Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 26, 1916, Page 6

—— 6 | % i THE OMAHA DAILY BEE i FOQUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. 4 The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. ||| BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH. 14! Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter, L TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, By carrier By mail S per month per year. i Daily and Sunday...... ..6bc itvoo - Daily without Sunday.. Evening and Sunday...... Bvening without Sunday.. . 4.00 sunday Bee only.. ' 200 Daily and Sunday Bee, three years in advance, $10.00, Send notice of change of address or irregularity in gelivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE, Remit by draft, express or postal order, Only two- cent stamps received in payment of small accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern ex- st_accepted OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Building. South Omaha—2318 N street, Council uffs—14 North Main street. 6 Little Bullding, ¥ Chicago—518 Peoples Gas Building. ' New York—Room 1106, 286 Fifth avenue, } St. Louls—503 New Bank of Commerc ' Washington Fourteenth street, N. W, & CORRESPONDENCE, Address communications relating to news and edis torial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department, , APRIL CIKCULATION, E 3l republican ticket 57,808 Daily—Sunday 52,223 of The Bee the Dwight Williams, circulation manag A 1916, was Publishing com, ,, bel I 3 :VOI’I'%. c‘lrcuhm,to lnh‘odn?u’nm'g;nAnurd‘ £ ul&nfl 424 Bunday. e D' b}ginrn lL“.A”MH. Cl‘nulnuont M;.n‘; -r.m B s 205 ol ala], Pithenee a4 wwor to betore | ROBERY HUNTER, Notary Publie, i ! Fubscribers leaving the city temporarily . should bave The Bee malled to them, Ad- | dress will be changec as often as requested, B S Mexico's climate is not responsible for the quality of hot air coming out of that section. Se— Wall street's speculative crowd shows rare human sentiment in playing with rail babies, ———— Speaking of the h’igh ;.';M:,—l living, there is the broth compounded by high-priced cooks, If Chicago's Five Million club is alive to its opportunities, an early June census will turn the rick. | Preparedness is an overworked word, still it 1| holds in reserve power to make good roads a | reality, Our Nebraska State Board of Arbitration has & fine chance right now to vindicate its creation by making a record of achievement. With the wrecked Decatur bank finally in the receivership stage, pools are open as to just how long it will take to wind up its affairs and finish the job, i | i 1 i % i { Now if Florence and Benson had only come in with Greater Omaha promptly they, too, might present some entries for that city commissioner- ship vacancy. If puns were not out of style, someone would say something about the “stunts” Bishop Stuntz may be expected to perform when he takes up his work here in Omah: Members of the Chicago Society for the Sup- pression of Noise wisely decided to suspend activities during June. A political thunder storm | if a dangerous thing to trifle with. b All the commercial clubs of Nebraska are for good roads, and so are all other civic organiza- ‘ tions throughout the state, but it will take more than mere “resoluting’, to build them, —— Of Nebraska's sixteen delegates to Chicago, || thirteen are now on record publicly as personally 5‘ favoring Charles E. Hughes after the compli- | mentary vote stage passes: Make it unanimous! | As a matter of fact, our democratic friends { do not l‘mr! half so much to worry them in “re- publican” factions as they find in “democratic” factions, which nothing but the cohesive power of public patronage can draw together, ————— The forward-looking law makers of Wiscon- sin did not get very far with a reform restricting Interstate corporations to state courts for legal relief. The federal supreme court, though a good champion of states rights, unanimously annuled the restrictive statue —_— The solicitude of the World-Herald for con- firmation of the president’s appointments does not, however, include his nominees for United States attorney and for internal revenue 'collector for the district of Nebraska, each persona non grata to our democratic senator —— Mr, Bryan declines to treat seriously the Sug gestion that he be nominated for president on the prohibition Having had experience as § nominee on the populist ticket and on the silver ticket as well as on the democratic AL ticket, he can have no desire 1o experiment b 3’ further with minor political parties i ———— ':‘ The semi-monthly output peace talk as 5, usual comes 1 sources that voice the hopes | of multitudes stricken behind the fghting lines ,lv'l,“ But the powers ral heed not. No victor is 4 m g vang ed plead | mercy. The #our e N N s Appare the pa ' a ¥ the game a Thirty Years Ago ' This Day in Omaha —— Compiled Vrwm Bos Files . Pilegeruis, . s ¢ Washing v e . " Fathar Mo BRths ot Whe Cathadval of ) . Afer e MRS & Feraptinn ek Bines o0 hs residente of Denste [, - ot " J ke “huann Kinowmin M Teainn Marah hew il AN A » [T [ WY etureed | . ' $ Seeure Aeie ke » it . . W o Tk Wb B R N P —— [ P — Balirvad cmmission | Peace Rumors and Probabilities. Rumors of approach to peace in Europe have been more numerous of late, and in spite of de- nials they persist. Maybe it nature of the denials, which generally take the form of broad statements of obviously impossible terms on which one or the other of the helliger ents will consider settlement the range of reason, too, that these rumors may be emanating from sources known to diplumats who would sound in advance sentiment before coming out into the open with their plans. One significant feature of the latest crop is that Ger many is reported to have admitted that the United States forfeited eligibility as a mediator. The remark of the president the course of his Mecklenburg address at Charlotte may have been a chance reference to the situa- tion, but it has set the world to wondering The United States ought to lead the way to peace, when it can be done, The proffer of good offices made at the outset is still open to the bel ligerents, and beyond this our government cannot go with propriety. Many ways are open along which approach to peace is possible, but the in- itiative rests with the powers at war find the rest of the world quite ready to assist in readjusting affairs when they are ready to end the struggle. seem to have reached the probability stage as yet. is because of the It is quitz within has not in They will However, the peace rumor doesn't Pine Forests for Nebraska, Statements of Woodruff Ball of the State Forestry commission revive interest in the ex- periment of the government in planting yellow pine on the Nebraska sandhills. It had already been proved that jack pine would grow there, hut Mr. Ball now reports that the yellow pine is also thriving, and that the area experimented by the federal government is well wooded, and in not a great while will be producing revenue, The Bee again reminds prospective legislators that here is a splendid field for some constructive with work. Bessey wood may easily be reproduced many times, and millions of acres of now bare and usecless sandhills can be made serviceable through forestration. It is a safe and sure in- vestment, it will mean acceptable returns to the state in many ways and it ought to be given proper Some legislator will win for himself a name in Nebraska's history by set ting in operation the project that much to the future residents of the state consideration means so State-Wide Registration the Remedy, Assuming that Mr. Bryan is convinced that the of “wet” republicans beat “‘Brother Charlie” for the democratic governorship nomina- tion, we invite him to join us in making such a thing impossible for the future. As The has pointed out, the charge that republicans voted in the democratic primary emanates from the rural districts, It does not apply to Omaha or Lincoln because a registration system pre vails in these cities under which each qualified voter must record his party affiliation at least ten days before election and must confine his participation in the primary to the nomination of candidates of that political party. In the small- er towns and country the voter has up to the moment of entering the polling place to decide which party ticket he will ask for and the door is wide open for the transfer of votes from one column to the other as the exigencies of the occasion may demand i A state-wide registration system is the only sure check on this crossing-over that we know of. With the start already made for the prepara- tion of a voter's mailing list to which the secre- votes Bee precincts, however, W Whe Mffsruet indian agen Famen U Mogeath bas gone o L & W M, o O e A B Bk bae gens & ! . shant an Messrs Pepeioien. Nimbail, | b Mebbwa & i o e Umien Pesifee wfficimis went tary of state sends the initiative and referendum informatiorr pamphlet, a state-wide enrollment of voters, with designation of party affiliations, would be but a short step. Other states have such enrollments and there is no good reason why adoption of the plan is not feasible here at small added expense. If we had a general registration of voters everywhere, on the farm and in the vil- lage as well as in the big city, no candidate for democratic nomination could lay his defeat to the vote of republicans, ** wet" or “dry," or vice versa When It Comes to Army Promotions. The new army bill will materially enlarge the staff of officers, which means promotions along the line for which all of the officers, worth a snap of the finger, have a laud able ambition. It goes without saying, too, that all these promotions will not exert their beneficial influence to the fullest degree unless made in recognition of meritorious service so as to afford an incentive and inspiration to every man taking up a military Naturally, we in Omaha and Nebraska would like see recognition accorded officers with whom we are more rea son of their being stationed near us at different career to some of the familiar by should be entitled to ecarly consideration for a vacant major-generalship. Another officer whose claims seem to call for endorsement is Colone | James B. Erwin, who has been doing brilliant | work on the Mexican border, which his many friends here have been watching with admiration and to be would make us all rejoice whose promotion brigadie general Cutting Down the Navy Program | By cutting out the dreadnaughts and othe | wise reducing the constructions gram, the emocrats of the house have been true to the tradition in dealing with the navy [ United ates ) at asi f 1 i de for adequate nationa ¢ scarcely cause for \ N ads e 1 this inatance 3 4 10 Secretary Da y sdequa ' Meier { the na ' . | pas ting fows at for bullding. & pretense a N ' o s o\ ye AVE agb ) way, and tha . the § . } t Wilson dge of & N N | ¥ . D — T present | times. Pershing is already brigadier general and | | HE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY | hibited The Conservation of Health Dr. E. W. Rowe, President Nebraska State Medical Association. As president of the Board of Health, Governor More- head invited the public health service to send a man to make a study of our health organization in Nebraska. This man was to be an expert and an impartial person. Dr. Carroll Fox was detailed, After two months he has just left, and his report is now in the hands of his xhl.el in Washington. From close association with Dr. Fox 1 know he will recommend changes that are not too ideal for adoption, but that he feels will fit our local conditions. The recommendations 1 will give you now are in my judgment in harmony with the views of Dr. Fox. After a thorough study of the State Board of Health and a careful consideration of the public health needs of the state, it may be concluded that much of the trouble ariging within the state health body is due to the absence of an administrative head, clothed with suthority and re- sponsibility, and to the lack of s proper organisation to earry on the necessary work, In order to correct this, the following recommendations are made: 1, That the name of the state health organization be changed to the State Department of Health, 2. That a full-time state health officer to act as exec- utive officer of the board of health be appointed by the State Board of Health, at & salary of not less than $3,000 per annum. That the state health officer he a physiclan with previous experience in public health work, and that he hold his office so long as he renders efficlent services to the state. That he receive his appointment only after passing & competitive examination before the board of henlth and the advisory hoard, the questions to be sub- mitted and the papers graded by the United States Public Health Service. 4, That the State Department of Health be divided into the state bowrd of health, the executive office, & bureau of epidemiology, & buresu of public health engin- eering and a bureau of vital statistics. 4. That the buresu of epldemiology be placed In cha of a full-time chief, or epidemiologist, to be appointed by the state board of health upon the recommendation of the state health officer; that he hold his position wo long as he renders efficlent service to the state, and that his salary be not I than $2,600 per year. 5. That a full-time chief or sanitary engineer be placed in charge of the bureau of public health engineering. That he be appointed by the board of health upon the recom- mendation of the state hesith officer at & salary of not less than $2,000 per annum, and that he hold his office w0 long as he renders efficlent services to the » 6. That & full-time chief or statisticlan be placed in charge of the buresu of vital statistics, that he p- pointed by the state board of health upon the recommen- dation of the state health officer, at & salary of not than $1,200 per annum, and that he hold his office so long as he renders efficient service to th 7. That the position now designated s spector be changed to that of chlef of the buresu of epidemiolo 8. Th the personnel of the State Department of H by the addition of one laboratory attendant and at least three clerks. 0. That all of the employes of the health department be full-time and hold their offices during efficlency. 10. That the bureau of epldemiology be made respon- sible for the collection of morbidity reports, the control of preventable dis , the work of the diagnostic labora- tory and the supervision of the activities of local heaith authorities, 11, That the bureau of public health engineering be made responsible for the activittes concerned in the main- tenance of the purity of water supplies, the disposal of sewnge, garbage and trades wastes, and the laboratory work entailed in the analysis of water and sew 12, That the bureau of vital statistics be made r sponsible for the collection of birth and death certifica marriage and divorce reports, and the compilation and tabulation of information relating to the public h 13. That the laboratory be ‘divided into two part dingnostic and the water and sewage laboratory, That the former be made & division of the buresu of epidemi- ology and the latter & division of the bureau of publie health engineering. 14. That the work of the laboratory be extended both in amount and in scope so that the physicians and health officers of the state may have gre them in the diagnosis of communi i 16. That without delay, energetic efforts be made in the Jocalities to increase the efficiency of birth and death registrations and the notification of reportable d 6. That popular literature on the different subjects of public health be published by the state board of health and distributed among the citizens of the state. 17. That as soon as practicable, a public health ex- hibit be mcquired by the state board of h in the different communities of the state, mc- companied by lectures and moving pietures. 18, That the advisory board be retained as an exam- ining board, and In & purely advisory e ¥, L e, to wive advice when called upon by the state board of health, but to bave no administrative or controlling function, 19. That the advisory board meet jointly with the state board of health upon the call of the president of the board of health, 20. That no less than $24,700 per annum be appro- priated to the state board of health to be used in the following manner, at the discretion of the state board of health: One state health officer at not less than $3,000 an- nually. One than $2,600 annually. One than $2,000 annually, One i« than $1,600 annually. One statistician at not than $1,200 annually. ol.lu laboratory attendant at not less than $840 an- nually Four clerks as stenographers at not less than $8,360 annually Maintenance of health department, including traveling expenses, laboratory expenses, printing, etc., $10,000 an- nually. Total, $24,700. 21. That larger quarters for the State Department of Health be provided in the state house at Lincoln, 22. That a record of the expenditures be kept by the State Department of Health, according to the nature of the expense and the bureau incurring it, so that the cost of maintaining any bureau, or the cost of any amctivity | or item, may be determined at a moment's notice and without effort. 28. That the regulations of the state board of health be amended to provide for vaccination against smallpox. 24, That as soon as practicable, a chemist be em- to be placed in charge of the water and sewage laboratory under the direction of the sanitary engineer 6. That the state be divided into not less than four districts, each district to have a full-time district health officer, who must be a physician with plo. previous exper- lence in public health work, and to receive not less than $1,800 per annum. That the district health officer be responsible to the state health officer and the pidemiologist for the efficiency of his work hat he bold office so long as he renders satisfactory service to | the state. That he perform within his district all the work required of & publie health of including the control of communicable diseases, the delivery of public health lectures, the supervision of loeal health authori ties, supervision over the milk supply, the ection of morbidity ta and reports of births and desths, the health supervision of schools in rural distriots, 6. That in order to defray the expenses of the dis t health organization, including the salary of the dis triet health office | assistant, r y traveling ex penses, ete,, 1) sppropriated t am $20,000 $5,000 ach dist ad wuhae alling 4 . - .« regaiar . ¢ “he boe ahe e MAY 26 1916 Politics in Normal School Board, Umaha, May 25.-~To the Editor of The Bee: How long will the state of Nebraska permit the interests of its state normal school to be sacrificed to meet the selfish ends of the bunch of cheap politicians on the Normal board? This board has been rather quiet of laf but it appears they have been doing business at the same old stand and in the same old way. A recent board meeting was at Lincoln, and on the day the Sehool Masters’ elub met at Lincoln. On the face of it this dence. But to the about a dosen favored membors of the va- rious normal school faculties were invited to meot with the board, at the expense of the stat The secretary of the board in. vited these various faculty members to some sort of conference, bhut failed to in- vite the state superintendent. It however, that all th invited guests members of the School Masters' elub. See tary Caviness and the rest of the ring had a ring eandidate for president of the School * club, %o It was n ry to have many obligated members of the elub t as possible, even though it did eost the state a couple hundred dollars, in order to have the slate go through safely. At this same meeting the sister of a prominent politielan asked for & place in one of the normal schools, Whether Tom Majors {s under obligations to the prominent politielan, or wants to place the prominent politician under obligations to him Is not reported, but at sny rate the sister was placed at the head of one of the leading d partments of the Peru Normal at Major auggestion. The Normal board costs the taxpayers sev- al thousand dollars s yesar to do poorly what the regents of the university would do _well for nothin The normal schools are the schools of the people. They are intended to train teschers for the children of the people. But they can not well fulfill thelr mission when the politicians on the board psy political debts in selecting members of the faculties of these schools. The incoming legislature can render no greater serviee than to do what the lest ! islature failed to do, snd that Is, to move the normal schools from political domination, R. D. JAMES. Chalking Up Time and Taxes. Omaha, May 26.~To the Editor of The Des: Why all this “fuss’” about setting the clock back an hour? If it makes no Aif- ference, why not set it back & week or & month or, on the same principle, set 1t ahead two or three weeks and find out as soon as possible who the republicans will nominate for president. The faot of the matter s, If there is & real demand for & change, all the “boss” has to do fs to say, “Tomorrow we will commence to work at 6 Instead of 7 or T instead of 4" the cpse may be, and we will all be “John- nie on the spot,” for by the same rule we will be through an hour earller, The talk of setting the clock back is In keeping with the plan of sssessing our taxes, If my personal property is lsted st an actual valuation of $600.00, to make It “sasler’ on me they divide that by five which would equal $100,00, then they figure 1 should pay about §6.50, so they make the levy 86 mills, Now then, If they use the actual value as & b they would have to figure the rate .013 Insteed of dividing by five and multiplying by .065. Bes how easy It 1s and what & saving, teo? 1 think that is where Mr. Howell got hia idea for making out water bills. First, we are told (month after month) what the water would have cost under the old management, then what the cost would have been at each succesding step thereafter until the final cost 1s figured out In “black and red” so plain that even a professor in mathematios can understand it. By all méans turn the clock back and a few months later turn it ahead in in- stead of doing It the simple way. E. Ples for & South Omaha Man. Omaha, May 26.~To the Editor of The Bee: When the question of & successor to mmissioner Drexel (s considered, I think the question of politics should cut some flgure, for there are three members who . publicans and as the democratic part of the city commission has controlied af- fairs for & number of years, it is time the republicans had control for & time, at least, when there are so many more republicans than democrats in Omaha, as s shown by the registration of voters. 1 have always noticed that when it comes to the non- partisan part of public affairs that dem- ogr always get the best of it. We do not find any nonpartisan officlale or judges of courts in the southern democratic states llke Missourl, Arkansas, Mississippl, Texas Florida, but it (s only in republican states that the so-called nonpartisan laws are in effect I do not object to having some demo cratie officials and at times do not hesitats in voting for democrats that I consider bet. ter than some candidates for office on the republican ticket But I think now is & good time for the republicans to dem control of city At fairs tn Omaha, for this s going to be a republican year. There are plenty of good | South Side to chooss from with tlice | who has held st naming some man over » he could cast a vote, dr chronle | fticeholders. The city commissioners ought | name some man who was for the con- | fdation of South Omaha with Omaha and 1 s they will do he ity com- | » ow have & chance to put the beat foot forward in the naming of a eity commissioner and It 18 1o be hoped they will @0 as well as the school board did in the naming of Mr. Reed. Do not name some - will mot be satisfactory to o plenty of good men d here whe will be aatinta thoss who voted for an xation Almost one year age FRANK A AGNEW Why o Comstitutional Convention? hind the movement, such men think that the golden age will be ushered because in by the adoption of the prohibition amendment But we are glad to admit that there are thousands of prohibition- ists, as there are thousands of anti-pro- hibitionists, Interested in & constitutional convention Mr. Haynes ohjects to the manner of choosing the delegates, but he forgets that the mathod proposed is the one generally used In all of the states and was the one used in the seleotion of the members of the convention of 1876, which framed our pres- ent constitution, except that the delewates will be gelectsd on & non-partisan ticke! We think that when Mr. Haynes con- siders the question more earefully he will decide to join hands with us, C. A SORENSEN, Secretary. GRINS AND GROANS. First Mald—80 you don't like to work for highbrows ? wcond Maid-—You bet 1 don't. I worked for one pair of them—and never again! Him and her was fighting continually, and it kept me running back and forth between the bhole and the dictionary all the time.~—Puck Daughter~What's the matter, father? You look worried Father (just retired from business)—Well, you my dear, I've never besn withoul thi to worry me before and it Boston Transcript DEAR MR -KABIGELE, Do HANDSOME MEN MAKE GOOD HUSBANDS? ~LEELY W= A, VES —THEY CANT AFFORD 10 HAVE ‘THEIR BEAUTY MARRED BY A FLAT IRON tios your friend (s Inclined to ma- ably turns turtle, e always catches & merican. he & boatin orab."—Baltimore was two Pux ol is the way with Beasie's outgrown clothes bothers | {41 lay me ohina eg humiliating heritage. One day Bessie madd an_exciting discovery ‘My goodness,” she said, “I've got & 1boss tooth. 1 think I'll pull it out “Oh, don't,” Peggy im will make me wear It."'—New imen tnquired the pompous Mre. Newrich of hep poorer neighbor 3 ¢ sald the neighbor caustice " “put 1 certainly thought he would i€ he ate another bite.'—Ladies Home Joure nal. “Poor Gladys s having a terrible time “What s the matter?” “She wants every opportunity of showing her enthusiasm for the allies, and yet not ing is becoming to her complexion but neue tral tints."—Baltimore American. Doctor—You will have to give up ofl mental work for a few weeks. Patient—But, doctor, In that event my income would cease, I earn my living by th poems for the magazines. w'l.mlnl‘nll—-')]\. you can keep right on o4 that.—Iddianapolis Star “Do you get plenty of #loep?”’ mald the visitor to small Edward “Yes, ma'am,” he answered, “Mamma puts me to bad avery night at § o'clock.’ “PTo kesp you healthy?" he was asked “No, ma'am,” was the reply. “It's so she can mend my olothes, —Chicaso Nows. A LUCKLESS LAY. Maurice Morris in New York Sun. 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