Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 22, 1915, Page 4

| : less equal naval protection is given the West ! | | Yellow journal motto: JHE BEE OMAHA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 99 <z 1915. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor.__ BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. =T TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By carrier month E‘" and Sunday. Sunday Bee By mall or complaints of address Omaha Bee, Circulation to REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. On! cent stamps received In payment of small counts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and castern exchange, not accepted. OFFICHS. Omaha—The ‘I_!s' Buflding. South Omah: 8 N street. Counell Bluffs—14 North Main street. Ci Hearst Bull New York—Room 1108, 286 St. Louis—508 New Bank of Commerge. Washington-73% Fourteenth St., N. W, CORRESPONDENCBE, PP iress com: ications relating to and t‘n‘:fl -uur"t':“onn-' Bee, &l!odmpmm- OCTOBER CIRCULATION 54,744 State of Nebraska, eou.t‘ of Dou . Publ R Y, being Aty sworn, ;: '5?.'; the company, u P - 1::“@"”‘011 ’::ln&‘ month of Octoker, 115, WIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Mat A Sul bed In my presence and sworn to me, this 2d n afi':n'-n’-" wmfl Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. ““When short of fod- der, damn the police,” SEE—— And it was less than a year ago that it was Em—— { It the acerbities of war necessitate two dip- lomatic dinners, perhaps the White House will bave to go back to grape juice and orangade. —e : The lure of the simple life with exercise . thrown in marks the call for huskers in the corn | belt. Work for idle hands abound for aM who seek it So———— According to all accounts, Rev. “Billy"” is C¢oing tolerably well in Syracuse, but the final verdict will not be rendered until the free-will cifering is counted up. The conviction of a shoestring banker and tagging Mayor Thompson as a presidential pos- » bility, all in one day, fills to overflowing Chi- ¢2go's schooner of glory. er—— The deal is said to be all fixed up for Chair- 1an McCombs to be succeeded by Frank B. ~ Lynch as head of the democratio national com- . mittec. That's democracy for you! Let the 1eople rule. Somep—— Official assurances are given that India is tenly loyal to England, and proves it by fighting in the ranks. Still, the 1id and the muzzle are dulng business as efficiently in India as the censor in London. S —— Chicago's Welfare board passed up a tempt- i1g chance to prove its usefulness by overlook- ing a six-day bicycle race. That the shock of ¢ killing was needed to draw attention to this species of hippodroming is melancholy evidence of official neglect. The new basin at the Floreace pumping plant, costing $100,000, is said to increase our vater works capacity 20 per cent. Fine! Now let those underwriters give us evidence of good faith by puiling down fire insurance rates a bit. Atter they do that, their beautiful promises ubout a new fire alarm installation will look better. Sm—— A fifty-fitty split of the new and'old navy i1 the one means of maintaining peace on the - Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Senator Phelan of California insists that invasion phantoms are as Tienacing on the west as on the east coast. Un- ~ Side Californians will jump on the Japs and | start something. — 0 Fire losses in the United States and Canada during the last ten months aggregate $140,000,- ), & decrease of $60,000,000 over the same ~ period of last year, To this huge saving the ~ public contributed through wider inspection, fire . jrevention publicity and increased fire-fighting ~ equipment. But the puhlic is not yet getting | the come-back it is entitled to In the way of re- duced insurance rates. F, E—— The working capital of Nebraska represented by state banks and savings and loan assoclations total $150,000,000. National banks control an equal amount. The value of the larger prod- ucts of Nebraska farms this year is computed et $236,781,000, Added together the avallable resources of the people excoeds the half-billion mark. The showing constitutes a secure foun- dation for progress and prosperity. — X Over the name of Warren Switsler as president, . the Men's Christian assoclation announces »,3 that it is desired to ralse 350,000 more bulMding. Members of St. Philomena's choir are engaged In two operettas, “A Lesson In Charity” and | Diplomacy and Society. After having steered the ship of state with- out disaster through the tortuous channels and stormy seas of the war period, President Wilson f'nds himself confronted with one of the most perplexing problems of his official ecareer. Naturally the diplomatic representatives of the warring nations do not speak as they pass by, | #nd it is necessary instead of the big diplomatic cinner to have two of these functions, and here f# where the trouble comes in. It is easy to divide the guests into groups until the list sifts down beyond the representatives of the actual combatants, but the grouping of the remainder taxes the wisdom of a S8olomon, and it is as diffi- cult as striking a balance in an overdrawn bank account. Fortunately the dinners will not be Ield until after the president’'s wedding and he will have the assistance of woman's wit in such matters, which admittedly far outclasses the logie of mere man. No Whip-and-Spur Methods, The defense program of the administration lias already struck the snag which The Bee re- contly pointed out was probable in case the pres- ident insisted upon making it an administration nieasure instead of one on the broad lines of national poliey. Congressman Mann, leader of the republican minority in the house, has an- rounced in no unequivocal manner that while he is ready to assist in measures for national preparedness, he cannot be counted on for any measure which the president decides to force tlhirough congress and that he must see the plans in detail before committing himself to their sup- yport. It is perfectly apparent that the measure must have the republican support to pass the house, and it is a foregone conclusion that no ready-made proposition can ever receive a ma- jority vote if advanced as a partisan measure. The views of all thé men who belleve in the principle of national preparedness must be met in a measure and reconciled to each other, and this cannot be accomplished by the whip-and- spur methods used for administration bills in the previous congre: 0i] Pipe Line. Wyoming authorities have appointed a com- wmittee to act in conjunction with the Nebraska committee to try and evolve a plan for piping Wyoming ofl to Omaha. The appointment of committees and agitation of the project do not necessarily mean the construction of such a line, Lut they are preliminaries which may lead to accomplishment. The value to Omaha and the territory back of It of such an enterprise hardly admits of discussion, but it is a big project in- volving a great outlay and only by careful and eclentific investigation can its feasibility be de- tormined sufficiently to induce capital to em- tark in it. If the commission will get down to real business, collect exact data as to cost, en- kineering problems and prospective revenue, it still lay a foundation for accomplishing some- thing. If It simply deals in generalities and per- forms its work in a slipshod manner it will fall in results and leave the matter just where it has teen ever since oil was discovered in the Wyom- irg field, an idle dream. SE—— Manual Labor for Preachers. The p. eacher who advised his fellows to get cut and chop wood, dig in ditches and similar things did not have in mind the economic fea- ture of the clergy plecing out salaries by such expedients, but by putting his ideas into the commonplace challenged attention to the fact that brain workers, if they are to make the best use of their faculties, must also do the things which assist in making strong bodles and de- veloping faculties which otherwise would be dormant. It is advice that is pertinent not only to preachers, but to all whose labor i{s mental and tends to one-sided development, but it might also easily have another valuable influence if fellowed literally by opening up a vision of the conditions and problems of the man who tolls as the term is commonly understood. Substitution of practical for purely academic knowledge might also help to solve the problem of class and confound the idea that the church is losing sympathy with labor and stop the mani- fest drift of the man who toils w!th his bands away from the church. There is nothing like touching elbows to awaken the spirit of com- rudeship, and there is nothing llke a personal realization of the problems of our fellows to lead up to a better understanding of each other and to mutual confidence. The minister or so- clal worker who stands on the edge of the trench dressed In a frock coat or a silk dress has a poor show of reaching the heart or obtaining sn attentive ear from the man in the bottom who wields the pick and shovel. To accomplish this it is not necessary, of course, to make a business of toiling in the ditch, but a push up- ward from a fellow is much more effective than a gloved hand reached down gingerly from above. e Will This Make Prohibition Prohibit? Real prohibition begins a grand march through Georgla next May. In a semi-legal wense Georgia has been a prohibition state for several years back, but its brand of prohibition featured the label more than the contents of the bottle. After a thorough trial of near-beer as ® specific for drouth, the natives decided to out- Iaw every grade of alcoholic stimulants and, as one lawmaker phrased it, “make the smell of liquor a penitentiary offense in Georgia.” The law just passed by the legislature in rpecial session prohibits the manufacture or sale of any drink containing more than one-hal? of 1 per cent of alcohol, banishes locker clubs, zear-beer saloons and hangs crepe on the doors «f the breweries. Southern hospitality in the customary public way is doomed under the law. Privately it is yrivileged to flourish as of yore. Whoever has in- clination and the price is permitted to draw on the wet states for two quarts of liquor, one gal- lon of wine and forty-eight pints of beer a wmonth, Any Georgla thirst exceeding the max- imum can take the first train out for Loulsville or Cincinnati, e —— Court after court lays violent bands on blue tky laws, the last knockout coming from South Dakota. It is apparent from the umity of judi- clal temper on this brand of reform that the application lacks the smooth, convinelng vocabu- lary of blue sky peddlers. It is up to Kansas to reform its reforms. Em—— Burglars recently raided the home of Thomas W. Lawson in Boston. tlock market diverts suspielon from Wall street. s | | Preparing for Peace == Qonyressman Willlam 8, Bennett. Democratic orators used to tell us that a demo- | cratic tariff would not disturb business; but it did The war, regrettable as it is, was the salvation of American industry. Bven with imports greatly im- peded by the war, our manufacturing Industries were #o seriously interfered with in this city last winter that 400000 people were out of work. The election was in part a protest against unemployment ‘But it will be sajd that conditions are improving Of course, the war I8 a pro tempore protective tarifl of a makeshift kind, and in addition we have this new trade in munitions of war. Whatever may be our opinion of its ethics we cannot deny that it is bringing money into this country. But when the war ceases and we lose instantly both our substitute for An adequate tariff and our munitions trade, what then? “‘Nor is this all. The manufacturing enterprises of Burope generally have hot been destroyed. They have been curtalled, suspended, changed and larkely brought under governmental control, which will mean such regulation that forelgn markets can be invaded suc- cessfully. Ten million men will leave the trenches when this war closes. Will they be turned loose to be slowly absorbed without plan or provisions Into industry? By no means. No government would dare try such an experiment. “On the contrary, each government will, in the beginning at least, assign these soldler-workmen to industrial tasks. Wages? These men are soldiers' The governments control the industries. Until indus- tries are re-established the men and their families will | tris are re-establlshed the men and their families will continue to be supported as they are now being sup- ported. We shall face, therefore, not the product of European cheap labor, but the product of soldier labor, and our country, unscathed by war, 1s the market to which thelr goods must come. Against the wholesale dumping on our market of this flood of the most cheaply-produced foreign goods ever made, we must have protection or the employes of our own competing factories will walk the streets “I am for preparedness, but even more than pre- paredness for war, we need preparedness for peace. ‘That preparedness we can attain only through a pro- tective tariff and, sclentifically, only through a tariff commission. I propose, at once, to advocate both.” Eugenics with the Spartans ‘The ancient Spartans were the ploneers in the field of eugenics, and in the theory that the defectives should not be allowed to burden the state. Compared to this early code, Dr. H. J. Halselden's théory that an Infant doomed to be a defective should be allowed to die is almost sentimental, “Whenever a child, male oy female, was born to Spartan parents,” sald Prof. John A. Scott, head of the Greek department of Northwestern university, “It ha no legal standing In the state until its physical had been passed upon by certain constituted . This body of men made up of the leaders in the community, determined whether it should live or dle. If it gave promise of developing Into an able bodied citizen, capable of withstanding the Intensive physical training in youth, preparatory to a service of arms, beginning about the age of 21, the child was permitted to live. In cases where this board found the baby weak and possibly defective its parents were compelled to turn it out on the mountains to perish or to dispose of it In other ways. This practice also was followed by the Athenians, not so much as a measure in military efficiency a purely social one, to Insure a strong, vigorous, virile country, And under this regimen the Greeks continued for ages to be the most militant, unconquerable people In the world. There were few feeble-minded and no eripples, save those wounded in war. Indeed, in the Greek drama, this elimination of the unfit or weak wns one of the standard plots. Thus, in Oedipus, by Sophooles, the son of a king was turned out In the mountains to perish, after his feet had been maimed. He was found by a shepherd, reared, became a man of power, and, not knowing the line from which he came, he slew his father and married his own mother. SBubsequently he learned of his descent, and he and his mother slew themselves. Rules for Good Health Don't worry. “Seek peace and pursue it." Don't hurry. “Too swift arrives as tardily as too slow." Sleep and rest abundantly, “The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Merryman.” Spend less nervous energy each day than you make. “Work llke a man, but don't be worked to death.” Be cheerful. A light heart lives Think only healthful thought. eth in his heart, so is he.” Avold passion and excitement. A moment's ange: may be fatal.” Assoclate with healthy people. tagious as well as disease.” Don't carry the whole world on your shoulders, far less the universe. “Trust in the good Lord." Never despair, “Lost hope is a fatal disease." long." ‘As a man think- “Health is con- Twice Told Tales Professional Beggars. Tt is pretty well known that a great many apparent cases of distress are fictitious, and at least four- fiithe of the street beggars are impostors, but it is to be hoped that very few benevolent people are so highly decelved as the holy lady who recently in- vestigated the wants of some pensioners on her bountv. . ““Where s the blind man?' she asked of a little girl she met at the door of the tenement house. readin’ the paper, mum. h! where is the deaf man?’ He's talkin” politics with the dumb man.” “And what has become of the paralytic?’ “He's abed, mum." ““That's strange! He ought to be running a race.” sald the lady, sarcastically, “He Is the only honest beggar in the house. Why Is he In bed?" “Because he's dead."—8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. Breaking It Gently, 1t happened aboard a diner on an eastern road am! the hero of the sketch was a walter, a coal-black, ex- ceedingly polite person. whose manner alone was proof sufficient that he lived to make life brighter and fairer for his patrons. “Walter,” sald a lone travel as he sat himself down at one of the little tables, “'bring me grapefruit, hot toast, coffee and two poached eggs.’ “Kunnel,” stated the waiter, bending forward con- fidentially and speaking under his breath, “scuse me, sub, but effen I wus you I'd tek somethin' else this mawnin' fur breakfast. I'm feared I can’'t reckermend the algs.” “What's wrong with them—aren't the fresh, what? asked the white man. ‘“Well," sald the darky, “they mout be fresh, so fur as I knows, But to tell you the truth, suh, we ain't got no algs today."—Saturday Evening Post. A Wise Deoctor. Sometime ago Brown began to feel under the weather, and a physiclan was summoned. A few days later a friend called to see how the patient ‘was getting along. “Sorry to see you penned up, old boy," remarked the caller, sympathetically. “What seems to be the trouble?” “Just run down & bit,” answered the patient, “The doctor says I will be all right in & short time.” “I see,” thoughtfully returned the visitor, “f understand the doctor told you to take plenty of freah alr."” “Yea," smiled the patient. “‘He knew it was the only kind of medicine that | could afford to get."—Phils- or Pray, Who Can T ¥, Neb,, Nov. 20.—To the Editor | of The Bee: Can you tell me is Henry F. Kieser's heavenly mansion also for | rent now? Falfilment of Seripture. GRISWOLD, 1Ia, Nov. 21.—To the Editor of The Bee: When a man departs from this life and 's not over abundatly | supplied with “vain lucre,” perhaps it | 18 then that the world realizes that “our | lives are as filthy rags.” Bible, and within the lids of the same book, we learn that it Is “a wise child that knows its own father.” The truth of this statement is being established at Hastings, Neb, where a man died a few years ago leaving an estate valuel at more than $100,000 with about a scors of persons claiming sonship In other lands, we realize | war, with “rumors of war’ rumbling | nearer home, with prayers for victory | and peace favoring self and selfish in- terests that have the economlie forces of earth guessing. Yet, tomorrow's sun will shine as bright as on creation's morn. Let us riss from our lethargy with the thought of “live and let live" and we will have “equality before the law” and the world will grow better. T, J, H. there 18 At the Beminning. STAMFORD, Neb, Nov. 19.—To the Editor of The Bee: Relative to the ar- ticle by Mr. Wooster on redemption, to him the ass and the serpent are all the result of cause. Now, is it more rational to belleve that Mr. Wooster is the result of intelligent or unintelligent cause—in other words, a cause as unintelligent as the law of gravity. Darwin seeks to atribute the power of cholce to nature. Natural is that condition of things other than the artificial. But before there ls any choosing there must be something | to choose or to survive. We see purpose in everything in the world almost, but you must say unintended purpose, for instance, as in the eye, the ear, the voice of the ass and the serpent. Which was first, the germ or the mature plant or animal? For instance, the hen or the egg? It is beyond his finite mind to compre- hend the power of a Creator. Wooster may call the Bible a relic of superstition and barbarism, but how does he know that a thing is absurd or foolish? If he hasen't the power of mind to know how it was done, as for Instance, Infidels say miracles are not to be belleved because they are contrary to mature, does man presume to know all of the workings of this thing which he calls nature and that | it 1s not controlled by some supreme in- | telligence which his mind cannot fathom. Bob Ingersoll says that only within the last fifty years has this old world been a fit place in which to live. Why should it ever have been If no one intended it to be at all or Intended Mr. Wooster or Bob to be or live here? I take the Bible just as it s, for its being written seems a miracle or wonder to me. And a miracle is only wonderful beyond the human mind. We look about us in the mechani- cal world and we see perfected models of everything and we say what chance In 10,000 that they assembled themselves? And if a man is a fool to think such a thing, how then about the first mortal body ? W. 8. HEDGES. Tips on Home Topics Philadelphia Ledger: Mr. Bryan in his more emotional moods doubtless ‘salutes his darling Peace with the chautaqua version of Lovelace's words: “I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved T not honor less." Cleveland Plain Dealer: It is stated the 33,000,000 forturie left by C. W. Post was bullt up on the economies of the first Mrs. Post—represented by a savings bank account of $750. This might be called a first class illustrated sermon on thrift, Boston Transcript: That majority of twenty-five in the House of Representa- tives may look perilously small to some of the baby Jeffersonians, but to the old war-horses, who remember when the “Cherokee strip” took up half the demo- cratic side, it looms up lke the family wash in the front yard. Ind!anapolis News: We're not the only ones that are dilatory In regard to pre- paredness. The majority of the voters | In Sweden, which is much closer to | trouble than we are, just won't do any- | thing along that line until they get a tip —or a bump—as to how much it will be necessary to do. At least that was tle outcome of the recent election there. Philadeiphla Ledggr: President Wilson reinstatement of that Illinols postal em- ploye dismissed for criticising adversely the White House matrimonial plans. This was a case of superserviceable and officlous bureaucracy, and its prompt rebuke is & welcome evidence of the essential democracy of the nation's chief executive. Springfield Republican: Mr. Bryan has sald, because, in his statement golng to his winter home in Florida, he warned republicans not to expect any break next year between him and tho democratic party. Yet Mr. Bryan always democratic party whether or not it de- sired his company. In 196, Mr. Bryan will “support the ticket" because he be- lieves in it no less than the Bible. BONG OF LEAVES, Springfield Republican, © Father Time, discard thy scythe! 'Tis past the time for mowing' For autumn days are in the skles And autumn winds are blowing, For all the grass is brown, alas' The rose trees naked shiv, And autumn leaves are in the Or drifting on the river, O Father Time, discard thy scythe! ‘Tis time the tools were shifted Since in the garden and ti nfi‘d ‘The windrowed leaves lle drifted The talking leaves—the hu’hln. Il That crowned the brow of Ju Are dry and crumbled under feet In Nature's afterncon! Like ‘ovl of ours—like ho With light and beauty From day to day they dr Unstayed—and unreturni The scarlet leaves—the g A countless multitude— They strew the meadows lavishly And carpet all the wood! O Fother Time, make haste, make haste! ‘The afternoon is wanb And in the foredt bough October's wind eaves of oure— urning, showed his good sense by ordering the | has observed the rule of staying with the | This is in the | surely heard from the people, it is being | before ! | | | Thome, “but I ¢éan say one thing in praise SUNNY GEMS. of them.” “What fs that?" inquired Henderson 1 bought this armchalr on the instalh “They have made mortgages respect- able.”"--Judge ment plan.” “Easy terms?™ Rather! A dollar down and a dollar whenever the collector eam catch me."— Boston Transcript. Do you derive any real comfort from | & fishing ‘rip?* “A great deal. It makes you feel how | convenient and comparatively inexpensive it 1s to buy your food in the market Washington Star Mabel—So you asked papa for my hand? | Did he give you any encouragement? Arthur—Well, no, he gave me a drink #nd a cigar, #o 1 had no kick coming. Chicago News. ‘What has become of the candidate who used to na his photo taken beside a load of hay?" “He may be a little out of date. How ever, no candidate has as yet mustered up the nerve to have his photo taken be side a stock ticker.’—Louisville Courfer- Journal. He (as the team goes by)—Look! there 7 | goes Ruggles, the halfback. He'll soon SHOULD A HUSBAND HELP | be our best man. ? She—Oh, Jack! This is so sudden!—Har- WITH THE WASHING ¥ Y A “Engaged to four girls at once™ ex- claimed the horrified uncle. “How do you | explain such shameless conduct?" [ "1 don't know,<™ said the graceless nephew. ‘I guess Cupld must have shot | me with a machine gun.”"—Ladies' Home | Journal | uiho s that man over there whe &P-| Friend—What are you thankful for that's my friend. Bif this year, Uncle Rastus? Uncle Rastus—Well, suh, on.de wealth side Ah am thankful foh de thinzs Ah've got, an’ on de health side Ah am thank- “Some are o intensly modern that they | ful foi de thinis Ah haven't got,—Lite. prefer a Corot to a Rembrandt!" “If it's & better hill climber, T don't blame 'em. Me for the French car every time." —~Puck, ' ell your friend, Bill, to collect Baitimore American himself. “I wonder why Miss Snow §s such a | social favorite,” sald Mrs. Jenks. “She | doesn’t sing or play, or even recile.” “Well " returned 'Mr. Jenks, ‘‘proba- “1 have never owned any automobiles.”” | bly that's the reason,”—Musical Ameri- #aid the man who hadn't yet paid for his|can. No Change of Cars to the , & o o 99 “Twin-Cities Through equipment is now run in both day and night trains via the Chicago Great Western to St. Paul and Minneapolis. Day train, leaving Omaha 7:29 a. m., Coun- cil Bluffs 7:50 a. m., has buffet club car (serving all meals) and coaches, arriving St. Paul 7:40 p. m., Minneapolis 8:15 p. m. Night train leaving Omaha 8:30 p. m., Coun- cil Bluffs 8:50 p. m., has sleeping cars, buffet club car, chair cars and coaches, arriving in St. Paul 7:30 a. m., Minneapolis 8:05 a. m.—ahead of other trains—giving full business day and making appointments and connections doubly sure. YOUR TELEPHONE IS HANDY. P. F. BONORDEN, C.P. & T. 1522 Farnam St., Omaha. Phone Doug. 260. —— 7 Chicago =0 = Enjoy the Southland’s balmy climate during this coming winter—beautiful beaches, groves of palm trees and everything that makes for a summer in winter in the semi-tropics. Tickets on sale daily to April 30th with return limit of June 1st, 1916 Only $50.68 for the round trip to Jacksonville, Fla., $87.18 to Havana, Cuba, with corresponding reductions to other points in the South and Southeast. Liberal Stopover Privileges Connecting service via Rock Island Line Automatic Block Signals Finest Modern All-Steel Equipment Absolute Safety Superb Dining Car Servi ‘Write, phone or call at Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1323 Farnam Street, for tickets, reservations, informa- J. 8. McNALLY, Division Passenger Agent Phone Douglas 428 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.