Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1916, Page 4

7 Aty THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. B_II BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. ¥y . senu notice ol change of address or complainte frregularity in delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulatio Department REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Oll! two- cent Tecel! n ived in y! t of Counts. Personal cheeks, eXcept on OmAha and castern exchange, not accepted. OF FICES. Omaha—The Bee Bullding. Bouth Omaha-218 N street. Council Bluffe—14 North Main street. Chicago—tin, Tioarst Bult jew York—Room 1105, 286 FIfth avenus. . Louis—508 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—7% Fourteenth Bt., N. W. CORRESPONDENCE, a ia communications relating to o o m&afir to Omaha Bee, ‘dlumfll-nuu s — DECEMBER CIRCULATION, . 53,534 Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss: qum Willlams, :‘.?“";,'fi" _nn.r. of The Bes DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Man: Subscribed in my_presence sworn to ore me, this ith day of Janua HOBERT H! Notary Publie. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily stiould have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. After all the keenest victims of war weari- ness are the map-makers. e e e Even the editor of the Navy department fs stumped for an excuse for pigeon-holing Admiral Fletcher’s report, Wisely nlo:md Omlh:_r;‘lunuu requires less digging than a Klondike claim and yields more certain results. SUR———— The destruction of the Persia increases the list of war mysteries which await the searching analysis of peace times, The White House division of warring diplo- mats into two socfal sections tactfully preserves the carpets from an undiplomatic muss. ' The president’s zone of Ni ka may be open to criticiam, but ul% safety first it 1s above suspicion, Welsh and the railroad prophets demand expert treatment Ol company distributes $20,00 E—— The total supply of gold money in the United States now totals $2,312,000,000, an increase of $496,000,000 in a year. Despite the immensity of the pile, the precious stuff shrinks from the sunshine of circulation. In times of stress yel- law eagles flock to the cyclone cellars, fel ; é | rpp— strategy in dodging the war and should be referred to the ground- r to reduce the stock in storage u': In California, the total amounting to a of the Knights of America, and was intro- THE OMAHA. MONDAY, JANUARY Live Stock on Farms. Some excitable folks expressed apprehension as to the probable extermination of the live stock on American farms, due to the abnormal demands of Europe, where the animals were belng fed to the Moloch of war, Hundreds of thousands of head of horses and mules were bought in this country for uses of the armles, while millions of food animals were slaughtered that the armies might be fed. This demand still exists, and is steadily being supplied, but the government report, just at hand, shows an actual increase In the number of animals on the farms of the United States, with the single exception of sheep. In spite of the shipment of horses abroad, the report shows the number now in the United States to be 21,200,000, an increase of 5,000 head over a year ago, and more than 600,000 over five years ago. Mules to the number of 4,660,000 are on the farms, an Increase of nearly 100,000 for the year. Milch cows have gone up in numbers to 22,000,000, an increase during the year of more than 700,000 head. Other cattle now number 39,600,000, having come up during the year to the extent of 2,600,- 000 head. Bheep, the one animal of which the democratic party boasts, because of its relation to schedule K, have dropped 756,000 head dur- ing the year, the total now being 49,200,600, Swine, solid support of farm prosperity, are in- creasing at a gratifying rate, showing 8,400,000 more for the present as compared with a year ago, the total being 68,000,000, a little more than two-thirds of a plg aplece for the in- habitants of the country. Nebraska shows a splendid record in the matter of farm animals, with 1,030,000 horses, 98,000 mules, 650,000 milch cows, 2,240,000 other cattle, 374,000 sheep and 4,270,000 swine, Smee———— Next—A Political Picture Gallery. It is only fair that the public be now advised that the next and logical development of the direct primary is a political plcture gallery of all aspiring candidates, issued officially in book form by the proper public authorities. Here in Nebraska, we already have the voters’ pamphlet, containing arguments for and against initiated or referred legislation, but the proposal as for- mulated in a bill presented to the New York legislature would supplement this with & cata- logue contalning the picture and bilographical sketch of each vote-chasing candidat As explained by its sponsor: ‘“The cost of publishing the catalogue is borne by the can- didates very largely. Those who run for office in the entire state are charged at the rate of three hundred dollars per page and are limited to two pages each. The State Committee of a party may llkewise explain their party princl- ples ard insert their platform at the rate of three hundred dollars a page. The catalogues are to be published by the Secretary of State and an edition is produced for each district. ‘When the voter receives this catalogue, he can read it over and study it at his leisure with a view of ascertaining just what each man stands for, and cast his vote accordingly.” ‘The presumption is that the newspapers will still be depended on to expose the weak spots and blemishes of the candidates; for an official pleture gallery furnished and paid for by the | candidates could only present the subject in & ‘most favorable light, pictorially as well as bio- graphically, and could not be expected to in- clude anything detrimental to any one's aspira- tions, But it New York beats Nebraska to this | great constructive reform, it will be merely be- ~eause we let them pass us on the road to prog- Not a Good Comparison. . Louls Republic's loyal effort to ex- Wilson administration by comparing Omaha to Mexico Is going just a little too far, Allowance is always made for partisan zeal, but this attempt to justify the Carranzista course lacke something in both logic and reason. Omaha doesn’t take any pride in the disturbance re- ferred to, and doesn't particularly relish the idea of being set up as & screen for the miser- able record made by the present administration in' connection with Mexico. First of all, no talk of war was ever heard in the discussion of the matter. Secondly, the forelgn governments con- cerned moved promptly to secure protection for ‘thelr subject residence here. These governments realized they were dealing with responsible power, and therefore that the formal representa- tions only were all that were needed. Order was Immediately restored, and thorough, authoritative inquiry was duly made, and repara- tion s now tendered by our government for the damage endured by the foreigners involved. Contrast this course with the years of watch- ful waiting that have been marked by an unend- ing series of outrages against American citizens, domiciled in Mexico, and without pequitals other than empty promises of impotent leaders! e — Gunpowder and preparedness hold the center of the stage at Washington, and baking powder clings to the wings. The former monopolizes the gas treatment, while the latter raises a breeze in committee trenches. Still, some envi- ous people imagine a congressman does not earn the money. Destructive floods exteading from the Gulf of California to the Great Lakes trail a phenom- enal Pacific storm of ten days’ duration. The route and the season are unusual, affording ad- ditional proof that the elements have absorbed inereased rates and have succeeded in postponing the holdup until the courts scrutinize the deal. The Dees effer Also & God of Battles. OMAHA, Jan. 22.—To the Editor of The A correspondent cites mandment, ‘“Thou shalt not kill,” port his argument that war is forbidden He should read on, and he will learn of how Moses gave his in- structions to Joshua, staff while the children of Israel fought and overcame the hosts of Amalek. And all along the way from Egypt to the promised land, battle followed battle, till the kingdom of the Jews was established. Moses was a warrfor, David was a war. and Solomon led his armies. long as the Hebrews kept their faith with (iod, their arms supported their kingdom r God was a god of Mystery of the Sun’s Light. Garrett P. Servise. BAT is & violent agitation of the Infinitesimal par. ticles, or molecules, of which all fhatter is com- posed; hence there can be no heat in a vacuum, where there are no particles of maiter to be agitated, or in the ether, which is a medium that does not obey the ordinary laws of matter, But, on the other hand, the vibrations that give rise to heat when they encounter material bodies must exist in the ether because it is the sther which carries them, and, since ether is not excluded, like matter, from what we call a vacuum, it follows that those vibrations may exist in a vacuum. thing that a vacuum contains is ether. According to the strict meaning of the term » vacuum should contain nothing whatever, but we are unable to get the ether out, and so, perforce, we lot it go at that. Experiment long ago showed that a greater quantity of the vibrations which produce heat passes through a vacuum than through an equal space filled with alr. from on high. and held up his In fact, the only with vietory. T m not come to send peace but St. John the divine, tells of the rider on the white horse: ecousness he doth judge and make war.'” Pacifists who rely upon the Bible to support their arguments must ignore a great deal that is written there. The only way in which heat ia supplied to us from the sun is by means of vibrations in the all-enveloping other. While they are in the ether, before they have struck the earth's atmosphere and, through the atmos- phere, the earth itself, the vibrations bear the same relation to heat that the electric impulses in a tele- phone wire bear to the sounds into which they are transformed as soon as they strike the receiver. The same thing is true of the vibrations that pro- duce light. They are not really light until they have impinged upon our eyes and affected our nerves of vision in such a manner as to set up another sort of vibration, or agitation, in the molecules of our brains, and this causes the mensation of seeing, or the per- ception of what we call light. Consequently, while all space around the sun 15 filled with vibrations capable of being transformed into light and heat, there is neither light mor heat in open space, except where the vibrations encounter some material object whose molecules can be agitated by the impact, and thus bring about the transforma- Prefers Counecil to Commission. MAGIC CITY, Jan. 22.-To the Editor Some time ago a writer and yourself asked for opinions as to the best form of city government. as my opinion (which I have not changed) that the whole ecity would be better rep-* resented by a councilman (instead of a commission) form of government. reasons are 8o obvious that they need no explanation. writer belleves, 1 once gave it will siways be) there is no one to represent about 50,000 popu- lation on the South Side of the big city. Ninety-five per cent of the Omaha people know that this is a great injustice, but it is the seifish nature impregnated in the human being that causes the strong to take advantage of the weak. J. G. BLESSING. No doubt thess vibrations conveyed from the sun by, the ether may produce many other effects unper- ceived by or unknown to us, because we have no special nerves, or organs of sensation, suitable to their perception. F The ether, you will observe, is a very mysterious thing and the discovery of its existence is one of the greatest triumphs of human intelligence. possess some of the properties of matter, and yet it deties most of the laws of matter, as we know them When we try to define it we immediately begin to contradict ourselves, and seem to be talking nonsenae, and yet without the hypothesis of the existence of this ‘Wwonderful something-nothing nearly the whole edifice of modern science would tumble into ruin. Investigation of the world of matter in which we live and of which we are a part leads us to the varge of a precipice, in the dark, where sclence, sustained by faith in her hypotheses, steps boldly out over the vold, and is herself astonished to find that instead of being precipitated into the gulf she is borné like a apirit across it! OMAHA, Jan, Bee: At a regular meeting of Omaha Daughters of Revolution, upon the request of the chair- man of the committee on patriotic edu- cation, the members were addressed by Superintendent Graff and Dr. Jenkins of the Board of EXlucation on the subject of “‘American History in the Central High After listening to these gentle- men, it was discovered that the report that American history had been made elective in the high school was a com- plete misapprehension. The action taken some time ago by the board implied nothing more than the giving to the principal of the high school a very limited and particular discretion in excusing a few pupils upon whom the requirement might seem to work some- of a hardship. Moreover, the board's action, provided that this dis- cretion was to be exercised subject to the approval of the board’s committee on teachers and courses of instruction. It was found that instead of reducing the study of our American life and institu- tions, the board had made a requirement of civics from every pupil. found that twenty-five more puplls are taking American history this year than Editorial Snapshots & descendant of John Alden.” Hence the value of speaking for himself may be | #aid to be'an inherited ins inct. Ho slegps all du To study all the phenomena of heat would require the devotion of an entire lifetime. reflected upon the reason why heat can turn iron into & liquid and water into steam? Most persons, seeing these things done, or knowing that they are done, every day, think no more about it. It is not from among such persons that the great leaders of human advance make thelr appearance. 1f 100,000 men would think earnestly about these things for every one who thus thinks about them today, the world would soon blase with intellectual 'light like a new born sun! But to return to the answer to our question. Iron is melted and water is vaporized by that very shaking or agitation of thelr constituent particles of which wo have been speaking. The molecules or particles of a solid or a liquid are held together by their mutual attraction—not the attraction of gravitation, but an- other sort of attraction called cohesion. ‘The distance over which this kind of attraction acts is very small. Each particle draws upon its im- mediately surrounding particles, and they, 'in turn, upon others, and thus the whole mass of a solid body or of a portion of liquid is held together. Have you ever ‘The Omaha chapter feels that in justice to the Board of Bducation, this public endorsement of the board's action is due. MRS. F. R. STRAIGHT, Regent. MRS, W. D. WILLIAMS, Chalrman Bdu- cational Committee. Phenacetin in Fevers, OMAHA, Jan. 21.—To the Editor of The Ree: About fifty years ago, Charcot, an eminent physiclan of France, that 9 per cent of all diseases had their origin In the digestive tract. A few years later Charles Bouchard, who Was asso- clated with Charcot, in a long series of experiments made the positive demonstra- tion and termed the condition—autointox- lcation, a poisoning of the body by chem- lcal substances taken into the body as foods and drinks in excess of the bodily requirements, and also the fallure to elimi- and worn out natural outlets. ‘The development of the microscope and the discovery of various forms of life, were the foundation for commercial and induced the physicians to adopt the erroneous germ theory to which most physiclans everywhere today ad- here. Consequently their treatment of the sick person is wrong, because they are fighting germs instead of purifying the poisoned blood stream that gives life and development to these germs. To control fever wherever it la found, they use coal tar products, such as phenacetin (a popu- lar medicine made from phenol-carbolio acid), and they succeed, for the patient loses the fever on the cooling board of the undertaker after the heart has been paralyzed by the phenacetin, acentanelid, creosote or some other coal Fares and Service In solids the force of cohesion is so great that the particles are held in a rigid form; in liquids it is rela- tively #s0 weak that the particles may slide about over one another; in & gas, or vapor, there is no Now, when a solid is heated ita particles are set into extraordinary vibration, and if the heating ia carried to a sufficient degree the force of their co- hesion will be so far weakened that they begin to slide over one another, and the solid becomes a liquid. Carry the heating still farther, and the particles will be so shaken that they lose thelr cohesive grip en- tirely, and the liquid expands into a vapor. As you sit In front of your winter fire and see the black coal, or the hard wood, molecularly shaken asunder in the Jaws of heat until part of it ascends falls in ashes, while the agitation heat in the surrounding air you will become a philosopher own little sbare to the thinking Augusta, Ga. 8t. Petersburg, Fla. .. 6228 |Havana, Cuba... Attractive Circuit Tours of the South Embracing New Orleans and Florida Twice Told Tales A New Treat. Claude Martin of St. Louls county says this really happened: A farmer in the Creve Coeur district whose wife greatly deprecates his intermittent convivial tendency, came to St. Louls in the holldays and greatly Pron returning home he was ex. tremely thirsty, desiring above all things a drink of cold water, and yet fearing to arouse his vigilant wife. He put up his horses and cautiously approached the old draw well. The bucket rose almost nolselessly as he pulled the windlass and he secured a mighty To allow tybhoid fever to continue ten weeks or more when it can be positively controlled in ten days or less, is a moral crime and such a physiclan should be severely punished. Every case of croupous pneumonia, in comfortable conditions, if seen the first day of the fever can be surely and safely aborted in forty-eight hours, or less, and the patient be out of all danger and on the rapid road to re- covery, What a disgrace that Omaha has had so many fatal cases of pneumonia this winter. Scarlet fever patients should not die and will not when properly treated by a perfect method of elimination. It is the feeding, the ice pack and phenacetin that I condemn, and that cause heart and death in families of those who have comfortable homes and good attention. Germophobia and commercial- fsm predominate and the people dare not | do their own thinking. Although Juergen- n's method of treating the patient and rting pneumonia has been in success- ful use for more than forty years many physicians have ne enjoyed himself. He drank till he could hold no more. The night was quite cold and the water splendid. Suddenly, In the gratitude of his refreshment, he lifted up his voice, “Maria!" he shouted, “Oh, Maria!" “Whatever do you want?" from the house. demanded his wile, “What are you standing out there in the lot, bellerin' like a calf for?” “Oh, Maria,”" the husband pleaded, “you and the children come on out here and git some of this guod water.” —8t, Louls Globe-Democrat. Butlington| Cause and Effect. Grace and Mayme, women of the chorus, were on method add the alka- loidal and elimination ideas and there should be few, or no deaths, from croup- ous pneumonia, scarlet fever or typhold fever in homes with comfortable condi- tions. Think of it, mor2 than 100,000 deaths from pneumonia each winter In these United States of America. The primary cause is essentially a poisoned blood stream, due to putting in more food than the system can utilize, or does actually need, to which add the fallure of the body to get rid of this surplus of food and chemical substances from the biological changes in the body, and this condition aggravated and increased by chilling the body and reducing the vital forces. I would give the public the truth, and ask people to dare to do their own think- ing even though I receive the condemna- tion of the medical profession and the her gum for a few seconds and sald: ‘“Look here, girlle, & guy—professor, I guess—says that in 1,000 years there won't be any blondes in the world." “Hum," sald Mayme, and went on reading a story “Yes—what do you think of 1t?" rejoined Grayce. The era of supine submission “Why, how does he know there won't be any drug ” 18 & Dack number | . " 0% years trom now™—Columbus Dispateh. Lap of Luzury. DR. A. L. MERRIAM, Limited to Three Guesses. 8t. Louts Globe-Democrat: Perkins says that the colonel is first, second and third cholce of the pro- gressives it becomes obvious that he is limited to three guesses. [ CHEERY CHAFF. I| Out of the Ordinaryl |, Mot cotha e Wk St Mok | that few people can afford fo keep one,” “l have one of the best in town, and 1 don't pay her any wages, elther, nor In time lost and medical attention, the | E'e her & single day of! “How do you manage ft?7" Wage earners of this country have an an-| I married her.”—Baitimore Ameriean. nual sick bill of $890,000,000. Tt is belleved that all Ifons are “left-| proposed to me and that T Fefused you? She—Do you remember that you once A famous explorer says that| He—Yes; that is one of life's most beau- when a lion desires to strike a forcible | tful memories.~Buffalo Courler. blow it nearly always uses the left paw. “My son was voted the most popular A lightning bolt at Laurel, Del., struck | man in his class. He graduates soon.” a half-grown chicken and stripped it as |, FoPular. eh? Then you won't get much work out of him for the next two clean of feathers as a new-laid egs, leav-| years. 'Most of his time will be taken up g the bird none the worse for the ex-|In acting as best man, coaching various perience except for lack of covering. | nms. and boosting glee club tours."— Ten layers of honey, each elght feet long and more than a foot thick, the| 1 wish I knew who was going to be Boston Transcript. nominated, whole weighing nearly 200 pounds was the | i« good fairy appeared Sweet surprise a Maine man found the | “Soandso is the man,” she whispered other day in the chimney of a farm-|'n his ear. house he had just bought. } Nowhere else floes the wind blow so| . That T cannot tell you, sighed the “Goed _enough! T'll root for him. But will he do anything for me, If elected ™" good fairy. ‘“There are limitadons e hard and steadfly as in the Falkland|to n fairy's powers. —Loulsville Conri'e‘g islands. Tree growth is practically impos- | Journal. sible owing to this pecullarity, and with such force does the wind sweep that re- b glon at times that potatoes and turnips | the family by now, don't they?' have been blown out of the ground.| |Not yet ' They haven't reached the Grass, however, grows luxuriantly. The swiftest dog in the world the bor-| 20l, or Russian wolt hound, has made rec- ord runs that show seventy a4 second, while the gazelle has shown | teen children.’ dined at my flancee's home today.” No doubt they regard you as one of point where they bawl me out if I make a spot on the tablecloth."—Puck. ‘‘Are you married, my man?’ & woman asked a sailor, five feet in ‘‘Yes, indeed, mnm-—married and four oW | "Poor fellow, traveling about like this! measured speed of more than eighty feet | And don't you ever get homesick a second, which would give it a speed of | “Only when I'm home, mum.'—New 480 feet In a minute if the pace could | York Times. be kept up. — “Pa, what s a diplomat?” Muscat, the capital of Oman, on the | A diplomat, my son. is a man who re- Persian gulf, is called the “hottest place | members a woman's birthday, but forgets on earth,” by a writer in Travel. The day | her 8ge."—Philadelphia Ledger. he arrived in this ancient capital the ther- | He—Now that we are in this great fleld mometer registered 125 degrees Fahren-|alone with each other and nature, let To escape the midday heat the in- | Me tell ¥ou a sweet secre! She—Let's go out of this field into the habitants resort to underground shelters | potato paten. You must remember that called “‘serdads,” the sunken windows of | though potatoes have eyes, corn has which are stuffed with brush that is|e®ars.—Baltimore American. sprinkled with water 5o as to establish & | e}l Mrs. Gaddy to be careful; there's current of cool air. As the center of the |a displaced wire around.” date trade, Muscat is in frequent com-| "It won't hurt her. She's been rubber- munication with America. Ins so0 long she thoroughly insulated.’” ~Baltimore American. “I want a pair of pants for my sick ‘husband,” laimed the woman. “What sise X T don't know, but I think he wears a 14% collar,”—Philadelphia Ledger. s Austrian Officer~Donnerwetter! I'm ‘Washington Post: A splendid example | gick of the war. I wish I was in heaven. of modern efficlency methods is found in | German Officer—Ja wohl! For my part 1 wish T was in a beer garde n. the brisk manner in which a political Austrian Officer—Ach, ja, you always party can scrap its last platform. { try to pick out the best for yourself!— Boston Transcript: “Henry D. Esta-| Fassing Show. brook,” discovers the New York Sun, “is MY NEIGHBCR’S DOG. and barks all night; It surely is a holy fright Baltimore American: A few days be- | To listen to his dismal how! And then to see his master scowl fore Senator Works of California in- |Bocause T sk him to control troduced his resolution calllng for armed | His barking dog that wrecks my soul; intervention in Mexico, he delivered a |Depriving me o needed sleep, Of which 1 seldom get a pee| speech denouncing any strengthening of | Unless perchance the dog .m?\’uu choose the army of the United States. There |To go and take a little snooze. is & statesman for you. I've listened to his howl for years, Pittsburgh Dispateh: Senator Phelan | With shattered nerves, I'm shedding tears About the sleep I did not get, wants a $5,000,000 naval academy for Call- | And while that dog is barking yet fornia and Representative Humphrey |1 have no right to use the gag wants one for the state of Washington. | £0F on that dog there is a tag That gives to him the town's rmit That, they presumably figure, will be | To bark, or howl, or have a tRe; about all the ‘‘preparedness” the folks | But oft, at night, about eleven, back home will need at present. 1 wish that dog was in eaven. Omaha. ¥ R. NI To_ the South Round Trip Round Trip From Omaha 5 From Omaha ..950.68| Tampa, Fla $62.28 72.78|8t. Augustine, Fla. 62,98 43.78|New Orleans, 41.18|Mobile, Ala 50.68|8an Antonlo, Tex 39.78| Houston, Tex.. 30.78|Savannah, Ga. 49.78 | Key West, Fla or Florida and Washington, D. C. The Trains to Use: Chicago Trains at 7:05 A. M., 3:45 P. M., 6:30 P. M. In Connection with the Well-Known Trains, “The Southland,” ‘‘The Palm,” ‘‘Dixie Flyer," “‘Seminole ted.”’ AT 9:15 A. M., arriving Kansas at l 4:06 P. M. for connection wlthm?lrly evening trains south. Kansas AT 4:30 P. M., arriving Kansas 1 P, Ci M.; you are in Memphis, Fort Worth or ty Dailas for supper, San Antonio and the Trains Gulf Country the second morning. AT 11:06 P. M. Lounge car train (ready 10 P. M.), connects with all mgmin‘ trains from Kansas City. morning; Union Station connections with trains South and Southwest. Ask for “Winter Tours” leaflet and at- tractive literature of the South, fares, routes and service to Southern and Gulf resorts. Let us help you plan an attractive Southern tour, R[]U]E J. B. REYNOLDS, City Passenger Agent, Lt Farnam and Sixteenth Streets. Phones: D. 1238 and D. 3580 “St. Louls || AT 4:30 P. 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