Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 11, 1915, Page 13

! | i | i | T THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, BDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor, BEBD BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTBENTH. Entered at Omaha postoffice aa second-class matter, RM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. By carri carrier By mail P wmn&fl. per year. and Sunday... $6.00 without Sunday. bo. 4.0 ing apd Sunday.. .. ‘4o, L 6.00 ing_without Bunday. R. 4.00 only.. . 2. or complainta of Bee, &m\um Y notice of change of addr mul-my in delivery to Omaha rtroent Remit by draft, ipress /;r:.w rder. Onl express or order. cent stamps feceived In payment of cheoks, except on Dluzn and e two- 1 aes nge, not accepted. - FFICES. ‘The Bes findlu. uth Omaha—318 N street. nefl Bluffs—14 North Main street. incoln—% Little ng. Ch Hearst Bullding. ew York— avenua . Louis—-608 New Bank o«mmvg. ‘ashington—7% Fourteenth St, N. W. CORRESPONDENCH, B matior o " Gmane. oo, Hatorial” Dopariment: NOVEMBER CIRCULATION. 53,716 Btate of Nebraska, County of Dougles, wsi { Siiese cilylen SRS o B W ulal for the month of November, 1918, D WILLIAMS, Ciroulation % Bubscri| sworn to e 'F%é'-‘fi%:"" i Notary Publie. Subascribers leaving the city temporarily should kiave The Hee mailed to them. Ad- . dress will bo changed as often as requested. Ha only sarns his fresdom and ezistoncs Who datly conquers them anew. ¥ ~ Faust. e ——— In the revised lexicon of democracy there's no such word as “economy.” ———— The message in s nutshell tells congress dig in and taxpayers to dig up. d SSSmeme———— Preparedness 1s getting plenty of support from outside agencies just at this time. ¢ Sm———— Interest in forelgn war loans fades away as mmh‘aml‘hfimhmumm. fore- e . i optimism toned up with nearin, praves irresistible as a lure for 1 A ) ¥ . Politteal . 8till, the Auditorium was nemed a “White J vmh‘\mn,m unloaded, only city makes it more s0. " | | S——— ~ Berlin, Paris and London have spoken in a tone of volce, which puts’ the dovecotes defi- out of business for the winter, : —— © Well, the weatherman was quite generous mmmumnuuwumm works off mome of his stormy stock. o annotnces a military course of study. i line points to India ae 3 i for a share of. the loot, autolsts will derive some ] the knowledge that oil com- | Mexican troubles move the goveror of the Lone Star to call Texas, “the Belguim of America.” Cheer up! comes back guarantees permanent relief. . ———— 1ts colors to the spirit of the drives score at home as L3 Tur plo objective. It is » long way tfom Constantinople to Delhi and the In = reach into gasoline tanks Frenchman Makes a Blunder. If reports from Porto Rieco are true, the French naval officer has made a blunder that is certain to require disavowal by his government. The status of passengers or'seamen on board ship has been too long established to admit of revision at this time, unless it be at a convention of nations. The present war, however, has.been a continual succession of events that overstep the rights of neutrals, regardless of the plainly understood provisions of international law and maritime agreements. This episode is only one of a long and steadily growing list of actions that serve to strain the friendly relations be- tween the United States and the belligerents, many of them of such nature as to almost war- rant the belief that it ds the purpose to deter- mine just how far the nations at war can o in the matter of annoying the Yankees without -provoking-them to some action. It Is the first Teally serious breach'of neutrality the French have been guilty of, but it will be properly re- sented by this government when the facts are established. Again the Traffic in Munitions. Adivees from Washington tell of the re- introduction by Senator Hiteheock of his bill to prohibit the exportation of war munitions to belligerent . countries, together with a loud- sounding announcement that he intends to push this measure to the front. The question of traffic in munitions has been pretty thoroughly srgued and the administration has taken a definite stand upon it, which it may be well to recall. The position of the United States, which has the accepted sanction of international law, is outlined most clearly in the note sent to the Ameriean ambassador at Vienna by Becretary Lansing last August, following up a simfilar note sent to the German ambassador by Secretary Bryan in April. The salient paragraphs of this document read as follows: But, in addition to the question of principle, thers 18 & practical and stbstantial reason why the govern- ment of the United States had from the foundation of the republic to the present time advocated and prac- ticed unrestricted trade in arms and military supplies. It has never heen the policy of this country 'to main- tain In time of peace a large military establishment of stores of arma and ammunition sufficient to repel nvasion by a well equipped and powerful enemy. It has desired to remain at peace with all nationa and to avold any appearance of menacing such peace by the threat of its armies and navies. In consequence of this stahding policy the United States would, in the event of attack by a forelgn power, be at the outset of the war serfously, If not fatally; embarrassed by the lack of arms and ammunition and by the means to produce them in sufficient dlantities to supply the requirements of ‘national defense. The United States has always depended upon the right and power to pur- chase arms and ammunition from neutral nations in case of forelgn attack. This right, which it claims for itselt, it cannot deny to others. A nation whose ciple and pdlicy it is to rely tions and International justice to preserve its political Integtity might become the prey of an agsressive nation whose policy and prac- 1t 18 to Increase its military strength during times peace the design of conquest, unless the na- can, after war had been declared, g markets of the world and purchase the means itself against the aggressor. i general adoption by the nations of the world of that neutral powers ought to prohibit the arms and ammunition to belligerents would every nation to have in readiness at all times sufficlent munitions of ‘war to ineet any emergency jee 28838 1a588z i Man- ifestly the application of this theory would result in every nation becoming an armed camp, ready to re- sist aggredsion, and tempted to employ forve in as- serting’ its rights rather than appeal to reason and Justice for the settlement of intgramational disputes, Percelving, as it does, that the adoption of the principle that it is the duty of a neutral fo prohibit the sale of arms and unition to a belligerent dur-, ing the progress of a ‘War would Inevitably give th \dvantage to the belligerent which had qnmuunx e manufacture of munitions in time of peace and which had laid in vast stores of arms and ammunition In anticipation of war, the goverument of the United States 1s convinced that the adoption of the theory would force militarism on the world and work against that uniyersal peace which Is the desire and purpose of all nations which exalt justice and righteousndss in their relationg with one another. The senator’'s arms bill may be used by him for a little gallery play and to embarrass the administration still further, but it must be plain to everyone who knows anything about the sjtu- ation that it will get no farther than the ta! fest stage, and probably was mot intended for anything else. It behooves Chicugo to put more of the “I will"” spirit into.the race for the republican national convention. The ease with which St. Louis ran away with the democratic ratification meeting emphasizes the need of more speed and less diginity. Philadelphia is a live wire in re- publican politics, and it has the money, too. EE————— Plans for the New Defense. It was not to be expected that the policy of preparedness could be put into operation with- cut some difference of opinfon as to the methods by which the general plan is to be carried out. | This s one of the characteristics of our national way of doing things, and when it s announced that four plans for the new defense are to be presented to congress it is only proof that we are living true to tradition. It will be on the merit of these plans that final action will rest, and this will, as usual, be a compromise between the four, with the good features of each pre- served, perhaps, but out of it will come a general scheme that will be workable, and subject to modifications as experience develops the need thereof. One encouraging feature of the situation is the harmony with which the political groups in congress are ap ching consideration of the subject. Mr. Wildon and the democratic lead- ers in congress have agreed that preparedness will not be made a part of the caucus program, and Mr, Mann’s conferences with the president are significant of republican willlngness to co. opérate in the work, Opposition is certain to be encountered from those of both parties who are committed to the pacitist position, but this will not be in any sease partisan. With an apparent majority devoted to the work of providing more adequately for the de- fense of the country against any possible attack, all that remains to'be determined is the most useful plan, an rying it out. We will hear a grest deal from tople during the ‘mest fow experts on THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, ,DECEMBER 11, Public Influence on Books New York Evening Post. HANGES that have come about in the publishing C trade in the last few decades, In the attitude of publishers, authors, and the public toward one another, were discussed by Roland Holt, of the firm of Henry Holt & Co., one day this week, in an inter- view with a representative of the Evening Post. Mr. Roland Holt 1ooked back over a quarter-century. One of the first subjects touched upon was the change in the public taste In novels. The question was asked, “Were there many books accepted by publishers a generation ago that would not be published now?’ “Unquestionably,” Mr. Holt answered, “‘many books that a publisher would have taken a generation ago would have to be rejected now. Tney would in- clude the costume or romantic and historical novels, once so popular, and many old-fashioned love stories. Mr. Holt then turned to the phenomenon of the popular detand for the soclological novel today. “Te seems to me," he sald, “that Mr. Wells hits the keynote In “The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman when be says something to the effect that the woman suddenly realized that all was not well with the world. And Archibald Henderson's phrase in ‘The Changing Drama’ about ‘the drama of pity and re- volt' might be made almost as well to apply to fic- tion. Certainly the under dog is coming into his own with a vengeance in fiction. Our most successful re- cent publications include three novels about a plucky, humorous Trish charwoman, ‘Martha-by-the-Day,’ and we have just issued another by this author, in which the heroine redeems herself by soclal servics, while our other principal fall fiction includes Dorothy Can- field's story of the famlily of a poor professor, ‘The Bent Twig,' and Inez Haynes Gilimore's “The Ollivant Orphans,’ another humorous strugsie for existence. The pendulum has swung from the lords and ladies’ cf most novels In the last generation, though they are occasionally admitteq to flotfon, and we certainly would not ‘scorn the mobly born or well connected” were they to figure in fiction offered to us. “For one, 1 miss the beauty and picturesqueness of the novels of a generation ago, and therefore take unusual satisfaction in the continued success of Ro- land's idealistio ‘Jéan-Christophe.’ ** Upon the changes in public taste, Mr. Holt sald: “Tt seems to me that there is not nearly the de- mand for belles-lettres or for books of travel and description that there once was, and that the succe: of Robert Frost and a handful of poets scarcely re: izeq the renalssance of poetry that some persons now see. The beautiful has largely fallen before the practical. Never before, it seems to me, was there such a demand for books on how to do things and make things, and for sociological works. There has unquestionably been a great increase in the publica- tion of drama books, but their sales are still rather limited. I8 there even an indication in what demand there Is for printed plays that some hurrying Ameri- cans prefer them to novels, because they are shorter?”’ The success of works from the commercial point of view also came in for Mr. Holt's attention, “Mr. Yard, 1 belleve,” he sald, “wrote a short while ago that authors were demanding such high royalties on novels that there is little profit in the ‘big sellers.’ We certainly are declining many novels now that we might once have taken, and a number of our most profitable ventures have been outside the fleld of fi>- tion. While we have found most of our own novelists most amenable, still, when critics blame authors for too much extraneous matter, or for positive breaks, 1 sometimes think that, if several of these authors had not, as some do, sald to the publishers, ‘I already have another publisher ready to take my novel as it stands,' hoth they and their publishers might have had better returns. Few authors have any idea of the number of novels that might havé had twice the sale they got If things that might easily have been cut out or ‘softened,’ without any effect upon the ar- tistic integrity of the work, had not been left in to bore or to offend readers. ““The most succeseful authors no longer have the phenomenal sales that once were theirs, when ‘David Harum’ was sald to have sold 600,000 copies, and eral other novels sold 400,000 or over. That was the )] day when phenomenal advertising was ‘fooling the publle,’ which has since learned its lesson. While th!s Wwas golng on, numerous persons who never read any- thing but newspapers or magazines before, started reading books, and it did not take them long to find out that there were good ones besides the poor ones they had been decelved with. While most successful novelists do not have the phenomenal sales they had a Acore or more years ago, probably more novelists have feasonably good sales. In early days, the success of & few novellsts took up such a large percentage of the readers that others novels were flat failures, "‘For reasons already indicated, many novelists who Could once get a hearing cannot do so mow. About the time of the helght of the ‘best seller' publishers were paying autho dvance royalties for a novel that had not even been written. 8o much poor work was done by good authors under these conditions that the public's confidence in particular authors is not what it once was. And publisher and author cannot be sure Of & great success on the basis of name and reputation alone. I am sure, however, that there has been a great abatement of this practice of the selling of un- written books, and that the work of the authors is of & more even quality than in those feverish days." Twice Told Tales A One. Gabtest. A woman from the pineland beit, who had seen a railroad only once and who had ridden into Atlanta's Decatur street on her husband's wagon, was arrested for talking Back to an officer of the law. “She jabbered steadily for a half hour when 1 told her she must not stand so long squarely in the middle of the street,” explained the officer who made the ar- rest. - “I couldn’t even get & word in edgewise. It was the most awful gab I ever heard.” Turning to the prisoner, the judge said: “What have you to say for yourself, madam?" “Couldn't help it, jedge," responded the offender; “tried fo' ter shet up, but th' officer looked so much itke my husban’ 1 jea' cotldn't fina th' heart t' stop!" —~Case and Comment. People and Events Out in Colorado it s understood that plum pua- ding and mince ple carried over to New Year's will have the brandied tang extracted to comply with the dry law. Wayside scenery in the envirous of Reno, Nev., Is .been unable stoadily losing its melancholy Interest. Movable tomb- stone have been carted away to serve as markers for Uiving mining claims in the district of Sodaville. X fourth prince has arrived at the imperial palace of Japan. Three preceding princes are named Hirohito Michinomiya, Yashuhito Atsunomiya and Nobuhito Terunomiys, leaving limited space for the newcomer to break into the alphabet. Art for art's sake in Chicago ylelds to the in- fluence of material comfort. Devotees of classic danc- ing find that the artistry of barefoot movements in- sures litheness of figure and banishes the insinuating corn, two considerations of the highest Importance in terpsichorean art. After due consideration the West Philadelphia Business Men's sasociation, resolved not to employ antagged cabaret talent at its future smokers. Some- body rung in & dancer at the last session, and her Pedal agility mensced the alabaster shades on the celling lights. Besides the managers are annoyed be- cause no One MAsumes responsibility for the high kicker. Fortunately for the gavety of the hunting sea- dtlDbnvlltuothum #on, the game sports of Minnesota are poor shots. Cargie Brown, & country school teacher, cheerfully Qflcn proof. During the helght of the shooting sea. son, Miss Brown rigged herself in a chrome yellow ' walst with black spots, & red and yellow striped ‘wkint, felt hat, with feather of robbin's ‘blue, -bipck silver spangled belt, gray suede shoes parasol of sea green. Hunters took three shots 1915. The Pees effer Mr. Ernet Resents Pleasantry. OMAHA, Dec. 10.—To the Editor of The Bee: I think The Bee owes me a publie apology, and should reprimand the re- porter responsiblo for the ridicule heaped upon me, and mis-statements of actual facts, in an article published under fat headlines saying that “School Ma'ams Plan to Get Ernst an Alarm Clock.” ete. 1 do not object to a joke, but when- it goen too far I protest. Your reporter ould first have asked me about the facts, and avelded unjustly and without cause publicly ridiculing and offending me. Likewise the teacher or teachers who have created an utterly Incorrect im- pression, deserve being reprimanded. The tacts, as I now remember them, were as follows: There were 1,100 of the warrants to be signed. I found them at my house on getting home. I would have signed them the same evening, as I have fre- quently done, before retiring, but T had an important engagement made before 1 had any notice of the warrants coming to me that evening. I could not possibly change that engagement; it was not not a theater or soclal or other personal matter, it was on business of the board and very important. I reached home about 10:30 and at once started signing:;' about midnight I quit, setting my alarm clock for 6 a. m. and at about 6 a. m. 1 started in again and finished before breaxfast, carried the package to my of- fice and phoned the secretary’s office, as customary, to send the messenger after them. 1 served the city of Lincoln in the me sort of capacity for three years, the ate of Nebraska for six years, and I have now served the city of Omaha one year, a total of ten years of absolutely gratultous services to my fellow citizens. 1 have never before been charged, as in this Instance, with being negligent or dilatory, and while I don’t mind a good- natured joke, T most emphatically protest against being thus publicly misrepre- sented or ridiculed, and I think this should be given the same prominence and position in your paper as was given to the article I am objecting to. Yours respectfully. . J. ERNST An Unfair Law. OMAHA, Dec. 9.—To the Editor of The Bee: The beautles of the so-called “‘em- ployers' llability or compensation law’ were vividly brought to my attention ‘within the last few days. A strong and hearty young married man, who was dangerously injured while in the employ of a great corporation, came to consult with me about his case. His Injuries were most dreadful and sick- eniag too look upon. Yet under the beauti- ful compensation law he gets the munificent sum of $5 per week to sup- port himsélf and family while he has to earn a cent for four months, and a skilled physician, who is not in the employ of the corporation, tells him it will be a number of weeks before it will be safe for him to work at all, and yet the representatives of this cor- poration are {rying to force him to go back to work so they will not have to pay the $ per week any longer. He suffered intensely for many weeks and had many people received the in- juries he did it is doubtful it they would live through it. The young man came to see If there was not some way in which the so-called employers’ liability act could be set aside and recover damages for the terrible injuries he had recelved. My hands were tied by this iniquitous law and I was helpless to do him a bit of good, He sald the compensation law ought to be called the law of oppression. . It the young man's case could be tried before a jury of honest men they would not take long to give him from 35,000 to $10,000 for the injuries he received, for it is doubtful if he ever recovers from them and may yet lose a part of his physical being. It has been the style with a great many reople In the last few years to strike at lawyers and their profession, and I sup- pose one reason it is kept up is that few lawyers strike back publicly or resent the imputations that are cast upon them every day of the year. The so-called compensation act is one of the many clubs that have been used to strike at the legal profession, and it has struck so hard that it not only hits lawyers, but hits the workingmen still harder. Wage- earners struck themselves a harder blow than they struck the lawyers, and It is no wonder they are starting a movement for its repeal, and 1 hope they will suc- ceed In their efforts to strike out a law that should never have been adopted, and which I for one voted agaipst when it was submitted to the voters last year. The movement to have free legal advice is another club to be used against law- yers. I know of few lawyers who will take advantage of a poor man, and I know that lawyers give more free advice and lose more money on account of dis- honest men who can pay than in any other Itne of business. If we have free legal bureaus, why not have free newspapers printed at public expense for those who say they cannot pay for themi Why not have houses put up at public expense and let people who say they cannot pay rent live in them free of cost? Why not carry this com- munistic idea into every line of life and have everything free for those who say they cannot pay for them? It is time the legal profession would arise in its might and combat the fads and fancies that have grown up in the last few years to the detriment of lawyers and everybody else as well, F. A. AGNEW. Tips on Home Topics Washington Pest: No modern states- man is eligible to a place in the political 400" unti] he's had his name taken off a Nebraska baljot. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Now that Ne- braska has nominated all our presidential candidates, it might as well go ahead and elect one. It will save us a lot of | tme. Detroit Free Press: Brand Whitlock says the time lsn't ripe to seek the end of the war. In other words, it's mo time to persuade a man to get off his horse when he's in the middle of the stream. Baltimore Ameriean: It 1s declared that the visit of the kalser. to Vienna had no political importance. Just a friendly dropping in to sound the emperor on what he would like best for a Christmas present, probably. New York Times: Signs multiply that our commercial affalrs are going ahead upder the full speed bell. Our foreign trade is on & 9,000,000,000 basis, surpass- Ing England's for the first time. Last week's bank clearings approximated five billions for the first time, and every sec- ot ber and missed the target. But the garish toga | tion of the country contributed to the recerd. had been cloaked for safety. SUNNY GEMS. A great deal depends on the point of view,” remarked the ready-made philos- opher. That's a fact,” replied Broncho Bob. “It depends entirely on where you're sittin’ whether fotir aceg look perfectly beautiful or somethin’ awful.”—Washing- ton Star “My hair is coming ofit.” sald & man to his doctor. “Please give me some- thing to, keep it in." “Well," sald_the doctor, old pill-box. Will that do? phia Bulletin. “This enterprising reporter puts things In & nice way. He #) 8 of & man who Just got married as being on the bright side_of 50" “well?" ““That ought to suit men on both sides.” —Loulsville Courfer-Journal. MY Wil 'm ? Eaaas. 3 NO — SUSPICION ! ‘here's an Philadel- “Tvery performer is going to contribute a little to our show. The strong man is going_to give some exhibitions of his strength.” see. He, too, will contribute his might."—Baltimore American. “Why did you leave the party so hastily the other day when the rising young novelist 1 wanted you to meet ‘was announced?’ ‘‘Because a literary man I know told me he had a remarkably successful touch.”—~Baltimore Ameriean. “I certainly do pity any poor seam- stress.’” “Why & seamstress especially ‘“Because she's bound to of the seamy side of life." American. ‘“There are a lot of bright men in this town,” remarked the stranger who was t';sflfllnx in the store of the local op- clan, ‘“What makes you think s0?" asked the optician. “Why," replied the stranger, “you can see for yourself that every man who Into see you has an eye for busi- “incinnati Enquirer. so much Baltimore LOVE TO MEN. Alice Cary. I hold that Christian grace abounds Where charity Is seen; that when We_ climb to heaven 'tis on the roundy” Ot love to men. I hold all elss, nameq plety A eolfish scheme, a va'n pretense; Where center is not, can there be Circumference This 1 motfeover h(#. and dare Affirm where'er iy rhyme may go— Whatever things be sweet and fair, Love makes them so. Whether it be the lullables That charm to rest the nestling bird Or the sweet confidence of sighs And blushes, made without a word. Whether the dazzliag and the flush Of softly sumptuous garden bowers, Or_by some cabin door, a bush Of ragged flowers. ‘Tis not the wide phylactery Nor stubborn fast, nor stated prayvers, That make us saints; we judge the tree By what it bears. Apd when a man can live apart From works, on theologic trust, I know the blood about his heart Is dry as dust Do You Know The Real Food Value of Snflm When you talk about buying ten cents or one dollar's worth of any_ foodstuffs, what do you mean by “‘worth?' The only measure of genuine worth in the pur- chase of eatables must be putrition. But do you keep nutrition In mind when you buy the family provisions? Let us see. Meat is probably your m%pn item Yet no less an authority than Dr. Hutchi- son, the dietitian, says that meat is a dear food. Why? Because we pay, far too much for the amount of nutrition that we mecure. Meat contains 76 per cent water—think of that when sirloin is chalked up at %c a Ib.—three-quarters water! Now, take Faust Spaghettl, made from Durum wheat, a rich, glutinous cereal. Of_spaghetti and ita allied products, the same authority says that they eontain only 10 per cent water, and these foods are absorbed almost in their entirety— %o to make blood muscle and tissie. ust Spaghett! costs 10c a large pack- age—nearly all WORTH. MAUL BROS. St. Louis, U.8.A. 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