Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 1, 1916, Page 8

==JE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSIV!'ATEI B] VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR " ~yuu BER FORLIHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR e e Entered st Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. A — TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 8us Boee o:z ves b g ey chanj lltv-m to 't:lnhn Bee, Circulation Department. — REMITTANCE. it by draft, express or postal o Only 2-oent stamps !:rfll l': uy:mt of llll:“ secoun Perso checks, except on Omahs and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Y e sa T N seraet Counell lh!::—ll North Main street. Lincoln—826 Little Bullding. Chieago—818 People’s Gas Building. New York—Room 803, 286 Fifth avenue. 8t. Loule—808 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—725 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address communieations relating to news and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. MAY CIRCULATION 57,852 Daily—Sunday 52,748 Dwight Williams, ecirculation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the syerage, cireulation for the month of May, 1916, was 57,852 daily and 62,748 !““.i' DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. sworn to before me ARy g A e Sy 3 "% BOBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad- dress will be changed as often as requested. e —— | To President Calvin of the Union Pacific: Omaha extends the glad hand of welcome. 1t would seem that grocers’ and butchers’ pic- nic did the business of turning the weather after | all. — ! Why a state platform convention, anyway, three months after the candidates are all nomi- | nated? { f Uncle Sam’s horse buyers are not noticeably in evidence at the South Omaha horse market. What's the matter? | Russia reports the capture of 205,000 Austro- Hungarians in a month. It looks as though the Bear dislikes the hyphen. 3 ———— Mexican occupation of the towns evacuated by General Pershing no doubt will appear on native billboards as “a famous” victory. | The guardsmen who failed in the physical tests deserve an encouraging cheer. Even though the doctors said nay, nay, their hearts were in the right place. e et e e | Practicing law without a permit is risky busi- : ness, but not near as dangerous to the profession | § as the shady practices of certain members who 1 7 possess the permits. 1 ! 2 It is understood that Colonel Bryan's predic- | ; tion of “a million men springing to arms to beat {{ | back invaders” did not include Mexican bandit in- | | wvaders in the sweep of prophecy. ——e While national preparedness limps in and out ‘of congress, there is abundant reason for confi- " dence in the future. 'Progressive republican pre- paredness for November makes assurances doubly re. e That the restored troopers were robbed of ‘their money and valuables while in captivity is readily believable. Mexico’s schools of robbery have graduated a multitude of experts in the last five years. ’ ¥ ! | g e— The president says he would “fight for jus- tice.” He is historian enough, however, to know that no war was ever waged in which the par- | ticipants on both sides did not insist that they * were “fighting for justice.” ———— A Chicago paper is trying already to inaugu- rate an organized movement to “brighten the | Christmas” of the boys in the trenches in Mexico. “ The inspiration is all right but looks a trifle far- fetched six months in advance of the date. 1f our democratic friends want to go back . into the records, let them devote first attention to the Baltimore platform and its repudiated pledges which, that document itself solemnly assures us, were made not just to run on but to be carried out to the letter. ; \ Auto injuries and deaths show little abate- © ment in number and frequency. Warning signals ' and safety appeals make no impression on the heedless. If the heedless did not endanger others, their rush toward hospitals or to suicide might be tolerated. But so long as they endanger life and limb on the public streets, the law in their cases * should be applied with unbending vigor. Jay and Hughes to the New York Sun——————r Ex-Justice Hughes is generally recognized as the man best fitted to be president under present circumstances, in which foreign relations, already . bad, have been worsened by unspeakable bung- ling, and his election will duly follow for that rea- son, The indignation of the democrats over his jomination is undoubtedly due to this fact and is natural, but obviously they can not give this reason for it, so are assigning as its cause the fact that the republican candidate comes from the bench of the United States supreme court. The democrats are strong for the precedents set by “the fathers”” Let us consult these for ce. ohn Jay was considered to have rendered service to the colonies and to the formation of the constitution that Washington offered him “his choice of the federal appointments when the new nment was formed, and Jay chose that i %- chief justice of the lugreme court. This he e eld continuously from September, 1789, until ' June, 1795. But in 1792 he ran for governor of ew York state, and being “counted out,” re- tained the chief justiceship until 1795, when he ~ ran for governor, again, and this time was elected, " He held the governorship for six years, until 801, He was offered a reappointment as chief tice in Dmth mber,d 1800, ’u( gtclinded. This i e presidency of John Adams, an i *”;g 3 Jecti_on of Thomas Jefferson, the father patron saint of democracy, and during the fet nearly all of the “the fathers. evidently saw no reason to dis- ! such conduct, not even of having the ce go through an active political cam- occupying the bench, else surely he not have sermimd him to m{ until he ily retired three years later after a sec- Washington, Adams, Jefferson and the fathers” had low standards of poli- as compared with the high-minded, cratic politicians of today. ¥ $ £ H i | t { ’ Good But Not Far-Reaching Enough. A too ambitious young man, not yet duly ad- mitted to practice, has been sharply called to ac- count and fined, at the instigation of the local bar association, for “playing lawyer.” To prac- tice law legally, certain traditional prerequisites determined by examination are necessary, includ- ing the taking of a sacred obligation to uphold and defend the ethical standards of the profes- sion, and no interloper lacking appreciation of this high morality and sacred duty of the attorney should be permitted to engage with clients, to say nothing of bidding for business against regu- larly established lawyers. Let no one misunderstand us—we are thor- oughly in accord with the movement to keep the standards of the bar from being broken down by intruders. But why stop here, when the danger of damage is even greater from the black sheep legally admitted as lawyers who pursue disrepu- table practices and bring odium upon all their associates? Why should not the reputable mem- bers of the bar direct their fire once in a while at the crooked lawyers when they are shown up, instead of too often rushing to their rescue? We have propounded this question more than once on eminently proper occasions but with regrettably disappointing answer. Now that the start is made on a rank outsider with no right to claim protec- tion under pretense of being a lawyer, our hopes are again stimulated. Two Water Works Items. ! Two items of interest have just come from the water department; one to the effect that be- cause of the last rate reduction water consumers are now paying a fraction of a cent less than the actual cost of furnishing them the water; the other, that the promised burning of the water bonds held in the sinking fund is not to take place. The first proposition, unfortunately, is wholly fictitious and merely a bookkeeping juggle. The water rate in Omaha is not less than the cost of furnishing the water because the cost figures are artificially padded by altogether unnecessary re- serves. With the water tax imposed, Omaha is entitled right now to the 15 cent rate which con- sumers in Lincoln, Fremont and other towns around us enjoy and a 15-cent rate would be fully compensatory although it would not produce the surplus we have been piling up. As to deferring the cancellation of the bonds, the undisguised purpose is to hold the sinking fund available for purposes entirely foreign to the conduct of the water works. The use of this accumulation to buy, or speculate in, school bonds, lighting bonds, or any other bonds, was never dreamed of when the water bonds were voted. The original bond proposition should have provided for gradual retirement instead of keeping all the bonds outstanding for thirty years. The next legislature should require that prefer- ence be given our own water bonds when invest- ing the sinking fund and for their immediate can- cellation when bought. Clemency for Roger Casement, Sir Roger Casement, having been found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death, which means he will be expeditiously and ignominiously hanged unless the British authorities may be in- duced to relent, is now become the object of a general sympathy. His case is one of the, most peculiar in all history. The venture on which he embarked was so visionary and so hopeless it can hardly be looked upon as the deliberate plan of an entirely sane man. Aside from its moral effect, which is negative so far as his own views are concerned, the undertaking made no impression on England. The abortive uprising of the Sinn Feiners has brought a better understanding with Ireland than could have been accomplished by years of partisan debate in parliament, and it is altogether likely the settlement now proposed will do much to really unite the peoples, at least to allay Irish agitation. Casement’s part in this may be of greater importance than has so far been acknowledged, owing to the fact that he has been under charge of treason. Whether he be entitled to credit along this line doesn't much matter, Great Britain can afford to be generous to him. The imperial government can acquire no new glory through the execution of an insane man, even though he be a dangerous rebel, nor will Britannia’s laurels shine any brighter for adding another name to the list of martyrs. Case- ment living may or may not be a danger; Case- ment dead will surely be an inspiration to others of a race that has not counted life as of value save to use in furtlering the cause of pure free- dom, Captain Boyd: Brave or Foolish? Debate concerning the Carrizal incident will turn on the action of Captain Charles A. Boyd, who was in command of the American scouting party. Already is it said he was either very brave or very foolish. So far the most accurate knowledge of the events of that unfortunate af- fair is furnished by troopers under command of the captain, and a civilian who had been employed as a guide and interpreter. Captain Boyd is dead, and so is his second in command, and only his notebook is left, its meager record being insuf- ficient to determine the main point involved. In much of its detail the whole affair resembles the case of General Custer, in which forty years of discussion and inquiry has failed to determine whether any failure in the whole duty of a soldier is chargeable to that brave leader. Captain Boyd had been sent on a definite mis- sion; it was one directly in line with the purpose of the presence of American troops on Mexican soil, and had in it nothing of menace to the cause of the de facto government. It was not to be ex- pected that he would turn aside from this mission because of orders given him by the commander of Mexican troops. His duty as a soldier forbade this, and also it forbade that he commit any overt act that would lead to open hostilities. Even the fragmentary accounts so far given us of what transpired show that Captain Boyd scrupulously adhered to his orders. No question can be raised as to his courage; his judgment may be questioned by some. As was written of another hero: “How lightly they'll speak of the spirit that's' gone, and o'er his cold ashes upbraid him.” So far as can be determined at this time, Captain Boyd was true to the best traditions of the American soldier; he did his duty as he saw it, he obeyed the orders given him, and fell fighting against odds too great to overcome. As a matter of fact there is no reason why churches should not advertise any more than why movies should not advertise. It is not enough nowadays to have something people want—the public must be advised when, where and how to get it. THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916. [ODAY Thought Nugget for the Day. We rise by the things that are under our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain; By the pride deposed and the passion slain And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet. —J. G. Holland. One Year Ago Today in the War. British House of Commons passed the muni- tions of war bill, Germans claimed success in fighting north of Arras. 2 Germans attacked French at many points and carried first French lines in Argonne, west of Verdun. Austro-German army 2,000,000 strong, pushed north toward base at Warsaw's rear. Serbians forced passage of the Save river and captured a town on Austrian territory. Today in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Mrs. H. E. Gunner, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas Trunburth and Mrs. Alfred Viney, have left for England for a three months’ visit. Mrs. A. L. Anderson is the guest of Mrs. A. A. Gibson on her way home to Shoshone Falls, having spent five months in Chicago. Mrs. lg C. Kimball, who has been visiting the family of Mr. Max Meyer, has gone to her home in New York. George E. Crosby, secretary of the Nebraska Implement company, has gone east, accompanied by his wife. James McVittie has returned from his wedding tour, bringing his blushing bride to her new home. Prof. and Mrs. Gillespie, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Plum, Miss Coe and Mr. and Mrs. McClure will leave for San ‘Francisco to attend the national convention of instructors for the deaf and dumb. Prof. Lewis, Prof. Henshaw and Master Broach have left on a campaign-out expedition of eight weeks in the mountains of Colorado. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Today is Dominion day, the Canadian na- tional holiday, commemorating the confederation in 1867. The new federal law fixing a standard barrel for the interstate shipment of fruits, vegetables and other dry commodities, becomes operative today. Fifty thousand school teachers are expected in New York for the opening of the annual con- vention of the Natiomr Education association. The size of the Berlin newspapers is to be reduced today, owing to the increasing cost of paper. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the presi- dent, is to speak at the opening of the great At- lantic City chautauqua. Coffee houses operated under the direction of church organizations are to take the place of saloons in Superior, Wis,, when the city goes “dri::" today. . E. Calvin becomes president of the Union Pacific railroad today in succession to A. Mohler. The National Amateur Press association, an organization composed of young aspirants for literary fame, meets in anual convention in Boston. . The Treasury department is to put into effect today the new interpretation of the income tax law taxing American securities held by non-resi- dent aliens. Colonel John Biddle of the engineer corps today succeeds Colonel Clarence P. Townsley as superintendent of the United States Military academy at West Point. New Jersey will today put into operation a new state law requiring the placarding of told storage foods when offered for sale. This Is the Day We Celebrate. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, Harvard university professor and noted publicist, born at Clarks- ville, Pa., sixty-two years ago. Hon Charles Marcil, former speaker of the Dominion House of Commons, born in the province of Quebec fifty-six years ago. . William A. Ashbrook, representing an Ohio district in congress, born at Johnstown, O., forty- nine_years ago. Ernest A. Hamill, president of the Corn Ex- change National bank of Chicago, born at Bloom- ington, Ind., sixty-five years ago. Gus Christie, well known middleweight pugilist, born in Milwaukee twenty-five years ago. Nathan Bernstein, for many years head of the physics department of the Omaha High school, but now in the life insurance business, was born July 1, 1871, in Louisville, Ky. He is a graduate of the Omaha High school and also of Dartmouth college. George Forgan, president of the Forgan In- vestment company, is 45 years old today. He was born in Scotland and came to this country at the age of 15, Today in History. 1674—Major Edmund Andros was appointed colonial governor|of New York, . 1777—General ' Burgoyne appeared before Ticonderoga with a large army of British, Ger- mans, Canadians and Indians. 1816—The British nation purchased the famous Elgin marbles from the Parthenon at Athens, 1862—Union Pacific railroad chartered by act of congress. 1863—General Alfred Pleasanton, in com- mand of the cavalry division of Meade's army, took up his position at Gettysburg, in advance of the confederates. 1864—William Pitt Fessenden of Maine was appointed secretary of the treasury. 866—The first through passenger train left Leavenworth for St. Louis, on the Missouri River and Missouri Pacific lines. 1867—The act of confederation took effect, uniting the four provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1882—First railroad in Newfoundland—from St. John's to Topsail—opened. 1890—Anglo-German convention East Africa signed at Berlin. 1893—The statue of Victory was unveiled at Gettysburg in memory of fallen soldiers. 1896—Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” died at Hartford, Conn. Born at Litchfield, Conn., June 14, 1811, Where They All Are Now. . George Purvis, once popular local guardsman, is connected with a New York bank. J. L. Anthony, who was formerly head waiter at the Hotel Fontenelle, has returned to New York City. . Duane Arnold, until recently head of the Na- tional Fur and Tanning company in Omaha, and secretary of the Omaha Manufacturers' associa- tion, is now engaged in the same line of business in Sioux City. 4 g W. Atkisson, who resided in Omaha for eight years at 2818 Dodge street, is again living at Fullerton, Neb., which was his old home begore coming to Omaha. E. J. Burg, former window dresser for Bur- gess-Nash company, is now in Chicago. Robert Hughes, sales manager for an eastern soap company, who had headquarters in‘Omaha for a number of years, is now in Kansas City and has charge of the western sales of his company. He visited his old home in Liverpool, Eng., re- cently. respecting Our readers are cordially invited to help us make this column the most attractive feature in the paper. Send in your favorite quotation, your birthday items, information o? present whereabouts of folks who used to live here and whatever pertains to a particular day and is of general interest. EDITORIAL SIFTINGS. Indianapolis News: And then there's Car- ranza. He is undoubtedly wishing as much as anybody that he knew what was going to happen. Detroit Free Press: Perhaps if the presi- dent had waited a few days the June grad ates would have settled the Mexican ques- tion and the troops could have been left at home. Springfield Republican: It is a condition, not a theory, that confronts us on the Mexi- can border. Whatever be the reasons back of the lawlessness in Mexico, we are bound to protect our own people in their own homes. Pittsburgh Dispatch: The attention of the various military training associations and preparedness leagues is respectfully ecalled to the fact that while there are enough officers to go around, a few more privates could be used to advantage. Cleveland Plain Dealer: According to ad- vices from London, King George is now wearing a wrist watch, Let it be under- stood, however that he is doing this in his capacity of an army officer, and that it should have no effect on fashions in civillan attire. Baltimore American: The employers also patriots who sacrifice their own inf ests in facilitating in every way the offer- ing of their employes’ services to the nation in the present crisis. Indeed, it is just such crises which bring out the best and the most unselfish qualities in men. PEOPLE AND EVENTS. Molla Bjurstedt, the Norwegian tennis player, has again won the championship of America. She is almost impossible to defeat, the majority of the tennis players of the country seem to think. The seven Glantz brothers of Baltimore formed a family dining club eight years ago and since then have met once a month at one of the brother's houses for dinner. The brothers are Jacob M., George H., Henry C., Louis Hiram A., Dr. Frank A. and Fred- erick W. Glantz. Steamboat excursion men on the Ohio st Cincinnati had an interesting business stunt spoiled by the police. Young maids clad in September Morn style dodged in and out of the bushes along the banks, varying the scenery sufficiently to create an excursion rush. Two of the frisky Eves were caught in the act. Since then. nothing doing. High living and alimony thinking is be- coming more complex every day. A Kansas City woman, suing for divorce and eking an existence on an allowance of $50 a week, informed the court that people in her neigh- borhood spend as much as $20,000 a year and that $50 a week is mere pin money. The court took a week off to think it over. Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart has tried all sorts of literary work, writing & novel every few mont] nd then turning her attention to essa; travel. Her work as corres- pond in Europe was praised so highly that she became a correspondent for news- papers at the recent two conventions. But she is not at all in love with newspaper work, the inevitable hour for “copy” haunt- ing her all the time. She travels with a retary and dictates her “stories. OUT OF THE ORDINARY Mrs. Hannah Berry, age 901, of Strafford, N. H., enjoyed her first automobile ride re- cently. Mrs. Oscar Skeath of Mahoney City, Penn., cne of twins, both girls, gave birth to two healthy baby girls. The new twins' father is one of twin brothers. Mrs. F. W. Tillson of Bennington, Vt., hae a white geranium. All the plant—Ileaves, blossoms and stalk—is pure white. It ‘is strong and healthy, with nothing to account for the freakishness of color. The war has exerted a strong influence on American migration to England, fifty-three Americans having been naturalized as Brit- ishers in 1914, whereas only 244 had taken such a step in the ten previous years. Willis A. Calkins of Abington, a large chicken raiser, hired an expert to come from Boston to pick chickens. The man arrived about 10:30 in the morning, stopped to eat dinner, and at 5 o'clock had 100 birds picked. A $5 bill passing through a Lowell (Mass) bank had the following written upon its back: “This bill is broken to celebrate the baptism of the finest boy in the world. May the holder of it be as happy as the present owner.—A. J." While searching the ruins of the home of Dr. C. H. Barton, in Spencer, Ma: which was destroyed by fire, firemen found a pocketbook containing $3556 in bills con- cealed between mattre: Although every- thing else inthe room was burned, the bills were undamaged. Michael Sweeney of La Crosse, Wi working near the banks of the Mis when he saw a child floating down the river. He rowed out and picked it up. Its face had been held above water by its thick and it was none the worse for the g. It turned out to be Michael's granddaughter. MUSINGS OF A CYNIC. A woman's way is generally the other way. re Heroes are sometimes merely fools who rush in where angels fear to tread. ‘We sometimes wish the fellow who knows it all would forget some of it. The woman who pins her faith to a man should be careful to use a safety pin. It's all right to have plenty of go, but a man should also have some staying qualities. Many & man is so public spirited that he tries to mind everybody's business except his own. Paradoxical as it may seem, it's when a man finds himself in hot water that he gets cold feet. A woman's ides of wasted energy is tell- ing a secret ut & person no one is in- terested in. Unfortunately the people who with themselves are seldom saf anything else. There is quite a difference between throwing your whole soul into a thing and putting your foot into it. THE BELEAGUERED CITY. Henry W. Longfellow. 1 have read, in some old marvelous tale, Some legend strange and vague, That a midnight host of specters pale Beleaguered the walls of Prague. Beside the Moldau's rushing stream, With the wan moon overhead, There stood, as In an awful dream, The army of the dead. White as the og, landward-bound, The spectral camp was seen, And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, The river flowed between. No other volce nor wound was there, No drum, nor sentry's pace; The mist-like banners clasped the alr, As clouds with clouds embrace. But when the old cathedral bell Proclaimed the morning prayer, The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed alr. Down the broas ey fast and far The troubled army fled; Up rose the glorious morning The ghastly host was dead I have read, in the marvelous heart of man, That strange and mystic That an army of Phanto; Beleaguered the human soul. Encamped beside Life's rushing stream, In Fancy's misty light, Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam Portentous through the night. Upon its midnight battleground The spectral camp s seen, And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, Flows the River of Life between. No other voice nor sound is there, In the army of the gra No other challenge breaks But the rushing of Life' And when the solemn and deep church bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away. Down the broad Vale of Tears afar The spectral camp Is fled; Faith shineth as a morning Our ghastly fears are dead. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. ““Waiter, how about my order of soft- | bolled eggn?"’ i “Better make that order hard-boiled, sir,” whispered the waliter, who was a lodge | brother. | “What for?" “Oh, for the good of the order."—Louls- | ville Courler-Journal. | “What do you think of the gas stove, | Bridget?" = “Sure, mum, it's a great invention. When you and the master was away for over Hunday, mum, I burned it all the time, mum, und there seems to be plinty of gas stili left!"—New York Times “1 hated to see my boy Josh start for the suld Farmer & border,” Corntossel. “But “ r historic places, and m rivaled vacation. New York and return.... Boston and return..... Buffalo and return.. Niagara Falls and return Atlantic City and return, Portland, Me., and return Montreal and return . Toronto and return . Milwaukee equipped “Pacific Limited.” trains for all points east. Double Track preses vy iggeves W A OUT THE Gasoline spins more iles out ofyour tank, because its all clean,uniform, powerful. The Standard Gas wise molorisfs " have always in- sisted upon. Look for it St (RY & . Low fares to a few Eastern points Automatic Block Signals way I§ poorer every year. you're getting away just in the Fourth o' July plenic Star. —\Washington He—I don't see why you refer so con- stantly to my old faults. She—1 don't see why either. You cer- tainly acquire plenty of new ones every day. —Richmond Times-Dispatch. “There goes a man who did me out of {lion dollars” o4 & Gotrox? Why, how was that? “He refused to let me marry his only daughter.”—Boston Transcript. The Angler—Is this public water, my man? T ant—Aye. I‘:: xA“l'lhi(‘ler‘—'l‘hl.-n yll won't be a crime if 1land a flsh? The Inhabitan Lo No. it'll be a miracle.— h, Wonderful_E-asz_This Year For variety of attractions, the great cities, ountains, rivers, lakes and ocean resorts of the East afford an un- follow: Tickets on sale June 1st to September 30th. 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