Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 8

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! __FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. ‘ | | { VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. .BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH o Rt st Bttt Bt i helibelomiticeand +Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. Ppo e daaRiane o R awosiitn o B ssisitiimmissamiinedd OF 8U IPTION. TERMB OF BACR! 1 nm:t By mail ont T year. ma pel !'..m o g e ecelve In ent ol smal i ‘hecks, except on Omaha and eastern gwnefl Bluffs— 1‘4‘]«'&" rfmn street. & L. B g e 2 Hin arenee Washington-—18' Fourteentn Str N, W, CORRESPONDENCE. communications rdn% &m n-w Bufidin matter to Omaha Bee, | NOVEMBER CIRCULATION, 53,716 2 L. 2o, o S e S e "'rxu.n\ll. s.lrmht:«:’n Huufi'“ %n‘gn{')r& ;T!E"\"I;?‘fiouf: :lhlle. Fabscribers leaving the city temaporarily should have The Bee mailed to them, Ad- Mflhm-am-mm :—--n-—_-___.\\ Thought for the Day Selocted by M. V. Osburn - “Keep thy spindle and thy distaff ready; God will send the flaz.”’ “—'—-——m -, B 1t the appearance of the stores is a proof, it n't all done early this year, either, Sp—— “Pancho” Villa sowed the wind, but he fsn't all keen about reaping Ihg whirlwind. e t—— The Berlin repudiation says in litanised &: “From fool friends, 'good Lord deliver S ———— ‘What did Henry Ford expect, when he took @ reporters along—that the truth would be ? } 3 S—— “Democratic simplicity” attuned to wedding lls strikes a higher note than the hoof-beats t T. Jetferson's mount. e ——— Hastings claims the honor of the third larg- ety in the state. Grand Island and Fremont please take notice and buek up. : ' ral French predicts “‘a glorious finish’ 1 ""’ arms. Why nie leaves to others the lization Is a present-hour mystery. is just beginning to warm up, it outlook is for a busy time in Pool'w: office before the close of the the 4 S s———— King Ferdirand of Bulgaria sees enough in the situation from his viewpoint to the dumdum joke. Warring rulers are 1l ¢ Sem——— The invasion of the honeymoon belt by a squad, despite personal objections, sug- that padded cells are not getting their shure : S—— Wfluu Kitehin, proposes to have in- all newspapers that do not hold to his ‘views. Must be something wrong with Rallway efforts to prevent grade crossing s will be.made more effective if the pub- help §00d way is to not to beat, a bappened to the Ford pil- nothing compared to what may B joins the party at The Hague, _may recall, has shown his perfect in- Chinamen who are protest- mo &t home are fortunate lwun‘ thunders at a safe distance. e | miles of rough water help to smpt for the Peking axe. S—— what happened on the voyage, & flicker of doubt but what the of the Ford missionaries were reaching land. The sooth- ©ocean trip invariably are tound Immunity for Villa. One of the remarkable developments of changing conditions In Mexico is the arrange- ment whereby “Pancho” «Villa is to be given asylum in the United States. This bargain has just been concluded, and earried with it im- munity for the “army’ of thie picturesque bandit, who has lald waste the greater part of northern Mexico for many months, Just why the United Btates should become a party to such a bargain s : | not plain, but this country fiu ever been a refuge for those who have fled from political persecu- tion, and in this instance, perhaps the offenses of the man against humanity will be covered as being purely political. How a country that could refuse admittance to Cipriano Castro can pledge protection to Francisco Villa will puzzle most people. “The quality of merey is not strained,” but it will be nearly so if a man guilty of all the crimes laid at the door of Francisco Villa is to be permitted to escape any punishment. Such parts of his predatory practices as were carried | on under the guise of war might, perhaps, be overlooked as the acts of a quasi-belligerent, but the outrages he has committed in the pursuit of his private purposes are so many and 8o gross that it does not seem possible, even for the sake of peace in Mexico, to entirely forgive them. Villa may have been a bold and dashing leader, but he also showed the qualities of a eruel and.relentlegs ruffian. From first to last his con- nection with the Mexiean disturbances has been & record of ruthless rapine. He has been loyal to no cause save his own, has sought to advance no interest but his own and now he should be brought to book for crimes committed In his name. For months he has been fighting with a noose around his neck and it will be no guaranty forythe future peace of Mexico should the United States give him protection “Peace on Earth.” It is to admire inspired zeal which moves Henry Ford and his crusaders to pursue their quest of peace In Europe, in face of all the ad- | versity that has so far overtaken them. All the way from New York to Christianis the voyage was bolsterous; rude winds and raging seas buffeted the Oscar II from without, while bick- ering and strife prevailed botween decks, From Norway comes word that the party will purge itselt of those elements of dissension, whose din- cord disturbed the proceedings on the way across, and that the future record of the expedi- tion will be made up by those entirely in concord. While Mr. Ford looks forward with optimistic confidence to the day when swords will be sheathed at his behest, the warriors of Europe are girding themselves for further endeavor in the way of slaughter, New armies are being ralsed, new leaders are going into the fields, and new campaigns are being mapped, and all the outward and visible signs indicate the pressing forward of the war with greater vigor than at any time. This does not promise much for peace on earth, and yet no man can tell what may happen. Henry Ford may return disil- lusioned and disappointed, but he will always have the consclous satisfaction of knowing that he tried, E——— Sunday’s Syracuse Success. According to telegraphic reports, Rev, Wil- liam Ashley Sunday, D. D.,, met with even more pronounced success in his campaign at Byracuse than he did in Omaha. In all branches of fig- ures his totals are greater than those made locally. This should not be a source of any regret or lowering of pride for Omaha, Syracuse is situated in the densely populated Mobawk valley, having within easy range a much larger number of people from whom to draw attendance for the services at the tabernacle, This, natur- ally, Includes very many more sinners who needed the saving grace of salvation as freely offered by Rev. “Billy,” and it is, therefore, but 'natural that the impassioned pleadings of this gifted evangeiist, under these circumstances, should be responded to by multitudes exceeding the host who hit the trall in Omaha., His har- vest, however, was not proportionately greater, nor is it probable the results will be more fa reaching or longer-lasting. Omaha will cheer- fully concede that Syracuse needed him more than we did, relying on whatever consolation may be found in the knowledge that we did our best. ——— Viewed from the coast range or the peaks of the Sierras the preparedness plans of Senator Works show surpassing genius. In his opinion 200,000 men are needed to guard the Pacific coast against lnvasion. This number of men m“‘on farms ten months of the year, as the senator proposes, would solve the farm labor problem from Seattle to San Diego and leave the native sons ample time to extol the climate for eastern consumption. The California senator knows a good thing and does not hesitate to reach for it. e — More is heard of political knocking in Great Britaln then from any other of the warring na- “.oll. ‘That comes from cable freedom for par- liament debates, not because knocking s ex- clusively a British institution. Despite the cru- cisl state of affairs, party spirit in London it 88 aggressive and harassing to the ministry as the ©Of border knockera to Lineoln dur- fng the eivil war, —— “Out of the trenches by Christmas' originally cheered the Ford peace missionaries, Now the exodus s deferred “unt!l spring.” Likewlse, a midsummer prophecy of an October finish is ex- tended until February. So far the internaticnal Buessing match gives no sign of 4 “white hope." ——— Applause for General Villa's wisdom tn giving up the fight should be restrained until assur- ances of peacetul intentions are given this con! try. An invasion of the dhautauqua cireult or & drive into the movie trenches might endanger our d-w?hd brand of peutrality, —— It the president and his bride defeat the m.a.g, theyl Bave to stay pretty close indoors. If they're golng to have any fum &t Hot Spr'ngs, they might as well come out and look pleasant, and get it over, e —— Spotlight manipulators persist in throwing THE BEE: | copt the young man's responsitility, supplied him with | self losing ground steadily. | | stead of weeping, e laughed. While others were mop- OMAHA, TUESDAY Business Doctors New Yobk Commaercial 3 d him y an in the dry goods business foun bostng rohh He had several billa that were overdue and no way, as far as he could see, of paying them. It seemed to him as if there was w:;":' ing ahend but the bankruptey court. For ano man, & loan from a bank might have saved the situa- tion, hut he gave this up as impossiblo In his case, be- cause of his previous connection with a small m-p_-rn- men store that had falled a short time before. The bankK, he imagined, would require an endorsement, and he @14 not see his way clear to providing this. Ome of his ereditors suggested that he call on the representa- tive of the Wholesale Men's Furnishings assoclation and talk over his diffculties. This he did. Willara B. Stevens, secretary of the organisation, found that the young man was “very earnest in his desife to mlkev £004,” o much so, in fact, that he would not think o asking help from his father, who is a man of means. Mr. Stevens convinced the young man that his fear over the bank's refusing him a loan was ungrounded and suggested that he put his case clearly before the bank officials. The resilt of this advice was that the bank withoutrequiring any indorsement whatsoever ex- sufficlent funds to meet the emergencies in his busi- ness. Today he is doing & flourishing business, and calls up the association every now and then to report of the progress he is making. “ To quote Mr. Stevens, this young man was a “good moral risk,” and deserved the help he got. The newly formulated plan of the assoclation to extend advice and assistance to those merchants who find it temporarily impossible to meet their obligations promptly is designed to help just such deserving cases a8 the example cited. Another instance of the assoclation's work in thia respect is narrated by Mr. Stevens. Upon investigation it was found that a merchant who had his place of business in Brooklyn was 8o hopelessly involved thar the only possible way out for him was to wind up his affairs. If bankruptcy were resorted to the man's ereditors would have been left with merely a pittance of their claims, and the debtor, himself left penniless Through the sale of the merchandise by a creditors’ committes of the association 33 1-3 per cent was real- ized, and enough to give the man’'s family to tide it over temporary difficulties. Besides this a position in a store was found for the erstwhile storekeeper, with the result that “‘everybod. Ol The oclation, in short, is through with “post- mortem: nd the mad sorambling to realize 25 cents on the dollar when the debtor is thrown into bank- ruptcy, and is concentrating its efforts on preventing & business catastrophe while there is still time to “Jack up the structure,” The advisory and adjust- ment committee of the assoclation meets every Tues- day and considers the reports on slow pay accounts. If a report shows that a concern is slow pay for 60 per cent or over of its indebtedness, the debtor is re- quested to meet the committee and give the members an idea of just what Is wrong. In every case of the sort that has occurred so far the debtor 18 only too glad to take advantage of this opportunity. For the committee is made up of men who are long experi- enced In the right and wrong methods of conducting a retall business. They are business doctors, and can Kot at the bottom of the merchant’'s troubles in a Jitty. They are men of good judgment or else they would not be pald the large salariés they receive from manufacturing firms of world-wide repute. Further. more, they demand nothing for thelr expert services of the debtor. They are willing to spend, and ha: #pent, two or three hours of their well paid time a week, to help deservi: relatives, -as they are con- vinced of the importance of this work. A simple, but well thought put reporting plan en- ables the members of the assoclation to determine at once If the retall merchant is In hard straits. The blank on which the report is given shows the source of the inquiry, gives the key number of the concerns that have supplied the Information, another key letter to indicate their business and ledger experfence, with stress lald on higheast cfedit and the amount past due. ' Under tIE‘Vw wystem 1t is m for a retall concern to congeal its btate of tna s. By means of the key letter giving the business of the creditor firm; the man who cheeks eredits is able to determine at a glance whether the pu are properly apportioned. Whether, for instance, too much stock of one sore of merchandise is being bought com- pared with another stock. A dry goods concern that is now in bankruptcy and offering % cents on the dollar in settlement was Boing to seed ever since the early spring. The eredit roports show that in April it was 0 per cent glow In its payments. It is condelvable that, if the present committee had been in existence, together with fts plan for succoring sick businesses, the firm might have been pulled through its difficulties, Outside of the steady decline, there 1s another type of ure that 1s watched closely. Hg is the “‘clean-up man.” His finlsh in the bankruptey ocourt always leaves a dark brown taste In the mouth of the credit checker, His plan of operation is to get all the mer- chandise he can lay his hands on, preferably before the holiday season, il goods at cost or below, and, with a comfortable sum “salted away,” declare him- Self a bankrupt. The reporting system of the asso- clation usually prevents this schemer from ac- complishing his traudulent purpose. The report will show in this case a number of inquiries from firms Where request has been made for credit for the first time, This, on top of the record of debts still out- standing, is sufficlent to label the credit seeker as a fraud, ' It is undertaking to advise the retailer who has not prospered in the conduct of his business, a point that is driven home to him by the business doctors of the assoclation s the value of credit. He s shown how necessary it is to ddscount his bills, or at least meet them promptly. Twice Told Tales Meant Well, Anyhow. Mike Gilllgnn entered police office and intl. mated that some abominable thiet had stolen his watch. It was a valuable wateh, but, more than that, it had been given to Michael by his father back in County Clare. He told a very ptirring story about his loss. The officer at the desk was very much fmpressed. We'll leave no stone unturned to find your waten, Mr. Gliligan,"" he said. “Thank ye, sir,"* said Mike. “It was a fine watch.” And Mr. Gllligan went home and then found his waten, It liad siipped from beneath the pillow and in some Wway landed bepeath the sheets. He hurried back to the police office to report the fact and save the police further trouble. On the way he came across a gans of laborers tearing up the road for sewer purposes. Hi, boys,” called Mike, “leave them gtones don't turn y more, I've found my watch. burgh Chronicle-Telegra, Spur to Indestry, Ye have turned very Industrious lately, Tim," said one Tipperary man to &nother. “That 1 . bedad," replled the other. “I was up before the magistrate lakt week for battherin' Cassiay and the judge tould me If I came back on the same “harge he would fine me tin doll . “Did he? sald the first apeaker. “And ye're works Ing hard so to kape yer hands off Cassidy? “Den't yo belave M. sald the tndustrious man. “I'm working ha-rr-d t0 8ave Up the tin dollars.”— Buffalo Courfer, Rudeness Ia the Gallery. It was o sweet, sad play, And there was hardly a dry handkerchief in the house. But one man in the first balcony irritated his nelghbors excessively by refus- ing to take the performance in the proper spirit. In- Ping their eyes, his own brimmed with merriment and he burst into inappropriate guffaws. At last the lady by his side turned upom him in- dignantly: I dou't know what brought you here," she sobbed, g T ST DECEMBER ThePees A 21, 1915. LoSfer tor of The Bee 01 won and General Skobelev. N, Neb., Dec. 4.—To the Edi- President Wilson struck the keynote for the American people in his sens.” himse! prefer foreign interests. message about “Unamerican Citi- The president, who is very schol- arly and temperate in speech, expressed 1t vigoreusly toward those who His grief could be read between the lines of his words. That volee was heard from a man who feels, the nation's | prophet from heaven, he came to us to weakness Like a tell us our danger and to warn us from being caught In a trap of foreign na- tlons’ elul tches. He knows that it is a dangerous task to prevent the overthrow of our good government. Amert alized, as such, ought to unite with the ! Every good whether native born or natur- president and help him to wring forth his policies to the people, in order .to save America from the internal enemy, A true son of Russia was General 8ko- In 1552 this Russian general was In Paris. of Berblan students and, In repiy to their address, “T must tell you candidly why Russia fs not always at the height of its pa- triotle duties in general and of its role as a Slavonic nation in particular. It is becatuse in its forelgn and interfor af- belev. fairs it s under foreign influence. There he reteived a deputation expressed himself as follows: ‘At home, we Russians are never at home." We and are the victims of the of his foreigner intrigues. We are being dominated and paralyzed by his power and his dark influence, nd only with the sword in hand shall we be ‘able to shake off his yoke. Do you wish to know the name of the foreigner? He I8 the Ger. man, the author of ‘Drang Nach Osten. I implore you never to forget this fact. The fight between Teuton and Slav is at hand, It will be long and terrible, but I have faith-n the victory of the Slav.” FELIX NEWTON. Tired of Democracy’'s Parade MASSENA, Ia., Dec. 18—To the Editor of The Bee: The cocked hat candidate petition was signed by one colonel and twenty-six head of the decoction of Jin- &oes, and anti-Bryanites. A few more names would have looked better, but Prince Charles laughed so loud they all saw the joke. The candidate is non- partison on the eve of eiection. He has lost the wheel in the democrat house and senate, He has caued in jingoes of all shades and colors to ram ‘down a federal tax, to buy amemunition without taxing t he ammunition makers, The called-in ones are Teddyites, who claim Teddy saw Ezekiel first, 5o Woodrow has split the honors even between them and his handful of wet demosrats, The dem- ocratic congress 1s holding qulet meet- Ings with W. J. B, who is detained from his trip on the Oscar I1 in order to pick a candidate for president in ™18, Many are offering, but Bill wants one who will not tinoture everything from a German note to a national congress. The next one Bill makes will give bond to stay put for four years. No more cold feet, cloture In the senate, caucus in the house, majority rule, without calllng in the opposition. That is what Bill wants, and says so out loud in the Commoner. He also served notice in November on democrats, in office and out, that the democratic party will not buy ‘‘prepared- Ni ow, BIll being a man who can market his talk, has laid down the rule in the Commoner, either October or No- vember, November 4, Woodrow called in the Teddy jingoes, knowing full well the democratic congress had heard Bill say it. A president made by Bill attempting to do business in non-partisan fashion while the congress is democratic! man is a dead one! That He will not be the nominee if Champ Clark will let Bill’ wish the nomination onto him. The party ‘back-scuttles and breaks down when it cannot agree, that when it has everything necessary—president, senate, house—then calls in the Teddyites and splits wide open. evarything to avold the rush, Democrats are quitting Bill will nominate another, but whs wants another internal revenue stamper for a president or a tinker duty on sugar. from Tinkersville, with a If it's good on sugar, put it back on everything else and quit lick- ing s ps. T. 8. FENLON. re for Panama Slides. NORTH LOUP, Neb, Dec. 16—To the Bditor of The Bee: The earth slides in the Panama canal are giving Washington officlale, much trouble. I will offer a suggestion which I belleve will prove the solution of the engineering problem. If the top is to be removed from the moun- tain the expense will be large. There is & better way of getting at. the trouble, and the expense will not amount to muech. Any person who has watched the con- ditions of earth slides has noticed that .the first break in the eoll occurs at the lower side. There is no soll that will slide, except sand, when it is dry, and that runs only on a steep angle. Culebra ©out would not trouble if the country had no rainfall. The sofl is solid and firm except when wet, Suppose the engineers take a strip of ground beginning at the .water's edge and running back over the edge of the cut a few rods, remove all loose dirt on the surface carefully and impregnate the sur- face with crude mineral oil to an extent of one foot. This wil] shed all rainfall and the edge of the banks, back a few rods, will réemain perfectly dry. There will be no slides if the banks may be kept dry. expensive, and, factory, HARLAN, 1la., of The Bee: The process will be easy, in- I belleve, entirely satis- WALTER JOHNSON, Preparedness, Dec. 14.—To the Editor I am a reader of your paper and note that the press throughout the east is advocating preparedness for defense. This undoubtedly is started for the sole purpose of convincing the common people that this colintry s in danger: that seme army may break Into our land some day over night; to sweep the common people Off their feet, that they may be willing to demand preparedness for defense, which would be the greatest boon and victory for the big interests who own and control our mines, steel mills, ship- yards, armament, munition, shot, shell and powder mills. They may soon be through reaping their great harvest from the Christian nations of Europe. It certainly would be millions of dollars in their pockets, in case & home market is created for their preduct. 1s it any won- der they are anxious to get us common people converted to preparedness? At the present time the rulers and administrations of nearly all of the Christian nations of FEurope, for the henetit of the big intercsts and the war lords who own and control the trade and ple as soldlers. under threat of death Penalty for refusal, against their neigh- bor across the Mne to murder, rob and plunder, to sacrifice their rulers and war lords and the greed by tho big interests. When the war Is over the rulers and war lords will shake hands with their opponents over the graves of the common people and eon- thought 1 wus w York Times “What do you suppose they will say In Berlin when the dismissed attaches &0 _back?" this morning 1 a home for a minute. un | Ne: = ey will ‘say when they see sratulate one another on the bravery of |, 1 Py R A B their soldiers, amsoclate and intermarry |14, - Baltifore American. until they get to quarreling again. It certainly seems to be high time for the common people to demand of con- gress right now to prepare for disarm- ment, instead of defense, before militarism gets a hold on this country of which it will never let loose it it ever gets & hold. Let us show the world a £ood example, that we do not follow in the footsteps of Europe, providing we, the common people, have & right to our lives, limbs and liberty. EBBE J. HANSEN. TAUGHING GAS. “Don’t you think these automobile jokes e In bad taste?” replied Miss Cayenne; “my ob- servation is that any plece of machinery Which can make a man laugh instead of using profanity should be classed as a blessing.” ~Washington Etar, | “How d1d the jury come to bring in |a_ Vetdict of suicide when everybody {knows the man was lynched for stealing orses RO was done” replied Broneo Bob, “to impress the fact that nnyh‘vdv’ who steals hosses in Crimson Guich ain't got 7o hope of livin''—Washington Star. Villle—Ma, may 1 have Tommy Wilson ovar b our houss o piny, Saturday? Mother—No, you make altogether too much nolse. You'd better go over to his House and play.~Boston Transeript. D et WINTER HAPPINESS. J. M. Lewis in Houston Post I want the curtains drawn and saug, I ) . aglow, want the couls aglow. T want the baby on my K o low; ’l‘hen“l’;{ the coid December wind make usio in the trees, 1 Ana T will never have a thought for summer blooms and bees. N : in my lap, the children “Maud expects a handsome present |1 Want the baby in my lap from me this year and has hinted she|q. 0% (' ‘olnd my chair to hear the thinks it might be in the shape of an en- tales of fairy lore; gagement ring when I can afford only a Then northern winds may it they will plain one.” ow up a winter storm, ‘‘Serves you right for indulging a dia- mond ring passion on a $10 salary."—Bal- timore American. an laugh to hear them blow o :h.enc all our hearts are warm. rm home-roof over us and W bper dast and_done g Then come the wide-eved fairy folk an 01 the romps and fun, .8 i Then comes the howling of the wind o 'side across the night, 7] And then the baby hears it how gurgles with delight. mertime's a glory-time, with e ll)!l‘:-:‘u and bees and !flo‘am‘s‘o - ol With gentle winds out of the Soul soitlv breathed perfumes, ‘With huller{lllell :vnd honeybees, all aglow, blasts of winter blow. and And so we love the winter time when the gray day has gone, And when the grate is red with coals and curtains all are drawn. 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