Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 7, 1915, Page 6

THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1915. Congress in a Merry Mood. It was a rather jovial assemblage of states- men that congregated under the dome at Wash- ington yesterday and waited the click of the gavel to eall them to organized work as mem- bers of congress. Some who answered the roll call on adjournment day in July were missing, and others still bore signs of contusions and echymosises, reminders of past turmoil in the legislative halls, but all who joined in the first session were feeling good, so far as outward ap- pearances afford proof. The caucus had planned the program, which contained nothing conmtro- versial, beyond the registration of the majority and minority preferences for officers, and this was perfunctorily formal. The way is now open for the president to make his address, and when this is over the real business of the session may be started, The spirit of the gathering was made the more congenial by the presence of some notable “come-backs,” among them “Uncle Joe” Cannon and “Nick” Longworth, whose emergence from temporary obscurity adds to the general interest that will surround the present session. “‘Vie” Murdock's oriflamme illuminates the trenches abroad, thus preventing the rivalry that might be expected between the peppery Kansan and the virlle member from the Danville district. But the session will not be without spice on this account, and some lively tiits may be expected before spring. FOUNDBD BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. \“The Bee Publishing Company, Propriet | 5EB BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. | Sntered_at Omaha postoffice as_second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. & By carrier By mall b per month. 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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION, 53,716 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas. ss: Duwight Williams, cmufau‘u. manager of The Bes ng company, Leing duly sworn, says that the v:-anfilu-uuon for the month of November, 19185, 4 DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager, Sul bed In my presence and sworn to befor. this 24 dl& of December, 191 ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public, Subscribers leaving the city tesaporarily Plainly Short of Prospectus. Because of the number of conversions of national banks into state banks in Nebraska and of the further fact that this movement, most noticeable at the time the federal reserve law became effective, Is continuing even now, is taken by our democratic senator's personal organ to mean that the lack of a similar guar- anty fund is the weak spot in the new national bank law. Our Nebraska deposit guaranty has done tolerably well, whether because it has had no severe strain since its inauguration or be- cause of intrinsic merit, is yet to be proved. There is no question that the character of tanking it Nebraska has materially improved since the days of the numerous bank fallures, and that the risk covered by the insurance fund is probably less hazardous than in most lines of Be prepared for the president’s preparedness | Dusiness. Regardless of this, however, we ven- 3 ture the opinion, based on observation and re- e— . port, that the gain of the state banking system Another new comet is discovered, and with | at the expense of the mational banking system the eld question: 'Is a comet the sign of | I8 not specially because of the guaranty feature, e, : but in spite of it, and that if this feature were S———— present in both, or absent from both, the num- Incidentally, several belching chimneys need | ber of conversions would be still larger. to be reminded again of the smoks nuisance Our demoeratic friends may as well admit inance. that the new reserve banks, tested by actual operation, do not measure anywhere near up to prospectus, and that the benefits so far accrued are slight as compared with the huge cost of this fewly created machinery, to say nothing of the inexcusable partisanship and favoritism in the arrangement of the districts and the location of the reserve bank eities in reckless disregard of the matural currents of commerce. The very fact that national banks are giving up their charters, and those that hold their charters make such little use of the reserve banks, is the strongest evidence possible that the law does not do what ‘was promised. should have The Boe malled to them. Ade dress will be changed as often as requested. December 7 Thought for the Day Salected by Mr. H. D. Neely When you awake in the morning let thought be: this iv & mm:fi dhall be a day of joy.— Agnes Galer. { 4 ——— Both Omaha boys are aboard the peace ship. &n Omaha boy to get there if it is within possibilities. B . Just to have & look at all those $100,000 should make attendance on the demo- committee seem worth while. S 4 With the certaln rise in bullding materials, it {ihooven the university regents to get busy with new medical department hospital if they t to keep the cost -the appropriation. For once our senator landed on the Winning in lining up between competing candidates president of the senate. We shall soon see that means a better committes assign- SEmm——— Upheaval in the Boy Scouts. The withdrawal of Hrnest Thompson-Seton from the American Boy Scouts thrusts that movement into unwonted prominence. His assigned reason for giving over his activity with the organization does not exactly square with the statement made by others in high authority with of Dallds patriots to the netional com- | tne geouts. The charge of militarism is not new jra waving & certified check for the coin, | in this connection, and it has not been very long i o itself to the enervated brethren Of | aince Thompson-Seton and Baden-Powell both | Om: 4 publicly defended the Scouts against the accusa- Sete———— {1 the worst comes from the county commis- " survey of the two-mile limit, & slumbor- annex readily golves the difficulty. More- ', & slumborium lends architectural dignity & political boom. Srp—— Prophecies of the early destruction of Turk- power in Europo and Asia hold no promise lof fulfillment at Gallipoli or Bagdad. But the (s are going—after the allies, especially on ‘sands of Mesopetamia, — ~ The presidential bridal party is in great de- 0 at numerous health and We take it, too, . in the country which would not be giad to itself as “The Honeymocon Route.” Spe—— eEE—— As a specimen of democratic speed, the e tion. HEvents have proven that in Great Britain the Boy Scouts are essentially military, and the same is very likely true in thiy country. Just why it should be so vehemently denied is not exactly clear. It is impossible to have this or any similar organization without some element of military control and discipline, and the train- ing, If 1t 18 to be at all efficacious, must be on the basis of military routine. The present split is reminiscent in nome way of the schism in the Salvation Army, which re- . | sulted in the formation of the American Volun- teers. We may very soon have two Boy Beout organizations, each covering the same ground, and differing in no essentisl regard. but lacking in the harmony of headship that is a requisite to success. E £ 3 e—— golden vestors . “Syndicalism” on Shipboard. g T et slgpedt v g S One of the really serious problems of the war, overshadowed to some degree by the more spectacular operations of the forces in the field, has been the industrial unrest that has sccom- panied the work of providing for the armies. Bach of the European countries has had and is having its experience with the recalcitrant work- men, and this country has witnessed & number of manifestations of the disturbed state of mind that prevalls anjong the workers. The present plight of the great coean freighter, the Minne- sota, is another proot that one discontented or determined man may easily disable a vessel. The “direct actionist” has here ample opportunity for the exemplification of his peculiar theories. Bomb plots, chemicals in coal bunkers, concealed combustibles in closed holds, and other forms of destruction, are all parts of the activity of thess men. Not all the mischief that is belng done to shipping s in pursuit of patriotic devotion, al- though this is belng used as a cloak for the action of men with more sinister inspiration than love of country. The war has loosed the dark- est of man's passions snd opened the way for the expression of his worst impulses. Much of the present difficulty in getting ships safely from port to port is due to the desire to “‘spread the tervor,” on which rests the vain hope of the anarchist. — Referring to the petition filed to put Presi- dent Wilson's name on the Nebraska primary ballot, the local democratic organ says: “Those men whose names appear on the list are leaders of the loyal tighting democracy of Nebraska." Just take that, will you, you pretended demo- crats who refused to put your autographs on when asked! Colonel Bryan wants congress to assure the it will back him in any peace effort he iy make. Was there ever any question of the iing of congress? By his experience it would that President Wilson has found the back- of Mr, Bryan less dependable, : S —— The supreme court of Nebraska holds that the legislature has made continuing appropria- tiors for the fire {nspection officials, although the law were uncouscious that they were dolng so at the time. What's the constitution betweep iriends, anyway? War and the Metric System Tdterary Bigest. 8 CONSERVATIVE England to be shocked by the war into giving up Its antiquated systems of coinage, welghts, and measures? This suggestion comes from a leading editorial in The London Eleotri- cal Review. The war, says this paper, is “shaking the foundation of civilization:” it can not pass away and leave things as they were, whatever its result. There is to be & now regime of some kind, and Englishmen must adapt themselves to it. Efficlency is to be its watchword, and to attain this every obstacle to Industrial and commercial progress must be removed. Among such obstacles, The Review de- cides, are oertainly what it oalls the ‘‘obsolets” British systems of measurement. It must be noted that we Americans are here in the same boat with the English in all respects except that of ocoinage. We “point with pride” to our decimal system of dollars and cents as being far more logical and convenient than the English pounds, shillings, and pence; but we stand shoulder to shoulder with them In ,our de- termination to reject the decimal substitutes for the aqually inconvenient yards, ounces, and pints, despite the fact that ail these were long ago thrown upon the serap-heap by other civilized nations. PERCIVAL, Ta., Dec. 6~To the Bditor of The Bee: Please allow me space in your columns to ask why three infants have been allowed to die in this country within the last ten days without any at- tempt being made to mave their little lives, simply because they were not physically perfect? T refer to the cases in Chicagp, New York and Baitimore. ‘The excuse ad- vanced in the case of the Chicago infant wae that even with the proposed opera- tion it would always be a cripple and might at some future time turn insane and murder some innocent person as one person who they referred to had done. Also that In its crippled condition it would be & burden on society as long as it lived. It is true that the infant might have turned out that way, but as cases of cripples suddenly turning murderously insane are not as frequent as are cases of people with sound bodles, why should that be considered a reasonable excuse? And as for it's crippled condition caus- Ing it to always be a burden on soclety T will refer to the case of Hellen Keller, who, though born ‘deaf, dumb, and blind has obtained an excellent education and is mccomplished in more lines than one. Ask her If she thinks she should ha been allowed to die when born. T will also cite the case of Gordon the magazine man of Omaha, who, though confined to his bed continuously for over ten years has bullt up a business, which not only ylelds him a good income, but is furnishing a pension for many other invalids. Ask him if he thinks he should have been allowed to die at the time his accldent occurred. I cannot understand how any parent br surgeon can sit ‘idly by and watch an innocent, heipless and defensless babe make a struggle for it's life without any attempt to aid it In it's fight, simply because it does not measure up to their ideal of physical perfection. Also If such & practice is allowed to STOW, as it seems to be doing, it will furnish a good excuse for those who do not care to care for their babies, to find some doctor, willing to pronounce it physically or mentally unsound and thus sliow it to die and get it out of the parents’ way. I think that those Infants had as much right to life as any other fafant and that those concerned did wrong in not trying Io-anl:.le-nmlmhot taking a life throu, action and In taking life through ln:: P. “In every part of our social, domestic and politi- cal life,” says the British editor, “the welfare of the nation must be the predominant consideration, before which all private interests must give way. We are & conservative people; but we must learn to be progressive, bearing in mind that any hindrance to our progress must be ruthlessly flung aside. And sirely there is no greater obstacle to our commercial welfare than the obsolete systems—if such fhey can be called—of colnage, weights, and measures that handicap our imtercourse with foretsm nations and impede the development of our trade, to an extent that s fully realized by few. We have for many years advocated reform in this connection, and we believe that the return of peace will afford an ideal and unique opportunity to bring it about—an oppor- tunity such as may never recur. “In norraal times, & great objection to the adoption of new welghts and measures has been the ‘dislocation of trade’ that many feared would ensue; mow that our export trade has umdergone a compound fracture, surely no one will hint at dislocation. The mind of the country is aroused: men and women in all ranks of woclety are alert, they are in & mood to recelve new ideas and to consider them without that tendency to prejudice with which we are afflicted in time of peace. Now, then, is“the time; and we earnestly call upon all advocates of efficlency and reform to ald us in our efferts to convince the opponents of change that it ia their duty to accept new systems of weights, measures, and coinage, for the sake of their country's welfare, ““We may observe that, while we have here coupled the metric system and decimal coinage under one heading. we do not suggest that they are necessarily combined or iInterdependent; either could be adopted without the other, and, it s interesting to note that although the numbers respectively for and against these two items are approximately equal, many of our corregpondents favor one while objecting to the other. In view of the necessity of economising cleri- cal labor after the war, we are disposed to reganri the adoption of decimal colnage as of importance second only to that of the metric system. No one who has lived abroad for eny length of time will dispute the assertion that facllity in desling with decinal colnage is scquired in a very few days, and that the simplicity of the system endows it with im- mense advantages.'” Twice Told Tales Teo Soon. A well known Scottish architect was traveling in Palestine recently when news reached him of an ad- dition to his family circle. The happy father immedi- ately provided himselt with some water from the Jordan to carry home for the christening of the infant and returned to Sootland. On the Sunday appointed for the ceremony he duly presented himself at the church, and sought out the beadle in order to hand over the preclous water to his cave.. He pulled the flask from his pocket, but the beadle held up & warning hand and came nearer to whisper: “No the noo, sir; no the noo! kirk's oot!"—London Tit-Bits. o Demecratie Ecomomy. RK, Neb., Dec. &—To the Editor of the Bee: I see by the prees reports that Wé are to have economy in the affairs :3! the government at Washington. That 5, we have the promise of it, but when we read the Baltimore platform we find l‘n that bundle of promises that were ‘made to be kept,” just as fine sounding taffy kels as the donkey organ holds, and were played by the same bunch for the same purposs, just to catch votes. The party then in power was black- listed for its gality with “the It comes to me now like an echo, that something was sald once on a time about a billion dollar congress, run by & blllion dollar party, until the great need of this country was to return to democratic simplicity. Well, the great common people game them the chance to show their hand at good. They began by puliing off the most expensive, the most gaudy show at the coronation of Woodrow that has ever been pulled off in this country. Then when their congress got busy at keeping its pledges to the people, they cut the income of the government in two and spent over & hundred milllon more, than any con- gress ever had done before, not seem- ing to realise that a small income and & large outgo would find the bottom of the strong box sooner or later. But when the fact finally soaked through they put on a couple more direct taxes, and yet they are running behind seven to ten million per month after they have been drawing on those bonds that were voted for building “the Panama canal (which may aJl be needed there if those Maybe after the Sample Was All Right. Jacky had been asked out to s “grown-up” dinner. Swelling with pride, he took his seat at the bottom of the table and looked round—slightly awestruck— at the imposing collection of aunts and unclés. Then his attention became fixed on the anclent relative who Was éarving an enormous turkey, and his mouth as he saw the big helpings being handed round. But the cafver, who did mot know much about little boys, &Ut off a tiny portion for Jackey. “Is that the part of the bird you like, my little man?' he asked, as the servant hended Jacky the plate. Jacky looked at it for a moment and then handed it back. Now, as convention time comes on “Yeu," he sald; “T'll have some of that, please.”— | apace, the word goes out we are going Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. to economize. they oul Sclentific Managemont. An advocate of sclentific management told the fol« lowing tale the other day: “Two men stood watching & steam shovel at work. With & clatter and & roar the shovel bit into the steep " "to See that monster taking the bread out of good men's mouthe. Look at it. Why, it's filling up those wagone faster than a hundred men with picks and ahovels ceuld do it But the other omlooker shook his head and an- swered: “See here, mister, if it would be better to employ & hundred men with picks and shovels on this Job, wouldn't it be Better still, by your way of think- ing, to employ & thousand men with forks and table- spoons?’'—Chicage Herald. is they see the new danger, as nation in Burope is now in all the war they will want for awhile, or can pay for either. Bo why not jog along about as the G. O. P. was doing without swing- ing from one extreme to the other like the pendulum of & clock—it is that or death with them? I guess that is why they have only held three national con- ventions in sixty years before the re- are right. Now read their history and you will find & mifror in which you can see thelr future acts. FRANKLIN POPE. ) Editorial Snapshots ‘Washington Post: From present indica- tions the bull moose convention in Chi- cago on January 11 will present an imita- tion pf Dundreary's bird in flocking by tself. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. 1 hear Nebraska mentioned very fre- quently,” commented the distinguished stranger. ““Yes,” replied Senator Rorrhnm “Ne- braska is & great and enterprising state.” ““What 18 it famous for?" “Well, I haven't myself VQYY accurataly on ils commercial and social side, Politics s my study. And so far as olitics is concerned Nebraska is largely 'amous_for unfinished business.”—Wash- ington Star. My cross-examination didn’'t seem to worry you much,” sald the famous law- yer to the witness after the trial previous experience “Just a little,” replied the castically. "I have six children.”"—Ladies’ Home Journal. “Mr. Jaggs never opéned his mouth while his wife was entertaining her guests the other night.” Oh, yes, he did several times." didn’t hear him. What did he say?" Nothing. He yawned.’—Baltimore American. “I understand Binks has just had a most humillating_experience.' “‘Yes, he has. You see, he prided him- welf for years on his ability to withstand regular liquor. and yet succumbed to #some hair tonic he bought at a prohi- bition drug store.”—Richmond Times- Dispateh. ‘““We are said to have a more elastic cugteney now."” “Umph.” “Don’t you believe it?” “I'm willing to be convinced. Lat's see how my salary stretches over Christmas.” ~Loulsville Courler-Journal. S MY GRUNTS, MY ILLS Today I'm involcing my grunts and flls, | Ana '?I‘I‘ each new symptom buying new pills. No man sports an allment that I do not pack Clear down the front of me, clear up my back. I start with a apavin on my weasened vl It's tearing iteelf and me out at the root: 1 wriggle and squirm at its impudent thrusts— Doc sayy I'll fee] fine when it swells up and'busts My lyer and stomach just off to my right dlsgraceful Doc s they are both somewhat out o€ plumb, He'll_explore me and graft a new liver and “tum.” My two cllngln’ corns which so long @ ve nurse Are settling a bet which can nag me the worst. My seasoned ohillblain is their refree, I'm o'llfldl.l recetver for all blooming three. in rowdyish, The rheumatis' down in my old bony nees Is working all shifts, relays and degrees. T'd swap, any day, these wan feet and legs For nice fat pig’s feet and cottonwood pegs. A title in fee has catarrh In my nose— Once s0o Roman and smooth, now wen and wart grows; My ak_\'el, once g6 brilliant, so flirty and een, Through ' blackheads and chicken pox scarce can be seen. Consumption is sapping my once bushy ha'r, It's leavirg my poor head so lonuly and are; . I tried many hair dves to keep it &t home, But it prefers to consort with the tooth of my comb O, Gods of Affliction, and see If you have any grunts you are kesping rom me; vile them on to me, all the blamed ot, Don't deal In installments, I'll take all you've got. Omaha. GEORGE B. CHILD. please run cud 1 1f =0, Lots and lots of times, when' jinx and “awfully hard” to just the way you want pixies make it our hair mu—mhy that it is then that 8he will most appreciate the bright, mys- terious and handsome Electric Curling Iron. ngsca;cgilyhno time it heats it- tot g t te t veit to e u&‘l ra ll;re and curls Can you imagine a more pleas- ing gift for a woman or girl? 'Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. Geo. H. Harries, Pres. 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.