Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1915, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. | 'The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor, PEBD BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaba postoffice as second-class matter. 0 TERMS OF !UB!C;"’NON. 3 and Sunday... m_ Sunda without Sunday .. '1“.01‘![ Sund § mday Bee only.... . . notic han, of address or complaints of HotS 1o delivers to Omana Twe, Ciroulation Bevariment REMITTANCE. Rem! raft postal order. ~Only two- cent 'lzm‘v- N:mr:d” |Dar payment of small aec- ounts, Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern mxchange, not accepted. OFFICHS. Ree .Bgndlu, South Omaha—21i street. Colmnrll Blu';h—ll North Main street. Lincoln—3 Little Buliding 5 arst Bull A ;’:w ‘ork—] o 1108, 286 l‘qflh avenue. 8t. Louts— 58 3 ew Bank of Commerce. Washington—7% Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCH, o A ting to and edl- ddress communications rela r&". 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December 31 Thought for the Day Selected by Gorgia Alexander Riug out wild belle to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty lght; The year ds dying in the night; Ring out wild bells and let him die, —Tennyson. —_————————— It the event s watched carefully it will be found that the new year slips into the old groove ®s smoothly as a police shakeup peters out, Sme—— It is sald 40,000 soldiers have been made Mars seems meérciful to the few whowe oyes are closed to the havoc wrought. -, —— The talk of preparedness, as far as it has goue, 1s distinctly educational. It shows that Uncle Sam has very little to show for his mil- llons spent. Spse—— ~ Prohibition advocates are not obliged to man- ufacture munitions of war. The greed of the enemy supplies an abundance of the most ef- the head has been launched. The welght of the court is assured, but its mandates must com- mandeer a punch. S——————— Experience proves that a New Year turns into the old road without the bother of tanking up at & service station. But some people take pleas- ure in flouting experience. Sme— Now that the lawyers and the judges have ‘fessed up and recelved legal absolution from each other, patrons of the courts may look for a square deal and a fair split during the new year. That old gray mule which balked a presiden- tial foyride on the hflls of Virginla evidently could not pass up & sporting chance to give a distinguishied audience a dress rehearsal of the coming performance in congress. Despite his uncertain ancestry, the aim of a live mule is gen- erally good. —— Arbitration remains the hope and the ambi- tion of western republics as a means of peace- fully settling disputes among themselves, The sentiments of the Pan-American congress in that Tespect crystallize the aspirations of democracies and point to the one safe road for their devel- opment and perpetuity. E——— Tale of the Dead Year. Twelve months of unusual activity and dis- turbance in every phase of human life will close with today. From a strictly humanitarian point of view, the year has been ome of disappoint- ment, of sorrow and cause for regret. To the utilitarian it has brought some recompense to offset the inconceivable losses incident to the war. Boclety has been stirred as never at any time in history. At no other period were over such tremendouns forces loosed for destruction, nor did ever man's ingenuity employ more for- midable agencies in conflict. But all the ener- gles of man have not been devoted to war, nor all his achlevements recorded on the field of bat- tle, While the majority of the great nations have employed themselves assiduously in prose- cution of war on a magnificent scale. others have given attention to development along lines that mean not only the preservation, but the advance- ment of civilization and enlightenment. In the United States, commerce and Industry have been stimulated by the war until activity in some avenues of production is feverish In itg haste. Generally speaking, the tone of business is better. Abundant crops have found ready mar- kets at profitable prices and this has brought new life to the business of the country. Reports from all relfable sources of information are sat- isfactory in the main as to the conditions at the close of the year, and very encouraging for the future. On the spiritual and Intellectual side, the ad- vance is quite as general, and may be as sat- isfactory. Americans have been stirred to the depths by events of the war, to the end that patriotism has been given such emphasis as has awakened the citizen to a better and fuller appreciation of his obligation and duty to his country and himself. The church has taken on more vigorous life and the schools are looking more closely than ever into methods and results so that improvement, if possible, will follow. The balance sheet that must be struck today will show a goodly sum of achievement on the credit side for the people of the United States, while the prospectus for the new year shows pos- sibilities that should enlist the most earnest of effort. Our record is good, but we can make a better one, Omaha’s Live Stock Market. Figures just given out from the office of the State Rallway commission at Lincoln show that the live stock market at Omaha not only retains its position of third place in all, but has risen to second rank In some of the divislons of the in- dustry, and in the matter of increase in receipts of all kinds of stock during the year 1915 is first, Much that is gratifying will be found in this fact, but it is also a reminder that much is yet to be done. The facilities for the marketing of live stock at Omaha are the equal of any in the worid, and are unsurpassed in detail, It this condition were entirely appreciated and properly taken advantage of, the Omaha market would be first in all. Rival markets are yet permitted to draw support from Omaha's terri- tory, a condition that may possibly be remedied. That it is 8o is not chargeable to the manage- ment of the local stofk yards, which has always been enterprising in the matter of endeavoring to Interest stock-raisers in the advantages of the local market. When this effort is properly sec- onded by all concerned, many thousands of ani- mals that now go by Omaha to be sold on other markets will be disposed of here. The stock yards and the packing houses together constitute our greatest local industry, and effort expended to make them still greater will not be wasted. See——— Psychopathic Tomfoolery. For several years the City of Chicago has been experimenting with psychopathie tests to de- termine the mental capacity of its eitizens, es- pecially of its school children. At various times some doubt has been expressed as to the suffl- clency of these so-called tests, or as to the ac- curacy of the conclusions to which they lead. This skepticism lately led to the application of the test to a number of prominent citizens of Chicago, men who have achieved great success and been of eminent service in their lives. The result was astounding. It was proved that, ac- cording to the method adopted by the psycho- pathic experts, practically every one is feeble- minded in some direction. For example, Mayor Willlam Hele Thompson achleved by the test a mental rating that would be given to a boy of 13, and others even below this mark. A prohibition THE The {ndictment of Thomas Mott Osborne, re- form superintendent of Sing Sing prison, is & disagroeable shock to progressive penologists. Early reports of the proceedings of the local grand jury foreshadowed an endorsement of Osborne's management. Only an outline is given of the evidence upon wh'ch the indictment is founded, but its seriousness is indicated by Gov- ernor Whitman's action, candidate for mayor of Chicago was graded as having the mentality of a 10-year-old. These experiments vividly lilustrate the danger of per- mitting the extensive application of pseudo science to the ordinary affairs of life. This s not a reflection on the psychological researches 80 elaborately carried on; it is nature’s protest against man's assumption of ability to exactly determine the processes of thought, Certain men- tal manifestations indicate unerringly the state of mind, but the origin of appreciable impulse or action is likely to rema’n forever a mystery as unscrutable as the secrets of life and death. S—— Overplaying His Hand. Becretary of War Garrison seems intently bent on pressing his advantage in having the support of an aroused public sentiment in favor of preparation for defense. It is but matural that he should seize on the present as a time especially appropriate for presenting his plans in their best possible aspect. Yet his recent ut- terances are of such character as show & ten- dency that frequently proves disastrous to specu- lators. He is making his case entirely too strong. In his latest statement, that it would take three years to equip the United States army with the guns needed for defense, he is gulity of exaggera- tion, perhaps due to over-enthusissm, It took less than that many months for the factories of the United States to provide the equipment necessary for furnishing munitions to supply armies greater than this country will ever likely be called to put in the fleld. If this could be ac- complished for the service of the European war, why can it not be done for the United States? Mr. Garrison's case will be much stronger and his more potent if presented in terms of At present, he is overplaying his hand. SEm—— ' With Japanese guns in front and revolution- Ary gunmen at its back, the revised monarchy of China has the best of reasons for embracing compulsory militgry service. A s e AT S 3 T g it S Meeting Agreeable People 1 | —_— From the E WERE sitting around the fire one evening recently and somehow fell to talking about the people we knew and their personal idiosyncras- fes. Then the talk siipped down a little toward com- plaint, as it too easily does, and ome of the younger women asked: “What is the most disagreeable per- son whom you have ever known?' It was not, per- haps, a gracious question In that genial companionshiy around the hearth, but it evidently stirrea memories, for the answer from the one adrressed was prompt In words half of an exaggerated sarcasm, half of regret for our poor human nature, he described a widow whose husband had left the property which they had jointly earned and saved to his own rela- tives, to the total exclusion of hers. The experience had made her a man-hater of the most venomous kind, and she went to the limits ot social allowance to trample on every man she met. “She 18 no worse,” a woman of the modern type responded, aroused In defense of her sex, “‘than the husband T knew, who used to treat his dogs with more connsideration thanm his wife, FHer best en- deavors to be clvil were always met with a snarl or & sarcasm. If there is any more disagreeable mortal in the world than he, I should not like to have even a calling acquaintance at his house.! We all admitted that this was a trying case of cruelty of man to woman and the conversation might have gone on In this strain for some little time had it not been for a quiet person in the shadow, who spoke With a voice like a song. “Why not,” she said, “‘forget the disa- &reeable people for A while and ecach take turns in telling about the most agreeable person they know.” A laugh was raised by her husband, who suggested slyly, but with an undertone of seriousness, that “‘she might grow tired of listening to descriptions of her- self.” But the opinion of the company with one ac- cord was that this would be a much more profitable expenditure of time. Boston Transcript To be agreeable Is to have power. A good and kindly manner is like current coin of the republic in all social relations, We do not look askance at it, we accept it as our due. It is the uncurrent or clipped coin of bad or brutal manners which we question or refuse. In fact, we take the social amenities so much for granted that we are not half as grateful as we ought to be when we are thrown with an agreeable man or woman. The chances in this unhappy and bedraggled world of ours, T fear, are rather against such happy experfences. We have had so much ex- perience of shortcoming in courtesy that we ap- proach a stranger with some misgivings and are not as much surprised as we ought to be it he turns out & boor. 8o little agreeable in common experiences are @ good many of us that we lower the average expecta- tion for all humanity. ‘The worst of it is that a good many of us mistake intimacy for a license to be prickly tempered. It might not matter so much, after all, if we were silent and morose as we go about among strangers, but we are silent and morose at home. We keep a forced-up smile for our clients or our customers, but even that poor, pitiful apology for a genlal spirit evaporates on the way home. Then we let out true mood come to the surface and never stop to understand the out- ward revelation of the inward spirit which that morose and peevish mood supplies. That disagreeable husband who belabored his wife with sarcastic or opprobrious words may well have been a fawning sycophant in his business. In fact, too many of us hold back our evil tempers when they will do harm to money-making and let them form when they will do harm to love. We shall never have an agreeable world to live in until we think as much of our home a8 of our Business and take as much pains for self- restraint among those we are supposed to love as among strangers. To be agreeable, then, s a duty; but perhaps the most hopeless business in the world is a studied and oaloulated task of About the least agree- able people I know are the flatterers who think to wheedle you into compliances. There was one such person, I remember as a child, who always made me think of & toad. She was well-meaning, but she was too dull to understand the instinctive pemetration of & child, Many a time have I dodged around a corner to escape her effusive and forced Interest In my affairs. All these things, when they are genuine, grow naturally; they are not manufactured. The con- descension of the great as it exists in courts seldom seems to have brought about high results in char- acter. Heaven seldom is reflected in eyes that alwaya are looking down. It is a king's business to pretend an interest in those whom he admits to his presence; but between the king and Diogenes requesting him to stend out of his sunlight, the more genuinely agreo- able is hardly likely to be the king. However art- fully and even willingly we pretend, those whom we flatter are likely to find us out. T come back, however, to the statement that to be agreeable is a duty, But it is a duty which can only be fulfilled when we learn first to be genuine, and only then to be kind. There are degrees of natural gift. When we come to define then what we call charm, we find that a large element of it is inbom and no more worth commending than a rose in June or a lMlac bush in May. For some it is easy to be charming—if you do not ask too much, or come too close. I am not think of them, I am thinking of the rest of us who have our black moods, when it is best to leave us to ourselves, and our methods of sun- shine when our friends delight in our companionship. The problem is to limit the black mood and to extend the sunlit time. And the deeper problem is, in your case and mine, which of these moods is the real ex- pression of our genuine selves. Which is the in- truder, the sunlight or the storm? If we can settle that question beyond chance of wavering we shall know what to do. If the black and stormy self is the real self, all we have to do Is to let it out on all occasions. It will grow like a thunder cloud. But it the sunlit mood is the expression of our genuine self the task is harder. To change the figure—it is easier to slip down hill than it s to climb. One need not be a believer in original sin to know by experience that moral improvements are the fruits of overcoming. In regard to you, dear reader, T feel pretty well assured that the real self is the kindly and genlal self. If nmot, you would hardly have cared to read so far. Now your problem, and mine, is this view of the matter, becomes a problem of seif-expression. Either you are a natural and incurable porcupine, or your difficulty is to get your best self at the front. For we have to pick to choose among our qualities, encourag- ing this and discouraging that. We expect our chil dren to do that We tell them what we think about thelr naughty tempers—why not do as much for your own self as If you were a child? Instead of frownm- ing on others, why not frown on your own ungenial qualities? If you must scold, why not take yourself into some corner and glve yourself a first-rate wig- ging for your own delay in overcoming your bad tem- pers, and for lasiness In making yourselt over in the image of your best thought? People and Events The marrying record of Texas is held by Judge Matt M. Johnson of Austin, his score being 162. The Judge is He started at 22 and gave away chromo certificates untfl he drove competition to the wall. The street rallway company of St. Louls admits Horace B. Clarke, president of the fire board of Hart- i Coming Judicial Campaign. OMAHA, Dec. 2.—To the Bditor of The Bee: The approaching primary for the nomination of the seven candidates for judges of this judicial district is one in which all voters of the district, regard- less of party affiliation, should, and, no doubt, will eagerly participate and anx- lously await results. As this is the first time in the history of the state (except In the fllling of vacancy last year) that our judiclary was not presented to the voters by and through party combinations, the party workers and convention manipulators will find themsglves sadly out of a job, and thelr self-importance will be most gloriously less and most beautifully smaller. The coming campaign in the selection of the judges will be on the non-partisan basis, and the ones receiving the highest vote at the primary will be placed on the official ballot, It has been my pleasure to have per- sonally and intimately known every judge of this judicial district from Judge Sav- age In 1580 to and including the present occupants of the bench, and during that period of time we have been fortunately blessed with many very competent dis- trict judges, as well as unfortunately cursed with a few political hacks, the products of bigotry and fanaticism. In this connection I am pleased to say that the bad ones are not included In any of the present judges of the district court, for in all my acquaintanceship with those who have occupled the bench of this district, I have never met a more oblig- ing, courteous, impartial and accommo- dating set of pyblic officlals. It is reasonable to presume that all of them will be candidates to succeed themselves, and while a few of them have graced the position for a number of terms, yet, in my opinion, it has but ripened their judgment, rendering them more efficient by reason of the experience acquired, and while they merit public confidence, yet it does not necessarily follow that other good and capable lawyers would not fiil the positions equally well, nor does it follow that none other will file. From the many eligibles, I frequently hear mentioned the names of Arthur C. Walteley, J. Mi Magfariand, C. T.Dickin- son, F'. 8. Howell and George W, Shields. Any of these men would make excellent judges, They are even tempered and tully capable, yet should mone of those that I have mentioned feel disposed to enter the race, there is little doubt the present incumbents will have plenty of opposition, be their oppoments heavy or lightweights, and by way of warning I would advise the unknowns to be very backward about coming forward in the anticipation that they will have soft sledding in defeating the present incum- bents, for they are very likely to go down the toboggan and have the empty honor of telling their posterity that they once ran for district judge. As for the office of county judge, it would be but a waste of time, or a lust for cheap advertisement for any one to file against the present fncumbent— Bryce Crawford. ED F. MORBARTY, Tips on Home Topics ‘Washington Post: Had General Sher- men lived to see gasoline soar, he might have indulged in a few remarks on what a war tax is. Baltimore American: The nation which up to date has not been asked to give satisfaction to the United States is out ot the running. From the way in which he has been constantly taking his pen in hand, Uncle Sam stands in serious dan- ger of writer's cramp. Philadelphia Ledger: When Bishop Kemper was the head of a missionary diocese covering several states he was known as “the bishop of all outdoors.” Colonel House seems to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotetiary to all Furope. Springtield Republican: Former Vice President Fairbanks qualified as In- diana's favorite son, with sixty out of ninety-two ecounties pewrtioning to have his name placed on the primary ballot. It 1s not necessarily to a prophet's dis- advantage to be honored in his own coun- try. Indianapolis News: The safety of chil- dren in the streets depends in large measure on the children themselves—their alertness, judgment, caution. These, in turn, depend in large measure on home training. Instruction on the part of parents—not delivered once only, but re- peated day in and day out—is an essential in educating a child to take care of itself. The instructions, moreover, should be definite, not merely general, and they should embrace certain specific restric- tions and prohibitions. The child should be taught at home, and continuously, that it must “stop, look and listen.” Unfor- tuneately, there are many supposedly “gentle” parents in this world who grant their children wide privileges in the mat- ter of their play territory and make lit- tle, or nothing at all, of the stmple rules | of safety, | and | Those Omaha folks are blamed hogs, any- Jabs at Omaha Cralg News: Did you ever motice that | a standpat republican swears by the Omaha Bee and a standpat democrat by the Omaha World-Herald; that each claims the other's favorite paper is full of misstatements and fraudulent reports; although both are undoubtedly good papers and one is as full of integrity as the other? David City Banner: Thirty-two prison- | ers in the Omahba jail refused freedom | recently when a chance was given them to escape. Well, With a murder committed every night and holdups every few minutes day and night, they probably thought it safer to be locked behind bars tham to be run- ning the streets. Genoa Leader: The Alblon papers both | registered a protest last week because an Omaha paper in eulogizing L. B. Day, who was elected chancellor commander of a Knights of Pythias lodge In that city recently, claimed him for an Omaha He was born and raised at Alblon, we don't blame them for kicking. boy how. Callaway Queen: For a number of years the Omaha Commercial club has been sending out weekly letters to the news-press of the state in order to gain publicity for that city. The expense will now be ugnecessary, as the candidacy of | Walter A. George for governor will glve |Kkiss me,” she said; ‘‘when they do?, to Omaha all the publicity it needs for Walter A, George and Omaha, anyway. Kearney Hub—The Omaha Point made of the fact that our armies have always been made up of volunteers, | “F': which in right spirit, but the plan also has Its faults. It would be more just and | equitable that any levies for a “‘prepared- ness'” army should be made pro rata upon the states, ana that it should not be lett | entirely to the coward and shirt to put the responsibility upon a willing volun- teer. In other words the system ashould be as generally and impartially applied as any form of taxation for raising revenue, York News-Times—Those Omaha thugs might as well understand that it they want to continue their operations profit- able they had better remain right there in thelr own balliwick to do it. As soon as they get over in York county they meet officers who are just as quick om the trigger as they are. The man shot yes- terday at Bradshaw when attempting to rob the postoffice got a Christmas package he wasn't expecting. He is the second one to meet this kind of recep- tion in the last month. Mr. Trump is entitled to & medal for his courage. They are not many men who would go in single handed and alone and attempt to hold up three desperate characters bent on robbing a postoffice, When two of these fellows showed their cowardice, Mr. Trump aid not know they had this yellow streak when he went into the fray. | Editorial Snapshots Pittsburgh Dispatch: King Peter of Serbla mislald his crown in his flight. He is lucky to have escaped with his head. Cleveland Plain Dealer: An eastern eculptor has remarked that Colonel Bryan's mouth is “beautiful in repose.” iHe surely must have watched the colonel sleepins. ‘Washington Post: A million men, we understand, are in readiness for an army nucleus. Weary Willlam also had a button, but lacked the services of & kind woman to sew a shirt on it, Boston Transcript: A good way for an inconspicuous republican to obtain the enthusiastic endorsement of Colonel Roosevelt just now is to proclaim loudly that under no circumstances would he ac- cept the nomination, Boston Transcript: Is the Secretary Wilson who now boasts that he has ob- tained employment for 34,000 men since last February any relation to the cabinet officer of that name who last February was proclaiming that there was no un- employment in the country? Springfield Republican: Senator Til- man's pitchfork is waved with the old- time vigor. Col. Bryan is “simply ob- sessed” and Col. Roosevelt ‘“‘smells the blood of a German man,” according to the chairman of the naval committee, One need not necessarily indorse this more or less expert opinion in order to be pleased at the evidence of the senal tor's good form. Get safl, mum. b “What is it, my poor ma! J “After 1 once g0 to bed nobody h makes me get up and go down to be su that the back door's locked. Detroit Free Press \ The Recruiting _Official-One _gran’ father living? s he on your fathers vp fer both of we don't blame them. | cruel to her?” a girl shouldn't smoke.” “"What?" Wom the next several months. We are all for | i Central | Labor union has gone on record as op-| posed to conscription for the purpose of enlarging the army for national defense. | | write things now, have CHEERY CHAFF, “There's one consolation about being in or_mother's side. b The Recrult—Oh, ‘e varies, sir; ‘e sticks em—a sort o' nootral.— London Sketch, That man_ accuses you of being the greatest grafter on earth. “Rilly Mabel.” Why, T always thought he was the kindest-hearted sort of a man. How is he Binks is a brutal husband to In the worst way. He never does any- thing that she can find fault with."— Baltimore American. ‘“There is a very excellent reason wh ' she demanded. !‘Makes her less agreeable to kiss.' “Well, Tll wait till somebody wants to give up 4'17nre!tbl—-llnfl take to a pipe iome Companion. Little Johnny—I'm awfully hungry. 1 idn't get half enough to eat. Little Fred—~What did you have for GI'ylnN”' ittle Johnny—Company.—New York Thmes. Rivers—That fellow across the street vays dodges me ridges—Why? Rivers—Force of habit, 1 suppose. He once owed me two dollars for nearly five years.—Judge. “‘Some day,” sald Cynicus, sourly, “we may again have statesmen'in this coun- :gfl v:r:o can be counted upon to right “Why, wet've got statesmen who can " aal we? dy Fare—New York Timi LOVE'S AVIATION. I.Vohn K. Bangs, In New York Times. teed no soaring aeroplanes to take me to the Milky “’ly?p To 1ift me from earth's highways vain to where the little star-beams pla; No wings of birds to ralse me hat purer atmosphere ‘Where human hearts no longer sigh o'er mundane troubles, drab and drear. One glance from Daphne's eve: are ‘Wil send me way up in the 1 envy not the eagle's bliss when speeding through the heaven's biue, To soar_on pinions Iike to his ne doubt holds pleasure deep and true: But why should I be jealous 10 his mar- velous capaeity To reach to realms so far above the wild- est dreams of you and me? One darklivg glance from Daphne's eve Doth quite suffice to make me fly. The lark o' mornings soars aloft, nnd 'woops, and swerves, and virouettes, Upen his feathered wings so soft, snd seems to know no dull reerets: Yet not one jealous thought is mine when there he soars before mine eyes, And with a e almost divine darts through the brilllant morning skies— One frown from her I so adore Is quite enough to make me ‘‘sore.” ‘Then there are angels, too, with wings that flit about the heavenly atreet, ‘Where everything that liveth sings its joy in songs surpassing sweet— T envy not th, angels e'en, clad in their robes of snowy white, ‘With every prospect that'is seen so full of love and rare delight— ‘When Daphne smiles and calls me dear. 1 find my Paradise right here. cther famous ?‘;“ALIAN Swiss COLONY PRODUCT PEOPLE WHO PREFER BOUQUET f FLAVOR AND QuaLITY At.' Hospe’s A. HOSPE CO., 1513 DOUGLAS STREFT BIG DISCOUNT SALE NOW ON Monday, Jan. 3rd Is the Day Benson& Thorne Commence their Annual January LEARANCE S Watch for our Big Ad in Sunday’s paper Co.