. A sufficlent number Interesting Election Figures. While the results of the recent elections vere made known ten days ago, the detalled compilation and comparisons now avallable are of more than ordinary interest. The current number of The Literary Digest gives the vote on suffrage in round figures for the four states which submitted amendments this year along with the votes by which suffrage was rejected in other states that refused to adopt such omendments in the past. This table is as follows: SUFFRAGE RESULTS IN THIS YBAR'S HLBECTIONS. Adverse Majority. . 6L State. New Jersey . New York . Massachusetts z Pennsylvania .. s 60,000 Suffrage States. Other States Which Have Re- State, Year. jected Suffrage by Arizona ... Popular Vote, California . Majority Colorado 1903 State, Year. Against. Idaho . . 1896 | Michigan . . 12 ™0 | Tilinots . 1013 | Michigan . 13 96,144 Kansas . 1912 | Missourt L1040 140,906 Montana . 1914 | Nebraska 1M 10,104 Nevada . 1914 | North Dak S 9,1 Oregon . 1912 | Ohlo . . w12 746 Utah .. . 189 L1904 182,906 Washington ... 1010 L1914 11,014 ‘Wyoming . 1869 T ] 0, The outcome of the fight for prohibition in Ohfo is also now more exactly measurable by these figures: VOTE ON PROHIBITION 'IN OHIO 1914—Against prohibition. For prohibition .. Adverse majority.. 1915—-Against prohibition For prohibition 1915-Total vote not definitely ascertained. Total vote on Proposition...........cceeuennn 1,026,813 This data will be valuable for future reference. Changes in Stcok Market. One of the most hopeful signs of late has been the Increased domand for rallroad stocks of the better sort, those of industrial establish- ments engaged in producing the common neces- rities of life as distinguished from purely specu- lative concerns and plants doing business of a temporary character, such as war material Purely speculative stocks will always have an attraction for the gambler, and the big profits of the war babies will doubtless sustain a de- mand for them from a certain class, but it is encouraging that the great mass of the invest- ing public has turned its attention to securities which rest on a permanent foundation. If the United States is to derive any lasting benefit in an Industrial way from the European war its reeources must be devoted to those enterprises which are adapted to times of peace and to per- manent development, and the trend of invest- went back to these lines is a good symptom. ‘There 1s an ample fleld here for all the capital of the country, and if it finds its way into that field the nation will be prepared for the read- Jjustment that must come immediately with the conclusion of the European war, S — # Tilting Lid on Behool Bonds, The attorney gencral of the state has given an opinion in which he holds that the people have boep mistaken in their idea that the law fixed a limit upon the Iissuance of bonds by school districty In cities of more than 1,600 pop- wation. It had been supposed the limit on total indebtedness to 12 per cont of the assessed valuation of the district applied to all districts alike. Such restrictions, like all ironclad rules or laws, sometimes work harm, but in the larger sonse they are a beneficlal check upon extrava- gant and reckless fimancing. Taxpayers still have some legal safeguards, however, one of which that bond i{ssues must have the prior in- Corsement of the voters, and even if this were swept away the natural laws of business come to the rescus, for achool districts, like individ- uals, eannot borrow money beyond what buyers consider thelr ability to pay and the law pro- hibits the sale of bonds below par. With these restrictions still in force, it is not likely many schools districts, at least, will be burdened with Lond issues much above the former supposed limit. S—— Virility of the Foreign Born. The report of the registrar of vital statistics in New York presents some figures that will compel students of soclal economy to revise their estimates and opinions. It has long been ‘s recognised fact that the birth rate in forelgn- born families in this country is higher than in families of native-born, and particularly in those whose residence here covers several generations, but the popular impression is contradicted by toe fact that the death rate among the children of foreign-born parents is lower. The statistics gathered in New York show that the death rate in children under 5 years of age in foreign-born families was seventy-one per thousand, while in native families it was seventy-nine, ‘the lowest belng in Russian Jewish families. - These fig- ures are all the more startling when we consider that the congested portions of the city, whers health conditions are of the worst, contaln a larger portion of foreign-born than natives. If these people can present such ‘a record under adverse conditions, what would be the result if they could have the average environment of the native born? Kuch disclosures invite -specula- tion ‘whether the so-called better lving condi- ticns in this country have been as conducive to physical development as they undoubtedly have been to soclal betterment, and also what will be the final type evolved from the melting pot of rations. As to Presidential Timber, Former Senator Burton made a fine impres- sion while in Omaba upon democrats and repub- \licans allke who met and heard him. Even the local demoerstic organ concedes that he bas in him the making of a great preaident—and he is but one of & number of amply qualitied men from among whom the next republican national convention will choose. Let no one repeat the silly twaddle about the republican party suffer- fug a dearth of full-sised presidential timbar. To contrast with this the democrats, be it noted, have no one to compete with President Wilson, and if he should take himself out of the running ‘their dflemma would envelop the democrats in confusion worse confounded THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1915. | four inches, but you find later that the points are Fake War Movies Literary Digest. AR-PICTURES are even more popular in Great Britain than here in America, and the Englhish people are now reported to be reveling in vivid war dramas which are faked on the hillalde and the rolling downs of the south coast. A contributor Lo Popular Sclence Monthly tells us that clever mechani« cal devices, the unstinted use of electricity, spring bayonets, gunpowder-bladders, and underground ex- plosives are used In the production of these war- piotures, which are so realistic that they seem to bear the earmarks of the French and Belgian trench and the Polish battlefield. We read there as follows: I JZeofieeS effer How to Catch Gophers. OMAHA, Nov. 12.—To the Editor of The Bee: I seq 8o many fine lawhs ruined by sophers. The thought came to me that people do not know how to catch them. 1 want to tell all those interested how to rid themselves of this pest for 20 cents. Buy a common steel rat trap and fasten the chain to a block of wood. - The gopher leaves a round mark just over the hole, 80 dig until you find the opening and make room for the trap to spring. Cover trap lightly with fine dirt; be sure to leave room under plate to spring the trap. Take a board large enough to cover the opening you have made and put a very small hole in the center of board to ad- mit a little light. “Put tha board over the opening and cover all around to admit no other light except through small hole in the board. AUGUST FEERMAN 1709 Douglas street. Why the Wrestlers Go Elsewhere, OMAHA, Nov, 12.~To the Bditor of The Boe: Commissioner Den Butler should be proud of himself. for having driven the Stecher-Hussane wrestling match to Lincoln by his manipulation of the Audi- torfum. Ome would think that a munici- pally owned Auditorium would be used to help bring people to Omaha instead of as a club to drive them away. Lincoln gets this match because of the announce- ment that the rate for wrestling matches would be $300, with a privilege of %0 per cent of the receipt This was after- ward reduced to 20 per cent, and now I understand the commissioners will make a straight rental proposition. But it is too late to give Omaha a big day of sport for Thanksgiving. When Stecher wrestled here July ¢ Omaha had the biggest crowd of state visitors of any day it ever had outside of Ak-Sar-Ben. This mateh would have drawn more, but the business men of Lincoln were quick to see the value of the attraction, and they secured a much larger bullding there and gave it “Agricultural laborers, farmers' sons, and village youths, dressed in the uniforms of the British and German armies, are drilled in thelr new duties and initiated tnto the mysteries of disappearing bayonets, exploding fake shells, trench warfare, and make-be- lleve ‘gassing.’ Stroll along & quiet, country foot path bordering some rolling grassland sloping to the #ea and you may come upon a horde of yelling men whose spiked helmets and wicked looking bayonets glint in the sunshine as they ¢':arge toward you. If you take cover nimbly and watch, you will see they are rushing a trench filled with khakiclad Britisn soldlers. You shudder involuntarily as you see those glinting bayonets sinking into human flesh three or protected with little felt buttons and that they are Attached to the barrel end of the rifle by a spring that allows them to retract several inches upon strik- ing a solid substance. “‘As the soldiers ford a stream in their mad charge, columns of water splash high into the air. After awhile you realize that theso columns are caused by dropping shells from conoealed artillery. You wonder how it is that all these country ‘supers’ are not malimed or even killed until you find out that the water columns are caused by eleotrically exploded biadders filled with gunpowder and hidden beneath the surface of the stream. As the charging ‘Ger- mans’ reach the opposite bank and make straight for the ‘British’ machine guns, terrible explosions occur. They are the shells still ‘dropping’ from the British artillery, The explosions are electrically controlled by & stage director or producer, and are caused by burying small cans of gunpowder here and there under the ground to be rushed. At the proper moment the fake mines are exploded by throwing a switch o1 pressing a button, thus sending eclods of earth, a cloud of smoke, and a dummy figure or two into the | "¢ o H. O. ADAMS, air. All the vivid effects of a big shell bursting on the ground are thus obtained, Capital and Labor. OAKLAND, Ia, Nov. 12~To the Editor of The Bee: Perhaps there is no ques- tion confronting us of more vital Im- portance than that of capital and labor. Capital is today found in the hands of comparatively few men. Labor is the capital, or stock in trade, of multiplied millions. The foundation of the social and business world rests largely in the hands of this latter class. The capital- ist furnishes the money while the la~ borer performs the task that produces regpits, Then human hearts are needed in the business world, with that of the employer beating in sympathy with the employe. No nation can rise above its homes, and the employer should know what kind of & home the employe is able to bulld on the wages pald him, using a reasonable degree of economy. There are also features of rest and proper recreation during the working hours to consider, which creates a mutual satisfaction that can come from no other source. The aesthetic side of life in home building we find in our parks, country lanes and flowers by the wayside. In the humble opinion of the writer, ‘when our men of wealth begin to think “To give to the moving-picture patron an idea of the vast number of troops now in Franoce, the produc- ers used an ingenious leather band machine, which, in conjunction with a broad window built into tha scenery wall, 1s all that is necessary. The spectators in the theater mee women at the window waving out to the departing troops. The tops of riflos with bayonets fixed move past the window and bob up and down in a never-ending stream. Beneath the window, concealed from the spectators, an operator turns a leather band passing over two fly-wheels about twelve feot apart. Attached to the top of the band are rows Of bayonets. As the handle is turned the bayonets move along with the reallsm of a marching regiment, rifies on shoulders, fastened, as they are, to the leather band, which can be moved at any speed. “In ‘close-up’ plotures of big explosives, such as bridges, forts, and the like, it is not polite for the movie men to get too close; a chance projectile may come their way. To overcome this difficulty the oamera is met up in some adjacent spot and focused upon the soene of the explosion. From a safe dis- men are Kot allowsd tiear the firing line in the thea- | 2Nd ®Pend their money along the above ters of war and that the restristions imposed on the | TeBtioned lines thers will be less need of producers prevent them from obtaining the real | ~PreParedness.” thing in France.” Capital and labor zoing hand in hand will make the great United States a great example of a Christian nation, that will met the civilized world to thinking in fhe right channels, T. J. HILDRBRAND, The Intelligent Juror. “It 1s not uncommon with lawyers when address- ing & jury to single out ome member who appears to them to be the most iIntelligent, and, therefore, the one most likely to be influenced by their. anppeals,’ sald a well known jurist recently. “But it does not always work out advantageoualy,” he continued. “All the testimony in & case recently tried in Texas had been taken, the lawyers for both sides summed up, and the judge had charged the jury, when suddenly loomed Tips on Home Topics Pittsburgh Dispatch: Bryan views with sorrow and concern. But If the president can point with pride, what's the edds? Boston Transcript: After a year's de- lay Mr. Wilson ought to be content with & humble seat on the Gardner band- wagon without trying to selse the rib- bons, §t. Louls Republic: Although the presi- dent's quotation from Ezeklel indicates that he conalders himself to be the man set to blow the trumpet, it cannot be im- plied that he is blowing his own horn. Louisville Courior-Journal: There are kickers always and everywhere. can find in the street at any time some- one who is talking “hard times,” mis- taking individual situation for general conditions. But business now is extremely “ ‘I have been bothered a lot by two words the lawyers use here all the time.' * 'What are they? demanded the court, expecting, undoubtedly, to be called upon to expound a fortiori or some other abstruse term. * Plantitt” and “defendant,” sald the juror. ‘I don't know just what they mean.’ "—Lippincott's Magazne — active, and “‘good times’ are with us. No Art in His'n Springtield Republican: Little has been w.“.n J. Bowes, “;'““"‘“l e 3741 tells the | neqrq from the new board of inventors e, simply garbed West Bider walked Into.one of | which Secretary Daniels has mustered o handsomest and most oruate of Fifth avenue | inty the service of preparedness. Mr. es and called for & drink of straight rye. Having | Bdison, however, reports a promising drunk, he counted out three nickels upon the bar and | achievement by a fellow-inventor, It ta | )n?tnd to depart. = & machine that can dig 23 feet of trench ‘Hold on, please,” aald the gentlemanly attendant; | six feet deep and three feet wide in an hour, That is up to date, and if better should come to best, it ought to do first :‘i‘:‘m’n l::“l‘: "-: same :nu of licker anywhers | rate for irrigation. T for fifteen. New York Post: Ever since Mr. B Frobably so," sxplained the barkeeper, “but you | jert the cabinet, last June, It Tun #ce we dow't charge for the whisky alone. We have | been belleved that It was only & to charge for all thE#§ decorations—tor the hangings | question of time when he would at the windows, and the furnishings, and the pictures openly break with th. president. He :u:“ m“v:‘n:‘ .'l:n ploture yonder cost §10,00. That's | has now done so, and the fssue which he has chosen does more credit to his “I see” sald Weat Sider, staring about him | consistency than to his political sagacity. and out he went. For no ome can be better aware than “The next day he veturned. entered slowly, | Mr. Bryan that, on the general question, holding one hand across his eyes. He felt his way | he can get but a corporal's guard in to bar and again Jald down 15 cents. congress to go with him and against the “I ain't lookin',” he stated truthfully, “Gimme | president. some rye—Saturday Bvening Post. — S ——————————————————— The Lost Umbrella. g Little things can be very trylng at times, M i Fowler thought, when one wet morning he could n:t Ta'bIOIdS Of sclence find his umbrella. Like many marrted men, he be- rabbits in four years amount to more “Why, it's scarcely raining at all'” sald his wife. “But last nigh k"‘unllnlhothhlh“ll-llntmm agaln now, 80 I may as well buy another t ¥ —-"'“M"w- vary MTI”(.N ;:n‘i;::L-tuk- up to & helght of ffty- Pareca would stosp to stealing your umbeellar German reilroads have found that the h_“.‘_‘:w:m‘ porrawed It | maintenance of electrical locomotives is more economical than operating care Tatow. fitted with individual motors. Meaning Busimess. A fluld secreted by certain fish caught “The Amerioan girl means bustness.” in Portugal is used by fishermen of that The speaker was Misa Alberta Hil, the courageous | U0y to make their bait luminous, and popular New York suftragette. She went on: thereby attracting other fiah at night. “Sbe's quite right, teo. 1 know an American giri | Althoush Egypt's rigation works have Whose two weeks at the shore & pale young men fn a | 0%t about 353,000,000, they have increased blaser tried to monopolise. the land value from §1.000,000,000 to $3,000,- “ ‘What is the meaning of platonic affection? he | %00 In less than two decades. “It's usual meaning.' she answered, ‘W that the | shutting out of the Russian article, the chean whe talks about It is sither, poor or too | Unffed States has developed a §1,000,000 “bfl—’wh business in medicinal olls from petroleum. You | The descendants of a single pair of | SUNNY GEMS. nlger day and gave him the following “TSend & dollar's worth of meat out to “1 tell it an outrage,” exclaimed | My house, If there is no obe thet Aoll Jom Jtn a8 outrage.. exclatmed | my, hoss, If INOER the Reshorc MR k’l"l/ll “ lfl};\fln across the street can vote | per's Weekly. and ean't.” S—— “That's so," answered her husband, | Brown-1 should think doctors would “But he shuts up at 11 o'clock and you | be even more tyrannical and auteeratio ' never do. than they are Smith—~Why so? Boston Transcript. ~'What do you think of th Brown—Because all thelr deal wha 80ld & Wias to aid the war Tund ‘a | with feople who are in no e 1 p’ tight back.—Life. 2007 ':é'-l"fi: (yf‘:lh:e:r::.& E‘:.‘R{_‘é:’:fi::fi:a ";’.'::, papShe had o Tumber of diverces, Ican. : "Yes, she's been happily unmarried four e Eistration ‘clori (at - polis)—Madam, e n oo for the fourth “One of my daughters has tonsilitis," exclaimed Mr. Groweber, “and the olhur‘ sprained her wrist!” . That's hard luck. bl .. - SR “Yes. Nothing secms to work out the way it ought to. The gl who spranel A ROYAL TRAGEDY, her wrist sings and the one with & sore | roa plays the ! "W throat play plano. ‘ashington Balkiriort AmSOAN King George went out to see his troepa, The which he had to brag enm, Tgq cheer them In the job on hand 'o whip the German dragon. ’ But as he rode on prancing steed In all his kingly glory, Just like the heroes you read of In poem and thrilling story. Tq_show himselt to all his troops, Vot knowing he ‘Was well off When he walked on his own two e horse reared and he fell off. That was a nasty time for him, AROER e STt e whisper ran ough he fe From rank to rank, “George aid 1" His son, young Bd, ran back to towa Before the rest d sourry To tell his mother, “King Dad says *Tis nothing; you should worry. But now he's laid up from that fall, From bed not yet a riser. And not a wire of sympath From his dear cos, the kaiser. Next time he goes (o see his uvoE In state which his h rank’s He'll ride safe in a motor car, Or prance on mare that shank's is. Binks—Youpg Mr, Flighhigh is certainly f promise. & man of J) l.—-fl? I hear. I understand Miss _B_‘\;ltdlrfly suing him for fifty thousand. udge. ““Why, Willle, dear! What are you ery- ing so for?” amma dave me a nice new auto.” ‘And you are orying about that?"' ‘She didn't div me no hammer to break it wiz."—Browning’s Magazine. The minister of a small Missourl town called the grocer on the telephone the KANSAS STOCK RANCH WITH ALFALFA LAND and cattle ranch. 260 acres growing alfalfs. Irrigatiom not necessary. 600 acres bottom farm land (no overflow). 1,200 acres in pas- ture Good improvements. Two sets of buildings. Abundance of {oufl Y water. Considerable timber near bulldings. T own the ranch and wigh t get in touch direct with purchaser, not real estate agents. Best equipt ranch in Kansas at a very low price; will sacrifice for auick: sale. Want some cush, could take good eastéern Kansas or Missour] farm land as part pay and reasonable mortgage. Talk business in first letter, Box 526. B. M. 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