Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 17, 1916, Page 5

\ I'HE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY ELWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTBENTH. mcrod at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF SU BB(.RIP'HON flcr Daily and Sunday. y without Su y. e nday Bee, three years in advance.... 1 vha. ke of gaorcss or comp.aints uof in delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation REMITTANCE, by draft, express or postal order. Onl; cent stamps received in payment of small r:totml checks, except on Omaha and eastern two- tre Council Bluffs—14 North Mun street. Lincoln—26 Little Buflding. Chicago—801 llnlrl'. B\lll IP‘ New York—Room 1105, 1fth avenue. $t. Louis—508 No' Rlnl of Commerce. ‘Washington—7% Fourteenth 8t., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE, Address communications relating to news and torial torial edi- Department. DECEMBER CIROULATION. 53.534 State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as: matter to Omaha Bee, P\lbll s ht Willlams, chLl .d jon manager of ‘Il.l':“'( m Ll uly sworn, says 1A eireutation’ tor tha MY of Decamben 1tk DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager, this «bl:dd- of January, b pe i resd RoBERT uLfl'rli, Notary Public. -.———___——_ Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee malled to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. Any other aspiring favorite sons in leash? Now is the time to trot out. The injunction Is to temper justice with mercyy but sometimes it ‘s mighty hard to do it. apE——— The prospects for law and order in Mexico #oem to improve only as the area of desolation expands. Congress would materially improve the na- tional temper by reducing the output of talk and speeding up on work. In view of the rising cost of veal, the project of substituting a June wedding for a feast of fatted calf lines up with the economical needs of the times, S—— ‘Whenever the king of Greece thinks of what happened to his neighbors of Serbia and Monte- negro, his admiration for the man holding down the Greelan lid mounts several notches. ¥ Peace missionaries report peace sentiment everywhere in their travels. Everybody wants Y it. The trouble is that those who need it most P tu,u.n_.,_; a_ 3 LEE 2200 EFdNdnss 10D tie too many strings to their wishes. R a state presents a favorite son foi and one also for vice president, an- } ulfy looms up, for the constitution “in providing for the machinery of the election, prohibits a member of the oumnl «college vot- Makers of feminine shoes manifest uneasi- ph regarding the color schemes for next sum- mer's wear. They appear peeved because dress- " makers decline to lengthen the garments and threaten to put out hand-painted boots that will make a gown merely a matt for a scenic picture. 9‘ Talk tbout. miracles! Here {s Mr. Bryan's ‘Commoner uplomnl ex-S8enator Joe Balley just ~ because he is opposing the president’s prepared- _ness plans, Presumably Roger Sullivan, or ~ even Thomas Fortune Ryan, could get a boost in the Commoner now by openly siding with ‘Bryan. t AR —— ‘..!wnr Mitchel cheers New York taxpayers the information that if they will bear the load patiently for fifteen more years re- can then be effected. It is understood, of the mayor will not be responsible K ent of the promise unless he is con- miqou- the job, i 0.".:. essential at least our inland con- _ gressmen are & unit. A river and harbor bill - carrying $40,000,000 has been whipped into shape by the committee and appears certain of u'ulln. the treasury before tha preparedness m emerges from the talking stage. First ‘,eho. first served. B ) 6 S———— The Wall street syndicate undertaking to “place the Frisco railroad system ¢n its feet “nalvely informs the Missouri Rallroad commis- sion that it will accept as compensation for the service such sum as may be determined by the ' presidents of three New York trust companies. Missourians regard the family arrangement as . & unique version of the. inspired exclamation: © “"Wouldn't that jar you?" have a Battle of Gettysburg pano- that purpose with $30,000 capita) h these incorporators: D, M, D. F. Hamon, A. Montmerency, . W. Sickle, C. Varney, Harry s A. L. Strang, M. H. Goble, J. " Campbell, Hugh U, : the opera house by the The second part of Letting Our Light Shine. Slowly, yet impressively, the attitude of Americans in relation to the world war is com- ing to be understood by themselves, and in time | it, will be appreciated by those whose interest just now leads them to harshly ecriticize us, | We have been told we are making bad friends abroady and that Americans are coming to be generally hated. This is easily explained as arising from the fact that we have so far prop- erly declined to become involved on either side of the controversy, but have resolutely held aloof from any action that might reasonably be | construed as showing favor to one or the other ae- | of the combatants. Yet our participation in the war has been notable and of incalculable value to all the countries whose normal activi- ties have been suspended by the conflict. For fifteen mdnths we have been feeding the destitute behind and between the bhttle lines. Governments of Europe are too intent on de- | struction to heed the suffering of the helpless, and to these Americans have come with food | and clothing and other aid, that their lot may be made the less precarious and their misery in this degree lessened. Along the battle line American doctors and nurses, volunteers sup- ported by American funds, have ministered to the human wreckage of war. Sclence and skill and sympathy have done all that can be done to ameliorate the desolation and destitution the older governments abandoned to the care of Providence that they might press on to furthe: dev ting effort, Along with this philanthropie work has gone something of the spirit that has prompted it. Beneficlaries of such generosity do not soon forget it, and while the innocent victims of the terrible war may not waste time in analysis of the altrulstic impulse that has brought them aid from the land beyond their dreams, they will call down a present blessing on those who have provided for them, and cherish the mem- ory of that help always. We may be making conquests of new commercial greatness, may be extending the sphere of Influence of our cul- tural life and may be advancing in every attribute of human good. That remains to be seen. What is certain is that we have con- quered a wonderful kingdom of humble hearts through the light of human sympathy we hav¢ spread in darkened Europe. Von Papen’s Private Correspondence. Some interesting but not at all alarming disclosures of personal opinion are furnished by the publication of letters from the private correspondents of Lieutenant von Papen, late German naval attache at Washington. These captured letters are serviceable to the Alller only as they may be used to foment anti-German feeling in the United States. Outside of that purpose, they have no value whatever. The language quoted from them is not startling, nor does it differ greatly from expressions publicly made. Lieutenant von Papen was the personal appointee of the kaiser, and naturally was in close touch with friends of Germany, and par- ticularly with representatives of the German government in America. It is quite in keeping With usual course of events that these persons should hold' and.express sentiments friendly to the German cause, and that they wrote these sentiments to Von Papen is not a cause for special wonder. The United States insisted on the recall of Vori Papen because of his alleged connection with war intrigues in this country. The information just sent us from London may serve to support the action taken by our gov- ernment, but aside from that is not of serious ‘mportance. Life Insurance Farm Loans. The largest single golden stream capitaliz- ing farm development in the United States has itssource in the swollen treasuries of life insur- ance companies. In ten years their aggregate investments in real estate mortgages increased two and one-half times, ranking next to bonds, in the opinion of the managers, as safe and profitable securities. The total mortgage loane of 148 companies on December 31, 1914, amounted to $1,700,000,000, of which 39 pe: cent was farm security and 61 per cent other real property. The importance of this vast supply of work- ing| capital to the newer sectlons of the west is show in a report by Robert Lynn Cox, counsel and manager of the Association of Life Insur- ance Presidents. The most striking fact re- vealed in the report is the commanding lead of the Mississlppi and Missouri valley sections in the favor of the companies, both in amounts loaned and low rates of interest. In the north- western group of states—Iowa, Minnesota, Ne- braska, the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana— the farm loans of the companies total $284,. 118,000, or 64.5 per cent of the farm mortgages reported by the 1910 census in these states. The average interest charge ranges from 6.16 per cent in Illinols to 8.58 per cent in Idaho. Towa leads in total of farm loans, $139,611,000, al an average interest charge of 5.32 per ceat, and Nebraska second, with $62,390,000, at 5,34 per cent. Mr, Cox points out that the interest rate is determined by land values, not by de- mand and supply, as is too commonly the case, He neglects to state, however, whether the moderate interest charge includes the commis- sion cost of placing loans, which usually swelle the cost to the borrower. The figures emphasize the magnitude of the task of formulating a rural credit system which will cut the cost of farm loans and at the same time supply the billions of dollars required to take the place of private capital, m—— “Why not prosecute usurers?” asks Mr, Bryan in his Commoner. Well, why not? The prosecuting machinery is all in the hands of & democratic administration, with which Mr, Hryan was officlally associated for nearly three years. Furthermore the laws against usury in Nebraska are quite drastic, and we have a valiant and vmunu democratic attorney gen- eral, The dawn of fit 1 year for man ls assured. Neckties wrought fu the designs o rare porcelains or bearing hand-painted replicas of the masters coming out for spring and summer wear, ng sufficlent decorative effect to render the tribe skeptical of proposals unaccompanied by a checking account. Getting Together The Open Door. Kansas City Star (prog.): The republicans have invited the progressives to “‘come back through sthe open door. The progressives have decided 18 go back far enough to keep the door open. If thé re. publicans accept the progressive platform and name & progressive candidate, the progressives will go back through the open door. If the republicans dodge, it is the purpose of the Bull Moose merely to hold the door open for other progressives to come out Let Bygones Be Hygones. Louls Globe Democrat (rep): 1In short, the colonel’s message reveals nothing of a political na~ ture, commits neither him nor the committee to any course of political action and is entirely free from offense to any one who, in his judgement, ought not to be offended. It is another indfcation that he is disposed to let bygones be bygones, and to center his energles upon an issue raised by the circumstances of the present war, which can be made a party question only in the extent of its application. Whether this issue, which he declares should be above all party considerations, and, we may hope, above all personal considerations, will take him into the re- publican party, remains for circumstances, or him- self, to reveal. It is significant, however, that the date and place selected for the progressive conven- tion will make the self-extinction of the remnant of the progressive party easy and painless St What the C 1 Wants. New York World (dem.): The colonel wants war because President Wilson s trying to maintain peace, and the colonel's only chance of getting the republi- can nomination lies in his oppostion to the president. If some mischance should plunge the country into war before the national conventions are held, the colonel would be for the peace at any price, especially if he falled in his ambition to go to the front as commanding general of the horse marines. Conditional Union. New York Journal of Commerce (ind.). The chance of the national organization of the republicans re- suming something like its normal strength will de- pend upon the position taken by its own leaders and not upon surrendering to the dictation of those who threaten to defeat it if it does mot submit to their leadership. What the progressives at the present time seem most likely to accomplish, or help to accomplish, is what they profess most to dread, the continuance of “the Wilson adminstration,” which they say *has repudiated the faith of our forefathers.” Chinafying the Country, Springfield (Mass.) Republican (rep.): Colonel Roose- veit's letter to the progressive natlonal committoe hardly had the encouragement for the grand new party which the brethren might have desired. “Purely partisan considerations” are naturally rather to the fore in the committee's immediate interest. But what does the colonel mean by insisting “that every man who is within our borders shall be an American and nothing else?’ It sounds rather like a change of heart in favor of “Chinafication.” Such a policy in. deed would be going China several better. A Leap Year Proposal. Chicago Herald (Ind.): The progressive party has just made a leap year proposal to the republican party in the form of the declaration of principles glven out by the executive committee on Tuesday. The party promises, if not to be ‘“‘thine forever, at least agree to a temporary or trial marriage under conditions substantially expressed in the fol- lowing extracts: “The surest way to secure for our country the required leadership will be by having, If possible, both the progres- sive and republican parties choose the same standard bearer and the same principles. We pledge ourselves to approgch the consideration of the issues involved in such an effort without any desire to revive parti- san bitterness.' Twice Told Tales She Came Back. Backward and forward he paced, his eyes wild and rolling, his face haggurd. As the minutes passed his agitation increased. ‘Will she never come? Will she never com? he walled wildly. “Already it is fifteen minutes past the appointed time, and yet she is not here! He pressed his hands to his fevered brow, and waited. He tried to sit in vain, and still waited. He gazed sadly through the window, and went on walting. At last! Ah! The sounds of little foot-steps on the stairs. He turned to the door, eager, excited, Yes. it was she! “You have come, then? he gasped, dizsy with delight, as he grabbed his hat. Yes, the stenographer had come back, and it was now his turn to go out to lunch.—New York Times, A Prayer in Time of Battle. One of the oddest prayers ever made was that of an old Virginia soldier at Amtietam. He was lying flat on the battlefield and, to quote his own words, “the shot and shell were going over me so thick that the whole firmament above me was lead colory I felt just then that I was six fect long and pretty night four feet thick, and that the chances for me were only two feet better lying down than they were standing up. I made up my mind that my only safety lay In praying. ‘Oh, Lord, good Lord,” T prayed, ‘please stretch me out as thin as a shoe- string, with the pointed end towards the enemy.' "— Boston Transcript. - Climeh Argument. A unorthern attorney, after acquiring a large South Carolina estate, formed the Eureka Debating so- clety to encourge free speech among the negroes of the neighborhood. On his next trip south he was confronted by a proud winner of the soclety's prize “Now, what wr.a the subject of the debate, Sam?" asked the attorney. “De subject were, ‘What is de mos' benefit to | mankind, sah, de sun or de moon?" negro. “And which side did you uphold?" “De moon, sah. I jes' argued dat de sun shines by day, when we doan' need de light, but de moon it shines by night, when dat light certainly am needed. An' dey couldn't answer dat, sah"—Ever- body's Magusine. answered the People and Events Only one 13th Friday in 1916 The one hoodoo day is Friday, October 13, but the hoodoo will not apply to leap year proposals made on that day, A pair of home-made baby shoes which have been used by 200 bables in & stretch of 140 years have been | presented to the Kentucky Historical soclety at Frankfort by Colonel C. E. Merrill. Four generations of the Merrill family used the shoes. Members of the first four classes graduated from & woman's college in Pennsylvania sidestepped cus- tomary college gifts and provided funds for a regular course of study In fire prevention. The novel offer has been accepted. Opposition to alien industry is mighty close to the rioting point in one section of Minneapolis. A China- man scrapes a two-string fiddle Yegularly between midnight and 2 a. m. and bas the music lovers within earshot so worked up that neighborhood meutrality is menaced. Henry Gallant, a St. Louis plute, dropped 30,000 to & faro sharp, and yelled so lustily that the sharper and victim were caught in New York before a refund could be effected. Gallant is under a $30,000 ball bond 1o appear and prosecute, which makes him sore all over, The Whys of the Wise, SCOTIA, Neb., Jan, 15—To the Editor of The Bee: 1 read with some interest ihe letter of one Stephens Bittiek In The Bee advising German sympathizers to g0 to Germany. Well, why not ¥inelish sym- pathizers go to England? During the Japanese-Russian war, almost the unani- | mous sympathy of the people of the | United States was with Japan, as against | Russia. Now, in this crisis, much of the sympathy is with Russia, against Ger- many. This, according to geometrical conclusion places Japan in advance of our German eitizenship. My father was an American citisen. 1 was born in this country, belng thus a | natural born citizen of United States. 1 can understand the German language, and speak it some. 1 have never lived in any country except this. But it gets “‘my goat” to hear these fellows call German sympathizers hyphenated Americans. Why not call those sympathizing with allies hyphenated Americans? We hear much ahout Kaiserism and German militarism. Why don't these fel- lows speak of Angliclsm and British navalism. Does not Great Britain today rule the sea? If Bittick and I were to travel on our highway, meet a man carrying United States malil and rob him of his mail sack, what would be the result? We would both go to the pen, and surely we ought to. But the allles have repeatedly taken American vessels, carrying United States mail off the high seas though bound for | neutral ports, taken what they wanted of it, and the result was the usual, “‘We shall protest.”” Bittick forgot this Bittick says, “Why don't theso German sympathizers go to Germany and fight for that country?' Well, why don't these BEnglish sympathizers go to their adopted country and fight. Be honest with the public at least and tote falr, T. J. STOETZEL. A Memorial' to a Ploneer Family. OMAHA, Jan. 16.—~To the Editor of The Bee: People who are interested in the breathing spots of the city are hoping that another and much.needed one may be added to the number, by municipal purchase of the Caldwell and Hamilton grounds. “A park” was one of the first objects suggested for the ultimate destiny of these combined properties. Nothing could be more desirable for that quarter of town, or a more ideal use for the grounds themselves, which would lend themselves to it so perfectly and with 60 little comparative expense, their beau- tiful slopes already so well laid out and cultivated for many years. For any other purposes, such as the municipal bulldings .that have been mentioned, so much changing of grade would be re- quired, and such great cost to the city, that it should hardly be thought of at all, If expense is any consideration. Parks are health-spots as well as beauty-spots, and In both senses they are the agents of public welfare. There is no park anywhere in the vicinity of the Caldwell property. Every large chy has its downtown or central park; this ecity has only Jefferson park, which is but a remote and shabby apelogy for one, though it serves its peculiar pur- pose well enough. It would be an tm- mense pity to lose this splendid chance of giving the city another improvement of the kind most beneficial to its resi- dents and most valuable to its own ap- pearance. It would be still more a pity to sacri- +fice such a beauty-spot as this might ve to the purposes of a police station ur even an emergency hospital. Think of that fine air space for the region, handed over to the smoke prducers that alreaay polson our atmosphere almost beyond en- durance! (In passing, it might be sald that the municipal officers, welfare boards and all others concerned, would do the city more good by enforcing ‘ts smoke ordinances than by any new pro- jects that they can invent) A library has been mentioned in comnection with a police station and a hospital. Startling idea! Would the patrons of a Mbrary~ women and children largely—be expected to enjoy dally encounters with ambu- lances and patrol wagons loaded with their sad freight and all the incidenta! to the program of those two necessary but grewsome establishments? To one who loves to make use of a library, the idea is not tolerable. And it is not to be supposed that Omaha people wilh - relish this novel “‘civie center” proposi- tion, It would seem that their Views ioul be asked before such a plan is soberly discussed. If the city planning board has any in- fluence at all, now is a good time to make use of it. And if they have that sense of the “fitness of things, as re- rds city development, which we ex- pect in such a board. they will realize that a park is the one and only true end for the beautiful Caldwéll property, and work accordingly. “Caldwell park!" or “‘Hamilton park!"—either one a splendid name, and a memorial to a great ploneer family of the ecity, Any words from people who belleve | in parks as a factor in eity improve. ment, may help in that direction, and *uch people are urged mot to wit“hold them. cIvIs. Colored Man with a War Record, OMAHA, Jan. 14.~To the Bditor of The Bee: The state of Nebraska and city of Omaha can boast of one aged colored man that did good service in the employ- ment of Uncle Sam years ago, namely, J. W. 8. Banks, or Joe Banks, as com- monly known here. He served many years as a valet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for the following named officers: Captain Mitchell, Major General Phillip Reade, Colonel J. W, Pope, and as such l went with General Miles to the front to catch Sitting Bull after the Custer mas- sacre. But when Joe Banks returned he | went back to Fort Leavenworth, Kan | and was employed as valet for Captain C. . Tlisley. Old Joe Banks is now 63 years - age. WILLIAM SCOTT. LINCOLN, Jan. 14.~Te the Editor of The Bee: T wi to say that 1 am heart- ily in accord with the views quoted in The Bee under a Lincoln date Hne re- #arding the abolishment of the present primary. I am irrevocably ‘“ferninst” the pri- mary system, have always been and al- ways will be, for by its use the most il- !iterate and unscrupulous can have equal privileges with the most enlightened and may be elected where he is unknown as aguinst & man perfectiy qualified and worthy of the office. and who under the old convention system could not r-fl half way to first base. Under the convention system a e-ul- date had to come out in the open and his qualifications were well known, but un- der the primary system it appears to be different and most snv sort of an in- | | Frefers Convention to Primary. ] ! dividual can win whether he has the qualifications or not The article In The Bee was timely, logi- cal and full of good live thoughts and will probably stir up the animals in no uncertaln way. Let us abollsh the per- niclous primary system and adopt a con- vention system that will give us good honest government, and in case we should even then make a mistake we can rem- | edy the same with the recall which serves as a penalty for the man who does not do his duty. HENRY ALLEN BRAINERD, Ex-President Nebraska State Press As- soclation. Tips on Home Topics You never know what invincible ignorance means until you meet a man who absolutely refuses to agree with you. Detroit Free Press: A lady lecturer says the war will make women a drug on the market. In that event a lot of men may become dope fiends. Cleveland Plain Dealer: You will no- tice that the theory that grippe is tran- smitted by kisses was not circulated till the mistletoe season was over. Indianapolis News: Without casting the slightest aspersions on his personal pulchritude, the suspicion grows that | ator Works never did think he'd look well in khaki. Pittsburgh Dispatch: A eoroner's jury has held a Chicago man for causing his wife's death by “‘mental assault,” or, in other words, talking her to death. And it used to be supposed women had a monopoly of it. Chicago Herald: seems to fit the latest Mexican atrocity Is something in the indignant mood of Milton's mighty cry: ‘“‘Avenge, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints whose bones lie bleaching on the Alpine mountains eold!" New York World: The increase of $100,- 000,000 in the returns of the voot and shoe Industry is attributed in part to war orders, but in larger part to the variety of styles which women demand in shoes. In the words of one delegate to the national convention of shoe re- tallers, “Women have simply turned the shoe business into a millinery business.' ‘What the shoe manufacturers have to apprehend more than a cessation of hos- tilities is a return to long skirts. Washington Post The only thing that | SUNNY GEMS. “Ate you sure the world is happier and better?” | " “Absolutely. Look at the people who able on used to make themselves m ding bleycles and who are now motor ears! —Washington Star. in Bill<1 see some parts of the south are still giving us trouble Jill-How s0? | Bill-Why, T see that Baldwin esunty Ala., has shipped 102 cars of cucumbers Yonkers Statesman. ven- “Willle,” said the teacher of the used ass, “what is the term ‘&o. t {8 used to make people believe that we know a lot more than we really do,” replied the bright youngster.—Chi- cago News. fo: Minister—I made seven hearts happy ay. Parishoner—How was that? Minister—Married three couples. Parishioner—That only makes six Minister—Well, you don't think I did it for nothing? '—Albany Argus. “My son,” said the father impressively, “suppose I should be taken away sud- denly. what would become of you? “Why,” said the son, irreverently “I'd stay here; the question fs what | would become of you?'—~The Boy Bullder. WHY DO YOU WORRY? New York Mail. {0, why Ao you worry and why do you It's (lofinrl to, doughnuts that things feht he ‘‘wuss. Pr-ymwl;ut in the world are you hoping to gain When, by day and by night, you simply complain? A laugh ll worth more than a river of toar: An ounce “of bright hope than a ton of | dark fears; | A c""" beats & groan by a hundred to And lmw"nxn a capital habit to shun To dnubh: your trouble and add to your Roop 'nll'ln[ about them, yes, no matter wl But would you get rid of your burdens of griet? Forget that you have them, you'll soon find rellef. If nobody had any trouble but you, Do you know what I think to you we would do? We'd encase you in glass “‘Here's a_man other gince mortals b had storms, no rainbows and write see, And a very great loss that surely would Take heart, and take hope then, and seek to live so That to others the right way to live you may show. OME wasn't built in a day. Neither was anything else worth while. It takes mo’ than two a tin of VELVET, years to “build” S IT takes that long for the choicest Kentucky Burley tobacco to be th oughly matured into VELVET, the ventilation. take care of you when the THE BEE sirable for two Room 636— opposite The Bee Winitor Office Conitolt Extremes of weather are the real test of an office building. It is then that the little things count. This building has not only a vacuum heating system, but is metal weather stripped. The court provides wonderful The building is always practically full, because of its popularity, but occasional changes offer oppor- tunities to get.choice offices. all we have to offer today, there may be something which will just suit you. If not, let us know your re- quirements and we will watch for an opportunity to “The building that is always new’’ Room 222 Choice office suite, north light, very de- waiting room and two private office: 520 square feet......... Room 619— On the beautiful court of the hu\ldln;. size 185 square feet....... . Only vacant room on the 17th street side of the building. Faces directly on Seventeenth street. vate office and waiting room. Size 187 square feet ...... . Room 105— At the head of the stairs, on the floor 370 square feet, Would be -mlnlly use- tul for a real estate firm. Apply to Building Superintendent, B.oom Smoothest Smoking Tobacco. While the list below is first change occurs BUILDING doctors or dentists; $45.00 + $10.00 Partition for pri. business office. Size run frequently ly to Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be really succcessful. and constant-