Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 17, 1915, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE " FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROBEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietol BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND €EVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION pr y oarrier month. 8o By mall per year. » Dally and Sunday.. Daily without Sund: Hvening and Sunday vening_without Sunday. unday onlYy........ 4 . ® Send notice of change of a or complaints of gularity in delivery to Omaha Bese, Circulation rtmen REMITT. B. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only two- cent stamps recelved in paym counts, Personal checks, except on exchange, not accepted. of small ao- ha and eastern Bioa OF FICRS. Omaha—-The Bee Building. South Omaha--2818 N street. Councll Bluffe-—14 North Main street Lincoln—% Little Bufldin Chi Hearst Buil i“. New York—Room 1106, 2% Fif{th avenus. Bt. Louls—808 New Bank of Commerce. ‘Washington—72% Fourteenth 8t, N. W CORRESPONDENCE. ws lnz edl- mu communications relating to ne matter to Omaha Bee, itorial NOVEMBER CIRCULATION, 53,716 f Nebraska, County of Douglas. ss: ht Willlams, circulation manager of The Bee State o Hk:nn‘ company, being duly sworn, says that the cireulation for the month of November, 1913, - was !i 718, DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation M o in my premenc Worn &0 betore me. this :2“.:.6 of December,. (it To " @ ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publie. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them, Ad. q--mhmuum-n«u e December 17 Thought for the Day Selected by Supt. F. L. Soldan To thine own self be true.—Shakespeare. Back in the shadows of the question, ‘“What shall 1 give?” lurks the noiseless interrogation, “Wonder what I wiil get?” | “BEquality before the law” becomes s state motto of life and meaning since an Omaha man §0t by the court with an alimony allowance. —— Predictions of & frosty greeting for the Ouncarites in Bweden are well founded. Chris- tiania 1s well within the December frost belt. 5 Sesmeres— _ The more good cheer liberally dispersed dur- m the season of cheer, the greater will be the . of cheery heart thriils for the dis- | The officlal eall for the demoeratic national ~ racification meeting is out. Begin saving now, . noeds the mm ‘the money to make good the pot } ; ¢ SESeESmes—— i, L v Warrlors of the base ball war are coming out ;fi;lo trenches and the dove of peace flutters on ‘diamond. Joymaking muitiplies as the holi- Tae Sepe——— Party pattiots brag about the efficiency of the administration, but it 18 a hundred-to-one (1 he that it cannot put across an automobile tax - as simoothly as the gasoline compsnies. 2 Sre—— The suffrage delegation cordially thanked ~ President Wilson for voting for the cause, and ~ the anti-suffraglsts congratulated him for rele- suffrage to the states for settlement, Abil- which commands the smiles and cheers of opposing forces evidences political agility cause, sentiment is not permitted to in- with business, 'The latter is strictly neu- and on the jump for number one. As s0on Anglio-French § percenters showed up on they were attacked and forced to re- to tremch 95. EE—— The amount of the alimony awarded is over- by the great, central, upstanding fact in court men possess equal rights with w for compensation when shaken matri- 3 w . Nebraska justice rightly plumes it- ‘welf in having blazed a trail of light and sweet- ened liberty for “mere man.” is pronounced the mast pleas- season. There were 100 guests, society folks, and the damcing | THE No Argument With Austria. While the news from Vienna, percoiated through London, may lack in something of au- thentieity, it may as well be clearly understood that there will be no extended debate with Aus- tria over the principle involved in the Ancona case, Austria may protend to take advantage of the technical point that the comniunications be- | tween the United States and Germany, covering the gimflar.cases of the Lusitagia and the Arable, were not formally called to the attention of the government at Vienna. This should avail Aus- tra nothing, because the close working under- standing between Berlin and Vienna is such that it s not believable that either government could participate in any serious external negotiations without at least the knowledge of the other. This is beside the point, however. The United Btates in its first note to Ger- many very plainly set out its position as to submarine warfare, and that position is a mat- ter of general knowledge. The sinking of the Ancona was under such circumstances as to war- rant the stern language of the note recently dis- patched to Austria. That the Austrian admir- alty justifies the conduct of its submarine com- mander is perfectly understandable. "The Ger- man admiralty likewise defended the commander who sunk the Lusitania without warning, and has not as yet officlally disavowed his action, al- though the disclaimer has been made in the case of the Arabic. The Ancona case is more nearly on a par with that of the Arabic, for both these vessels were westbound and consequently could not reasonably be charged with carrying muni- tions or soldiers. The destruction in both in- stances wanton and deliberate. The position of the United States is not one of obstinate disregard for the rights of the belll- gerents, bhut rather a firm rights of neutrals and a proper regard for the common interests of humanity. From this po- sition It Is not at all likely that our government will recede, Change Commanders, but Not Strategy. The retirement of Field Marshal John French and his succession by General Sir Douglas Haig as commander of the British army in Flanders, does not necessarily indicate a purpose on part of the British to abandon the strategy that bas so far marked their course in the war, On the western front the Allles long ago settled down to play a waiting game, Whatever turn the tide of war may take in other directions, it will fin- ally be settled on the outcome of the campaign in the west. That this campaign is satisfactory in its present aspect to the Allies i nerally un- derstood. If reports that Germany is again massing troops for a blow on the west are true, it must be taken as a manifestation of Teutonic impatience over the conduct of the French and British commanders, who seem thoroughly com- mitted to the waiting game. General Sir Doug- las Haig is well recommended as a fighting man, his name itself Indicating something of military quality. He will go to the front well prepared to follow on the plans of the admittedly best strategist in the British servi mebe— ] Leave it to the Lawyers, The Statg Journal arg long and learnedly in an appeal to the State Bar association that that body take overdhe responsibility for select- ing candidates for judges to be voted on at next year's election. It assumes that the lawyers are hetter acquainted with and consequently more competent to judge of the qualifieations of mem- bers of their own profession, and thereby, with first hand knowledge of their capabilities, should be charged with selecting men for judicial posi- tions. The theory on which The Journal pro- ceeds is very attractive, but like a great many other beautiful thinge in this worla, lacks the substantial basis of practicability. A little while back we were bombarded with arguments in support of the proposition that our Judges should be chosen on a non-partisan basis in order that no taint of polities might attach to the bench, The law passed in response to this demand has worked out as was prophesied for it at the time—wherever the republicans are in control a republican adorns the beneh; and where the democrats have a majority a democrat wears the ermine. The suggestion that the bar assoclation recommend candidates to be voted for is not novel or untried. It has been practiced for a long time In Douglas county and elsewhere, and no particular cause exists for complaint against the qualifications of the men who have been se- lected and elevated to the high position of judge. 1t The Journal's suggestion is to be carried out in its entirety, however, the matter of choosing our judges might as well be left to the State Bar association altogether, and the people be relieved of the formality of ratifying the choice of the lawyers. SEm—— Polygamy in the Philippines, General Molatyre has somewhat startled the country by his frank statement that the United States should not at this time undertake to inter- fere with the practice of polygamy in the Philip- pines. Whether we like it or not, General Me- Intyre's conclusions have the support of wisdom. The eivilising work of the United States among the Milipinos has not as yet progressed far enough to place them on the high plane where they may be amenable to the social custowns and moral practices of the most enlightened peoples of the world. We have yet a great deal to do before we can say we have completed our task in the islands.. The end desired will be more speedily accomplished if our efforts are directed with some modicum of common sense, Morality, as we understand It, will be more easlly tnoul- cated among the Filipinos through persussion and not through legislation Sp—— When rallroad doetors disagree, who shall prescribe? After three years' labor s Chicago commission reached the conclusion that the gub- stitution of electric for steam locomotives within the ¢ity 18 & financial impossibility, Presideat Bush of the Missouri Pacific told a St. Louls con- vention that before many vears the rellroads would electrify and send steam locomotives to the serap heap. ———— The New Haven case drags its slow length along and Mr. Mellen still holds the witness chair. Bbould Mr. Mellen secure expert pay for ‘expert testimony, Uncle Bam's witness fund will look like a Christmas tree the morning after. insistence on the | BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 17, 1915 The Downfall of Ingalls PBmporia (Kan) Gasette A disoussion is going on in the Kansas press as to the historical accuracy of the statement that Senater Ingalls, when he was defeated by Senator Peffer in 1801, refused to buy the populists needed for Ingalls’ re-election. The story is denled by Jack Harrison of the Beloit Gasette, who says that jt was fairly well known among the insiders that the Ingalls campaign managers were looking for purchassble populist mem- bers of the legislature, and that a fund was in ex- istence to pay for the populists when found. From this he assumes that Senator Ingalle dia not refuse to buy his way back to the senate. The assumption, however, is Incorrect—as we have heard the story “many times and oft.”” from different men who should have known. The story that we have heard is this A fund was raised sufficient to buy the popull needed. Negotiations were opened and carried on cessfully by the men in charge of the matter, needed number was secured; The the price was agreed upon. A ‘“retainer” was paid, and the rest was held contingent upon the election of Ingalls. Then Ingalle came upon the scene. He knew in a general way what was going on, but did not know the details. Finally, one evening, the whole plan was outlined, the names of the men who had sold out were lald before the senator. They were names fairly familiar to him. A few of the men were noted corruptiofists who had ridden back to power on the populist wave. It was called the “Alllance” then. Beside each man's name was his price and the partial payment he had re- celved. Ingalls looked at the pape- spread before him In silence, then his gorge rose. He got up, paced th* diagonal of the room, cursing the bribe-takers, and incidentally damning the managers of the deal for pleking out such cattle—such scrubby, venal cattle- and then laid the vitriol of his wrath upon the kind of men who would sell out. Suddenly one of his friende—a wiry, bull-shoul- dered, bull-headed lttle man with a wiry voice cut in* “What the hell’s the matter with you, senator—dil you expect us to buy & lot of bank presidents and | school superintendents? Ils glared back and continued pacing the room Suddenly, he burst out with a roaring “No''—and re- peated: ‘No—T don't have to go back to the senate But T do have to keep my own self-respect 1 4o have to keep my good name for my family! This whole sordid deal is off!"" And it was off. The rest of the money waa not pald; Peffar was elected. The pecple had thelr way, saw their folly, profited by their experfence. And all was well for twenty yeara. At least this Is the story as it came to Tke Lam- bert, who told it to a Gasette reporter a dozen years ago. The Great Detective. “Good afternoon,” sald the great detective, & chair—temporarily, of cours “My husband's actions have been puzzling me,” be. gan the woman with the high-heeled gown. “‘Every evening after supper he mysteriously cdisappears and never returns until midnight. He never tells me whers he has been, but T suspect the worst, for he always comes back with a smear of face powder on his right shoulder, and T've found long hairs on his coat, all “Have “Hum,” sald the great detective, thoughtfully. “Hum." f [ “I should say #0,” replied the woman in the high- heeled gown “What's the nearest dance hall to your house?’ asked the detective, and she answered, “The Palais do Hop." Springing to tie telephone, called up the Palals de Hop. “Page Mr. Dooser, please,” he requested. ‘‘Hello, is this Mr, Dooser? It is? Thank you: that's all.” ““Wonderful!" breathed the woman with the high- heeled gown. I'll start in tomorrow and take dancing leasons mywelf." ““That's the best way to stop him," agreed the g. 4. “Bleven dollars, please.”—Detroit Free Press. the great detective A Daring Feat. Snooks was one of those conceited, make-Gelieve, bold hunters, and was always spinning his yarns about his experiences in Africa, and he generally ‘wound up by saying he never yet saw a lion he feared One night, after he had finished yarning, he was & little taken aback by one of hia audience, who said: “That's nothing. I have lain down and actually slept among lions in thelr wild, natural state.” “I don’t belleve that. T'm no fool,” sald the bold hun! “It's the truth, though." “You slept among lions in their wild, natural state?” “Yes, I certainly aid.” “Oan you prove it? Were they Africa “Well, not exaotly African lions. They were dandeloins.”~Chicago Herald. The Part of Wisdom. They were talking about signs, tokens, intuitions and things like that at a soclal affair and the fol. lowing incldent was recalled by Congressman G Brown of West Virginia: One night an ardent lover called on the darling of his heart and so engrossed was he that he didn't sce that the hours were rapidly flitting away. ‘‘Bessie,” shouted a large, masterful volce at the head of the stairs when the olock struck 12, *‘you tell that pale-haired, rafl-faced, knock-kneed yap to take his hat and beat it or I will flam him so high that he will meet the airships coming dow; “Percy, dear,” sald the fair girl, turning to the emancipated youth. “Yea, darling,” reaponded Percy dear, moving a step nearer the idol of his fancy. ““Wha e “‘Something seems to tell me, dearest,” answered the pretty one with a sad sigh, “that you had better §0."—Philadelphia Telegraph. People and Events Patay J. Boyle, mayor of Newport, R. I, is a smooth “broth of & b'y." He has just been elected for his sixteenth term. Officeholders with sticking ambitions might gain valuable tips by getting a first hand view of Mayor Boyle's wonderful grip on the job Chicago's divorce statistics show one out of every six marriages lead to divgrce courts, Women have been granted decrees in 2710 cases and men in % cases in 1914. Desertion is the principal cause and the largest percentage of separation occurs in the first year of marriage, Sewenty-thtee couples of the total number divorced owned thelr homes and 3541 couples were renters. Lumber jacks in & log#ing camp in northern Wis consin added ome to the lst of strike novelties by pulling off a walkout against a steam-heated board- ing house. The absence of a visible fire, the big stove, the sawdust apittoon, and live pipe-coals shocked their ideals of comfort. A working truce wus effected with free matches and a community spittoon three feet square. James 1. Dwyer and James E. Gleeson of Chicago last May launched the “Irish Voice,” a weekly, de- voted to Irish freedom and German liberty. The pro- moters sized up the temper of Chicago and concludod 1, was distinctly anti-English and capable of profit. able cultivation. Last month the Voice ceased to arti- culate and what remalned was selzed by federal uthorities seeking evidence of the German propa- sanda. Mr. Giesson Wwas chief financial backer of the venture and admits & personal loss of $6,000, “We thought it was @ §00d businéss proposition.” says Mr Gleeson, “in view of the strong Irish and pro-German sentiment in Chicago. We got beautifully fooled. We had tigured on the Irish who are opposed to England and the German sympathizers to come forward o large numbers amd not only subscribe, but fill the pages with advertising, How we got fooled s seen by my personal losses.” Mr. Gleeson is president of the Glecson Printing company and Dwyer is & news- Paser man. O tes ama Thelr Backers. NORTH LOUP, Neb, Dec. 14.~To the Editor of The Bee: In looking over the names of the prospective candidates for governor, one of them says that several thousand signers request him to make the race. That may look like an inno- cent olaim, but it ald not sound just right to this writer, I doubt not the statement, but why such silent enthusiasm for a candidate who has held the office of lleutenant governor only, and his services have bean so inconspieuous thet he has never had a platform, and we do not re- | eall any positive stand on important | matters? There I8 a powerful political machine at Lineoln, the business of which is to con- trol state government and obtain large appropriations in various ways. Evi- dently those several thousand signatures come from many parts of the state which are in control of that machine. The peo- ple should inspect that class of candi- dates. Men of more prominence do not | wet so much consideration. How many | men In your community are boiling over | for eandidates who have mot so much as & positive record in public affairs? When | & candidate has the invisible backing of | the Lincoln lobby, that means that such | & candidate has a complete understand- ing with that lobby. Lincoln is mot the place to control state appointments. WALTER JOHNSON. Well Managed Tpstitution. OMAHA, Dec. 16,.—To the Editor of The Bee: It would seem to the writer that | the taxpayers of this county know very little of how their money s being spent In the various county institutions, or how much is being saved In our in- stitutions, though, it is safe to say, that iIf the people would take more interest in our institutions, by an occasional visit, to appreclate some of the good work that is being done, there would be less criticlsm from pure political motives; further, there would be a greater work done by those in cha of such Insti- tutions, However, criticism, if any, would | not seem to efféct or geter M. B, Thomp- | son, and his wife, from doing efficient | work in conducting the detention home at Third and Bancroft streets. ‘The writer has visited this place pro- bably eight or ten times during the last eighteen months and has done so through | his particular interest in the kind of work that is being carried on at this | institution. Only recently, I had the pleasure of going through this place as I had never taken the time to do before, and I have never failed to see some Im- provement in the Institution in the way of saving to the county. The appearance of this institution, and the manmer in which the children are governed home. It is immaculately clean in every respect, and It is of great in- terest to see how these little delinquents appreciats the pleasantness of their new home. The farming on this place is remark- able when one considers the small amount of ground there is to till. I learned from Mr. Thompson that all of the garden truck used by the institution is ralseq on the place and that there were 300 bushels of potatoes harvested this year and about 30 chickens raised, together with hay and grain enough for the county horse until the next harvest. It is certainly commendable that Com- missioner Best and his fellow commis- sloner have such people as Mr. and Mrs. Thompson in charge of this institution. Their work and what they have to show for it seems to be the answer to how Mr. Thompson cared for, through the year, an average of forty-five children each day on an operating expense of approximately $10,000. It is practically the same amount of money spent by his predecessor in 1911, who had an everage of twenty-nine children per day. Com- pare the average number of children under present management and the amount spent to that of his predecessor, and it shows a saving of several thous- and dollars over that of 1911, If this in- stitution can be taken as an example, 1 am sure that the taxpayers of Doug- las county would be glad if the com- missioners could find yaore men with Mr. Thompson's ability for our institutions. One striking thing in (his Institution that seems considerably out of the or- dinary, is their preparation for the little dependents’ Christmas, all of which s at the expense of Mr. Thompson, his wife and Miss Tucker. It has been their practice during the time that they have been there to give each child Christmas gifts which embraces many things to make their liftle hearts glad. In my judgment there Is no bigger *‘Good-fel- low” in Omaha than in that institution. They are doing excellent work and I belleve that the people of this county should show their appreciation by an occaslonal visit to the institution. In fact, they Invite the public to visit the institution and see how the work is conducted and carried on. The work at this institution is a cfedit to the county and state and those having to do with it should be commended for it. Yours very truly, ERNSST A. CONAWAY, Retween Lodge and Smith, OMAHA, Dec. 16.—To the Editor of The Bee: The superficial and sophistic obser- vation of Senator Lodge about'@rowned bables and unsold cotton was @voked by a suggestion of Senator Hoke Smith might prove effective in insuring freedom of the seas for American commerce; and | to it, Senator Hoke Smith made a re- | joinder which came much nearer touch- statement of Senator Lodge, approxi- mate the keynote of American inter- o Scnator Hoke Smith probably had no intention of deprecating a proper and wholesome , sympathy for ‘‘drowned bables,” but, he veplied to the senator from Massachusetts with a strong in- tion to the effect that the partioular group of Americans characteristically manifesting the most hysterical sym- pathy for “drowned bables” while at the same time utterly to indicate the slightest {interest «“gnsold cotton usually found the ammunition business cared for ls not at all unlike a well | ,that an embargo on munitions of war | ing the keynote of truth than aid the | net.c light. ‘What is thatr It is generally full of mourning stars.” ~Boston Transcript. “There is one odd thing you may have ed about a dramatic "“Why the nolse?’ “The barber is shaving himselt.” | “But why the argument?" ‘“He have a shampoo.”'—Kansas City Journal Husband—A man is coming to see me | | ave RIM | 411 at home, my honey, in the lovelight's eams; To the friendly talking fire let the chil- on_ur come fnto my den? Wite—And Never!—Life “Did auto? “From the start; the cook uses it all [That shines from love's first morning on time." —~Puck, the “What & your boy studying at school | new ” “Judgin',” “from the way ha keeps remindin' m SUNNY GEMS. arithmetie,”~Washington Star. season’s twi- a4 peach of a driver. the alkall desert drant."—New York Times. Stockson Bonds | coming here Daughter—why, Jack a cub? pa, ia_trying to persuade himself to | |father is a bear and ling us bul ‘fl4\lffln Transcript. HEARTS AT HOME. he's been | time fireplace; in a race! | night like this? | But Winds forgot to Kiss! Somewhere, in the marden Beautiful and bright, The winds that love the ros Forgot to kisa “good-nigh nt 1 my dressmaker? | business. Can interrupt | dren tell their dreams, se control of his |And Jones ever in the light the shadows of life's night And let the shadows gath And let the night winds To kiss once more the roi replied Farmer Corntossel, | BAKING POWDER Made from Cream of Tartar Absolutely Pure Butterine Margarine Oleomargarine (are the same thing) This is the Carton in which to Economical Food Product buy this wholesome Made by Swift & Company, U. S. A. [5] . s e e s s 5] 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, of expenses, 1 should say it was mostly Disgusted Cop (at crossing—Say! you're 1 you waa crom you'd ‘run into & . aaughter)—Bmfly. vou'll have to stop that young cub from how can you eall Stockson Bonds—Why shouldn't I His on the street for weoks.— ¥. L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution. | A1l at home, my honey, ‘round the old- | 8ky of frosty stars and all the wild winds | Where may they be going on a wintry somewhere there are roses that we—life’'s old-time lovers—shall listen Where love first saw your face!